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Vol. 42 NO,, 22 Norwalk, Iowa 502"11 PS NO. 395-120 Phone 981-0406
Meet the City Council Candidates 1 ----D.aylight
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Three residents are seeking election to the I
City Council when voters go to the polls to ca
ballot Tuesday, Nov. 8. The polls will be open
a.m. until 8 p.m.
All three City Precincts will be used for votil
are as follows: Norwalk 1 - Norwalk Easter P
brar 1051 North Avenue; Norwalk 2 - Lakew
ementary School, 9210 Happy Holly Dr., and 1
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3 - St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, 720 chard
Hills Dr. All polling places are accessible to elderly and
handicap voters.
Candidates include incumbent Eric Delker, as well
as Jamie Sylvester and Herman Riva. Questionaires were
mailed to all three candidates Tuesday, Oct. 11. F011ow-
ing is a biographical sketch of the candidates who re-
turned the form to the newspaper. They are listed in
alphabetical order.
Herman Riva
Herman Riva and his
wife, Stephanie, 3720
Bluestem Rd., have lived
in Norwalk four years. He
is an investment portfolio
manager and his educa-
tional background in-
cludes a BA in Economics,
MBA in Finance and CFA.
Q. Why do you wish to
serve on the Norwalk City
Council?
A. "I want to get more
involved in city adminis-
tration by serving on the
City Council. I want to be
a part of growing commer-
cial businesses in the City
and have long-term plan-
ning of infrastructure im-
provement in addition to
scrutinizing city ex-
penses."
Q. If this is your first
time seeking election to
the Norwalk City Council,
have you attended council
meetings prior to your be-
coming a candidate?
A. "Yes, regular at-
tendee."
Q. Do you serve on any
city boards or committees
and if so, which ones?
A. "No."
Q. Do you have any
Jamie Sylvester
Jamie Sylvester and her
husband, odd, have lived
at 2020 Merle Huff Ave.
four years. The 1996
graduate of Ankeny High
School is a stay-at-home
mother of three children
and Todd is inside sales
manager for Hartfiel Auto-
mation.
Q. Why do you wish to
serve on the Norwalk City
Coundl?
A. "I am in love with
this community and its
residents. My husband of
13 years grew up here and
coaches multiple baseball/
softball teams, so it's been
easy for me to get to know
a lot of folks here. I want
to see our town continue
to prosper for generations
to come."
Q. If this is your first
time seeking election to
the Norwalk City Council,
have you attended council
meetings prior to your be-
coming a candidate?
A. "Yes."
Q. Do you serve on any
city boards or committees
and if so, which ones?
A. Norwalk Middle
School Parent Advisory
Daylight Savings ends
at 2 a.m. Sunda Nov. 6.
Remember to set your.
clock back one hour.
Methodist
Fall Dinner
This Sunday
The Norwalk United
Methodist Women will be
having their annual Fall
Harvest Dinner Sunday,
Nov. 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. at
the church, 1801 Sunset Dr.
The menu includes
chicken and homemade
noodles with mashed po-
tatoes, corn, green beans,
coleslaw, rolls and a selec-
tion of the church women's
homemade pies and des-
serts. Any extra pies will
be sold at the end of the
dinner.
Tickets will be available
at the door. Cost for the
dinner is $7 for 10 years -
adult; $5 for 5 - 10 years
and children 4 and under
- free.
Pancake
Breakfast
• The annual Norwalk
Lions Club Pancake and
Sausage Breakfast will be
held Saturday, Nov. 5, with
serving from 6 to 11 a.m.
It will be .held at the
Norwalk Masonic Lodge,
808 Main St.
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email:news@norwalknewspaper.com Thursday, November 3, 2011
Firefighters To
Hold Annual
Chili Cook-Off
The Norwalk Fire-fight-
ers Association will host
their 2nd Annual Chili
Cook-Off Saturday, Nov.
12, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the
Fire Station, 1100 Chatham
Ave.
Firefighters will pro-
vide the chili. Area resi-
'dents are invited to come
eat chili and vote for their
favorite fire house chili.
Recipes will also be pro-
vided for each pot of chili
so you will know what
you are eating.
Cost of the meal is a
free-will dormtion. Pro-
ceeds from the fundraiser
will be used to purchase
equipment and training
tools.
