Adams County Free Press, The (Newspaper) - December 5, 1985, Corning, Iowa f OF HISTORY ARCHIVES 19 503 JAM Adams County Free Press I I Ave Corning Iowa 50841 Volume 104 No 9 25 cents Late fall snow storm accompanied by temps and wind I want Santa Clans made Me maiden visit to Corning Saturday nn eMy 8aSes o e b Only about 30 youngsters stopped in to ace the Jolly Old Soul Santa mil be at his special headquarters and Davis Saturday until Christmas With Santa here Jenny Clark left and Missy Freemyer SunS HouS afco opea dunng the weekdays 10 am to 2 pm te shoppers to stop for coffee and refreshments When it cornea to this weekends cold and early season blizzard no news appears to be good news in Adams County There were no major problems reported by city or county officials the storm virtually halted all outdoor activity Except for some there were no reports of major accidents Near blizzard conditions most of Saturday and all Sunday cut into the Chambers annual Christmas retail Some stores opened Sunday afternoon but only a few brave shop ventured into the subzero weather Corning officially recorded eight inches of snow which was whipped by northwest winds of up to 40 miles per hour Some reports had wind chill temperatures between 40 and 50 below zero Only emergen cy and necessary travel were advised fay aty county and state law en forcement officials winds resulted in drifts of be tween three and six feet and area residents spent most of Sunday digging out forced to wait until Monday when the winds had died down Lows Saturday night were recorded at 15 below zero with highs around 7 degrees Sunday The official low Sunday night was 7 below The wind was more of a problem than the snow for road crews who put iri dozens of hours of overtime to keep streets highways and roads at least passable Dick Scott engineer with the Adams County engineers office and head of the countys road crew said Monday that all county roads were at least midday Crews worked late Sunday and began about 4 am Monday in hopes of getting ahead of drifts Five county truck nine maintainers were used to keep roads passable said a bulldozer was needed near in the northeast part of the county to open one road that the countys could not Employees of the citys Street Department also put in extra hours fighting the wind and drifts Most of the 35 miles of streets were plowed at least twice The best news was that no one in the city and only a handful of resi dents in the county were without electricity Stan Roberts manager of the Adams County Rural Electric Cooperative said a few residents in the Carl area were without electricity about 90 minutes Sunday when the wind downed a line A line also was down for a short while Sun day Drifting snow prevented crews from reaching the downed line near Carl and one worker had to walk the line in to find the break The city was even more fortunate Dean Davis municipal utilities manager agreed with Roberts in saying a lack of ice and freezing rain kept the situation from getting We didnt have any problems Things went well he said Wind is generally not a problem until it is coupled with ice he explained Hardly anyone in Iowa had school Monday as the widespread storm dumped up to 12 inches of snow through central Iowa and brought freezing rain to southeast Iowa This was the third day of classes lost to in clement weather at Corning this year virtually assuring classes into June next spring As residents and businesses com their digging Monday life returned to normal and school resumed Tuesday Temperatures were expected to rise near freezing later this week One tele vision station noted that tempera tures had not risen above freezing since Nov 18 Police Chief issues parking reminder Police Chief Greg Heimke has issued a reminder to area residents re garding the citys snow removal or According to the ordinance parking is permitted only on the odd sides South and West of the street on odd days of the calendar 1st 3rd 5th Parking is permitted only on the even sides North and East on the even dates of the calendar 2nd 4th 6th etc With the weekends major snow storm the police department will begin issuing snow removal tickets on vehicles parked in violation of the ordinance This will be effective until March 31 There were several instances of vehicles blocking the citys snow plows and Chief Heimke urges residents to comply with the ces Santa to make second visit special nights set Most feel good about 7kTnJA jt ff Editors Note This is the first in a aeries of several articles detailing results of a comprehensive needs as survey The survey was conducted of Adams County resi dents and is representative of the en tire county within 5 percent The sur vey was conducted by Iowa State University Service with cooperation from a local Needs Assessment Committee There are a lot of things going for the community