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Judge threatens to close Warren County courts PAIGE GODDEN PGODDEN@REGISTERMEDIA.COM

District 5 Chief Judge Arthur Gamble sent a letter last week to the Warren County Board of Supervisors telling them the Warren County Court-

house is not providing adequate facilities for his employees and something needs to be done. “We want nothing more than harmonious cooperation between the court and the county to resolve these issues,” Gamble’s letter says. “However, our

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court cannot continue to function indefinitely with stop-gap measures in response to serious health, safety and security concerns.” The letter lists eight issues that need to be addressed in the courthouse, including asbestos

and fire safety, plumbing leaks, poor air quality and the lack of security and maintenance. Gamble declined to comment when asked what would happen if the Warren County courtrooms had to close. “I think that’s a hypothetical

right now,” Gamble said. “I expect the board will take the required action.” But it doesn’t seem like most board members have been too interested in answering quesSee COURT, Page 2A

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After a two-day long marathon of meet and greets, interviews and one-on-ones, one person stood out in a group of five vying to be Indianola’s next city manager. Ryan Waller, assistant city manager of Lake County Illinois, is the man for the job, decided members of the Indianola City Council. Indianola Kelly Mayor Shaw said the Ryan Waller candidates were put through a number of situations to see how they reacted. “We had them meet with two council members each, and then I personally met with them, and then they met with some staff,” Shaw said. “We wanted to have a lot of opportunities for them to speak directly to council, and then to staff, and we wanted an opportunity for them to speak in front of all of us.” Members of the public and media also had a chance to meet the candidates, which Shaw said was interesting to watch as well. “A lot of us hung back and hugged the wall a little bit and saw how they interacted with the public and the press,” Shaw said. “Since the city manager is the face of the city largely, not

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t took four hours, three video cameras, two required fake names and one prop for three teams of Indianola Drama Club students to write, star in and produce some creative movies. Cameron Schneider, a student who participated, explained teams had four hours to make a movie. The only requirements were to use the names “Brick Hardcheese” and “Debbie” and to include a

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prop given to each team. Schneider’s team had a two-foot long golden key and finished their movie within two hours and eight minutes. “The main character, Brick Hardcheese, falls in love with a duck farmer’s daughter named Debbie,” said Schneider, who played Hardcheese. “But Debbie’s father does not allow for Debbie to fall in love with this time traveler because they’re See MOVIES, Page 4A

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Robert Stangel

Indianola Municipal Utilities has hired Rob Stangel, general manager of Osage Municipal Utilities, as its own next general manager. Stangel said he’s been working at Osage Municipal Utilities since April 2011. Originally, Stangel said,

he was hired as an accounting manager, but OMU’s prior general manager retired at the end of 2014, so Stangel took on the job. Prior to that, he worked at a public accounting firm as a CPA in Osage. “We are very excited, his leadership is just phenomenal,” said IMU Board of member Deb Trustees

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White. “He will be a real asset to IMU and he and his wife to the city of Indianola.” Stangel said his passion to serve will be a benefit to the community. He also serves in the Iowa National Guard. “I just have a drive to serve and do something greater than myself,” Stangel said. “I guess that’s the biggest strength I have.”

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only in terms of administration, but also in terms of finance and management, we wanted to see how they interacted with the public.” He said the city was able to narrow five down to three pretty easily. Beyond economic de-

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tions about the courthouse. Crystal Supervisor McIntyre said Gamble wrote the letter only after he was unable to contact supervisors Dean Yordi or Doug Shull. Last week, the two supervisors also declined an interview with ABC WOI TV Channel 5, a reporter for the station said. Instead, McIntyre met with the station reporter in an interview that The Record-Herald attended. Sheriff Brian Vos, assistant Warren County attorney Doug Eichholz and McIntyre confirmed to The Record-Herald some of the ongoing issues described in Gamble’s letter. Vos and Eichholz said they’ve been waiting for the supervisors to approve new security measures, including metal detectors and extra security at one of the main entrance doors, since May of 2014. “We had it on the agenda of special meetings twice,” Vos aid. As for air quality, Vos said the jail’s dryer caught fire in November. “It burned because the vent pipe was not properly put in and the lint collected in the vent and the pipe got too hot,” Vos said. “We had to take all of the

velopment, Shaw said the city was also looking at candidates whether could manage departments well, were competent in budgeting and they had whether strengths to handle the challenges Indianola faces. “Those challenges include the waste water facility ... but we’re also facing significant increases of health insur-

ances for our employees,” Shaw said. “And Ryan has worked on health issues in Illinois in the county positions he has held, and the city positions as well.” Shaw said given Waller’s personality, competencies and skill set, he was the best person for the job. Waller’s starting salary will be $140,000 in Indianola. Shaw said his

current salary in Illinois is $139,000. “He took more responsibility,” Shaw said, “But of course, the council realized the cost of living in Chicago as well.” The other candidates the city was considering, he said, were at the top of the city’s pay range as well. Shaw said the city used a formula set by International City/County

inmates to one end of the jail because it was smoky on the other.” McIntyre recalled going into the courthouse Nov. 3, when Judge Gamble issued an emergency evacuation of the courthouse “due to the infiltration of nauseating sewer gas. “The day I received an email from Judge Gamble saying he is closing the courthouse because of nauseating smells, I had been over that morning because of two issues that were going on with the building. One was a water issue and the other was leaking in Judge Parker’s McIntyre courtroom,” said. “That morning, I came running over here and made sure our county employees were out of the building and ran through and made sure everyone knew if they weren’t out they needed to be out quickly.” When she got back to her office, she had a cough and a headache for about an hour. “It was a serious issue and it was very nauseating,” McIntyre said. Additionally, Eichholz said the courthouse was infested with mice this fall. Part of the problem with air quality is that the windows don’t open, he said. “The windows used to open when I was [working] here the first time around,” Eichholz said. “Then they put these win-

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AssociaManagement tion, which takes into account a city’s budget size and population, to determine how much to offer the next city manager. Waller will be at the next Indianola City Council meeting Monday, Dec. 21, and will begin his job Monday, Jan. 18. He has more than 14 years experience in local government, has his bachelor’s degree from

Issues addressed in Gamble’s letter include issues that also were outlined in a report by KJWW Plumbing: Hot water mixing valve: “Hot water should be stored at or above 140 degrees to minimize the risk of Legionella bacteria in the domestic hot water system since showers are in use in the jail area. A hot water mixing valve should be installed to tempter the hot water down to approximately 120 degrees. Legionella can cause Legionnaire’s disease.” Asbestos: “Some pipe insulation was observed that could possibly contain asbestos. This should be reviewed by a qualified asbestos mitigation company. Friable asbestos is a health hazard.” Fire Safety: “KJJW and SVPA Architects Inc. identified numerous general issues of concern and made findings related to deficiencies, inadequacies and security concerns. To our knowledge, these concerns including some code violations have not been addressed. We have been informed of a fire in the courthouse/jail building on Nov. 7, 2015, due to a dryer vent not being cleaned out on a regular basis.” Leaks: “On March 1, 2013, I entered an order closing the Warren County Clerk of Court’s Office on an emergency basis due to a severe leak of contaminated water that soaked our files, carpet, furniture and equipment...There is currently a leak in Judge Parker’s courtroom. The carpet has been soaked and has not been property cleaned or replaced. Leaks are an ongoing health or our staff and the public...” Air Quality: “Mustiness and mold is an ongoing health concern in many areas of our court facilities even after repairs to the roof and exterior windows of the courthouse.” Court Security: “Representatives of the court, the county and the sheriff met several times last year to discuss ongoing courthouse security concerns. These meetings were prompted by a serious incident in Madison County and our prediction that a similar incident is likely to occur in Warren County...We were hopeful this necessary security would be in place by the beginning of this fiscal year, July 1, 2015. It has not happened.” Maintenance: “In addition to all of the well-documented safety and security issues at the Warren County Courthouse, there is also a chronic neglect and lack of maintenance of the building. Recent infestations of mice and gnats in our court facilities demonstrate that Warren County does not properly maintain the courthouse.”

dows in that don’t open, so you’ve just got all this bad air that keeps circulating and they need an exchanger to get that air out and bring in fresh.” He said the county does have a fund of $654,856 for jail expansion, which could potentially be used to address the courthouse’s problems. The fund was created March 7, 2006, with $810,000, but on Jan. 23,

2007, $155,143 from the fund was used to help cover the cost of a sewer project in Liberty Center. The money is supposed to be replaced, eventually. McIntyre said she and her fellow supervisors know the courthouse is in poor condition, partly because state jail inspector Delbert Longley told the group in May that he’d shut the facilities down if conditions don’t improve. “I don’t know how

many years he’s been giving bad reports,” McIntyre said. “In that meeting in May when he stood up in front of the board of supervisors and the public he said ‘when I shut you down I will shut you down that day. There won’t be a notice.’ “I don’t know how much more urgent someone can be,” McIntyre said. A judicial building committee has been

the university, a master’s degree in public administration from Northern Illinois University and is ICMA certified. “My wife and I have long desired to move our family to Iowa. We are thankful for this tremendous opportunity,” Waller said in a press release. “I am anxious to hit the ground running and look forward to working with the community.” formed, but McIntyre said its focus should be on future renovations or building a new courthouse, not on the issues at hand. Eichholz said the county has four options for dealing with the courthouse. They could renovate it, move some of its facilities to the county adbuilding, ministration build a new courthouse on green space, or do nothing. While no one in the county has said what they’d like to see done, McIntyre said doing nothing would probably be the most expensive option. Eichholz added that even though renovations would be nice, they won’t address the jail’s capacity. The state says Warren County needs an 84-bed jail, but its current facility has an occupancy of 18. The judicial committee, McIntyre said, is working as fast as it can making plans. “Things are slow in government and there’s a process for everything,” McIntyre said. “I don’t agree in taking something and going full force... We have processes in place for a reason. It’s so the public knows what we’re doing at all time. If we circumvent that, no matter how good the reason is, then the public isn’t going to have trust that what we’re doing is for the best.”

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First in a series on the May 3 vote on a new jail.

Warren County residents will go to the polls May 3 to vote on whether the county needs a new $35 million jail and courthouse facility.

What residents won’t know is where the facility will be located or what exactly it will look

like. Supervisor Crystal McIntyre, who has spent the last year organizing a judicial committee, which is made up of 30 county residents representing each precinct in Warren County, said paying the close to $2

million for a design plan before voters say they want to go ahead would be putting the cart before the horse. She and assistant county attorney Doug Eichholz said having an architect draw designs for the new facility could cost up to $2 million. What’s more, she and Eichholz argue, if the county paid for

the designs and the voters decided they didn’t like where the facility is located, it could cost another $2 million or so for architects to redo the plans. While the specifics are vague, there are a few things guaranteed. If plans for the facility pass, See JAIL, Page 4A

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The Simpson Speech and Debate Team captured its first national title this weekend, defeating 85 schools from throughout the country at the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Speech and Debate Tournament at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Simpson edged Colorado Christian by 1.5 points to win the team debate title, making Simpson the top comprehensive debate program in the country. “We had never been better prepared for debate nationals before,” said Spencer Waugh, director of speech and debate. “We had strength across four of the six debate divisions, and all 18 of our debate entries performed well. “I am incredibly proud of their hard work, and I am thrilled that it paid off.” Simpson crowned one individual winner: Senior Ethan Fredrick was named top speaker and tournament champion in varsity parliamentary debate. What’s even more impressive about the team debate title is that Simpson did not have a debate program until five years ago, when Waugh took over. During this season’s first practice, he reminded the Simp-

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riday afternoon, junior Isaac Baldus had two gold medals hanging from his neck while he stood in a classroom at Indianola High School. He earned them weight lifting at the Iowa Special Olympics. One of the golds is for benching 160 pounds and the other for a 295pound deadlift. Both were personal bests, the heavyweight lifter said. To keep in shape, Baldus said he practices lifting at Anytime Fitness in Indianola twice per week, lifts weights with his dad, Robert, and participates in the school’s total body fitness class. All of the workouts are harder than the competitions themselves, he said. Baldus is planning on returning to the Olympic games his senior year. “My goal is to lift over 300,” Baldus said. While bringing home two metals in one day is impressive, they weren’t the first golds he’s brought home. Last year, he took the gold in the penthathalon event, which is a mix of track and field skills. He also earned a gold medal at this fall’s bowling tournament. Outside of the Special Olympics games, he participates on the high school’s track team, and is a member of a baseball team in Des Moines.

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Isaac Baldus holds up his two Special Olympics gold medals for weight lifting.

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the current jail would be closed by 2018 and replaced by a new 96,500 square-foot facility on the

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other support functions on the first level. Levels two and three would hold courtrooms for hearings and meetings with space for public, judiciary and secure holding functions. A separate, single-story, 46,000 square-foot jail space would include a public reception area and offices for county law enforcement and the sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. It also would include an intake area, the jail beds with seven separaclassification tions, food services and laundry. The E911 communications and emergency management also would have space within the new building. Some of the new building would not be used for the first few years, said McIntyre. Two courtrooms will be left empty and 14 of the jail beds wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be used until the county needs to expand. McIntyre said that while land in northern Indianola is generally the most expensive, it would be worth it because the Carlisle and Norwalk podepartments lice wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to haul prisoners through Indianola. And, it would get the jail out of the middle of Indianola. While the plans may seem expensive, McIntyre, Eichholz and Sheriff Brian Voss said building the justice center is actually the cheapest option the county has. The judicial committee explored several options, including renovating the current courthouse and keeping all services there, renovating the courthouse and building a new jail and not doing anything to the facility and weighing the costs of closing it down. Voss said the problem with renovating the current facility is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already too small. On weekends, the number of prisoners held in Indianola spikes to

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about 44 inmates. The current jail has a capacity of 18. If the jail was renovated to meet code, it still would only have room for about 14 beds. And McIntyre said it would cost somewhere around $36.7 million for the county to build a new jail facility while keeping the current courthouse open. Eichholz said the other problem with renovating the current facility, is that the county employees would have to find a new place to work during the renovation process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if we currently have a building large enough to hold that many people,â&#x20AC;? McIntyre said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to keep the county seat within the limits of Indianola according to state code.â&#x20AC;? The current jail is bad enough that state jail inspector Delbert Longley has threatened to shut it down. Chief Judge of District 5 Arthur Gamble was forced to close the courts twice last year because of water leakage and gas smells. So if the county

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is the least expensive option that will work for everyone.â&#x20AC;? In the end, McIntyre said she hopes voters will recognize the need for a new courthouse and will trust elected officials to make the most cost-effective decisions moving forward. To learn more about the plans for the new jail, members of the judicial committee will host community meetings in most of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s precincts. Dates and times for those meetings will be available at a later date and fliers about each of those meetings will be handed out door to door.

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Warren County’s courthouse will turn 77 this year, three months after residents will be asked to vote on a proposed $35 million new facility.

building currently The houses the county’s clerk of courts, four courtrooms, the jail, the sheriff’s office and E911 services. According to documents pulled together and written by numerous sources, the old build-

ing is no longer up to par. While pieces of the long list of complaints have been shared before — such as poor air quality, improperly stored water and asbestos — it’s not just the condition of the old building county officials are worried about.

Assistant county attorney Doug Eichholz said numerous people have told him that if the courthouse has lasted this long, it must be a fine building to work in. See VOTE, Page 6A

OPEN HOUSE, VOTE PLANNED The public is invited to an open house in the existing courthouse Friday, April 8, from 4:30 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 8, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Voters will cast ballots on whether to replace the courthouse on May 3.

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The deadline to file papers for 2016 county and state races has passed. At the county level, the incumbents of all three open seats have filed for reelection. Both Democrats, Sheriff Brian Vos and Auditor Traci VanderLinden, will seek reelection. VanderLinden, who has served as auditor since 1999, is running unopposed, while Vos will face Republican challenger Steve Spain. Republican Supervisor Doug Shull is also up for reelection and will face Democrat Robert Burns. Shull, a former state senator and a certified public accountant, has held his county seat since 2009. He’s currently the chair of the Warren County Board of Supervisors and involved in many community groups, such as the Warren County Economic Development Corporation, and is the treasurer for the city of Indianola. Burns, an Indianola resident, is a 1978 graduate of Simpson College. He holds a degree in political science and worked in the insurance industry from 1978 through this last year. He’s the former chair of the Warren County Democrats and said he was inspired by Jimmy Carter, whom he caucused for 42 years ago. Burns ran to be on the board of supervisors in 2004 and again in 2008. This time, Burns said he’s entering the race to restore honesty, integrity and common sense in the board. He said he’ll create a steering committee and his priorities include economic development, working with the city governments within Warren County to take care of infrastructure — especially roads and bridges. Burns said he’ll have a campaign page up on Facebook soon See RACES, Page 3A

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Jared VanderLinden, left, holds a photo of his father, John VanderLinden, during a ceremony to kick-off national organ donation month at Mercy in downtown Des Moines April 1. Also pictured are Mallory Wells (VanderLinden), Ron Muecke, a VP at Mercy and Emily VanderLinden.

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Without three liver transplants Brandon Boyd of Indianola wouldn’t have seen his 5year-old son start kindergarten last fall. He wouldn’t have seen his

daughter get her driver’s license last year. It’s the little things, he said, he appreciates more than most. “There are so many things you don’t think about you take for granted,” Boyd said at the flag raising to kick-off nation-

al organ donation month at Mercy hospital in downtown Des Moines April 1. According to the Iowa Donor Network, 58 organ donors saved 214 lives in 2015. Thousands more were healed by See DONATION, Page 3A

Students protest cut of wellness program called Project Lead The Way. Student body president Cody Woodruff and senior Victoria Yanouskiy contacted the Record-Herald last week to stress the importance of the wellness program, which teaches students sex education, drug and alcohol aware-

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Carlisle students are protesting the district’s decision to cut the middle school’s wellness program in favor of a science, technology, engineering and math-based initiative

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In March of 2013, Dierkingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son was diagnosed with diabetes and she missed work from time to time, the suit said. Dierking met with former county administrator Jean Furler and the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s labor consultant Steve Bonnett about how often and long she was gone from work. According to the suit, Furler and Bonnett allegedly told her that â&#x20AC;&#x153;not one person in the office had anything nice to sayâ&#x20AC;? about her and everyone complained. They further told her â&#x20AC;&#x153;four people informed them that they would â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;walkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? if she returned to the office. Furler and Bonnett then told her they would get back in touch with her and to be careful in the mean time because if any of the complaining employees felt retaliated against they could file charges for a hostile work environment. They told Dierking to go on vacation, rather than take paid administrative leave, according to the suit. Furler told Dierking sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be back in touch by April 10, 2014, but Furler sent her a text on April 11 stating she had a rough

week and would set up a time the following week. Furler met with Dierking on April 17, according to the suit, and Dierking brought her husband to the meeting as a witness. Furler said Dierkingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be in the meeting, so Dierking called Sheriff Brian Voss, who sent a deputy to witness the meeting, according to the suit. Dierking tried to invoke the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complaint process during the meeting, but the lawsuit said Furler was unaware of the process permitted by the policy. Furler asked Dierking whether she thought she could return to work, and Dierking said she believed she could. Bonnett then informed Dierking â&#x20AC;&#x153;it was not possibleâ&#x20AC;? for her to return to work and her leave was continued, according to the suit. A severance package was presented to Dierking on April 22 and was told if she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sign the package she would be terminated. Dierking refused to sign. According to the lawsuit, Dierking believes she was not terminated for any cause.

