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N/Warren Town and County News
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Senate News
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By State Senator Julian B. Garrett
Julian.Garrett@legis.iowa.gov.
Medicaid Funding
Medicaid funding is always a challenge for the state.
thank you
A big thanks to Dustin
Huston, our fire chief, for
helping to send a fire truck
for our friends in Zambia•
We are proud of you!
Helen Stiffler
(Editor's note: Huston and
four Indianola Firefighters
recently took a recondi-
tioned fire truck to a remote
village in Africa. The men
reconditioned the truck and
, raised $12,000 to ship it to
Zambia• Villagers had built
a firehouse for the vehicle.)
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announcements
Garage sales will not be
accepted by email. They
must be paid for when the
ad is placed• Deadline for
classified ad and payment
is noon Fridays.
..................................
Norwalk Food Pantry, lo-
cated at New Life Lutheran
Church, 4380 Wakonda
Dr., is open everyWednes-
day from 5 to 7 p.m, for lo-
cal residents.
wanted
Looking for a house w/2 +
bedrooms, must have ga-
rage. Prefer in Norwalk.
Need as soon as possible.
Please contact 515-205-
9359 or 515-238-2423.
Need 400 + sq. ft. to make
a certified kitchen• Must
have bathroom, heating
and cooling. Call 319-560-
6626.
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employment
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and apply to position
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for sale
Well maintained 1,056 sq.
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Covered porch and ga-
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Want to clean faster,
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help you get started with
Norwexl! (microfiber and
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Linda Slycord Bring family images to the Clean Cut Tree Service
Independent Consultantdigital age. VHS (VCR), Removals, trimming,
The Pampered Chef slides and pictures to DVD, stump grinding, brush
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Avon Representative for
Norwalk/Lakewood. For
products call Sandy
Brenizer, 515-238-6718 or
go to dynomaids @ aol.com
or www.yeuravon.com/
Sandra Brenizer.
Shop for Norwalk Warrior
Spiritwear online at
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953-6306•
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After education, Medicaid is the largest part of the state
budget. By its very nature, funding is always an esti-
mate based on past experience. Enrollment grows each
year. The increase for the just concluded fiscal year was
about 5,000 people. Perhaps not surprisingly, the fund-
ing estimates usually come up a little short. It makes
sense not to appropriate too much, but I believe we
should do a better job that we have been. We have just
concluded fiscal year 2014 and again we are short in
Medicaid funding. State officials are looking for money
Glen Morris Lawn Care, - .................................. that can be used to fund the shortfall. The final figures
Pe rso n a lized Se rvices, Fireplace are not in yet, but the shortfall appears to be around $30 "
Free Estimates; Fully In- Chimney Servicing million• This is out of a total budget for Medicaid of
sured. Mowing, trimming, Annual servicing of your $1.5 billion, so in the overall picture it is not a big part
edging, fertilizing, cleanup, chimney system keeps of the budget. Still, I would like to see us reduce the
weed control, snow re- your family" safe and your shortage in the future.
moval. 515-208-4398. home in good repair. We I believe that the state will come up short again next
mgmia@ men.com, offer inspections, cleaning, year. Medicaid is funded with both federal arid state
repairs, product sales, re- funds. The federal share is based on a rolling average of
Sewing and alterations, lining, tuck-pointing and personal incomes for the states• The better the state's:
Many years of experience• more• Call personal income growth, the lower the federal share of
Call Zelda, 515-339-4663. Climbing Boys Medicaid funding. Because personal income in Iowa
.................................. Chimney Cleaning increased at a rate abcwe the national average, the fed-
Seamstress can do alter- Tim Mineart eral government's share of Medicaid payments in Iowa
ations, work with lycra fab- 689-9077 will be reduced by 2.2% for fiscal 2015. The federal
ric, sequins, beading and ................................... government's share of Iowa's Medicaid bill will be 56%
custom costumes• Call Patava Concrete and the state will pay 44%. This means that Iowa will
Lynne at 285-0604 or go to Taking orders for tearouts, have to pay an additional $79•1 million to replace th~
for rent
Norwalk 2 BR brick4 plex,
hardwood floors, heat, wa-
ter, sewer, garbage paid. Property Maintenance
515-314-1551 or515-221- Spiders, ants, wasps,
9300. roaches, bed bug treat-
............................. - .... ments, termite work. We
services also offer property mainte-
nance such as debris re-
Bob Lochmiller
Computer Repair moval, mold testing, snow
Specializing in laptops.Will and lawn care, demo work
5921 SE 14th Street, Suite 1800
Des Moines, Iowa ~ 5t5.287-1500
patios, replacement, new
.com. construction, driveways,
.................................. garage slabs• FREE ESTI-
Downs Pest Control And MATES• Call Matt Palen,
Tuesday-Friday - 9am to 7pm
Saturday - 9am to 5pm
Sunday ~ llam to 5pm
Walk-ins Welcome
the day off right!
