Williamsburg Journal-Tribune (Newspaper) - October 28, 1982, Williamsburg, Iowa DIft nTH COPY IOWA STATE HISTORICAL DEP NEWSPAPER LIBRARY 1 i t C I An MPC Newspaper 1982 84 44 A Total Loss Fire chief Dean Epperly looks over what remains of the mobile home of Glenn and Douglas who were forced out in the early morning hours last The damage to the mobile home was estimated at about said Epperly and Larry who selling it to the Russells under Epperly estimated the value of the trailers contents at about Candidates Answer Questions Taxes t in nren schools and the decline of business districts in the senate district tire concerns which incumbent state senator Joe and challenger Don Kirk Williamsburg were asked about by The NpIC in questionnaires sent to the men last The to clarify their stands on the drinking marijuana and taxes subjects which have come up dur ing their campaigns and what they feel qualifies them to represent the The Joe holds a masters degree in public administration from the University of a bachelors degree from William Penn and an associate degree from Mount Clair From 1975 to Brown was a government teacher at Montezuma high school from 1972 to he was employed by the Clow When not in the Brown is a contract He and his wife Ginger have two 5 and They have owned their own home in Mon since 1975 and attend Jack son Church of Christ The Don is a graduate of English Valleys high North and Par sons where he received a bachelors degree in his He is a feed North Eng a familyowned grain business he was a part of for 15 For I he past three has been a self employed specializing in farm real He and his wife Donna have been married 13 is not a he attends mass with his wife at Marys Catholic i Ipf former member ofthe North English Jay cees and is a past dent of the North English Rotary Questions asked of the two men and their as follows Both of you have said action should be taken regarding the school foun dation aid formula because most school districts in the area have had JOE BROWN DON KIRKPATRICK 4 1 Brown Currently the state spends on public The school aid formula was designed to equalize educational opportunity in all parts Iowa while decreasing funding from property The 1983 legislature needs to continue to move educational funding from the prop erty tax Fixed costs such as bus utility bills and build ing maintenance should be separated from the educational costs of administrators and educa tional We should allow school districts more local control to set flexible school hours and school The state also must solve the lack of certified science and math teachers by possibly offering grants to potential teachers in those School finance calculations need to measure the real costs of each indi vidual school district and not just the number of students attending that learning I have been the ranking member of the senate education committee the last four years and am in line to chair the senate education committee next Kirkpatrick The present school aid formula was drawn when Iowa school districts all had increasing It worked fairly well as long as the student numbers Each year every district mort state aid to run only one of the 12 systems in the district is Under the present each district with a declining would receive less state soaring energy costs and other fixed expenses have wrecked even the best planned The next legislature must the old formula has outgrown its use fulness and develop a more realistic method for funding Some way must be found to allow school boards to know how much state aid they will receive so they can budget accordingly instead of lurching from one budget crisis to The drinking age has been a sub ject of What is your ion Should it be lowered or remain the same Do drunk driv ing laws need more extensive enforcement Brown The drinking age should be maintained and I have never politically proposed nor would I vote on any Drunk driving laws should be more extensively I helped write the current law against drunk driv I still favor permanent termina tion of a drivers license for anyone convicted of drunk Kirkpatrick The drinking age should remain al 19 and be Please turn to page 12 This Week In The JT 56 Pages Fire Cause Is Still Unknown The cause of a fire Thursday morn at the Middle America trailer court which caused burg twins Glenn and Douglas Rus to flee their mobile home in the early morning has not yet been A fire marshal was at the scene Thursday and was able to determine Another fire marshal visited the scene said Williamsburg fire Epperly said at the scene Thurs day morning there were two places where firemen thought the fire may have The floor was burned through and joists underneath were charred in front of a fireplace and in another corner of the same rooni where Epperly said the sofa The fireplace screen was still in The two men were asleep when the fire broke Glenn told the JT he went to bed about and his about At about he woke up but was not really sure When he opened the door to the located in the middle of the he saw flames advancing received first degree burns to his hands and said Glenn escaped out his bedroom win on the north side of the His brother