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like, and Warren County just keeps getting grandfathered in to the old standards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just keep crossing our fingers and hoping we get by,â&#x20AC;? Eichholz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I worked in Madison County for a while. We got by. And then somebody decided they were going to bring a gun into the courthouse and take it out during court. Then they recognized thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the best way.â&#x20AC;? It was after that incident Warren County hosted a courthouse security meeting. Recently, metal detectors were added to the east entrance of the courthouse, but that side of the building is not handicapped accessi-

ble. Detectors have not been added to the ADA compliant west entrance of the building. It was in 2015 when a series of bad reports about the building came out and unfortunate incidents really began to pile up. On Jan. 22 of 2015, KJWW Plumbing conducted a water piping assessment at the courthouse. Issues listed in the report include: Âť Staff has noticed some discolored water at some faucets Âť Plumbing vents are not installed or inadequate in most areas. Unvented traps can allow water to be siphoned out causing sewer gas to vent into the building Âť Staff has noted difficulty obtaining hot water, especially on the upper floors Âť The makeup water connection to the boilers is directly connected to the domestic water system with no backflow preventer. This is a potentially hazardous condition, which could allow chemically treated water to flow back into the domestic water system Âť The building did not appear to be fully fire sprinklered On March 1, 2015, District 5 Chief Judge Arthur Gamble closed the Warren County Clerk of Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office on an emergency basis because of a severe leak that contaminated files, the carpet, furniture and equipment. Then, on the first day of June, two inmates escaped from the Warren County jail. They were able to manipulate the locks on the cell doors (a feat Sheriff Brian Vos says could be easily replicated) and escaped the jail down a back flight of stairs. Both inmates made it out of Indianola before being caught. That same week, state jail inspector Delbert Longley told the supervisors the courthouse should be abandoned and a new facility planned. On Nov. 3, Gamble again closed the courthouse, this time due to a nauseating smell of sewer gas in the building. The supervisors received a letter from Gamble Dec. 2, outlining his concerns with the current building. His list included similar complaints to the plumbing assessment. Such as the lack of blackflow preventers, a hot water mixing valve, sprinklers and the presence of asbestos and leaks in the courthouse. At this point, supervisor Crystal McIntyre said just to be able to keep the building functional, it would cost $1.7 million.

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Issues at courthouse come to light Open house visitors said the old building is small, smelly AMY DUNCAN ADUNCAN@REGISTERMEDIA.COM

While some people walked into the Warren County Courthouse Friday and Saturday thinking plans for a new $35 million justice center were unnecessary, many of them walked out in favor of the plan.

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“We had some people who up front said, ‘you guys don’t need this,’” said Sheriff Brian Vos Saturday. “But we take them on a tour and by the time we’re done, they’d say ‘I was going to vote no, but now I’m going to vote yes.’” Vos said he thought the expense of the event was worth it.

The county had to move 17 prisoners to Clarke County at a cost of $40 a day per prisoner beginning Friday and lasting until Sunday at noon. About 200 to 250 people toured the facility during the Friday afternoon and Saturday morning event, Vos estimated. Transporting prisoners is

PUBLIC MEETING Anyone with questions about the Warren County Courthouse, or the bond vote on May 3, is invited to join county officials at the Indianola Country Club on Wednesday, April 20, at 8 a.m.

nothing new to the sheriff. On weekends, the prison’s population has spiked up to

more than 40 people, but the jail can only house 18 inmates. The Warren County Sheriff’s department is billed more than $100,000 annually from other county jails for holding overflow inmates, and that cost doesn’t include the gas or deputy pay for transporting the inmates. As for the open house, Vos See JAIL, Page 2A

Local trap teams see increasing membership

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If you’ve ever dreamed of kayaking to Principal Park to watch the I-Cubs play or of a serene place to birdwatch, geocach or just relax, your vision may be a reality sooner than you think. The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization or DMAMPO, in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, is hosting a series of meetings to solicit feedback from property owners, nature lovers and governmental bodies to see how the public would like to make better use of the 150 miles of waterways in and around Des Moines. One of those meetings was held in Carlisle April 4. Several miles of the North, Des Moines and Middle rivers near Carlisle are included in the study. Teva Dawson, senior planner for DMAMPO, said the DNR hired the planning organization to make a plan for the entire waterway system in Des Moines. “This is one of five different river or creek segments that are being explored for ways to increase access,” Dawson said, “for recreation, conservation or just any kind of general quality of life improvements.” Carlisle Mayor Ruth Randleman said the plans fit pretty well with some preliminary plans the city already has created. She said Carlisle supplied the group with its master plans for parks because it does include future access to the river See TRAILS, Page 2A

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Sydney Jellison and other members of the Southeast Warren Trap Team practice at the Izaac Walton League range on April 6.

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Local high school trap teams are reporting major increases in participation, and members say shooting trap has become a nationwide trend to help buck proposed gun restrictions. Two of Southeast Warren’s coaches, Willie Wilson and Rob

McCaulley, said the number of participants in the club rose from 19 last year to nearly 30. The Indianola school district has reported about 90 boys are out for its trap team and about 45 girls. Members of the Indianola Trap Team recently shared on Facebook the sport grew by 49 percent between 2013 and 2015 and by 1,682 percent since its

start 15 years ago. Southeast Warren senior Vance Ohnemus said he thinks his team’s growth is due to some of the recent news pushing gun safety. “People want to learn about guns, and the more they learn about it they think it’s a fun sport to be in,” Ohnemus said. See TRAP, Page 3A

Indianola robotics club will attempt world domination

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Four local teenagers are about to take on the world after creating a robot that can move debris, climb a hill and rescue skiers — at least in a small competition arena. Andrew Winjum, an eighth-grader at Indianola Middle School, Nick Bergan, an eighth-grader at Norwalk Middle School and Keith Harder and Cameron Rohlfsen, who are both 14 and home-schooled make up a rookie team that has advanced out of state and su-

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said the county used the time the prisoners were gone to conduct a smoke test of the sewer system to see if there are any leaks in the pipes. Tour leaders taking groups through the courthouse pointed out where ceiling tile had fallen on a cleaning lady in a men’s restroom on the second floor as well as spaces on the third floor where prisoners, jailers and civilians come into close contact. There was an element of fun to the open house as well, as kids collected sheriff badge stickers and visitors got to see their homes pulled up on the 911 mapping system. But the message at the end was serious. “It’s a lot to take in,” said one woman who was finishing her tour, but declined to provide her name. “I would probably vote for having a new one. I have never been here before, so I didn’t know what to expect.” She said that while she typically doesn’t vote, “this is closer to home.” Another, who also

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for a water trail. “This will all be a future project because the river isn’t that navigable,” Randleman said. “There are log jams and clean up to do and all sorts of stuff that needs to go on to make it a water trail. Just like anything there will be one piece at a time.” said the Dawson DMAMPO project began a year ago when the group released a report called

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The Warren County Sheriff's Office held an open house at the jail on April 8 and 9 to highlight the need for a new facility.

would not to give her name, said her husband works for the county. “You could even smell that it’s not in good condition,” she said. Although her husband works in the building, she said he hasn’t encouraged her to vote on the issue. “It kind of speaks for itself.” A pair of clerks of court in Marion and Polk counties toured the facili-

ty Saturday. “Some of the people I work with have family that work here,” one said. “These are our coworkers too. We’ve heard stories about what they’re working with. I was curious to see what the situation was.” She said she was surprised at the condition of the jail. “I’m from Polk County and we have a

brand new facility there,” she said. “This one is definitely outdated.” Both said they were able to transfer jobs to other clerks of court office, and after hearing about the Warren County conditions, both said they wondered why anyone would move to the county. “I would be worried about my health,” she added.

The Warren County Sheriff's Office held an open house at the jail on April 8 and 9 to highlight the need for a new facility.

State of the Rivers. The report catalogs everything known about the waterways from zoning rules to information collected using 25 focus groups including everything from river users to city planners. Then, the group drafted goals and visions for the river and now it’s moving into planning mode, which is what the public workshops are about. During a meeting in Altoona, attendees were asked to mark spots they believed would be good for boat ramps, parks, camping spots, fishing

stations and other amenities along the river. Participants also were asked to mark the places they didn’t want recreation activities, such as stretches of private property. Dawson said a DNR study revealed that the top three uses of the rivers in the state include tubing, fishing and places of respite. In addition to making room for fun activities, the project also will focus on corridor management, conservation and water quality. “Over and over we’ve heard about water quality

being a key concern,” Dawson said. “While this is not a water quality plan, we expect there to be a plan with strong language that recommends work be done to the water quality because these things go hand in hand.” Since this is the first time the DNR has studied multiple river systems at one time, Dawson said this project will take a lot of coordination across jurisdictions. She said there needs to be one place for people to find out if a trail is closed and to find maps and other general information. There will need to be a

group that governs and leads the efforts to create the water trails and community members to step up to make sure the trails are safe and useful. “It’s not good enough to build the facilities,” Dawson said. “Some people don’t know how to use them anymore. We will need to have paddling classes.” There also needs to be community events for the water trail to work, Dawson said, such as a paddling race to go along with the annual Dam to Dam foot race. Public safety is also a concern, Dawson said.

“We are inviting more and more novice users onto the waterway, so there’s potential for more and more problems to pop up when you have less experienced people on the rivers,” Dawson said. There are two more public workshops scheduled, which will focus on the Des Moines River and Four Mile Creek. One will be held Monday, April 18, at 6:30 p.m. at the Pioneer Columbus Community Center at 2100 S.E. 5th St., Des Moines. The second workshop will be announced at a later date.

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Schools prepare for third-grade retention Summer schools may give kids a head start for next year PAIGE GODDEN PGODDEN@REGISTERMEDIA.COM

Second-grade students in Iowa have one year to become good readers or risk having to repeat third grade or go to summer school. While state law doesn’t de-

cree what that summer school program might look like, Indianola students participating in a study this summer will help figure it out. Students at risk of being held back have been invited to participate in the Intensive Summer Reading Program present-

ed by the Iowa Reading Research Center. Indianola teachers will present the program, but data collected will help set guidelines for what summer reading programs should look like. Participating in a program this summer won’t keep kids

who aren’t proficient by May 1 of 2017 from needing another summer program, or being held back. Several school districts throughout Iowa will collect data on how many hours it takes for students tosignificantly increase their reading skills and what kind of program — digital, print-based or regular school programming — is most effec-

A PROM PERFECT PARADE Kaleb Miller and Lidnsey Meyers walk out into the spotlight during the promenade.

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Rekiah Baker and Sean Gardner wave to family and friends as they are introduced. Southeast Warren High School celebrated prom April 16 in Liberty Center.

tive. Cindy Slauson, curriculum director for Indianola, said 30 Indianola students can go through the intensive reading program at no charge to the district. Hopefully, the program will put them on the right track for third grade. While 26 seats in the study have been filled, the See READING, Page 2A

Casey Blake honored for his character AARON YOUNG AYOUNG2@DMREG.COM

For the majority of his life, Casey Blake knew what it was like to be in the spotlight thanks to the platform athletics provides. He was a four-sport all-state performer as a prep at Indianola High School. He excelled in the classroom and on the baseball diamond while attending Wichita State University. And he pursued a Major League Baseball career that involved stints with the Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies. But despite all of the successes he achieved because of baseball, the 42-year-old’s good-willed character and the love he shows for his hometown is what Iowans will remember about him the most, and those traits garnered notice Friday night. Blake was awarded the 2016 Robert D. Ray Pillar of Character Award from The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center during a sold-out all-star banquet at Prairie Meadows in Altoona. “It’s up there,” Blake said comparing the award with past athletic accolades. “It makes me reflect on just how blessed I’ve been in my life. For somebody to recognize character in See BLAKE, Page 5A

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I am perplexed, completely and utterly perplexed, by the Warren County supervisors who are having a special election in a couple of weeks for a new jail and courthouse in Indianola. A look at the supervisors website found a high level

fact sheet with a few facts. It’s not clear to me how much our property taxes will go up, if the bond passes. What is the tax rate increase per $1,000? I’m feeling bamboozled by the proposition on the table. A $35 million bond issue will build a new jail. But it will cost us 25 percent more as See OPIE, Page 8A

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Go inside for true view of county courthouse need MICHELLE FETTERS STEEN SPECIAL TO THE RECORD-HERALD

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jectTracker/WarrenCounty. Names of those on the committee are listed there, also. Many county employees were present at our meetings. It was a good thing one evening when water from an upper floor shower flooded the ceiling of the courtroom we met in and a ceiling tile

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Learn more than reading — learn to love to read Reading is clearly fundamental. If you want to study literature, grammar or current events, you obviously have to be able to read. If you want to know what’s happening with your government or school district, it helps to be able to read. Want to study science? You’ll have to read the textbook. Learning a new skill in math? There is probably reading involved. Even the latest ap on your smart phone or video game on your X-box is easier if you can read. Reading is clearly vital. So the Iowa Legislature’s focus on reading is both understandable and appropriate. But as in so many things, the devil’s in the details, and the details of the Legislature’s plan to ensure that third-graders are reading at grade level before moving ahead, are thin at best. The plan, which was slated to go into effect this year, but since has been delayed to next year, would keep kids from moving past third grade unless they could pass a standardized reading test twice, or take an intensive summer school class on reading. The challenge is that even the sound of the standardized test — the Formative Assessment System for Teachers — is enough to turn the most passionate reader sour. Young kids look at pictures on a flash card and have to tell their teacher the sound the picture starts with. So “buh” for bike or “tuh” for toast and so on. Later they must recognize letters from the alphabet, then sound out the letters, and eventually read paragraphs. If they fail, or score a rating of “substantially deficient” two consecutive times, the child may have to repeat third grade, or attend summer school. The state doesn’t yet know what would have to be included in summer school, or how they decide if the summer program was successful and a child has progressed to at least “at-risk” if not “grade proficient.” They do know that a child held back in reading, will be held back in other core courses at once. So a child who wasn’t successful at reading, but was a whiz at math, could end up repeating third grade in both. While there are lots of answers missing in the state’s concept, the biggest thing is that while the state is focused on the mechanics of reading, they have lost sight of the love of it. Where’s the program to teach kids to love to read? Where’s the teacher who captures kids with storybooks in early grades, chapter books in middle elementary and adventuresome stories that leave kids breathless for the next reading session in later grades? All of those are buried in the paperwork and tedium of recognizing sounds, repeating rote paragraphs and, perhaps, failing badly enough to do it all over again next year. There are kids who struggle to read at grade level and they do need help. Summer school may well be the best answer for many. But the Legislature needs to leave the reins loose. Local teachers and administrators should determine what their program looks like, and who needs to attend it. And all of them should work together with parents to turn out kids who do more than just read. They should team up to teach kids to love to read.

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On March 19, Indianola Dance Academy took eight individual twirlers to participate at Iowa’s State Baton Competition. This competition is the precursor to regionals in Wisconsin and nationals at Notre Dame this summer. This was the first local competition this year with first place finishes in all categories competed by the twirlers. The had first and second place in the pageant along with first and second place in the Wild Rose Modeling competition. IDA also took three teams to compete and the twirlers are looking forward to their next event in May. Pictured from left are, Abbie Preston, Joanna Rogalla, Eden Lewis, Jacklyn Eginoire, Olivia Harrington, MaKenzie Blackford, Madison Grover and Brooklynn Sedlock.

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fell. To respond to some concerns: Everyone on the committee agrees that meetings were open for visitors and for new people to join the committee. We tried very hard to find representatives from every county township. And we were fortunate to have members of the committee who could represent mental health issues. I’m all about saving buildings. I worked with a committee several years ago to save the middle school (which had first been the high school and then the junior high) — and we saved it again, so it could become our county administration building. When it couldn’t be used as a school any longer, it was certainly still usable for another purpose. The exact same thing can happen with the courthouse. Everyone on the committee looked at doing what was needed if using other county properties and the current courthouse first. But it can no longer be used for court and jailing prisoners. Besides not being able to drink water from faucets or drinking fountains, sewer gas has closed court on many occasions. Jail cells, especially with more inmates than there should be, have insufficient ventilation. The building has outgrown its use for Warren County’s future growth. It can be patched no longer. Renovation in the current courthouse for jail and court will not work. But the building can most definitely still be used. How

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taxpayers if the existing facility is renovated. What? They have us between a rock and a hard place, because if the vote doesn’t pass, the cost to us as taxpayers goes up significantly in their scenario because we’ll be transporting prisoners and all issues related to having to close down the jail. Here are my concerns, why didn’t we know about this before now — before one year ago? Certainly the supervisors knew our jail was in jeopardy. My guess is there have been way too many other controversies brewing to address the mother load. It’s poor management, poor communication and no effort to reach out to us as taxpayers. What do our city officials think about the idea, what about the Chamber of Commerce, downtown merchants, others leaders in the community? Silence. You know folks, a bond referen-

about a year-round indoor farmer’s market, an indoor shopping mall, an art/music/cultural center? The public will have input in those possibilities, with another committee to guide it. The Square will breathe with new life. The courthouse will become the heart of Indianola building. Visitors to the jail or to a court appearance don’t come to The Square for haircuts or to sit and have coffee or a meal. They find a parking spot if they can, do what is needed in the courthouse, and they “get out of Dodge.” The Square can be used more easily when we don’t have to worry about law enforcement officers needing to exit the courthouse parking lot quickly to deal with emergencies. People who have an emergency won’t have to wonder if the deputies can get to them quickly enough through the crowds on The Square. Deputies will be available faster, since they won’t be transporting prisoners to other counties. There will be more parking spots for shoppers, for those who are hungry, for people needing an eye doctor, florist or chiropractor, etc. This also will save cities in Warren County money, and save time for their law enforcement officers. Appearances are deceiving. From the outside, everyone would doubt the need for a new justice center. When you’re inside, well, you may always go and look. It’s a public building. You just won’t be able to see jail cells if there are prisoners present. Conditions are unsafe and unhealthy for deputies, judges, clerks, the public and prisoners. Prisoners don’t need a five-star hotel, but they deserve healthy conditions and to be safe.

Warren County is responsible for them. Those in charge of them shouldn’t be at risk - in safety or health. Design of a new justice center and for what is done with the current building will all be up to the public and bids from local contractors will be taken when the bond passes. No money is being wasted putting the cart before the horse. Taxes will go up if we vote yes. ($62 a year for someone with a $100,000 residential property value. For someone with $100,000 agricultural land value, it will be $50 a year.) However, if we vote no, taxes will go up higher. Costs will go higher with each passing day, because the jail and courts will be shut down by the state. Attend informational meetings that are being scheduled around the county. Set one up yourself. Someone will attend to address questions. Remember - once the bond is paid, that ends our payments. We’ve been given many many chances. To use some analogies from others, Dean Emary knows that “the tire” has been patched beyond hope. Judge Parker says “the can” has been kicked down the road and money thrown into “a bottomless pit” for way too long. Judge Gamble will move his court elsewhere. This is our last chance for the least amount of cost. County employees working in the courthouse keep us safe. They deserve a safe work environment. Thank you!

dum has to pass by 60 percent among those who vote. So no matter the turnout, as long as the yes votes prevail, it will pass and our property taxes go up, again. Let’s review. We just approved a new local option sales tax in early March. Three years ago this summer, we approved a $29 million bond referendum for safety and security improvements at our schools along with the completion of the varsity athletic complex at the middle school. Now the county wants a piece of the action. I am overwhelmed by the thought of all these tax increases. As citizens, we need a break. As a community trying to attract economic development, we’re headed the wrong direction. And as voters, we need answers. A tour of the old jail on a Friday morning when 80 percent of us are working is not my idea of openness, transparency and public information. Why did this issue only rear its ugly head last year when two prisoners escaped? Suddenly we find out the state jail inspector says it’s not up to

code, needs a barrage of improvements, it really should be closed and will cost millions to fix. What are the options, where is the research, what are the data points supporting building a new jail? Where will it be located? I’d hope for a remote location where we’re not trying to attract shoppers, tourists, businesses and families to live, work or visit our town to encourage that penny sales tax spending. I try to maintain my composure in this column but today I am outraged. You think we have problems at the national level with presidential elections and campaigns? Perhaps we do, but more immediately we have a major debacle in our own backyard. This issue has been festering without solid solutions for too many months and May 3 we’re being asked to vote. Vote no. We need answers, options and viable solutions, not more taxes.

