Progress Review (Newspaper) - January 30, 1974, La Porte City, Iowa Citizens Group Takes Plan Under Advisement 19 50300 The Citizens Advisory Committee held its first meeting to update La Porte City's Comprehensive Plan at p.m January 29 at the Mayor's Office Members of the committee Dr Ken Ross Carol Wellner Roger Hausman Ruth Redman Bob Wagner Lee Foss Alice Grote Muriel Weatherly Larry Fuson and Donna DeNeut They met with Mayor Johannsen and representative Stephen Hanson who will aid with the revision of the Plan Where People Count Most Headache No 101 Our doorstep needs sweeping and if you don't mind we'd really rather do it Last week on the front page of the Progress we counted five mistakes There may have been more but after five you lose heart and quit counting The first reaction to such a situation is undisguised disgust but a second thought mistakes can illustrate a point After all they are only a small part of a newspaper's problem A few others are postage newsprint unhappy advertisers disgruntled readers federal and state regulations and the possibility of libel or invasion of privacy The point is that none of these things are our main concern We are covered by the banner Where People Count Most for a reason PEOPLE are our main concern We care about what they think and what they are doing We want to fill this town's com- gap We want to provide an opportunity for give and take of a constructive nature To do this the people and the paper have to un- each other Our Aim With that objective in mind here is where we stand weekly paper prints what a daily will not the ordinary things in print what will become our town's history one chapter a week want to be constructive we want to help motivate we want to recognize personal and group en- deavor We want to give you the the facts if you please Comment our opinion or yours if you will human interest the heart of a people and their paper BUT WE CANT DO IT Newspapers are like babies they have to be fed La Porte City can and someday probably will exist without a paper But the paper cannot exist without the support of the town Can we give each other the boost needed to make the town and the paper We think so In fact we KNOW we can if we can count on your support The next question is yours to Can Prayer Fellowship To Begin At St Paul A Prayer Fellowship will begin in La Porte City on Wednesday January 30 in the chapel of St Paul United Methodist Church from This is open to all women of the La Porte City churches Please bring a Bible and a small notebook with you City Council Starts A New Year With three new members on the roster the La Porte City Council proceeded with business as usual at their January meeting at p.m January 14 Present for roll call were new councilmen Aaron Benorden George Hilton Jr.r and Darrel Loveless along with holdover members Estle Anderson and Max Taylor Guests present for the meeting were Muriel Weatherly Linda Moore and Elzie Lee Jr Appointments made for two year terms each Marcie Kline City Clerk Bud Hoggard Police Chief Max Taylor Mayor Pro Tern Ray Heyden City Treasurer The only position not filled was that of City Attorney Action on that position was postponed until the February meeting Elzie Lee Jr was granted permission to file a petition for rezoning lots on 8th Street Jerry Weatherly was pointed to replace Loveless on the Planning and Zoning Commission The salary schedule for 1974 was adopted Mayor Sonia Johannsen conducted the meeting T Copy Deadline 12 Noon Monday VOL 104 NO 5 La Porte City Iowa Official Paper For Black Hawk County Phone Single Copy Wednesday January School Board Adopts Drug Policy The La Porte City School Board adopted a policy pertaining to the use and possession of a controlled substance at their January meeting held the 21st at the High School The policy reads Any student caught using and-or in possession of a controlled substance on school property and any other time under school supervision will be expelled from school Bids for two 1974 school buses were accepted The body bid went to School Bus Sales of Waterloo for and the chassis bid to International of Waterloo for Plans for a Junior High addition were discussed with the engineer and architects The next regular session will be held at p.m February 18 Coffee For Charlene Conklin At Stump Home Mrs Charlene Conklin Assessor Here One More Week County Assessor John Hager will be at the Mayor's Office in La Porte City for one more full week Local residents may take care of personal property credit and homestead and military exemption from 12 noon til 7 p.m from now thru February 8 A coffee for Charlene Conklin at the home of Mrs Layton Stump OB M for local women to become better acquainted with the an- candidate for the 3rd District congressional seat An informal question and answer session helped familiarize the women with Mrs Conklin's views Jane Stump is serving as local chairman for the election of Mrs Conklin as Congresswoman She hopes to enlarge the circle of local workers According to Mrs Stump plans are being made for coffees and local speaking engagements mailing and telephone committees and the involvement of local teenagers in campaign Story Hour Saturday The next Story Hour at the Library will be on Saturday February 9 from p.m Rev Jacklin will be reading for available for those interested in signing Mrs Stump says all help will be very welcome Minutes here and there add up You may contact her at if you wish to assist with the effort in behalf of Mrs Conklin No Stamp Shortage Here If you have been wondering where La Porte City stands in the hoopla over eight cent stamps you will be interested in Postmaster Marlin Powers comment that there is no shortage in La Porte City FIRE OR EMERGENCY VEHICLE CALL Eighty Hear Price On Missions Grant Price newscaster for TV was the final speaker for the annual School of Missions at St Paul Methodist Church on January 20 Approximately 80 persons heard Mr Price tell of his work with Christian World Service and CROP in the just prior to the military Seventy-five persons at- tended each of the other two sessions Speaker for the first session was missionary Gene Dolash of Columbia South America Featured at the second session was Dr Basheer professor of raphy at UNI v Kindergarten Clinic Set For April Kindergarten Clinic for those children who will be starting to school next fall will beheld April Below is a listing of children we have compiled from our census cards and from a survey of our students already in school If you know of a child whr will be 5 by September 15 1974 and his name is not listed please call the elementary school In order to keep our records as accurate as possible we would also appreciate your calling us if we have a misspelled name Nancy Anton Bobbi Jo Applegarth Marty Arbuckle Wade Bagenstos Penny Bark Gare Blood Kimberly Brewster Annette Bronner Brenda Burkgren Chad Burlingham Kristina Christian Daniel Coulsen Jeff Davis Melissa DeHart Christine Fischels Dustin Foss Melissa Foss Todd Frush Travis Frush Fuller Brad Goetsch Brian Haack Kevin Higgins Noel Hild Kelly Hook Tami Hopkins Jeffrey Jackson Karen Johnson LaDonna Johnson Jimmy Jordan Lloyd Joyner Angela Keegan Wendy Kessens Kristi Kruckenberg Joe Kuehl Melani McCue Jeffrey McFarland Patrick McFarland Shannon McNally Gene Meyer Timothy Meyer Keith Moody Carol Moore Karrie Mullen Jason Shane Neil Andrea Palmer Tara Peters Dean Peterson Derek Powell Teresa Richards Michael Ross Deanna Scott Christopher Shaffer Jon Siefken Ricky Siemens Randy Smith Ted Steffens Michael Tarrance Susanne Teatsworth Jeff Thiele Daniel Vaughn Mark Weatherly Jarrod Wellner Brian Williams William Wylie Tammy Zingg Scott Zobeck
