Opinion-tribune (Newspaper) - January 27, 1981, Glenwood, Iowa Our 117th year 8th Issue January 1981 Shorter route for pipe talked The Glenwood City Council could save from to in construction costs for the proposed sewage treatment plant by redesign ing a section of the forced main that crosses a Missouri River Mayor Dale Harper said Consultation with city engineers and attorneys and engineers for two drainage districts indicates a more less costly route to the river is Harper As much as onehalf mile of pipeline may not be he and the districts have indicated they would allow Glenwood free access to the levee if a more direct route is Harper noted such a move would require the approval of the Army Corps of The council inspected the levee Saturday The matter is on the agenda for tonights council meeting at 7 at City The council will consider asking Durham and Richardson to redraw plans for the the mayor Harper said he would also like to hear explanation for the present pipeline particularly as to why the more direct route was not Auditor pleads her ease The State Campaign ure Commission is expected to decide the merits of a complaint against newly elected Mills County Auditor Margaret and Jeanne treasurer of her election at its March 5 meeting in Des At a Friday hearing at the commission office before one of the Delavan said personal problems at home led to filing of the 25 campaign report 63 days Commission Chairman Herbert Selby of Newton said the commission will decide March 5 whether to drop its investigation or to recommend that Cole be prosecuted for violating Iowa Violating Iowas campaign finance disclosure law is a serious misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine and a year in Delavan said she takes full responsibility for the late adding that Cole accepted the treasurers position simply as a good neighbor Jeannette Palmer of whose complaint to the state commission prompted its said she did not file this complaint because the Delavan committee filed late but because the committee failed to file the 25 Lazy day at the cafe Friday was not only a lazy day at this cafe in but all around southwest Iowa as the mercury crossed the 7Qdegree mark in many places and shattered record In Glenwood we experienced a high of 63 degrees 69 campaign I had no intentions of bringing complaints against anyone who had filed she These reports are required to be filed by This allows anyone wishing to review them prior to the election to do A memo prepared by the state commission and circulated at the hearing was also Palmer In she the memo stated that the Margaret Delavan for County Auditor Committee had been contacted once by letter and three times by phone between the dates of 11 and The Delavan Committee ignored all pleas to file the The memo indicated that a Mills County summary report the commission received 17 showed that the Delavan committees report was the only one then The prepared by Steven noted the following commission activities the commission sent a letter to indicating her committee was delinquent and requesting immedi ate Johnson phoned Glenn Johnson who told him the report had not been He then phoned Delavan who told him she would file the Johnson talked to the auditor again and attempted unsuccess fully to reach Delavan by He See Page 2 Utility bills prompt some applications While warm winter weather led people to forget about federal assistance to pay for those heating rising utility bills have stopped people from getting too reports Viola Hartley of the Malvern office of the West Central Development Theyre really hollering she said of some Mills County The number of applications for 198081 Energy Assistance Program is down from last she even though federal funds for the program are up from slightly less than million last year to Applications haye picked up some in the past two The last day to apply for the program is May As of 179 Mills County households nave made Last year 270 county households received aid from while 23 households were denied Mills County received in assistance last year from the This marks an average of per according to Doris public affairs Also as of households in 10county area had applied for Huth Last year the program drew applications of which were Huth noted that 68 percent 187 of the Mills County recipients last year involved female heads of 61 percent 169 of the applicants were over and 71 percent 195 were Social Security The federally funded she is not designed to pay the total households energy costs but provides supplemental assistance for the payment of fuel Applicants must bring proof of their current primary heating vendor of The income will be verified through records of each payment received in the last three months of each member of the The annual income guidelines for the following household sizes are one and for each additional household add The money for the program is not divided Huth It depends on the climatic region of the state and the types of fuels used to heat the Considering these then pays the power with no money going directly to the program Jack acting man said no age barrier is involved in the energy assistance but that special effort is being made to make the assistance available to the handicapped persons and For more information about the program or to make contact the office in 104 East Fifth phone 1980 only fair for most merchants Editors note This is the first of two stories exploring the effects of 1980 on Glenwood retail Information in these stories is based on the results of an anonymous business survey the to 41 retail because only 14 merchants responded to the these stories will only speak for about onethird of all Glenwood retail We have no way of knowing if this segment of retail businesses is representative of the All references to Glenwood businesses and merchants should be taken to mean the 14 who responded to the By Gary Veehoff i Editor The year 1980 was a good one for some Glenwood disappointing for but for most it was simply Business was probably the spottiest and most erratic of any of my years in said one I was just able to hold my own in reflected Most merchants said high interest rates and decreased sales were the primary reasons for their mediocre Some said it was difficult to add the high interest rates to the price of merchandise and still keep prices Others