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Michelle Fetters Steen is a member of the Warren County Judicial Building Committee. For a full list of committee members go to www.shive-hattery.com/ProjectTracker/WarrenCounty.

Sara Opie is a resident of Indianola and writes a column every other week for the Record-Herald.

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$35 MIL. COURTHOUSE UP FOR VOTE County says building new justice center is cheapest option PAIGE GODDEN PGODDEN@REGISTERMEDIA.COM

Warren County voters will decide Tuesday, May 3, whether the county can build a new justice center and jail. Voters will be asked wheth-

er they want to pass a $35 million bond referendum to build the new facility, which will be located at an unknown location north of town. According to county officials, building a new justice center would be cheaper than

maintaining the old building. The county has been advertising the new justice center would cost $62 per $100,000 of assessed value for residential taxpayers per year. For the same group of people, it would cost $77 per $100,000 each year

to maintain the old facility. The numbers jump from $50 per $100,000 annually for agriculture land value to build a new center up to $62 to keep the current jail and courthouse. That means keeping the old building would cost taxpayers about 25 percent more per year.

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The new justice facility promises several features including the ability to separate offenders and victims in hallways, increased courtroom security, increased public safety, decreased liability risk for the county, and gives the sheriff the ability to hold inmates See VOTE, Page 2A

Rezoning could mean hotel in Norwalk, nearby residents concerned PAIGE GODDEN PGODDEN@REGISTERMEDIA.COM

A developer planning to build a town center in Norwalk similar to West Des Moines’ West Glen asked the city to rezone property east of Iowa Highway 28 and north of Beardsley Street. But, the property is near a residential area and the possibility of a three-story hotel has some of the city’s million-dollar homeowners worried about strangers looking down on their properties. The homeowners are in The Ridge at Echo Valley Development, which is owned by the same proprietors as the new development - the Coppolas. Scott McMurray, a Des Moines real estate agent, represented the Coppolas at a Norwalk City Council meeting Thursday. During the meeting, the council approved the first reading of an ordinance that would allow for the rezoning of the Coppola’s property from C-O, C-1, PC and R-4 to C-2, R-2, R-3 and R-4. Originally the Coppolas asked for C-3, or heavy commercial, to be included in the zoning as well. The council denied that request at its April 7 meeting. The C-3 zoning would have meant a lumber yard or other large commercial operation could have been built.

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‘Anything Goes’ both on ship and on stage AMY DUNCAN ADUNCAN@REGISTERMEDIA.COM

To everyone planning to attend “Anything Goes” this year’s Indianola High School musical, the cast and crew have news for you. They’re having plenty of fun without an audience. “The performances will be fun, obviously, with an audience,” said Olivia Sullivan, who plays Reno Sweeney, a nightclub singer/evangelist, in the show. “But the practices are just the best. It’s really fun to get to know people better through their character.” But if the enthusiasm and

skill shown at a rehearsal last week carry over to performances, parents, family and friends should be excited they’ll be allowed in for the fun. “Anything Goes” is the story of what happens when a variety of colorful characters assemble on a cruise ship crossing from New York to England in the 1930s. Billy Crocker, played by Eagan Lickiss, is on the ship to try to win the heart of his beloved Hope Harcourt, played by Lauren Whitesitt, who is engaged to Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, another passenger, played by Walker Porterfield. Crocker See PLAY, Page 3A

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Hotels and large offices are still permitted in C-2 zoning. A hotel was included in a preliminary drawing that McMurray showed the council during a meeting April 7, but McMurray said “there is no hotel deal on the table.” “The thing that’s getting lost is the picture that what was shared is just a concept. There are no deals signed. There is no hotel deal. There’s not an office deal. There are no retail deals except for one restaurant. There is no plan for a gas station,” said council member Stephanie Riva. “If that comes through the developers are required to file a plat. At that time planning and zoning will make sure it meets all the architectural guidelines, that there are buffers, that there’s landscaping, berms, walls and that the lighting is correct so it doesn’t go into people’s yards.” John Putbrese, who lives in The Ridge, said his home is worth about $600,000 and if a hotel was built 250 feet behind his house he would lose about

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$200,000 in property value. He threatened to sue the city for any of his own lost money, and said homes along the new development would lose about $2 million of total value. “There has been over $20 million spent by those homeowners to build those homes. Not by the Coppola family, but by families that bought that property assuming there wasn’t going to be a hotel put up in their backyard or right next to the development,” Putbrese said. “I spend 100 nights a year in a hotel and I’m woken up all the time by people coming in drunk. It’s going to happen. The quality of life is going to go down and the value of my home is going to go down and this is a bad decision for Norwalk in general because you have a wonderful development that you’re about to ruin.” McMurray said the Coppola family has been dedicated to Echo Valley since it was built in 1969 and disagreed that property values will go down. “If you look at the homes built in and around West Glen including Ponderosa and all the neighborhoods to the north and Glen Oaks immediately across the street, I don’t think that you will find

those property values went down,” McMurray said. “In fact, you’ll see houses with property values ranging anywhere from - including townhomes - $300,000 all the way up to the excess of $1 million.” He said the new development’s design will hopefully exceed city standards and provide services such as restaurants that its neighbors would find desirable. McMurray also said he hopes the new development is worth up to $100 million by the time it’s built up. Todd Settle, who lives on the other side of Hwy. 28 near the development, said he’s concerned about noise with the new development. “I’ve lived there since 1982 and I can tell you over the years the noise level has risen and risen,” Settle said. “You can stand at the back of my yard now and if someone out on our deck yells to you, you can’t hear them.” Settle said he is in favor of the town progressing, though, and that he’d like to see a new senior living facility in the new development, which is a possibility. More than half-a-dozen residents spoke against the proposed zoning

changes, most saying Echo Valley homeowners were promised that townhomes would be built as a buffer between their homes and commercial properties, but the council eventually voted 4-1 to pass the motion. Erika Isley cast the only no vote. She said she believes the rezoning process was sloppy and the council could have handled it better. “Before I got voted onto the council I criticized the previous council of that way of doing business for the people,” Isley said. “I’m disappointed nothing has changed that way. I hear a lot about how we have faith in our process and I don’t think our process has been that good on this today so I don’t really have faith for our process going forward that we’ll put in the right buffers and the lighting won’t shine on your yard and no one will be able to look down on you. I don’t have faith in that process.” Three readings of the zoning change are needed for passage. The council likely will vote on the second and third readings during its May 7 meeting. More information on the planned rezoning is available on the city’s website, at www.norwalk.iowa.gov.

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A halfhearted endorsement for jail plan

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Indianola Dance Academy danced on April 2 and 3 at Indianola High School for a competition, Dreamstar Productions. They earned seven gold placings of four first places, two second and one third. They also got a judge’s choice award for The Heart of Dance, as the dance troupe reminded the judge why she started teaching, for the joy and fun the kids have. Competition coaches are Jessica Eginoire, Chelsey Gift and Heather Johansen.

hen you buy something new, you want to be excited about it. When you buy something expensive, you want to be REALLY excited about it. So it’s hard to tell you that you should probably vote yes on the proposed $37 million justice center, despite all the questions. It’s a less than enthusiastic endorsement. But it’s as good as it gets. Warren County desperately needs a new jail. The folks who work in the courthouse every day need healthier spaces to work. The cost of updating the existing building is more than we want to pay. And we can’t just continue as we are. So a new building is the only solution. But there are problems. We don’t know where the building will be. We don’t know what will happen with the existing building. We don’t know how much the new facility will cost to operate. Here’s what we do know. If we do nothing, things won’t get better, but they will get more expensive. The $37 million planned for today could easily escalate to $40 million or more in upcoming years. Saving our pennies now will certainly cost us dollars later. Here’s the other thing we know. We have to do better. We need a county government that focuses on taking care of what we have, rather than cutting budgets for savings that vanish into the ether when maintenance catches up with us. We need a construction committee that will be transparent, publishing accurate and timely information on public meetings and making itself available to answer questions from the public. We need answers to key questions, in particular questions on the fate of the current courthouse, because we certainly don’t want the biggest empty office building in town to be at the center of the town square. Above all else, we need a community that will hold its county government accountable for getting us those answers. In the meantime, we should probably vote yes.

Can we afford a Cadillac? I love Cadillacs! Especially the huge, heavy, classic Cadillacs with the giant fins in the back and the bullet bumper. They are solid, luxurious and beautiful – an absolute dream car! But I don’t own a Cadillac. I own a 15year-old Ford Ranger pickup. So why on earth (or any other planet) would I vote to spend $35 million on a new jail and courthouse? Normally I am not the “NO” voting kind of person. I like to get things done; I don’t mind change (if it’s for the better) and I believe that being a good citizen means that I must help support the community’s needs. No one likes to pay taxes, but if we want goods and services we must pay for them. I realize we have a problem with the courthouse and a problem with the jail, but why on earth are we starting with a $35 million Cadillac, sight unseen? Warren County is facing the same problem that our state is facing and one that our nation has also been facing. It’s great for politicians to say they’re going to cut taxes. It’s a nice political touch when they give big businesses tax breaks. But when that tax income is no longer there they say, “We can’t afford to fix it!” Just like the State Historical Building in Des Moines, the Capitol dome, the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy building and the Wallace Building – they need fixing but there’s no money to do so. For years, our city government operated in this same manner. They may have kept the taxes low but it forced them to do long-term

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borrowing on short-term items. Luckily our city leaders and council of the last few years have worked to keep our city government financially responsible and put together a plan for our city’s greatest need, a new sewage plant. When is our county government going to start working together and come up with a plan to not only fix what needs to be fixed (at a reasonable price) but do so in a manner that is public, open, transparent and well communicated to all county residents? I know my 15-year-old Ford Ranger isn’t going to last forever. I do take care of it and have it serviced regularly, but someday in the future it will be time for my truck and I to part company. I guarantee its replacement won’t be a Cadillac. I thought I had gone to heaven when this community overwhelmingly supported and voted to build a $12 million YMCA. But now you’ve got to be kidding! $35 million and we’re left with an empty building in the middle of our town square! That’s the plan? I didn’t get to tour the jail. I don’t need to. I know it’s inadequate. I know we need courthouse improvements. But why on earth would I vote to spend that kind of money on a plan (which hasn’t been

created yet) on a site that hasn’t been determined for a bond issue that isn’t even agreeable to all of the board of supervisors? I just now found out that a committee has been working on this for nine months and I feel like this has been sprung on the community like a surprise party. Surprise! Hand over $35 million! Where is the discussion, the involvement with the taxpayers and the business owners on The Square? Have the discussions been just with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny? The first time most of us knew about a $35 million plan was when a story about it was published in the Indianola Record-Herald in early March. That’s all we get? A couple of months to discuss it? Some committee spent nine months working on a plan and it’s finally communicated to us shortly before we have to vote on it next week. A no vote is probably one of the few things that my colleague, Sara Opie, and I ever agree on (Good job, Sara). But there is one good thing about the $35 million Cadillac plan. There’s no way it will ever pass and then, maybe then, we can get all of the stakeholders involved, all of the supervisors in agreement, the business owners and taxpayers in all of the Warren County communities to discuss real, affordable solutions to this problem. When I say affordable I mean Ford, not Cadillac. Bob Kling is a regular columnist for the RHT and an Indianola resident. His email address is bobkling1@mac.com.

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I’ve read and continue to read about Warren County needing a new jail facility. Do we need one, probably; do we need one that costs $35 million? Probably not. Also, what happens to the current courthouse which apparently needs a lot of work? I’m tired of the tax increases, as a resident of Norwalk and Warren County. An entity, county or residential decides it needs something new, will only “increase” taxes $l5 or $20, or so; yet multiply this by several entities and suddenly, the cost to the taxpayer is another $100 plus. This has happened several times. I would like a new house and new car, but don’t feel I can afford them. Apparently this feeling doesn’t apply to the county or municipality. Especially when it’s OPM — “other peoples money.”

In recent letters to the editor regarding the new jail bond issue, the same questions have been asked that I have: what happens to the current courthouse; where, exactly, will the new facility be; why previously set-aside repair and maintenance funds for the courthouse/ jail weren’t used for that purpose; why weren’t voters and property taxpayers given alternative options; etc.? My question is why does Warren County need a $35 million facility that includes a 84-plus bed jail? What we need is less people incarcerated. True, there are some people that need to be removed from society because they pose a threat; some for violent crimes, some for white collar crimes like identity theft. However, there are entirely too many people that are jailed, some extensively, for alleged crimes that pose no threat to society. Society frowns on these actions but does not necessarily request or require incarceration. Fines, community service and halfway houses would be better alternatives and better serve society. While I agree the current jail is a monumental disgrace, there are those that wonder if that is by design. Could it be for the sole purpose of selling the voters and the property taxpayers on the need for a new jail? Much of the public does not know that incarceration is a “money mill” for not only the jail and courts but for the businesses that cater to the needs of the jail and those jailed, and the current practice of temporarily transferring inmates to other facilities for a fee. It isn’t just Warren County or Iowa,

Donald R. Parsons Norwalk

Thanks for the prisoners, and the money I was born and raised in Indianola and now live in Polk County. I understand the huge decline of your jail building and thank you for sending prisoners to our jail. We are making $55 per day per prisoner sent to Polk County. ($1,600 a month per prisoner.) Please vote no to a new jail; or don’t vote. We like your money. Scott Fetters Clive

incarceration is a nationwide cash cow. Even the federal department of justice is questioning current practices of jailing people, bonds and bails, as well as fines and sentences levied by judges. So, again, my question is why does Warren County need a $35 million facility that includes an 84-plus bed jail? Additionally why was there no alternative options offered to the voters and the property taxpayers? There is a significant difference between a desire, a want and a need. When people make a major purchase, they always comparison shop for the best bargain that suits their needs and budget. Is that too much for voters and property taxpayers to ask of the board of supervisors? Patricia Palmer Indianola

Noise suppressors important for safety A couple of weeks ago, Mr. Max Malone submitted a letter about the newly passed legislation that makes firearm noise suppressors (aka silencers) legal to purchase and own in the state of Iowa. Instead of providing facts about these devices, Mr. Malone decided to work in the all too familiar medium of fear. I would like to take a little bit of time to provide real information about suppressors to give a more complete picture about their role in firearm use in the United States. Mr. Malone has been fooled by Hollywood into thinking that you can shoot a gun with a suppressor See LETTERS, Page 7A

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A $35 million bond referendum to build a new justice center and jail in Warren County was defeated Tuesday 1,412 votes to 1,040.

The county supervisors are meeting May 10, after the Record-Herald’s publishing deadline, to discuss with the judicial building committee how to move forward. “The issues related to the Courthouse and Jail are not re-

solved just because the voters rejected the bond referendum,” wrote Supervisor Crystal McIntyre on her Facebook page shortly after the vote totals were announced. “The problems will only continue to worsen.”

The county has been planning to build a new facility for years, but the push for a new facility accelerated after two inmates escaped from Warren County’s current jail nearly a year ago. Right after the escape, state jail inspector Delbert Longley threatened to close the jail down due to a variety of safety and health con-

cerns. District 5 Chief Judge Arthur Gamble also has complained about the state of the facility, and had the court facilities evacuated twice last year because of water and gas leaks. Despite the problems with the old facility, the county failed See JAIL, Page 4A

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Indianola Mayor Kelly Shaw joins the crowd of kids touring the new story walk dedicated and installed at McCord Park in Indianola on May 3 by the Indianola Public Library.

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ndianola’s McCord Park is more fun than ever now that the story of “Gossie” the gosling is on display near the playground. The children’s book is part of a story walk, which features pages of the book displayed in 19 signs along the sidewalk that wraps around the park. Gossie is the story of a gosling who loves his red boots so he wears them every day. One day his boots go missing and he looks everywhere for them. The book has a happy ending and shares a good message, but the surprise won’t be ruined here. Library director Joyce Godwin explained to the

Indianola is planning a surprise announcement related to Home Base Iowa during the city’s annual Memorial Day ceremonies, but there’s already proof the program is helping veterans. Last week, the city council approved three home rebates for veterans who are first-time home buyers in Indianola, worth $1,500 a-piece. Indianola has budgeted to provide up to $10,000 worth of rebates annually, Mayor Kelly Shaw said. He said it took a lot of people to get Home Base Iowa rolling in Indianola, from local businesses to real estate agents, Simpson College, Warren County, the Warren County Economic Development Corporation and the Indianola Chamber of Commerce. Shaw said the impact of Home Base Iowa on Indianola remains to be seen. The fact the city already has three takers on its housing program is exciting, he said, and the infrastructure is already here to support them. Veterans can easily contact the local Veterans Affairs and Veterans of Foreign Wars associations, Shaw said. “I think it’s yet to be seen on whether it’s a huge economic development impact because we will still have to have jobs for See HOME BASE, Page 4A

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Indianola has intended to build a new wastewater treatment facility on a 350-acre, $980,000 plot of land it bought near Grimes Street and 115th Avenue north of town since

2002. Despite the early warning and a need for the new plant, more than a dozen Warren County residents showed up to a council meeting May 2 to oppose the location of the plant. The residents were a little early with their complaints,

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though, as city manager Ryan Waller said the council only approved the technology that will be used at a proposed wastewater treatment facility. He said the vote had nothing to do with the location of the plant. “We are a long ways away

from construction and design,” Waller said. “The city does want to be good neighbors and include buffering and make sure folks who live in the area are minimally impacted by the operation.” See PLANT, Page 4A

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Indianola City Council last week the story walk is a joint effort of the Indianola Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Indianola Public Library and the Indianola Park Friends. Elodie Opstad, a friend of the parks, and Colleen Wilmott, a library friend, said this is the fifth year Indianola has set up a story

walk. They said this particular one will be on display at McCord through June, then a new book will be up at Moats Park in July. Opstad said it’s a good way to get children to go play at local parks. Anna Blanchard, a thirdgrade student, said she enjoyed looking at the story walk. “It was a fun story about a duck and it was a good experience,” Blanchard said. While the story walk is certainly a good time, it’s

not the only news to come out of the Indianola Public Library. Godwin, the 17-year director of the library, announced her retirement last week. Her last day will be Sept. 2, and she said she’s retiring due to both personal and professional reasons. “From the time I decided to be a librarian working this job was always the goal,” Godwin told the city council. “It has been an honor to serve as library director for the last 17 years.”

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Indianola Mayor Kelly Shaw celebrates the opening of the story walk at McCord Park with some friends.

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them,” Shaw said. “But the bigger picture is to showcase Indianola to veterans who are skilled workers.” City council member and regional sales director at CemenTech in Indianola, Brad Ross, said he’s

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He said the city has to follow restrictions from both the Department of Natural Resources and the county to build a new facility, and the current site seems to meet the requirements. During the meeting, Waller gathered email addresses of people opposed to the plan and said he will try to keep neighbors notified as concepts and designs are created and released.

been pushing the Home Base Iowa program since he was elected two years ago, in part because it would increase the city’s skilled labor force. He said the best part about hiring veterans is they don’t have a problem showing up to work on time or doing the tasks they are assigned. Ross said a number of people put in a lot of hours

to make sure the city can offer more than just the housing rebates. Veterans who come to town, he said, will know the community is behind them. Anyone who wants to learn more about Home Base Iowa, or to learn more about the city’s incan visit centives www.homebaseiowa.gov.

