Johnston Northern Polk County News (Newspaper) - October 7, 1982, Johnston, Iowa 3g Vol. 13 No. 3 October 7,1982 Johnston School Board hears audit report The Johnston Community School District got a good report card Monday Jeb Benbow from the firm of Augustine & certified public appeared before the school board Monday night with a report on a recent audit that his company had conducted for the According to and the district doing an excellent with their He noted that there is improvement in the general solvency of the district's The auditor also said that at the present time the district has a cash The audit covered the fiscal year that ended June 30. Copies of the audit are available for public inspection at the School Administration Drug Dispensing Policy After thorough the concensus of the board was that a strict drug policy tentatively approved at an August board meeting was too At that time the board gave tentative approval to a policy that would not have allowed the school nurse or any other school personnel to administer even over - the - counter medications such as aspirin or cough without a doctor's The strict policy was conditionally approved on a recommendation from school nurse Marilyn who felt the changes were necessary for district to be in compliance with Chapter 204 of the Iowa Nurse Ullestad also felt that administering non drugs without a doctor's permission violated her Nurse's She also cited recent studies on the harmful effects of aspirins as reason for the stricter At the time of the August the strict policy was approved subject to review by legal District Superintendent Louis Friestad said Monday night that the opinion of the district's lawyer was that permission from a doctor to administer non drugs was not necessary to comply with Iowa A new similar to one used by the West Des Moines School District that will allow school authority to hold and give non - prescription drugs with parental will be presented to the board for approval at the next Band Trip High School Band teacher Dave Gardner received a nod of approval from the board to precede with plans for a trip to St. Louis in the Gardner hopes to take the high school band down for competition on an The trip is scheduled for the weekend of April 16. Trip expenses will be paid partially by the students and partially by fundraising story time time Who will be the King and Queen of this year's Pictured are the candidates left to Jennifer Scott Stacy Monte Kristin Thompson and Mike Once at Johnston Elementary we will be having a - kindergarten story for all Johnston children who are currently four or five years of age and are not yet enrolled but will be starting kindergarten next The story time will begin October 8 from 9:05 until 9:35 a.m. and will be held on Fridays during the school year as indicated by the schedule October 8,15, 22, 29 November 12, 19, 3, 10, 17, January 7, 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18, 25, March 11, 18, April 8, 15, 22,29, May 6,13,20. At the conclusion of the story time the children will be encouraged to select one book to check out and take home for a When the book is returned at the next story child will be allowed to take another The program will be under the direction of our Library Mrs. Kathy and will be held in the Elementary School MEDIA CENTER LIBRARY located in Room No. 20 at the west end of our south Each parent will be asked to complete a slip to check out books which will also be used to develop a system to identify each child by If a parent finds they are unable to bring their child perhaps they can work out an arrangement with a relative or We do request that each child who attends be Johnston Homecoming Gone at city auction Johnston High School will be holding its annual Homecoming Celebration Oct. 7 - Oct. 9. Everyone loves a parade and Homecoming will be kicked off with a parade on Thursday Oct. 7. The parade will start at 2:00 p.m. at the High School and go east on 62nd Ave. to the Elementary School where the route will be The parade will be followed by a Powder Puff Football Game played by Johnston Friday's activities include a spaghetti dinner sponsored by the Booster Club at the High School at 5:30 p.m. and the Homecoming game against Nevada at 7:30 p.m. Before the game the King and Queen will be coronated and a pep rally A dance on Saturday Oct. 9 will cap the The dance will be held in the high school student center from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and will cost Looking for a good deal on a Maybe a motorcycle is more your Perhaps you could use some office or a chainsaw or a lawn If you're have we got a deal for Local auctioneer Lloyd Busby says some good will be available at the Johnston City Auction to be held this Oct. 9 at the City's maintenence facilities at 6401 Beaver Dr. who will conduct the sale for the says that in the past has been some real at city At the last auction he conducted for the town or 3 years gave bargin hunters even more The merchandise to be auctioned at this sale includes abandoned items from the police department and excess equipment from the city offices and maintenence Included are various used office equipment and For a complete check the legal section in todays Busby who lives at 6606 Beaver Dr. says he likes to tell people that an auction the only time they have the chance to buy something for exact price that they are willing to pay for The who prides himself on beginning his sales on time says the sale will begin at a.m. PUBLIC HEARING AT JOHNSTON'S CITY HALL OCTOBER 14th Citizens can voice their opinions regarding the possible changes in postal service for The hearing is scheduled at 7:45 P.M. prior to the regular Council accompanied by a parent or other adult and that they remain in the building during the story Our plan is for each child to be brought at 9:05 to the MEDIA CENTER Room 20 and the adults then go to number 19 for coffee and Parking may be a little scarce so parents may wish to ride together and take turns Feel free to park bumper to bumper wherever it seems reasonable to do so if no parking space is We are looking forward to having many pre take advantage of this fine opportunity to get to know more about books and their school so please pass this information along to anyone who has a child that REGISTER TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 2ND Pete 5320 NW 66th in Johnston is serving as a mobile To phone 276 SPAGHETTI SUPPER FRIDAY NIGHT OCTOBER 8th Everyone's invited to the spaghetti supper Friday night at the high school Serving will be from 5- 7:00 P.M. Tickets are being sold at the door The cost is for 7th graders through for 6th graders and Come and enjoy a delicious Be sure to stay for the Homecoming game i u m i I I 1 I 1 I 1 M I I M