Steve Padgett rural sociologist with ISO said at a recent needs assessment meeting here Ive been impressed with the people weve worked with and your leaders Padgett was basing his comments on the findings of the Adams County Needs Assessment Survey regarding community image According to the results people in Adams County are positive and realistic about condi tions in the county Findings indicate respondents are quite positive and agree that farm and town residents cooperate er well Responses to several statements were as follows Churches Chamber unite to help needy Area churches have been asked to participate in A Little Christmas Joy a program to help Adams County families celebrate a little Christmas will receive in Chamber of Commerce scrip which can be used for merchandise at any participating Chamber business idea for this program grew out of conversations between the Rev Rummer pastor of the Corning First Presbyterian Church and the Stev John Caldwell associate pastor of the Coming United Methodist Parish They wanted to find a way for the churches to help area families giving support to the local bus iness community Et Each church is being asked to con tribute A request has been made for from the Neighbor fund of the Iowa Confer ence of the United Methodist Church Rummer and Caldwell hope to raise a total of The funds will be distributed to area households where a little ex could make a big differ ence in celebrating the holiday Names are being sought through area pastors public health nurses and other helping agencies Those who would like to nominate someone may contact Reverend Rummer 3224152 or Reverend Caldwell 3223312 People in my community actively participate in local community activi ties Strongly agree 80 somewhat agree 132 somewhat disagree 10 strongly disagree 1 dont know 13 no response 2 My community does a good job planning for the future Strongly agree 53 somewhat agree 114 somewhat disagree 35 strongly disa gree 14 dont know 17 no response 5 People in my community are open to developing friendships with in with backgrounds different from their own Strongly agree 46 somewhat agree 104 somewhat dis agree 47 strongly disagree 20 dont know 15 no response 6 People in my community seem will ing to help others in time of need Strongly agree 15S somewhat agree 67 somewhat disagree 6 strongly disagree 3 dont know 1 no respon Local merchants are friendly strongly agree 114 somewhat agree 92 somewhat disagree 22 strongly disagree 6 dont know 0 no respon se 4 Local community leadership is responsive to the concerns of resi dents Strongly agree 47 somewhat agree 120 somewhat disagree 45 strongly disagree 10 dont know 10 no response 6 People show pride in my commu Strongly agree 87 somewhat agree 117 somewhat disagree 22 strongly disagree 3 dont know 2 no response 7 People hi ray community are friend ly Strongly agree 120 somewhat disagree 25 strongly disagree 0 dont know 0 no response 7 Churches in mv community cooper ate together well Strongly agree 123 somewhat agree 78 somewhat disagree 6 strongly disagree 3 dont know 23 no response 5 Local churches are open and ting of new residents and new mem bers Strongly agree 138 somewhat agree 68 somewhat disagree 10 strongly disagree 1 dont know 13 no response 8 Community neighborhoods are tidy and well kept Strongly agree 73 somewhat agree 128 somewhat disagree 27 strongly disagree 5 don t know 2 no response 3 Farm and town residents cooperate together well in Adams County Strongly agree 77 somewhat agree 112 somewhat disagree 24 strongly disagree 8 dont know response 6 The economic outlook for Adams County is bright strongly agree 10 somewhat agree 49 somewhat disa gree 89 strongly disagree 62 dont know 22 no response 6 Overall Adams County has more things going for it than other coun ties in this area Strongly agree 25 somewhat agree 67 somewhat disa gree 75 strongly disagree 34 dont know 34 no response 3 As indicated by the responses most county residents feel the economic outlook for the county is Continued On Page 5 Santa Claus will make his second appearance of the season from 2 to 4 pm Saturday at Santas local headquarters Sixth and Davis The weekend storm put a damper on visits by area youngsters to San ta s House but Santa arrived on schedule He will also be at his local headquarters Dec 14 and 21 The Chamber of will be sponsoring Mens and Ladies Nights Dec 13 and 20 respectively These will be special nights during which local retailers will offer discounts and giveaway items to men and women Watch next weeks Free Press for details Also beginning Sunday Dec 8 50 lottery tickets will be given away on three consecutive Sundays at 4 pm for a total of 150 tickets Registration for the free tickets is from Monday through Saturday at participating Chamber businesses Check local merchants this week for registering The other