Journal Tribune (Newspaper) - May 9, 2002, Williamsburg, Iowa Raider track sweep coed at see page 8 1 99 DES D I GIT Pi I ft m Iowa 52361 VOLUME 102 ISSUE 19 Inside WHS SPRING MUSIC CONCERT See page 12 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 0429 0430 0501 0502 0503 0504 0505 High 56 69 58 65 58 65 73 Low 37 39 47 39 33 38 44 The Sidebar AnW swim club still offering summer lessons Private and group swim lessons are still available through the A n W swim club for the summer May All lessons will be held at the Williamsburg High School information Jones at Annual WHS can drive will be held May 11 The Williamsburg high school student council and National Honor Society students will be collecting cans May 11 from 9 to For more contact Aaron Feddersen at Mothers Day walk will be held at Amana Nature Trail The Iowa County Conservation Board is hosting a special walk on the Amana Nature May 11 at 9 Participants and their mothers are invited to learn about the types of flowers that grow in an Iowa how they were used in the past and if they are Participants are asked to wear good walking shoes and bring a bottle of The group will be meeting at the east of For more contact Iowa County Naturalist Maria Koschmeder at 319 Deadline extended for Memorial Day tribute NEWSpapers of Iowa County has extended the deadline for Memory block tributes for the special Memorial Day Memorial blocks containing a photo and a message can be placed in the newspapers for Photos are not This special project allows readers to express their feelings toward a departed loved Memorial blocks will appear in the May 20 edition of the Iowa County in time for Memorial Items for Memorial blocks must be received by May to be included in the special Photos and memorial messages can be dropped off at any of the NEWSpapers of Iowa County newspaper For more phone 800 Index Local News Family News Sports Church Legals Opinion 23 45 69 10 11 13 MAY 2002 Hope for energy rates Local coalition successful in prompting Alliant energy rate rebalancing plan By CALLIE WETJEN The Williamsburg City Councils check to the Community Coalition for Rate Fairness is beginning to pay According to a press Alliant Iowa based Interstate Power and Light IP and has agreed with the Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate to file a rate rebalancing conduct a study on costs of service and to forgo an earlier goal to set up a rate fairness customer before July lawyer Bob Latham said the coalition absolutely had some thing to do with change of We objected to a sepa rate panel for the rate re which would have come after IP and Ls rate increase case with the IUB Iowa Utilities We believe there was no regulatory process we could see by establishing a customer It wasnt going to get things said Latham said protesting two separate rate cases for the rate increase and the rate rebal ancing would be a waste of time and money for both and by combining the two could make sure nothing falls between the He said the costs of service study is a start ing point to determine who should be pay ing To his Latham said IP and L has never done a study on costs of service be tween the separate Iowa the Northern including Williamsburg and surrounding pays up to 80 per cent more in energy costs than neighboring zones using the same power plants and representative Erik Miles said the four different pricing zones in Iowa reflect the individual rates previously set by utilities W e want our rates reduced and we think it could hap just not immedi Bob lawyer Union Iowa Iowa South ern and Interstate Power Company that merged or were acquired by IPL over the last several years The prices remained in effect after the mergers were Latham added if IP and L would charge the zones the same as the higher priced that difference alone could make a significant dent in recover ing million in past investment In response to IP and Ls agreement with the Office of Consumer Eliot president of Interstate Power and Customers have said they wanted this issue addressed quicker and more formally than a cus tomer Our customers have also expressed a sincere understanding of the need to recover past invest ments in order to make even more substantial investments in the fu This approach will allow customers the chance to voice their opinion in a sepa rate proceeding dedi solely to trie pur pose of allocating costs without jeopardizing future investments in Iowas energy In regard to the rebalancing said it would take four months to look at de termining how the allocation of costs would best meet the needs of all What does this mean for customers in the Northern Zone Latham What the IP and L news release didnt say was that they were ordered by the IUB to file examples of price equalization by June if they were au a price These examples could prove the per cent rate increase is not fair to the Northern and possibly lower the amount of rate increase for the Northern Latham Its very likely since were already paying the higher prices in the North ern we wont see any higher interim rates this We want our rates reduced and we think it could just not imme NpIC photo by Callie Wetjen Rural mail will not be delivered to standalone as shown in unless the door is left open or Rural lowans asked to use precaution when mailing or receiving mail in mailboxes By CALLIE WETJEN On May a series of improvised bombs were left inside mailboxes in rural ar eas of Eastern Iowa and Earlier this bombs were found in mailboxes in Ne Colorado and bringing the total to Unlike the bombs found in eastern the last found Tuesday in had been planted in a residential neigh As of May FBI agents have arrested a male college student from Minnesota in connection with the bomb The Department of Justice urges postal Fun on Franklin Street Life goes on for Franklin Street residents as major construction on the street takes place this LIS classmates Lindsey Huedepohl at left and Sarah Wille join hands to double their while Willes twin checks out the air up Huedepohl is the daughter of Dave and Cheryl Franklin and the Willes are children of Jeff and Linda rural customers to continue to exercise extreme cau tion with their rural roadside If customers see strings or other sus materials in or around their mail boxes or see any suspicious activity around they should immediately leave the area and contact local law enforcement Mail in rural including eastern will not be delivered to standalone mailboxes unless the door is left accord ing to local postal Because a bomb was found in Postmaster Ron Locker said mail will continue to be delivered with these precautions until post offices are notified of anything He was not sure how long the precautions would stay in I receive news every day and todays in were the same as he Public schools out May 30 Due to an additional amount of snow make up the last day of school for Williamsburg public schools will be will be May Dismissal will be at Adopta flower planter Williamsburg businesses have the to adopt a Approximately 31 stone planters have been donated to the city by the Tanger Outlet Cen and the Williamsburg Garden Club is in viting businesses along the town square to adopt The planters are located on sidewalks along the town Nine have already been re served by To adopt a planter or for more information on the contact garden club member Elaine Wardenburg at To report news or place call The Journal Ph 6681240 FAX 6689112
