Norwalk Warriors
I Official Publication for the Norwalk Community School District
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Page Eight
N/Warren Town and County News
Students Against Destructive Decisions
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Norwalk Swimmers
Norwalk Middle School SADD students (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
created a banner thanking the Norwalk Police Department and Fire Department.
Members presented tlae banner to Officer Criswell along withboxes of cookies
and candy to share with the departments for the holidays. Pictured left to right:
Rorie Soper, Emily Davis, Brynn Davis, Officer Brad Criswell, Lexi Popken and
Mallory Albright. Photo submitted.
LETTERS
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.
The following letter was submitted
Doug Schull
Dean Yordi
Crystal McIntyre
Warren County Board of Supervisors
202 Administration Building
301 N. Buxton Street
Indianola, IA 50125 :,
for publication.
Dear Supervisors:
On behalf of the Fifth Judicial District of Iowa I want to thank the Warren County
Board of Supervisors for retaining ShiveHattery to assist the county in a needs as,
sessment for court and jail facilities. We appreciate the work of the Judicial Building
Committee and we encourage the county to go forward with long-range planning.
for new court facilities. In the meantime, we must notify the Board of ongoing safety
and security issues with the courthouse and our immediate requirements for contin-
ued occupancy.
On November 3, 2015, I entered an order closing the:court facilities at the Warren
County Courthouse on an emergency basig due to the infiltration of nauseating sewer
gas in the building. Sewer gas in the courthouse is not a new problem. The Warren
County Board of Supervisors has been aware of it for months, if not years.
In a Warren County Courthouse Water Piping Assessment dated January 22, 2015
prepared by the engineering firm of KJWW ("KJWW Plumbing Report"), engineers
retained by the county found that "plumbing vents are not installed or are inad-
equate in most areas...Unvented traps allow water to be siphoned out causing sewer
gas to vent into the building...Several floor drains were observed plugged or taped
over by staff due to sewer gas odor." (KJWW Plumbing Report, p. 6 of 10). At the
May 27, 2015 meeting of the Warren County Board of Supervisors, a KJWW engineer
confirmed that sewer gas can be hazardous to the health of occupants of the build-
ing. No action was taken after the May 27, 2015 Board meeting to prevent the infiltra-
tion of sewer gas into the building. Since the November 3, 2015 incident, plumbers
have been in the building and the situation has improved, but .we still have concerns
Concluded p. 11
There are seven Norwalk students participating on the Lincoln High School Men's
Swim Team. They are left to right: senior Chris Lefebvre, sophomore Will Show-
ers, junior Tyler Whitehead, senior Christian Belden, freshman Brayden Clark
and fres an=Sr=El _S! a__ 'cky. Not pictuxed, senior Zach
matlon about the Lincoln High School Swim. Program,
www.railswimming.com. Photo submitted.
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