Opinion Tribune (Newspaper) - April 15, 1998, Glenwood, Iowa INSIDE 503 1182 W 43P 15S ST HISTORICAL SOC OF 600 E LOCUST ST BUREAU OF LIB 8 ARCHIVES DES MOINES IA 50319-0290 f flr i ii DtS MINES IA 50319-0290 Glen wood Middle news 75 cents ONE 22 PAGES PLUS INSERTS VOLUME 134, NO. 15 MILLS IOWA APRIL 15,1998 Photo by Joe Foreman Cole buffs and finishes a Trajet product before it is packaged and Photo by Joe Foreman Jason Contreras sprays a coating of fiberglass over the shell of a tub being constructed last week at the Trajet plant In Trajet up and running in Glenwood Trajet an whirlpool bath and shower manufacturer and has completed relocation of its production facility located in Trajet was located in Neb. and has been in business since 1981. Trajet manufactures over 40 different whirlpool tubs and showers and bath related The old facility in Bellevue was capable of producing 5,000 whirlpool baths a The new Glenwood plant has the to produce * over 25,000 units per with room for future A wholesale Trajet markets and sells products to over 2,000 building and plumbing customers located in all 50 states and 10 foreign Trajet also owns Bath Design with its retail showrooms in Omaha and Calif. Trajet purchased the former 120,000-square-foot Swift pork processing facility just south of Glenwood in 1990 for The which sets on 10 has had four other owners since 1948. Mills County and Glenwood records show previous owners built the original building in 1948 and operated a beef processing operation there until 1953. The building was purchased in 1953 by John who operated a kosher packing plant there until 1965. Roth employed kosher meat as still required by Jewish and shipped most of the products to the east The plant was owned and operated by the Glenwood Company from 1965, until 1968. The company had headquarters in Sioux Glenwood Packing Company declared bankruptcy and ceased operations until The Swift Company purchased the plant and remained in business until company downsizing forced it to close its doors in 1986. Swift merged with Inc. from and Monfort officials decided to sell the plant and surrounding land to the city of The plant remained vacant and in deteriorating condition was purchased by Trajet in 1990. Barney President of Trajet spent six years gutting and renovating the old We tore out the huge steam steam equipment and pretty much renovated the entire had to most of the utilities to meet code We also in- stalled state-of-the-art ventilation Barrett continued to has been hiring Glenwood residents for the last year to work at our Bellevue so that they would be closer to home after the Trajet also plans to move its corporate office facilities from Bellevue to Glenwood in May or as soon as work is completed on the renovated Trajet is planning grand opening ceremonies in who helped lure to town in 1990 as the Glenwood City said Trajet will be an asset to the will be a plus for Stanley Larry Winum of the Co. Economic Development echoed taken an industry that's meant a lot to the community and made it attractive and put something positive in Winum Judge issues split decision in arson trial By Joe Foreman Editor District Court Judge Keith has found Thomas Bussey of Glenwood guilty of second-degree arson and second-degree burglary in connection with an Aug. 19, 1997 fire that severely damaged a home under construction in rural Glenwood for the Dave and Linda Greenwood A second Timothy was found not guilty of the same Both Bussey and Mayberry were members of the Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department and both responded to the scene of the Aug. 19 Judge 28-page decision was handed down last Wednesday afternoon at the Mills County A Mills County jury had found both men guilty of the same charges last but the verdict was overturned when District Court Judge James Heckerman granted a hew ruling that the evidence submitted in the case was insufficient to support a finding of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt In his Burgett stated that the circumstantial evidence against Bussey was and cumulatively beyond a reasonable Burgett also concluded that Bussey had a strong motive for committing the citing derogatory comments Bussey made about Greenwood to several fire fighters on the night of the Bussey's James said he was surprised to learn of surprised because Tom was convicted on Davis thought it was a very weak circum- PAGES 4-5 Mills County District Court Judge Keith 28-page court - printed in its stantial Tom is very disappointed and his wife is very Davis said he