Opinion Tribune (Newspaper) - December 11, 1996, Glenwood, Iowa INSIDE Rams knock off Ca 1132 88-88-3606 20 ST SOC 3.t e locust J J. I u U u The M A H IOWA Celebrate Our State 75 cents ONE 22 PAGES PLUS INSERTS Welfare reform is topic of forums The Iowa Department of Human Services announced Friday that it will conduct a series of statewide forums about welfare In Mills DHS is partnering with the Mills County Board of Glenwood Community Mills County Public Loess Hills AEA 13, ISU Extension West Central Development and the Iowa Workforce Development Center to host the President Clinton signed federal welfare known formally as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, on August 22. The federal welfare reform law makes both immediate and future changes in a variety of including cash job training for welfare food child support child care and Supplemental Security Income for The law also affects the eligibility of legal immigrants for several public assistance The first round of public which are being conducted statewide in the month of will focus on providing basic information and education about the federal law and its immediate effect on DHS staff also will provide copies of and discuss a state plan that has been submitted to the federal government to comply with the new welfare reform The state plan describes Iowa's welfare reforms and will allow Iowa to receive additional federal money for welfare reform beyond what was originally According to Naomi Mills County Board of often think welfare reform affects only a few but VOLUME 131, NO. 50 MILLS IOWA DEC. 11, 1996 County farmer says nuisance ordinance stinks Women injured in accident Photo by Glenwood rescue workers were forced to use the Jaws of Life to help free Jill Parker of Glenwood from her 1994 Chevrolet Cavalier Thursday afternoon on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 34 west of Parker and a Jeanette Parker of were Injured when their parked vehicle was struck by 25-ton fuel truck that left the pavement of the The Parker vehicle was on the shoulder of the road with Its hazard lights on when it was struck in the rear by the truck driven by Lawrence E. Brittain of Council The Parkers were treated for non-life threatening Brittain was not it affects us all because it relates to workforce development and economic and the overall quality of life in the As we should all be concerned about this The forum is a chance to become informed and the public forums will be held in the courtroom of the Mills County on December 19, from 10 a.m. - noon and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. All concerned community and persons receiving public assistance are invited to Parents planning to attend a forum session who need assistance with child care may contact Diane at 527-3068 or 527- 9034 by December 12 to make Early next DHS will host a second round of forums across the state to gather public opinion about other welfare reforms Iowans believe would be valuable and to discuss the role of the community in helping move families to become Dates and locations for the second round will be determined at a later According to DHS Area Administrator Carol forums are a real opportunity for welfare members of the community leaders and business persons to hear firsthand about some of the changes under the federal welfare reform law and have input into Iowa's plans for welfare I encourage people to attend and Iowa began comprehensive welfare reforms in 1993 that have resulted in a higher percentage of families going to work while they receive cash benefits under the Family Investment while the total statewide caseload has from its peak of 40,659 families in April 1994. For individuals unable to attend the first round of a copy of the state plan may be picked up at the local DHS Questions about the forums may be answered by calling the local DHS office at 527-4803 in By Joe Foreman Editor Final passage of a county nuisance ordinance was delayed Thursday after members of the board of supervisors heard concerns about the legislation from a local Wayne Schoening of rural Council Bluffs told the board he believed the wording in the county ordinance is vague and would be interpreted as a your think the wording of this ordinance is very Schoening written so It could be The more vague it the more dangerous it The ordinance addresses a variety of including offensive water dangerous and storing of junk on private or public Schoening said he views the county ordinance as an invitation for Mills County residents to get back at their neighbors by filing nuisance complaints with the county health Schoening also said he believes farmers should be exempt from any such legislation and he voiced his concern about the number of complaints the county will receive as more move to Mills want to get out of the city and move to the Once they move to the they want to live like they're in the Schoening Sheri Bowen of the Mills County Health Department told Schoening and members of the board that the ordinance is needed in Mills County to ensure the safety and welfare of all She noted that wording for the ordinance was adopted from the state don't get help from the state on 80 percent of the issues we deal Bowen need a county ordinance to fall back on to for enforcement and to levy fines against Bowen