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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGIN RE: Proposed Conveyance of City

property located in Marble Rock, Floyd County, Iowa.

To Whom It May Concern:The Marble Rock City Council, act-

ing under the authority of Iowa Code Section 364.7, proposes to convey prop-erty in Marble Rock, described as fol-lows:

Parcel Fin the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 8,Township 94 North, Range 17 West of the 5th P.M., City ofMarble Rock, Floyd County, Iowa, as described and depicted in Plat of Survey filed July 24, 2020, as Inst. No. 2020-1674, in the Office of the Floyd County Recorder, subject to allexisting easements and road right-of-way, to Max C. Handley and Beverly J. Handley, as Trustees of the Max C. and Beverly J. Handley Family RevocableTrust date June 14, 2011, for $140.00plus all legal fees and costs anticipatedto be $400.00.

A hearing will be held by the Marble Rock City Council at 7:15P.M. on Octo-ber 6, 2020. Any person shall have the right to file, in writing, or appear person-ally at said hearing to present objections or comments. The failure to appear andbe heard will result in a forfeiture of any right to object to said sale.

Brittney Katcher, City Clerk

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Drive-thru Spookwalk will be held Oct. 29To The Press

The COVID-19 pandemic has scared off a lot of public events in 2020, but Charles City’s annual Spookwalk for children and families is not one of them. The free Halloween-themed event will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29. It will just have a different look and feel this year.

“Instead of walking along a decorated riverfront trail from treat station to treat station, we will have a drive-thru event to try and provide some social distancing and limited person-to-person contact,” said Community Development Director Mark Wicks.

“We wanted to provide a way for the kids to have some fun and enjoy Halloween, while at the same time do so in a safe manner during these crazy times,” he said. “This way children and families can remain safely in their vehicles yet still get to enjoy the sights and receive a treat bag at the end.”

The Spookwalk drive-thru route will be along North Jackson Street to Central Park, from North Main to Blunt. That three-block stretch will be closed to regular traffi c from 5-7:30 p.m. and become one-way for this event.

“The plan is to have vehicles enter from North Main by the bridge and slowly drive through a gauntlet of costumed crea-tures, displays and decorations,” Wicks said. “At the end of the route each child in the vehicle (ages 12 and under) will receive a free bag of treats donated by all of the participating businesses and organizations.”

Before or after the drive-thru, children are being invited to also stop by the local assisted living and nursing home facilities to show off their costumes to the residents there by walking past the front windows.

Many different groups are sending out absentee ballot re-quest forms, but Carr has said previously that people who want an absentee ballot sent to them should return only one request form, and should make sure all the information is fi lled out cor-rectly.

Some absentee ballot requests are being sent to people with part of the voter information such as name and address al-ready fi lled out, Carr said. Some people think all they have to do is sign and date the form and mail it in, but the law requires that they also fi ll in a personal identifi er such as their voter ID number or their driver’s license.

“So then we’re making tons of phone calls getting that informa-tion from the voter,” Carr said.

Some people are confused, thinking that they have to vote by mail. Some who turned in ballot requests have called and said, “I thought I had to do that,” Carr said. “No, you can vote in person — absentee in person or at the polling place.”

In Iowa, absentee ballots will begin being sent to those who request them on Oct. 5, which is also the fi rst day people can vote in advance in person at the courthouse.

A DROP BOX will be available at the courthouse for people who are concerned about return-ing absentee ballots by mail.

Carr said the volume of ab-sentee ballot requests is much higher so far than in previous presidential election years.

In the 2016 presidential gen-eral election, there were 8,159 votes cast, out of about 10,800

registered voters, according to the offi cial Floyd County can-vass of that election. That was a turnout rate of 75%. Of the votes cast, 3,524 or 43% were absentee ballots.

“I’m expecting to have over 5,000 absentee voters this time,” Carr said. “I think our numbers are kind of fl ipped, that the poll-ing places will be lower and the by-mail and in-person (in ad-vance) will be higher.”

