Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 4 - Washington County News

Increased fees for Law Enforcement
The Washington County Supervisors increased fees for contract law enforcement services. The board used a formula to determine how much to charge each city that does not have a police department and that pays for law enforcement from the sheriff's office. A chart showing the figures shows most cities had an increase to their payments except Crawfordville which went down 7 percent. Sheriff Dunbar says paying employees is the main factor for increases. Kalona is up 19 percent to about 70 thousand dollars. Other cities include Riverside with a 24 percent increase, and Wellman with a 16 percent increase

Zoning Commission public hearing
The Washington County Zoning Commission is done with another public hearing. Secretary Jacob Thorius says that about half of the fifty residents that showed up on Monday had input to offer the commission. Thorius says that some people don't want zoning, others do, but many believe something needs to be done to direct future growth.

Mid-Prairie making up classes
The Mid-Prairie school district is using days off for class. Superintendent Mark Schneider says they have already held class on a normally scheduled day off on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Schneider says they will be holding class on President’s Day February 16, which is normally a day off.

Riverboat Foundation opening
The Washington County Riverboat Foundation is taking applications to fill a director position. Jim Logan is the Executive Secretary and says that they are looking for someone to represent the rural area of Washington County. The seat was left empty when Larry Marek became State Representative and stepped down to avoid conflict of interest. Applications are available online at http://www.washingtoncountyriverboatfoundation.org

City Council addressing drainage
The Washington City Council is addressing an issue with drainage on the north side of the city. City officials say the area around Highland Avenue is poorly draining, and the council assigned a committee to talk with residents and offer some possible solutions. That issue is on the agenda tonight for the council, they could set a public hearing on a relief sewer.

Grasshorse plans move
A Winfield company is moving to Mount Pleasant. Vivan Jennings with Grasshorse Technologies says they are an emerging animation business that focuses on animated content for entertainment organizations. Jennings says they have been located in Winfield for about a year and half but they needed a bigger location due to growth.

Community Center works around construction
The Washington Central Park Community Center has been getting around the construction on the south side of the square. Work on the new library began in the spring, and that's right next door to the community center. Max Cousins says people are still able to get there. Listen to the Washington Page today for more from Max Cousins about what is coming up for the center.

Wapello Rural Water seeks input
The Wapello Rural Water Association is holding a survey to see who might like rural water brought to their property. Kathy Alex says they are getting some funding from rural development and they need to see how many people would like the water service so they know how much to budget. The area they are looking at is south of English River and north of Crooked Creek and east of Highway 1 and west of 218. The number to call for information is 1-800-906-8388.

Washington Page
7:30 a.m. & 12:55 p.m. – Max Cousins, Central Park Community Center
Listen to the interview on the Radio Plus page.

In Touch With Southeast Iowa
12:50 p.m. – Jim Logan, Washington County Riverboat Foundation
Listen to the interview on the Radio Plus page.

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Wednesday, February 4 - Local Sports

Demon Wrestling
The Demon wrestlers were at Montezuma last night for what was scheduled to be a triangular with Montezuma and Sigourney-Keota, but BGM also showed up so they got three duals in. The Demons beat BGM 46-30 and Montezuma 54-27 and lost to Sigourney-Keota 49-21. Demon Head Coach Brent Van Weelden says some of the wrestlers that did well include Parker Turner at 130, he went 3-0 on the night. He says quaite a few wrestlers were wrestling up last night so they wouldn't have open weights. Clint Stout was at 145 and he went 2-1, Chris Graf was at 160 and he went 2-1, Tyler Jaspering was 3-0, and at 285 Tyler McDonald was 2-1, he lost to McLaughlin from Sigourney-Keota 4-1. Van Weelden says this closes out their dual seasons and it was big to get the two wins, because that means the Demons end their dual season with a winning record at 9-8, which was a goal of theirs. The Demons wrestle at Sectionals on Saturday at Mediapolis where they will face Columbus, Fairfield, Louisa-Muscatine, Mediapolis, and West Burlington.

Mid-Prairie beat Trojans
The Mid Prairie boys basketball team used a first half run to get up on Fairfield and won by 17 points. The Trojans scored the game's first basket to go up 2-0 but Mid Prairie went on an 18-0 run and led 22-10 at halftime. The Golden Hawks got up 32-15 towards the end of the third and won 46-29. They did it by really spreading the ball around. Abe Kos was the Golden Hawks leading scorer with 10 points, Tanner Miller had 9 and Ryan Gent had 8. Quite a few had 2 points. Dillon Gilpin was Fairfield's leading scorer with 6.


Other area games
WACO boys basketball team beat Mediapolis last night 57-45. Nathan Shelman scored 18 points and Tad Morrow had 17.


Mepo girls beat WACO 44-30. It was a two point game going into the fourth. For WACO Ashley Brooks had 10 points.


Girls

Louisa-Muscatine 41 Highland 31

Pekin 42 Lone Tree 38


Boys

Wapello 64 Winfield-Mount Union 60

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