Opinion Tribune (Newspaper) - November 20, 1996, Glenwood, Iowa INSIDE Miss Iowa 593 1182 88-86-8800 29 44 ST HISTORICAL SOC OF IOWA 688 E LOCUST ST od BUREAU OF LIB & ARCHIVES IA IOWA Celebrate Our State I $ 4 6 * 1 9 9 6 75 cents TWO 24 PAGES PLUS INSERTS VOLUME 131, NO. 47 MILLS IOWA NOV. 20,1996 TCI to air 17 Hawk contests By Joe Foreman Editor After receiving considerable criticism from Iowa Hawkeye basketball fans the past two TCI Cable vision has announced its plans to televise 17 Iowa games in during the 1996-97 men's basketball At the regular meeting of the Glenwood City Nov. 12, Mayor Lyle Mayberry said he was notified of intention to lease an additional satellite dish for Glenwood that would allow the Hawkeye games to be televised to its customers in the The schedule of broadcasts includes Friday's game against Western which will be televised on Channel 5 at 7 p.m. Last TCI was criticized by Glenwood residents and elected officials for the lack of Hawkeye broadcasts in the Some other items of interest on the council's The council instructed City Attorney Jim Thomas to meet with County Attorney Connie Anstey to draw up a 28-E agreement outlining the shared useage of a new drug The city agreed to pay its share of the purchase once the agreement is The council authorized the mayor to sign a Tree City U.S.A. application on behalf of the The council voiced its support for placement of a stop intersection of Valley St. and Shamrock The council's second regular meeting in December has been rescheduled from Dec. 24 to Dec. 17. Operation kick off in Mills Co. is again initiating a collection of food and monetary donations for the holiday season as we look forward to bringing a bit of Christmas Joy to needy and the Gift toys and games will be distributed at the Mills County Storehouse on Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food baskets for and elderly will be distributed Dec. 14. Donations may be left at the Glenwood State the Mills County State the Mills County newspaper office and All cash donations are used for gift certificates which each child receives to spend as they For additional please feel to call Margaret Altekruse at 527-4122 or Ardith McLaughlin at 5274803. Group seeks pledges for county YMCA Photo by Tod The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will Lutheran Church from noon until 7 p.m. Donor be in Glenwood Monday at the Trinity appointments are encouraged. Bloodmobile extended by one hour in Glenwood By Joe Foreman Editor In an effort to attract more particularly Glenwood residents who work in the metropolitan the Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Glenwood for an additional hour during its regular Nov. 25. Bloodmobile hours are set for noon to 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran 512 2nd St This bloodmobile is being sponsored by Red Cross volunteers and students Kathy of the Bloodmobile in said a high turnout of donors is needed to help ease a serious shortage of blood at the Omaha blood Mills County 25-plus Club Who Have Given at 25 pints of Jerry Kaiman 116, Mike Wasko 56, Nancy Mulholland 52, Eugene J. Waymire 54, Bryan Sowers 52, John M. Meyers 41, Eugene D. Leu 44, Joseph A. Cheney 40, Odell Bowley 48, Raburn Benton 43, Wanda L. Williams 77, Jeffrey L. Knudson 27, Robert F. Wilkinson 29, Nancy Varr Todd Turner 34, Byron Roenfeld 29, Mabel M. Sila 25, Diane Schroeder 28, Karen S. Roenfeld 30, Bradley W. Davis 32, Mary J. Gilbert 34, Rosemary T. Gray 33, Judith Hunt 36, Bene Byers 25, Peter Brown 29, Darrell J. Lewis 37, Sarah Mabary 25, Karen O'Dell 34, Roger Poort 25, David Roenfeld 32, Katherine Ryan 27, Melvin D. Smith 27, Mark Siekman 34, Roger Bergantzel 27, Karl Hertz 31, Theron Mickelson 39, Roger Neumeister 34, Michael P. Roenfeld 38, Karen Jahnke 25, Jeffrey Knudson 27,. List Provided by Red Walk-in donors will be but appointments are encouraged. Appointments can be made by ing Roenfeld or by calling Glenwood Community High School at 527-4897. Masquers hoping becomes holiday tradition The cast for Best Christmas Pageant has been chosen and rehearsals have already Producer Craig Williams and director Marland Gammon are very enthusiastic over the interest shown in this next show to be staged by the Mills Masquers Community Mary Barton is directing the music as well as serving as the Best Christmas Pageant is produced in cooperation with Samuel Inc. The Masquers are performing this show for the second time and hope to make a continuing tradition of it by doing the show every three years at Christmas Other shows with Christmas themes will be done during the alternating Actors from the original cast reprising their roles include Kathy Mills as Grace Craig Williams as Reverend Joining them in the other adult roles are Andy Ruff as Bob Susan Delavan as Mrs. Arlene Belt as Mrs. Michelle Evans as Mrs. Chris Doocy as Mrs. Candy Gotschall as Mrs. McCarthy and Jason Morrison as a The rest of the cast is composed of several very talented young people from the real attraction of this particular Lindy plays Beth Bradley and actually does the narration of the action as the show Mitchell Gotschall is her brother Charlie Playing the infamous Herdman children - the main antagonists in the story - are Louis Dorothy Matt Drew Leo and Kiersten Shawna Black as the part of Alice