said when a nuisance complaint is the situation is investigated by representatives from her If it is determined that a nuisance does indeed the property owner receives a written notice from the health office and is asked to abate the nuisance in a given time If the property owner refuses to abate a the matter is then turned over to the county attorney's Bowen said her office has always been consistent in its investigations of alleged Any person ordered to abate a nuisance may come before the board of supervisors to determine whether a nuisance actually The decision is and if it is determined that a nuisance does it must be abated in a specific time Any person failing to abate a nuisance after being served notice is subject to a fine of up to per day for each day the nuisance continues to exist County Board member Naomi Christensen said she believes the ordinance would allow nuisance complaints to be dealt with on a local without interference from the The county board will address the issue again at a public hearing Monday at 4 p.m. in the county Daughter joins Peterson family mortuary business By Joe Foreman Editor Another generation of the family has joined the Peterson Mortuary Georganne the daughter of Glenwood funeral director George Peterson and the granddaughter of the firm's Harold W. is the newest member of the team after earning her licenses as both a funeral director and up in I've always been a participant in the family but I never thought about becoming a funeral director until after I started Georganne said last always enjoyed being around people and helping When somebody loses a loved it's one of the most difficult times of their life and it makes you feel good to be able to help Georganne received her funeral director and embalmer licenses in 1995 and came home to join her family's firm after completing an apprenticeship at a Council Bluffs funeral She attended tuary school at Kansas City Community College in 1993-94. Being a funeral director and helping with the family business wasn't a consideration for Georganne after she graduated from Glenwood Community High in 1983. At that her major focus was on In high was a state champion and earned status as a After Georganne spent a year swimming for Texas Christian but gave up the sport and transferred to Iowa State University where she earned a teaching While at she married Silver City native Roger She graduated in 1987 and worked as an elementary school teacher in Glenwood until 1992. She left teaching after her was Being the mother of a 2-year-old, it wasn't easy for Georganne to go away to funeral director's school in but with the aid of her her father and her Georganne was able to complete her very appreciative of the support they've given Mrs. Williams I would not have been able to make it through They took care of Taylor for me while I was Both George and Sandra Peterson are pleased to have their daughter in the family both very proud of what she's George Peterson Sandra Peterson said her daughter will make an excellent funeral has the warmth and touch that women naturally but she's very professional and She'll be an asset to the grandfather entered the mortuary business in 1927, operating a funeral home in Nebraska City that had been established in 1882. George Peterson has been a licensed funeral di- by Joo Georganne and her George and Her is shown in the picture hanging on the rector since 1962 and has operated the Glenwood mortuary from the day it was George's and his operate the Peterson Mortuary in Nebraska Peterson Mortuary is the first and only structure to be built in Glenwood for the sole purpose of serving as a funeral The mortuary is holding an open house in honor on Dec. 22, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The mortuary is located at 212 So. Locust St. The Bottom Line DIRECTORY 2A 3A.6A.7A10A 4A 11A 12A 1B.2B Legal 3B 4B,5B,6B,7B 8B Newt Advertising * Subscriptions Project 62' dinner planned for Dec. 18 Any person who is 62 years of or and a resident of the Glenwood Community School District is invited to the third annual 62" Christmas The dinner is scheduled for Dec. 18, at Northeast Elementary The meal will be provided at no cost and serving will start at 11 a.m. Reservations are required for the dinner and can be made by calling 527-4875 before Dec. 12. West Elementary Christmas program West Elementary School 5th-graders and 6th-grade band will present a Christmas program on Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the middle school The band will play three numbers which will be directed by Dan Schoening and David The 5th grade will present a musical entitled The Saved followed by a Chanukah song and two Christmas songs directed by Betty Donations sought for Love Donations are still being sought for the Love Tree program in Mills A needs list was compiled for persons and families and distributed at four sites - Glenwood Farm Malvern Bank and Emerson Bank and Mills County St. Bank in Silver There are still 200 cards left at the Farm Bureau Gifts should be returned to the sites by 5 p.m. on Dec. 18. Cash donations are also GLENWOOD WEATHER REPORT * H I Rain DEC. 2............37 15 0.25 DEC. 3............ 39 14 0.00 DEC. 4...... 38 25 0.25 DEC. 5.......... 38 19 0.00 DEC. 23 0.00 DEC. 7..........45 25 0.00 22 0 00 Weather Report Courtesy of
