The Walnut City Council, Thursday, will consider and possible act on the adoption of a Resolution of Support for the Continuation of Education in Walnut. City Clerk Terry Abell told KJAN News not much is known about the resolution, except to say the City has been approached by a committee asking for the matter to be approved.

Abell said also, the Council will hear a presentation from Eagle Scout members Shea and Taylor Campbell, with regard to some sprucing-up projects in the City Park. The brothers are expecting to talk about painting fire hydrants and other such items in the park.

The Council will also discuss a possible streetscape enhancement project. The discussion involves Snyder and Associates Engineers, and the next, possible steps for downtown renovations, which have previously included the installation of old fashioned street lights, benches, and other amenities.

In other business, the Walnut City Council may act on a contract agreement for the hauling of residential solid waste, and, possibly approve the second and third readings of an Ordinance pertaining to the operation of golf carts on City streets. Abel said last month, that authorities in Pottawattamie County had been stopping people who were driving golf carts on the streets. She said there’s a “glitch” in the law that requires communities to have an ordinance that allows the machines to operate on the streets. The Council is considering the adoption of a law that would allow that to happen.

The Walnut City Council meeting begins at 5-p.m., Thursday.

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The 911 telephone system at the Clarinda 911 Public Safety Answering Point Dispatch Center is not working at the present time due to a cut in the Iowa Communications Network fiber optics system. There is not currently an estimated time as to when the system will be restored. During the outage, citizens who need to access the 911 system can use the following telephone number to reach the Clarinda 911 Center. The telephone number is 712-542-2194. Media notification will be made when the system is restored.

The Atlantic Police Department reports two people were arrested Tuesday. Officials say 23-year old Andrew Gaston Nickum, of Atlantic, turned himself in at the Cass County Sheriff’s Office on Sheriff’s Office charges of Assault with Injury, Simple Assault, and Disorderly Conduct. Nickum was booked into the Cass County Jail, and then released. And, 18-year old Sunnie Jo Marie Peck, of Walnut, turned herself in at the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday, on Sheriff’s Office on two charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver. Peck was booked and also released.

Atlantic native Randy Burk, front man for the band “Randy Burk and the Prisoners” ranks second in a national contest music contest, but needs your web votes within a couple of days, to win a $25,000 cash prize to help jumpstart his career. The contest is sponsored by Artistsignal.com, which is an online platform developed to allow emerging musical artists to sell music and connect with fans directly.

To peak interest in the new site, which was launched earlier this year, Artist Signal began a 90-day vote driven contest with a $25,000 cash prize for its winner to jumpstart their career.  Artist Signal’s second and final 90-day contest is about to conclude, and the band in the number two position, less than 20 votes from the #1 spot is from Atlantic.  While in the number 2 position in the contest (with a more than 77,000 voting lead over the number three slot), Randy Burk and the Prisoners is holding strong, but needs Iowa support to make it to number one.

“Randy Burk and the Prisoners” band

Burk said in a press release that “$25,000 would be life changing for our band.” He says they will use the money to record, and tour a new album. Burk says it’s been eight-years since their last album released, and “It’s hard to get the capital together to get the next one done.” The songs, he says “Come easy, the money’s hard.”

The 39-year old Burk has been touring for over 11 years with the Prisoners, delivering music in the rich tradition of artists like Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, and Dave Alvin.  The next Randy Burk and the Prisoners album is written and ready to go, and Iowa recording studio, The Sonic Factory is already on board to record it, awaiting the result of the contest.

Artistsignal.com makes it easy to vote by logging in through your Facebook account.  You can vote every hour, and it takes just the click of a “vote” button.  https://artistsignal.com/rbprisoners