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3 QUAD-CITY TIMES Wednesday, Sept 5. 1979 Guidelines for ambulance services to get hearing By Tom Collin sessed to services operating without a county license or that violate any of the other guidelines. Mutual aid agreements with other cities, counties or ambulance districts that have similiar ambulance regulations. That means any ambulance service may pick up, transport or deliver patients from any point ithin the area cov ered by this agreement Currently, no county ide regulations govern ambulance service, training, equipment and jurisdiction. There also is no uniform way in which the five existing ambulance services are subsidized by the government units they serve.

LeClaire: Princeton, LeClaire, Pleasant Valley townships, a portion of Lincoln Township and Bettendorf from Devil's Glen Road east It Davenport, Bettendorf to Devil's Glen Road, a small portion of Hickory Grove and Blue Grass townships and part of Mount Joy. Standards for ambulance design and requirements that only licensed emergency medical technicians will be assigned to each ambulance. These standards follow state and federal guidelines, Coldsberry said. A violation will be cause for suspension of revocation of the company's license. Penalties of a $100 fine or imprisonment for up to 30 days can be as things as response time, vehicle design, equipment provided on vehicles, duplication of service and communications capabilit on the application.

Designation of five service areas and suspension or revocation of a license of an ambulance service that leaves its area without authorization from the county sheriffs department Ambulances and the areas are Buffalo: Buffalo and most of the Blue Crass townships. Durant: Liberty and Cleona townships plus the city of Walcott Life Services: Hickory Grove, Allen's Grove, Winfiekt, Sheridan, Butler and a small portion of Lincoln townships. and It II Ambulance Inc, Davenport A public hearing on the proposed guidelines Is scheduled for 1 p.m. next Tuesday at the Bicentennial Building, 428 Western Ave, Davenport Here are highlights of what the 21-page report recommends: Licenses, renewable annually, will be required for all county services. License applications will be reviewed by the county administrator and contain a listing of equipment and personnel, proof of insurance coverage and financial responsibility.

New ambulance companies or existing companies that ant to provide a new type of service will include such The administrator of the Scott County Health Department said Tuesday that none of the five ambulance services operating in Scott County meet the proposed guidelines. But Kenneth Coldsberry said some of the services are close. "We dont have regular inspections so we cant give exact instances. But we think we know where are." The ambulance firms serving Scott County are Buffalo Volunteer Ambulance Service. Durant Ambulance Service, LeClaire Ambulance Service.

Life Service of Scott County Sr. n.v'V Bos ifbrem. draws fire i from riders til -r I h. jl A public hearing on removing four Davenport buses from service drew a packed house Tuesday two months after the buses were taken off city streets. The hearing, conducted at the City Council's committee-of the-w hole meeting, was held within the 60 days required by the federal Urban Mass Transit Administration whenever there Is a reduction in service.

Most attending the meeting complained they played no part in the decision to remove the buses, which should be returned to their routes by Sept 24. "WAITING UNTIL the end of your 60-day limit to have a public hearing shows just how Utile you think of bus passengers," Judy "If you're really interested In getting people to come to these meetings, then put the announcements where they can be seen by the people who should be heard at these meetings," she added. To help draw people to Tuesday's meeting, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 312 look out an advertis-ment in Monday's QuadCity Times. The ad announced the hearing by saying, "This will probably be your only opportunity to voice your opinion on city transportation." Members of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) also passed out leaflets and posted signs about the meeting on several dow ntow businesses. THE PURPOSE of the meeting was to get citizen reaction to the removal of the buses for repairs on July S.

Buses were taken from routes on Brady-Harmon streets, Rockingham Road Locust Street 3rd Street and the Bridge line. with one less bus on each route, the headway time between buses has been Increased from 30 to 45 minutes, officials say. They were removed because of the "deteriorating" condition of the buses. City Administrator Del Borgs-dorf said Tuesday. "It was a physical decision based on the age and condition of the bus fleet." Some of the buses have cracked frames that only private firms can repair, he said.

Also, the delay will give city mechanics time to catch up on other needed bus repairs. THE AGED city fleet consists of 11 General Motors buses built In 1967; nine 1974 Twin Coach buses, and eight 1976 American Motors buses. Six of the General Motors buses have been junked, hile eight of nine Twin Coach buses have cracked frames. "With less than 18 buses available, only crisis maintenance occurred," Borgsdorf said. Asked why the hearing was held after the city removed the buses, Alderman William Fennelly, R-7lh Ward, said the decision was made to protect the bus riders.

