Credit union re-elects Boyer, Brown; Winning scratch game ticket sold at Fairfield Hy-Vee; Online service helps Iowa CDL holders

Credit union re-elects Boyer, Brown; welcomes Altfillisch to board of directors

OTTUMWA ? Community 1st Credit Union re-elected D. David Boyer and Floyd Brown and welcomed Heidi Altfillisch to its board of directors during the 2013 annual meeting of Community 1st Credit Union Jan. 19.

Boyer has served on the board since 1995 and was previously chairman of the board, a member of the executive and ALM committees, chair of the compensation committee, an Iowa Credit Union League delegate and a GAC lobbyist. He has been a Community 1st Credit Union member since 1979. Boyer is employed at John Deere Ottumwa Works in the tool and die department. He and his wife reside in Ottumwa.

Brown has served on the board of directors since 1999. He is a member of the credit, facilities and scholarship committees. He has been a member of Community 1st Credit Union since 1974. He is retired from John Deere Ottumwa Works. Brown and his wife reside in Bloomfield.

Altfillisch is the newest member elected to the 11-member board of directors. She has been a member of Community 1st Credit Union since 1999. She is a stay at home mother and previously an instructor at Indian Hills Community College. She and her family reside in Ottumwa.

Community 1st Credit Union Board members serve as non-paid volunteers and spend countless hours serving the credit union. They attend regular monthly meetings and serve on one or more committees. They are required to complete a minimum of four continuing education courses through the ?Volunteer Achievement Program.? Each member will serve a three-year term.

Immediately following the meeting, 2013 board of directors positions were appointed, including: Jason Eubanks as chairman; John Mayberry as vice chairman; D. David Boyer as chief financial officer; and Scott VanEngelenhoven as secretary.

Kohl?s accepting nominations for scholarships

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis.  ? The Kohl?s Department Stores Kohl?s Cares Scholarship Program will award more than $425,000 in scholarships and prizes this year. Ranging from $50 Kohl?s gift cards to $10,000 scholarships, more than 2,300 young volunteers who have made a positive impact on their communities will be selected. Nominations for kids ages 6 to 18 will be accepted now through March 15 at kohlskids.com.

Nominators must be 21 years or older.

Two nominees from each of the more than 1,100 Kohl?s stores nationwide, including the one in Ottumwa, will win a $50 Kohl?s gift card, and more than 200 will win regional scholarships worth $1,000 toward post-secondary education. Ten national winners will be awarded a total of $10,000 in scholarships for post-secondary education, and Kohl?s will donate $1,000 to a nonprofit organization on each national winner?s behalf.

Since the Kohl?s Cares Scholarship Program began in 2001, Kohl?s has recognized more than 17,000 kids with more than $3.4 million in scholarships and prizes. In 2013, Kohl?s celebrates its 13th year of rewarding young volunteers.

Winning scratch game ticket sold at Fairfield Hy-Vee

The Iowa Lottery continues to see record ticket sales and those numbers produced large lottery prizes across the state this past year.

Lee Ann Myers of Fairfield was the latest big instant-scratch game winner in Jefferson County during calendar year 2012, winning $3,000 in the Holiday Crossword game with a ticket purchased at the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store.

In fiscal year 2012, Iowa Lottery sales hit a record $310.9 million and have continued at a record pace in the months since then.

But even with all the prizes that are claimed, a significant number expire each year without being claimed. The lottery issues reminders to its players to double-check their tickets. In fiscal year 2012, more than $1.1 million in lotto prizes expired in Iowa without being claimed. Prize money left unclaimed after redemption deadlines goes into the lottery?s prize pools for future games, so it will be used to pay prizes, just not those prizes that have expired.

Players will find a current list of unclaimed lotto prizes of $10,000 and above on the lottery?s website at www.ialotterycom.

Online service helps Iowa CDL holders comply with regulations

AMES ? The Iowa Department of Transportation has a new online service aimed at helping commercial driver?s license holders comply with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations. The ?MyMVD Self-Certification and Medical Examiner?s Certificate? service is available online at https://mymvd.iowadot.gov.

A year ago, the Iowa D.O.T. announced that starting Jan. 30, 2012, and no later than Jan. 30, 2014, all CDL holders must provide information to the D.O.T. about the type of commercial motor vehicle operation they drive in or expect to drive in with their CDL.

Drivers operating in certain types of commerce also are required to submit a current Medical Examiner?s Certificate to the D.O.T. to obtain a ?certified? medical status as part of their driving record. Failure to provide and update a Medical Examiner?s Certificate will result in the downgrading of that individual?s driver?s license from a CDL to a noncommercial license.

For additional information, check out the brochure at www.iowadot.gov/mvd/ods/FedMedBrochure.pdf; or visit www.iowadot.gov/mvd/ods/MCRforCDL.html.