Fayette Leader (Newspaper) - March 4, 1982, Fayette, Iowa P 0 ii 0 X 3 8 4 -j u v J I i. 7 T L I N C 0 L. N S K 6 8 5 0 6 If There Is A RED Check Mark In The Box To The Your Subscription Has Don't Miss Any Renew USPS 88400 Phone 425-4162 20C Per Copy Thursday March 4, 1982 Volume 68 Number 9 Iowa 52142 Fayette Leader Massman First Four Years In Office A of Fire adequately describes the first year in office of of Fayette County Treasurer newly elected in 1979,, surgery and was a On May 4, 1979 one of our motor vehicle clerks gave birth to a That night the t seemed like Warren died conceivable happened that first states It started in January when I learned budget and semi-annual reports and fire insurance inventory that no one on our office staff knew how to In February our motor vehicle 1n a car In July pur tax deputy gave birth to a son and quit work to stay home with her two small In August the State of Iowa gave the counties the responsibility of preparing over 750 Iowa Disabled and Senior Citizens Tax Credit Claim In September the Treasurers Office faced manually typing and proofreading 26,000 motor vehicle 5 year When frustrations and panic enveloped our we reassessed our priorities and literally took one day at a stated We met every deadline and balanced to the the penney for the entire year with all our a real tribute to Phyllis Massman is seeking re-election as Fayette County Her accomplishments in her first term in office Improved investment In of the counties idle Obtaining passbook interest on cash flow Improvement on filing method for motor Designing more efficient area and street assessment Improved filing system for property Cleaning the Treasurer's section of the courthouse attic and sorting all the counties tax list books to chronological order tod ate from the 1800's. Looking forward to the the County Treasurers Office will be having an IBM computer installed in 1982 for motor The State of Iowa is installing the computer in 60 all counties in Iowa should be on the system within 5 A staggered renewal for motor vehicle is currently being worked on by the Iowa State A new bookkeeping system New Face At Continental for property tax is currently being worked on by the Iowa State Association of Phyllis Massman Is a graduate of Waucoma High School and was Senior Class She worked as a bookeeper in Betty's Wolf's Clothing Store and In the payroll department of all In Mrs. Massman graduated from the H&R Block Tax School and served as senior tax She received special recognition for emotional stability and perfection in her She owned and operated Tax Service for 6 Mrs. Massman is an active member of Holy Name Catholic Church and past treasurer of Holy Name Rosary Mrs. Massman has served the past two years on the Steering Committee for the Iowa State Association of She is presently serving on the Environment and Energy Steering Mrs. Massman and her husband Donald live In rural West Her husband is employed as a They have two a student at the University of Northern Iowa and active member of the U.S. Army National who died in a car accident May 4,1979. Mrs. Massman is asking for the support of the people of Fayette County in her bid for re-election as Fayette County Exercise Marine Cpl. Jon N. son environment of Paul J. and Beatrice P. Tory of 607 Washington recently deployed to Norway to participate in the NATO exercise He is a member of Headquarters 36th Marine Amphibious Unit Camp involves Marines from the Germany and the as well as army forces from It is designed to gain realistic training in combined amphibious landings and subsequent operations ashore in an arctic The six-day exercise will include two practice landings and an amphibious assault on northern The members of the 36th MAU will spend 10 days training in skiing and a cold weather bivouac routine prior to the After the exercise is port visits are scheduled for the France and A 1979 graduate of Jeffarson High Tory joined the Marine Corps in September 1979. Representative From To Be At Fayette High School Susan admissions representative from North Iowa Area Community College will be at Fayette High School March 16, at 1:00 p.m. to visit with interested Parents are also encouraged to National Wildlife Week Observed By The Fayette County Conservation Board Randy Fields will be replacing Jim who has been transferred to our Iowa where Jim will be the business office Randy is being transferred from and will be assuming the duties of the Fayette area business office supervisor and DART Randy will be reporting to area Service Manager Bob Randy and his wife and two small children will be moving to Fayette in the near A Newsletter From Sarah Lein Four H Youth Exchange Delegate to New Zealand The Royal Show at North was the last about which I communicated to Following the Royal I met with a northeast Iowa Dr. LeWayne Nusz and family from St. Lucas who are residing for 2 years at as he does research and meat inspection in a is also the home of Massey New Zealand's although it has only 9,000 This country's seven universities are attended by 48,000 the teacher's colleges by 7,000 and the technical schools by 123,000. At Massey I spent a delightful day with Dr. a soil We compared university soil types and soil classification Across from the University is the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and it was of just 150 pounds per acre and potash applied only occasionally I have now had