Opinion Tribune (Newspaper) - September 6, 1989, Glenwood, Iowa F Glenwood Kiwanis Club to celebrate its 10th Details on page 4. L L j i receives page 5. award from AAA - 4. Season begins The sports season began last week with football and volleyball 4 L M L fc J Our 124th year 36th Issue Mills Iowa One 20 pages plus inserts By Jeff DeYoung Editor MINEOLA - The clean-up was in full gear Monday as the town of Mineola picked up the mess left in the wake of a tornado that touched down in the early morning hours on Labor The twister accompanied heavy rain and lightning that caused scattered damage throughout most of Mills Mineola the hardest hit by the which began around 2:30 a.m. Monday Witnesses in Mineola said the tornado hit shortly before 2:45 a.m. were but the wind and rain woke us said Wilbert were but didn't get up until we heard the tree snap and The tornado apparently touched down first at the located at the west end of Main A large tree was pulled out of the ground and fell onto the Kruse's patio and northern edge of their Flying shingles also caused some of the shingles from the neighbor's house came off and went through the upstairs Carol Kruse are shingles and all kinds of water all over the It's really a The twister then continued up Main Street to the but skipped over the business district and came down tearing off a portion of roof on a building owned by Floyd and Harold It then knocked down tree limbs and tore a portion of the rain gutter from St. John Lutheran A piece of the Roenfeldt building's roof was found at the almost two blocks Mineola residents pitched in to help their neighbors clean up the and work was well underway late Monday a it really Carol Kruse work to make something look and then it's But no one was and I'm thankful for V * t f & t. -i V 0 - ' - f s -A Hi - I r * T 1 1\ This large willow tree caused considerable damage at the Wilbert Kruse residence in A small twister touched down on the west edge of Mineola early Monday causing damage along Main by Jeff Tauke f * - 9 Avenson visit Glenwood Tauke challenges Harkin Avenson seeks support Reed is O-T correspondent Susan Reed has assumed duties as the Glenwood correspondent for the If you have call Susan at 527-3QB2. Four arrested in robbery Four Malvern juveniles were arrested Wednesday morning in connection with two armed robberies of Council Bluffs convenience stores and a burglary in Mills A spokesman for the Mills County Sheriff's Office said the four were arrested after an investigation by Mills County and the Council Bluffs Police Mills County received a tip August 28 that led to the investigation and The four juveniles are currently being held in a Sioux City facility awaiting Pre-natal classes planned The Mills County Public Health Nurses are conducting pre-natal which will include breathing and exercise labor and delivery and follow-up newborn These classes will be held at the Mills County Public Health 107 E. 4th in beginning on September 12, from 7-9 p.m. Classes will continue for seven Call 624-8333 to Classes will be held on the basis of Fathers or other support persons are welcome to - These classes are open to all Mills County Instructors will be Barbara and Lorri Loess Hills sets opening An open house and dedication for the Loess Hills located at 711 in will be held September 8, beginning at 10 a.m. The dedicatory address will be presented by Dr. Laverne president of the Retirement Housing A ribbon cutting ceremony will also be and refreshments will be The public is invited to Health clinic is Sept. 14 Immunizations against eight childhood diseases will be offered at the on-going cooperative clinic held on September 14. The clinic will be held in the basement of the Mills County Courthouse in Glenw from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sponsors of the clinic are the Mills County Board of county medical local physicians and the Iowa Dept. of Public All immunizations are available at no Hib may be given to children 18 months of age and Immunizations are given according to the schedule of the American Academy of and with the supervision of the County Medical Parents are advised to check with family physicians and immunization records prior to the and are asked to bring previous immunization records with Iowa Dept. of Public Health permission slips must be signed by the child's parent or legal guardian before immunizations will be By Joe Foreman Assistant Editor Although he has yet to officially announce his Republican Tom Iowa's Second District left little doubt last Wednesday in Glenwood that he intends to challenge Democratic incumbent Tom Harkin in the state's 1990 Senate Speaking to a small crowd in the basement of the Glenwood Public Tauke said he will use a grass root campaign across the state of Iowa to capture the Senate seat currently occupied by is reason to run for U.S. Tauke Harkin does not represent what I feel to be the views and values of the state of Labeling his prospective opponent the most liberal senator in Tauke said his views differ with on three major issues - child care and farm Harkin takes the view that the federal government is not collecting enough Tauke told the I get nervous when our government grows and spends faster tlian our We need to restrain our growth in spending and the size of the federal On the subject of child Tauke said parents should be able to choose who watches their the federal Tauke said he supported the controversial 1985 Farm but admitted that revisions in it will probably have to be made in 1990. He also criticized the which he said would require farmers to take a certain portion of their land out of production every During a question and answer session with the Tauke said he is the pro-life side of the abortion When asked by the mother of a client at the Glenwood State how he feels about the deinstitutionalizing of retarded Tauke said each person should be dealt with on the individual When asked about the national See page 3 By Jeff DeYoung Editor GLENWOOD - An improved higher educational system would be one of the top priorities for gubernatorial candidate Don Avenson if he is elected in 1990. an made a campaign swing through southwest Iowa last week as he tests the waters for his gubernatorial Avenson has not officially announced that he is a but he said he will make that announcement Avenson has also served in the Iowa Legislature since 1972, and has served four terms as Speaker of the been campaigning all over the about 80 hours a week and 1,200 he not real well known in western so it's extra important that I spend more time out here getting to know the Avenson visited Glenwood State while in and said residents of the area assured that will such as the can be not be wood State have a very real value to the and particularly to western he most state politicians are from the eastern half of the they're not familiar with and maybe they don't recognize its Avenson added that experienced southwest Iowa legislators like Sen. Cal Hultman of Red Oak have been instrumental in keeping Hultman has fought for that and he has helped make his fellow legislators aware of the importance of Avenson cannot see the legislature closing that Avenson said its time for west Iowa and other outer regions in the state to share in the administration is one that focuses on Des Moines and the surrounding and they pay little attention to the other regions in the he from northeast and I want to have to represent those the state who have been under- See page 3 it in The Glenwood Police Department