Family Bingo
This Sunday
The monthly Family
Bingo Night, sponsored by
Norwalk Parks and Recre-
ation and Norwalk Lions
Club, isheld the first Sun-
day of the month from 6 -
8 p.m. at Norwalk Easter
Public Library, 1051 North
Ave.
The next Bingo night is
Sunday, Nov. 6. Bingo
cards are one for 25¢ or 3
for 50¢ per game. Bring a
snack to share. Future
Bingo nights are Decem-
ber 4, February 5 and
March 4.
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• Mayor's
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By Mayor Doug Pierce
This year, Veterans Day has a unique date as it will
be on 11/11/11 and I suspect that a lot of events will be
scheduled at 11:00 that day. And speaking of unique
dates, this year also marks the 70th anniversary of the
U.S. entry into World War II, where more than 226,000
Iowans fought against tyranny and triumphed, at a cost
of more than 8,300 Iowa lives.
Fortunately, Iowa's veterans did not sit back in silence.
Those men and women stepped forward, raised their
right hand and stood as one against a chaotic world to
bring about peace and stability. The last issue of the
Norwalk Living magazine highlighted a few of those
WW II Veterans who reside right here in Norwalk. I
consider those that served (the Greatest Generation) in
that conflict as the true heroes that made the United
States the superpower that it is! And this caliber of pa-
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Nationwide Test Wednesday
For Emergency Alert System
Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
(EST), the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) will conduct the first ever, top-to-bottom nation-
wide test of the Emergency Alert System, according to
Mahala Cox, Warren County E911 Director. The test will
last approximately three (3) minutes.
The Emergency Alert System is a media communica-
tions-based alerting system that is designed to transmit
emergency alerts and warnings to the American public
at the national Tribal state and local levels.
EAS participants broadcast alerts and warnings re-
garding weather threats, child abductions and other
types of emergencies. EAS alerts are transmitted over
television and radio broadcast, satellite television and
satellite radio, cable television and wireline video ser-
vices.
Although the nationwide EAS test may resemble the
periodic monthly EAS tests that most consumers are
familiar with, there will be some differences in what
consumers may see or hear, which is one reason for con-
ducting a nationwide EAS test. During the test, the pub-
lic will hear a message indicating "this is a test." The
audio message will be the same for everyone, however
due to limitations of the EAS, the video test message
may not be the same and may not indicate "this is a
test." This is due to the use of a "live" national code -
the same code that would be used in an actual emer-
gency.
Also, the background image that appears on video
screens may indicate "this is a test" but in some cases
there may be no image, at all. FEMA and the FCC plan
to reach out to organizations representing people with
hearing disabilities to prepare that community for the
national test. In addition, FEMA and the FCC will work
with EAS participants to explore whether there are so-
lutions to address this limitation.
The purpose of the test is to assess the reliability and
effectiveness of the EAS as a way to alert the public,
should public safety officials ever need to send an alert
to the public in a large region of the United States or
nationwide.
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR
ANNUAL WINE HARVEST
Tickets are now on sale for the 5th Annual Wine Har-
vest Celebration, which will be held Frida36 Nov. 18, at
The Wright Place, 340 Wright Rd., in Norwalk. Tickets
are available at City State Bank, Norwalk Physical
Therapy, Scott's Foods, Fareway or the Chamber Office,
1039 Sunset Dr. The first 100 patrons will receive a com-
memorative wine glass.
Prior to November 18, the tickets are $20 per person.
On November 18 or at the door, the cost is $25 per per-
son. Admittance is limited to the first 250 people. You
must be at least 21 years of age to attend.
Doors open at 5:45 p.m. for wine sampling and bid-
ding begins on Silent Auction Baskets. Social hour and
appetizers" of crustinis with goat/mascarpone cheese,
spinach and pesto dip and caramelized onion dip are
from 6 - 6:30 p.m. The meal will be served from 6:30 -
7:30 p.m. Featured this year will be three salads to choose
from plus a carving station with turkey or porkloin.
Andy Mogle's Norwalk High School Culinary Arts Class
will prepare and serve the meal.
Dinner music and dessert sampling of assorted trifles,
mini cupcakes and cheesecake bites is from 7:30 - 9 p.m.
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