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Nussle vs. Culver for Governor
by Latisha Sand |
Manchester native Jim Nussle will go up against Democrat Chet Culver in the race for Iowa’s Governor in the fall.
Culver, who won the Democratic Primary Election last Tuesday night, beat out Mike Blouin, Ed Fallon and Sal Mohamed with 39 percent of the votes.
Nussle has told the media that it’s up to Culver whether or not the campaign will be negative. But he is prepared to defend himself if it happens.
“If all they want to do… is throw mud, Iowans need a wake-up call,” he said, according to the Des Moines Register, during his kick-off rally on Wednesday, June 7 in Des Moines. “I mean if this is what you want is more of what you’ve seen the last three months of mudslinging and personal attacks… and you don’t want to talk about the future, it’ll be a very interesting campaign…”
Culver also won the Delaware County election for the Democratic spot for the Governor’s race with 43 percent. He and his running mate, Patty Judge who is currently serving as Secretary of Agriculture, started their campaign on Thursday, June 8.
As for other local election results, Shirley Helmrichs, Carolyn Wilson, Deborah Peyton and John Bernau, all of which ran unopposed, won their seats.
Helmrichs received 176 votes for her Board of Supervisors, District 3 seat, Wilson received 543 votes for her County Treasurer seat, Peyton received 526 votes for her County Recorder position and Bernau received 483 votes for his County Attorney position.
Democrat Bruce Braley will run against Republican Mike Whalen for Nussle’s House of Representative spot. Braley beat Rick Dickinson by almost 3 percent whereas Whalen beat Bill Dix by almost 11 percent.
However, Delaware County, according to the voting turnout, wanted Dix to run against Braley this fall. Dix beat out Whalen by 2 percent.
Chuck Allison, who was running for his nomination for Secretary of State, beat out Robert Dopf by 27 percent – Allison had 63 percent and Dopf had 36 percent.
Democrat Denise O’Brien will run against Republican Bill Northey for Agriculture Secretary.
Northey beat out Mark Leonard 47 percent to 40 percent and O’Brien beat Dusky Terry 57 percent to 42 percent.
Manchester and other county and state residents will be able to vote for their favorite candidate on Election Day, Nov. 7. |
Hwy. 3 Construction
by Brian Cook |
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BRIAN COOK / Press
Traffic is limited going into downtown Edgewood as work continues on Hwy. 3. Portions of Hwy. 3 through Edgewood will have limited traffic as work is set to start on the downtown. |
Edgewood is under construction, but do not let that stop you from seeing our progress and enjoying our offerings. Iowa Highway 3 is undergoing a major overhaul with resurfacing and curb and gutter work within the city limits.
Alternative routes to make your trip easier include Delaware County Road 200th Avenue, Jet Road, Laser Road, 110th Street, Ivy Road and Laser Road that will bring you into the heart of Edgewood.
Coming from the north motorists can use the Littleport Road and then 390th Street to Fortune Avenue and that also brings them into the heart of Edgewood and past the Edgewood Rodeo Grounds.
Need a map? Go to www.edgewoodiowa.com for all your options to visit Edgewood.
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Budget passes for community services building
by Julie Sunne |
The public hearing in reference to the amended 2005/2006 county budget was opened and closed with no public comments at the June 5 Delaware County Board of Supervisors meeting. The Board then approved the amended budget and amended appropriations resolution for an increase of $200,000 in mental health for the construction of the new Community Services Building at Grant and Fifth Street.
In related business, an electrical bid for the new building was accepted from Al Cook Electrical Service, Manchester, for $10,125.27. Construction bids for the rest of the work were approved earlier.
Another alternative plan for Local Public Health Services State Appropriations to allow for the use of state home care aide dollars for public health nursing (home visits) and foot clinics was approved by the supervisors. This is the second alternative plan proposed to use all of the state aide money; the first being to use the funds for mumps follow-up. This should use up the remaining fiscal year funds.
