West Des Moines Express (Newspaper) - June 28, 1985, West Des Moines, Iowa Johnston Pirates are Major league champs See page 5 unveil new See page 7 Charter Hospital is westward Se page 12 3 V a cn LW Serving you in west Des Clive And Windsor Heights 25C o u vD 91 44 West Des Iowa June School Board turns down diploma by Karen Biddle Claiming the possibility of an elitism with the implementation of three different iated the West Des Moines Scho ol Board voted down the idea Monday nig We have pride in Valley and its graduating Im really concerned about dealing with the They can be proud of that the regular This is an excellent said board member Gwen Our requirements are higher than most districts this said Superintendent Dale Board member Lorie Michaels advocat ed stronger basics instead of changing diploma After much speculation on a graduation requirement study undertaken by Arlis Swartzendruber and Robert Bro oks at the boards request months the differentiated diplomas part of the study was unanimously Stressing the fact that Valley students already rank above average in grade point averages board member George Bradner summed up the spirit of disapproval We dont have a lot to gain by The Board did approve a trial contract with Servicemaster for systematic and thorough maintenance of the West Des Moines School Last years maintenance cost of is lower than the Servicemaster For the difference Ser claims to offer a package of additional services which compute like this custodial management for a preventive maintenance program worth instructional and administrative material for technical repair supp ort for and custodial equipment which would replace that of the districts for over a 120month A com control program is also included for The entire package include and monitoring programs that will aid the present maintenance staff acc ording to Dean Schoonover who represent ed Servicemaster at the school board mee Servicemaster was hired as a cost effe measure by the The district presently has a vacant custodial super visor position and Servicemaster also cl aims it will save 45 in energy costs which would be a sizeable savings for the Requesting an annual cost analysis repo rt by Servicemaster the board agreed to store present maintenance equipment and give the service management corporation a trial In other business the board denied an in creased architects fee after completion of Valley High School and Stilwell Junior High remodeling Architect Dave Duimstra of Associates of Des Moines was admonished by board members for not informing them that the projects would go over by after agr eed upon contracts were The orginal Stilwell remodeling project exceeded by and the origin al Valley project exceeded in projected Citing a lot of addition al time an increased scope of the Valley project from specified Duimstra explained an increased fee for architect The board decided that the original 9 percent fee request of for the Vall ey project and for the Stilwell pro ject No more fees on this project and no additional fees at any said board member Lorie In other board policies includ ed changing a truancy code to make provi sions for home study Foreign students who are not involved in the for eign exchange programs can receive a diploma from Valley if it is determined they reside here for other than educational An automatic expulsion policy for substance abuse was revised to be at the discretion of the Fire Department asks 16 new stations by Karen Biddle The city is growing away from this sta says West Des Moines Fire Chief Randy Bracken about the fire station at 35th and Ash Brackens idea to imp rove service to the community is a fire department that he suggested in the citys as it was presented to the city council last A rapidly growing West Des Moines not only averages 12001500 new residents every but it is also well kn own for new businesses and office build ings that sprout up like clock Running strictly on volunteer fire Bracken said he would feel better about serving the community with a staff of 16 paid This would mean 5 fir on duty at all times with 24 hours on call duty and 48 hours off for Twentythree paid volunteers service the 35th Street station and 23 service the station on 5th Street in Valley During a major fire 1218 fire fighters are Now when we have a major al arm I have to call Urbandale or Des Moines or says Estimated cost of hiring sixteen full time firefighters would be for the first Each year our City has more build ings built and more people working in We have a difficult time getting day firefighters and mutual aid is almost down to nothing for daytime We need to protect those who live and work in our Ci I am recommending to go to a Fire the report Bracken is also reque sting a second ladder truck that would remain at the Valley Junction station to help with the downtown area and aid the 35th Street The fire report states that the nt is in the process of changing procedures to start sending a ladder to all residential and commercial alarms because the Insu rance Service of Iowa will give partial credit for a ladder The addition of a paid fire department and a new ladder truck would aid in the in surance rating of Des says A third station is requested at the 50th Continued page 12 Windsor Heights July 4 Holly Kuhn decides driving a fire truck must be a pretty easy task on station ones old ladder Updated ladder trucks for all stations in West Des Moines will insure a good insurance rating according to Chief The 23rd annual Windsor Heights 4th of July celebration will be held Thursday with plans for an afternoon and evening filled with activity for all The festivities will begin with a parade scheduled for 1 July starting at 73rd and Hickman and going south on 73rd Street to University east on University to 66th south on 66th Street to School and then continuing down School Street to Windsor Heights City 69th and School The remainder of the days activities will be held in Windsor Heights City At 2 there will be a flag raising ceremony and also the judging of the parade Also starting at 2 will be bingo At the Windsor Heights Fire Department has challenged the Urbandale Fire De to a water A disc jockey will entertain at and kid races will get underway at 3 A dunk tank is planned for Two food stands will be open to serve food from to 7 The Maple Street Seven Dixieland Band will play from to 9 and at will be the drawing for a grand prize of worth of The day will conclude with a fireworks display at The 4th of July celebration is sponsored by the Windsor Heights Lions Windsor Heights Windsor Heights Jaycee Windsor Heights Fire Department and Ladies
