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r-s 1 i Mi Raiders play host to Ames Page CI Twentieth season Page A12 THE 1 SIOUX CIT Yl Saturday Sept 18 1999 Partly cloudy High in upper 70s 50 cents "Celebrating Siouxland Pride'' Vol. 136 No. 16 Sioux City, Iowa METRO EDITION Community service mm irepjsct issues city My sr tw I i A 1 1 Kt. sec lime 3 other drainage basins identified A when a storm dumped 3 inches of rain on the area in about 30 minutes. Eight lawsuits have been filed against the city since the flood.

"The only noticeable change is that HDR recommended purchasing not one but two homes in the area from the owners, demolishing the homes and constructing a surface drainage swale to provide a new drainage route leading to a nearby ravine," Nolan said. The HDR report recommended purchasing the home at 3519 Walden Ave. and now the home next door at 4205 Sergeant Road, Nolan said. The city staff has identified three additional drainage basins that were impacted by the July 2 storm. They SEE COUNCIL continued on page A3 ByJudi Hazlett Journal staff writer The final report by an Omaha engineering firm was essentially the same as the initial report in July after flooding hit a Morningside neighborhood, Environmental Services Director Paul Nolan said Friday.

Henningson, Durham and Richardson (HDR) still maintains that the flooding did not happen because of an inadequate city drainage system, as residents in the area have claimed, but because of overland flooding coming from the rear of the homes. HDR was hired by the city to assess the storm water system in the Waldcn Avenue, Sergeant Road area which was hit by flash floods July 2 President lifts sanctions on N. Korea Move rewards nation for not testing missiles WASHINGTON (AP) President Clinton lifted a half-century of restrictions on trade, travel and banking against North Korea on Friday, rewarding the impoverished communist nation for agreeing not to test missiles that could strike as far as Alaska or Hawaii. Clinton's decision was the most sweeping gesture toward North Korea since the Korean War. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said the United States and North Korea were starting "down a new and more hopeful road.

It is a road that holds out the possibility of long-term stability and even eventual reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula." But Republican leaders sharply criticized Clinton's move and accused the White House of bowing to pressure. "We are once again entering a cycle of extortion with North Korea," said Rep. Benjamin Gilman, chairman of the House International Relations Committee. "Ultimately, we have no assurances that North Korea has halted missile development or its program for weapons of mass destruction." Sen. Jesse Helms, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, registered his opposition with former Defense Secretary William Perry, the president's coordinator for North Korea policy.

Helms made clear "his concern that the United States was on the verge of becoming the foreign aid benefactor of the world's most oppressive communist government," said the senator's spokesman, MarcThiessen. Republican presidential hopeful Elizabeth Dole called Clinton's decision "outrageous." She said the president "is giving up too much too soon. It is simply irresponsible to ease sanctions without meaningful assurances that North Korea is not selling missiles and technology-related mass destruction to rogue states." Scott and Janet Plathe pick up litter along the are required to pick up the litter at least three stretch of Military Road they have adopted. They times a year. (Staff photo by Angela Tague) arents threaten to heln ritv look nirp? Want board with recal Now you can adopt a street MUimI lrMAhlA rurmlo uhn at fact ftru in thpir OOiU CMat nutnp fritfA- Michael Koehler people who eat fast food in their 28th Street Outer Drive; to Elev By enth Street, Floyd Boulevard to Highway 75; 28th Street, Floyd Boulevard to Highway 75.

Janet and Scott Plathe were sick of looking at other peoples' trash near their home on Military Road in Sioux City. Their adopted stretch of cars and toss the bags and wrappers out the window. Smokers who toss their cigarette butts are also a significant source of litter, and Eckert said he even has reminded city employees that someone will have to pick up their cigarette butts. There are stretches of road still available for people or groups to donate their time and efforts to combat litter. The following stretches of road are up for adoption: Broken Kettle Road north of Memorial Drive; Floyd Boulevard, Journal staff writer Instead of griping about Sioux City's litter problem, several individuals and groups have stepped up and adopted streets.

Started in 1995, Sioux City's Adopt-a-Street program has seen an increase in participation in the last year, said Lori Wilson, secretary at the Sioux City Public Works Street Division. Paul Eckert, assistant city manager, said the biggest litterers are Military Road runs from the Sun Valley Golf Course to Casselman Street, about six-tenths of a mile. "It's right by our house, and it $250,000 curriculum developed for Winnebago several years ago. Students are testing one to two years below the national standard. There is a high rate of teacher turnover.