"The broken frames presented a very dangerous situation. It was our decision to do the work right away." This tangled mess of steel Is all that remains of the Spencer Creek bridge that was destroyed two weeks ago, leaving residents of a private Pleasant Valley housing area virtually cut off. A pasture serv es as the only route to their homes. (Timet photo) Help for private bridge slows Union, Oscar Mayer set talks Talks are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. today in Chicago between Oscar Mayer Co.

and union members in an effort to end a strike against the company's meat processing plants in Davenport and Madison, Wis, a union spokesman said Tuesday. The strike began Saturday with the expiration of a three-year contract for about 1,650 workers In Davenport and 2.400 Madison employees. Dick Edwards, business agent for Local 431, 1'nited Food and Commert-cal Workers Union, said, "since the meeting was called by Oscar Mayer, I'm assuming they're going to make an offer." Production was at a standstill at both plants Tuesday, and the company has no plans to bring in office personnel or non-union members to operate the plants, a company spokesman said. About 1,300 to 1,500 union members gathered In a mass picket between and 7 a at the Davenport plant 1337 W. 2nd St, Kduards said.

There were no tnctdints of violence, he said. He said union members are happy that talks have been scheduled, but are prepared for a "long strike" three months or longer. Tuesday was the first Interruption of work because no production was scheduled during the Labor Day weekend. The company had laid off workers at both plants last week to reduce meat supplies and avoid possible spoilage In case of a strike. Louis De Frieze, l-ocal 431 president, said Davenport police have been cooperative in patrolling the area.

Bottles and rocks were hurled at the pickets early Sunday, but the assailants were thought to be youths In passing cars. The two sides have been discussing a new contract for five weeks. Members of the two locals had authorized their leaders to call a strike if no agreement was reached by the time the old contract expired at midnight Friday. Driver rescued from truck fire Davenport fire and rescue units responded to a truck fire early today on Interstate 280 near Lakeside Manor Park, an Iowa State Patrol spokesman said. The jaw s-of life were used to rescue at least one of two drivers from the cab of a semi-tractor trailer that tipped over In the eastbound lanes, the spokesman said.

The Injured driver was believed taken to Mercy Hospital, a Scott County sheriffs department spokesman said. Details of the accident were not immediately available. Escapee caught; area burglary INDEPENDENCE, Iowa One of two prisoners who escaped from the Men's Penitentiary in Fort Madison last weekend was captured Tuesday at an Independence motel after an hour -long police stakeout police said. Authorities said they apprehended Steve Starnes, 21, who was serving 20 years on an aggravated burglary conviction In Scott County. Stanies was arrested June 3.

1976, Davenport police said. Further details were not available. By Marshall Hood of ihcTlam Bettendorf hall may be -expanded plane this winter. "METRE NOT talking about shacks up there," another resident said. "These are homes In the $90,000 range." Some of the braver residents drive across the creek bottom when the water level is low.

"I was just out there this morning," Supervisor Maggie Tinsman told the group at the board's committee-of-the-whole donl see how you can drive through it." THE RESIDENTS know they are up against overwhelming odds the bridge is a private span, not under the control of the county engineer. "We know you do not owe us a bridge because we're on private property," Mrs. Osterberg said. "But I know there Is money to be had if there Is a need." Yet finding any government money may be as hard for the supervisors as raising (100,000 for a new bridge will be for the homeowners. Civil Defense director Joe Dooley said his contacts with state and federal disaster aid agencies have turned up nothing.

If it were a public bridge, he said. It would be a different story. The bridge "a real substantial one," said Mrs. Osterberg was built more than 30 years ago by a railway company and has been used by the residents ever since. Mrs.

Osterberg said the bridge-building problem could have been lessened if only the residents knew they were in a floodplain. Then, she said, the bridge could have been insured. "It would have made all the difference In the world if we knew that but nobody told us," she said. Dooley explained that public hearings on the floodplain were held In 1977, and residents should have known. When supervisors agreed there was no money In the budget for a new bridge, they directed Ed Gallagher, chief administrative officer, to research more government grants for disaster relief.

"If we can't give out money," Mrs. Tinsman said, "at least we can give some time and expertise to this." The residents of a private subdivision in Pleasant Valley must drive through a pasture to reach their to $90,000 homes because their only other access was washed away two weeks ago. Hazel Osterberg and several other of the nine homeowners, who live in the area north of S. 67, asked the Scott County Board of Supervisors Tuesday for help in replacing the bridge. SATURATING rains apparently loosened the foundation of a two-car garage, causing It to sweep down Spencer Creek and smash the steel span.

Joe KtmmcL a neighboring landowner, allows the residents to drive through his pasture land north of the area, but that offer Is good only until inter, Mrs. Osterberg said. If something isnl done soon, one resident jokingly told the board, supplies may have to be dropped by air cycle patrol In city parks. Police Chief Keith Chandler said the program would cost about $3,000 for the remainder of September about $1,800 for the motorcy cle and (1,200 to hire an off-duty officer to ride in the parks for five hours, five days a week. Friendly tip snags bad check suspects Bettendorf officials are considering plans to expand city hall by November 1980 to provide more space for the police and fire departments.

