Journal Tribune, The (Newspaper) - September 11, 1997, Williamsburg, Iowa The Iowa Countys Journal Tribune Agri Farm safety issue Iowa 37 September Inside New faces at Schools See page 10 Weather report Jeanette Weaver is the official observer for the National Weather Service in Following is her Readings are taken at 7 daily for the previous days Date 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 High 86 80 69 71 78 90 79 Low 66 52 45 46 55 63 64 The Sidebar Boone man is killed in 180 construction zone A Boone man was killed at the start of the construction zone on Interstate just west of the Marengo inter when his pickup was and pushed into the back of a The accident occurred at John Heinrich was pronounced dead at the scene by the Iowa County medical according to a report by the Iowa State which investigated the Nelson died from multiple the report The driven by Mohamed Park was stopped on the traveled portion of the due to the two lanes of traffic being funneled into Nelsons pickup was pushed into the semi by a Ford driven by Lynn Des Neither nor Jenkins were but two passengers in the Explorer Betty Lou was taken to University Hospitals and Clinics by Iowa County Ambulance with neck Bennett was also taken to University Hospitals with nal An estimated damage was done to the rear of the semi Nelsons 1997 Chevrolet pickup and the Jenkins 1996 Ford Explorer were according to the which noted the accident remains under The patrol was assisted by the Iowa County Sheriffs Iowa County Ambulance Service and res cue crews and Williamsburg September 18 is deadline for city candidates to file Nomination papers may now be taken out for mayor or city council in Iowa County The deadline for candidates filing nomination papers is at 5 Papers must be filed with the city The voter registration deadline for the upcoming elec tion is Election Day is Preschool registration is Thursday at Wburg library Williamsburg Public Library preschool registration will be at in the Any child of preschool age is invited to sign according to Cathy childrens Walridge Farms has bulls listed in Angus sire report Veronica Driscoll and Walridge owns several bulls listed in the 1997 Fall Sire Evaluation published by the American Angus Issued in both the spring and the new report features the latest performance information avail able on more than John American Angus Association director of performance Of the sires listed in the main 51 percent have expected progeny differences for carcass which should assist cattlemen in choos ing genetics that will produce a more higher quality beef are generated from perfor mance data submitted by breeders through the Angus Herd Improvement Records AHIR Index For the Family Coming 9 Hard water shuts down new city well A water softening system would solve the but it will be expensive By LORETTA HANSON Water from new well at West End Park is three to four times harder than water from the citys other accord ing to Jim the citys and there will probably be no easy solutions to the City Clerk Jenifer Karsten told the council at their regular meeting Monday night that she has been inundated with calls from city resi dents complaining about the water since the new well went on line several weeks So many people have been she that she and office assistant Vicki Williams have spent a lot if time lately just answering the The well has been taken off line for the time Jacob said the new well is in the same as the citys other and water should have had about the same degree of How he That didnt pan Jacob said he did a flow test to determine the amount of water available before the drilling got under but he did not do a quality test since the water was in the same although in a lower The cost of the test would have been about Jacob He is currently con with a geologist about what to do about the Mayor Murray Armstrong pointed out that the city needs the and thats why it was in response to residents the new well is currently on stand The council decided to blend the water from the new well with water from the citys other wells and begin looking into a municipal Jacob told the coun cil a softening system would probably be fairly The council approved acceptance of the Jacob Gingerich has done his so I recommend Councilor Theresa Phillips noted they were not accept ing the quality of the DECORATING SQUARE of Commerce NpIC photo by Alan Sieve Harry gives em hell Tim an actor from portrays Harry Trumans political from being a Missouri county judge president of the United States in Give em Hell supervisor through his was the featured enter a oneman play performed at Marys parish at the dinner which is hoped to become an Saturday The oral biography of annual fundraiser for the dent Roger Knudsen asked the council what they plan to do about decorating the square for the Were the only town in Iowa with no deco Knudsen Phillips said decora tions are a big expense and recommended that the citys parks committee and the Chamber meet to get together a long term plan for the holiday Jacob told the council decorations can be plugged into each