People opposed to the treatment plant were mostly worried about their property value going down. Michael Staudacher, who bought his home on Grimes Street in 2000, before the city bought the land for the sewer plant, said he wanted council members to know the plant isn’t going out in the middle of nowhere and it will affect several property owners. He also accused the city of sneakily buying the land. Staudacher said the city bought it for $980,000, just under a $1 million threshold that would have required the city to get public input on the purchase. He said he would have bought the land himself had he known what the city’s intentions were. Lucy Kingsbury, of 115th Avenue, said she knows the property owners who sold the land to the city. According to her, the city bought the land under a false name. council However, member Shirley Clark said she was on the council when the city bought the land and doesn’t re-

member any conversations about keeping the price under $1 million. The Warren County assessor also currently has the city of Indianola listed as owner of the property. Early estimates have the plant costing up to $23 million, and at least some of the plant will be paid for using money collected from the local option sales tax, which passed earlier this year. The current wastewater plant was built in the 1970s and designed for a population of 11,000. Modifications in the 1990s and expanded the 2000s plant’s capacity to serve the city’s growing population of more than 15,000, but the facility is so old parts of it have started to crumble. Indianola and Warren County have both made it a priority to grow the city in recent years, yet officials have said they don’t have the water capacity to build heavy industrial or even a large housing development in town. More information on the plans for the sewer plant is available at the city’s website, indianolaiowa.gov.

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facility, courthouse and E911 center. The existing jail can only hold 18 prisoners, although the number of prisoners can spike above 40 on weekends. Sheriff Brian Vos has said the county pays more than $100,000 annually to house inmates at other facilities. The county warned taxpayers previously that keeping the current courthouse will be more expensive in the long run than building the new center would have been.

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to come up with a clear plan for a new building. McIntyre previously told the Record-Herald that having expensive plans drawn up before the referendum vote would be a waste of taxpayers money if it did not pass. Voters did know that the justice center would have been a $35 million project and provided an expanded and safer jail

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The Norwalk City Council made it clear last week the city is growing fast enough it doesn’t need to change its zoning codes to let developers pack in more housing.

Biggest courthouse problem? It stinks Priority is to get rid of worsening gas odor

Hubbell Realty asked to amend the Orchard View Planned Urban Development, north of Wright Road and South of Orchard Hills Drive. The amendment would have allowed the development to overlap and therefore reduce the city’s required 30-foot set-

back and 15-foot buffer between town homes and singlefamily homes by about 10 feet. It also would have reduced the city’s required 25-foot setback from the road to the planned town-homes to 23 feet. Council member Jaki Livingston spoke against the mea-

sure, stating she’s tired of the city breaking its own rules to accommodate specific developments. “Norwalk is growing residentially incredibly fast and I don’t have any interest in modifying our rules to allow it to grow even faster,” Livingston said. Early on in the meeting, a Norwalk resident complained

about how the city’s previous lack of control over developments cost him time and money. Richard Glade, who owns a town home in Legacy Villas on Sawgrass, said he didn’t realize when he bought the property that Sawgrass is a private road. See ZONING, Page 2A

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While members of the Warren County Board of Supervisors agree they need a long-term solution for problems with the Warren County Courthouse, their most immediate priority is the smell. Members of the board met with about 40 members of the public Monday to talk about the failed $35 million bond issue to replace the courthouse, and about what to do next. The first priority is a smell of sewer gas that workers say is worse than usual, said supervisors. “At this point we’re just trying to take care of this odor,” supervisor Doug Shull said. “That’s the only thing I’m thinking about.” Over the last week, Shull and the other supervisors heard from a number people unhappy with the status quo at the courthouse. Chief Judge Arthur Gamble told the supervisors during a meeting May 10 the courthouse is no longer habitable for the use of the district court and its poor conditions are putting the health of court staff at risk. Christine Clogg, wife of Judge Richard Clogg, told the supervisors Monday that her husband has severe allergies and asthma and comes home from the courthouse coughing every day. She said he travels to 16 courthouses and Warren County’s is by far the worst. While consultant KJWW has proposed spending $2.3 million to fix a range of problems at the existing courthouse, Shull said Monday that’s not going to hap-

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Bicyclists bearing books arrive at Wilder Elementary as part of the Ride for Reading program on May 13. More than 1,100 pounds of books were delivered as part of the event.

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Kindergarteners at Wilder Elementary get help from Indianola High School cheerleader Abby Green as they pick out books as part of the Ride for Reading program on May 13.

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few policemen, the three city managers, a representative from Farm Bureau, the local judges, a real estate agent and a few other people. Then, he’d form an administrative or policy committee, which would include all 12 to 14 city managers in Warren County, the Warren County Economic Development Corporation, Farm Bureau and the larger subdivisions in Warren County. He said the groups would focus on two things in particular: fundraising and collecting votes. Judge Kevin Parker, who served on the judicial committee, said passing a referendum is always a process. “It takes a certain amount of time to pass things because it takes time to educate,” Parker said. “We might need to do a subcommittee on education, or policy, or fundraising in order to get this out to the public. We need to do more in the whole process.” Meeting attendees said they don’t believe the average person knows how bad the conditions are at the courthouse. That’s through no fault of the sheriff, who opened the facility up for two days before the vote so people could tour the courthouse and jail, many added. Greg Marchant of Indi-

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pen. There is $500,000 in the county’s 2016/2017 budget to make repairs in the current courthouse. Gamble told Shull May 10 the board is in a very tough position because it will have to choose between two very expensive alternatives for the county - either moving the courts out of the building or fixing it in a timely manner. “It’s up to you how you want to pursue,” Gamble said. “Neither one of these alternatives is something you can do for $500,000 a year, it seems to me.” Longer term, residents said Monday part of the reason the $35 million plan to replace the courthouse failed was the lack of a plan. “I haven’t been to these meetings before because I would have hoped this referendum would have passed,” Clogg said. “But even my dear friends wouldn’t support it. And they said to me it was because there was no plan.” Shull said he wants to create a new judicial committee, building which would include the county sheriff, police chiefs from Indianola, Norwalk and Carlisle, a

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they’ve learned and so I kept thinking what are we going to do to make that better?” Reinert said. “I found this organization, Ride for Reading, and I contacted them and they selected us as one of their sites.” She said she hopes children will share their books and keep reading all summer. Bria Boell, a firstgrade student who is 7 years old, promised to keep reading this summer. She said she steals books out of her older brother’s room and keeps her own book shelf in her toy room.

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Indianola High School cheerleader Kennedy Berryhill reads a book with Kori Starkweather as part of the Ride for Reading event on May 13.

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anola told the supervisors he’d like to hear more about their plan. He said he wasn’t sure what the usage numbers at the jail are and questioned why the county was planning on building such a large facility when it doesn’t have contracts with other counties to hold their extra inmates. “I’d like to see we are entering into agreements with other counties to do those types of things,” Marchant said. “If we need 20 cells and we’re building 60 I think that’s wrong. And I’d truly hate to see us not do anything with the courthouse. Revamp it and build a jail my preference would be south of town.” Tina Rhodes, chair of the judicial committee that recommended the new $35 million facility, told the board she’s sure the new building would have been the county’s cheapest option. But Rick Halvorsen told the board he thought the costs were inflated by contractor Shive-Hattery. “You don’t have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to give to people who have a vested interest in making large amounts of money,” Halvorsen said. “I believe this stuff needs to be done and improved but we don’t need to spend $35 million to do it.” Norwalk Police Chief

Greg Staples wrote a letter to the board that Norwalk City Council member David Lester read during a May 10 meeting of the board. In the letter, Staples said the county absolutely needs a new justice center, and soon. He suggested the county keep all of its services jail, courts and the E911 center - in one facility. But, he also asked for the county to come up with more options to present to voters. “I voted yes on May 3,” Staples said in his letter. “However, as a citizen of Warren County, I am highly disappointed in my choice of $35 million or 0. I voted yes because I knew the need was paramount, but I didn’t like voting yes because I felt like I was writing a blank check for $35 million.” It’s a similar complaint held by many in the county, as the board didn’t specify where the jail would have been built, nor did it complete concept designs. “I understand the supervisors wanted to limit expenses for designing the center until after the vote, but without the detailed information on cost, the people within my circle of acquaintances were unlikely to vote yes,” Staples said in his letter. “The estimated cost for providing detailed floor plans as written by Shive-Hattery

across the street from the Indianola Public Library and he plans to visit it often this summer. The two also pledged to keep active this summer. Townsend said he might be playing some baseball and soccer, and he likes to ride his bike with his friends. Boell said she usually rides her bike with her mom while she jogs. The kids were given some inspiration to keep moving by Indianola school’s superintendent, Art Sathoff. Sathoff showed off a piece of glass Friday morning, which he kept after shattering the backboard of a basketball hoop in high school. He also showed the students a plaque he re-

ceived when he was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame for his successful career in high school basketball. To make sure the students keep their promises to stay active and read this summer, Reinert encouraged the kids to attend the Indianola Mayor’s Youth Council Bike Fest on Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m. to noon. The bike fest will be held on the Indianola Square, and students can pick up free helmets and learn the basics of bike safety. This year, kids also are asked to bring a book or two they’ve already read, such as the books they picked up at Ride for Reading, and swap them for new books to read.

was approximately 1 percent. “The cost of the project based on the projected $62 per assessed $100,000 of assessed value payback, my share would have been $3,720 if the bond had passed,” Staples said. “My expense to have an exact floor plan would have been $37.20. I’m very willing to pay that to find out if $35 million is the actual cost.” The one piece that is known, is if the county doesn’t act to create better conditions at the current courthouse, the supervisors could be facing a rocky future. Gamble told the supervisors last week the condition of the courthouse is impairing the ability of the court to fulfill its constitutional duties and if the

county doesn’t act in a timely manner the court will be required to begin a process to compel Warren County to fulfill its statutory obligation set by the Iowa Code to provide suitable court facilitates. While Gamble said he’s hoping the county and the courts can work together to come up with a solution that will work for both parties, he emphasized that the county needs to come up with a suitable timeline for repairs to the courthouse. No official decisions were made during Monday’s meeting. The supervisors are expected to vote on a way forward during a meeting on May 17, after the RecordHerald’s deadline. Go to indianolarecordherald.com for more info.

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Warren County needs to do its job on courthouse $37.20. That’s what it would have cost per property taxpayer to get plans drawn up ahead of time for what a proposed courthouse and justice center would look like, said Norwalk Police Chief Greg Staples. Staples wrote to the Warren County Board of Supervisors about the failure of a plan for a new, $35 million justice center. Instead, proponents of the “build it all new” plan put forth their proposal for the facility without specifying where it would go or what it would look like. Supporters said it would have wasted thousands of dollars to create a plan if the vote failed, which it did. So now we’ll spend thousands more on a new vote. It’s called cutting off your nose to spite your face, and it’s how much of government does business these days. Instead of putting money into maintaining facilities, our elected officials crow about how much they have cut taxes, while the buildings fall down around them. Instead of presenting a full-blown plan and letting voters decide on the merits, we saved $37.20 per property taxpayer in the county and went down to defeat. This issue isn’t going away. The threat of closing the courthouse and shutting down the jail is real. If it happens, it likely will cost as much to move prisoners back and forth from outside the county to whatever temporary space is lined up for a courtroom as it would to make improvements to the courthouse. At least, that’s what we are told. This go around, while time is vital, we can’t rush into anything. The courthouse commission and the board of supervisors need to ensure they are talking about their ideas before they become plans and getting input on plans before they put them on the ballot. They need to have costs, solid estimates, not guesstimates. They need to have a tentative location and they need to have a Plan B. People want to know — how much will it cost to remodel the existing building and if we do, what will we have? At the same time, what will it cost to build new and what do we have to do now versus what can we wait on and do later? Iowa law requires that each county provide “suitable court facilities,” said District 5 Chief Judge Arthur Gamble. He wants the county to do its job. The people who live in the county want facts. They want figures. They want the county to do its job, too.

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Community should flock to Pink Tractor Foundation’s carnival BETH CORT-VOLTMER SPECIAL TO THE RECORD-HERALD

We’ve all heard the quote, “If you build it they will come” and no words could be truer for the Tom Brommel family and their family nonprofit, the Pink Tractor Foundation. What started as fundraising for their walk for the Susan G. Komen organization turned to something more and the foundation was started. The first Country Carnival was held solely to raise money for the walk. Now it goes beyond. Having been touched by cancer, first, his wife, Shirley passed away from colon cancer in 1996. Then, two of his daughters, Jolene and Lori, were both diagnosed with breast cancer, each at age 44. Knowing the hardships, both emotionally and financially, that families face, the foundation was started to help others in the community facing these challenges. The foundation, which supports families touched by all forms of cancer, has given out over $50,000 since its in-

ception, serving families in Warren, Madison, Clarke and Polk counties and others nearby. This year’s Country Carnival, which grows every year, is Saturday, June 11. A fun, family event with food, games, silent and live auctions, a time of honoring and remembering followed by music by Croat Connection. The day’s lineup of events: 3 p.m. Dinner begins (pork loin, beans, pasta salads, desserts, tea/ lemonade/water). Cost of meal: $10 Adults; $5 kids (12 and under); $25 for family 3-6:30 p.m. Silent Auction – numerous items including jewelry, art supplies and themed baskets 3-7 p.m. Carnival Games – “old fashioned” carnival games including the dish game, duck pond, Fishin’ for a Cure, bra pong, ring toss, etc. Tickets are 25 cents each. 7 p.m Program honoring survivors and those who have lost the battle to cancer. Program followed by live auction run by Big Show Auctions (Scott Brommel). Live auction includes quilts and lots of

great handmade items by local supporters. DJ music by Croat Connection following the conclusion of the live auction. Donations (both monetary and auctions items) are welcome. Contact us through the Facebook Page (Pink Tractor Foundation) or email pinktractorfoundation@gmail.com. It is appreciated if auction items are delivered prior to the day of the event. The event is held at the Brommel Party Shed, located one mile south of St. Marys on R57 Highway to G50 Highway, then west to 3845 G50 Hwy. Or, approximately 3 miles east of Interstate 35 at the St. Marys/St. Charles exit. If you have an event in your community, please contact me at vintagegalbeth@gmail.com so that I can cover it in Wander Warren County, too! Beth Cort-Voltmer is a small-business owner and is an independent consultant/marketing/event planner for small businesses. http://burlapandrosesmyinspiredlife.blogspot.com FB: www.facebook.com/pages/Burlap-Roses/177248165653789

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Making America Great Although the above title sounds like something from a presidential campaign, there is yet an important reason to write about this subject. This has to do with individual responsibility. In business, traveling to other communities, sometimes we see exceptional ethics and behavior that we would like to see more of in our own areas. Things like people in stores letting you go before they do just because you may have less to check out, or a young person who cleans up after him or herself when accidentally spilling or dropping something in public, those giving you much-needed directions; these individual small things do add up, and can make one think that there might be hope for us in our country. But there are countless of small things – when walking your dog and cleaning up if there’s a mess, or when driving, pulling over to let the right of way traffic pass if you stop to talk to someone, to park so that you don’t block a pedestrian’s way on the sidewalk, observing noise ordinances, etc.; these do make a difference. There are also people in their professional lives who choose to encourage others to be a part of the solution – not the problem. Two of

the following stand out: The first is a prize-winning author of the 2010, and later 2014 book, “Unbroken;” this is about a true story of a boy growing up in the 1920s and then going on to becoming a successful Olympic runner, and later being drafted into World War II, and how he survives all that life puts before him. (To find out both about the author and the book, see www.unbrokenbook.com.) The success behind the writing is that some students in high school found this subject interesting to use it for their class assignments, and later personal reading. And teachers wanted a younger version of this same book to be published so that this would be available to every high school; and it has. The second reference comes timely, because there has been much misinformation and misunderstanding about what he has been standing for. This would be Senator Charles Grassley. After I belatedly read a personal letter sent to me by Senator Grassley last summer, I can see better why he has to make a stand for setting standards high – even when there are those who don’t see things the same way or who oppose, through lack of complete understanding – what really needs to

be done, if we as a country can be what we should be. (Once again, the website reference about this subject is at www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/ grassley-statement-hearing-womFor ens-health-protection-act.) those interested in worthwhile reading, hopefully this will encourage those who care about our current condition to see that it may be possible to help make America become greater.

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New plans under way for courthouse Supervisors seek to answer lingering questions PAIGE GODDEN PGODDEN@REGISTERMEDIA.COM

Warren County officials said last week voters should be ready to go to the polls again in March to vote on a new bond referendum that will help pay for a new jail and courthouse, to renovate

the old courthouse, or possibly both. This time around, supervisor Dean Yordi promises he’ll answer three big questions: » Exactly how much the project/projects will cost » Where the new building will be located

Yordi and Supervisor Crystal McIntyre are members. Supervisor Doug Shull came up with the idea to reform the judicial building committee with almost all-new members and add an administrative committee. The committees will be made up of a variety of people, including several representatives from Warren County’s cities in an effort to create a more collab-

» What will happen to the old courthouse A new judicial committee, chaired by Yordi, met for an organizing session last week. The committee will likely meet every other Tuesday, and committee meetings will be published by the county since both

Roles become reality Play teaches that shoe-making elves, and Simpson, are good neighbors

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Simpson College theater students Audrey Kaus, front left, and Brianna Stoever, front right, high-five Wilder Elementary students as they walk out of the gym after a performance of “The Elves and the Shoemaker.”

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ome magical shoe-making elves in their underwear surprised students at Wilder Elementary last week. Simpson College students involved in a Mayterm theater project disguised themselves as elves — plus two shoemakers, an angry landlord and a fairy godmother — and taught the elementary students a lesson about giving. They performed the play “The Elves and the Shoemaker,” based on a children’s story by the Grimm Brothers. In the play, poor shoemakers make a pair of shoes using their last scrap of leather, and plan to sell them to pay rent.

Kids watch as Theatre Simpson on Tour performed a play about magical shoe-making elves at Wilder Elementary in Indianola on May 19.

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There are huge piles of dirt moving around near the YMCA in Indianola this spring, a promising sign of what’s to come this fall. Tim Walpole, of the ThreeSixty Group, told the Indianola City Council last week that the Country Inn & Suites promised in the Summercrest Hills area should be open before this year ends. He also promised a 160-room senior living facility, a Casey’s General Store and a Hardee’s restaurant. But, the list of new businesses coming to Indianola doesn’t end there. Indianola’s director of community development, Chuck Burgin, confirmed Taco Bell was slated to close May 18 on the old Monterey building on the north end of U.S. Highway 65/69 and a Mexican restaurant is attempting to open in the old Godfather’s on the south end. The weather has been the biggest hindrance to growth at Summercrest Hills so far this spring, said Walpole. “Every three days we try to dig basements or move dirt or pour concrete and it’s difficult,” Wapole said. “It dries up and then it rains again.” He told the council there’s See BUSINESS, Page 2A

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came up with the most economical solution for the problem by building a new facility. McIntyre said she felt as if she was stabbed in the back by the other supervisors because Yordi voted to put the $35 million bond question on the ballot, but at the same time didn’t seem to be supportive of the issue. Yordi said if he would have voted against putting the decision on the ballot he would have been accused of kicking the can down the road or not caring about the jail project. He and Shull both said $35 million was too expensive for the new judicial building. McIntyre said the building wouldn’t have actually cost $35 million — it would have cost up to $35 million — and the two other supervisors should have known that. She also criticized the supervisors, saying they rule the county on luck. McIntyre said the county is lucky there hasn’t been a bad accident on a gravel road since it isn’t spending enough money on secondary roads and is lucky there are no emergencies because the Warren County sheriff doesn’t have enough staff to handle one. Shull told McIntyre

she voted for this year’s budget and next year’s budget so he didn’t understand her complaint. “Warren County is sitting wonderfully and I am grateful to be on a board with gentlemen who are so conservative and so good with the dollar,” McIntyre, a conservative herself, said. “But you know what? You have neglected so many things — our buildings, our personnel, our roads and our bridges. They are being addressed now, but not our sheriff and his personnel.” Yordi corrected her, saying the sheriff did get some new equipment within the last year. When the conversation switched back to the new judicial building committees, Shull and Yordi voted to form the new committees while McIntyre voted against the motion. McIntyre also said she wouldn’t be a part of the new committees, but she attended the first committee meeting Thursday morning. During the committee meeting, Yordi laid out his plans to answer the three questions listed big above, and most of the hovered conversation around what went wrong with the last vote. Mostly, the group blamed it on the spread of misinformation and that not enough people looked at a website created by Shive-Hattery, which explained the proposed project in detail. It seems as though the

sharing of misinformation may not be over. In the committee meeting, Yordi said one option for the existing courthouse might be that the city of Indianola could use it for a new city hall. However, a few nights earlier, the mayor and city council discussed how much the city doesn’t want the old courthouse building. “I do have it on good authority from the council as the mayor of the city of Indianola to mention the two facts: A - we don’t want to build our own jail and B - we do not have a revenue source to build a new city hall,” said Mayor Kelly Shaw. City council member Brad Ross confirmed the mayor’s statement, and Joe Gezel proposed that the council should pass a resolution stating as much. “I’d like to entertain a vote on this as a council,” Gezel said. “So it goes down on record that on this date and such, we as a council at this time have no interest of acquiring the building.” Meanwhile, at the old courthouse, the supervisors are dealing with gas and sewer smells. To get to the pipes causing the odors, workers will have to break through some walls. To do that, the supervisors had to hire an engineering firm to first test for asbestos. The asbestos tests are supposed to come back sometime this week.

