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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday,
November 22, 2005 | |
Class
3A State Football Finalists |
| West
Delaware took on Harlan in the Class 3A in the State Championship Game in the
UNI-Dome at Cedar Falls, Saturday, Nov. 19. Hawks fell to 34-13 to Harlan which
won its third straight 3A title.
Ken Boesenberg/Press |
 Black
and orange all over town
Brian Cook |
BRIAN
COOK / Press
Patti Glanz rings up a load of West Delaware merchandise for Bobbie
Mossner that she was buying for the Hawk championship football game. | “This
has just been the craziest,” Patti Glanz, of Glanz Landing Sports on East
Main Street in Manchester, said of the rush to buy West Delaware merchandise during
the football team’s run in the Class 3A playoffs, “But it’s been
fun.”
Orange and black has become the fashion for fall as Hawk fans
don the school colors to show support for their heroes of the gridiron. The biggest
rush of people wanting merchandise was before the quarterfinal game against Decorah,
according to Glanz, and the demand has been steady every since. |
The
game that night against the Vikings was at 6:15 p.m. and Glanz planned to close
by 4 p.m. to make it to the game on time. It is a good thing she allowed herself
time, because she said customers were coming right up until then buying clothing
that they wore that night. Jeanette Nieman, owner
of The Embroidery Place at 100 East Main Street in Manchester, said she has been
busy making the typical things like sweatshirts, T-shirts and hats. On Friday
she was finishing a jacket a gentleman had ordered the night before to wear to
Saturday’s game.
Nieman said orders normally take a week or two, but
that she tries to accommodate everybody with what they want.
Glanz said
she even was able to sell some custom playoff shirts for the Sheldon Orabs. She
explained that Ted and Deb McCarthy have a nephew who plays for Sheldon, which
also has orange and black as school colors. Sheldon played before West Delaware,
so they were able to wear their new shirts and then changed into their Hawk garb
to cheer on West Delaware.
The playoff run had a lot of parents shopping
early for Christmas and giving their kids the West Delaware gifts that were going
to be presents.
“I appreciate the local support because that feeds
back into the local economy. The more business I do, the more I can do. I just
keep adding more and more things,” Glanz explained. “I appreciate a
more loyal fan base – because if they’re not going to come in and shop,
I can’t carry all this stuff.”
Glanz said leading up to the
game she was receiving at least one call a day from former West Delaware students
about the Class 3A Championship and the old rivalry with Harlan. Glanz said her
sons were in school when West Delaware faced Harlan in 1993 and 1995, and that
has helped stir interest.
Patti and her husband, Gary, both grew up in
Manchester. They moved back to town in 1986 and took over the business in 1994.
Since that time they’ve been slowly adding more sports apparel and equipment,
but they continue to carry the fishing, hunting and camping equipment, because
Glanz says trout fishermen from all over the Midwest tell her they have the best
flies. |
Holiday
Window Walk Dec. 1 |
The
Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce is planning the 2005 Holiday Window Walk,
scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 1, from 6-8 p.m.
This year’s Window Walk
theme is “What Christmas Means to Me.” Storefronts will have live window
scenes depicting the theme. A special event at the Window Walk is a “Memorial
Walk” at 6 p.m. with a candlelight tree lighting ceremony from the four corners
to the courthouse with the Window Walk Live Window Scenes to follow at 6:30 p.m.
The American Legion Color Guard will lead the Memorial Walk and Harlan Kaden of
First Lutheran Church will lead the Tree Lighting Remembrance Ceremony at the
courthouse.
Santa will be in the lobby of The Glenn restaurant on South
Franklin again this year. RTA van will be loading on South Franklin for rides
to tour residential Christmas lights. Other activities include a live nativity
scene, puppets, live music and refreshments.
The Manchester Area Chamber
of Commerce will provide decorated cookies and other Christmas treats at its Holiday
Headquarters at the former Main Street Office Supply next to the F&M Bank
on Main Street. The Holiday Headquarters will also provide a place to stop and
warm up. The Window Walk is a great event for the whole family.
Manchester
merchants continue to invite shoppers to register for their in-store drawings,
which will conclude Monday, Dec. 12. many stores will be open Sundays and evenings
as Christmas draws near.
For more information, contact the Manchester Area
Chamber of Commerce at 927-4141. |
WD
Board updated on high school project
Latisha Sand |
The
West Delaware School Board started their regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15 with
a closed session to consider expelling a student. After deliberation, the board
entered open session announcing that they did indeed expel the student.
The
board was given an update on the new high school gymnasium and auditorium project
from Roger Worm and completed paperwork necessary for the project.
According
to Superintendent Rick Hilbert, the board reinstated the seventh grade ski trip
to Galena, Ill and declined the option of giving the Lincoln Building to Operation
New View.
