Daily Times Herald (Newspaper) - October 29, 2007, Carroll, Iowa Daily Times Herald Iowa October 20O7 Single Copy 500 Carroll tax vote Tuesday By DOUGLAS BURNS Times Herald Staff Writer Carroll voters will head to the polls Tuesday to determine the fate of a proposed 7 per cent Polls are open from 7 to 8 with the traditional Ward 4 Energy Ward 3 County Courthouse Ward 2 Methodist Church Ward 1 John Lutheran The tax re quires a simple majority for and the tax Would go into effect on The coun cil timed the election so the tax would start at the beginning of Iowa law would not allow for the setting of the vote with the general election on 6 because of legal notice City officials have esti mated that the tax could bring in in rev enue annually with at least 50 percent of the money having to go to recreation or tourism I do think it is probably time it goes to the said Councilman Jeff Scharfen kamp as the council estab the election date last The which had deadlocked eventually voted 60 to send the tax to the general For his Scharfenkamp said he would be satisfied if the council passed a separate motion with a statement of intent on how the money will be Because the tax will be in ef fect with no sunset the council did not want to hamstring future elected officials so the statement serves as a near term The money raised through the tax would be directed toward pursuit of matching grants for any city travel and trails de the Rec Center and aquatic The council voted 60 on City officials note in memos released to the Daily Times Herald that more than 120 cities or counties in Iowa have enacted a ac cording to state Des Moines has a 7 percent tax in While Fort Dodge and Council Bluffs have 7 percent smaller cities in the Carroll area do places like Audu bon and Harlan does have a 7 percent lodging as does Elk Horn has a 3 percent On the matter of the hotel motel Carroll mayoral can Jim manager of the Carrollton said he is reconciled to its imminent See TAX on Page 10 Former Mexican president gives nod to Hillary Clinton And Vicente Fox says forget sticks and Lou Dobbs really hurts By DOUGLAS BURNS Times Herald Staff Writer STORM LAKE Former Mexican President Vicente Fox virtually endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a Friday speech in Storm When asked about presidential Fox Maybe the lady that is campaigning here will We hope The remarks came during a provocative dis cussion before an estimated crowd of 900 faculty and others at Buena Vista Uni Fox guffawed when the name of cru sader Tom Tancredo emerged in a and told white western lowans that many of the Hispanics living and work ing here simply want to cash in on higher wages in the United States and return to Mexico or Latin The latter opinion runs in direct contrast to a study from the Pew Hispanic Center that strongly suggests most want to who served as presi dent of Mexico from 2000 to 2006 and broke the strangle hold of 71 years of singleparty rule by the Institutional Revo is another in a longtime of distinguished speakers to visit the campus in part of the William Siebens lecture He held news conference earlier Friday and fielded questions from the Carroll Daily Times Herald and other most in Eng lish but one in Spanish from the western Iowa La In his remarks to the Buena Vista University crowd Fox allowed that most men have served in political office anywhere in the world fail to deliver on all their Maybe the lady that is campaigning here wUl Fox We hope 1See FOX on Page 7 Friends indeed for a friend in need By LARRY DEVINE Times Herald Staff Writer LAKE VIEW Apparently Wayne Poen made friendships Everybody liked He was always pleasant to every And if there was ever anybody who needed any I dont care who it was or what it he was there to help says Paul Alesch was one of friends who showed up in force Friday to harvest the Lake farmers corn It was a great and everybody enjoyed being there says such as Alesch have fond memories of who died of a heart attack on July 16 while on a bicycle ride dur ing a camping trip at Ledges State Park with his Don He was Poen was one qf the last guys youd think would be stricken so Alesch not even a healthful diet plus a physi regimen of bicycle walking and golf along with his farm work could stave off a family history of heart Poen had quit raising hogs just a few weeks before he died and was look ing forward to more freedom in his Alesch recalls Poen Ive worked hard all my and this is the first time I can take off and go Ive never been and Im able to go there and not worry about whether the hog feeders are full or the electricity goes Im just going and enjoying At located south of Wayne and Donna had set up there tent at his took an evening bike While walking their bikes up a trail Donna He just looked at me and I feel I Ill take your He sat down and passed Nobody could believe Donna says of Waynes He was in perfect condi We were all death left nearly Tony Vonnahme above of Arcadia was part of a group of about 10 pheasant Daily Times Herald Photo by Larry Devine hunters emerging from a corn field near Hazel northwest of Maple weather hamper opener See HARVEST on Page 10 Volunteers used 16 combines harvest 478 acres of corn crops for Donna Poen of rural Lake Her died My 16 at age Sixtyeight volunteers turned out and completed the harvest in five to six A slow sea son plus rain on Friday made Saturdays opener a challenge in the Car roll I think the hangup this year is the amount of corn that is still in because of the wet says Chip president of the Carroll Coun ty Pheasants Forever Combine that with the rain Friday and the grass was very So I think the birds moved to the standing corn pretty and thats extremely hard to He The moral of the story may be that hunters saw the but they couldnt get on them with all the corn Windy weather increased the Some hunters were con tent with the number of birds they Wittrock but they werent quite as happy with their The pheasant population is hard to determine because of the standing but Wit believes its above aver age due to favorable weather during nesting season and good habitat for the It should make for great Mark of New gets off a shot on Saturdays Democrats advance caucus date to 3 DES Iowa AP Feeling pressure from other states rushing to the beginning of the primary Iowa Democrats voted to move their leadoff precinct caucuses to Republicans picked the same date earlier this The Democrats move Sunday will let both parties continue the tradition of meeting on the same The states caucuses had been scheduled for The confirmed by party spokesman Chris means the major remaining question about the calendar is the New Hampshire originally scheduled for New Hampshire Secretary of State Gardner has said only that he would schedule that primary no later than Both Chet Culver and Tom Iowas top two had pushed for the 3 and Iowa Democratic chairman Scott Brennan last week made that recommendation to the par tys state Central which approved As a practical I think it will maintain Iowas nation Brennan said after the Asked if the issue could be revisited if another state moved ahead of Bren nan said certainly thats a but he added that he felt it would be the final say in the The governor is pleased that it appears we will be first and we will have the cau cuses in said Culver spokesman Brad It is what he has said all But former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich said the decision by Iowa other states to move their caucuses or primaries up in the campaign calendar was not good for the presidential nomination This whole presidential process is terrible for the coun You have much too early a decision you have every thing jammed Gin grich said on Today It gradually exhausts the candidates and overly fo cuses them on raising The decision was the latest development in a historically early White House competi tion that has defied precedent in terms of jockeying for po campaign large campaign broadcast advertisements and hundreds of candidate ap The scheduling decision was eagerly awaited by the various presidential cam which have been building huge organizational operations in the state as well as spending heavily on adver See Democrats on Page 10 Weather Tonight Mostly Clear Low 45 Tomorrow Breezy High 71 Daily Times Herald 7923573 Former Carroll teacher and coach is athletic director in Page 2 GR battles to win over Page 11
