Opinion Tribune (Newspaper) - September 14, 1977, Glenwood, Iowa Opinion Iowa Tribune Volume Number 37 September 1977 Price 15c I Community With A Future Walker says Rams will work on mistakes for game at Creston See page 6 Commission cuts red tape from draft The Mills County Planning and Zoning Commission Monday decided that if the county gets zoning persons would not be required to obtain zoning permits to begin The commission removed sections that required permits from a rough draft outlining zoning I would suggest we delete all paragraphs pertaining to a fee and the issuance of a zoning said commission member Jim I cant see saddling him the builder with the red tape and the John Sumstad of an Omaha planning presented the rough draft to five commission members and county supervisor Virgil The reason for zoning Sumstad is so that persons building will not be and find that the structure doesnt comply with zoning If they first are required to buy a they will be assured the structure or they can change it before it is too The commission members were afraid such a requirement would be seen by many as red Ive had so many people Do we have to come in before we can do anything commission member Viola Mal They dont like They just dont Richter you could put in a sentence that says they should check with their zoning Sumstad agreed to rework the regulation so that it will require a permit only for those who wish to change a The commission deleted parts of the rough draft and asked Sumstad to rework other in an effort to cut down expense and paperwork if zoning comes to the Id keep it as simple as possible if we can get the job said commission chairman Earl Silver The which had not met since chose 10 as its next meetings Yet to be covered in the rough draft prepared by MAPA is the section on subdivision Sumstad also distrib various maps to the members Monday for Both the planning and zoning commission and the board of supervisors must hold public hearings before any zoning regulations may be adopted by the Another change made in the rough draft Monday would be that the county would not notify the school districts of possible zoning changes by All possible zoning changes would be published for the to The commission gave Sumstad other sections to Lack of restraint by feeders could make brightness gloomy Information Service Iowa Stale University A outlook could turn to gloom again if cattle feeders dont exercise says Gene Iowa State University extension Lower prices on corn and other feed a forecast of better 1978 as well as pressure to use forage and grain supplies may encourage feeders to bid away Farm potential improvement in feeding returns as they buy feeder he Although feeder cattle prices are still unprofitable for sustained further improvement in the prices will depend on better returns for cattle the economist If feeder cattle are bid up too sharply before the beef supply has adjusted downward enough to support a profitable level for cattle losses will be In late Choice 300 to 500pound steer calves were selling at Missouri River markets mainly at to per 100 Choice 500 to 600pound steers sold at to and 600 to 800pound steers brought mostly to Choice 300 to 500pound heifers sold at to while 500 to 700 pounders were to At these prices were to per 100 pounds above July and to higher than a year Biggest increases over 1976 were generally on calves and light Futrell The price paid for feeder cattle in weeks ahead will be a major determinant of profits or losses when the finished cattle are Feed costs over the next several months should average Jower than at any time in the past four Corn prices likely will run moderately below the per bushel loan the economist large feedlot placements during July were cause for cattle feeder Placements in seven major feeding states were 29 per cent above last year the largest on record for that Marketing out of feedlots were down 5 per cent from July last while 3 per cent more cattle were on feed 1 than in Futrell notes that August was the first month this year that numbers on feed exceeded the 1976 Placements on feed in 23 states during the first six months on this year showed gains of 4 per cent over The surge in July placements is not indicative of likely placement levels for the current but a moderate increase over last year is This suggests fairly large marketings of fed cattle late this year and into he On the other larger feedlot placements mean fewer cattle are moving directly to Better moisture and pasture conditions in much of the United States will also reduce the pressure to sell cows and other Futrell He says cattle feeding plans should be made with the assumption that choice slaughter steers will be in the to range during the first half of If moisture conditions are good and herd liquidation ends next prices in the last six months may be somewhat highter possibly in the to At the Swift plant hi a live hog comes oat meat 72 Pint the are stripped of their skin and hong to far on conveyor a worker cleans up whats left after the loins and other parts have been cut from the The end product comes out awaiting See the story at right for the complete processing A tour of Swifts plant A tour of Swift convinces most that the processing plant is no small Plant manager Art Cady says Swifts processes about hogs a and that it takes about 72 hours from the time a hog is bought until it is This is the key to the meat moving it says The less time we keep the more time it has on shelf Several of supervisors took about 150 persons on a tour of the which employs as part of the third annual Pork Chop Days The processing begins in a dark area with pen space for about where the hogs first are brought after they are After they are slaughtered and their skins are the hogs go to the carcass which also has a the carcasses are hung from conveyor belts in Cady says the carcasses are cooled to 38 From the hogs are moved by conveyor belts to a room for The carcasses begin at the main where groups of workers first cut the hams The shoulders come off as the carcasses travel all over the The loins are the third parts to be leaving the belly and After the various parts are by conveyor to one of several storage The meat japes straight to butcher shops for sale is packed in small about the size of three or four shoe The meat which will be processed further goes to a large cold where it is packed in huge each holding pounds of more than a These will be shipped for The coldest place in the plant is the large where parts like hearts and livers are stored at 10 degrees below Cady says the plant must store the meat until there is sufficient quantity to Official count shows gain of 16 students The Glenwood School District has 16 more than the past according to figures submitted to the state for