Journal Tribune (Newspaper) - July 5, 2001, Williamsburg, Iowa Iowa 52361 Inside MUSEUM SHOWCASES LOCAL ARTIST See page 9 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 625 626 627 628 629 630 701 High 82 88 87 86 85 86 91 Low 62 65 61 63 63 64 66 The Sidebar Garbage and recycling pickup days change this week Due to the 4th of July holiday If normal trash day is trash will be picked up If normal trash day is trash will be picked up In Marengo all pickup will be on Thurs For more information contact Cox Sanitation at 800 5049068 or 319 Garage sale to be held for scholarship fundraiser A sale will be held at 305 Hampton July 6 and Profits from the sale will go toward a scholarship created by the children of Dorothy Landa died on May The annual scholarship will be given to a graduating Williamsburg High School senior who is attending college and majoring in art or The sale will be held July 6 from 8 to 5 and July from 8 to Look for the ad in the Iowa County Advertiser for more Iowa County Historical Society to meet July 17 The Iowa County Historical Society will be holding their monthly board meeting on July The meeting will be held at the Pioneer Heritage starting at 9 A scheduled work day will follow the meeting and those attending are asked to bring a sack For more information contact 64270 Local youth invited to Dark Detectives July 14 Local youth are invited to Iowa Lake to partici pate in Dark On July starting at 9 youth will meet at the Nature Center to redden their hear stories about night and go into the night looking for For more information contact Maria Koschmeder at 319 email her at or check out the Web page at Opinion Local News Family Sports Church 3 45 67 8 9 JOURNAL TRIBUNE VOLUME 101 ISSUE 27 JULY 2001 City Council approves 2002 salaries H Council approves 2002 salaries accepts WRA request to hand duties over to city director By CALLIE WETJEN The Williamsburg City Council met June 25 to approve a resolution for 2002 employee salaries and discuss feedback with members of the Williamsburg Recreation Association A resolution was passed to approve fiscal year 2002 salaries for officers and employees of the city of Delbert of public Ralph director of public Stuart plant Steven class Gary also cleans city hall and library for Marty police Raymond Robert Justin Michael Jenifer Julie Loretta Jane Carol li sion as to who was responsible for what and who should be contacted for Lichty said the Recreation Director should really be in charge of this He suggested to the council that the tasks and responsibilities of the organization be transferred VV ere not going to let these programs But there are one to 15 individuals involved in every I have another Jim WRA president Sue direc i police summer Steve de Cigarette permits for the following businesses were approved Burg Bowl Snack and Yak Colony Point Jassi Gasoline Nordstrom Oil Sport Hill Country Club Sundown Lounge Williamsburg Foods The contract with Cox Sanitation and was tabled until the next council Ten members of the Williamsburg Recre ation Association approached the council re garding the growth in of the Jim Lichty listed three reasons why the group felt the new city recreation department should take over the responsibilities of the Lichty said the programs have grown tre over to the recreation department after the base Theresa Phillips and Don ball and softball Recreation director Sue I still want them to be here in the long I hope they stick around or want to stick Lichty Were not going to let these programs But there are one to 15 indi involved in every I have an other He suggested to the council that a recreation since the organization was started board be Norris would answer to the in He Its a fulltime Its no longer He mentioned the confusion between the two departments since the citys recreation di rector was He said there was board rather than the city Its an orga Saylor I can say you guys have done one heck of a job in the last IN OTHER BUSINESS Kirkpatrick volunteered to meet with represen from Cox to work out an agreement on price City Attorney Ron Saylor reiterated to the council that the contract can be amended at any time of the however the party requesting changes must give the other party a written If either party wants to termi nate the it can be done within 60 days prior to the contract end There were no responses from the public during the public hearing for the Waste Water Improvement Projects bid See page 10 NpIC photos by Gallic Wetjen An afternoon at the Left photo A customer discusses produce with Matt Stewart has been selling his goods at the Williamsburg Farm ers Market for three He markets the honey he collects as well as selling garden produce and baked Top photo Kerri her son and baby daugh ter check out the goodies at Elaine far right helped Farmers Market started four years She is also a member of the Williamsburg Garden From to the market runs every Friday until For more information on purchasing or contact Patty Huedepohl at Route outlined for According to the organiza the XXIX route will start in Sioux City on July 22 and end in Muscatine on July DAY ONE Starting in Sioux City on July the bicyclists will spend the night in Storm During this first leg they will ride through and Mount The estimated mileage for this leg is approximately 70 DAY TWO From Storm the route will pass through the towns of Ida and The group will spend the night in Denison after DAY THREE Starting bright and early from leg three of the route will take bicyclers through Prairie Rose State and They will spend the night in At Mileage for this leg is around DAY FOUR Day four of XXIX will include riding through Guthrie Spring Brook State and finally DAY FIVE With day five will take the riders from Perry to Cam and The night will be spent in SIX Heading out of Grinnell this towns visited will include Deep and Having covered the group will travel to their final destination for the DAY SEVEN The last leg of XXIX will include Iowa West West and After a total of diehard bicyclists will finish the route in Look for more trivia next Tips for reducing gasoline use Save yourself some money this The Attorney Generals Office suggests several tips for reducing gasoline and thus re ducing demand and market pressure for higher gasoline Check your owners manual to find out what octane your engine then buy Resist the urge to buy higher octane gas for premium per The AAA experts say that only about five per cent of the cars sold in the United States require premium yet premium gas accounts for 20 percent of all gasoline This advice is not intended to apply to which has oilier benefits such as less supporting an Iowa and reducing independence on foreign Keep your tires inflated to the proper Properly inflated tires provide less road resistance and can improve fuel Check your owners manual 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