also woke up about the same time he said also escaped out the north window of his located at the west end of the He received cuts on an arm and It totally engulfed when we got said noting the firemen saw flames as they left He noted 18 men responded to put out the blaze and protect the parked near it to the Heat cracked windows and melted the skirting on that The damage to the mobile home was estimated at about said Epperly and Larry Par who was selling it to the Russells under Glenn noted he and his brother lost all their clothing and belongings inthe Epperly esti minted the trailers tents at about 1 jn with their The Spencer 205 East Glenn noted they were contacted later Thursday Pauls Lutheran church and several individual citi zens offering Vicar Randall said the church Christian services committee is conducting a clothing drive for the bo Burton See Economy As Main Issue Democrat Richard Yarn and Republican Andy Burton are both seeking election for the first time to the Iowa House of Representatives from the the newly formed dis In Iowa county the new clis includes the following townships Green and Troy and in Johnson county Big Clear Coral ville North Union and Burton ran unopposed in the June 8 primary election and Yarn won the Democratic bid by defeating Robert Dvorsky in the primary election Both candidates were contacted by The Newspapers of Iowa County and asked a series of about the the House ol next Tin questions the responses I about each served under state senators Arthur Small and James Community activities Varn has been involved in include United Muscular Dystrophy fund drive and various neighborhood cleanup pro besides doing volunteer work for political He is a member of Marys Catholic Although he was born in DCS Moines and lived in West Lib erty for five Varn has lived in Solon for 17 Andy Iowa will graduate this December from the University of Iowa with a degree in Hn hard it at I ho ol worked al Colonial t both UM He in 4 t MM V I t fur ANDY IU HTON history and political He is a 1978 graduate of Regina high A current employee of the State Office of Planning and Program ming in government highway safety Burton has also worked with the George staff and as a staff member for con gressman Jim Burton was the youngest delegate to the 1980 lican National Convention in In 1982 he was named an Outstand ing Young Man in the United States has lived with his family in Iowa City since he was three years He is a member of Marys Catholic church and will be married next June to Sheila a business student at the University of Question 1 The slate has been with declining What would you do in this situation Which would you prefer culling program of raising taxes should hat be If cuis are If increases are how much ajtd in what area yarn First we must find a way to stimulate Iowas farm Industrial phases and small business restore consumer con put lowans back to yarn stated that this would of cutting vital or raising we must also press forward with the job of reassessing the role of govern ment and making cuts in programs where or ciency still He continued saying that both of these policies will take time and if the deficit still exists in January we must make up the shortfall immediately or face a state wide property tax levy as mandated bythe Iowa To balance the Varn out lined the following We should implement a taxing system which does not allow wealthier lowans to avoid paying any income 1 would support elimination of unfair tax loop I would support a one cent increase in the sales tax with an exemption for businesses and farm investments and additional tion for utility bills paid by mers until our economic health Burton Ideally putting our unemployed workers back to work so that they are paying taxes and increasing farm income would take care of our revenue BuU until the economy improves we must look at other ways to improve our revenue or to cut spend One way to accomplish this Burton noted would be to cap federal at and to cluse Please to page 12 Balloons Return Hot air balloons will return to Willi amsburg this Saturday and 30 and again spon sored by the Middle America restau rant as they were in Middle America manager Stan Braden noted the balloons are tenta scheduled to fly early Satur day and Sunday as soon after sunrise as and after Saturday weather Balloons can only fly when winds are under ten miles per For that they fly at sunrise and sunset when the winds are Among the events will be a hare and hounds race in which one balloon takes flies for five to seven min utes and The other balloons will try to land as close to the first as Another event will be a target con test where balloonists will try to hit a bullseye target with bean bags dropped from the Balloons will be launched at least three miles downwind and will drop identified bean bags at the target located at Middle The balloonist with the closest bean bag wins the Erwin Maas Dies Tuesday Longtime Williamsburg real est ate businessman Erwin died Tuesday afternoon at Cedar Funeral ser vices are pending at Uhlmann fun eral A complete obituary will be car ried in next weeks inside Election Stories 12 Family Church MPC
