Crescent CONNECTION
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Issue 5
In This Issue... Page 2................. Crescent City Council Page 3.................. Thank You, Crescent Church Activities Time Out Page 4 ........................Mayor’s Corner Tennis, Anyone? Page 5............. Pott Co. Sheriff’s Report Pages 6-7..........................Advertisers Page 8.....................Useless Knowledge
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! t n e m u n Movies at the Mo Coming to the Vet’s Monument in June! Bring the Kids for Summer Evening Fun and Free Popcorn!
Stay tuned for more info. Sponsored by the Park Board and Community of Christ Church.
FALL FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2015
We’re Looking For...
A Singer! If you have the voice and would like to do the honors of singing our National Anthem, please call Kris at the number below. Parade Participants! We’re looking for a variety of parade entries. Theme is “Celebrate Children”. Please call Kris to reserve a spot. Kris Smith at 712-545-3118 Junk & Craft Vendors! Call Cheri Mensching at 712-310-9924 1
Contact Numbers Mayor Brian Shea 712-545-3652 (
Councilman Bob Anderson 712-545-3373 (
Councilman Jim Beck 712-545-9314 (
Councilman Chuck Hildreth 402-681-0982 (
Councilman Elvis Jacobsen 712-545-3215 (
City Clerk Mary Martin 712-545-3981 (
Park Board Mindi Hively 712-545-3062 (
Message Board Ron Olson 712-545-3267 (
Crescent Fire Dept. Non-Emergency 712-545-3730 (
Crescent Elementary 712-545-3566 2
Crescent
Submitted by Mary Martin, City Clerk.
City Council The City of Crescent is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY OF CRESCENT COUNCIL MEETING May 4th, 2015 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: Anderson, Beck, Hildreth and Jacobsen. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Jacobsen to accept consent agenda. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. POTT. CNTY. SHERIFF CONTRACT submitted. MOTION BY JACOBSEN, seconded by Anderson to approve contract. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. RESOLUTION 1-2015 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR YR 2015 submitted for approval. MOTION BY JACOBSEN, seconded by Anderson to approve amendment. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. OLSSON & Assoc. contract on Powell’s Addition Corner submitted for approval. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Jacobsen to approve. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. HENRY’S LIQUOR LICENSE submitted for approval. MOTION BY BECK, seconded by Hildreth to approve. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE 05042015 WEIGHT LIMIT ON E. WELCH ST at 20 TON submitted for 1st reading. MOTION BY JACOBSEN, seconded by Beck to approve 1st reading. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. MOTION MADE BY ANDERSON, seconded by Jacobsen to consider waiving 2nd and 3rd readings of ORDINANCE 05042015 of Chapter 66. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Beck to approve final consideration of amending ordinance Chapter 66 (03) WEIGHT LIMIT. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. DISCUSSION ON POOL ROOF among the council. MOTION BY BECK, seconded by Jacobsen to approve flat roof only. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. DISCUSSION ON MESSAGE BOARD among the council. It was determined that moving it 20’ to the south may help. MOTION BY BECK, seconded by Hildreth to move sign 20’ to south when repaired. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. MINDI HIVELY/PARK BOARD reported that she has received no teams for the tournaments. She has not had any response on volleyball either. Tennis lessons are still in the works. Park is receiving a donation for cabinets, new sink, etc. for the concession stand so that there is storage. Community of Christ Church has a copy right permit for movies so they will co-sponsor movie night down at the Veteran’s Monument in June, July, and August. This will be at no charge. GALEN BARRETT/FIRE CHIEF reported that they have had 107 calls for the year so far. The training house they were using did come back positive for asbestos so the plans to have a live burn training has been cancelled. Home has been turned back over to homeowner. He asked council for approval to order chassis for F550 now, so truck will come in earlier. No money will be paid out until after July 1st. MOTION BY BECK, seconded by Jacobsen to approve ordering now. Beck, Hildreth, Anderson, Jacobsen, all ayes. Motion carried. Clerk reported that there was a fence permit and a bldg. permit approved by Planning & Zoning. CRAIG PETERSON/MAINTENANCE reported about the sink hole up in Golden Hills. After excavating and video-taping it was determined that Black Hills Energy will fix it. He has been mowing and spraying, thistles are already out. Rented an attachment and cleaned the streets. Water is on at the park. He is busy now digging ditches and will be excavating in front of the strip mall to prepare for paving. Mayor mentioned that clean-up day was cancelled due to the weather. MOTION BY ANDERSON, seconded by Hildreth to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 7:52PM.
Thank You Crescent!
We collected 413 pounds of food and $420.00 in donations! I want to thank my friend, Teresa Hildreth for helping me that day, also the community of Fed So Far Crescent, the surrounding communities and the Crescent Post Office for their support. A special thank you to all the businesses for their support as well: Aeroplane Inn, Loess Hills Winery, Henry’s Diner, Meyer Automotive, Denny’s Place, Crescent Roadhouse, Pink Poodle, Crescent Feed Store, Mile Away and American National Bank. Thank you to all who donated food and monetary donations, you have helped many hungry adults, children and seniors. God Bless. —Tammy Meyer
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Hazel Dell United Methodist
Vacation Bible School: June 15-19, 9-11:30am Classes Nursery-Completed 6th grade Bible stories, music, crafts and fun with others! Registration $2.00 and 2 pkgs of Kool-aid Bring your bible and a friend. Program Friday Eve at 7pm Theme: SonSpark Lab Discovering God’s Plan 4 U=Jesus By Gospel Light No need to preregister. Everyone welcome. For more info: 712-322-8022 • June 7th thru Aug. 30th Sunday School and Worship Service
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Noon to Midnight Bring Dad in for a Free Gift OPEN JULY 4TH! 2pm to 2am
AREA MEETINGS
JULY 12TH!
