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Plans to bring rural water to SW Cass County dry up due to lack of interest

News

April 25th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Plans for the Southern Iowa Rural Water Association (SIRWA) to bring a dependable supply of water to parts of southwestern Cass County have dried up, at least for now, because of wetter weather over the past couple of years, a fairly good supply of private wells, and because of a general lack of interest in the project. That was the word today (Wednesday) from SIRWA officials, who spoke before the County Board of Supervisors.

SIRWA inspector Max Crawford said the $7-million dollar project is on-hold for now, because they weren’t able to acquire enough participation in two separate studies which began late last Spring.

In order to qualify for a $5.4-million USDA grant to make the project feasible, Crawford said there needed to be a good majority of the people participating. He says there were 335 customers in the second area they studied, with 166 indicating they were interested in hooking-up to rural water, or 49.6-percent. Crawford said that wasn’t good enough. He says they needed at least 277 sign-up’s or 70-percent participation from the approximate 385 rural homesteads in the area. Follow-up efforts included door-to-door contacts, publishing meetings in local papers, and phone calls. Still, Crawford says the response was not what they’d hoped for. 

Beth McDermott, who lives in the area, said meetings which were held on the project were not sufficiently publicized, and therefore resulted in low turnout. Crawford said it wasn’t for a lack of trying to get the word out through print and broadcast media. McDermott, who would like to subscribe to rural water, mailed out more than 300 letters herself, to area residents trying to spur interest. Crawford said SIRWA also tried repeatedly to contact residents, but it got to the point where some people who had been contacted multiple times and refused, were getting annoyed. He said after reviewing the amount of time and money spent on pre-engineering land options for water tower sites and the conducting of surveys…nearly $120,000…and only receiving 49% interest from the residents and land owners, the SIRWA Board said no more money would be invested in the project. 

He said efforts to find other ways to bring dependable water to residents of the area, some of whom desperately want it, will proceed, but it may not be SIRWA who provides that service, and it may take up to 10-years for any progress to be made.

Backyard and Beyond 04-25-2012

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

April 25th, 2012 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks with Margee Shaffer, Administrator for Audubon County Economic Development, about the John James Audubon Festival this Saturday in Audubon.

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TERI KLYN, 55, of Johnston (Formerly of Atlantic) (Svcs 04-27-2012)

Obituaries

April 25th, 2012 by admin

TERI KLYN, 55, of Johnston (Formerly of Atlantic) died Tuesday, April 24th.  Funeral Services for TERI KLYN will be held Friday, April 27th at 10:00am at the Altoona United Methodist Church.  Caldwell-Raddatz Funeral Home in Urbandale has the arrangements.

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Visitation will be held Thursday, April 25th from 6-8pm at the Altoona United Methodist Church.  602 5th Avenue SW in Altoona.

Memorials can be directed in her memory to the Altoona United Methodist Church.  Online condolences may be directed to caldwellraddatz.com

TERI KLYN is survived by:

Mother: Nancy Rourick of Atlantic.

Husband: Wayne Klyn of Johnston.

Daughter: Anna Moreland of Des Moines.

Sons: Ryan (Christy) Moreland of Johnston.  Curtis (Kristy) Klyn of Grimes.  Kevin (Dagmar) Klyn of Germany.

Sister: Rebecca (George) Siska of New Jersey.

Brothers: Patrick (Linda) Rourick, of St. Ansgar;  Timothy (Kim) Rourick & Kelly (Tracy) Rourick, all of Boise, ID;  Shawn (Chris) Rourick of Ankeny, &  Thomas (Londa) Rourick of Overland Park, KS.

9 Grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

9AM Newscast 04-25-2012

News, Podcasts

April 25th, 2012 by admin

w/ Chris Parks

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8AM Sportscast 04-25-2012

Podcasts, Sports

April 25th, 2012 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25th

Trading Post

April 25th, 2012 by Jim Field

FOR SALE: Fiberglass truck topper to fit 1997 to 2003 Ford F-150 full size with standard 8 foot box.  In good shape. Asking $200.00 or best offer. Call 243-1512.

WANTED: Retired Truck Driver to haul grain from farm to market Part Time.  Call 712-249-4978.

YARD SALE: 202 W. 5th Street.  Apt. 2 in Atlantic today April 25th.

FOR SALE: 2 big boxes of vintage record albums.  A lot of Jazz, classical, some 80’s, country, time life, kids and ?? more as not sorted all out.  Around 200 albums. $40.00.  Cell phone, 712-243-4337.

WANTED: Willing to cut down trees if you cannot afford a tree service.  The work would be done to help people out, as he would not use the wood for personal use.  He would not be able to do anything more than 2 feet across…also could only cut down trees in more open areas.  778-4672.

FOR SALE: Hide a bed that can function as a queen and single size.  Also has a new mattress.  $50.  249-8367.

FOR SALE: Small dog house for $10.  249-8367.

7AM Newscast 04-25-2012

News, Podcasts

April 25th, 2012 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Cass County Extension Report 04-25-2012

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

April 25th, 2012 by admin

w/ Kate Olsen

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Audubon Wheeler Relays Results

Sports

April 25th, 2012 by Jim Field

Girls Team Scores:

  1. Griswold  100
  2. Audubon  93
  3. Panorama  89
  4. IKM/Manning  77
  5. Guthrie Center  68
  6. Villisca  46
  7. Exira/EHK  40
  8. West Central Valley  37
  9. Missouri Valley  20
  10. Coon Rapids-Bayard  8
  11. Adair-Casey  4
  12. Orient-Macksburg  4

Boys Team Scores:

  1. IKM/Manning  100
  2. Treynor   80
  3. Panorama  73
  4. Tri-Center   72
  5. Griswold  56
  6. Exira/EHK  43
  7. CAM  28
  8. Adair-Casey  25
  9. Guthrie Center  24
  10. West Central Valley  16
  11. Coon Rapids-Bayard  15
  12. Audubon  15
  13. Villisca  9

Tuesday Soccer Results

Sports

April 25th, 2012 by Jim Field

Boys:

  • Denison 6, Missouri Valley 0

Girls:

  • Nodaway Valley/WCV/Adair-Casey 5, Tri-Center 0
  • Denison 1, Carroll 0