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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
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Community Childcare receives grant
by Ken Boesenberg |
The Manchester area received some good news last Thursday when it was announced that Community Childcare of Manchester had received a federal grant in the amount of $300,000.
The grant will be coupled with borrowed funds to purchase two existing Manchester child care centers; StoryLand and Carousel.
Community Childcare, a recently organized non-profit group, intends to continue operations and hopes that children, parents, employees and area employers are able to experience this change as a seamless transition.
“The committee’s goal was to make this transition go so smoothly that no one even notices that there has been a change,” commented group spokesman, Jack Klaus.
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KEN BOESENBERG / Press
Shelly Davidson (left), owner of Carousel Child Care Center, located at 303 Vine St. and Shirley Mangold (right), owner of Storyland Childcare, located at 613 Grant St. talk with Manchester City Manager, Tim Vick during a work session last Friday morning. Vick has been elected president of Community Childcare, the entity that will be taking over and running the two child care centers owned by Davidson and Mangold thanks to a $300,000 federal grant received by Community Childcare last Thursday. |
“We have very good child care here in the community and Community Childcare was put together to keep that high level of safety and stability that benefits everyone in the community,” continued Klaus.
When word was received earlier this year that the owners of both the StoryLand and Carousel child care centers were considering options, because of the various changes that had occurred in their lives, a group was put together to consider other available options.
After considering many different options it was decided that the creation of a non-profit organization to purchase and operate both centers would be the best option for the community.
Monetary donations from two local banks and several individuals were used to fund the process of applying for a Community Development Block Grant. As well, there was a tremendous amount of volunteer time and effort put in on the project.
“It was the combination of all those things that enabled this project to happen,” stated Klaus.
“The grant is the key to making this project come together. It will allow Community Childcare to keep prices affordable for those families who use these childcare centers. Our work is not yet finished. We need to arrange for a loan to complete the purchases. We are also applying for a grant to make some playground improvements and, as well, we will need some tax deductible donations from local citizens and businesses to assist us with the expenses we’ll incur before the grants actually come through,” concluded Klaus.
Tim Vick, Manchester City Manager, has been elected President of Community Childcare. Other Board Members and Officers are Peggy Petlon, vice-president; Carol Tjaden, secretary; and Ann Manson, treasurer. |
Five WD stories performed by Old Creamery Theatre
by Latisha Sand |
Five West Delaware students’ stories will be performed by the Old Creamery Theatre Company’s 2007 Young People’s Tour. This is the tenth year the group, known as “TeRRiFiCC Tales,” will be touring the entire state of Iowa.
Dylan Sellner, Morgan Gibbs, Stacie Moorman and Michaela Downs, all fourth graders at Lambert Elementary, and Kaitlyn Reth, a third grader at Lambert, will have their stories performed.
Reth’s story “The Candy Who Couldn’t Be Trusted” will be performed statewide.
Each year the Old Creamery Theatre sends a cast of about four people to schools across Iowa to perform stories, plays, poems or songs to elementary school students.
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LATISHA SAND / Press
Dylan Sellner, Morgan Gibbs, Stacie Moorman and Michaela Downs, all fourth graders and Kaitlyn Reth, third grader at Lambert, will be having their stories performed by the Old Creamery Theatre. The group will be performing at West Delaware on Wednesday, April 4.
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This year’s performance at West Delaware will be Wednesday, April 4.
Each written work must have solved a problem “that shows a lesson learned by one or more characters in the story,” read a pamphlet from the Old Creamery Theater. And each lesson had to be about one of the six pillars of character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.
This year the Old Creamery Theatre received more than 650 entries from across the state.
The following is Reth’s winning story.
The Candy Who Couldn’t be Trusted
Once upon a time there was a small town called Candy Land. The pieces of candy all worked very hard except for one piece of candy named Reas. He would never finish his chores for the town or at home so the townspeople never trusted Reas anymore. Lolli was his friend but soon she wasn’t his friend because he wouldn’t help her with chores. Dogs are the candy’s most dangerous predator and everybody had a job to help prepare for the dogs when they come. But, Reas didn’t have a job anymore because he never finished a job. Reas could not be trusted. His parents tried to bribe him but it was no use. Then one day there was a new family that moved in. There were the M and M’s and they had twin children named Emma and Eman. Reas made friends with the twins. But, Lolli, Sweet and Bubble, Reas’ classmates, said to Emma and Eman that they should not be friends with Reas. The twins didn’t listen to Lolli, Sweet, and Bubble and were still friends with Reas. The twins wanted to give Reas a chance. Emma tried to explain to Reas that he has to work or he won’t get a good job. Reas didn’t listen though. Eman tried to explain how everyone has to help, so that they would all be safe from the viscous dogs but, that didn’t work either. Emma and Eman tried together to teach him. They acted out skits of what could happen to candy who didn’t work hard. They practiced dog drills to show him if no one worked that the town would be taken over by the dogs. Finally, after months of work it started to sink in to Reas and he started to help more and more. Then Lolli, Sweet, and Bubble started to notice and acted more kindly towards Reas. Pretty soon Reas did all his work and he was trusted by everyone. He became really responsible. When the next dog came they held up a big picture of a cat that Reas had colored. The wind blew the picture away and the dog followed it over the hills and away from Candy Land. All of the candy’s were safe and Reas was responsible for his chores from that day on.