the very prim and proper in the Lindsey Schomaker is Eric Rasmussen is Elmer Jordan Bueltel is Brett Borden is Rachel Evans is Beverly and Danielle Bueltel is a The in the church pageant are Courtney Ruff as Baby Shirley and Robert Basili as Baby along with Carly Abby Basili and Whitney The are Adam Reinert and Bryant The choir includes Lauren Delavan as Lexi Lindsay Rachel Justin Keara Jonathan Matt Joe Jessica Valerie Kishkunas and Tori The performances will be held at the Mills Masquers Theatre on Highway 275 north of Glenwood on December 5,6,7 and 13,14,15. Glenwood State Bank Heritage Club is planning on a group to go on December 5, supper and If interested call reservations to Sandra at 527-3157. EDITORS NOTE - The Southwest Iowa Community Betterment Association Is In the process of securing pledges and donations for the establishment of a County branch of the The committee's goal Is to raise In local donations over a three-year the facility would be a similar to the one already In place In Red The long-term goal of the group Is to a multi-purpose recreational center In the The committee Is holding a series of Informational meetings for the general public to discuss their The next meeting is scheduled for Nov. 26. 7 In the basement of the Mills County State Bank In A pledge form Is provided at the bottom of this story for families or organizations who wish to provide support for the Donations can be mailed to P.O. Box 107. Iowa 51534. Last members of the Southwest Iowa Community Betterment Association answered the following How did the Southwest Iowa Community Betterment Association come was a committee formed about 18 months Their assignment was to look into hiring a recreation director for the The group started meeting and we looked at some of the other communities who had recreation such as Red The more we looked at we saw that just hiring a director probably isn't the best route to At that we made contact with the What were the results of the survey conducted by the committee last 350 people Results of that survey show there's very strong support for both bringing in a YMCA branch and having a facility The YMCA conducted its own survey and feasibility study in the Glenwood what were the results of that talked to civic groups and business people in Glenwood and outside the They wanted to gauge for themselves if there's sufficient support for a Their recommendation to us is that we establish a branch of the Bluffs We would be an independent but still have the resources of the Bluffs YMCA programs at our What time frames are we looking at for opening a YMCA storefront and constructing an actual goal to start our branch office is May 1, 1997. Our goal for a on a facility is May 1,2000." The donations being sought at this would be used for what pledges and donations we are seeking at this time will be used to establish our We would like to raise from individuals and the rest from other including our local governmental Our capital campaign would probably kick off in early 1998. The would assist us in They have considerable experience in capital If a YMCA is what would happen to existing recreational programs in the YMCA programs rely heavily on The existing Pony etc. will continue to The would be able to provide a central system of support for these What age bracket are YMCA programs geared YMCA offers programs and services for all The programs are not geared exclusively for youth or exclusively for senior How can a person learn more about the SWI Betterment Association and the Tuesday night's meeting in Southwest Iowa Community Betterment Association YMCA 3 YEAR PLEDGE Name Address Phone Date Paid $ Return to any of these Glenwood State Mills County Malvern Trust & Savings or Emerson State Make checks payable Southwest Iowa Community Betterment Association The Bottom Line DIRECTORY 2A pages 3A,6A,10A,13A,14A 4A 5A Legal 12A.3B 15A 16A IB The 2B 4B,5B,6B,7B Middle 8B 627*191 Community dinner set for Thanksgiving The annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be held Thanksgiving Nov. 28, at First Christian 202 No. Vine St. at The dinner is for those in the community who have no place to go for Thanksgiving and/or have no one to share the day Anyone who would like to attend the dinner or knows of someone who you feel could please call Vicki Reservations are but are always are available for Organizers announce dates for Mills County Love Tree program The Love Tree now 10 years is to provide a Merry Christmas for the less fortunate people of Mills Information is submitted to Vicki Bird from various Children under 18 and adults over 60 years of age will be the main All information is held in strict A needs list is compiled for each person and given to the four Participants select cards and purchase one or more of the wrap the gifts and return in to the They are then This the project will start Dec. 2, and all gifts should be returned to the site by Dec. 18 by 5 p.m. Donations are needed also to purchase gifts for those cards not selected in the usual process. Love Tree sites are Glenwood Farm Malvern Bank and Emerson Bank and Mills County State Bank of Silver GLENWOOD WEATHER REPORT H L Rain 24 0.00 NOV. 12.........31 24 0.00 NOV. 13... 28 26 0.00 NOV. 37 25 NOV. 37 0.75 NOV. 16.......57 21 0.95 NOV. 17..........57 21 0.00 Report Courtesy at