said interest rates prevented them from expanding their inventory or adding on to who listed decreased sales as the reason for their had various explanations for Some said it was because the grain embargo imposed hardship on farmers in was imposed on Some said it was because of general economic everyone is tightening their belts and cutting back where they One said theres a vicious circle causing decreased sales in The merchant said people are shopping in Council Bluffs and Omaha because of a lack of selection But because theres no room on the its impossible to improve the Glenwood is in real trouble business wise because it is built on a and at least half of the square is occupied by businesses or this merchant The minute you go off the square youre in trouble because theres no place to If some of the utility would move off the maybe some of these new businesses wouldnt be closing Other reasons sited for 1980 being a fair year were high utility increased wholesale high gasoline prices and high employee Utilities were a big but we aint seen nothing said one Gasoline prices for our service trucks are at an said In an effort to we sometimes must wait until we accumulate several calls in a given At our service charges prices Im not sure we are breaking Of the three merchants who said they had a two attributed it to their cautious My business was more profitable in 1980 than in any year because tight controls were kept on all expenses in anticipation of reduced sales and high interest said The third merchant who had a good year said it was because sales were up and expenses were relatively unchanged from The two businesses that had below average years blamed decreased Business was worse than anytime in the last four years including 1974 which was almost said one of those mer Sales were down almost 63 About 71i percent of the of them people who had fair or bad the last year forced them to be more We put better business management into practice and ran a tighter said echoing the experience of I didnt hire a salesman although I needed and I put in more effective hours We all sharpened up our sales technique and product We worked harder and we worked I have been unable to give my employees the raises in salary they said as a result of the interest we are unable to stock some of the Other merchants told of having to keep a close eye on having to borrow money and having to increase delivery One advertised and three said they had more sales in 1980 than 1979 in hopes of selling more I had more sales because people were looking for a explained one Only one merchant mentioned having fewer sales during 1980 than but added that 1980s were bigger Three merchants said they didnt notice any particular buying trends in but 11 said they More than anything merchants said their customers primarily bought and often opted for higher I noticed a lot of practical buying less said A lot of customers seem to be wanting quality merchandise and maybe arent as conscious of price with expectations the merchandise will last longer and in the end be added A few merchants said they noticed customers buying a little at a time instead of all at Two said that people waited until the last minute to dp Christmas and one negated the vicious circle theory mentioned That merchant said people are shopping in Glenwood instead of going to Council Bluffs and Omaha because you dont save the amount of gas it takes to get Two 18 pages 25 cents Time for renewals Iowa motor vehicle licenses should be renewed no later than Saturday at the Mills County to avoid a County Treasurer Robinson said her office will be open Saturday from 8 to noon to handle late license A five percent penalty will be added to the regular renewal fee for a vehicle beginning 1 Renewal applications can be mailed to the treasurers office where the vehicle is registered as long as the applications are received before The 1981 fee is shown at the bottom of the 1980 registration A 25cent mailing fee for each set of validation stickers or a fee for each set of plates should be included with the registration Law enforcement officers will issue citations to owners of any vehicle not displaying 1981 plates or validation stickers if the vehicle is operated on public streets after March The last day to purchase plates and stickers prior to the enforcement date is March Glenwood man wounded A Glenwood man was the victim of an accidental gunshot wound Sunday Ed Grindle of 612 Chestnut said he had just returned from a hunting trip and was walking to his house when he dropped his He said he tried to grab the but as he did it went off and a bullet hit his lower left who was treated by a Glenwood said no bones were After umpiring a ball game Monday he said the injury was simply an Ninth graders win The ninth grade Readers Theater and group mime entries from Glenwood Community Junior High School will advance to state competition 7 at Ankeny after winning the district competition Saturday at Thomas Jefferson High in Council Coach Steve Swanson said the Glenwood students competed against 25 other schools on Brains advancing Glenwood High School moved to the quarterfinals in the KMA Brain Bowl by defeating Red Oak High School Also Tarkio defeated moving to the quarterfinals where they will compete with Glenwood at on KMA Members of Brain Bowl pictured from are Robby Paul Barker and Tim Mark in is the teams Legionnaires honored Eighteen members of the Harvey Rimel Post American received 62year awards during Saturdays annual turkey feed at the Legion Hall in So honored were Clifford Norman Robert Ralph Herby Charles Kenneth Ralph Albert John Roland Gus Carl Rhoades and Shorty Safe found opened James rural found an opened safe Sunday near his property five miles north of The Mills County Sheriffs Department traced the which contained blank checks and personal to Ralph Wellman of No arrests have been Office is entered The Mills County landfill office was broken into and John Stevens reported Stolen were 140 pounds of meat from a a knife and a warthog Gathering wool Applications from Mills County wool producers for incentive payments on 1980 marketings of wool and unshorn lambs should be filed at the county Agricultural Stabilization and Conser vation Service office in Malvern hv Index 2A 3A 4A 5A7A 8A9A 10 A bB Area 7B To place ads or give news call t i
