Thursday, July 29, 2010
N/Warren Town and County News Page Seven
SHERIFF'S REPORT I Party Before the
Disclaimer: All defendants are innocent until Works A Success
proven guilty in a court of law. The Norwalk Area
Rex Phares, rural
Indianola, reported a floor
jack taken from his resi-
dence; $200 loss.
/uty
William Yager, rural
Norwalk, reported a tire
punctured on his vehicle;
$300 damage.
Officers attempting fi
traffic stop in the 5000
block of Beardsley Street
became involved in a chase
with a motorcycle. The
chase continued to the
Willow Creek Golf Course
area where the cyclist lost
control. Richard Webb, 28,
Urbandale, was charged
with driving while license
suspended, eluding offic-
ers and a variety of other
traffic charges.
Officers investigated a
complaint of sexual abuse
involving a minor at rural
Prole; it remains under in-
vestigation.
A rural Carlisle man re-
ported harassing text mes-
sages, remains under in-
vestigation.
Garth Swisher, Cum-
ming, reported a 2003
Mitsubishi, valued at
$7500, taken from his resi-
dence.
Officers investigated a
no-contact violation in
Martensdale; Lisa Gyles,
42, was charged with vio-
lation of a no-contact order
in connection with the in-
cident.
James Blomgeren,
Cumming, reported his
vehicle entered and a
checkbook and checks
taken.
A rural Norwalk man
reported being assaulted.
Officers charged Frederick
Mayes, 21, Des Moines,
Ryan Steinmetz 19, Des
Moines, and Jesse Tarter,
Curb It!
Largest single year increase in recycling using new Curb It! program
Contamination rate remains one of lowest in the nation
low contamination rate, partment reviews the ser-
200 additional households vice area for the Curb It!
in Unincorporated Polk program and recommends
County joined the Curb It! to the board of gupervisors
program July 1, 2010. Each the areas to be included.
year the Public Works De-
Fundraiser Planned For Iowa
porters.
I tainers.
. 200 households join
for . Curb It! In addition to the
emergencies! increase in tonnage and
last session, Democrats
used $267 million from the
CRF to fund FY 2011 on-
going expenditures. The
numbers for FY 2010 aren't
Area Community College pear in the recycling carts $500.5 million, or negative
next,year, received the Deadline for ads, [that are not part of the 8.7 percent. The difference
Scott s Foods Award as a legals and stories]Curb It! program include ($265.8 million) will go to
Scott's Foods employee, plastic shopping bags,replenish the Cash Reserve
Scholarships are pro- is Noon Friday!
Styrofoam peanuts and Fund (CRF). During the
vided by an endowment miscellaneous plastic con-
fund established by the
Iowa Grocers Education Call 911
Foundation and its sup-
Straight Talk
By Kent Sorenson, State Representative
L J .stState final. Some receipts in July
Revenue Numbers and August (called accru-
The most recent rev- als) will be deposited and
enue numbers by Legisla- some expenditures will be
tive Fiscal Services is bet- subtracted. However, it is
ter than originally ex-unlikely that the final
pected. Actual net receipts numbers will change
for FY2010 (gross receipts much when the books
minus tax refunds) wereclose at the end of August.
The CRF was projected
negative $234.7 million, or
negative 4.1 percent com-
pared to FY 2009. The Rev-
enue Estimating Confer-
ence (REC) had projected
Typical items that ap- an even larger drop of
to contain $105 million in
FY 2011. If the ending bal-
ance remains unchanged,
the CRF will contain $370
million (after the FY 2011
appropriations), which is
short of the 7.5 percent
goal of $407 million. The
Economic Emergency
Fund (EEF) will contain
$99.1 million regardless of
what happens during the
accrual period. This is
short of the 2.5 percent
goal of $135.7 million. The
CRF is necessary in order
to cash flow state expendi-
tures. The latest revenue
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news does not change the
fact that schools will raise
property taxes by 7.3 per-
cent. nor does it decrease
the $1.1 billion built-in
spending gap for FY 2012.
As always, please feel
free to contact me at 962-
2192 if you would like to
discuss the budget Or any
other issue mentioned in
my newsletter.