a at The Young Farmer's Club of took me to the mud flats of the Rangitikei River which flows into the Tasman We arrived at 9 built a fire to ward off the cold and then stood around the fire warming up for 45 We finally emersed ourselves and the 38-foot net into the cold water and then quickly became warm again from tugging the long Three flounder were ours the first time The had experienced her first in salt water and first fresh fish fried whole in a I had another experience when I moved to the Hawkes Bay region on the east coast of the North One lazy Sunday afternoon my the and I there I met a graduate of Iowa State Dr. also an Dr. Eagles is working with maize varieties from and Minnesota DeKalb and Northrup in hopes of adapting them to New Zealand's Because very few New Zealand farmers grow maize I was happy to find answers to my I learned that each year more generally the are planting They well should be with over 200 bushels per acre yield in New Zealand around per Because the paddocks are either of recent volcanic origin or reclaimed the land is a of natural if farmers do apply a dressing of fertilizer for maize it is usually a broadcast were strolling the dock area of Napier 49,000) when three fishing boats came to Crates of flounder and My host amused at my childlike wonder of this bought 6 huge flounder only which we fried in the pan for evening The are sheep farmers in the Hawkes an area known for sheep and intense sun. I came as an eye-opener that just 300 acres could maintain 1650 ewes and their On the Schultze farm I gained experience in drenching lambs when son John and I dosed over 1000 lambs in two Sheep of the North Island are bothered by more foot rot and facial eczema than those of the South Island because of the warm climate and high below pictures To the 45th annual observance of National Wildlife the Fayette County Conservation in cooperation with the National Wildlife would like to remind the public that March 14-20th has been designated as National Wildlife Week across the The Fayette County Conservation Board has plan d a series of programs in the various school districts to help promote this annual The 1982 theme for Wildlife Week is Care About This theme was chosen to highlight the 200th anniversary of adoption of the bald eagle as our national Attention will be focused on the needs of eagles and other Ten years ago the bald eagle was dangerously near extinction in the lower 48 due to increased public awareness and determined efforts of the future of this majestic bird may finally be on the the ways our actions affect all wildlife and the need to protect wildlife In an effort to bring this celebration closer to home the Fayette County Conservation Board will be showing a slide presentation and various wildlife education programs to as many school related and private groups as The main theme behind these programs will be to educate people to the needs of all not just the Areas to be covered in these programs animal effects of pollution & and habitat restoration To help promote general several species of eagles and their needs will be discussed and It is hoped that the Fayette County Conservation Board can expand this program more each year to cover as wide an area as If anyone has any questions regarding how they can help Girl Scout Week Proclaimed March 7-13 is National Girl Scout Week marking the founding of Girl Scouting on March 12, 1912. It is also the 70th birthday of Girl Scouts of the the national organization founded in Georgia by Juliette Gordon In honor of its 70th be sharing Girl Scouts wil of based on the in our Girl Scouts of Conestoga Council are calling upon all citizens to join their efforts to improve the quality of life for all through the wise use of our nation's natural Results Of Fayette JayCees Grocery Raffle Fayette Jaycees held their annual grocery raffle Sunday February 28. Funds from the event are used to sponsor programs and projects in the Fayette The first prize of was won by Lucy Burns of Second prize of went to Bob Fayette Community Library to fmm Sarah Lein serving as in New Zealand my I had the small fry really believing in Santa and his origin in the Northern bald eagle still needs our celebrate National Wildlife Throughout this yearlong ob- please feel free to call servance the bald eagle will the Fayette County stand as a proud symbol of tion conservation what the public can do to aid cation center at 425-3613 or endangered By em- the Iowa Chapter of the the plight of our National Wildlife Federation national symbol it is hoped in Boone at 515-432-4904. attention can be directed to the Northeast Iowa Community 4-H International Foreign Youth Sarah beside the champion bull at the Royal Livestock The bull measured approximately 6'2" at the As in the this breed is a newcomer to New The Fayette Community Library has purchased several new adult Some of them are listed 1. by William Martin In 1789, George Washington is presented with a fabulous tea set by the businessmen of Fashioned of confiscated Tory gold and silver by Paul the stunning is recognized at once as a major piece of American Art. Action To Offer Fuel 1814 as advance on the tea set 2. by Lois Battle Three young Australian women are on their way to the American G.I. husbands they had sworn to Their experiences are told up until the beginning of the Korean 3. of the by Maureen Peters Escaping her dreary job as a clerk at Sawyer's