TO MEET THAT EXPECTED crush of mail ballots, the Auditor’s Offi ce has purchased some new equipment.

Previously, absentee ballots had to be scanned one at a time, on the same type of scanner used at the voting sites on elec-tion day. Now the county has purchased a scanner that will be able to scan stacks of absentee ballots as they are loaded into the machine.

To help reduce the handling required, the county also pur-chased an automatic letter-open-er to open the absentee ballot envelopes.

“I want to try to minimize the amount of time that the poll workers are doing absentee ballots,” Carr said. “I want to make their jobs easier so they can take those ballots out, stack

them in like 25 in a stack and go through them.”

Some steps at the state level might also make handling ab-sentee ballots easier.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is asking the Legislative Council to grant emergen-cy authority to allow absentee ballot envelopes to begin being opened on Saturday, Oct. 31, the weekend before the election. The secrecy envelope inside that contains the ballot would still not be allowed to be opened until Monday, Nov. 2, which is when current law allows absen-tee envelopes to be opened and absentee votes counted.

The Legislative Council — a group of legislators who can act on some matters when the full General Assembly is not in session — is expected to act on Pate’s request this afternoon (Friday).

CARR SAID STEPS ARE ALSObeing taken in Floyd County to make the polling sites safe on election day.

“We’re trying to work through the polling places where we have a fl ow-through, where they just walk on through. Go in one door, do the process, out an-other door. It will work at some, not at all of them,” she said.

“We’ve got plexiglass bar-riers, we’ve got gloves, we’ve got disinfectant, we’ve got hand sanitizers. Our cardboard vot-ing booths are being replaced with a plastic corrugated booth so things can be wiped down. We’ve got 6-foot distancing fl oor markers,” Carr said. “We’ve made our own laminated secrecy folders so those can wiped down as well by the poll workers.”

Finding enough poll workers for election day has been a chal-lenge, though, she said.

“We’re short on Republicans. We are looking at closing one of our precincts because you have to party-balance, and a lot of workers are choosing not to work the election because of COVID” or for other reasons, she said. “I’ll make the decision on whether I’ll need to close a polling place by Monday, but it looks like it’s inevitable.”

Press photo by Bob Steenson

Sue Ellen Wohlers registers to vote at a table set up by members of the National 19th Amendment Society and the Floyd County Auditor’s Offi ce on Charles City’s Main Street Tuesday afternoon, National Voter Registration Day. Helping Wohlers renew her registration is Floyd County Auditor Gloria Carr and society members Marilu Wohlers and Ivadelle Stevenson.

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Bridge Church to offer drive-in movie experience on SaturdaysOutdoor shows will be at the high school parking lotBy James Grobjgrob@charlescitypress.com

Charles City residents can enjoy an old-fashioned drive-in movie this weekend.

“We hope it’s something to do that’s safe and easy, and something that everyone of ev-ery age can enjoy,” said Pastor Rob Williams of The Bridge Church in Charles City.

On Saturday, the church will be showing the fi rst of three planned drive-in movie nights at the parking lot at Charles City High School. This weekend’s entertainment will be “The Lego Movie.” On Saturday, Oct. 10, the movie will be “The Prin-cess Bride,” and on Oct. 24, the movie will be “Despicable Me.”

Williams said the church in-tentionally chose movies that children enjoy but also have

grown-up hu-mor in them.

“We wanted movies that would reach everyone,” Williams said. “We realize that it’s not

only going to be a kids’ event, but also a nostalgia event for a lot of people.”

Williams said the high school parking lot will open at 6 p.m., and that the event will include music, dancing, concessions and “fun for everyone” at a safe social distance. The movie will start at dark, and Williams en-couraged the attendees to bring a blanket.

An infl atable screen and a sound system will be set up, and those in their cars will be able to tune into a radio station to listen in. The movie will be free. Con-cessions will be sold, and all the proceeds from concession sales will be donated to the Charles City School District.