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday- Thursday
10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday & Saturday
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Closed Sundays
(MemorialDay-Labor Day)
Chamber of Commerce Metro Waste Authority
21, Des Moines, with as- Party Before the Worksis happy to announce the
sault causing injury. Committee appreciates first year of collection of
everyone who came to the new Curb It! recycling
July 10 - 7:30 p,m., their event July 2 at Kelly program with the wheeled
118th Avenue and Hard-
Cortum's parking lot! This carts resulted in the larg-
ing Street: a vehicle driven year's event was very suc- est single year increase in
by Timothy Brend, 39, ru- cessful and the weather recycling in the 16-year
ral Indianola, lost control
was perfect. The Commit- history of Curb It!. The
and rolled into the ditch; tee, comprised of Dr. Lori program experienced an
$1500 damage. Miller, Dr. Donna Grant, increase of 3,000 tons. A
July 15 - 11:40 p.m., StacyRosonkearidCham- total of 26,357 tons were
Hwy 65/69 just south of ber Executive Director, collected across the metro
Des Moines: a vehicle Deb Mineart, also appreci- area. That equates to 5,271
driven by Chad Koch, 30,
ates the many volunteers garbage trucks diverted
Indianola, swerved to miss
who helped during the from the landfill this year.
a deer and went into the
event. Tom Hadden, Executive
ditch; $500 damage. Special thank you to the Director of Metro Waste
following businesses: Authority says, "We are
Fareway, Scott's Foods, pleased with the increase
and Kum & Go for theirin recycling as a result of
Clint Miller generous donations; Kelly the new, wheeled "carts.
Receives Scott's Cortum & The Wright Our hat's off to our resi-
Place for providing a place dents for being such avid
Foods Award for this event, and the City recyclers and growing the
Clint Miller, a 2010 of Norwalk, Norwalk program."
graduate of Norwalk High Nursing & Rehab, Nor- The change to new,
School, has been awarded walk Family Dentistry,wheeled recycling carts
the Scott's Foods Award Anytime Fitness, Norwalk didn't change the low
through the Iowa Grocers Family Physicians, City amounts of non-recy-
Education Foundation~ State Bank, Des Moinesclables in the recycling ei-
(IGEF) for the 2010-2011 Truck Brokers, Norwalkther. It's not uncommonto
academic year. Miller was Tire and Auto Center, see an increase in the
chosen for the $500 schol- McGowen, Hurst, Clark & amount of non,recyclables
arship from an applicant Smith P.C., Regency Care being put into the recy-
pool of more than 525 stu- Center, Medicap Phar- cling when communities
dents, macy, Absolute Transpor- change from the sort at the
IGEF scholarships are tation, Lane Insurance, curb recycling program to
awarded based on aca- Advanced Air Heating &the large wheeled carts.
delnic merit to sons and Air Conditioning and Ted"The best way to keep a
daughters of full-time era- Lare Design Build for their recycling program viable
ployees whose firms are sponsorships, is to keep non-recyclable
members of the Iowa Gro- Thank you to N/Warren materials from going into
cery Industry Association Town & County, Record-the cart," said Hadden.
(IGIA). Young adults who Herald and Norwalk Liv- "Thanks to our residents
work for an IGIA member ing Magazine for theirbeing conscientious, our
company (either full-time publicity of the event, citizens and communities
or part-time) are eligible as Next year's event is be- are achieving excellent re-
well. Miller, who will be a ing held Frida3~ July 1. sults.'"
freshman at Des Moines
971-1588.
National Guard Officers
A public fundraiser, a Mega Family Indoor Garage
and Bake Sale, will be held at St. Theresa's Parish, 1230
Merle Hay Road in Des Moines Frida3 Aug. 13, from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m, and Saturday, Aug, 14, from 8 a.m. until
12 noon.
Shoppers at 7 a.m. Friday will pay a $3 admission fee
per family for early admission. Any Thursday night
shoppers also will be charged a $3 fee for early admis-
sion. Saturday shoppers after 11 a.m. may fill a garbage
bag for $1.
Donations of gently used items are being collected
and may be dropped off between 4 and 9 p.m. Thurs-
daN Aug. 12, at St. Theresa's Parish, located at the inter-
section of Merle Hay Road and University Avenue. Only
children's clothing up to size 14/16 will be collected and
no extra heavy or very large items or adult clothing will
be accepted.
For more information, contact Kathy Pierce at 515-
