Beacon (Newspaper) - November 9, 1989, Spirit Lake, Iowa Trails update Page 2A Ready for winter Page 1B Gifts galore Page 5B Safety patrol Page 6B L fc Archives Dept of History c 12th Grand lies Koines JA 11/WW 5031'' 503 500 Nov. 9,1989 Volume 119 Number 45 USPS 510900 AROUND THE LAKES U of O ceremony set at Des Moines Graduation exercises for the University of Okoboji will take place at the Ingersoll Dinner Des 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14, thanks to singing star Marilyn Maye will receive the title of singing director for the mythical It was Maye's idea to host the U of O function during one evening of her run at the Tickets range from ' Visa denied Milford couple's niece A United States visa has been denied to Ofelia Janeth Bello 18, niece of Florencia and William The Smiths would like to bring Santos to Iowa for treatment of possible surgery of a leg leg is shorter than the other and two surgeries in Mexico have failed to ease the girl's The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City has denied the stating that Santos does not appear to have strong ties to her home in Mexico and embassy policy dictates the refusal of a Mexican visa applicants must overcome the presumption that they are intending The Smiths are seeking out other avenues to gain the including Rep. Fred Superior to highlight new post office Superior is planning to do a little showing off. There will be an open house at the new Superior Post Office 2-4 p.m. Nov. 13, according to Postmaster Sue Future project featured on IPTV with host Pat will present a special 90-minute edition discussing the Iowa Future Project 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15 on Iowa Public The special the results of the Iowa Future Project sponsored by the Iowa Newspaper Association and supported by the Iowa The study goal was to articulate Iowa's alternative futures and make the point that residents in choose a future for the Information and input received from 104 town meetings across the including Spirit served as the basis for a proposal of recommended This proposal is the basis for a discussion among a panel of a lay and home viewers via Door-to-door food collection slated The confirmation candidates from St. Mary's Catholic Spirit will be conducting a door-to-door food canvas in Spirit Lake for Upper Des Moines 7-7:45 p.m. Nov. 16. Canned or packaged food is but frozen food is also Park to join IPTV show Park High School will participate as a center for Iowa Public Child airing live at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 13. The series allows students to have their questions on important subjects honestly answered by national and state adult and teen experts who have experience many of the same Actress Tina Jennifer on the popular hosts these live programs from the studio auditorium at Iowa Public Des Beacon holiday calendar tabbed The Beacon will be offering a special holiday calendar to its readers in the Nov. 21, That special edition replaces the Blue Water Shopper for the week and will be distributed free to approximately 15,000 homes throughout the Special holiday from Thanksgiving through Christmas will be featured on the Any interested organizations or groups should contact Jay 336-1211, to have a special holiday event New four-way stop posted New four-way stop signs have been posted at the intersection of Hwy. 86 and Hwy. 9 west of Spirit The signs have been flagged and the washboard rural road warning cuts have been made in the roadway to warn motorists of approaching stop Some motorists are still driving through the intersection without Layton of Vick's said the stop signs were installed Monday Nov. 6 and the rumble strips were cut Monday the first about 50 percent of the people while 50 percent continued on through the Vick just goes to show you that people aren't paying I think it's probably mostly local traffic which is used to traveling through the Kiwanis paper drive set for Saturday The Spirit Lake Kiwanis Club will be collecting papers in Spirit Lake Nov. 11, beginning at 9 a.m. Those interested in donating paper items to the Kiwanis should have papers bundled and placed by the curb in front of their homes by 9 a.m. Funds raised by the Kiwanis paper recycling project go to community service projects in the announces open house will conduct an open house Nov. 15, in celebration of its 21st according to Personnel Manager Paula The open house is designed to show the company's appreciation for local The open house includes guided tours of the 9 1 a.m. and 4 p.m. Zenor said the tours will provide the public with a chance to view the company's new 60,000 addition and the production capacity of the presently employs 575 people from throughout the Iowa Great Lakes The main plant consists of 150,000 square The company produces a mix and operates three work Art center honors volunteers Honored volunteers Harriet Ostermann and Pat Jones were honored by the Lakes Art Center as of the for their Both insist that the fund-raising efforts of a lot of people have gone into raising money for the center and that they don't deserve by Jay Some faces change in city government By Jay Mohr Managing Editor They refuse to be looked upon as They insist they are just a small part of a group But the efforts of Pat and Harriet Spirit were so that the Lakes Art Center named the two of the The two have spent countless hours working on fund-raising projects for the Lakes Art Their wildest dreams are about to be realized as the art center continues with plans to build a new almost unbelievable and so exciting to see something that you've worked so hard for and put money away become a Jones Their involvement in the Lakes Art Center fund drive campaigns began seven years ago when the two helped and Mary Kunze create the fund-raiser for the art The two helped to sell of tickets for the The evening it was supposed to a storm nearly ruined Docks were blown out of the water and the storm was But the people still The event began at 5:30 but for an of the people present were about 6r3Q-p*m-.,.