Adams County Free Press, The (Newspaper) - December 12, 1985, Corning, Iowa OF HISTORY 4 ARCHIVES DES KOINES 19 ICA 50319 JAM The Adams County F 800 Davia Corning Iowa 50841 USPS 005100 Comp board suggests 2 raise for officials Thursday Dec 121985 Volume 104 No 10 25 cents The Adams County Compensation ij Board has recommended that elected county officials be given a two 2 percent salary raise beginning with the 198687 fiscal year July 11986 A public hearing on the boards J recommendation will be conducted on Friday Dec 20 at pm in the court room of the courthouse in Cor ning Pursuant to law the compensation board will be in charge of reviewing the salaries of each elected county of annually and giving its salary I recommendations to the board of supervisors The supervisors then can either certify the salaries as given to them by the compensation board or lower them The board can not in crease the The compensation board recom include County Attor 814214 to County Auditor Clerk of Court Treasurer to County Sheriff 818575 to 81894650 Supervisors 38245 to 8840990 An official notice of the compen saton board hearing along with the current and recommended salary structure of elected county officials for the 198687 fiscal year appears elsewhere in this issue of The Free Press Last year the compensation board froze the salaries of all elected of in the county for the current 198586 year Members of the compensation board include Joe Northup Nodaway citizen representative chairman Jack Raymond Corning citizen representative Also Gloria Baldwin Nodaway mavor representative Patricia But cher Creston school board repre sentative and Jean Nevius Corning supervisor representative Donna West Adams County auditor is secretary to the board Santa free movie Saturday for kiddies Children will have a double treat this Saturday when the Chamber of Commerce hosts a free movie at the American Theatre and when Santa Claus visits at his local headquarters The free Christmas Story will be shown at 1 pm Santa will be at his local Santas House from 2 to 4 pm so youngsters can visit with him at 6th and Davis There will be re for shoppers at his home during that time Friday night will be Ladies Night at participating Chamber businesses Merchants will be offering discounts special incentives for women shoppers from 6 to 8 pm Also giveaway of BO more lottery tickets will be at 4 pm Sunday Registration is at each participating business until early afternoon Sun day Registration for 50 more tickets to be given away Dec 22 begins Monday again at participating Chamber merchants Merchants have extended their regular store hours through Dec 23 for the benefit of shoppers See calen dar elsewhere on this page Starting Thursday Dec 12 partic businesses will be open week nights until 8 pm through Dec 23 Winners of the first weeks lottery giveaway of two tickets each were as follows Letha Houlihan Corning Kate Glasgo Corning Irene Miller Cor ning Larry Freeman Corning Denise Bradley Corning Mart Miller Prescott Helen Richie Prescott Ethel Duncan Corning Doris Creston Melody Drake Corning Mary Young Prescott Marguerite Campbell Cor ning Mildred Km Nolte Coming Opal Roberts Cor ning Rosemary Reed Corning Mary Lou Roberts Corning Glen Roberts Corning Polly Hulse Creston Janice David Lenox Christy Dimmler Cor ning Louella Ranck Corning Diane Slender Cumberland Beulah Hod son Corning Steve Spring Corning American Theatre The end of an era After more than a of operation The American Theatre will close its doors with the end of the Dec 15 showing Albert Crow for 18 years announced this week he plans to put the facility up for sale He cited changes in the movie in dustry economic conditions and his health as influencing his decision to step aside I hate to heat the place for no one to show up he said last week Attendance has dwindled to only a handful when the theatre is open Friday Saturday and Sunday nights Crow said he was forced to turn patrons away from some of the popular wildlife films less than a decade ago With an eye toward retirement the theater owner and operator said he can point to four major fac tors in his decision The rapid im provement in video cassette recor der technology the onset of cable television a decline in the economy of the area and his health Crow and his wife Bernadine have of the theatre personally with help from high school students needing part time work Every Friday Satur day and Sunday nights the Crows have opened their business doors to the community hoping to provide another avenue of enter Crow recognizes the importance of having a theatre in a small town but said its someone elses turn to run the show He hopes to find a buyer for the facility which has entertained generations of Corning residents The VCR sales and rental market have been strong com petition Crow pointed out and the recent expansion of cable television in Corning also has resulted in a dent in theatre atten dance Some of our biggest draws used to be the wildlife films Now all anyone has to do is flip a chan nel on TV and they can see the same thing he said Crow has handled chores as Adams County Clerk of Court for 31 years with 18 of those being double on weekends with the theatre EtCetera Pressure clinic The Adams County Public Health Agency will hold a blood pressure clinic at the Community