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The actors are, from left, Erin Webb, Omaha, Neb.; Becca Mione, Cedar Rapids; Lydia Magalhaes, Indianola; Audrey Kaus, Johnston; Ryan Yruczyk, Albany Minn.; Ashley Burch, West Des Moines; Josh O'Connor, Faribault, Minn.; Brianna Stoever Carlisle; Kate Court, Houston, Texas; Emily Carey, Boone; and Bryce Browning, West Liberty.

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But, they see an old woman wandering outside alone and give her the shoes instead. The old woman happens to be a magical being, and she sends elves, who are dressed only in their underwear, to make more pairs of shoes for the generous couple. Each morning, the shoemakers wake up to new pairs of shoes sitting on their workbench, until they finally realize they’ve been getting some extra help.

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160 acres of mixed use development on the north of Indianola that Three-Sixty started back in 2008. So far, they’ve developed 55 to 60 acres, and there’s still a lot to build, he said. “We’re excited about the future growth of Indianola,” Wapole said. “Not just our development but all over town we’ve seen

In the end, they leave some new clothes for the elves, pay their landlord and build a factory in town. The play’s director Ann Woldt said the play is meant to teach kids about being a good neighbor. Woldt explained the students began working on the play three weeks ago when they were given a script. It was up to the students to cast the play, memorize it, build the background and put together the costumes. From there, the students set out to work mainly with lower-income students at Orchard Place, Morris Elementary and Capitol View Elementary in Des Moines.

Since the college students are such good neighbors, they also brought the play to Irving and Wilder in Indianola. In total, the show was performed in front of at least 3,000 kids. Theatre Simpson on Tour is paid for by the college, and Woldt said it’s a great learning experience for her students. “One of the reasons I started doing this class is because this is the kind of thing I did after graduate undergraduate and Woldt said. schools,” “Sometimes you would do three shows in a day, set up and tear down and get back in the van.”

plats form and housing being built. Any of those things are good for the city.” Indianola’s newest hotel, Wapole promised, will be a big draw. “It will be a fantastic property to come to town for visitors who are attending events and things that are happening,” Wapole said. “They are going to try and accelerate the project as fast as possible and have it open by the end of the year.” Ultimately, he said, it’ll be up to God and the

weather to see if they can get it going and pick up some speed. The hotel is planned to be four stories tall and hold 71 rooms. The next project going up in Summercrest Hills is the 160-room Prairie Rose development, a development geared toward senior citizens and slated to fall in a middle-class price range. The $12 million development could take more than a year to build, he said.

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A group of Warren County residents toured four other counties’ jails last week in an effort to see what updated facilities look like and learn more about how to get a bond referendum passed. The group, working on behalf of the county’s new judicial committee, visited facilities at Marion, Jasper, Story and Dallas counties. Tour members included

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While Arthur Gamble, chief judge of the 5th Judicial District in Iowa, says he would like to have his staff out of the Warren County Courthouse by early to mid-July, Warren County Supervisor Doug Shull says he is confident that the county will find a way to keep the courts operating in Warren County, if not in the courthouse, after a meeting Monday morning. The Warren County Board of Supervisors met with Gamble Monday to discuss Gamble’s decision last week to remove his staff from the courthouse. “Our preference has been to stay in the Warren County Courthouse pending a bond issue to repair or replace it,” Gamble told supervisors Monday. “However, the approval of a renovation or replacement of the courthouse is uncertain. We have decided we can no longer stay in the courthouse in its current condition.” Gamble cited the smell of sewer gas, issues with water and air quality and electrical issues in his decision. He added that the move came after more than a year of discussions with the county on the state of the courthouse. “The reason for our action is See COURTS, Page 2A

BOND ISSUE COULD BE PUSHED TO 2017 Warren County Supervisor Doug Shull told Chief Judge Arthur Gamble of the Iowa 5th Judicial District Court Monday that the soonest the county would put a bond issue to repair or replace the Warren County Courthouse would be March of 2017. “I think there is potential to put one in November of 2016, but I would doubt if we would choose to do it on a general election date,” he said. Voters turned down a $35 million bond issue in May to build a new facility to house the court and jail at an undetermined location north of Warren County. A citizen committee is now working with the board of supervisors to determine the next steps for a potential future bond issue.

Sandy Opstad of Indianola, Skip Phillips of Norwalk, Marilyn Halterman of Carlisle and Shirley Clark of Indianola. Supervisor Crystal McIntyre also attended most of the tour stops. In Dallas County, where a referendum for a new jail and sheriff’s office has failed three times in three years, the group visited with Sheriff Chad Leonard. Dallas County’s courthouse is similar to Warren County’s except its jail and sheriff’s office

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OPERA Iowa performer Joshua Conyers plays the bully Osmin Troll during a performance as part of Peanut Butter and Puccini June 18 at the Blank Performing Arts Center in Indianola.

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An Indianola man has been charged with threatening to commit terrorism and harassment after a five-hour standoff ended peacefully on the Indianola Square early Wednesday morning. Officers were called to 105 S. Howard St. to perform a welfare check on Quinten McMurry, 35, at about 7:40 p.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived, McMurry threatened to detonate explosives at his apartment and kill himself and responding officers. McMurry barricaded himself inside his apartment while apartments and businesses nearby were evacuated, along with a large portion of The Square and the Indiano-

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this: The air is foul, several employees of ours suffer from respiratory ailments, the water quality is poor, our employees don’t drink it,” he said. “There’s no hot water in the courthouse part of the building. the restrooms are filthy. The courthouse is poorly maintained. We have periodic leaks of

contaminated sewer water in our courtrooms and our employees are concerned about the germs. They don’t trust that the asbestos remediation will be done safely. For the health and safety of our employees we have decided to take this action. “I’ve been told that people would rather go to the restroom at McDonald’s than the restroom in the Warren County Courthouse,” he added. Gamble said he expected the move would be tem-

porary, pending improvements to the courthouse or a bond issue to replace the courthouse, but supervisor Dean Yordi pointed out that by the time a bond issue is passed and work is done, that could be three years away. The move would involve relocating 10 employees of the clerk of courts office as well as records storage and four courtrooms. Gamble told supervisors that when courts were relocated in Dallas

County, staff moved to a county-owned space in a Ben Franklin store and eventually the county built out a courtroom in that space. “In the meantime, we conducted jury selection in an auditorium, and then moved the jury trial to other counties,” said Gamble. “Those are the types of alternatives you are going to need to be looking at.” Shull asked Gamble if it were possible to move operations to a variety of locations rather than a single spot. “That is an alternative that is not convenient to the citizens of Warren County that use the court,” said Gamble. “One location is better than three.” Gamble said after the meeting that the courts don’t currently have a plan for where to relocate its operations, but would work with neighboring counties to identify potential locations. Shull said that he hopes to find spaces within Warren County to house the courts. One option would be holding court in the board of supervisors meeting room.

“There’s always solutions,” Shull said after the meeting. “I’ve got a couple of phone calls and real estate to look at. We’ll get this figured out.” Shull said the biggest challenge will be to the 2016-17 budget, which goes into effect July 1. He said the county had not planned any expense for relocating the courts in that budget. Warren County Attorney John Criswell and Warren County Sheriff Brian Vos told the board that if the courts left the building, so would they. Vos said he has 28 employees that would need to be relocated, including dispatchers. “That’s not a cheap thing to move,” he told the board. “You’re looking at a minimum of $45,000 to $50,000 just to move dispatch. Then you’ve got the jail.” Currently, he said, the county houses 18 prisoners in other counties. If the jail were closed, it would have to find locations for the 18 or so that are currently in Warren County. “That’s a lot of road time,” he said. Vos said that on Monday alone he

transported two prisoners each from Wayne and Marion counties and another one from Clarke for court. “That’s a full-time job,” he said. “Something’s got to be done. get something Let’s done.” “I have to look for the health of my employees,” said Criswell after the meeting. “If I have to choose between moving my office and the health of my people, I have to choose the health of my people. “This will be costly time-wise, work-wise and money-wise.” Criswell said if the courts relocate, his staff would spend time traveling to other counties, and would be less accessible to the public. In addition, jurors would have to be transported to other locations, deputies would spend more time transporting prisoners and the public would face challenges in filing court filings or paying fines, he said. “This does have a ripple effect on all of county government and the people of this county,” Criswell told the board.

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city limits. Only about 40 percent of voters were in favor of that idea. A bond referendum needs 60 percent to pass. Approximately a year later, Leonard said, the county tried again. This time, they formed committees and began talking to those who were against the bond the first time. “Adel came out strong against it because they didn’t want to see all those employees leave the square in Adel to go out east of town,” Leonard said. “They thought it would just ruin the business scene on the square

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so they had a strong opposition against it. metro only “The showed up with a 1,000 votes. Adel showed up with 2,000,” Leonard said. “So we came up with a second plan. Only the sheriff’s office would be out east.” He explained the county would then buy a couple of old houses near the center of the city, create offices out of those, and put other county functions there. The vote to buy the old houses failed again, only getting about 40 percent of the vote, and the sheriff’s office failed with 53 percent of the vote. So, the county put the sheriff’s office on a ballot a third time. The plan included a modern jail facility with

the originally proposed 92 beds. The jail would be in its own square pod attached to the new sheriff’s office. The jail pod would feature cells with glass fronts on them, so one jailer could sit in the middle of the pod and see every inmate by just turning in circles. The sheriff’s building would have cost $16 million. For now, Leonard is working out of a jail only meant to have 24 beds. Dallas County received a variance from the state so it can actually fit 36 inmates at a time. Up to 40 more inmates on average are sent to other facilities. Leonard said there are several reasons the bonds keep failing, including a group of people who voted no because they had is-

sues with how the auditor’s office handled the elections. He also said when the county bought the current jail on the square in 1988 voters were promised a second floor would eventually be built on to it. But, the county grew too fast, so a second floor wouldn’t provide enough space to house all of the county’s inmates. He also said most of the county’s population is in the metro area — Waukee, Urbandale and Clive — and the city’s don’t have much of a media presence. Leonard explained the Dallas County News takes care of Adel, the Perry Chief operates in Perry, but there’s no good way to reach the county’s urban population.

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take off to tell their parents about the troll. Lucy Meanwhile, stands up to Osmin and gets her stuffed animal back by herself. Osmin eventually becomes friends with the goats and promises to behave better in the future. The kids learned a good lesson about friendship from the opera, but they also learned some opera basics before the show. Music director Scott Arens, of Ann Arbor, Mich., told the kids opera is a lot like plays or musicals where a group of

characters come together to tell about the events happening in the story. He explained musicals — like Disney’s “Frozen” and “The Lion King” — have spoken dialogue, while operas have none. In opera, he said, characters still have dialogue but they sing it instead of speaking it. The kids also learned about the three composers whose music was featured in the play — Wolfgang Mozart, Gioachino Rossini and Gaetano Donizetti. The curtains open on DMMO’s 44th festival season Friday, June 24. Three operas will be performed in Indianola — Verdi’s “Falstaff,” Massenet’s “Manon” and Gluck’s “Orphee et Eurydice.”

fore midnight. They were carrying rifles and a large shield. They were able to get McMurry out at about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday after knocking down his door. A loud thud could be heard coming from the building when the door went down. McMurry then threatened to kill Indianola Police Sgt. Rick Lageese and his family with car bombs while he was on the way to Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines for treatment, according to court records. It’s not the first time McMurry has been in trouble with the law. He was found guilty of OWI, and has several other traffic violations. According to court documents, McMurry was put on probation after being convicted of interference with official acts and child endangerment with bodily injury in December 2014. Officer Kyle Peterson

Matlage hired as lender Peoples Bank has hired Mark Matlage as their newest agriculture/commercial lender. Matlage has over 30 years of experience, most recently with City State Bank. Before that he was associated with

SEW awarded grant Southeast Warren Junior and Senior High School was given a grant of $4,900 from the Warren County Philanthropic Partnership. The money will be used to purchase three AEDs for coaches to carry at sport practices and competitions.

Darr is certified Robert Darr earned his new home specialist certification in June. Darr works for EXIT Realty North Star in Norwalk and has been active in real estate sales for 13 years.

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threw her against a door then called the police to tell them she had drug paraphernalia in her home. Police officers came to search the scene and then left again, but the woman wrote in court documents McMurry wouldn’t leave her home and kept pushing her around and wanting to fight. The police were called a second time and told the couple someone needed to leave the house for the night. The woman wrote in court documents that she left because McMurry had nowhere else to go. He had been accused of domestic abuse in 2011, but was not convicted in that case. Sher said McMurry also has a history of mental health problems. “The Indianola Police Department is trained to deal with people with guns, bombs and just as important people with mental illness,” Sher said. McMurry is being held at the Warren County Jail on a $50,000 bond, according to the Warren County Sheriff's website.

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scholarship Carlisle High School won a $500 scholarship from LifeServe Blood Center to award to a student who went above and beyond in planning and recruiting for school blood drives during the academic 2015-2016 year. To be eligible to win a scholarship, schools must sponsor at least two blood drives per school year and recruit students to act as organizers for the drive. The top five schools in each enrollment category are awarded a scholarship. For more information, visit lifeservebloodcenter.org or call 800-2874903.

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Agents join EXIT Jim Gideon of Norwalk has joined EXIT Realty in Norwalk. He has 10 years experience in real estate. Previously he was at UPS and is a veteran serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. EXIT Realty North Star in Indianola has added Rick Pitt to its team of real estate professionals. He is a farmer, auctioneer and real estate agent. EXIT Realty North Star is located at 1039 Sunset Drive in Norwalk and 222 W. Salem Ave. in Indianola. For more information, call 515-9815131.

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Elodie Opstad, who writes a historical commentary for The Record-Herold and Indianola Tribune and has written a book about the race horse Allerton will speak about the famous horse. Allerton was born in Iowa in 1885 and died at the Warren County Fairgrounds in 1910. He is buried on the fairgrounds and there is a memorial to him near the historical society building. The meeting at the Warren County Historical Society building will start at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June28. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. for visiting and “picnicing.” This is Burger King fundraising night and people are invited to buy their meal at BK to eat in the meeting room. Part of the income at BK between 5 and 8 p.m will be donated to the WCHS. For more information call 515-9618085.

Union Planters Bank in Indianola and the USDA’s Farmers Home Administration. During his banking career, he has built long lasting relationships with customers, keeping their financial goals in mind. Matlage and his wife, Jackie, live on a farm near St. Marys, where he cares for a purebred Angus herd. He is a graduate of Martensdale–St. Marys High School and a graduate of Iowa State University with a degree in animal science. He serves as the vice chairman for the Warren County Extension council.

went to check on McMurry in the 900 block of South Jefferson Way after a witness expressed concern about McMurry’s son. Peterson wrote in a report he could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from McMurry when he found him. He could see a boy sitting on a couch inside the house McMurry came from, but McMurry repeatedly refused when officers asked to talk to the boy. According to the report, McMurry shoved an officer who tried to get into the house, so responding officers handcuffed him to get to the boy. The child had injuries to his face, but McMurry reportedly told officers the child was being picked on at school so he was teaching him some mixed martial arts moves and wrestling with him. McMurry also faces a domestic abuse complaint filed in August 2015. The woman who filed the complaint called him “very verbally abusive and physically abusive." The woman stated he

Warren County Courthouse is like getting slapped and added that there are horrendous problems with the courthouse. “If you walked into the chambers behind the courtroom the first thing that hits you is a sewage smell as soon as you walk in,” Hulse said. “And it’s mold. You’ve got three people — at least three instances that I know of — who are having medical problems and are going to the doctor. There will be claims. I guarantee it.” He said he doesn’t understand why the county is allowing staff to continue to work in a building while knowing that there is an environmental problem because “they’re just going to be sitting ducks for these claims.”

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“We just don’t have a strong media presence,” Leonard said. “A lot of those folks don’t even realize they’re in Dallas County unless they come and get their weapons permit or something.” While Leonard didn’t necessarily provide a clear way forward for the next Warren County referendum, District Judge Gregory Hulse, who spends most of his time in Adel, said a new Warren County Courthouse is badly needed. “We have to move out of that courthouse,” Hulse said. “It’s my opinion we ought to be moving out today, but there are all kinds of arrangements that have to be made. You can’t just walk out.” He said that occasionally getting sent to the

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The best Fourth of July celebrations in Warren County can be found in Carlisle, Norwalk and Milo this year. Carlisle’s Fourth of July Celebration will start at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 2, with a fun run/ walk at the North Park Log Cabin. A kids fun run will follow. Here’s a full schedule of events, starting July 3:

SUNDAY, JULY 3 North Park 5 p.m. — Inflatables, rides, gotcha games, concessions, bingo, a balloon artist and a strolling magician will be set up at North Park Ball Field 5 p.m. — Men’s softball 7:30 p.m. — Giant Bubble Ball SUMO

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Plans to turn off the water and remove asbestos from the Warren County Courthouse this week is causing the Warren County District Court to move out of the courthouse effective Tuesday, June 28. According to an order issued Friday by Arthur Gamble, chief judge of Iowa’s 5th Judicial District, the court temporarily closed at 4:30 p.m. on Monday and will reopen at the Madison and Marion county courthouses and the Warren County Juvenile Services offices at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 30. “The court services will continue outside of Warren County until an alternative location is identified or the courthouse is habitable for occupancy and suitable for use by the district court,” Steve Davis, communications director for the Iowa Judicial Branch, wrote in an email. Gamble had previously notified the Warren County Board of Supervisors that the courthouse was not fit for employees and told them that operations would be moved out of the county in

Cement Stage 6 p.m. — Kiddie parade 9 to 10:30 p.m. — Teen dance

MONDAY, JULY 4 7:30 to 9 a.m. — Pancake breakfast at the Community Building provided by Middle River Friends Church. Proceeds go to P.E.A.C.H. Dollars for Scholars 9:30 a.m. — Parade sponsored by the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce. Line up on Garfield Street starting at 9 a.m. Parade winners announced before fireworks. Theme: Sci-Fi 4th of July. Parade Marshal – Michael and Dietre McCormick North Park Activities following parade. Games & Food Noon — Inflatables and rides and gotcha games

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early to mid-July. “The reason for our action is this: The air is foul, several employees of ours suffer from respiratory ailments, the water

Warren County’s four courtrooms may be moving into the county’s administrative building in Indianola sometime soon. The Warren County Board of Supervisors discussed where to move the courts Monday morning, fewer than eight hours before the courts were scheduled to close. The courts were slated to move out of the Warren County Courthouse after the close of business Monday. See a related story on this page for more information. Supervisor Doug Shull said the renovation would cost about $200,000, but seemed to be the most affordable choice and would be the quickest turnaround to get the courts returned to Warren County.