The End
The following is the poem written by Sellner.
Liberty Leap
Do the Liberty Leap for our American Pride.
We’ve got the spirit on our side.
Our spirit travels from East to West.
Go USA, the land that’s the best.
American flag rises and always flies.
From Northern plains to Southern skies.
Do the Liberty Leap for our American Pride.
We’ve got the spirit on our side.
For generations we’ve honored this land,
Loyalty’s firm and we make a stand.
We’re faithful to the red, white, and blue.
It’s seen all around and very true.
Do the Liberty Leap for our American Pride.
We’ve got the spirit on our side.
Stand up proudly, head up high
Hand over chest, the spirit will not die.
We’re all different, from head to toe.
But it’s the differences, that make our rainbow.
Do the Liberty Leap for American Pride.
We’ve got the spirit on our side.
Men and women of our troops, we honor you.
Support our troops for all that they do.
They keep us safe in the land of the free.
They proudly serve from sea to shining sea.
Do the Liberty Leap for our American Pride.
We’ve got the spirit on our side.
March your feet from left to right.
Lady Liberty shines her bright light.
We’re a country full of many dreams.
With beautiful land, mountains and streams.
So do the Liberty Leap for our American Pride.
We’ve got the spirit on our side.
American pride shines true to us all.
Continue to have pride and never fall.
Share a smile and shake a hand.
To people all around, in this great land.
Liberty Leap!!!
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Disaster declaration extended by Board
by Alison Nesteby |
Following the harsh winter storms that have bombarded Iowa in the past two weeks, Governor Chet Culver declared all 99 Iowa counties in a state of disaster. The original declaration was made after the icy weekend of Feb. 24, but the Delaware County Board of Supervisors extended it to cover the weekend of March 3 as well.
After four years of construction, the Board authorized the county to proceed with Schneiders Corporation of Indianapolis, Ind., to take the final steps on the GIS Web site. Schneiders will make the site more user friendly for Delaware County residents at the cost of $500 per month.
Calhoun-Burns of West Des Moines was contracted to finish the final design services for the work on Hartwick Marina Bridge. The total cost is about $67,620.
Kelli and Rob Harter, owners of the Petersburg Community Center, were approved for a one-year liquor license for the center. The license, including Sunday sales, will be effective April 1, 2007-March 31, 2008.
The resolution approving the Electronic Transfers Clearinghouse 28E was signed by all members. This will make health information that is online more secure and confidential.
The resignation of Darla Rave, custodian at the Delaware County Courthouse, was accepted; last day worked being Feb. 23.
Several manure management plan updates were accepted:
Russell Reth in Prairie Township
Gary Nieman (2) in Prairie Township
Dave Kronlage in Bremen Township
Kevin Perrinjaquet in Richland Township
Bagge Farms in Bremen Township
Joseph Wessels (2) in Bremen Township
Ron Wulfekuhle in Adams Township (new)
Other approvals by the Board were:
- Payment of county claims;
- Approval of the treasurer’s monthly investment report, showing $4,035,937.04 deposited in various banks
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Assessor sworn in
by Ken Boesenberg |
C. Jodi Cahalan (left) is being sworn in as the new Delaware County Assessor by Delaware County Clerk of Court, Linnie Emrich (right) on Monday morning in the Delaware County Assessors Office.
Cahalan comes to Delaware County from Linn County where she worked in the Linn County Assessors Office for the past 22 years, most currently as the Chief Deputy. “It was time for a change,” commented Cahalan. “A smaller town than the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area and the rural setting of Delaware County were very appealing to me at this point in my life.” Cahalan succeeds Cheri Boeding-Orcutt who had taken over for long time Delaware County Assessor Jack Klaus. |
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