Thursday, January 28,12010
N/Warren Town and County News
Page Nine
JV GIRLS
BASKETBALL
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and beat Oskaloosa 31-22.
Only up by two at hall the
girls came out fighting and
finished the game with a
win. They picked up the
pressure and started to
create more opportunities
to score. Everyone contrib-
uted both defensively and
offensively. Brown was the
top scorer With six points
and Shannon Stephany
added five. Seibert and
Welden each had two
buckets. Hyden and Noel
each threw up a three-
pointer. Lyndsey Pritchard
also had three points.
Calyn Thompson scored
two points and Billingsley
rounded out the team with
a free throw.
The next JV game is at
home Friday, Jan. 29
against South Tama.
OVIATT
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that many, many children
are dealing with the same
issues, and that learning to
deal with their diseases in-
dependently (with the
oversight of school nurses
and others) is important to
helping them grow up
healthy and strong.
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday - Thursday
....... k0~ a.m.~,Span ......
Friday & Saturday
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Closed Sundays
(Memoml Day-Labor Day)
Norwalk High School Students
Launch Brand New FCCLA Chapter
By Olivia Bratt and Amber Myers
Norwalk High School is starting an FCCLA chapter
this year for high school students. FCCLA-or Family,
Career and Community Leaders of America-is the ulti-
mate leadership experience. FCCLA targets on making
its members influential leaders everywhere. The FCCLA
focuses on making the community better for all its citi-
zens. The FCCLA provides different competitions for
areas of interest, such as culinary arts, interior design,
early childhood development and entrepreneurship.
FCCLA also promotes "the power of one" which
proves how much difference a single person can make.
The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
truly is the ultimate leadership and community service
experience. The high school FCCLA chapter has started
a babysitting service at home varsity girls and boys bas-
ketball games. If you would like to get involved or need
more information, contact Mary Norstrud or Andy
Mogle (981-4201) the local Family and Consumer Sci-
ence teachers.
The chapter's first project will be to provide a
babysitting service during the girls .and boys varsity
basketball games Frida3~ Jan. 29 and Friday, Feb. 12, start-
ing at 6:15 p.m. and ending at the end of the boys game.
Ages one-year-old through 3rd grade are welcome to use
the service. All money raised will be used for the FCCLA
chapter to attend events and perform service activities
in the community. The location will be in the high school
library and will cost $8 for one game and $10 for both
games. We will have games, activities, movies and a
snack available for the children attending. Contact Mary
Norstrud at mnorstrud@norwalk.k12.ia.us or call 515-
981-4201 to reserve vour spot!
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JV and Varsity
Wrestlers Compete
Ankeny
Saturday, Jan. 16 the JV
and Varsity wrestlers trav-
eled north to Ankeny to
compete at the annual Bob
Sharp Tournament. Teams
competing were Algona,
• Ankeny, Des Moines Lin-
coln, ' Des Moines
Roosevelt, Mason City,
Norwalk, Sioux City East
and South Tama.
In varsity action, Evan
Reynolds was the lone
Norwalk champion for the
day. The freshmen
wrestled well in the 103 lb.
weight class and brought
home the gold medal de-
feating his Roosevelt op-
ponent in the finals. Other
place winners for varsity
were:
Third place: Tyler Th-
ompson (HWT). Fourth
place: Christian Ogle
(112), Zach Cowie (119),
Kyle Coates (125), Lance
Pevestorf (171). Fifth place:
Zach Miller (140). Sixth
place: Tyler Stanley (130),
Brandon Britt (145), Blair
Cooper (189).
Four junior varsity
grapplers finished in the
top three and brought
home hardware. Trey
Castle (140) third place,
Austin Diedrichs (145)
third place, Nick Huffman
(152) third place and Alex
Landgrebe (189) second
place.
J
Lady Warriors
Basketball
The Norwalk girls' bas-
ketball team traveled to
Grinnell Friday, Jan. 22
and spotted the Tigers a 9-
0 lead before coming back
to win, 44-41.
The Warriors had a
tough time adjusting to
Grinnell's up-tempo game
and press early on and
trailed at the quarter 19-10,
but the Warriors made
some adjustments in the
second quarter and tied
the game at 27. Brie
McAninch scored on a lay-
up with 2:25 left and cut
the lead to 23-19. Megan
Patava followed with a
three-p~ointer to pull
within one at 23-22. Paige
Lammers connected with
55 seconds and followed a
three-pointer half a minute
later and the Warriors led
27-25. A late Tiger basket
tied the game at the half.