Lucy Mary O'Malley leaves England and embarks to the mysterious Forbidden City of Peking after agreeing to an arranged marriage with Prince Chang 4. of the by Katrinka Gretel the stylish art director of Milady marries Pieter Van der He owns an island in New York harbor Last summer the Hawkes Bay sheep were struck by facial eczema and the average loss per farmer would have put the Lein flock out of One farmer picked up 750 dead ewes in a I had a beautiful experience in Napier as I was guided through a wool handling a wool a tannery and a wool Napier is one of six centers that sells New Zealand's annual wool Each center has approximately ten sales per Napier's sale that day was for 26,000 bales of That was just a bit 1 of the 1,651,585 bales sold at the centers in 1981! Each bale weighs approximately 350 In the wool handling 7-acre some of the 26,000 bales were neatly stacked and not open for I asked how a buyer examines the wool to determine what to It was explained that a 5 pound is plucked from one bale in each A is usually 10 or more bales of similar wool The samples are inspected by potential In a is taken from each bale and sent to a testing station which prints the results of its shrinkage and tests on a These placed with are to the buyers when determining the wool that will suit their The actual bidding on the bales was carried out far removed from the location of the It took place in a posh downtown building where representatives from many firms from many countries sat in three-piece They would yell out their bid as the in which they were interested came up for Outside the wool firm shed I was able to watch compressed bales being loaded into huge metal containers which would later be placed on a During my stay in the capital city of Wellington I was again able to visit that town's wool firms and Another coincidence and another reason that a small I attended a seminar near as you probably is a growth hormone made by of Terre In charge of the seminar w. the U.S. and ISU graduate and who also received Cape ed his there i left with for his professor when I return to Ames this I spent Christmas under Mt. Hutt on a sheep farm near South Christmas English Christmas pudding and warm weather were my cultural experiences for the A home to Iowa early Boxing Day 26) in New Zealand caught my real family pulling up chairs to Christmas Day I spent Boxing Day and New Year's Day basking in the salmon fishing and but I missed the Rose Bowl the fluffy white stuff and my I'd love to share my treacherous 8,309 foot climb up Mr. my nine-mile trek to the world's largest mainland gannet colony of my at McDonald's to my horror they had no I've been a motormouth already Sarah Lein The Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation reminds families wishing to apply for fuel payment assistance that they have only until March 31st to make Regulations of the Home Energy Assistance Program say that no applications can be accepted after that To apply for contact the county Outreach office in West Union on Wednesday or Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and The telephone number is 422-3354. Please note that the Outreach office hours have returned to their regular schedule and are no longer open all Eligibility guidelines for Home Energy Assistance Program are as Number in Household 1 2 3 4 5 6 Each additional person All household income during most recent 90-day period or July to 1981 quarter Farm 1,380.00 1,818.75 2,257.50 2,696.25 3,135.00 3,573.75 438.75 1,616.25 2,133.75 2,651.25 3,168.75 3,686.25 4,203.75 517.50 Farmers and self-employed households must provide a copy of their completed income tax All others must provide verification of all household including every member of the where they Gretel begins to realize that she knows very little her handsome artist hui nd and still less about his mysterious brother who also lives on the island and whom she has never And then frightening things begin to happen around an inexplicable leak in the gas tank of her 5. Wishing by Elizabeth Andrews Jessica a young Englishwoman who comes to America in 1840 to search for her who has mysteriously She visits a Virginia plantation and tries to ignore the disturbing hints of discord between husband and master and white and 6. People from the by Velda Johnston Diana Garson had liked the shabby old farmhouse from the moment she crossed its The atmosphere seemed friendly and almost as if it were welcoming Here she encountered the people from the Whether they were Diana did not It is a provocative novel of a story of II and terror and sor Q very dangerous human 3. A PRESS Your window to the West Union Area Retired Teachers Association To Meet The West Union Area Retired Teachers Association will meet on March 10, 1982, at 1:30 p.m. in the Fayette County Historical West Catherine Klaus and Orpha West Union will serve as During the business meeting committee reports will be given by the various The arranged by Mrs. Virginia West will be three original presentations and a public address given by NORTH HIGH dramatic students under the direction of Sheryl Performers of the originals will be Paula Diane and Joy They have entitled their presentations and My Self Wants Teresa Schmelzer will present a Public Address entitled In strument of WEATHER By Helen Leech Temperature 20 21 Sat Sun Mon 22 Tue 23 Wed 24 Thur 25 Fri 26 44 31 40 23 50 21 43 30 31 23 32 10 35 9 Snow Trace
