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West Des Moines Express (Newspaper) - July 27, 1984, West Des Moines, Iowa ON TO STATE Johnston's baseball team advanced to the state tournament in Marshalltown County paramedics Clive's City Council heard a presentation on a new emerge medical service r. serving you in West Des And Windsor He o 25< Vol. 90 No. 48 West Des Iowa July 27, 1984 N TORCH RELAX Games of the Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 West Des Helen Quinn firmly grasps one of the Olympic torches used in the cross-country relay she recently took part in. Community works to make vegetables grow BY JEFF BURNHAM Sitting next to an elementary in the middle of a West Des Moines there is a It is no ordinary Chock-full of tomatoes and other it is a thriving symbol of community The land is owned by the West Des Moines School The dirt is plowed each spring by the City's Parks and Recreation Human Services of West Des Moines divides the garden into 10 which are given to local families who express an interest for working one of the Families who fall below income guidelines for the garden plots are given plants and seeds by the Red Rock Area Community Action Measuring 125 feet by 60 the garden is located on the east side of Phenix Elementary 415 7th And although several organizations have had a hand in the garden's Human Services is largely responsible for coordination of garden Cathy Human Services said the agency does many other things than supervise public Human Services supplies area people with has a versatile community runs a youth clothing shop in the and serves as a funnel for federally funded She added that the garden has a history of about seven Before the land became a haven for thriving radishes and bustling it was the site of an asphalt In 1977, the Iowa State University Extension Center tore out the asphalt and began a gardening the project was halted after only two years due to a loss in governmental This was continued on page 17 Olympic dream of a lifetime BY JEFF BURNHAM Iowa City may have its collegiate Olympic but West Des moines now has its own Olympic She's Helen 308 34th and she's still up in the clouds from her recent was the dream of a she Quinn took part in the 1984 Olympic Torch the longest of its kind ever The trek was actually more of a consisting of cars and runners slowly winding their way together across the United The relay is now in its final and has taken all of 12 weeks to Except for a all participated for only one each week saw a different group of Americans cooperating to push the torch to Los Quinn became interested in joining the relay when she learned her Northwestern was one of the major sponsors for the She became eligible because she is a Telephone sort of like a veteran of was eligible to drive because I have driven a company vehicle at Quinn She was the only Iowan in the tenth week of the United Airlines flew her out to and she received an outfit from Levi Quinn she picked up on a feeling that the entire event was going to be an unforgettable She said that everyone she met was wrapped up into the beauty of the relay and what it Even a Hell's Angel became caught up in the was she was just as happy to be a part of patriotism as The whole thing Cooney crowned Polk County Fair Queen Carrie Cooney of West Des Moines was crowned Polk County Fair Queen July 22. She is the daughter of Mike and Sandy 4004 Western Hills The Queen's Court was also announced runner-up Brenda second runner-up Lori third runner-up Barbara Des and fourth runner-up Lori Cooney will compete for the Miss Iowa State Fair title on August 15. Contestants were judged on activities and appearance and Carrie will be a senior this year at Valley High She has been a member of the We Do More 4-H Club for seven Her 4-H projects over the years have included foods and and home Carrie is currently a member of the 4-H County Council and will be participating in the State selected clothing revue in Carrie says means everything to me. It's given me more self confidence and pride in myself and what I do and brought everybody The whole thing was also Besides the free air fare and participants also received free meals from the American Restaurant Association Phone calls could be made to anywhere in the at any Quinn added that the high number of long-distance calls will not cause an increase in phone rates for regular Financial arrangements for the torch relay were made years she Each day of the week began at 5:00 a.m. Everyone had to be even though not all were involved There were nine drivers among the more than 100 participating in the tenth Quinn explained that the drivers took turns driving a 1985 Park Avenue Buick for six The importance of the car was that it held two lamps on top of the trunk which were constantly lit. These lamps has been lit from the original light in Through the light in Athens has been used in all Olympiads to light the torch at the specific Olympic Quinn explained that the caravan proceeded at speeds of only three to five mile per This was necessary because the roads were almost perpetually lined with For each town through which the caravan the event was continued on page 4 Carrie Cooney

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