Contact: Jody Shea, Editor 1901 Old Lincoln Hwy. Crescent, IA 51526 Email: [email protected]Cell: (402) 968-5484 Volume 14 In This Issue... Page 2............ City Council Minutes Page 3........................... Time Out Looking Back Page 4 .................. Mayor’s Corner Pott Co. Sheriff’s Report Page 5................ Community Assets Page 6 .... Mt. Crescent Zipline/Octoberfest Page 7 - 9.................... Advertisers Page 10............. Useless Knowledge CONNECTION Crescent Issue 8 There’s Still Time to join the fun! Parade Participants! Call Kris Smith at 712-545-3118 to reserve your spot. They’re looking for floats and participation from local businesses, horse groups, youth groups, tractor people, car people, etc. Let’s make it a great parade! Volleyball Participants! Call Vickie Overly at 712-328-9083 Junktique & Craft Vendors! Call Cheri Mensching at 712-310-9924 Cake Bakers! Call Kathy Rief at 712-545-3891. Cakes can be brought to the church the day before from 10am- 12pm or morning of the festival. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2014 For More Info, Call Kris at (712) 545-3118 CRESCENT FALL FESTIVAL 7 th Annual Join Us for a Knee-Slappin’ Good Time! 8:00am-11:00am ....................................... Pancake Breakfast at Fire Barn Sponsored by CVFD Auxiliary 11:00am-12:00pm ......................................................Parade Line Up 12:00pm-1:00pm ............... Parade will pause for singing of National Anthem 11:00am-3:00pm ....................................... Junktique at the Tennis Court 11:00am-2:00pm ................................. Car Show and Shine at the School 12:00pm-2:00pm .............................................Pie Eating Contest ($5) 11:00am-2:00pm ....... Denny’s Walking Tacos & Parking Lot Vender’s Market 11:00am-2:00pm .............................. Henry’s Diner Philly Steak Sandwich Specials & Hot Dogs 12:00pm-2:30pm ............ FREE Kids Games and Bounce Houses at City Park Sponsored by Henry’s Diner 12:00pm ................................................... Cake Walk at City Park ($1) 3:00pm-5:00pm ..........................Ice Cream Social with music by the Pickers at the Church (free will donation) 3:00pm-5:00pm .......................... Kids Garden Tractor Pull behind the Bank 8:00pm-12:00am ....................... Parking Lot Dance at Crescent Roadhouse Hayrack Rides! CVFD Raising Funds for Breast Cancer! Once again the CVFD will be selling Breast Cancer T-Shirts at the Fall Festival Breakfast. Available from kids sizes to adult XL for $15 and 2XL to 3XL for $20.
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Contact:Jody Shea, Editor1901 Old Lincoln Hwy. Crescent, IA 51526
Parade Participants! Call Kris Smith at 712-545-3118 to reserve your spot. They’re looking for floats and participation from local businesses, horse groups, youth groups, tractor people, car people, etc. Let’s make it a great parade! Volleyball Participants! Call Vickie Overly at 712-328-9083 Junktique & Craft Vendors! Call Cheri Mensching at 712-310-9924 Cake Bakers! Call Kathy Rief at 712-545-3891. Cakes can be brought to the church the day before from 10am-12pm or morning of the festival.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2014
For More Info, Call Kris at (712) 545-3118
CRESCENTFALL FESTIVAL 7 th
Annual
Join Us for a Knee-Slappin’ Good Time!8:00am-11:00am ....................................... Pancake Breakfast at Fire Barn
Sponsored by CVFD Auxiliary11:00am-12:00pm ......................................................Parade Line Up12:00pm-1:00pm ............... Parade will pause for singing of National Anthem11:00am-3:00pm ....................................... Junktique at the Tennis Court11:00am-2:00pm ................................. Car Show and Shine at the School12:00pm-2:00pm .............................................Pie Eating Contest ($5)11:00am-2:00pm .......Denny’s Walking Tacos & Parking Lot Vender’s Market 11:00am-2:00pm .............................. Henry’s Diner Philly Steak Sandwich
Specials & Hot Dogs 12:00pm-2:30pm ............ FREE Kids Games and Bounce Houses at City Park
Sponsored by Henry’s Diner 12:00pm ...................................................Cake Walk at City Park ($1)3:00pm-5:00pm ..........................Ice Cream Social with music by the Pickers
at the Church (free will donation)3:00pm-5:00pm .......................... Kids Garden Tractor Pull behind the Bank8:00pm-12:00am ....................... Parking Lot Dance at Crescent Roadhouse
Hayrack
Rides!