Center on Tuesday Dec 17 from 1 to 3 pm Corn sale Adams County has received 3660750 from the sale of 3245 bushels of corn in crop sharing with Rob Russell at the former Adams County Care Facility now County Haven WIC checks MATURA Action Corporation will sponsor a Women Infants Children WIC Clinic on Thurs day Dec 19 at the Presbyterian Church in Corning WIC checks will only be issued from am to noon and 1 to 4 pm Those scheduled for certifica tion please come in as scheduled Eligibility for the WIC Program is determined by a qualified health professional based on specific in come medical criteria nutritional risk For more information about this program contact the Neighbor hood Center in Corning at 322 4096 Santa Letters The Colonial Manor Nursing Home and The Free Press are combining efforts again this year to help make sure childrens let Major Project Awards given during ihe banquet Sunday Neill and Terry Luelf were to from left Melissa Wynn Anita Walter Natalie 4Hers honor several at banquet The Presbyterian Church of Cor ning was recognized as a Friend of 4 H at the annual 4H Awards and Leader Recognition Program held Sunday The church was cited for its con support of the Adams Coun ty 4H program The Presbyterian Church has served as a long tune meeting place for several 4H and extension meetings as well as a meeting place for the After School 4 4H alumni were Deb and Rich Hall formerly of water Both served in many capacities within the 4H program in Adams County Mrs Hall the previous county extension director and her husband Rich served on numerous fair committees as a 4H leader and chaperone for several tours and trips The Farm Bureau provided the Award of the Clover to the following 4H club leaders five Preston Leland Anderson and Lola Hembry 15 James and 25 Walter 4H club presidents honored those who served as volunteer leaders during the past year The group in cluded Don Mach Connie Nolan Kristi Cliff Mann Terry Lundquist Viola Blazek Roger Mullen Paul Morris Carmen Morris Sandy Peterson Cecil Luelf Marilea Mullen Janet Goldsmith Lisa Schmitz Steve Maraen Betty Marxen Rogene Wynn Sharon Russell Gene Cooley Carol Anderson Elaine Israel Ruby Walter Mann Joyce Neill Erma Fuller Sonja Walter Wilma Robison Dean Robison Leota Tay lor Ron Taylor Jo Preston Leland Anderson Dallas Maeder Gary James Maria Adams Carolyn Dixon Lola Hembry Judy Loonan and Terry Luelf junior 4H assistant leader Terry Luelf daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Luelf of Corning was presented a certificate of par in the Norske 4H Ex change program at the annual program Luelf shared slides and information about her 4H exchange trip to Nor way with the audience Anyone inter ested in participating in such a 4H exchange trip should contact Kris Tucker at the Extension Office Luelf is available to share her mation with community groups or individuals interested in exchange opportunities PER Board files request with county The Adams County Board of Super visors has been advised that e petition for Unit Determination and Bargaining Representative Deter has been filed with the State of Iowa Public Employment Relations Board pursuant to the Public Employment Relations Act Last month Adams County secon dary road workers signed the petition during a meeting with Richard Williams a representative of Local 2003 of Reynolds la The supervisors were requested to forward to the PER board within seven days an organizational chart of the employers operation and a list of employees and their job classifications in the unit alleged as appropriate in the petition In the letter to the supervisors PER Board Chairman John E Beamer said This list will be used by the board in verifying the showing of interest as submitted by the Beamers letter continued Cases on bargaining unit deter may be informally settled at any time prior to a hearing In the event that informal settlement is reached with the petitioner on an ap unit an original and one copy of the enclosed Stipulation of Bargaining Unit form should be sent the Board for approval at the earliest possible date If agreement is not reached in formally by Dec 29 1985 the Board will schedule a hearing In that event the Board statement of position on the appropriate unit or notification of the progress towards the informal settlement Council approves bid The City Council Monday night approved the bid of Grundman In surance Agency for the citys in surance Grundman and Larson Jones In surance Agency both of Corning had submitted identical bids at the Coun cils regular Nov 25 meeting However the bid of Larson Jones Continued Oa Page 16 Sheriff police receive high marks hi survey Editors Note This is the second of several articles detailing s recently completed needs assessment survey of Adams County The survey was conducted by Iowa State University Extension Service with cooperation of the local Needs Assessment Com The survey is representative of the entire county within 5 The Adams County Sheriffs De and the Corning Police Department each received high ratings from persons responding to a needs assessment survey completed recently by Iowa State University Survey respondents were asked how they felt about certain character duties and services of each de Results for each are as follows Sheriff Adequacy of training that officers receive Poor 