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quality is poor, our employees donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drink it,â&#x20AC;? he told supervisors during a meeting June 20. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no hot water in the courthouse part of the building. The restrooms are filthy. The courthouse is poorly maintained. We have periodic leaks of contaminated sewer water in our courtrooms and our employees are concerned about the germs. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trust that the asbestos remediation will be done safely. For the health and safety of our employees we have decided to take this action.â&#x20AC;? According to Gambleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s order, an asbestos remediation contractor was scheduled to begin work at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. While the work was slated to be finished before 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 28, a plumbing contractor is slated to turn off the water in the courthouse on Thursday, June 30, at 4:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perhaps this work will be completed on time and without incident,â&#x20AC;? said the order. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, the Court is not assured that the asbestos can be removed in the time allowed without risk of exposure to court employees and the public to friable asbestos in the courthouse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The work needs to be done, but the planned work schedule presents an imminent risk to the health and safety of court staff and courthouse visitors in Warren County,â&#x20AC;? the order continues. Crystal McIntyre, a member of the Warren County Board of Supervisors, said she was but not â&#x20AC;&#x153;shocked, shockedâ&#x20AC;? by the order. McIntyre said the county had notified staff in the courthouse on June 13 that the work would be happening, and then sent a reminder email, after which the decision to relocate the court operations was made. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to say when they shut off the water and then repressurize it that it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cause something else in those 78year-old pipes?â&#x20AC;? she said Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to have everyone out.â&#x20AC;? Warren County Sheriff Brian Vos said Friday that he planned to remove the 18 to 20 prisoners in the jail on Monday, while dispatchers would be re-

located to the Indianola Police Department. Prisoners are slated to return later in the week. Vos said the relocation will cost the county $40 per day, per prisoner. As of Friday, there were 20 prisoners at the Warren County Jail, while another 10 already were being housed in neighboring counties. John Criswell, county attorney, said the county attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office will remain in the courthouse, although prosecutors frequently will be in other counties for court proceedings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be open over here at this point until the board decides to relocate us,â&#x20AC;? said Criswell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On these type of things I probably would error on the side of caution,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really dependent on the supervisors. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got no place to move to at this point. I have nothing in my budget to do this with. Until they approve it and pay for it, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stuck. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here.â&#x20AC;? According to Gambleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s order, all court proceedings scheduled in Warren County District Court for Tuesday, June 28, and Wednesday, June 29, are postponed and will be rescheduled, unless otherwise ordered by the court. The order says that Warren County judges will be available for emergency proceedings and legally required proceedings in Warren County at times and places assigned by the court administration. Cases will be assigned to neighboring courthouses by the type of case. All civil, family law, domestic, small claims, probate and juvenile court cases will be heard in Madison County. All misdemeanor and indictable criminal cases, as well as traffic cases, will be heard in Marion County. The public will be able to file notices, retrieve records and conduct other business at the Warren County Juvenile Court Services office, 111 N. Buxton Street in Indianola. Staff will retrieve records from the Warren County Courthouse once per day. appearances Initial will be conducted by district associate judges at the Warren County Jail. Go to indianolarecordherald.com for more information as this story unfolds.

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District Associate Judge Mark Schlenker describes his concerns about security in his courtroom at the Warren County Courthouse. Health problems including mold and air quality issues are prompting Warren County District Court services to move out of the building.

According to Shullâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan, three courtrooms would be built on the stage of the auditorium and the auditoriumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seating area would be transformed into office spaces. The county supervisorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting room on the second floor would be transformed into the main courtroom for jury trials. The supervisors discussed a few other options, such as renovating the second floor of the Ma-

sonic Temple. That would require an elevator, though, which the supervisors estimated would cost $100,000 itself. The county is looking at using the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annex offices on the west side of the Indianola Square to house the clerk of courts. Possible action on the relocations, along with the potential hiring of architect Bob Ormsby, will be discussed at a 10:30 a.m. meeting Tuesday, after the Record-Heraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s print deadline. More information on the relocations will be available at www.indianolarecordherald.com as information becomes available.

Warren County Clerk of Court The clerk of courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office will be open for filings, records retrieval and other transactions at the office of the Warren County Juvenile Court Services, 111 N. Buxton St., Indianola. Records will continue to be stored at the Warren County Courthouse and the clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staff shall access the records once per day. Initial appearances will be conducted by district associate judges at the Warren County Jail.

Court scheduling Âť Beginning Thursday, June 30, all scheduled civil, small claims, family law, probate and juvenile court proceedings before the District Associate Court and District Court of Warren County shall be heard at the scheduled time before a district judge or district associate judge of the Warren County District Court at the Madison County Courthouse in Winterset. Âť Beginning Thursday, June 30, all scheduled indictable criminal cases, misdemeanors and traffic court cases shall be heard at the scheduled time before a district judge or district associate judge of the Warren County District Court at the Marion County Courthouse in Knoxville. Âť Warren County District Court criminal court service days shall be held at the Marion County Courthouse on Tuesday, July 5, and every Monday thereafter. Âť Warren County District Court civil court services days shall be held in Madison County on Wednesday, July 6, and every Tuesday thereafter. Âť Warren County District Associate Court civil service days shall be held in Madison County on every Tuesday and Friday beginning July 5. Âť Warren County District Associate Court criminal service days shall be held in Marion County on every Tuesday and Friday beginning July 5.

Trials Âť Depending on case types, all civil and criminal non-jury trials shall be conducted at the Madison County Courthouse, Marion County Courthouse or a courthouse of a county contiguous to Warren County as assigned by court administration. Due to the emergency nature of this order, consent of the parties is implied unless a party objects. Objections shall be presented to the chief judge or his designee and the court will decide the location of the trial. Âť All juries for criminal trials shall be selected from the Warren County jury pool at the auditorium of the Warren County administration building or at such other location as otherwise ordered by the court. After jury selection, Warren County criminal jury trials shall be conducted at the Marion County Courthouse unless otherwise ordered by the court. Transportation of the juries to and from the Marion County Courthouse shall be provided by bus or the court will pay mileage to the jurors.

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The Indianola Municipal Utilities Board is trying to decide whether it should build out the city’s fiber network to provide faster internet speeds to the city’s residents. Faster internet is necessary to keep up with today’s modern workplaces, Kyle Hollifield of Magellan Advisors told the board last week, but it comes with a $16.6 million price tag. IMU hired Magellan to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether building a fiber network would be worth it for the city. Hollifield presented the final study to the board and said the city should consider building a fiber network simply because there isn’t really another way to provide faster broadband services. He explained fiber is the quickest way to share information because its speed cap is theoretically the speed of light. “Until we find something faster than the speed of light this is going to be what sends data,” Hollifield said. “That’s 2.7 terabytes. What that means is you can send a digital piece of information to our furthest galaxy in less than 20 seconds.” Additionally, fiber is symmetrical, which means you have the same speed going up as you do going down. If you don’t have fiber, that’s not true. It would also make Indianola’s wireless speeds faster beSee FIBER, Page 4A

week. Courts, the jail and county offices in Warren County were closed for a brief period last week while the courthouse was evacuated so asbestos could be cleared out. The jail and the county attor-

ney’s office were temporarily moved, however the clerk of courts and judges will not be returning to the building. Last week, the clerk of courts moved to the Warren County Annex building across the street from the courthouse,

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on Buxton Street. The courts have been operating out of Marion and Madison counties, but the supervisors’ plan to renovate the administration building could bring them back to the county. Preliminary plans have three courtrooms built on the stage area inside the administration building, with offices

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If the debate over whether city residents should be able to keep chickens in their backyards still gets your goat, get this - a Carlisle woman is fighting to keep fainting goats in her backyard. Angela Stark, who lives on Market Street in Carlisle, told the Carlisle City Council Monday the goats she wants to buy are only about 50 pounds and 25 inches tall as adults and are not dangerous as they “faint when they’re spooked.” Stark said her backyard is fully enclosed, and would allow her to keep two male castrated

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goats. She explained to the council she’d need to at least buy two because fainting goats are herding animals. The goats eat weeds, she said, and they’re cute, but they don’t do much else. They’re quiet, Stark said, and don’t have a distinct smell like chickens. They don’t make noise, either. It’s not the first time Carlisle has considered allowing its residents to keep farm animals in their backyards. The council previously discussed letting chickens come to town, but the debate quieted after

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because for me it’s a farm animal,” said council member Eric Goodhue. “I’m certainly open to reviewing the ordinance but I think it will be a tougher hurdle for me.” Merrifeld Drew agreed, saying he’s not sure whether the ordinance will pass, but thanked Stark for asking the council for permission to own the goats before she actually bought them. Carlisle’s newest council member, Dan McCulloch, who wasn’t on the council for the urban chicken vote, was the only council member who seemed to be in favor of the chickens. “I think the livestock ordinance should be revisited as far as what we would allow for livestock, size and otherwise,” McCulloch said. “But otherwise I’m in favor of fainting goats. Absolutely.” The first reading of the

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the council refused to approve an exception to its farm animal ordinance a year ago. Residents can currently own one pot-bellied pig if they live in town, but that’s the only exception to the no-farm-animals-allowed rule. Stark said she used to live next to a pot-bellied pig in Carlisle, and promised the goats would be even less of a nuisance than the pig. While the Carlisle council agreed to look at an ordinance, which will have to pass three readings, to allow goats, members didn’t seem too eager to let the goats into town. “I voted against chickens when the ordinance came up so I have a tough time crossing that hurdle

fainting goat ordinance will likely be read at the next council meeting that all five council members can attend. On June 27, the council also: » Handed out years of service awards to utility billing clerk Benita Chaput, who has worked for the city for 20 years; Deputy City Clerk Kay Black, who has worked for the city for 10 years; and Officer Nick Frye, who is celebrating five years with the city. » Approved a $4,025 change order for the fire station renovation. Additional costs include extending the water line to the six-inch water line rather than the four-inch water line and to provide risk insurance in case anything gets stolen from the job site. » Approved the purchase of five portable radios and four body cameras for the police station

at a cost of $27,213. Police Chief Eric Spring said Lt. Matt Koch left plenty of money in the budget he created last year while serving as interim police chief to purchase the equipment. The depart-

ment will now have enough body cameras to equip each of its full-time officers. » Approved a proposal to match a grant for two Lucas CPR devices at a total cost of $21,482. The

fire department previously received a $5,000 grant from Prairie Meadows for the devices. » Approved the resignation of Benita Chaput, who is retiring after 20 years with the city.

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ble. During a recent meeting, the supervisors said they weren’t sure if the stage is sturdy enough to hold three courtrooms and Supervisor Crystal McIntyre said since the administration building is considered an historic place the offices and courtrooms need to be temporary structures. Supervisor Dean Yordi said he isn’t sure how soon the supervisors will be able to approve construction in the administration building since they aren’t sure how much time and money it will take to reinforce the auditorium’s stage.

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o one has been harder on the Warren County Board of Supervisors than this newspaper. We have argued that their decision to eliminate a portion of the county staff years ago was both illegal and immoral. We continue to believe that the board’s secret actions were not in the best interests of the county staff, or the residents of Warren County. Similarly, we believe that the board’s willful ignorance of foul odors, sewer gas, asbestos and more within the Warren County Courthouse has led directly to what now can only be called a crisis. So when Supervisor Crystal McIntyre floats the idea that the board could let a contractor build a facility, then lease it, avoiding a public vote on a new courthouse; or could partner with a city to construct a facility, lowering the threshold for a passing vote from 60 percent to 50 percent, our first instinct is to say “here they go again.” Both seem to avoid the input of voters intended, if not required, by Iowa law. Both seem like actions this newspaper and our community should vehemently oppose. But. . . We have to admit that voters these days also have a record of not acting in the public interest. Voters should educate themselves on the issues of the day, make serious and informed choices, and then cast votes they, and the rest of us, can live with. It’s a responsibility we all too often fail to live up to. Two weeks ago, voters in Great Britain voted to leave the European Union. The next day, Google reported that European Union was the most Googled term of the day in areas where the leave vote was the highest. Surely, that’s research voters should have done before casting their ballots? Here at home, voters have chosen as their nominee a candidate who is little educated on the issues of the day and seems more concerned with how international events will impact his golf courses than his country. It’s reasonable to wonder if we can trust local voters to do what’s right on this issue. It’s easy for all of us to sit back and wait for government to come up with a plan, then poke holes in that plan. It’s easy for all of us to sit around the table at the coffee shop, or the bar at our favorite watering hole, and explain how easy it would be to replace or renovate our courthouse without spending millions of dollars. By and large, we would be wrong. Government is hard. Democratic government is harder. It’s messy. Elected officials at their best have to listen to a broad cacophony of ideas, good and bad. They have to weigh the good, the bad and the simply stupid, to find a solution that both solves the problem at hand, and can pass muster with voters. And, reluctantly, we have to say that sometimes decisions are so important that governments have to decide, have to act, and then throw themselves on the mercy of voters to decide if their decisions were right. Providing the basic essentials for a fair system of justice seems that important. Government by the people and for the people sometimes means we elect people, and then let them govern. It’s likely the Brexit decision should have been made by a government that understood all of its ramifications, and then let voters decide if they made the right decision. It’s possible the Republican Party should have installed something similar to the Democratic superdelegates to act as gatekeepers, ensuring that no shrill interloper could highjack their party or their nominating process. Earlier this week we celebrated the Fourth of July, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which separated us from king and country. There was no referendum then. Just a group of elected officials doing what they thought was right, and then throwing themselves on the mercy of those who selected them. The decision on how to best solve the crisis of the Warren County Courthouse is of a far less moment in the world, but’s vitally important here in Warren County. It’s possible that we will have to trust our locally elected government to make good, and public, decisions on the future of the Warren County Courthouse and decide later whether they did the right thing.

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Raising myself is new challenge for the 50s Like most parents, I work hard to organize family time. Invariably, the night I choose as the one we should celebrate my birthday, or Elizbeth’s graduation or a wedding anniversary, is the night friends invite Duncan to go to a movie, or someone has to work, or something else more fun comes along. Saturday I was reminded that the best plans are sometimes those that are never made. I went to the grocery store that afternoon. I went late in the day and I was hungry. I came home with more food than could reasonably be expected to fit into any residential freezer. So my husband shifted this, discarded that, and ended up with a full freezer, and a half a bag of rolls and pigs in a blanket that I had bought over the holidays, thinking we would eat it all then. And it was still there. Still as good as it had been the day I bought it. But there was no room in the freezer. We called Elizabeth downstairs to decide what to do for dinner. Three hours later, we had covered the basics of financing a car and the differences between credit unions and banks. We had shuffled all the cars we owned among our

quite fit. Fifty, it seems to me, is an age of maturity. It’s a time when I expected, or at least hoped, to have my life under control and my ducks in a row. I’m not quite sure I’m there. My 20s were a time of doing what I wanted. I could change jobs, move from one town to the next, and find the life and the partner that suited me. In the 30s and 40s the kids came along. We settled into a comfortable life, a job that offered the flexibility to enjoy them along with personal satisfaction, a home close to family and friends who offered support as we raised them. And now, that era of life is drawing to a close, just as the 50s loom. It’s another opportunity to figure out next steps, and the considerations that tied me down, are fading away. But I’m not quite ready to see them go. I’m ready to travel, but I love the security of home. I enjoy the freedom of the kids fending for themselves, but like the sense of satisfaction of helping them make the most of themselves. The past 20 years have all been about raising my family. It seems the next 20 will be about finishing the job of raising myself. We’ll see how I do with that.

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family members, decided that Duncan probably would need a new car, but first he needs to make more money, and reviewed Elizabeth’s schedule for the remainder of the summer and upcoming fall. We were still standing in the kitchen. And the pigs in a blanket and most of the rolls were gone. One of the best nights ever.

Nearing a milestone While I always enjoy gathering with family and friends to celebrate the Fourth of July, I have always known that the Fourth is just a lead in to an even bigger celebration. My birthday. I have to admit, though, that this year, I would be OK muting the celebrations. I’m not sure I want to celebrate at all. I’m turning 50. Now, while I grasp the concept that turning 50 is definitely preferable to the alternative, it feels weird. It’s like a coat that doesn’t

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Who’s sitting where on courthouse? The listed courthouse issues makes you wonder who was sitting on whose hands when all these issues were developing. The one that really got my attention was the “restrooms are filthy.” I don’t know the particulars, but I don’t see any excuse for this. If I go to a place that has dirty restrooms, I only go once. Unfortunately, we can’t do that in a courthouse. Just don’t use the restroom. Maybe this will lead to a building/s we can all be proud of, at a reasonable cost to the taxpayer, instead of “it’s other peoples money, the sky’s the limit” approach we’ve seen so many other times. DONALD PARSONS NORWALK

It is more patriotic to be a ‘RINO’ than an ‘AINO’ Sara Opie’s March 23 column promised an instructive, fact based analysis entitled “As a frus-

trated Republican I must vent.” Ms. Opie concluded on March 23, “I’ve actually voted for a Democrat on more than one occasion. This could be the year.” Ms. Opie’s June 1 column signaled a retreat from her promised fact seeking and was entitled, “Adapting to change and warming up to the Republican nominee.” Ms. Opie’s retreat was masked by her commitment to pay close attention to all Trump statements involving “minorities and any foreign policy speech involving nuclear weapons.” On June 29 Ms. Opie disappointingly dropped the pretense of fact based objectivity, especially her June 1 commitment to pay close attention to Trump’s words. What Rep. Paul Ryan honestly identifies as Trump’s “racist” remarks, Ms. Opie blandly calls “out of line.” Fuzziness on facts continues with Trump not sounding “presidential” in the wake of the Orlando gun massacre. Wholly omitted by Ms. Opie are the facts of Trump being open to allowing Japan to have nu-

clear weapons as well as Trump’s failure to release his tax returns. The clinching evidence of lack of allegiance attention to fact is provided by Ms. Opie herself: “I’m no RINO. I’m not voting for Hillary.” The epithet RINO (“Republican In Name Only”) is, in fact, a term identifying a Republican who rightly acts on the patriotic principle that a citizen’s paramount allegiance is to America instead of a political party. A RINO’S paramount allegiance is to our Republic, not necessarily Republican leaders. If Ms. Opie wishes to smear as a RINO any mindful Republican who chooses to vote for any Democrat because it is in the best interests of America I would reply: Better to be a RINO than someone whose paramount allegiance is not to America but one whose paramount allegiance is to a political party and is therefore an AINO (“American In Name Only”). MICHAEL MAY INDIANOLA

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Supervisors seek help to build jail Board meets with companies to oversee referendum, build process PAIGE GODDEN PGODDEN@REGISTERMEDIA.COM

The Warren County supervisors are contemplating bringing in help to create plans to build a new jail and courthouse.

While the designer architect for the project will be ShiveHattery, the supervisors met with the Samuels Group out of Wisconsin and DCI of Des Moines to help the county throughout the build process

and to find fair prices for construction and design. Supervisor Crystal McIntyre said the chosen group also will help manage a successful campaign leading up to a second referendum for the new jail and courthouse facility and coordinate the needs of the county’s court, attorney and sheriff’s offices. “If our relationship with

them is good leading up to a vote and after, whomever is chosen, we can transition into a construction management contract with them, in which they could oversee all phases of construction,” McIntyre said. “But [they] would not do any of the actual construction themselves, for that would be a conflict of interest.” The construction project will

need to be competitively bid out, per Iowa Code. Sid Samuels, president of Samuels Group, said he’s working on jail projects in Clinton, Dallas, Grant and Price counties in Iowa and Wisconsin. In the past, Samuels said, he’s helped other counties pass referendums by providing and exSee JAIL, Page 4A

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National Balloon Classic Queen Emma Thompson thanks the crowd during the National Balloon Classic opening ceremony July 30 at the Indianola balloon field.