drawings will be Dec 15 and Dec 22 There will be a wine and cheese night Dec 20 at Santas House open to the public Donations will be ac for the Christmas lights downtown There will be a free movie at 1 p m Dec 14 at American Theatre After ward youngsters will be invited to visit Santa at his headquarters where treats will be provided During San tas special visiting hours Bob Cox will be photographing youngsters as they tell their secret wishes to Old Saint Nick For the convenience of area shop pers Santas House will be open every day from 10 am to 4 pm so residents can get coffee cookies or warm up Chamber sponsors lighting contest For the first time in nearly a decade a Christmas lighting contest is being sponsored in Coming The Chamber of Commerce Com munity Pride Committee announced this week a contest open to residents The first category with prizes totaling will involve the size of the Christmas light display The second also featuring in Cham ber bucks will be based on decoration and creativity There will be for first place for second and for third The Chamber bucks can be redeemed at any par Chamber business Entry registration deadline is Dec 17 Judging will be between 6 and 10 pm Dec 18 To enter residents may either clip out the registration blank m this weeks Free Press or register Chamber of Commerce office State soil honors to three Three Adams County farmers were honored with state soil conservation honors at two separate events Tuesday in Cedar Rapids Cliff and Doug Brown of Corning were feted with the State Achieve ment Awards presented annually for 30 years by the Des Moines Register in a noon program at Staffers Five Seasons Center Frank Davis of Corning was an as recipient of the State Watershed Achievement Award formerly the Watershed Man of the Year presentation in an evening program is Presented by the State Sod Conservation Committee and the Department of Soil Conser vation at its annual conference The Browns qualified for the state judging by winning Region 8 honors Continued On Page 5 Bloodmobile Regular quarterly visit of Red Cross Bloodmobile will be from 10 am to 4 pm Wednesday Dec 11 at the Community Center T Quota is 90 units The quota was not reached during the last visit so local Red Cross personnel are everyone eligible to give outs for the Corning Icarian Players winter production of a historic musical original by Merrill Sparks are scheduled next week in the high school auditorium John Lenz will direct The presentation on Feb 7 8 and 9 will precede the summer version to be presented next year in the natural setting of Lake Icaria in conjunction with the an Lakes Festival The tryout schedule includes Sunday Dec 8 3 to 4 pm Mon day Dec 9 7 to 8 pm Tuesday Dec 10 to pm also tryouts by appointment 3224559 There will be 11 speaking and singing parts and many chorus parts Books are available at the Corning library Culvert work Culvert work in Prescott is scheduled by the Iowa Depart ment of Transportation according to the commissions weekly lettine report K The culvert is planned at the in of Eighth Avenue and Third Street over a creek Con struction should begin March 1 with a completion schedule of 40 days Pressure clinic A blood pressure clinic will be held m Prescott at the American on Tuesday Dec 10 from I to 3 pm sponsored by the Adams County Public Health Agency Woodland on TV i DeVon Wood land wdl be featured on Iowa Pub uc Broadcasting Networks Market to Market program Fri day Dec 6 and Sunday Dec 8 k interviewed in the studios and on his cattle ranch in Idaho The Friday segment will be aired at 8 pm and the Sunday program at 1 pm The feature will be a profile of him and changes in the National farmers Organization since he became president The show will look at the man behind the organization and will include his philosophies Santa letters Hey ruds Once again The Free Press wiU publish letters written to Santa Claus The letters will be published in the Dec 19 issue of The Press That will be plenty of time tor Santa and his elves to finish the toys or other special items in tune for Christmas mav be sent directly to ine Free Press or to the Post Of fice care of The North Pole The letters must be received by Dec 13 Nov 25 30 22 Nov 26 28 7 Nov 27 is 7 Nov 28 22 5 Nov 29 19 i2 Nov 30 12 15 Dec 1 7 3 25 01 Nov 27 trace Nov 29 1 inch snow Nov 30 51 eight inches of snow Appointed The Adams County Board of Supervisors has appointed Stanley Smisek of rural Prescott to the Adams County Conservation Board He will fill the unexpired term of Wayne Victor who has moved from the state Term expires in December 1987 Chamber coffee The Chamber of Commerce cof fee will be held Friday morning from 10 to 11 at the Adams Coun ty Soil Conservation Office honoring the State Conservation award winners Doug and Cliff Brown and the State Watershed achievement winner Frank Davis