The Charles Theatre has agreed to pop a large amount of popcorn for the event. Conces-sions will also include candy, and canned soda that will be safe to distribute. All the volun-teers will be wearing masks.

“We’re doing everything we can to make it safe for the pub-lic,” Williams said.

Maria’s Tacos will also have a food truck on site, so attend-ees can enjoy some supper as they watch the movie.

WILLIAMS SAID THAT The Bridge Church feels an obliga-tion to do more than serve its congregation and invite people to services. It also wants to make an impact in the community.

“Ever since The Bridge Church launched about fi ve years ago, we’ve done every-thing possible to try to partner with our community, care for our community, and be a posi-tive infl uence on what’s going on,” he said. “All summer long, with this pandemic, we’ve been

looking for ways to be a light in the community.”

He said that one of the ways to do that right now was to give people in the community something fun to do, “because COVID-19 has shut so many things down.” He said he’s seen that other churches in Iowa have done the same thing, so The Bridge wanted to give it a try.

“We’ve got an awesome school system that’s been doing great things, the food bank and other churches have been doing great things, and we’re hoping we can do our part,” Williams said. “We’re excited to see how it all comes out on Saturday.”

Williams said he was also ex-cited for the event for personal reasons. Originally from Des Moines, Williams often attended a drive-in movie theater when he was young, and he misses the experience.

“It broke my heart when they closed it down,” he said. “It’s now a Menard’s. I sure miss that drive-in.”

to be an owner.“I’m ready for that,” she

said. “I’ve been prepared for that for some time now.”

Holschlag said he believes she’s ready, too.

“We’ve worked togeth-er for almost 20 years now,” Holschlag said. “We cook very well together.”

Dave’s Restaurant is known for its homestyle cooking and catering. When there’s no pan-demic going on, it offers an extensive buffet, a salad bar, a full menu, homemade pies and soups.

Holschlag was 22 years old when he bought the restaurant — then known as “Brook’s,” in the old mall in 1991. When the mall closed down 17 years ago, he moved to the cur-rent location at 809 S. Grand Ave. Dave’s employs about 20 workers, and McIntire is look-ing to expand the staff.

On Thursday, McIntire an-nounced that she has been in touch with public health, and for the health and safety of Dave’s staff and customers, the restaurant will be tem-porarily closing until Oct. 6. Anyone interested in employ-ment should call her at 641-330-7086 to get an application during that time.

Once business opens back up, McIntire plans to keep things similar to what they have been. She said any chang-es will be gradual. She said that she hoped to bring the buffet back soon, as soon as it’s right with the pandemic, and intends to go back to the hand-patty burgers and make a few other changes, but noth-ing will happen overnight. The restaurant will honor catering appointments and gift certifi -

cates.Holschlag said that McIntire

has been pushing him to make changes and improvements for years.

“She loves what she does, and she’s good at it,” he said. “This is going to be a perfect fi t for her.”

McIntire said that the name would remain “Dave’s” for the foreseeable future, although she may eventually change it to “Kimmer’s.”

Holschlag said he kept the name “Brook’s” for 12 years before he changed it to “Dave’s,” and said in hind-sight, he probably waited too long.

“I look forward to Kim eventually changing the name, so it can be personalized to her, because it’s her place,” he said. “I think it would make sense for her to keep the name for a year or so, then change it.”

McIntire has lived in Charles City since she was a baby, and graduated from CCHS in 2000, when she was still known as Kim Novac. She and her husband, Justin, have two daughters, Keisha and Cari, ages 18 and 12, both enrolled in the Charles City School District.

She said she is excited to be running her own business in her home town.

“It feels amazing,” McIntire said.

Holschlag said he was thankful to the Charles City community for more than 29 years of blessings and support, and thankful to all the employ-ees who have been part of the family over the years. He said he was going to really miss the customers, but was looking forward to seeing “Kimmer” shine as the new owner.

“There are so many opportu-nities for people, if they want it bad enough,” Holschlag said.

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