Carter Lake Newsletter Letter from Mayor Cumberledge Hello Citizens, Sweet Street Is Set for Tuesday, October 30Th from 5:30 to 7:00 Pm at the School
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OCTOBER 2018 Volume 4, Issue 9 Carter Lake Newsletter Letter From Mayor Cumberledge Hello Citizens, Sweet Street is set for Tuesday, October 30th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at the school. This is always a great time for the kids. Movie Night at the Library is set for Saturday, November 3rd at dark. Fall recreation is back on starting December 10th at the school gym from 5:30 to 7:00 pm every Monday and Wednesday until late March. This is a program the City Council and I wanted to bring back after being gone for many years. The buzz around new businesses continues, but proposals are not firm enough to describe at this time. The Prairie Flower Casino Project is coming along nicely as well as the Ponca Smoke Signals’ new building. They both will open around early November. The Lakeside Auto Recyclers’ upgrade is in the final construction stage with the 9th Street landscape and new fence, plus all the other improvements they have been doing. The Country Inn & Suites Hotel is under new ownership and doing some upgrades to match the new hotels next to them. The La Quinta Inn is now owned by the same group and a new upgrade is planned as well. Inside this issue I am working hard on behalf of our City and residents. Often, some of the best suggestions for keeping our City operating smoothly comes from the Food Drive ................ 2 people who live here. This is why I want to remind you to feel free to Senior Center ............ 3 contact your City Council member or me with any concerns or suggestions. Pancake Breakfast .... 7 Finally, it is important to support and visit the local businesses we have; that is what builds our local economy. We recently lost one of our businesses, Library News ............. 9 Sargent Peffers, which makes me sad to see them leave. I thank them for Church Directory ...... 23 the time and effort they put into our community. Community Calendar . 25 Sincerely, Mayor Ron Cumberledge Special points of interest Optimist Club CITIZENS PATROL Thomas Gilman Are you in need of a recycling bin? MEETING Shop with a Cop App. Stop by City Hall to pick up a blue Carter Lake recycle tub with lid. Sunday, October 7th Pizza & Movie Night City Hall will be recording address 6 p.m. Sweet Street for each bin that is handed out and Senior Center Team Dax will write address on each bin 626 Locust St. before distributing. 1 Announcements and Reminders STORMWATER TIPS mixes; healthy snack bars, peanut Preventing Water Pollution is butter, popcorn, cookies, crackers everyone’s responsibility. and pudding packs; macaroni & The effects of pollution: cheese, hamburger helper, spaghetti sauce and pasta; boxed Polluted stormwater runoff can or hot cereals. have many adverse effects on Carter Lake Police Department is plants, fish, animals and people. We will also collect laundry accepting applications for the soap, kleenex and personal care Sediment can cloud the water and Shop with a Cop event to be held products to include for each make it difficult or impossible for in December. Families in need are household. aquatic plants to grown. Sediment encouraged to complete the also can destroy aquatic habitats. K e e p i n m i n d w h e n application that is included in this purchasing items to donate, these newsletter. Applications are also Excess nutrients can cause algae baskets will be delivered to 1-2 blooms. When algae die, they sink available at the Police Department. person households, so smaller to the bottom and decompose in a Deadline is October 19th. portion sizes are preferred. process that removes oxygen from the water. Fish and other aquatic Cash donations are welcomed organisms can't exist in water with and will be used for the purchase low dissolved oxygen levels. of meat, bread, and other fresh food items that will be included Bacteria and other pathogens with each basket the day of can wash into swimming areas and delivery. create health hazards, often The 2nd Annual Senior making beach closures necessary. Christmas Basket Program If you are interested in being part of the volunteer group or Debris - plastic bags, six-pack will be getting underway this know someone who could benefit rings, bottles, and cigarette butts - month. We are looking for from this wonderful gift, please washed into waterbodies can volunteers to be part of this great contact Jackie at City Hall (712) choke, suffocate, or disable aquatic project. City Hall will be the drop 347-6320. life