P.O. Box 160
Norwalk, Iowa
www.kwky.com
210-1284 or Tim Patava,
210-1285.
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garage sales
1219 Richard George Dr.
Friday, July 11, 8 to 5 and
Saturday, July 12, 8 to 12•
Home d6cor, women's
clothing and much more•
..; ................................
715 School Ave. Saturday,
July 12. Guitar, banjo,
Banjo Linn, tools, girls
clothes, misc. Priced to
sell.
lost federal funds. In addition, more money will be
needed to cover additional enrollees. I voted against the
Department of Human Services budget for the last two
years in part because I believe we should do a better job
of funding bur share of the Medicaid expenses to try to
avoid a shortfall at the end of the fiscal year.
As always, feel free to contact me with your ideas or
concerns.
SALLY SPEAKS
Concluded from p. 1
she was willing to take more responsibility and accepted
the opportunity to take assignments for writing stories
and attending various events within our community.
I will miss her, but we still have a strong staff. Thq,.
publisher has plans for the newspaper's future, so it will
be going strong for a long time. Mary Lou never had
the chance to meet Mrs. Graham, who started this news-
paper from her home in Lakewood. But she felt a kin-
ship because they were both originally from Mississippi.
Lou will cover for me if I have to be out of the office and
you will still see her out and about town.
We wish both Mary Lou and David well as they be-
gin a new chapter in their life of retirement. Congratu-
lations!
Free Canner
Testing
Warren County Exten-
sion has teamed up with LIBRARY EVENTS
McCoy's True Value, lo- Tuesday, July 15
cated at 216 N. Howard in
Pre-SchooI Story Time, 10:30-11 a.m. Designed for
Indianola, to do canner 3 - 5 year-old children. Enjoy books, songs, flannel
testing Monday, July 28, boards, movement activities and more.
from 6 until 8 p.m. Kids Lego Club, 1-2 p.m. For kindergarten through
This is a free canner
testing event. It is not nec- 4th grade. If you love Legos, stop at the library to build
essary to bring your entire your own creation. The library provides all Legos and
no registration is required.
canner. The testing will be Wednesday, July 16
done on the lid only. Iowa
Kids Craft Club, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. If you love mak-
State University Extension ing crafts, join us for lots of creativity at Kids Craft Club.
and Outreach Nutrition
Stop in and create a masterpiece!
and Health specialist, Thursday, July 17
Mary Krisco, will test your Toddler Time, 10:30-11 a.m. Designed for 18 months
canner gauge at NO
CHARGE and Will adviseto 3-year-old children. Join us for stories, finger plays,
you if it is functioning songs andflannelboards.
Friday, July 18
properly and if other re- Teddy Bear Sleepover, 6 p.m. Friday to 9:30 a.m.
pairs may be needed toSaturday. Bring your teddy bear or another stuffed
safely preserve your gar- friend to our "Teddy Bear Sleepover!" Enjoy stories, a
den bounty. Pressure can-
craft and tuck your stuffed friend into bed for a sleepover
ning lids should be tested at the library Friday night. Participants may collect their
annually" to ensure stuffed friend the following morning at 9:30 a.m. We
weighted gauges are will share donuts, juice a! d see a slideshow of what our
working properly. If stuffed friends were up to all night in the library. REG-
gauges read high, under
processing can occur and ISTRATION REQUIRED!
low readings mean over ***
processing. Mix a little foolishness with your prudence; it's good
For questions, contactto be silly at the right moment.
Warren County Extension -Horace
at 515-961-6237. ***
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