CVFD Raising Funds for Breast Cancer!
Once again the CVFD will be selling Breast Cancer T-Shirts at the Fall Festival Breakfast. Available from kids sizes to adult XL for $15 and 2XL to 3XL for $20.
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Contact Numbers
Mayor Brian Shea
712-545-3652(
Councilman Bob Anderson
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Councilman Jim Beck
712-545-9314(
Councilman Chuck Hildreth
402-681-0982(
Councilman Elvis Jacobsen
712-545-3215(
Councilman Patrick Morgan712-227-0083
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City ClerkMary Martin
712-545-3981(
Park BoardKris Smith
712-545-3118(
Message BoardRon Olson
712-545-3267(
Crescent Fire Dept.Non-Emergency712-545-3730
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Crescent Elementary712-545-3566
Crescent City CouncilSubmitted by Mary Martin, City Clerk. The City of Crescent is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
MINUTES OF THE CITY OF CRESCENT COUNCIL MEETING August 4th, 2014...THE CRESCENT CITY COUNCIL met in regular session in the Crescent Community Hall at 7:00pm pursuant to the law. Mayor Brian Shea called the meeting to order. The following Council members were present: Jacobsen, Hildreth, and Anderson, Beck, and Morgan. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Beck to accept consent agenda with the exception of $355.00 bill from Design & Signs. Clerk instructed to send to the insurance co. of the man that hit the sign. Jacobsen, Hildreth, and Anderson, Beck, Morgan. Motion carried. DAVE JOHNSON & TODD SCHEITEL of MidAmerican Energy addressed the council regarding the power outages in Crescent. They have been going pole by pole to determine the problem. They both feel comfortable now that the problem has been resolved. RESOLUTION 080472014 FIRE SAVINGS. Clerk instructed to continue putting money into savings acct. for the fire for any future equipment or purchases needed. MOTION BY HILDRETH, seconded by Morgan to approve Res. 08042014. Jacobsen, Hildreth, and Anderson, Beck, Morgan. Motion carried. RESOLUTION 08042014 WATER SAVINGS. Clerk instructed to start putting money into a savings acct. once the water loan is paid off. MOTION BY JACOBSEN, seconded by Anderson to approve Res. 08042014-1. Jacobsen, Hildreth, and Anderson, Beck, Morgan. Motion carried. LAGOON REPAIR PAY REQUEST #1 submitted for payment. Pay request is in the amount of $246,735.90. Advance request submitted to FEMA for 75% being $185,051.92. City share is $61,683.98. This will be paid upon FEMA dollars being received. MOTION BY HILDRETH, seconded by Beck to pay #1 pay request. Jacobsen, Hildreth, and Anderson, Beck, Morgan. Motion carried. DEBT REPORT submitted to Council for their information. This report is sent to state. PARK BOARD- NO REPORT GALEN BARRETT/FIRE CHIEF reported department is at 191 calls as of the end of July. Color Guard presented at Westfair. The new SCBA’s have arrived and training will be August 11th. IA. West Foundation grant for $10,000 and donation from Fire Auxiliary for $10,000 made this purchase possible. PLANNING COMMISSION reported that deck application at 115 E. Welch was approved. Garage application for 1125 Old Lincoln Hwy was approved. Shed applications for both 517 Crescent Dr. and 1412 Golden Hills Dr. were approved. BOB ANDERSON/MAINTENANCE reported the skid loader has arrived and the maintenance man is already putting it to use. Anderson updated council on lagoon repair progress. MOTION BY Anderson, seconded by Jacobsen to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:04PM. MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY OF CRESCENT COUNCIL MEETING August 13, 2014...THE CRESCENT CITY COUNCIL met in special session in the Crescent Community Hall at 5:12pm pursuant to the law. Mayor Protem Bob Anderson called the meeting to order. The following Council members were present: Jacobsen, Beck, Morgan. Hildreth, Mayor Shea, absent. Some discussion on possibly getting entire town surveyed at some point in the future. Discussion on preparing an ordinance that upon any selling, buying, or rebuilding, property be surveyed. MOTION BY MORGAN, seconded by Beck to approve vacate of portion of Johnson St. Per Council, Title Co. reimburses the City for the recording costs of $24.00. Morgan, Beck, Anderson, ayes. Jacobsen, nay. Motion carried. MOTION BY BECK, seconded by Anderson to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned @ 5:31PM.