Both teams traded bas-
kets in the third and the
score was even at 32 going
into the fourth. Makenzie
Reed got a traditional
three-point play and ex-
tended the lead to 35-32
with 6:35 left to play. Reed
showed a great deal of se-
nior leadership scoring 11
points in the final frame.
She gave Norwalk the fi-
nal margin of victory with
5.4 seconds left hitting
both ends of a one-and-
one. Grinnell was able to
get off a last chance shot at
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MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS II
I
By Ken Foster, 6-7, Principal
I would like to remind everyone of the school hours.
Classes run from 8:05 a.m. until 3:22 p.m. The building
doors open up at 7 a.m. and lock at 4 p.m. Recently,
parents have been bringing their students at 6:30 a.m.
and students have had to sit outside until 7 a.m. when
teachers arrive. No one wants students to suffer in the
cold, but we can't guarantee someone will let your stu-
dent in prior to 7 a.m. If you transport your student to
school, it is recommended that you have them here prior
to 7:55 so they will have ample time to get to their first
hour class without being tardy. Parents are encouraged
to pick their children up prior to 4 p.m., if possible. Stu-
dents are not allowed to be in the building after 4 p.m.
unless supervised by a staff member.
LETTERS
OUR P~)LICY
We publish letters to the editor when they are not
libelous and when they are signed by the person or
persons submitting them. Opinions expressed are
not necessarily the opinions of the N/Warren
Town and County News staff. Letters are printed
as received. We do not correct spelling and
grammatical errors.
January 20, 2010
The International Residential Code sprinkler require-
ments announced recently mandate installing residen-
tial fire sprinklers in new one- and two-family homes
effective Jan. 1, 2011. The Iowa State Fire Marshal and
the Iowa Building Code Commissioner have both rec-
ommended delaying implementation of the law for two
years. The Home Builders Association has also voiced
their concerns.
As a safety professional, I would like to advocate for
making home fire sprinklers maAdatory for new home
construction in our State of Iowa, sooner rather than
later. While we have never had a serious fire in our
home, there have been a couple of close calls. We main-
tain our home with battery and electrical operated
smoke alarms, but they are not failsafe. With the way
my kids sleep, I would wonder if they would hear a
smoke alarm. We have a fire safety plan that we have
discussed should a fire ever occur'in Our home. We have
an escape ladder on the second floor and accessible fire
extinguishers, but are these en0ttgh?
According to a study published by the National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA), U.S: fire departments
responded to an estimated 399,000 home structures fires
in 2007. These fires caused:
• 2865 civilian fire deaths -;~
• 13,600 civilian fire injuries '~';
• $7.4 billion in direct damage
Roughly 84% of civilian fire deaths were the result
of home structure fires. On average, 8 people die each
day from home structure fires in the United States.
These statistics point to the need for increased dili-
gence in prevention efforts to prevent fires in our homes.
I think that mandating home fire sprinklers is a good
idea. A number of states.currently require them and sev-
eral states have jumped on board in the past couple
months including NH, PA, and CA. Fire in the home
poses one of the biggest threats to the people of Norwalk
and Warren County. Home fire sprinklers are a proven
way to protect lives and property against fires at home.
Studies through the National Fire Protection Associa-
tion (NFPA) show tl~at the risk of dying in a home fire
is reduced by 80% 'when home fire sprinklers are
present. While life safety is paramount in any fire situ-
ation, the sprinkler system is also shown to reduce the
average property loss by 71%. The system responds
quickly and effectively to the presence of a nearby fire.
Model safety codes which are being proposed would
require the use of home fire sprinklers in new one- and
two-family homes. These requirements offer the high-
est level of safety to protect the people of Norwalk,
Warren County and the State of Iowa.
Home sprinkler systems respond quickly to reduce
the heat, flames, and smoke from a fire, giving families
valuable time to get to safety.
Roughly 90% of the time, fires are contained by the
operation of just one sprinkler.
Each individual sprinkler is designed and calibrated
to go off when it senses a significant heat change.
Only the sprinkler closest to the fire will activate,
spraying water directly on the fire.
We have a fine fire department protecting citizens in
Norwalk. Home fire sprinklers would also reduce the
number of calls that would endanger the lives of these
Norwalk citizens who are serving in this capacity.
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