Final Community Builders In Massena

The final Community Builders technology tour will take place Thursday, September 23 at 5 p.m. at the CAM Middle School , 207 6^th Street in Massena.

Participants are to meet in the large band room at 5 p.m. and local organizer, Mike Cormack, recommends to park in the big lot northeast of the school.

The evening will begin by learning from Gary Jackson, manager at the Massena Telephone Company, about the area’s technology strengths and reach. A final presentation will also be given by Heath Gerlock with 5Q Communications. He’ll conclude his workshop series describing attributes of e-mail marketing and social media to improve your business.

A Dutch treat meal will be available. Please RSVP to Kim Spillers, 712-250-0275; Clarke Gerlock, 712-774-5476; or Mike Cormack, 712-779-3356.

P.R.I.D.E. is the economic and leadership development organization that works on behalf of the cities of Cumberland , Griswold, Lewis and Marne , plus numerous individual members and businesses in Southwest Iowa .

Historical Soc. Proposed For Anita

By Albert Karns, Jr.

A proposal has been put forward to form an association named “Town of Anita Historic Association, Inc.” The plan is to be centered on information about Anita Evergreen Cemetery .

At present it would be important for the Cemetery Board to enforce traffic rules. At best, traffic entering the cemetery should be authorized temporary parking in the proximity of the cemetery office. The roads in the cemetery shold be named and some of the roads should be one way. The traffic should make a right turn onto a one-way street exiting to named street or until reaching a one-way street and advancing on it until exiting to a named street or until reaching exit. Driver could reconnect to original one-way street at this point. Parallel parking could be authorized on named street; possibly on left or right shoulder, also possibly on the right side of the one-way street. This plan has been favored by funeral directors as there are at times “traffic jams.” Also it is important that street signs be obtained. On one-way streets, direction signs would be needed.

With the Cemetery Board and the Historical Board working together, such signs could be available locally. If the two would provide stencils, possibly high school students could help.

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