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• City Council: First Monday of every month unless holiday—October 6th
• Crescent Optimist Club: First Fri. at 7pm at Community of Christ.—October 3rd
• Planning Committee: The Monday following the city council meeting.—October 13th
• Park Board: 3rd Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM during the inclement weather at the Fire Barn and during good weather down at the park.—August 20th
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Pott. County Sheriff’s ReportSubmitted by Chief Deputy, John Reynold
Mayor’s Corner A quick update on the sewage pond rebuild. The heavy August rains have set the project back approximately 2 weeks. The crew is having difficulty drying the dirt, which is critical to getting the correct compaction for reinstallation of the base and the dikes. Hopefully the rains will subside and we will get back on track. The park director, Chris Smith, has resigned the position. I would like to thank her for all the efforts and time. I have asked Mindy Hively to step into that position and she has excepted. In a small town all positions are pretty much volunteer. It takes people who love the community to make everything work. I want to wish Mindy and the park board well. We hope to do some paving in front of the post office and the Pink Poodle this fall. Hopefully those 2 places will be a start to cleaning up our streets! If we keep doing a little here and there it will start looking a lot better. The Fall Festival is coming up on Sept 20th. The Crescent Optimist Club is sponsoring the events of the day. Fire Auxiliary breakfast, parade at noon, junk fest at the park, kids games, volleyball tournament, car show, street dance at the Roadhouse, and much more. I hope that you show up to support our community. Again everyone involved has volunteered their time. Thank you! Please do not hesitate to come help or get involved with anything in our city! —Brian Shea
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8/4 12:19 AM Deputies Frain, Norman and Chambers were dispatched to the area of Mormon Bridge Rd. and Golden Hills Dr. in reference Suspicious Activity. 8/5 1:14 AM Deput ies Fra in and Norman were dispatched the 600 block of Old Lincoln Highway in reference an Alarm. 8/7 11:16 AM Deputy Hiatt was dispatched to the 500 block of Timber Dr. in reference a Theft Report. 8/15 11:27 AM Deputy Guyer was dispatched to the 100 block of E Florence St. in reference a Burglary report. 8/15 10:54 PM Deputy Norman was dispatched to the 1000 block of Silver Ln. in reference a Stolen Vehicle. 8/19 11:27 PM Deputy Hiatt was dispatched to the 100 block of Mormon Bridge Rd. in reference Suspicious Activity. 8/19 11:27 PM Deputies Norman, Barnes and Soucie were dispatched to the 100 block of Old Lincoln Highway in reference a Burglary.