The board also accepted a $6,000 bid from Jim Graybill for the
Chapter I building at 157 West Butler Street in Manchester and will be accepting
bid for a new bus. |
County
applies for three CDB Grants
Julie Sunne |
The
Delaware County Board of Supervisors approved three Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) applications at their Nov. 16 meeting. The meeting began with public
hearings on each of the proposed projects.
The first application is for
$271,180 to help fund the construction of a new community services building. Currently
the Community Services Department is housed in the same building as the Department
of Human Services. Although there is a need for expanded community services, none
are possible due to space limitations.
The proposal is to build a 2,680
square foot building and parking lot on a county-owned lot at the corner of Grant
and South 5th Streets in Manchester. If the CDBG is awarded, the county will provide
an additional $100,000 to complete the project funding. Delaware County Community
Services assists county individuals and families who are in need of mental health/disability
services, general assistance, and veterans’ affairs.
A public wastewater
disposal system for Petersburg is the focus of the second CDBG application for
$176,000. The CDBG, along with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
rural development funds, will provide the funding for this $1,292,200 project.
There
is an urgent need for the Petersburg community to improve its wastewater disposal,
as only seven systems in Petersburg are “legal”. If funding is obtained,
the Eastern Iowa Regional Utility Service Systems (EIRUSS) will hopefully begin
construction on the proposed public controlled discharge lagoon and collection
system in late 2006.
The final CDBG application approved was a joint application
between the City of Greeley and Delaware County for $386,000. The proposal is
for funding to pay for the construction of a water system in Greeley and a water
transmission main through the county that would serve residents within a certain
distance of the main.
Many of the current individual wells in the city
of Greeley and the surrounding county are high in nitrates and bacteria. In addition,
a leaking underground petroleum storage tank has contaminated a significant area
and is threatening additional private wells. If the grant is awarded the Central
Iowa Water Association (CIWA) will oversee the project.
In other business,
the Board abated the mobile home property taxes for Jody Hawkins in the amount
of $248 for 2004/2005 and 2005/2006. The mobile home formerly located at 258th
Street in Delhi has been dismantled and removed.
The Board also heard from
representatives from the Scenic Valley Area Agency on Aging concerning the Delaware
County Senior Center, also known as the Golden Age Activity Center. Suggestions
were being sought as to how to effectively expand the center to become a “one-stop
shop” for seniors.
Activities and programs currently offered at the
center include an Adult Day Program, a Nutrition Program, crafts, guest speakers,
flu shots, movies, senior club, exercise, bingo, guest entertainers, card games,
and blood pressure screenings. The center also sponsors the Senior Health Insurance
Information Program (SHIP) and houses the Scenic Valley Area Agency on Aging.
Concerns
about services to the mentally ill and transportation arrangements were expressed.
The transportation issue is being addressed with the proposed transfer of management
of the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) to the East Central Intergovernmental
Association (ECIA), which should improve services.
Anyone with concerns
or suggestions on how to expand the Senior Center can contact Joan Ness at the
Scenic Valley Area VIII Agency on Aging at 563-588-3970. |
Manchester
moves forward with WWTP plan
Brian Cook |
The
Manchester City Council agreed to hire Fox Engineering of Ames but tabled a resolution
awarding the contract for preparation of the wastewater treatment plant facility
plan until details could be finalized.
Manchester City Manager Tim Vick
expects the facility plan itself to take nine months to complete.
“This
is the planning phase,” Vick said of the facility improvement project. “Instead
of putting money to fix symptoms, we want to make sure not putting money in it
to be chasing symptoms.”
In the plan, Fox will be asked to develop
a determination of the plant’s current capabilities, and also address issues
currently facing the plant. Manchester’s plant has experienced high level
of ammonia at times.
It has exceeded the State of Iowa’s allowable
limits for ammonia. Vick said the plant is not violating those limits every day
or even every month, but that it is hitting the maximum on those limits before
it is a violation. Vick said they want to be proactive and figure out ways to
lower ammonia levels before the effluent is discharged into the Maquoketa River.
Ammonia
levels are checked twice a week and reported to the Iowa Department of Natural
Resources monthly. The plant was built in 1952 with major modifications in 1969
and 1982.
“We don’t know what is wrong yet – It’s
hard to make a prediction of what the cost will be,” Vick added. “There’s
more than one solution for a lot of these issues.”
The plant is an
activated sludge system. It may need another clarifier for the water or another
aerator or aerator system. The study may find infiltration from storm water, which
could mean the need for a high-flow detention basin.
Vick said they will
also look at new control and determine what needs to be done to bring the plant
up for future growth of Manchester over the next 25 years.
Once it was
determined the WWTP was going to be a large project the City of Manchester decided
to partner with a firm that has a background in environmental engineering. A request
was sent out for qualifications, and the water and sewer committee, city employees
at the WWTP along with city administration reviewed the qualifications and interviewed
the three firms chosen as finalists.
Fox Engineering has worked on wastewater
treatment plants in communities similar in size to Manchester, such as Jefferson,
Grimes and Humboldt. |
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