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ENSIGN SUCCESS Serving Eastern Jackson County Since 1871 Bellevue Herald-Leader ■ ■ ■ ■ Volume 149 No. 31 Bellevue, Iowa 20 pages - plus supplements August 2, 2018 $1.00 per copy Phone 563-872-4159 • Fax 563-872-4298 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.bellevueheraldleader.com SPECIAL PAGES 10 AND 11 BRIEFLY AN ARTIST’S RENDERING of the new sculpture, which be located on South Riverview overlooking the Mississippi River. It is entitled “Living, Flowing, Dueling Pianos Ever-Changing.” Third inThe BellevueDueling Pianos show, a mix of music and comedy, will be coming to perform at the time a new Marquette Trinity Center (new gym) on Saturday, August 4. Pulled pork sandwhiches from Potter’s Mill will be served from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., with the entertainment from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. charm There will also be a cash bar. Tickets are $40, with all proceeds going to benefit the $250,000 Cole Park Playground Project. Call Bellevue City Hall at 872-4456 to reserve tickets. forSchool to EV?hold third bond referendum for Ladies Night $9.5 million Sept. 11 By DAVID NAMANNY Bellevue Herald-Leader OutLadies Night set Out, anAug. event to benefit 2 Patrons of the Easton Valley School the Cole Park Playground Project, will be District voted down a $9.9 million refer- hosted by Vision Health Center of endum during two recent special elec- Bellevue on Thursday, August 2 from 4 to tions, the first held last June and the sec- 7 p.m. at Dr. Sloan’s office at 113 State ond in February of this year. Street in Bellevue. But school officials are putting the Grab your girlfriends and come over to measure up for a public vote again on sample the wares offered by River Ridge Tuesday, Sept. 11, which is the same Brewing, Simply Parkers, Carousel date as the referendum for Bellevue’s Corner and Flower Lane, Bellevue proposed elementary school. Mercantile and Leather Earrings by Joslyn NewFish smokestack Stacks art to be The tax asking for this latest EV vote Zimmermann. has been reduced a bit to $9.5 million A variety of prizes will be raffled with total, but as with all referendums will dedicated at Fishtival 2018 need 60 percent voter approval to pass. all proceeds going to the Cole Park By DAVID NAMANNY man’s presence on the Mississippi River, Back on June 27, 2017 the Easton Playground Project. Bellevue Herald-Leader have been completed and are being stored Valley referendum, which school admin- The new ‘Fish Stacks’ (smokestack art) in a secure location until the dedication. istration said was needed for improve- by local Ronald Hansen will be dedicated The two smokestacks – to be located ments at the middle school in Miles and during Bellevue’s Fishtival celebration on somewhere on south Riverview overlook- the high school in Preston, failed to pass Saturday, August 18 at 3:45 p.m. ing the Mississippi River - are encircled Truck, Tractor The pair of kinetic sculptures, historic by the required 60 percent margin. In the Pull set Aug. 3 steamboat smoke stacks representing Continued on page 14 Continued on page 20 The Bellevue Horsemen’s Club’s annu- al Truck and Tractor Pull will take place Friday, August 3 at the club grounds on the Bellevue-Cascade Road. Weigh-in begins at 5 p.m., with the pull Playground Project nears completion beginning at 6 p.m. Over 20 classes of trucks and tractors Volunteers needed to help install equipment at Cole Park will be featured including farm stock, hot By DAVID NAMANNY stock, street trucks, modified trucks, open Bellevue Herald-Leader trucks, street diesel, open diesel and “too After about 18 months of fundraising, hot to farm tractors.” planning and discussion, the Cole Park There will be 100-percent payback per Playground Project is finally ready to class with $1,000 additional purse. Two become a reality in Bellevue. skids will be running for non-stop pulling So far, nearly $200,000 of the $250,000 action. For more information, contact price tag for the new playground has been Dave Scheckel at 563-599-4686. raised through donations, grants and fundraisers. Now in the final phases, there are a cou- ple more fundraising events, and a commu- SQUARE DANCE nity-wide call for volunteers to help The Town and Country Twirlers of unpackage and assemble the new play- Preston will host a free square dance on ground equipment when it arrives in a few Sunday, Aug, 12 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at weeks. the Preston Town Hall in order to cele- People are needed to work from Aug. 16- brate the 