Architect Tim Downing presented the City Council's finance committee Tuesday with three options ranging from 1110.000 to 171,300. All three would provide additional police department space at the rear of the building for storage, locker rooms and a photography lab. The difference In the options is the extent of fire department expansion needed to accommodate a taller snorkel truck that will be delivered next year. Officials have the option of building the additional bay on the rear, on the est or in both directions simultaneously with an eye toward future needs. In other business, the committee: Rejected a proposal for a motor- Hopefuls speak on gifted programs tend but sent written replies to the questions.

SCI-TAG interprets gifted and talented students to be children of exceptional promise whose outstanding talents and potential "require special provisions to meet their needs." Although most candidates' interpretations of the meaning of gifted and talented varied somewhat most agreed programs should be provided for those children. "I have a special bias," Sinning said. "I think that every child is gifted and talented and it's the schools' responsibility to find the gifts and talents in each child. grams geared to students identified as gifted and talented. The session was attended by Davenport candidates Dr.

L.J. Twyner, Dr. John Sinning, Marcia Dingman, Susie F. Ilonnokl and Marvin A. (Bud) Youngs.

Also present were Bettendorf candidates Judith J. Mayer, Gerald G. Westbrook and William W. Fulkerson. Pleasant Valley candidates Ft llovey Tinsman, Henry Clark and Bill Martin also attended.

Bettendorf candidates Betty Cavendish and Dr. Richard Munster, and Pleasant Valley candidate William E. Martin Jr, were unable to at Candidates for the Davenport, Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley school boards spoke Tuesday night about their school districts programs for gifted students during a public ques-tion-and answer session. Ten candidates appeared before an audience of about 50 persons at a meeting sponsored by the Scott County Talented and Gifted Organization (SCI-TAG) at the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, 2604 W. Locust St Charlotte Beaseley, president of SCI-TAG, and other organization officers asked the candidates eight questions concerning development of pro Cooperation between two Quad-City appliance dealers and Davenport police ted Tuesday night to the arrest of three persons in connection with the passing of bad checks.

Mcllart's Appliance-TV Showroom Warehouse Ltd, 6220 Brady St, Davenport had been alerted by a Rock Island store, where a man using a bad check bought a television. Sgt DeWayne Blank, chief of the street crimes unit praised the two stores, saying such cooperation "is all too rare." A clerk at Mcllart's called police a little before closing time when a man fitting the description entered the store, accompanied by another man and woman. Street crimes unit Officer Dave Spahn, off-duty and dressed in street clothes, entered the store and posed as a customer before identifying himself as a police officer. Police said the man ith the check ran from the store, only to be caught by Spahn and Officer Jerald McCabe. Dale Williams.

28, of 930 6th St, Rock Island, was charged with false use of a financial instrument He was being held late Tuesday In lieu of bond. Rock Island authorities had issued a warrant for Williams on the same charge. Ernestine Lovejoy, 22, of 1217 14th St, Rock Island, and Bons Lee Wiley, 29, of Gary, Ind, both were charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and were being held In lieu of $10,000 bond each, police said. All's quiet on Clinton picket line Davenport Club robbed An armed man held up the Davenport Club Tuesday afternoon, escaping with three bags of coins and bills from the safe, authorities said. When a female employee entered the club orrice at 404 Main St, a young man with a small gun told her to open the safe, the employee told police.

"He was standing in the office and told me to open the safe or he'd shoot me," she said. The door to the club, located inside the Dempsey Hotel, 408 Main St is usually locked. Club members and employees have pass keys After the man "grabbed the whole works" from a drawer, he told the woman to lie down on the floor, she said. She did not know how much money the man took. Police said they did not know whether the man fled in a car or on foot company intends to fully discipline and prosecute persons Involved in violence against Its employees.

The recent disturbance will not hinder a negotiation session scheduled for Thursday, representatives of both sides sakL Federal mediator William Weier set up the meeting Friday. About 750 members of Local of the American Federation of Grain Millers have been on strike against Clinton Corn, a division of Standard Brands Inc, since Aug. 1. get the crowd to disperse. Union business representative Mike Krajnovich, whose home and car were the targets of shots fired Friday night claimed Tuesday that the disturbance was started primarily by members of other unions present at an earlier I-abor Day rally, not striking grain millers.

More than 1000 union members from across the state and supporters of the Clinton local attended the rally and march. A company spokesman said the from Clinton, was charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly pointing a gun at pickets. Company officials said guards witnessed the Incident and that Pritt was immediately fired. Police Chief Wayne WUke said no further arrests have been made in connection with Monday's disturbance, but that the Investigation is continuing. Two union supporters were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct Six others were detained, but released in a bargaining agreement to CLINTON, Iowa Shift changes were generally quiet Tuesday at Clinton Corn Processing Co, after a 1-abor Day disturbance at the plant Involving about 200 supporters of striking grain millers.

Police said there had been no reports of violence since Monday's incidents of rock throwing and bat slinging at cars crossing the picket line Into theplanL In one incident early Tuesday. Ronald Prttt 20, a non union employee 4.