Johnston Press Citizen (Newspaper) - May 4, 2005, Johnston, Iowa News Press Citizen 17 OBrien Van hearing on budget A public hearing on what ould be the final amendment Dallas Countys current bud will be held at 10 on y 24 in City Council Cham s at Adel City 301 ath unty gets EMS grant Dallas Countys Emer icy Medical Services EMS has received an 300 grant that will be used to d training and purchases of The money comes from era funds administered by jeds become a problem Due dates for eradication plants named by the state noxious although ne intriguing are Guidelines for weed control that musk thistle and multi a rose should be cut or oth ise controlled by May and as often as necessary after Leafy perennial pepper sour sheep sorrel and buckhorn plantain should be gone by May 15 and Canada Russian knap buckthorn wild mustard and smooth by May By June the following plants should be goners Field wild poison horse perennial quack velvet puncture bull tall wild shatter cane and purple County Supervisor Brad Golightly said the named weeds grow and reproduce You have to keep them undercut so they dont cover the Landowners who do not control the weeds on their own face the possibility that the county will eradicate the plants and charge them for the Complaints about weed growth can be made anony be calling County Weed Commissioner Doug Employee help contract The Dallas County sors deferred approval of an employee assistance program at their April 26 meeting be cause Supervisors Kim Chap man and Brad Golightly said they wanted a report on how many employees used this ser vice before deciding whether to approved a new The available only to the countys 209 full time em costs the county a Supervisor Mark Hanson said he does not believe the assistance program can be a You cant put a dollar amount on its he The service provides refer rals or counseling to employees and their eligible dependents who may be having personal or County Operations Administrator Connie who oversees personnel said the service had been used success fully to resolve issues between employees and their their su Winning poster Photo Robert and Roselie Sterner and Carter Bell of the Camelot 4H Club are pictured with the poster that they will take to the Iowa State This poster was selected at the Educational Presentation Day Twentyfive Dallas County 4Hers competed with their Six presentations and topics going to the State Fair are Amanda the White House Amanda Organ Donations Sarah Stallman and Rachel Pamper your Pets Matt So you want to make a movie Rosalie Maloc and Jasmine Solar Kathy Harkrader of Adel coordinated the Fillies 7th at invitational Speeding a concern for some Grimes residents girls track team was on Invitational A Abbey Rich ardson had a season best in head coach of her teams effort on the ve provided all the athletes had elements in order Besides the inclement the team had to bigger with Class 4A teams entered r were able 30 points it was stiE a challenge the next time tiie in com they took part the 185 Invitational The team was able to better They ran against equal teams and as a in place 5 team was not to pa first finish on but a pair Of cour She I in the long jump 16sanded in the 400m three first played a hand in all of was very against several three of which she was clocked at She then joined Erin Gold aSd shuttle hurdle relay event They were Then relay team of Susan Freeman and Ziskovsky won Proposed stop sign may not solve the prob council member warns At the April 26 Grimes council meeting Beth Kramer presented the council with a petition calling for the installa tion of a stop sign at the corner of Meadowlark and South Little Beaver Many residents of this neighborhood have witnessed speeding cars and several near miss collisions involving ve and Kramer stated there are at least eleven children liv ing near the corner and thirty schoolchildren board school buses Since the South Street extension opened many cars do not follow the posted 25 mile per hour speed for ex ample a car traveling nearly 40 mph swerved and almost ended up over the to avoid a col Kramer Jeff Schultz another neigh bor in the area spoke to the A ten year old boy died in a neighboring community as a possible result of a city council if we can avoid this type of tragedy by adding a stop shouldnt we do he The Councils reaction to Kramers petition was mixed but Council member Tami who resides in the area This just needs to be done with no more talking about Member Mike Grove want ed to remind everyone that stop signs do not necessarily slow people down and suggested other measures might need to be Mayor Armstrong ad vised the stop sign issue would need to be placed by resolu tion as an action item on the agenda and suggested until that happens they could direct law enforcement to install a children playing sign in the area and actively enforce the speed limit with their pres ence in the In other council Council Member Tom Shat ava brought to the council the possibility of defining critical intersections and then iden those intersections for future council Council Member Mike Grove wants clarification and possible action on where fences are allowed and architectural standards for new fences espe in the new Designs for the new Aquatic Center are moving plans are to make it different from those in the surrounding