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The 2016 National Balloon Classic queen has been around ballooning for a while. She took her first ride through the air 18 years ago when she was 3 weeks old. But, that’s what happens when you’re the granddaughter of Jim Fromm, a long-time Indianola balloon pilot and member of the Classic board. “It’s been such an honor and privilege to be so close to ballooning,” said queen Emma Thompson. “It’s just magical.” Thompson, daughter of Joseph and Monica Thompson, said she loves to see the ballooning community and Indianola community come together each year. “It’s just so amazing because the Indianola community for the rest of the year that’s not a part of the Classic is just so amazing to be a part of,” Thompson said. “Everyone is so nice. In my high school, there was never anyone who said you can’t do this because you’re this way. “Everyone is so open and kind and it’s so, so amazing to be a part of this community and be a part of the balloon community because I can say hey everybody, come join me on this

Above: A competitor in the Tuff-N-Nuff Miniature Rodeo hits the ground during the event July 28 at the Warren County Fair.

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The old church that sits in the heart of Palmyra is getting a long-awaited makeover. Last week, a new roof was placed on the roof. Jane Colacecchi, who has volunteered to get the church back into shape, said the money came from a

grant awarded by the state historical society. She said the grant will need to be matched, so the trustees will have to start some fundraising efforts soon. Colacecchi said the Friends of the Palmyra Church group tried to do some fundraising a

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Cheers earns spot at Olympic Training Camp for trap shooting PAIGE GODDEN PGODDEN@REGISTERMEDIA.COM

A 2013 Indianola High School graduate and trap shooter skilled earned the chance to attend the Olympic Training Camp this summer. To get into the camp, Trenton Cheers had to score at least a 98 at the ACUI National Championships in San Antonio, Texas, he said. Each shooter gets to fire a single shot at each of 100 clay birds. The birds are fired off in four rounds of 25. Cheers shot a perfect 100 at nationals. He spent the last couple of years at Southwestern Community College in Creston, but he’s transferring to Grand View University in Des Moines this year. To qualify for nationals, Cheers had to be a fulltime student with at least a 2.0 GPA. The camp was a chance to improve his skills and a prospect opportunity for the Olympics, he explained. But, Cheers said it

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would take quite a bit of training for him to actually make an Olympic team. The Olympic team competes in international trap rather than the American version, said Cheers. In American trap, the bunker that shoots off the clay pigeons is above ground. It shoots the clay off at the same height from left to right at about 38 to 43 mph. In international trap, the bunker is in the ground so the top of it is at the same level as your feet. It has three throwers for each trap station, so two targets go left, two targets to right and then there’s a straight away target. The clay birds travel at about 80 to 88 mph and aren’t thrown at the same angle. “You can get one that’s super high and then one that only comes out about three foot above the house,” Cheers said. “In American trap you can have hold points. You just hold where you want to break the bird and then move side to side. In bun“We didn’t have that opportunity here in Warren County,” Samuels said about the failed bond referendum earlier this year. “I think in a successful referendum that’s something you should seriously

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The Southwestern Community College sports shooting team placed 15th in trap shooting during the Association of College Unions International Collegiate Clay Target Championships in San Antonio, Texas, March 25-30. Warren County students include: Ethan Jolliff, Matt Mitchell and Trenton Cheers, all from Indianola on the blue squad; Jordan Brand of Indianola on the red squad; Colton Offield of New Virginia on the white squad.

ker trap you can’t do that because you can’t get the same angle.” He said the closest place to practice international trap is about three hours away away from Indianola. So, as far as actually making an Olympic team in the future, he said “it’s there, but it’s a long ways away. “It would take a lot of work,” he said.

For now, Cheers is focused on majoring in business management at Grand View, and is planning to continue his trap shooting with the Amateur Trapshooting Association after college. He said he’d also like to coach trap, and currently works as an assistant coach for the Indianola High School trap team. said he’s Cheers watched the Indianola

program grow quite a bit in recent years. When he started as a freshman, he estimated there were only about 30 numbers. By the time his senior year rolled around in 2013, there were 60. Now, he said, there’s close to 80 kids trap shooting. Cheers said he’s continued shooting simply because the game is fun. “I love hunting and

hunting is one of my passions so shooting is obviously fun for me too,” Cheers said. “But it’s not an easy game. It’s probably 99-percent mental and it just challenges you. Every time you go out there you want to do better every time. “You just want to do your best. It’s frustrating sometimes, but it’s also really rewarding, too,” Cheers said.

consider before going out to the public and asking them for dollars to support something they have to envision.” He said his group has helped boards of up to 30 people come to a consensus on a project and provide pre-referendum services, including reaching out to communities. Samuels added his group could help figure out what to do with the old courthouse, should the county continue with its strategy to build a whole new building at another location. “Having factual hard numbers to be able to look at and be able to make

those decisions can be very critical,” Samuels said. Brandon Schulte, a project manager with DCI, explained that his company can help the county line up bids when it comes time for construction. He said DCI will give bidders detailed construction timeliness to bid on and they separate the bids out into specific packages. For example, DCI recently handled three years worth of projects for the Indianola school district after it passed a bond referendum. Schulte said the school’s budget for its

electrical package was $370,000, but the bids came back twice that much. “We immediately said let us go talk to the bidders and let us go figure out what’s going on,” Schulte said. “Well what happened is there were several bids that day and there was some confusion in the market about a couple scopes of work and they got really nervous right before bid time and submitted bids that were significantly higher than the budget we built.” He said they rebid the project and they came back in under budget. “In this situation when

you have ... a job around $2.5 million ... and you’re $400,000 over, my fear is they probably would have said we’re close enough let’s just go forward with the project,” Schulte said. “There would have been a really happy electrical contractor.” In addition to the three Warren County supervisors, a couple of representatives from the judicial building committee attended the open meetings with the two groups. The board is scheduled to meet with Shive-Hattery again at its Aug. 2 meeting to discuss a needs evaluation and pre-construction consultation.

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another generation as her sister, Clara, is crew for Grandpa chief Fromm this year. Next year, Clara will probably be running for queen. Thompson has more immediate ambitions, as she’s about to move into her first apartment and attend Des Moines Area

Community College this fall. She had to get through some tough competition for her crown. This year’s runner-up is Nikki Collins, daughter of Bill and Deb Collins. Collins, 17, attends Indianola High School. “My favorite part of the National Balloon Classic would definitely be seeing everybody’s faces,” Collins said. “And meeting new ones, greeting new people and getting to be more and more a part of this community.” The 2015 National Bal-

loon Classic queen, Ingrid Lickiss, introduced the new queen as she gave up her crown Saturday. Lickiss said she’s attending Iowa State University for biological and pre-medical illustration. “My favorite part about being the 2015 National Balloon Classic queen was getting to meet all the awesome and interesting people that come out to this event,” Lickiss said. “My advice to this year’s queen is to say yes to everyone and take every opportunity to help out.”

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Warren County sheriff Brian Vos asked the Warren County Board of Supervisors last week for a new transport van, another person-and-a-half to work dispatch and for one more deputy to be patrolling the road. While the supervisors said “this isn’t a hard no” none of the items have been agreed upon yet.

Sheriff Brian Vos said since district court judges and clerk of court moved out of the courthouse June 26, the jail, which is only supposed to fit about 18 inmates, has had an average inmate count of 41. Between transporting prisoners to other jails and to court hearings in Marion County, the cost to transport the inmates two at a time is rising quickly. “From July 4th to the current date we’re averaging 41inmates

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a day that are in the Warren County Sheriff’s Office’s custody. That averages out to 19 inmates a day we’re farming out to different counties,” Vos said. “That’s costing us $760 a day. That’s over 44 days. That’s going to cost us roughly $34,000 to farm prisoners out. “My budget for this fiscal year was $125,000,” Vos said. A new van, which could See SHERIFF, Page 6A

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Thanks to a group of patriotic Indianola High School students and some generous donors, a new American flag has been raised near Indianola Stadium. Chris Brandt, a kicker for the Indianola football team, led the effort for a new flag. “Whenever we did the national anthem we looked at the flag and it was so tiny we switched over to using the new scoreboard we’ve got as a flag. They’d put a big waving flag on the screen,” Brandt explained. “I wondered why we didn’t actually have a real big flag that people can look at instead of having to look at an electronic one. “I’ve always thought that our town could be a little more patriotic since we have so many veterans,” he continued. Fellow student Anna Hoyman explained there wasn’t anything wrong with the old flag near the field, but it just didn’t match the scale of the new stadium. “We thought since we have a new stadium we may as well make it look nice,” Hoyman said. Brandt, Hoyman and a team of ambassadors from the high school including Colton Boyd, Haley Vesey, Katelyn Schulze, Konner Johnson, Nate Longer and Nick Robbins, set out to raise $15,000. The total price ended up being a little less than that since most of the materials and labor were donated. Brandt said he hopes now that the flag is raised, the group of high school students inspires more than just the monument. He said they want to inspire a movement. “We call it the ‘Red, White and You’ movement,” Brandt said. See FLAG, Page 2A

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A reception at Indianola Public Library is scheduled for Aug. 30 to honor the retirement of library director Joyce Godwin.

Joyce Godwin retiring after 17 years at library

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oyce Godwin has spent her life answering questions. Just have a conversation with her, and it’s easy to tell the retiring Indianola Public Library director has been asked a few during her 17-year tenure here. Godwin said she spends her days answering questions from the public, from her staff and sometimes from the city. What’s the question she’s been asked the most? “Do you have a fax machine?” Godwin joked. “More seriously, I’d say general type of questions. We don’t get as many questions about subjects as we used to, so it’s probably

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‘do you have this type of book?’ questions. “People who are looking for a specific title or author, we get those all of the time,” Godwin said. She apparently doesn’t mind the questions, though, as she said it’s the people who drove her career from advising librarians to becoming one. Godwin said she actually started her professional career with a history major and German minor from Iowa State University. Her mother, Lois, suggested she should be a librarian when she learned her daughter didn’t want to teach. “I found out years later she actually suggested it to my two older sisters, too,” Godwin See GODWIN, Page 4A

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transport up to 11 prisoners at once, would cost an estimated $52,000. At this time last year, the sheriff’s office was reporting inmate counts in the high 20s. There are several reasons the numbers have gone up, Vos said, including Warren County’s three

major cities – Indianola, Norwalk and Carlisle – adding more officers. Plus, the sheriff’s department now has a fulltime investigator assigned to nothing but narcotics. The sheriff, along with assistant county attorney Doug Eichholz and local police chiefs, has applied for a grant to begin a drug task force, which means the number of inmates could increase even more. Supervisor Dean Yordi

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said purchasing a transport vehicle would “make sense” but asked if there was a way to lease the vehicle since the county didn’t budget a $52,000 purchase. “We don’t have that money in the budget,” Yordi said. “I don’t know whether that’s something we could look at or not.” Shull said there is some money in the capital budget that could pay for the van. The supervisors decided to wait until they learned whether they could lease the van for a year and purchase it in the next fiscal year. As soon as Vos figured out the lease options, the supervisors promised they’d hold a special meeting to work through the transportation issue. “I think we should do this,” Shull said. “Once he gets the numbers we should have a special meeting so we can sit down and approve something.” As for the dispatchers, Vos said he’s supposed to

have two dispatchers on duty 24 hours a day, but he’s about 1.5 people short of that. Sometimes, he said, he or one of his deputies has to help answer dispatch calls because the only other dispatcher is on a 911 call or giving instructions for CPR. “I wish we were looking at this at budget time,” Yordi said. “I want to figure the money out to do this… But this is something that doesn’t come out of capital and we don’t have the extra money for.” He said he’d like to incorporate hiring more dispatch personnel into a new E911 plan so the county isn’t losing so much money on emergency services. Yordi said he looked at how much it costs to get a patrol car to a small town and the price the county is getting won’t cover the sheriff’s deputy’s wages, let alone the car, dispatch and other costs. Maybe the county can increase its income a little

bit, Yordi said, to offset some of the costs. Vos asked Yordi how much the county should be charging some of the small towns for police coverage. “I’m not ready to answer that right now,” Yordi said. “I want to sit down and study that. Like I said, I looked at one. I need to look at more. “We’ve got a cost when we’re out there,” Yordi continued. “We should break even or close to it somewhere. I know when we go down the roads of small towns we’re going to lose money.” Vos’s final request was for the money to hire another deputy for street patrol. He said since his office has started providing two deputies for courthouse security for its inmates being tried in Marion and counties, it Madison moved one deputy out of the jail and then one deputy off the road to cover the jail. “We’re still short one on

the road,” Vos said. He said he has two deputies who will probably retire in the coming year, which means he’d like to get at least one new person hired within the next six to eight months. “To me, the ones who are retiring, we have to go replace,” Yordi said. “We will look at budget time, which is coming up.” Vos said he’s been doing transports at 3 and 4 a.m. for the last month, and he’s paying his officers overtime for transportation, so he really needs another person. “I understand that,” Yordi said. Vos said he’s also working every Saturday and Sunday morning. “I’m not questioning that,” Yordi said. “Budget time is when we need to work on that.” Vos asked Yordi if that means he won’t be getting another deputy in the next six to eight months. “I don’t know,” Yordi said. “We need to work on that. I’m not saying no.”

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The rest of the readings, which included the north basement reception area, the witness area near the attorney’s office and the hallway near the support staff for the attorney’s offices were all well below 300. “It doesn’t mean there isn’t something wrong,” Yordi said about the numbers. “We went after mold spores because that’s what the doctors said was causing this.” Six people who work at the courthouse have been told by their doctors they have mold exposure, according to county officials. To attack the supposed mold problem, Yordi said the county put humidifiers in the courtrooms and was taking out 30 gallons of water per day for several days. “I attribute the test results to better humidity,” Yordi said. “It takes three things for mold to grow: it takes moisture, it takes some dirt and it takes

some air.” He said the courtrooms also were completely wiped down with chemicals that help fight fungicide and mold. Not much else has been done at the courthouse that would have helped with the mold in the last year, Yordi said. Yordi said asbestos removal at the building wouldn’t have impacted mold. In fact, he said, the asbestos removal was blown out of proportion. “When we did the asbestos removal it was a couple of small pieces of pipe we removed,” Yordi said. “We hired people to come in and take an air test and there was no asbestos in the air. We had people standing there while the work was being done.” Since the mold readings were so low, Yordi said he wonders if it’s sewer gas smells that are making county workers sick, rather than mold. “We went two or three weeks without any sewer

gas smells, then we lowered the humidity and we started getting sewer gas again after that bad storm,” Yordi said. “We found out the storm may have blew over one of the vent pipes and was causing a down draft. That’s why we’ve had the last few days of the sewer gas smell.” Despite the low levels of mold detected on the test, Yordi said the county is moving most employees out of the county attorney’s office, because that’s where most of the ill workers are. Yordi added that he believes the county has a communication problem among its staff and before recent news reports, he didn’t know the county’s workers were getting sick. “Just because I sit at this desk and my title is supervisor doesn’t mean I know everything that is going on,” Yordi said. “People have to talk to me and let me know.”

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Southeast Warren Community School District Regular Board Meeting August 8, 2016 The Southeast Warren Board of Education met in regular session August 8, 2016 in the ICN room of the Junior/Senior High School building. Board Vice President Larrie Williams called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. The following board members were present: Dave Youmans, Anna Rowe, and Rande Seuferer. Board President Ron Miller was absent. Superintendent/Secondary Principal Delane Galvin, Elementary Principal John Burrell, Transportation Director Joel Mosher, and Board Secretary Julie Wilson were also in attendance, along with members from the community. AGENDA: Motion by Rande Seuferer, seconded by Dave Youmans to approve the agenda. Ayes: 4. CONSENT AGENDA: The following items were on the consent agenda: 1. July 18, 2016 minutes 2. Financial reports 3. Approve the School Nurse, Superintendent, and the Dean of Students as Level I child abuse investigators and the Warren County Sheriff’s Department as Level II child abuse investigator 4. Approve Peoples Savings Bank, official depository limit of $3,500,000, and Bankers Trust Company, N.A., official depository limit of $2,000,000, as bank depositories 5. Approve Indianola Record-Herald as official newspaper 6. Appoint Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. as School District Legal Counsel Motion by Dave Youmans, seconded by Anna Rowe to approve the July 18, 2016 minutes. Ayes: 4. Motion by Anna Rowe, seconded by Rande Seuferer to approve the items on the consent agenda. Ayes: 4. IDEA PART B DETERMINATIONS LETTER: Superintendent Galvin related that the Iowa Department of Education annually reviews each district’s compliance with, and implementation of IDEA Part B requirements. The Department of Education has determined that the district met all of the requirements for serving special education students. PERSONNEL CHANGES: Superintendent Galvin recommended approving the appointments of Julene Ripperger, Substitute School Bus Driver; and David Hammond, Daycare Associate; approving the reduction in force of Beth Luse, Special Education Associate; and approving the termination of Kiah Carter, Daycare Associate. Motion by Dave Youmans, seconded by Rande Seuferer to approve the personnel changes as presented. Ayes: 4. FOOD SERVICE BREAD BID: Superintendent Galvin related to the Board that one bid had been received for food service bread products. Superintendent Galvin recommended approving the bread bid from Bimbo Bakeries. Motion by Anna Rowe, seconded by Dave Youmans to approve the bread bid from Bimbo Bakeries. Ayes: 4. ATHLETIC HANDBOOK: Superintendent Galvin related to the Board that he had asked Mr. Cruikshank to update the Athletic Handbook and recommended approval of the changes. Motion by Dave Youmans, seconded by Anna Rowe to approve the athletic handbook. Ayes: 4. ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Anna Rowe, seconded by Dave Youmans to adjourn the meeting. Ayes: 4. The time was 5:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Julie Wilson, Board Secretary VENDOR, DESCRIPTION AMOUNT A+ Communications & Security, Quarterly Monitoring Services ......................................... 216.00

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TRUST NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE DAVID C. GLASCOCK REVOCABLE TRUST To all persons regarding David C. Glascock, deceased, who died a resident of Warren County, Iowa, on or about July 2, 2016. You are hereby notified that Diane E. Glascock is the trustee of the David C. Glascock Revocable Trust. Any action to contest the validity of the trust must be brought in the District Court of Warren County, Iowa, within the later to occur of four (4) months from the date of second publication of this notice, or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this notice to all heirs of the decedent settlor and the spouse of the decedent settlor whose identities are reasonably ascertainable. Any suit not filed within this period shall be forever barred. Notice is further given that any person or entity possessing a claim against the trust must mail proof of the claim to the trustee at the address listed below via certified mail, return receipt requested, by the later to occur of four (4) months from the second publication of this notice or thirty (30) days from the date of mailing this notice if required or the claim shall be forever barred unless paid or otherwise satisfied. Dated this 10th day of August, 2016 The David C. Glascock Revocable Trust Diane E. Glascock, Trustee 13913 140th Avenue Indianola, IA 50125 Date of second publication: August 24, 2016

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here are a lot of problems in the world, a lot of problems right here in Warren County. While the Warren County Courthouse is one of them, figuring out what to do with the people who live and work there in the short term shouldn’t be. Get everyone out. Figure out how to pay for it later. Most people who work in the courthouse have been moved to other locations. Rumor has it those who remain will be moved when officials figure out where they can go. That leaves the prisoners. At this point, there may be some savings (or at least less expense) to be had by emptying the jail. No taking deputies off the street to serve as jailers. And the threat of future legal action for health issues caused by the facility will go down considerably. But the question of what to do, and when to do it, seems to be getting bogged down in a Gordian knot that may be legitimate conflicts over policy, or could be more crass political calculations. The Warren County Board of Supervisors is a board of three Republicans, one of whom is up for re-election. Now, they are far from working in lock step — indeed, we might be better off if they were better aligned. But their reaction last week to requests from Warren County Sheriff Brian Vos, a Democrat, also seeking re-election, was hardly encouraging. Vos asked the board for a van to transport prisoners at a potential cost of $52,000. He wants more dispatch support. And, by the way, he said, there aren’t enough deputies on the street. The board didn’t say no. Members just suggested these were conversations better had during budget discussions, which start soon. That seems like a reasonable suggestion, until you remember that while the discussions start soon, the actual budget that they say would pay for these items won’t go into effect until July of 2017. The word crisis is frequently overused. This isn’t one of those times. This is a crisis for Warren County and it’s a crisis for all of those trying to do their jobs. We elect people to deal with crises, and they should do so.