-the~. people started coming and the event was a huge raising approximately for the was the most the art center had ever raised at one Ostermann The party got into the blood of both women and they continued to plan the annual fund-raising Pat even earned the nickname Each year the parties continued to become bigger and raising more funds for the art During the last the art center raised was always a cooperative Ostermann always takes the magic of the people to pull it off. It was on page 3) By Jay Mohr Managing Editor The people have spoken and some major changes in city government seats will take place in In the Nov. 7 general election in Dickinson County voters showed a great deal of apathy toward the uncontested In the contested some of the voters showed they wanted changes to be Arnolds Park Dorothy Rute has unseated incumbent mayor Roy Rute defeated Sams by more than a 3-1 margin in tallying 249 to 75. think it's great and I'm Rute said Tuesday evening after the results were in. I have to get a couple of nights of sleep and then start in on the The plans will depend on the council because we have some new people there as Mike James Jensen and Ford Wright were all re-elected to their council but Kirk Lowery was unseated in his re-election Elston Mortenson and Christopher Jon Furman were successful in their first attempt to gain a council Mortenson topped all the in the earning 232 Mike Dougherty earned 229 and Ford Wright took 227 Furman earned 205 votes and Jensen earned 195 Challenger Roger Stewart earned 182 missing a council seat by 1?. 122 A total of 293 votes were cast in Arnolds 45 of the 651 registered voters in the Lake Park Lake Park will also be noticing a change in city Challenger Bob Anton defeated incumbent Mayor Elmer 173-102. Anton said he was pleased with the win but he didn't have any specific Challenger Catherine Yaw also managed to earn a council seat in Lake beating incumbent Art Schumacher by just eight 153-145, Incumbents Joe Hornick and Richard Read were both successful in retaining their Hornick was the top vote earner with 232 votes while Read took 201. Stanley Christensen was also re-elected to the park board with 231 Nearly half of the registered voters in Lake Park turned out for the election with 274 votes 47 percent of 581 registered Okoboji There were no changes in the faces of city government in despite contested Incumbent Mayor Leo Parks was successful in his re-election earning 122 votes to challenger Mike 54 Orleans Orleans found a third member for their city council in Bob Only two candidates filed for the three open council positions in Orleans and Thorbrogger was elected in a write-in campaign with 72 Martha Carlson earned 120 votes and Fred Schroeter picked up 116 votes in council Incumbent Mayor Gene Ringsdorf collected 110 A total of 131 votes were on page 3) Power outage creates lakes area By Jay Mohr Managing Editor Spirit Lake took a coffee break thanks to Iowa Spirit rural Lake and Superior were all without for approximately 18 beginning approximately 11 a.m. Nov. 3. Chris district manager for Iowa said the power outage was caused by a break in the lines at the located approximately five miles west of West static wire broke and came down on a 69,000 volt line which then broke an insulator and came into contact with the causing the whole system to come Lindell didn't lake long to find the but it did take a few minutes to get everyone back on on page 2) Election at a glance Winners in bold type Arnolds Park Mayor Roy Sams 75 Dorothy Rute 249 City Council Mike Dougherty 229 James Jensen 195 Kirk Lowery 122 Ford Wright 227 Christopher Furman 205 Debra Mortenson 232 Roger Stewart 182 Lake Park Mayor Bob Anton 173 Elmer Gross 102 City Council Joe Hornick 232 Richard Read 201 Art Schumacher 145 Catherine Yaw 153| Milford Mayor Dorothy Frederick 178| City Council Michael Anderson 164| Thomas Cooper 164| Raymond 141 Park Board Don Eckard 179 Mayor Leo Parks 122 Michael Hoeppner 54| City Council Chris Bjornstad 146 Jim Golden 121 Sharlene Houge 148 Hal Reed 102 Kirk Stauss 123 Sackett 88 Orleans Mayor Gene Ringsdorf 110| City Council Martha Carlson 120) Fred Schroeter 116| Bob Thorbrogger 72 Spirit Lake Mayor Eric Nielsen 79 City Council Dan Foote 79 James George 73 Superior Mayor Dennis Barie 27 City Council Daniel Larry Kelly 37 Susan Mitchell Varner 52 * Tie to be determined by lot Terril Mayor Elwin Clark 17 Lonnie Pedersen 102 City Council 73 Donald Holmberg 87 Iola Hyde 48 Mitchell Powell 72 Paul Williams 67 Wahpeton Mayor Duane Hansen 83 City Council Robert Anderson 82 M. Peter Hart 83 Vera R.E. Schmitt 82 Jerry Roskammer 1 West Okoboji Mayor Howard Titterington 49 City Council LeRoy Morton 37 Bob Porter 40
