Hawarden Independent (Newspaper) - April 8, 1999, Hawarden, Iowa i jC 50092 323 Hawarden Chamber Coffee will be held at 10 this Friday at Central sponsored by April Iowa Volume 116 Issue 14 50 cents News Briefs Soccer Registration for soccer is due April Please contact Stephany Heyl at city hall for your registration 551 It can be mailed to Last year 140 kids partici pated This years program will add ages 3 and WS Board of Education meeting April 8 There will be a special meet ing of the West Sioux Board of Education on April at 4 at the High School Community Health Partners to be in Hawarden April 15 Community Health Part ners of Sioux County will be at the Hawarden Hospital Con ference Room on April from to News brief The School District bond issues passed 76 percent to 24 Thirty six percent of the registered voters turned The total vote was 944 with 754 voting yes and 238 voting Special Olympics meet to be April 17 Northwest Iowa Special Olympics Track and Aquatics meets will be held April at the Sioux Center Athletic Opening cer are scheduled to be gin field events begin at and the last relay is Six hundred athletes from the ages of 8 to 60 from our nine county area will compete in this The public is wel Youth for Christ Youth for Christ plans to meet Sunday April at 8 in the home of Audra and Nathan They live southeast of 1871 Area high school students are encouraged to Reminder Hawarden Sky Warn and the City of Hawarden will be test ing sirens on April Regular testing will re sume on the 1st Monday of every month at 6 Fourth of July new millennium celebration In a continued effort to up scale new mil celebration on the 4th of July the fire works committee of George Jacobs and Dan Hamik have announced renewed funding efforts to raise the necessary dollars for an appropriate dis play following the State Fair Singers Jazz Band perfor Obviously to pull off an event such as it takes the dedication from all of and even with the Farmers State Bank and First State picking up the tab for the sing ers and the fireworks billing is no small kind of there will be ways for all of us to get A drop will be erected on the corner of 10th and Highway 12 where citi zens will be able to drive in and conveniently drop off their to help convert them into family excitement and At 5 cents a it will take some real dedication from but will also indicate how Hawar den appreciates this kind of family George CoChairman of the 4th of July Fireworks Committee drops some cans in a new point at the corner of 10th and Hwy This is a way every individual can participate in fund raising for a great 4th said There will be white and blue decorated cans at the gro cery and convenience stores for residents to drop their mon The level of participation depends solely feel about their own individual involve ment with a funding such as Letters of solicitation to Chamber members and ser vice organizations for what ever financial help they might think would be Well keep you posted as we progress towards a goal Sioux County grows Sioux County ranked as the third fastest growing county in northwest Iowa based on percent increase from 1990 to Sioux County grew per Dickinson led the way with followed by Ply mouth at Woodbury showed an increase of Lyon grew by Fourteen counties showed a They were Pocahontas Cherokee Palo Alto Webster Humboldt Osceola OBrien Sac Buena Vista Calhoun and Clay In 51 counties grew and 48 lost All counties on the western bor der grew except Fremont in the extreme southwestern cor The fastest growing on the western border is Mills at The fastest growing counties on a percentage basis were Dallas Benton Warren and Madison Among the largest counties growth was Polk Linn Johnson Scott to page 3 Vision 2005 The Plan of Iowa Vision The Plan of Iowa is This vision was developed by the Hawarden Community Coalition with the assistance of the Institute for Decision Making at Northern Iowa The Independent will do a series of articles covering the entire Copies of the plan can be obtained from The the Farmers State Bank and First State Guiding Principles The Hawarden Community Coalition developed and ap plied the following guiding principles for a Community betterment requires vision pro attitudes innovative approaches and effective communication and b Confidence in our future requires improving lifelong learning for the entire community and the quality of life for all c A spirit of cooperation should shape all that we and we should create communication throughout all ages and sectors of the d It is our responsibility to concentrate on what is benefi cial to the whole community for health hous technology and other improvements are most valuable when they benefit all e Diversified economic growth and the opportunities that accompany it are essential for both individual and commu well f We should strive to to and to maintain opportunities for current and future g In setting early attention should be placed on those challenges that significantly affect other needs and Community Vitality Objectives Communication By June utilize Channel 8 to disseminate infor mation to the community and via a the number of people obtaining information in this Success Indicator Survey results indicating usage level Responsibility City of Hawarden Healthy youth Present a program by May 1999 promoting to the youth the 40 Developmental Assets identified by Healthy Healthy Success Indicator Program is occurring and program goals are being met Responsibility Healthy Community Initiative Community Activities and Min Healthy youth Annually host the Celebrate Life Success Indicator Event is occurring and event goals are being met Responsibility Healthy Community Initiative Board and Ministerial Association Leadership By June develop a plan to encourage qualified people to seek elected Success Indicator Plan exists with commitments to implement Responsibility Chamber of Commerce Regional cooperation Annually identify opportunities with other area commu to enhance the quality of life in the Success Indicator such as from NW Iowa Eco nomic Developers Coalition Responsibility Spiritual needs By October assess the spiritual needs of the com Success Indicator Assessment is completed and follow up is planned Responsibility Healthy Community Ini Board and Ministerial