• City Council: First Monday of every month unless holiday—June 1st • Crescent Optimist Club: First Thurs. at 7pm at Community of Christ.—June 4th • Planning Committee: The Monday following the city council meeting.—June 8th • 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.— June 17th
FIREBARN BREAKFAST
3rd Sunday of Every Month. 8am-12pm Adults: $6, Kids under 12: $3 Proceeds benefit CVFD June 21st
The Crescent Optimists are gearing up for this years Fall Festival. If you’d like to be part of the fun, please attend the monthly meetings. Next meeting: Thursday, June 4th at 7pm in the church basement.
Get Your Wheels Ready for the Annual
SHOW US YOUR WHEELS & BBQ!
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Sign Up Now for INDOOR BAG LEAGUES! 2 Person Teams • Leagues offered M-Th All Games at 7pm • KARAOKE EVERY TUESDAY! 31 CLUB EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 7:30PM Stop in or visit www.TheMileAway.com for more info on all upcoming events
From the Meis Family A very special thank you to friends and family for the outpouring of love and support since Herbie’s stroke, January 4. He is miles beyond where he was a few months ago, thanks to his fighting spirit. He has been receiving aggressive physical therapy and we anticipate it will take months to recover from the stroke. We ask for your continued support. Thank you. 3
Mayor’s Corner
Submitted by Brian Shea
2015 is an election year for our city. Serving on any of the city’s boards or city council is the highest volunteerism that a person can do for their community. If you do not like the way anything is happening, or you would like to make something new happen, get in the election process. Small towns can only survive on volunteers. Mayor • City Council • Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustments • Park Board • Fire and Rescue Next time you run into one of these volunteers, tell them thanks for their time. Get involved! We have paved in front of the post office area and will be paving in front of the Pink Poodle. This will help clean us up some. Hopefully we can do a little more each year, and at some point we might have a cleaner little town. A group of volunteers is looking at the Crescent creek and drainage in town. We have found an agency that will help us, but we need to look at the whole watershed. We discussed rain gardens in yards, along the roadways, and possible pooling areas for rain water. Most large cities require all new developments to hold a certain amount of runoff on the property for a certain amount of time. It allows the water to infiltrate into the ground rather than down the stream and cutting soils deeper and wider in the stream bed. Natural grasses, terraces, grass strips in fields, rain gardens, french drains are all very helpful in achieving lower amounts of water volume. This could be something you could help with! Weight limits are coming to Welch Street. The large trucks are tearing our street apart and council does not feel it is fair to ask the citizens to buy a new road. It is not a popular idea, but neither is raising taxes to build a new road. A new marquee sign will be put up. It is missed when not there. A new flashing ‘stop’ sign has been installed at the ‘T’ intersection. Hopefully, that will help get people stopped. —Brian Shea
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Tennis, Anyone? K-5TH GRADE LESSONS COMING TO CRESCENT! Two Sessions Available:
Session 1: June 10th-July 3rd Wednesday’s and Friday’s 9:00-10:30 a.m. • Session 2: July 15th-Aug 7th Wednesday’s and Friday’s 9:00-10:30 a.m. at the Crescent Park Tennis Court Fees: One child in family $40/session or 2 sessions $35/session Two or more children in family $35/child/session or 2 sessions $30/child/session • Contact: Mindi Hively at Howly5@msn.com for registration form Deadline to register is June 5th, 2015 • Sponsored by the Crescent Park Board Instructed by the Abraham Lincoln HS Tennis Coaches
Pott. County Sheriff’s Report Submitted by Chief Deputy, John Reynold
4/10 at 7:06 AM Deputies Guyer and Smith were dispatched to the 600 block of Old Lincoln Highway in reference an alarm. 4/14 at 5:55 AM Deputies McCoy and Maguire were dispatched to the 100 block of Old Lincoln Highway in reference suspicious activity. 4/15 at 11:05 PM Deputy Barnes was dispatched to the 100 block of Old Lincoln Highway in reference a property damage accident. 4/17 at 10:04 PM Deputy Hiatt was dispatched to the 1000 block of Walnut Street in reference a complaint report.
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4/19 at 1:56 AM Deputies McCoy and Norman were dispatched to Golden Hills Drive and Mormon Bridge Road in reference a property damage accident. 4/26 at 9:36 PM Deputy Ramsey was dispatched to the 400 block of Crescent Drive in reference a 911 hang up call. 4/28 at 2:36 PM Deputies Kealy and Pattee were dispatched to the 1300 block of Old Lincoln Highway in reference a welfare check. 4/29 at 3:15 Deputy Maguire was dispatched to the 900 block of Valley Drive to assist Fire/EMS. Crescent Township Citations (13) Speeding (1) Driving Under Suspension (2) No Insurance (4) Warning Citations (2) No Drivers License
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