8/22 12:34 PM Deputy Woodbury took a Property Damage Accident report that occurred in the area of Old Lincoln Highway and Mormon Bridge Rd. 8/22 10:24 PM Deputies Shea, Temeyer Ramsey and Freeman were dispatched to the 500 block of Timber Cr. In reference a Disturbance. 8/27 2:28 AM Deputies McCoy, Chambers and Harvey were dispatched to the 600 block of Old Lincoln Highway for an Alarm. 8/28 7:33 PM Deputy Temeyer was dispatched to the 1300 block of Old Lincoln Highway in reference to Parking Problems. 8/29 @ 12:58 AM Deputy Temeyer was dispatched to the 600 block of Old Lincoln Highway in reference an Alarm. 8/29 @ 4:06 AM Deputies Frain and Norman were dispatched to the 700 block of Old Lincoln Highway in reference an Alarm. Crescent Citations (1) No Seatbelt (1) No Insurance (1) Operation While Under the influence (2) Warning Citations
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I don’t know if Pat Morgan owns a megaphone or pompoms, but he should. He is a very effective cheerleader for the town of Crescent, its citizens and the swimming pool. In an hour’s conversation, he was totally upbeat and enthusiastic about everything. Morgan has lived in Crescent for eight years. He is married, has two children and one grandson. He is a deputy sheriff for Pottawattamie County. He grew up in Missouri Valley but left 30 years ago and held various law enforcement jobs around Iowa. In 2004, he retired from the Clay County sheriff’s office, built a house in Golden Hills and got a job with Pottawattamie County. “I love Crescent and the people,” he said. “This is a good down-to-earth community. The problem is, as a bedroom community, there are fewer volunteers to tap into. People’s loyalties are spread around. So in 2007, I decided to run for city council and have been on the council since.” As part of the council, Morgan has worked on lots of projects: the new road through Crescent, the sewer lagoon, the maintenance building. Currently, he is applying for grants for a new fire barn and city building. But his “baby” for now has become the swimming pool. As with many narratives in Crescent, the evolution of the pool is pre and post flood. “I met with the YMCA in 2011 to ask if they would be interested in a partnership with Crescent for Camp Pokamoke. Our idea was that Crescent could share use of the pool and the camp. They were very enthusiastic. But then came the flood, and they closed the camp and sold the land to the Shillberg Gravel Quarry, which is next to the property. “Six months later, Mark Shillberg approached the city about leasing the pool. What a great neighbor he is! He leased it to us for $1.00 a year for 100 years. So it will be around as long as we want it to be. And then he gave us a large donation to pay for the clean-up and getting it going.” As would be expected, the pool, machinery and building needed a lot of renovation. “That’s where other “great neighbors” stepped in,” Morgan said. “Jeremy Sindelar was looking for an Eagle Scout project. He and his scout troop volunteered for a lot
of the clean up. Brian Shea donated the sod and installation for our “green space”. We cleaned out the pool and the building, plumed the showers, fixed the pumps, got a new liner which was under warranty and were finally ready to go. Since I had been the contact, I offered to be volunteer manager.” The pool opened in June, 2012. Rachel Steenson was the one and only lifeguard the first summer. “Thank goodness for her,” Morgan said. “She worked a lot of hours and was very dedicated. This summer Josh and Jeremy Sindelar are our life guards. They got certified on their own, and I hired them. They are equally dedicated. They’re asked to do water testing, maintenance, yard work, and office work as well as lifeguarding. Next summer, I hope we get Jeremy back, but Josh will be off at Iowa University. So we’ll need two more. If you might be interested in a job as a life guard next summer, PLEASE contact me, or leave your name with the city clerk. We’d love to have people in place before June.” Morgan says he will also need volunteers for next season. They work the concession stand, answer the phone, maybe mow the grass. If you might be willing, contact Morgan or leave your name with the city clerk. “That’s how we keep the price down,” he says. “We only charge $3.00 for the day. This year, a membership has been $100.00 for a whole family for the whole summer. That is a great deal! And you can rent the pool for private parties. Plus, we have wifi! We aim to make this a truly community pool.” The pool is run as part of the city’s recreation budget, just like the park, Morgan said. Craig Peterson the city maintenance person is certified to monitor the water and work on the machinery involved. “This is one of the best services tax payers get for their money. Our biggest expenses are insurance and salaries, and our goal is just to break even. I have big plans for improvement next season. We want to get a slide, some more games, maybe add lessons if we can find a person to do that. So I hope more families will buy memberships and everyone will come up and enjoy our pool.” “And I want to say ‘thank you’ to the community. People stepped up during the flood and now for the pool. They’re just good Crescent people. And if you see me at Henry’s or somewhere, come up and shake my hand. And ask any questions you have about the pool or any council business,” Morgan said. “I love this town and want everyone else to.”
Community AssetsPat Morgan—City Councilman and Pool Manager
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