intends to make motions for an arrest of judgement and a new trial before Bussey's April 24 sentencing If those motions are Davis said an appeal is Connie Mills County Attorney and in the said she is satisfied with the outcome of the Anstey anytime you have a second is Mr. Mayberry testified himself this time and there was some different evidence from the first just for the sake of the the end is in she has been disruptive for the entire The thing that irritated me about the trial was the portrayal of our fire This was tough on them and to the they did what was The firemen made a sacrifice and so did Dave and Linda Anstey also thanked the Mills County residents who served on the jury in the first Mayberry's Mike said his client has now been vindicated by two think it was a hard-fought trial on both Murphy Please see Pg. 5 Six-inch rainfall saturates areas of Pacific Junction By Joe Foreman Editor PACIFIC JUNCTION - Some areas of Pacific Junction were still drying out Monday almost a week after the community experienced a drenching rainfall that flooded the basements of several homes and closed streets on the city's east has gone but there are still some places where it's Pacific Junction Mayor Fred Nuss said Monday night you get six inches of rain all at you're going to have Nuss said last week's rainfall was the first test for the community's new water pump system that is designed to keep Pacific Junction experiencing the flooding problems that have plagued the community for most recently in 1993. The drainage improvement system includes three underground pumps that will move surface water out of the community into nearby Trustees of the Pony Creek Drainage District oversaw construction of the system and contributed to the Some Pacific Junction who experienced flooding in homes last said the drainage system failed to provide is It should have taken the water out of Betty still have the same problems we had before the pumps were Mrs. said at least one more pump should have been placed on the east side of Nuss said last week's downpour was more than the drainage system can but probably as good as everyone thought it Nuss we're not blaming better off with the pumps than Nuss said it appears that at least two additional pumps are needed in Pacific one on the east end of town and one on the in addition to some ditching along several Nuss said the city is already working with the Metropolitan Area Planning Agency in seeking funds for the additional Attorney Jim a spokesman for the drainage district said a limited amount of dollars were available when the drainage system was installed and the locations for the three pumps were selected at the tion of licensed The pumping system was activated during the Monday April 6 storm that dumped a half-foot of rain on areas in and around Pacific Two of the pumps are located inside city limits and one is located south of A lightning strike shut down one of the pumps for a short period of The yard of this located near 8th and Washington still completely under water Thursday A portion of the Photo by Joe Foreman road that sets between this residence and the city park was completely under water at the time of the photo was The Bottom Line 2 3.7.8.12 4.5 6 9 13 Middle 14 15 pages 16,17.18.19.20.21 * Subscriptions NV scholarships to be awarded The Valley Community Scholarship Fund will be granting four scholarships for the second Additional donations to the fund are being sought Applications are currently available at the Valley Counselor's Office for the 1998 Donations or memorial gifts may be directed to Larry Johnson at the Emerson State Bank or scholarship Karen 65430 390th Iowa 51645. May reception to honor Branstad during governor's farewell tour of Iowa A reception is being planned for Gov. Terry Branstad in Mills County on May 23,3 p.m. to 5 at the Glenwood Middle The public is invited and urged to Letters are being solicited from Mills County The letters will be put into a book and presented to the governor at the schools and individuals are welcome to write about their experiences with the governor or his Individuals might write about how they have benefited from a state program during 16 years in office as Letters should be typed or clearly on 8 1/2" by 11" paper and mailed to Gov. Terry Branstad Recognition P.O. Box 543, Iowa 51534. The deadline for submitting letters is May 19. GLENWOOD WEATHER REPORT H L APRIL 6.----- 72 43 3.25 APRIL 7---61 44 1.42 44 40 0.30 APRIL 9^.57 35 APRIL 1Q___ 65 35 0.00 APRIL 11.. 75 48 0.00 APRIL 12__ 73 56 0.00 Report Courtesy of