Is there a better way? One of the questions raised by this particular crisis is whether there is a better way of doing things. The structure of county governments is laid out by the law. It’s by law that our state elects 99 county sheriffs, 99 auditors, and so forth and so on. While they are elected to run their offices, the boards of supervisors around the state are elected to decide how much money they can use in that task. So when a member of the board of supervisors says the county sheriff should take all the prisoners out of the Warren County Jail, it’s meaningless unless he or she is willing to fork over the dollars to make it happen. Courts are somewhat different, since they are funded through the judicial branch. It’s possible in some counties that all these different moving parts known as “county government” work well together. That doesn’t seem to be the case in Warren County. It’s hard to know if a professional county administrator could do any better than our current system, but it’s hard to believe such a person could do any worse.

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The Reeves Mob — troublesome early settlers ELODIE OPSTAD SPECIAL TO THE RECORD-HERALD

In 1845 Iowa was a territory, Warren County was heavily timbered and settlers were arriving. Among them was the Reeves family. They built their homes in Linn Grove (southwest of Norwalk) after being forced by a vigilante group to leave the state of Illinois. The Reeves Mob consisted of two brothers, George and Noah, and their families. Some believed George was connected to the Bandits of the Prairie, a group of outlaws ravaging the scarcely populated Midwest. Others thought George’s wife was the spiritual leader and evil genius of the family. She taught her four sons the art of concealment, counterfeiting and all manner of criminal activity. Idleness and horse stealing were favorite pastimes. The Reeves didn’t change and in 1848 vigilante groups from Warren and Madison counties joined together to rid themselves of this gang of bad characters. The vigilantes comprised 60 men and were

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set afire. They didn’t surrender until the vigilantes promised no harm would come for laying down their guns and going peaceably. Everyone returned to Linn Grove where a small detail of vigilantes had been guarding the women. The Reeves packed their belongings and the following morning the full force of vigilantes escorted them southward. Everyone camped that night near South River and the next morning George Reeves, the perceived ringleader, was tied to a tree and lashed by Warren County vigilantes. The family was told to keep moving and never return to Iowa. Cameron was released from jail in a plea bargain of self-defense and the absence of a court order for his arrest. He followed his family across the Missouri River into Nebraska and eventually put his skills to better purpose. In 1856 Cameron Reeves became Omaha’s first elected sheriff. Elodie Opstad of Indianola writes an occasional column on the history of Warren County.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thanks for doggy date night On Sunday, Aug. 14, Indianola Park Friends hosted Doggie Date Night that was sponsored by All Creatures Small, Kindness Pet Clinic and Indianola Veterinary Clinic. A big thank you also goes out to the many community volunteers that made the event a success. Each guest was given a doggy bag filled with donations from Kiya Koda, Theisen’s and All Creatures Small. We appreciate Indianola Parks and Recreation providing supplies and personnel. How nice it was to see Mike Rolands, Indianola Record-Herald’s photographer, arrive with camera in hand. Lastly, our biggest thank you goes to LaDonna Hutchcroft who volunteered her time and talent by creating a rally course for our four-legged friends. Pam Zimmerman Indianola Park Friends

convinced the righteousness of their actions outweighed any need to follow the law. The time was right because the Reeves Mob had gotten into trouble in Des Moines. Cameron Reeves, George’s eldest son, had shot a man and was in the Oskaloosa jail for safekeeping. Evidence was circumstantial when the vigilantes rode their horses toward the fledgling village of Des Moines. The Reeves Mob could see them coming and said the gun-toting riders were coming to pillage and burn the settlement. A frenzied excitement followed but the vigilantes were soon greeted and told where to find the Reeves. The horsemen rode to Crew’s saloon near Fort Des Moines with guns in their right hands and the reins in their left. The road forked at the final approach. The first man went left, the second right and so forth until the saloon was surrounded. The Reeves yelled they’d fight to the last man. A wagon of hay was pulled alongside the building and the gang told it’d be

Input helps For those who are concerned about legislation, and in what direction it is to be going in, sometimes it helps just to let those representing us and/or those running for office just what people need. Coincidentally, after replying to the Team Trump exactly where many people stand on issues many of them not mentioned be-

cause of the “he/she said” arguments - the team actually did one wise thing: Many of us received a survey form, actually 30 questions, as to what we would like to see for our country and those who care. These questions also asked about points not always mentioned in the regular media. (Surprisingly most of these concerns were beyond the border control or immigration issues; they were about everyday things: Legislation - both on a federal and state/local level, especially keeping standards high and not perverting justice; Our national debt whether it should be paid for with taxpayers’ dollars, or to reduce unnecessary spending; Veterans their being represented, which I would believe would be post service care, adjustment back to civilian life, just to name two; Our national security - both in our country and abroad; and Jobs bringing jobs which should and can be done here back here (many being entry-level positions, which would target the un- and underemployed to give them much needed experience, so that they may have skills to eventually do better in the workforce. So, at least it shows how important positive feedback is, so that many of the undecided may have a part in what would be better for America. Timothy M. Paterson Indianola

‘Murder of innocents’ justifies division A letter appeared in the RecordHerald on Aug. 10 decrying the statement on a campaign piece that was put out by the Warren County Republicans. The statement was that Democrats believe in the “right to murder” and was a reference to abortion. The author was disappointed in the language used to describe abortion and wrote that such statements create an intolerable sense of division. However some things are worth dividing over. And murder of innocents is one of them. There is no justifiable reason to murder an innocent human made in the image of God. The letter failed to address whether the offensive statement was true. Debate without truth is madness. Many fear calling abortion murder because they know murder is wrong, but too few are willing to take a serious look at what abortion is. If we are to really have a discussion on this issue then let’s talk about it in real terms. Abortion isn’t “choice,” “women’s health,” or a “right of privacy” it is the killing of an innocent human. If the truth isn’t allowed in this discussion then the discussion is dead, along with so many innocent babies. Nathan Oppman Greenfield Plaza Des Moines

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Some kids leave football programs when they move. Some decide the game is too tough, while others move on to try different activities. But at least some coaches around Warren County are wondering if new information about

concussions and CTE has played a role in the lower number of players out for football across all ages this year. CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a degenerative brain disease found in people who have had severe or repeated blows to the head. “Parents see the negative stories coming out and obvious-

ly CTE is in the spotlight right now with not only our own local football player that has passed away, but also all the stories that are coming out with NFL players that they’re finding out have CTE,” said Indianola head coach Eric Kluver. Zachary Easter, a former InSee FOOTBALL, Page 3A

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The Warren County Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 30 to remove all of its employees from the Warren County Courthouse in Indianola, except the sheriff’s office, the jail and E911 services. The decision prompted dispatcher Steve Garrett to walk out. “I’m done,” he said to the

three supervisors as he walked out. “I can’t sit here and listen to this.” Supervisors Crystal McIntyre and Dean Yordi tried to convince him to stay and talk, but he refused. McIntyre was the only supervisor to vote against keeping the three services operating in the courthouse. The supervisors plan have the county attorney’s office move to the former Fusion Fit-

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ness building on Iowa Highway 92 in two to three months, as long as they can work out a contract with the building’s owner. Yordi explained it was important to him to get the county attorney’s staff out of the basement of the courthouse because they were all breathing stale air. Most of the staff has already temporarily been

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6, after the Record-Herald’s deadline. Warren County Sheriff Brian Vos asked, “as employees continue going to the doctor, do we just keep sending that to workman’s comp?” Record-Herald The made several attempts to contact Vos last week to clarify how many workman’s comp reports he has sent, but he did not respond. Yordi said he talked to workman’s comp and told them what the county did to get rid of the mold, and they said the county is doing everything right. “I’m not an expert,” Yordi said about the air quality issues. “I’m scraping the field for people who I think should be able to tell me the right answer.” Yordi received multiple questions from the audience about whether it’s acceptable to leave people inside the courthouse. He said he’s doing everything he can to keep the courthouse in good condition, and added the OccuSafety and pational Administration Health doesn’t provide much guidance on air quality standards. While county attorney John Criswell said he wants to get his staff out of the courthouse, he also expressed some concerns about keeping documents in the county attorney’s office confidential during and after the move. The supervisors say they are also continuing to work on plans that could bring the Warren County courts back to Indianola.

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moved to the county’s administration building. “One of the things that bothers me about where the attorneys were is there was absolutely no fresh air down there, including the air that was pumped into the cool units,” Yordi said. “They pumped recycled air into cold water and then recirculated it. There was no fresh air.” Yordi showed a crowd of about 20 people during the meeting a report from Iowa Environmental Services, which explains there doesn’t appear to be a problem with mold in the courthouse. According to the report, tests conducted on Aug. 11 and again on Aug. 23 show acceptable levels of spore counts, excluding the basement mechanical room, which is prone to flooding. According to the tests, there was some penicillium/aspergillus found in the mechanical room. The report states the mold could “pose a health risk to those individuals with compromised respiratory systems. Cleaning and dehumidification of the space should be complete.” Yordi said he’s been working on that, and the humidity levels in the courthouse have been brought down to about 50 percent. Board members are set to discuss mold remediation servies during its regular meeting on Sept.

ners moving out of the district, and said he doesn’t believe concussions specifically played a role. “There are a few student athletes who chose not to participate in football the past couple of years due to injury risk for their winter sport, but that was an overall injury risk, not limited to just concussions,” Rowlands said. Indianola Youth Football League Vice President Bob Runyon said his league has lost two teams in two years due to lower numbers. “I’m going to guess it’s due to the national exposure of concussions as well as the fear in parents of fearing that they’re too young to do that or football is a dangerous sport,” Runyon said. “Which, is not at all what we want to see because I do believe we are a safe enough league for them to be playing.” He said the youth league uses the safest equipment that’s always upgraded. While not everyone agrees that worries about CTE are driving lower enrollment, most coaches have all updated their tackling techniques to make sure their players are safe. Runyon said the youth league has ramped up its way of keeping concussions down by: » completing a yearly equipment check by Riddell to ensure safety padded » reducing practices from three to two per week » adding a fourth

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dianola football player, committed suicide in December of 2015. Easter suffered several concussions while playing Indianola football, during his time in the military and in a car accident. Postmortem he was diagnosed with CTE, which can cause early dementia, vertigo, deafness and suicidality. CTE can only be diagnosed after death because a sample of brain tissue needs to be tested. ninth Indianola’s through 12th grade football team lost about 20 players in 2016, bringing its roster to 93. Mark Hoekstra, Carhead football lisle’s coach, said his numbers are down eight to 10 students from last year, but up 15 to 30 kids from 10 years ago. He said he’s sure concussions are playing a factor in declining enrollment to some degree. “The numbers have been down in these classes as they have come through school,” Hoekstra said. “Some of the reasons are there are more for kids to do, some think it’s dangerous, some don’t want to be outside, some think it’s too hard, some don’t like football.” Shane Rowlands, head coach at Southeast Warren, said high school numbers are down this year, but youth and junior high numbers are up. He attributed the numbers to a few letter win-

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pact out of the collision, Kluver explained. “That’s something that we’re doing differently,” Kluver said. “And then I think the state has done a lot of precautionary things — just the amount of time that we can practice … the amount of contact that you can have per week … and then there’s no doubt that the return of player protocol has player safety in mind.” That’s a five-step protocol and if a player does have a concussion he would have to pass these mandatory steps before returning to play, Kluver said. In addition to the safety measures, all three high school teams have full-time athletic trainers who are on the sidelines during games. Runyon said he just hopes kids and parents can still see all of the good things football teaches its players. Football teaches team building, leadership and how to deal with the ups and downs of sports like how to win with dignity and how to lose with dignity, Runyon said. “Just to be a part of it — all of the practices — the heat, the rain, it really builds character on these kids,” Runyon said. “It teaches them as we get older we have to build to the next level and the next level and so on. “We teach them how to get through the obstacle of football and the obstacles of life,” he said. Aaron *reporters Young, Michael Rolands and Blair Schilling contributed to this story

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There was plenty of good news shared at the Warren County Economic Impact Business Awards last week. A growing freshman enrollment at Simpson College, a new

census report announcing Warren County is outpacing the rest of the country when it comes to residential growth and a new award to recognize the county’s veterans were all announced during the hour-long ceremony. Simpson College President Jay Simmons said the school

saw a 4-percent increase over its enrollment goal for its firstyear students this fall. He said the college has increased the number of out-of state students from 5 percent six or seven years ago, to 28 percent of its total student body this year. Simmons, an Alabamian, warned that a lot of the students

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said. Grimm said he found mold contamination on all three levels of the building. “There were elevated elves of asprgillus/penicillium mold spores on level three only,” Grimm said. “That was in the

The Indianola City Council has spent more than a month trying to decide how to move forward with its economic development efforts. The council has been giving money to the Warren County Economic Development Corporation for four years, and to independent contractor Greg Marchant for six months. Council members have spent more than a month debating whether to fill WCEDC’s request for $25,000 or to approve another contract for Marchant, worth about $4,500. During a meeting on Aug. 1, councilperson Pam Pepper said she thought WCEDC should have to follow the city’s new rules for requesting money. Under the city’s new rules, organizations requesting money have to fill out an application and present it to the city council so council members can see benchmarks indicating what the money is being used for. Councilperson Greta Southall said she didn’t like the idea of funding WCEDC before the city establishes benchmarks. “That’s like telling a student how you’re going to grade the paper after they’ve already written it,” Southall said during the meeting. Councilperson John Parker Jr. said the city needed to give WCEDC some direction as far as funding soon because they already started their fiscal year. Southall suggested the city pass the funding and come up with benchmarks for WCEDC next year if they were in a hurry. Councilperson Brad Ross made a motion to allocate WCEDC $15,000, come up with benchmarks and then look at giving the group more money in six months. That motion passed. Marchant’s contract was debated next. City Manager Ryan Waller said Marchant had been helpful in the last six months.

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areas tested in the jail cell and the dispatch room. Every other level had highly toxic Stachybotrys mold spores. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stachybotrys is the black mold. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the one everyone seems to care about because it is a mutation,â&#x20AC;? Grimm continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It only appears indoors on construction materials. You never find it outdoors in the normal atmosphere.â&#x20AC;? While Grimm repeated the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;highly toxic moldâ&#x20AC;? several times, he ultimately said it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t affect a healthy person. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People with preexisting respiratory conditions are going to be hypersensitive to contamination to some degree,â&#x20AC;? Grimm said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the most part, people are not going to react to this contamination whatsoever.â&#x20AC;? He told the supervisors to avoid mold remediation entirely because there are things that need to be accomplished prior to remediation. Instead, Grimm recommended the county take care of its roof, its foundation and its piping. Grimm said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drainage tile on the north side of the building because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been flooding into the basement from the north end. The problem does not exist on the south end of the building, which is the side of a newer addition. Grimm also said the ventilation in the building needs to be increased. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Additional fans could help,â&#x20AC;? Grimm said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The air doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to be moving like it should.â&#x20AC;? He said the district courtroom needs some help in particular, and said the two residential dehumidifiers running in there now probably arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cutting it. Grimm recommended the county install a commercial dehumidifier instead. Grimm then said the HVAC system needs some help, especially the cold water cooling system. He said the system is very old and a little bit beyond what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen before, but the piping that carries the water through the system is leaking, as evidenced by the district courtroomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceiling tiles. After Grimm spoke, McIntyre said the county has already dealt with the roof of the courthouse, but could fix the foundation and piping issues. Yordi said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aware the foundation is leaking and said part of the problem is the ground outside is sloping toward the building rather than away from it. He said with the new courthouse vote and everything coming up, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something the board needs to look at. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a separate issue,â&#x20AC;? McIntyre said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have people in that building, we really need to look at addressing these issues today.â&#x20AC;? She said she found another problem at the courthouse when she touched a pipe that had been painted over with insulation and it flaked off

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County Employee Lawsuit Michael Galloway, an attorney for Ahlers & Cooney, asked the board of supervisors to consider giving $125,000 to ICAP, the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insurance provider, to settle the outstanding lawsuits relating to the reorganization of county government in 2014. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am recommending you pay this claim,â&#x20AC;? Galloway said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;ICAP has the authority as your insurance carrier to settle the claim. If you choose not to do that, then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on your own. So that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a lot of sense when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about taxpayersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dollars.â&#x20AC;? Galloway said the reorganization saved the county $450,000 plus dollars in its first year. For the last two years the county has saved taxpayers approximately $600,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So the plan being submitted by ICAP to resolve all of these youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to continue to see those savings in the future,â&#x20AC;? Galloway said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Although itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a rather large sum, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still going to put you way ahead.â&#x20AC;? He said the county will pay the $125,000 and the sum of dollars that ICAP is proposing is $575,000 across the various claims. Supervisor Crystal McIntyre asked County Attorney John Criswell whether he was the person who advised the county during the reorganization. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My office had - we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know about it ahead of timeâ&#x20AC;? Criswell said. Galloway said it was his recommendation to go forward with the reorganization.

there letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s address these issues,â&#x20AC;? McIntyre said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just plain and simple. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty common sense.â&#x20AC;? Yordi said he has another mold test coming in soon and he wants to compare the two. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just keep testing while people are in the building,â&#x20AC;? McIntyre sarcastically said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can we just continue to address the issues we know we have? Can we get a back hoe in there and get some dirt so it slows down? Why are we waiting?â&#x20AC;? Yordi said it would take more than dirt to keep the water out of the basement and said he wants to clean the carpet as well. McIntyre asked if anyone had pulled up the carpet to see if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s any mold growing underneath. None of the supervisors had. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to do that first,â&#x20AC;? McIntyre said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And then if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something huge growing, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just get rid of it and put down something new. Carpet tiles are not very expensive.â&#x20AC;? Yordi repeated he wanted to see the results of the mold test he oversaw before he decides on anything. Chairman Doug Shull moved the meeting along before the supervisors came to a consensus about what to do.

vices before the bond vote and then after the vote. A representative from Samuels said they actually had split their bid in half. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are you not reading your emails?â&#x20AC;? McIntyre asked Yordi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want to make a decision on something you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thoroughly researched? I move not to make a decision yet. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think you two have researched this enough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is this a favor for your buddy?â&#x20AC;? McIntyre asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be careful what you say there,â&#x20AC;? Yordi replied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what it looked like to me,â&#x20AC;? McIntyre said. Shull agreed to Yordiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motion to hire DCI and moved the meeting on again. While giving her re-

port, McIntyre told the other supervisors to â&#x20AC;&#x153;pat your buddies on the back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is your election, right, Doug Shull?â&#x20AC;? McIntyre said. Shull told her â&#x20AC;&#x153;this is the time for your supervisorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know where this is coming from,â&#x20AC;? McIntyre said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t scheme behind the scenes at all. You will know what I say and what I do.â&#x20AC;? Later in the meeting, county resident Tom Davis told the supervisors heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been in the courthouse for 45 minutes and came out with a sore throat. He said he has a chronic condition that affects his nervous and respiratory system, but said there has to be hundreds of others who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand

to be in the building either. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I honestly donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why there is no new building. I can honestly say there is no good reason,â&#x20AC;? Davis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been watching too many things being stalled. All I can say is come November, there is a candidate that is running. We need to break the deadlock on this issue.â&#x20AC;? Bob Burns, who is opposing Doug Shull in the District 3 race, used his time on the floor to tell the supervisors they need to hire a maintenance department so they can take care of thing such as mold tests and air quality tests. He also said he believes the supervisors should give Warren County Sheriff Brian Vos the deputy and dispatcher he asked for last month.

and water came poring out. Yordi said he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been to the courthouse for three days, but the last time he was there everything was dry. He then said he believes the pipe is dry. McIntyre stuck with her statement, and Yordi replied: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here we go again. Before we take any insulation off that pipe we need to call asbestos people and check for asbestos.â&#x20AC;? McIntyre replied to his obvious frustration with the situation by saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;but you guys want to keep people in that building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So if you want them in

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