Kathy Jordan, Iowa Department of Human Services supervisor for eastern Iowa out of Waterloo presented a one year Case Management Contract to the board. The board approved the contract, which would run from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. Jordan expressed disappointment that the contract was only for one year.
Kuhlman Quarries’ bond and contract in the amount $429,440 for rock for the county roads were accepted.
A public hearing date of June 12 at 1:15 p.m. is set in reference to a hog confinement for Mouw Family Investment in Hazel Green Township. It is a large enough confinement to require being passed through the matrix.
The Board approved a Solutions Annual Support Agreement in the amount of $28,300. This Agreement is comparable to last year.
A cigarette permit was approved for Hartridge Inc for the fiscal year, July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
County Engineer Mark Nahra said that work on county road D47 is progressing well. Construction should be east of Highway 13 by the end of the week. County Line culvert replacement is in progress, and work on 180th Avenue is almost complete.
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Riverview Center to assist county residents
Volunteers needed to assist fulltime advocate and educator
by Brian Cook |
Founded in 1992 by a nurse and a therapist in Jo Daviess County, Ill., Riverview Center has expanded to provide service to sexual abuse victims and education to people in Dubuque County and Carroll County, Ill.
Delaware and Buchanan counties will soon be served by an office in Manchester.
Riverview Center got off and running with a $50 donation back in 1992, which was used to create and mail a flyer. Now Riverview has 15 fulltime employees. It is a non-profit agency, and all its services are free and confidential.
The goal is for each office to have a child therapist, adult therapist an advocate a prevention educator. All of the therapists have reached at least the master’s degree level in their education and training.
For now, people in Delaware and Buchanan counties will have to go to Dubuque for therapy. The goal is to have a therapist in the Manchester office, if there is a need.
“Once we’re established and gain support of the community, we’ll have therapists there so people don’t have to go to the other offices,” Josh Jasper of Riverview Center explained.
Jasper said during the first step of building a team in Delaware and Buchanan counties they would combine the positions of prevention educator and the legal and medical advocate. The prevention educator goes into schools or groups and teaches curriculum to students all the way from kindergarten to college age.
Jasper said the program is different for each age and includes lessons about good touch and bad touch, bullying, internet safety and date rape drugs.
“We have done over 50 programs in Delaware County,” Jasper added. “We have had schools reach out to us saying they want to have this program in their schools for the coming year.”
The legal and medical advocacy department provides support to someone who has been a victim of sexual assault, whether it is a matter of going to the hospital with them or through legal proceedings. The advocate serves as a link between the person and hospital staff or legal officials.
Volunteers support the advocate, and Jasper says they need as many volunteer as they can find.
He said they are looking for volunteers in the community that will be able to respond to calls on the hotline and be right there for support. The hotline number, which is answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week is, 888-707-8155.
Each volunteer, on the night they volunteer, is given a big black bag with a pager and information about being an advocate. The volunteers all complete a 40-hour training session on comprehensive sexual assault. Anyone interested in volunteering can contact Kate Horstman in the Dubuque Riverview office at 563-557-0310.
Jasper said they have a pretty diverse group of volunteers – men and women, young and old. The same could be said of the victims who use their services.
Children are involved in 55 to 60 percent of Riverview’s cases, and Jasper said a lot of adults were victims as children. Nationwide, studies show that one in three girls will be sexually assaulted before the age of 18. Among boys the numbers are one in six.
Only 14 percent of sexual assaults are reported. That number is probably so low because 80 percent of people sexually assaulted are assaulted by someone they know.
“A lot of people we work with are dealing with shame – a lot of feelings no one will believe them,” Jasper commented. “Many who don’t come forward live with the shame, fear and fear of not being believed.”
Jasper said since few sexual assaults crimes actually result in conviction; it makes it difficult for someone who has been sexually assaulted. Then the person who assaulted them gets off free, and it reiterates the fact that people don’t believe them.
“It’s one of the big obstacles in just raising awareness,” Jasper added. |
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