3 fair 31 good 74 very good 30 dont know 93 no response 7 Attention given to drug and alcohol violations Poor 44 fair 65 good 71 very good 15 dont know 37 no response 6 Adequacy of night patrol Poor 15 fair 51 good 82 very good 27 dont know 57 no response 6 Attention to speeding violations Poor 15 fair 37 good 114 very good 30 dont know 33 no response Attention to other traffic viola tions Poor 12 fair 50 good 103 very good 22 dont know 41 no sponse 10 Attention to noise and nuisance violations Poor 12 good 71 very good 10 dont know 68 no response 6 Cooperativeness between the law enforcement units in the county Poor 5 fair 32 good 79 very good 36 dont know 78 no response 8 Fairness of law enforcement activi ties Poor 20 fair 47 good 78 very good 27 dont know 57 no response 9 Helpfulness of officers in times of need Poor 11 fair 31 good 92 very good 72 dont know 23 no response 9 Quality of educational programs provided to public Poor 13 fair 44 good 80 very good 31 dont know 61 no response 9 Coming Police Adequacy of training that officers receive Poor 12 fair 28 good 52 very good 20 dont know 98 no 28 Attention given to drug and alcohol violations Poor 44 fair 51 good 55 very good 9 dont know 47 no response 32 Adequacy of night patro Poor 12 fair 33 good 69 very good 25 dont know 69 no response 30 Attention to speeding violations Poor 18 fair 34 good 86 very good 31 dont know 38 no response 31 Attention to other traffic violations Poor 18 fair 40 good 78 very good 18 dont know 53 no response 31 Attention to noise and nuisance violations Poor 38 fair 40 good 58 very good 8 dont know 64 no response 30 Cooperativeness between law en forcement units in the county Poor 6 fair 24 good 63 very good 28 dont know 87 no response 30 Fairness of taw enforcement acti Poor 23 fair 37 good 65 very good 17 dont know 67 no response 29 Helpfulness of officers in times of need Poor 12 fair 21 good 77 very good 57 dont know 40 no response 31 Quality of educational programs provided to public Poor 11 fair 31 good 63 very good 26 dont know 77 no response 30 Respondents also were asked about spending priorities on several issues and had mixed feelings regarding im at the municipal airport County residents were asked their recommendations on spending money and the airport drew fairly even responses in five spending cate gories Maintaining city streets Spend much less 2 spend some less 5 spend same 113 spend some more 75 spend much more 7 no opinion 31 no response 6 Maintaining residential sidewalks spend much less 6 spend some less 13 spend same 106 spend some more 64 spend much more 8 no opinion 36 no response 5 Maintaining storm sewers spend much less 3 spend some less 4 spend same 124 spend some more 30 spend much more 4 no opinion 63 no response 10 spend much less 3 spend some less 10 spend same 167 spend some more 24 spend much more 3 no opinion 22 no response 9 Maintaining county roads and bridges spend much less 2 spend some less 6 spend same 122 spend some more 76 spend much more 8 no opinion 19 no response 5 Upgrading facilities at airport spend much less 26 spend some less 21 spend same 51 spend some more 46 spend much more 15 no opinion 74 no response 5 Residents also overwhelmingly gave support to establishing a 911 emergency phone number Results were as follows Yes Definitely 124 yes probably Continued On Page 16 ters to Santa arrice at the North Pole before Christmas All letters sent tq The Free Press Colonial the Post Office will be printed 5n the Dec 19 issue of The Free Press Letters will receive a return let ter from Santa Letters should be sent to North Pole Colonial Manor The Free Press or the Post Office Economic board An organizational meeting to plan to coordinate development services in the area will be held at 8 pm Thursday Dec 19 at the Community Building here Austin Turner president of the Adams Community Industrial De velopment Corp will conduct the session which is open to anyone in in future development of the area The Iowa Lottery Act passed last year by the Legislature establishes regional councils which follow boundaries of the 15 merged area school districts According to Turner the council will develop a plan to coordinate all local state and federal develop services Each Director District in Southwestern Commu College Area XIV will elect members plus two alternates Corning falls in District 8 which Corning Prescott Car bon Nodaway Bridgewater Villisca and Elliott Music concerts The Music Department of the Corning Junior and Senior High School has set Monday Dec 16 at pm for the High School Christmas Concert and Wed Dec 18 at pm for the Junior High Christmas Con cert Groups to be performing include the high school mixed choir Swing Choir girls chorus boys chorus band and the junior high band and chorus These groups have been preparing this fall for their programs and will perform old favorites as well as some new and different Christmas songs We hope you will plan to in clude these programs in your Yuletide plans These young people need your support for their talents and efforts commented Pete Jacobus and Martia Allen music instructors Weather Dec 2a 4 Dec 320 5 Dec 434 9 Dec 523 0 Dec 628 1 10 Dec 838 14 4trace Chamber coffee This weeks Chamber of Com merce coffee win be held at the United Methodist Church Friday morning from 10 to 11 am