street light in the park how there is no power to outlets that were installed several years They do not meet the National Electric he For that they were not hooked up when work in the park was The council said perhaps for this year people See page 9 Claypool unseats Whitehead By CRAIG CRONBAUGH Challenger Tho mas Claypool was elected to a three year director at large seat on the Williamsburg School Board with a total of 191 Incumbent Dennis who was appointed to fill Ed unexpired received 148 This is according to unofficial school board election which were tallied after the elec tion All vote totals will be canvassed on Other totals are English Valleys Incumbents Kate Baldwin and Dan Strohman retain their board Baldwin received 144 votes candidate Dell rural North En also vied for a He received 32 According to the Iowa County Auditors of the unofficial vote tally for unchallenged incumbent Carol director at East who chose to remain a director on the Deep was Iowa Valley Incumbent Tom He received 111 Chal lengers Michael Smith and Douglas were Smith received 221 votes 210 A levy passed with 195 in There were 77 HLV Incumbent Laurel Hollopeter was re elected as director at retaining his posi tion on the He received 60 CCA Incumbent Mary who re 229 was defeated in her bid for re election to one according to results from the Johnson County Winning the seat was Terry Disterhoft with a total of 275 Doreen Kidd received Jim who ran unopposed in Director District received 379 A Physical Plant Equipment Levy failed to pass 201 voters supported it 304 opposed Tom Claypool Improvements are made at Lake Iowa Extra funds allocated to the Iowa County Conservation Board by the county are making these repairs and upgrades a reality By CRAIG CRONBAUGH It seems like some of the financial woes that plagued the Iowa County Conservation Board in the have The Iowa County Supervisors allocated a larger budget for fiscal year which began July and allowed the to retain all camping and other user The supervisors knew we were in said Rick rural Last year the conservation board spent six to seven hours discussing our budget with Last according to Supervisors Rick Gerard and both separate Lake Iowa Park and viewed every Supervisor Ken also took part in a tour of the park during the previous I explained to them the desperate need to repair areas around the Mocha said that because of this the supervisors knew what conditions were at the park when the budgeting process The supervisors were very helpful and wanted to know what they could do to The focus needed to be on maintaining the naturalist and repairing the parks in Because of the financial plight of the the board was forced to give two of the managed areas back to the state to These areas included the Koszta River which is owned by the Department of Natural Resources and the Palmer Natural Heri tage located several miles down river from Our funding was just too low we had to find We were wonder ing what we would have to cut NATURALIST POSITION said the supervisors were very con cerned about the naturalist Naturalist Maria provides conser vation education programs for educating school conservation enthusiasts and camp ground She teaches about nature from wildlife to wild The supervisors were able to allocate from last years budget out of the general which paid for half of a new mini van for the naturalist The natu position can operate yet this and during the next budget period the supervisors will try to offer more help to the A REPAIR PLAN said the supervisors requested that the provide them with an itemized re including During the budget process earlier this we presented them with the The plan suggested a total amount of needed for fiscal year The total list includes repairs to be made to the park area through fiscal year According to the first thing the supervisors were able to do was increase the regular operating budget by several thousand The biggest boost the su gave us was to allow us to retain all our user beginning this said the annual fees amount to to These fees are deposited into a reserve fund on a weekly he Everything is This money is being used for replacing needed equipment for safety and for rebuilding the park We have no new projects we are just repairing and replacing what needs to be repaired or said that priorities involve park The next priority is to replace areas around the park which have An example would be the shop pointed out that on April the Tourism Tax Advisory Committee ap proved a grant in the amount of for repair of shelter houses and The also purchased a new pickup truck with money out of the regular Spokes persons for the said both of the new vehicle important to conducting park business and replaced vehicles which were worn MOVING FORWARD admitted the numberone concern at the park was the lack of adequate playground equipment available after all existing swings and were removed because of in surance People who utilize our park tell us how important playground equipment is See LAKE page 10 To report news or place call The Journal Ph 6681240 FAX 6689112
