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Official Newspaper of Anamosa, located in Jones County, Iowa
Anamosa News
Since 1855
 Thursday,
November 22, 2007 |
Shooting of Rural Wyoming Man Determined Accidental
by Michelle Phillips |
WYOMING–The Jones County Sheriff’s office received a report of a shooting at a home in rural Wyoming on November 17 at 10:20 p.m.
When deputies arrived at 10121 20th Avenue, they found Justin A. Mohr, 21, with a gunshot wound to his upper abdomen. He was first taken to Jackson County Public Hospital by the Maquoketa Ambulance Service and later transferred by air to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Upon further investigation, the Jones County Sheriff’s Department discovered Mohr had been accidentally shot with a handgun held by Aaron E. Scott, 23, also of rural Wyoming.
“It sounds like it was pretty much totally an accident,” said Jones County Sheriff Mark Denniston.
Scott was sitting inside his pick-up truck at 10121 20th Avenue at the time of the shooting. Brock J. Bowman, 23, of Maquoketa was standing outside the truck and tried to take the gun away from Scott. A struggle ensued between Bowman and Scott, and a single shot was fired, travelled through the driver’s side window of the truck and struck Mohr in the abdomen.
Scott was arrested, but no charges have been filed.
Mohr is still hospitalized with serious internal injuries at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.
Denniston said the three men were friends.
The incident is still under investigation by the Jones County Sheriff’s Department.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and Maquoketa Police Department assisted at the scene.
Denniston said it had been several years since there had been a shooting in the county. |
Krump, Tiedt, Rinniker Voted on to Anamosa School Board
By Michelle Phillips |
Residents in the Anamosa Community School District went to the polls on November 20 to choose three new school board members. About 9% of eligible voters in the county cast their ballots,which totaled 531 votes. There are 5,653 eligible voters in the district.
There were four people vying fot the two-year seat and Lowell Tiedt easily came away the winner with 236 votes.
Write-in votes accounted for the one and three year positions. Richard Krump received 87 write in votes to win the one-year spot and Anna Mary Rinniker will fill the three-year seat after receiving 135 votes.
The vacancies came about after three school board members, Julie Fall, Julie VonMuenster and Sharon Weideman, all resigned in September.
All results in the election are unofficial until canvassing is complete. |
Architects Suggest Comparison of Possible School Sites
By Ben Parker |
The DLR Architects and their findings were the focus for the November 19 school board meeting.
After weeks of information gathering, they were ready to make a report and had a plan for the next month and a half.
Normally, when going into any new school construction project, the biggest concerns are cost and need. Among the committee and the community, those needs were still a priority but not as much as site location.
Based on that, DLR will be developing conceptual layout plans for each of the alternative sites.
They will be looking at cost, including utilities, potential expansion, etc. They would then take these plans to a committee. Once the committee was done, they would have the board review the committee reaction before taking proposals to community presentations in the form of forums and polls. Once done, they would have a workable project for the board to vote on.
When evaluating each site and coming up with a layout plan, DLR will focus on the following:
• Will the site be big enough to handle the school needs? This not only includes 60 acres but grading and slopes and access drives, among other things.
• Will the site size be adequate for long term facility needs in the next 20 years?
• Does the site allow pedestrian access to off-site facilities? This includes topics such as a central campus idea versus just a new site on the east side of town and will have an effect on sports and other extracurricular activities.
• How will the properties be effected by flood elevations and wetland boundaries? They will be looking at FEMA maps to determine this.
• What are the site development costs?
• A traffic safety evaluation will be conducted. They won’t be just looking at the traffic count study, but potential effect of traffic controls such as signs and the need for turning and deceleration lanes.
This was originally put together with the MacDow and Highway 64 sites in mind. However, the board suggested that they add the area around the high school as a potential site as well. The board also asked them to look into potential effects of staffing and maybe a lane from Strawberry Hill directly to the high school on Sadie Street. It was suggested that to prevent confusion on the committee that DLR actually provide a committee structure, such as a chairman to help add that process.
DLR predicts that they will have things ready for a community workshop around January 1, 2008.
However, they will have something for the board to review at the December meeting.
As part of the State Voluntary Preschool Grant, the Anamosa District has entered into a contract with St. Pat’s, so that they, too, can provide preschool services to four-year-olds off the same grant money that Strawberry Hill is receiving. The board approved the contract.
Course changes came to the board for approval. The language arts 9 class will be going to full block for the year. A new class will be added. The Cisco classes will have to undergo a change in the language in order to be certifiable. Eight English credits will be needed for graduation. Finally, the math department is concerned about the effect the current scheduling procedure is having on the students’ overall math proficiency and proposed a more comprehensive method to get the students into the classes they need to get them where they should be.
Sherri Jones has been approved to be part of the Anamosa School Foundation.
Finally, the board had two recognitions they presented early in the meeting. November 11 was National Student Leaders Day. They recognized the student council, especially their efforts in the Veterans Day Assembly. Two representatives, Jackie Russ and Mitch Nissen, were there to receive a plaque.
In honor of American Education Week from November 11-17, the board took a moment to honor and thank teachers, para-educators and substitutes from the district.
Personnel appointments from the consent agenda:
• Sandra Callon McDill returning from year long leave to High School Business Department in the 2008 to 2009 school year.
• Tina James – Strawberry Hill, time reduced to 4.5 hours.
• Sandy Kallam – Strawberry Hill, Transfer from 4.5 hour position to transportation escort.
• Louise Frasher – Preschool Midday Transportation Route
• Gail Dinger – Resigning as Varsity Volleyball Coach
• Angie Lawrence – Resigning as Head Varsity Volleyball Coach |
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