like ducks, fish, turtles, and off point to collect donations to birds. provide baskets of groceries that Advertise in the Household hazardous wastes will be delivered to Carter Lake Seniors for Christmas. Carter Lake Newsletter like insecticides, pesticides, paint, Carter Lake Businesses are solvents, used motor oil, and other Last year volunteers proudly allowed one free business card auto fluids can poison aquatic life. delivered large baskets to 30 senior size ad which is equal to 1/10 of Land animals and people can residents. We hope you will the advertising page. become sick from eating diseased consider helping us reach a new Cost for ads: fish and shellfish or ingesting goal to serve 35 households this 1/4 page $10 polluted water. Christmas season. A donation box 1/2 page $20 will be located in the lobby at City Full page $40 Polluted stormwater often affects Non-Carter Lake Business Card Hall from October 1st to drinking water sources. This, in ads are $5 per month turn, can affect human health and December 14. Ad and payment must be increase drinking water treatment Suggested items to donate are: received at City Hall no later costs. canned fruits, vegetables soups, than end of business the 25th of TO REPORT A STORMWATER and meats; dry mashed potatoes, each month to be featured in the CONCERN CALL: (712)847-0535 stuffing mix, cake and muffin newsletter. 2 Senior Center Upcoming Events Betty Simmons celebrates Oct. 1 12:30 pm Shady Lanes Trolley Ride 100th Birthday Oct. 2 Game Day at Library A wonderful party on Saturday, September 8, 2018 for Oct. 3 10:30 am Crafts at Center a marvelous woman of 100 years; a privilege not a lot Oct. 4 6:00 pm BINGO of us are given. Elizabeth Betty Simmons had her Oct. 6 Bake Sale Birthday Party at the Carter Lake Presbyterian Church Oct. 9 12:30 pm Walmart Trip with her son, Dennis and over 250 guests coming and Oct. 11 5 pm Birthday Night going throughout the party. Her very long and Oct. 15 10:30 am Comm. Class Room/Angles Care extended family were there from different states. IA Oct. 16 Game Day at Library State Rep Charlie McConkley came and presented her Oct. 18 Senior Movies a plaque on longevity. Long time friends, the Holtons, Oct. 23 12:30 pm Walmart Trip from MI, her doctor, our Mayor Ron Cumberledge Oct. 25 10 am S.A.F.E Circuit at Library and wonderful old friend Shirley Bennish all came to Oct. 31 12 pm Halloween Party help with the event. Her friends & coworkers from Nov. 1 6 pm Bingo the Senior Center Linda, Lanie, Robin, Marilyn and Nov. 3 Bake Sale Tammy all decorated and served the meal Nov. 6 10 am Games at Library while photographer Lindsey Hoskins was present to Nov. 8 12 pm Birthday Celebrations memorialize the whole event for her. Nov. 12 Center will be closed Nov. 13 12:30 pm Walmart Trip Nov. 15 Senior Movies Trip Nov. 19 10:30 am Comm. Class Room/Angles Care Nov. 20 10 am Games at Library Nov. 22-23 Center will be closed Nov. 27 12:30 pm Walmart Trip Nov 28 10:30 am Holiday Craft Class Nov. 29 10 am S.A.F.E. Circuit at Library ANY QUESTIONS ? Call Linda at the Senior Center 712-347-6102 Carter Lake Optimist Club Sat. Oct. 6th 11 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. 626 Locust St. (Senior Center) $8.00 at the door or $7.00 Advance Tickets Dinner includes: Spaghetti, Salad, Garlic Bread & Drinks Call 347-6102 for delivery Proceeds will help fund youth activities in Carter Lake 3 Despite a rocky international season, Thomas Gilman earns another world team spot Cody Goodwin, Hawk Central Des Moines Register competition after a life-changing event. It’s “Everything Daton does, he does well,” not an excuse, but I had to stick with the Flowrestling’s Mark Bader said on the process. broadcast. “It’s just not quite as effective “This season hasn’t gone the way I wanted it against Thomas Gilman.” to go. My international career hasn’t gone 'I'm still the guy to beat' the way I wanted it to. I want to be like Afterward, Gilman walked underneath the LINCOLN, Neb. The sweat was still trickling (former Iowa coach Dan Gable) — that’s the Devaney Center and greeted the swath of down Thomas Gilman’s face as he walked standard: never losing. But sometimes, we media with a smile. Then he pointed to his underneath the Bob Devaney Sports Center have to be humbled.” temple and relayed some sage advice given on Saturday night. It was hard to tell, though, That life-changing event? Gilman refused to to him by Iowa associate head coach Terry because the former Iowa All-American was offer specific details, but allowed that he’s Brands as he navigated the last few smiling wide, too. been, “Physically unhealthy — put two-and- months.