Opinion Tribune (Newspaper) - April 22, 1998, Glenwood, Iowa INSIDE 1182 08-00-00 W 44r, ST HISTORICAL SOC OF IOWA m E LOCUST ' BUREAU OF LIB S ARCHIVES m HOINES IA 50319- ONE 24 PAGES PLUS INSERTS VOLUME 134, NO. 16 MILLS IOWA APRIL 22,1998 r By Joe Foreman Tribune Editor The Mills County Sheriffs Office and the Glenwood Department are teaming up to educate area residents on illegal drug use taking place within our county's Representatives from the two law enforcement agencies are in the process of conducting a series of at communities throughout Mills The first two presentations took place in Malvern and The third seminar will be next week at Valley High Approximately 75 adults attended the last seminar at the Glenwood National Guard During the two-hour members of the audience were told of an increase in illegal drug use and distribution in Mills Police Sgt. Wake said most residents would be surprised to know the extent of drug activity in their A major portion of presentation focused on the increased use of which has become the hallucinatory drug of choice throughout the Wake said can give users a high and is less expensive than similar drugs on the like users take the drug in every way Wake can smoke snort inject it or swallow come across a lot of young people who will break open a replace the contents with meth and swallow who has served several months on the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task said methamphetamine is being sold and processed in Mills Methamphetamine is produced in so-called usually set up in the basement or back room of the L 1 1 In addition to Wake said teen marijuana and alcohol use is also up in Mills is the cigarette of the Wake alcohol use is rampant in Mills It's probably the most prevalent of Wake said parents shouldn't be afraid to talk to their children about drugs and their potential Wake said parents who suspect their children may be ing with drugs have the right search a child's bedroom and personal Wake professional assistance and are available for parents who need help in dealing with a child's or alcohol Kristi Mills County vention said drugs being used and abused by children from all social-economic come from all she popular the rich kids in they're Deputy Mike Lostroh the county drug gave a demonstration on how searches are conducted with the Joe Foreman initiate Honor Society shown are Lorl Jennifer Amberly Haley Jenny arid Aggie - r Lostroh said the dog has been beneficial in searches of houses and lockers at local V I h 1 The forum at open to adults is scheduled for April 30, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. T M * 'n r F P ' L - h. h - - r n y By Editor Glenwood Community High School students inducted into the prestigious National Sunday night at Kaufman - r ' ' r r - which adheres to the high standards of leadership and has been in existence since 1921. Including Sunday's has 53 current students active j v r d. p - strong moral character commitment to community Principal Robert Bye praised the honor society students for their accomplishments - present and Bye said the annual induction is one of the major highlights of the school Glenwood banker Ed guest speaker for the told the students to be appreciative for the they've received along the way from their friends and members of the He also told the students to be prepared for the challenges they will face after high Glenwood's newest National Honor pictured on Page 3, are Jennifer Jill Mana J Kristine Tonny Zach Aggie Melissa Jenny Scoti Haley Cameron Thomas Amberly Brenda Jennifer Wilson Lori Young and Kristi study Loess Hills Sgt. Bo Wake of the Glenwood Police D answers a question from the during a recent drug seminar at the Glenwood National Guard Also Photo by Joe Foreman shown are Mills County Prevention Specialist Kristi Batten and Mills County Sheriff's Deputy Mike DES MOINES - The Iowa State Senate has approved a concurrent resolution requesting the Legislative Council to establish a conference to study and develop relating to the preservation and uses of land in the Loess Hills areas of Senator Merlin Bartz Chair of the Senate Natural Resources Committee who led the Senate Concurrent Resolution 113, to passage in the said the study will identify ways to maintain and preserve Iowa's unique geographic resource which is one of only two such areas in the entire the other of which is located in China The Loess Hills area is a 600,000 acre natural wonder in western Iowa where wind deposited soil for hundreds of years becoming hilts covered in rare native prairie grass and The Loess Hills have outstanding cultural and natural such as scenic geological formations and historic and archaeological The land is highly erodible and must be maintained with vegetation and trees for * t v { t I i M 1 t 1 t I i a T 4 * kie boxer earns Golden Glove title By Joe Foreman Trib une Editor Five Five first-round One Golden Glove Not bad for a rookie who fights for a first-year boxing On his way to winning a 147-und District Golden Glove championship earlier this spring at Harvey's Casino in Council young Shawn DeWitz has made a name for himself and the Glenwood Boxing a 1995 Glenwood Community High School surprised himself by dominating his competition during the past Not a single opponent lasted more than a minute and 30 seconds in the ring with been a big surprise to me because when I was I weighed only about 100 DeWitz said during a recent always thought I was too John the young coach and the founder of the Glenwood Boxing said DeWitz has what it takes to be successful inside the kid's got a lot of Determan trains hard and really packs a Prior to his Golden Glove championship fight against Mejia of the North Omaha Boxing DeWitz spent about 10 hours a week working out in the Glenwood Boxing located above Dr. Robert medical office on the town and he conditioned himself by running several miles a DeWitz boxed in the division at the Golden Glove tournament and by winning a he will be required to take a step up to the open class next DeWitz said he looks forward to the challenge of fighting stronger I won that I go open which is DeWitz it that the people I've fought all have glass jaws or am I that much I want to know for Determan said he has high hopes for expect if he stays with to be a contender for the Midwest open title next Determan Hie amateur boxing season is now officially but DeWitz will continue to train as he prepares to compete in this summer's Cornhusker State Games in Determan started the Glenwood Boxing Club last initially setting up a gym in the garage of his The club was moved to the square when Dr. Fryzek donated the upstairs portion of his office building 1 mm f 1 F j d t - i s m - p r i i 4 Photo by Joe Foreman Shawn DeWitz works out with his John at the Glenwood Boxing The Bottom 2 3,5,67,8,14 4 9 10 11 15 Legal 16,17 pages 18,19,20,21,22,23 * * V ' 3.^&* Ik * * * J r * * i - * * * 4 * * * * * * r * y Career Fair set for West School A career fair is being planned at West Elementary School for 5th and 6th-grade students and their About 40 occupations will be represented by people from the community and surrounding The fair will be held April 30,6:30 p.m. to 8:30 in the West Shana Elwood and Jan Fisher are the coordinators of the fax Call 527-4886 for more Harkin aide to Defensive tactics discuss food safety course offered A representative of Tom office will be in the basement of the Mills County April 28, from 2:30 to 3:30 to raise awareness about food safety in the United States and in In addition to addressing concerns Sen. Harkin has about food his office will provide consumer information about the The meeting will take place in the meeting room of the The Glenwood Police Department is conducting a defensive tactics class for women only April 30, at field house adjacent to the Glenwood High School football The running 7 p.m. to 9 will be taught by qualified Glenwood police Pre-registration is required in person at the Glenwood Police A fee will be charged to help in the department's purchase of a GLENWOOD WEATHER REPORT APRIL 13. APRIL 14..^ APRIL APRIL 1&. APRIL 17. APRIL 18.. APRIL 1ft___ Weather Report I 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 Courtesy of