The board approved the removal of the traditional Winnebago flag song at the start of each school day. A $20,000 electric sign was purchased while there was a shortfall in the athletic department. The board has annual travel expenses over $20,000 to attend seminars and trade shows; the parents want that justified. Parents for Better Schools also says the board has not met its request for minutes of the board's last 18 months' meetings, a copy of the superintendent's contract and original copies of a survey about school uniforms. The group claims to have 200 members.

Attempts Friday evening to reach administrators or board members for a response to the parents' charges were unsuccessful. WINNEBAGO, Neb. A group of parents here has called on the entire six-member public school board to resign or face recall in a special election. It is also asking for the resignations of Superintendent Virgil Likness and Robert Geist, elementary school principal. In a statement released Friday, Parents for a Better School charged the board with "lack of interest" concerning a list of issues at the school.

They said their rallying point came with the board's decision to mandate school uniforms, and that the administration had "harshly dealt" with the children not in compliance at the beginning of the school year. The statement also said the board could not adequately answer, their concerns at an Aug. 23 public hearing. Board members include Terry Medina, president, Nilah Farmer, Jay Stout, Carol Merrick, Sarah Berridge and Daphne Evans. The parent group claims: The board has yet to implement a Perry, briefing reporters at the SEE COUPLE continued on page A3 SEE JAPANESE continued on page A3 KMEG breaks ground for new studios in Dunes 1 .1 I quarters will be built on four acres, with the rest to be developed by Gold Circle Entertainment and the general contractor for the studio project, Darland Corp.

of Omaha. The site is between Interstate 29 at Sioux Point Road and Courtyard Drive. Standing at what will be the entrance road to the stations' campus in Dakota Dunes' Siouxland Business Park, Waitt joked that maybe they'd call the driveway KMEG Boulevard. He said he had considered several other locations in the Sioux City area, but chose that site because of its visibility at the "gateway to Dakota Dunes" and because it will give the news teams easy access to "all points in Siouxland." Dennis Melstad, executive vice president of Dakota Dunes Development joined in Waitt's enthusiasm for the location. "Broadcasting live from Dakota Dunes," he said, trying out the SEE KMEG continued on page A3 By Michele Linck Journal staff writer DAKOTA DUNES KMEG-TV has been "Building our station around you" since Norman Waitt Jr.

bought it last August and encouraged viewers to let him know what they'd like to see. Now it is building a station around itself. A ceremonial groundbreaking for the CBS affiliate's new state-of-the-art studios and office was held Friday on its 12.5-acre site at Dakota Dunes. Also housed at the headquarters will be Star 102.3 (KZSR-FM) radio station. Both broadcast properties are owned by Waitt Broadcasting a wholly owned company of Waitt's Gold Circle Entertainment, an Omaha-based corporation.

They currently are in separate offices in Sioux City. Waitt's Kind World Foundation will join KMEG and Star 102.3 in the new building. The $2.3 million broadcast head- Free Saturday parking starts today Free downtown Saturday parking begins today. That means shoppers will not have to put any money in any parking meter in the downtown area. The City Council last week decided the new parking policy will be in effect year-around.

In the past, the council has allowed free Saturday parking only during the Christmas shopping season. Sundays have always been free. The council took its action at the request of the Parking Advisory Board and at the urging of downtown merchants, who said they believe their business will increase if parking is free. The council has expressed a concern about where to make up for the lost revenue from the meters. City officials said they are not planning to bag the meters because it takes too much time and might cause confusion for people who didn't know about the free parking.

Traditionally, bagged meters mean no parking in those spots. "We're just hoping people will have heard about it before now," said Jim Miller, public works traffic engineer. 11 -i i 1 Norman Waitt chairman of Waitt Broadcasting speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the company's new studios and office in Dakota Dunes Friday. (Staff photo by Jim Lee) '1 EffiHMO Remain calm: Financial guru Alan Greenspan warns against stockpiling and inventory hedging against Y2K computer failures, which could create more problems than the theoretical computer glitch itself. Page A14 Move 'em out: Thousands of Indonesian troops load weapons and gear onto transport planes and ships Friday, and began abandoning riot-scarred East Timor ahead of the U.N.

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For more on the Siouxland-based company's history, check out The Journal's Sunday Business section. iff il Ik MIX T' I i I hope many Siouxlanders read the Our Opinion, "Punishing Savers," in the Sept. 8 Journal, and were as disturbed as I was. If you missed it, get a copy or two, and send one to your lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Demand a tax cut! Enough is enoughl Sid lacobsfiu, Alton, Iowa TilE INI 1 A The Journal A oaoer and -F Jfif minr env ink.