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New sidewalk snow removal subsection passes unanimously By KYLE WILSON
CNA managing editor kwilson@crestonnews.com
Creston City Council unanimously approved a new subsection to the city’s sidewalk snow removal ordinance Tuesday evening. The current ordinance requires property owners in Creston to remove snow, ice and accumulations promptly from sidewalks within 24
hours after an accumulation event ends. If residents don’t, they can be fined $25 by law enforcement. The new subsection approved by the council Tuesday stiffens the penalty for those failing to keep their sidewalks clean. The subsection states if accumulations are still not removed from sidewalks within 48 hours after the accumulation event ends, the city will
remove the accumulations for you at a charge of $75 per hour, plus a surcharge of $100. In February, Gary Lybarger — at-large city councilman — was concerned for elderly residents who may not be able to remove the accumulations within the allotted 48 hours. Creston Police Chief Paul Ver Meer addressed his concerns. “We’ll use common sense,”
Ver Meer said. “If someone’s elderly or unable, common sense would be — let’s make arrangements for them, possibly talk to a neighbor and give them some extra time to get the snow removed.” This new ordinance subsection approved Tuesday goes into effect upon publication, which is expected sometime Please see COUNCIL, Page 2
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Janelle Kretz takes a break on a ladder as she watches Kevin Giles and Adam Bennett hang a store front sign above the awning of her new store, The Old Market Primitives, Antiques and Gifts, 104 N. Maple St.
The Old Market draws new business to uptown By SARAH BROWN
CNA staff reporter sbrown@crestonnews.com
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Cromwell and High and Dry roads are two of the major county construction projects scheduled for 2014. A contracted crew will use dowel bar retrofit to make the surface smoother for travelers and extend the life of the concrete.
Cromwell and High and Dry roads slated for construction this year ■
By JAKE WADDINGHAM
CNA associate editor jwaddingham@crestonnews.com
Two road construction projects planned for 2014 will give travelers on Cromwell and High and Dry roads in Union County a smoother ride. Union County Engineer S t e v e Akes said the late start date for the projects is Aug. 18. “You can start b e f o r e Akes that, but Aug. 18 is the latest you can start without being charged for working days,” Akes said. The contracted crew wanted to start in April, but a project in Georgia took longer than expected. Akes said it will likely be July or August when the crew can find another window to start construction. Both roads should be completed within the 40-day contract. A detour will not be necessary, but traffic will be
restricted to one lane while the crew is working. “At night people will be able to use the whole road,” Akes said. “There will be delays, so people may end up going a different way because it will be a little quicker.” Improvements The plan is to patch the roads, then grind the concrete to get ready to place dowel bars that make the road more stable and lock the slabs together. It will repair the entire Cromwell Road and 4.6 miles of High and Dry Road from the Creston city limits to the bridge near the 230th Street intersection. “The actual grinding process is a pretty fast operation (four or five days),” Akes said. “The dowel bars have to be a certain depth beneath the surface and it interlocks each joint to make it vertically stable so one panel can’t go down because it is locked to the other.” The dowel bar retrofit design still allows the concrete to expand and contrast with temperature, but will prevent the small bumps between each slab as vehicles drive across. Akes said only minimal repairs have been made to
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The two construction projects will be paid for with federal dollars and Farm-to-Market funds allotted to Union County by the Iowa Department of Transportation. It will repair the entire Cromwell Road and 4.6 miles of High and Dry Road from the Creston city limits to a bridge near the 230th Street intersection.
Cromwell and High and Dry roads since 1994 when the current slabs of concrete were put in without dowel bars. “It was a bad design, but you don’t necessarily know it is bad until it is old enough to start showing weak spots,” Akes said. Akes said every road gets
rougher as it ages, but installing the dowel bars should make the road smooth again and extend the life of the road. Both projects are being paid for with farm-to-market road funds from the Iowa Department of Transportation and through a federally funded program.
Less than six months after Janelle Kretz closed the barn doors of Gone Country Crafts and Primitives in Archer, Neb., her antique business will reopen April 1 in Creston as The Old Market Primitives, Antiques and Gifts, 104 N. Maple St. Primitives and more Kretz, 48, knows a thing or two about the antique business. As the sister of local auctioneer Tom Frey of Creston, Kretz has been “doing primitives, antiques and crafts” for almost 20 years and often attends auctions her brother runs. Primitive antiques are a specialty at Kretz’s shop. The primitive pieces are items from the “I thought, ‘life 18th, 19th and 20th is too short to centuries, which include wooden not do what crates, spools, vin- you want to do tage enamel ware, galvanized tins that makes you and buckets and happy.’” handmade pottery. Primitives are — Janelle Kretz a type of antique The Old Market owner used in countrystyle home décor and often feature folk art designs of animals, birds flowers and fruit. While there are plenty of trendy and new home décor items and gifts in Kretz shop, the pre-1930s antiques with chips, cracks, stains and distressed paint add to the overall look and tell a story of those who have lived centuries before us. Country heart Antiquing has, until now, primarily been a hobby for Kretz. Prior to moving to Creston six weeks ago, she worked for a financial firm training debt collectors. “It was very stressful,” Kretz said. However, after spending time with her brother Tom and his wife Leisa earlier this year, Kretz had an “a-ha” moment. “I thought, ‘life is too short to not do what you want to do that makes you happy,’” she said. With that, Kretz followed her heart. She consulted her family, sold her acreage in Nebraska, packed up her antique barn and turned her part-time hobby into a full-time job. In March, the Freys purchased the former Country Hearts building, which they have renovated and now lease the groundfloor to Kretz. The Freys have not yet determined a purpose for the upstairs. “Without Tom and Leisa’s help, this wouldn’t Please see THE OLD MARKET, Page 2
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