budgetary A count after the first week of school had shown The state uses the number of students enrolled on the second Friday of last as the basis for budget Superintendent Eugene who announced the figures at Mondays school board said he does not expect enrollment to drop by as it did last Last the district lost 18 students by January it picked up 34 students from January to Here is the breakdown of students by grade kindergarten first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth nineth 10th 11th 12th 124 and special education said the board members also discussed the Iowa immunization which will be enforced beginning in The schools role will be merely to enforce the not provide Nasal road If they dont have their immunization they dont go to Its that Other business conducted by the board included Accepted junior und senior high hand which will describe to students various policies and regulations of attending said the students were given the handbooks several weeks Decided to add teacher aides tor kindergarten class at Northeast Elementary School and for kindergarten and first grade at West Elementary Notified board of telephone rate as a result of all the states schools being changed by the telephone company from residential to commercial We fought it all the way to the but Tabled Action until Monday the election of one board member to the delegate assembly of the Iowa Association of School said this was because of Tuesdays board elections and the changes the elections could make in the Graduated retroactively Lynette adding her to the list of 1974 said she left for Colorado before and went to school in He said she already had fulfilled the Glenwood Districts graduation Notified the board of the National Association of School Administrators meeting 1621 at and of the Iowa Association of School Boards convention 17 and 18 at Des Notified the board of the Area Education Agency which will be held at 26 at Northeast Elementary One person from seven school districts in the area will be Amended contracts of teachers in terms of coaching Janet include junior high girls softball Adolph omit summer softball Don include summer softball Debra include junior high assistant Eugene include seventh and eighth grade and seventh and eighth grade assistant girls track Barry include ninth grade girls basketball and James include assistant summer Roundup Hewett denied motion to set aside judgment District Court Judge Leo Connolly Tuesday a filed by William to set aside default judgment in a suit ruled upon by Chief District Court Judge Paul Sulhoff in and codefendant Lakeview Manor Nursing were sued by Bob et The plaintiffs Richard Crotty of Council said about 40 or 50 persons were included in the who three weeks ago was convicted of obtaining Medicaid funds under false pretenses in the same is a former administrator of the nursing Lakeview since has changed its name to Hillside Manor Nursing Crotty said Hewett operated a sheltered where mentally retarded persons but did not pay the employes a percentage of the minimum as required by Judge Sulhoff granted default judgment set aside June Hewett claimed he was emotionally upset at the time the original suit was Pork Chop Days winners Here are the winners in Mondays competition of Pork Chop Days at the Swift plant Judging Bob Keith Eugene Dwayne Larry Steve Bernie John Gary Carcass show Dwayne Dean Kevin Ormand Calvin Live Kelly Dwayne Spencer Tom Kevin speaker to be here Martin Wolf of Iowa Western Community Council will speak at 8 Tuesday at the Sundown Supper Club as a guest of the Glenwood Wolf will bring a slide presentation and answer questions about the college as The Jaycees said the public is Land group to meet The temporary Mills County Land Preservation Policy Commission will meet at 21 at the Glenwood City The commission reports that it will begin preparation of a land preservation plan for Mills A public hearing will be held after work has Constitution Week to begin The Glenwood chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution urges everyone to fly the American Flag and study the Constitution during Constitution which is 17 through Mayor Dale Harper has signed a proclamation declaring the week in The DAK has books related to the Constitution on display al the Glenwood Public and a poster at the junior high Last many churches noted the week during their a DAK spokeswoman Gas company to refund money Peoples Natural Gas has begun refunding about plus interest at 9 per cent to its customers throughout The refunds relate to natural gas purchased by Peoples customers between November and August and result from an order by the Iowa State Commerce Commission in a rate case tiled by the company in July The company had appealed the commission order but is in the process of dismissing the appeal pursuant to a stipulation approved by the The refund will appear as a credit on the customers September The amount ot the refund depends on each customers rait schedule and gas consumed during the refund a residential customer who uses gas for water heating and cooking will receive a refund ot about County low in unemployment Mills Counts was the only county in the 10coumy Southwest Iowa area lo lower its jobless rate from May to June of this according to a report by the Job Service ot The countys labor force increased by 100 bul 110 jobs were dropping Mills Countys unemployment rale from per cent to per The job service reported that Mills Counly has about persons with a work force of In persons are Agricultural employment was up in each county comparing June lo May of this but down slightly from last Mental health official praises schools foster grandparent program State Director of Mental Health Resources Nick had nothing but praise for the foster grandparent program at the Glenwood Slate 1 can really appreciate it when you spend lime with said at the luncheon honoring the Foster Grandparent Its a great program because of ils The stale school has lib foster who must fulfill age and income requirements to be eligible for the The participants are paid an hour and given a meal at the school each In the foster grandparents spend two hours with one then two hours with Mildred Anderson one of he 16 original fust or told her Having been here since the beginning has been a gift nt ll is a labor of love to have a part in the lives of these special who accompanied members of the legislature on a lour of he school The legislators are very aware of this They couldnt help but notice You people were everywhere we Hie school operates shuttle buses to some Nick towns lo transport the foster who come from all over Southwest Thats a lot of traveling to come for the You dont need someone to tell you it youre doing a good he pointing lo his heart and You know it right down
