Jewell Record News (Newspaper) - September 17, 1981, Jewell, Iowa Historical Sl Grand Moines n South Hamilton Kamrar The Areas Most Widely Read Newspaper Volume Number September Section Bloodmobile has good turnout The Bloodmobile for the blood center had a good turnout Eightysix people took time out from their busy schedule to donate a pint of Eight people were awarded a one gallon The next mobile will be in another combination to be held in Jewell in the spring of Library Story Hours start Saturday Montgomery Memorial Library will be featuring a monthly story hour for children in first and second The books and activities will be geared for the appropriate age Kay elementary education major at Iowa State will be reading to the children and leading their This will be the first story hour from This weeks theme is and the activity is a BubbleGum School Board reviews audit report The South Hamilton Board of Education met in regular session on The board ap proved all routine bills and reports and approved salary increases for five teachers who have advanced on the salary schedule due to additional The board heard reports from the principals concerning fund raising for band bleacher im cross country par punch ticket sales and class The 197980 audit report was reviewed as was a rate increase by Northwestern The board ac a bid from Des Moines Fence Company to put chain link fence around the basketball and tennis slab west of the The board updated several received a request from the South Hamilton Education Association to bargain a 198243 and heard a report on various topics from the superin The next meeting is at on at which time new board members will be sworn in and new officers elected for the 8182 school Jewell Spotlight Local law enforcement officers and the Hamilton County Sheriffs Department are continuing with their investigation of the Jewell robbery involving the theft of an estimated worth of The theft occurred last Thursday morning in Jewell at Conaway John Deere Implement According to entrance was gained through a back The window was pried open The major stolen items were nine chain four mechanics tool a television a microwave 18 tractor a recorder and a movie Most of the items were said to be new John Deere This was the largest robbery that Jewell has had in a long Forestry Field Day set for 24 A Forestry Field Day has been scheduled for at Briggs Woods Shelter from with the County Conservation Conservation Commission Extension Service County Conservation week In the upper photo Mark Ahrens is shown beginning the breakaway that led to a South Hamilton touchdown at Story City where the Hawks met the Norsemen last Friday In the lower photo Mark heads for the goal line and a The blocking shown in these photos really illustrates that each score is a team Trusts may need revision under new estate laws people may want to review their wills or trusts because of changes in the estate tax law con in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of says an Iowa State University tax Some confusion can arise over the definition of the marital deduction and the method of figuring it because of changes in the new ac cording to Neil professor of economics and member of the Iowa Under the new all of the qualifying property to a surviving spouse is exempt from federal estate tax under the marital deduction for deaths after the marital deduction was limited to 50 percent of the ad justed gross estate or whichever was Harl In the some wills and trusts contained a formula marital deduction clause calling for the surviving spouse to receive the maximum marital Confusion could result over which maximum deduction clause pertains the old law clause under which the will or trust may have been or the new law There is a transitional provision for wills and trusts to clear up the meaning of maximum marital deduction under formula Under this maximum will be taken to mean maximum under the previous law and maximum under the new law if the marital deduction clause is not amended after if the dies after or if the state does not define by statute under the new Harl But wills containing a marital deduction provision that does not refer to the maximum have another Harl points The definition of adjusted gross estate has been removed from the law on the federal estate tax marital So if the marital deduction clause refers to figuring the deduction on the basis of the adjusted Governor Robert Ray signed a proclamation this past week proclaiming the week of as County Conservation Board Brian executive director of the Hamilton County Conservation was in attendance during the signing And discussed with the governor the value and importance of county conservation boards as a whole and on an individual basis across the state of The natural resources that we as residents of Hamilton County such as those along the Boone and Skunk at Little Wall Lake and through the balance of the make us extremely fortunate people in direct com parison to many other residents of counties across the It is hoped that each and every Hamilton County resident takes a moment of time to realize this and then to utilize these natural resources in a wise and prudent Jewell farmer escapes injury in accident A wellknown Jewell area farmer escaped injury this past week when the dump truck he was driving lost all brake Lynn Beyer reported that as he approached an intersection north of Jewell the brakes suddenly went out of the truck he was The vehicle hit a small bridge flipped end for end in the crashed into the bottom of a deep drainage ditch and rolled once on its Lynn was able to release himself from the cab and walk to a neighbor for It was a he that nothing was broken and that outside of many his most serious injury was a cut on his elbow which required of Life Pass kits on the way Rick National Kidney Foundation of Iowa Gift of Life Chairman for Hamilton announced that county residents will receive their Gift of Life Pass Kits by mail within the next few The Kidney Foundations Gift of Life Pass Kit campaign is annual drive to inform lowans of the support needed by over lowans who are victims of kidney disease and to distribute organ donor cards to residents who would like to sign up for the organ donation Organ donation is one of the most important programs sponsored by the as it literally gives the gift of life to patients who must depend upon machines to Over 400 lowans are waiting for a kidney transplant simply because there arent enough donated kidneys Gift of pass kits were mailed this week to residents throughout the To save kits are passed from neighbor to neighbor and then returned by mail to Fort the regional collection Each kit contains information about kidney contribution en and organ donor The National Kidney Foundation of Iowa sponsors over 80 programs and services in the areas of public and professional patient and community services and organ Des Moines will celebrate gross that term must now be defined in the will or Harl wills or trusts using the term adjusted gross estate should be reviewed before Many will want to revise their wills unless the revision would be unwise for some such as possible in competency or other Harl Also the maximum marital deduction should be clearly defined if in the will or while examining these couples with combined estates exceeding the level of the unified credit might want to consider a marital deduction below the maximum of 100 percent under the new The maximum deduction does minimize taxes for the estate of the first to but may add an tax burden to the surviving Greater savings might be obtained by using less than the maximum marital deduction at the first he The Japan Arts Festival will be celebrated citywide October 1219 in Des Over 100 Japanese artists and performers from Kyoto and will participate in the along with the Asia Society of New Demonstrations include flower arranging Ikebana at the Botanical Center by the renowned Saga School of Japanese kite making at the Des Moines Center of Science and with kite displays at other tea ceremonies at the calligraphy and sumi painters at the Des Moines Art Japanese musical performers and folk dancing will be held throughout the Kendo and karate will be performed by world famous A Potters contest tea bowls and Ikebana containers will be A formal opening October will be held on the steps of Des Moines City Hall Of special interest is the religious ceremony conducted by the Abbott Japan Arts Festival from the Temple of Kyoto on October This will be only the second time this ceremony has been performed in the United The Asia Society presents the Court Dance Theater and Music from Okinawa on October 19 at the Civic The festival is sponsored by the Des Moines Friendship and Sister City City of Des the consulate of Kansas and the greater Des Moines Chamber of Soil Survey progress report farm farmers and others will be interested in the Soil Survey Progress Report to be presented according to Lynn County Extension The session will be held at the Harry McKee farm four miles south of Webster City on Highway from Steve Anderson and Mike the new owners of Ose Hardware in Story are shown following a very successful ope T house their grand over 400 persons attended Vn Friday and over 300 on on