45th anniversary of the square 19. Drinks and lunch will be provided for dance club. All are welcome. See more volunteers all three days. in page 12 of today’s issue. OLD PLAYGROUND DISMANTLED: Nick Kilburg scoops up the remains of the old 1980s Continued on page 20 Cole Park Playground while co-worker Dean Kilburg supervises the operation. HERALD-LEADER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2018 • PAGE 2 Polling Council proposes ‘nuisance locations fee’ for unmowed lawns change for $175 may be added to utility bills if City workers have to mow jail election By DAVID NAMANNY If passed by the second and third readings The cost, however, is $175 minimum fee for Bellevue Herald-Leader later this month, the measure would add a ‘nui- the first hour, plus $75 per additional hour. The $6.95 million bond Members of the Bellevue City Council are sance fee’ for uncut grass and weeds. The massive fee, meant to act as a deterent for folks issue on ballot concerned with the aesthetics of some residen- Council agreed that when grass and weeds who let their property go, would then be billed tial properties in Bellevue, and as a result, took become taller than eight inches, a notice would to the property owner. Tuesday, Aug. 7 action last week with the first reading of a be given to property owners. Council members also discussed illegal revised ordinance increasing the penalties for If the yard is not maintained within three dumping at the compost site at Felderman Park, Some Jackson County residents will those who cannot or do not mow their yards in days, city workers will then mow the yard at and are exploring the possibility of installing vote in different locations than in pre- a timely fashion. the property owner’s expense. cameras in order to nab violators. vious years. Residents of Brandon and Monmouth townships, including the cities of Monmouth and Baldwin, will Island City Days slated in Sabula vote Aug. 7 at the Baldwin Fire Station, 5194 47th St. They had voted By DAVID NAMANNY 6 p.m. to midnight, sponsored by the Preston departments in a battle for the best. The fun in the Monmouth fire building. Bellevue Herald-Leader Lion’s Club. starts at 2 p.m. ‘Giant Bubbles’ will be at the This change is due to bridgework in Sabula’s big summer celebration, Island Saturday’s events include a pancake Sabula water tower from 2 to 4 p.m. Monmouth, according to the county City Days, is set for Friday and Saturday, breakfast along with a craft and vendor air at At 4 p.m., the masses will gather along Auditor’s Office. Aug. 3 and 4. the Sabula Fire Station from 8 to 11 a.m. Lake Street for the performance of the Ski Residents of Tete de Morts The annual town festival in the small city and a car show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A Bellevue Water Ski Team, a big draw for all Township and St. Donatus will vote in surrounded by water is usually a huge suc- three-on-three basketball tournament will to be sure. Knockerball and other games will the St. Donatus Parish Center, 97 E. cess with over a thousand folks turning out commence at 8 a.m. at the old Sabula school take place from 5 to 7 p.m. at the old Sabula First St., due to the need for more for all the fun annually. With the bridge to grounds and at 10 a.m. the “What’s Up school grounds. space. They had voted at St. Donatus Savanna closed until this fall, however, Duck?” Duck Launch will take place for Magician David Casas, sponsored by the City Hall. organizers are hoping for a more robust prizes on River Street. Krabbenhoft Library will perform at 6:30 The changes will be in effect for the turnout from the west side of the Mississippi From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be p.m. November general election as well. River. inflatable games for the kids, including The water show will be followed by live The Auditor’s Office notified these This year, Friday night’s activities start bounce house and other activities. music by “Michael Moncada and the residents of the changes by mail, and with the Grand Parade at 6 p.m., followed A new event this year will Voyageur Whiskey High Band,” at 8 p.m., with a tradi- signs will be posted at the former vot- by a pedal tractor pull for kids 12 and under Canoe rides at the South Sabula Lake tional fireworks display at dusk. ing locations. beginning around 7 p.m. A Cake Walk and Campgrounds from 11 to 12:30 p.m. spon- Admission buttons are required and can Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 ‘Chalk the Island’ event will be taking place sored by Jackson and Clinton County be purchased for $2 in advance at local p.m.