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75 ¢ Friday Daily Iowegian IN COMMUNITY, PAGE 9 KLUM CROWNED SPROUT WINNER IN SPORTS, PAGE 7 WEEK 1 FOOTBALL PREVIEWS IN COMMUNITY, PAGE 9 TEACHERS ENJOY SCHOOL PICNIC www.dailyiowegian.com The Newspaper That Cares About Appanoose County 12 pages August 25, 2017 INDEX CONTACT US WEATHER Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Facebook: /DailyIowegian Twitter: @DailyIowegian Visit us online: DailyIowegian.com Send us your news tips: [email protected] 641-856–6336 TODAY High: 80° Low: 59° Southeast wind 5-9 mph. SATURDAY High: 81° Low: 61° 30 percent chance of showers late. SUNDAY High: 79° Low: 59° 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Marginal severe threat. Graphic courtesy National Weather Service Observed precipitation reported to the National Weather Service in Iowa over a four-day period ending Wednesday morning. Mother Nature has been more kind to Appanoose County in recent days, but it hasn’t been enough to reverse a severe drought. Many areas of southwest- ern Iowa were removed from drought status in the U.S. Drought Monitor’s newest report released Thursday. But the picture in southcentral and southeastern Iowa has remained fairly consistent. Between Sunday and Wednesday, the county received roughly between 3-4 inches of rain. As the National Weather Ser- vice Des Moines office’s put it on their Facebook page Wednesday, “Not the drought buster rains needed, but anything helps.” The rains may have helped more than what was reflected in the report. The Centerville Municipal Airport reported 1.5 inches of rain on Tuesday. Since the U.S Drought Monitor only reviews data through Tuesday morning, much of that rain wouldn’t have been included in their most recent drought report. By Kyle Ocker Editor Rain not enough to cure drought Centerville gets above-normal precipitation so far in August Please see DROUGHT, Page 2 Miller’s Malts and More opens on THE SQUARE Miller’s offers ice cream, smoothies, paninis and more M iller’s Malts and More is officially open. Allen and Soraya Miller have taken over the former Morgan’s Ice Cream Parlor and the new store held their grand opening on Friday, Aug. 18. Allen Miller was born in Mar- shalltown and grew up in Tama/ Toledo. He moved to Florida when he was 18 and has lived there ever since. The couple have four children, Aryanna, 16, Alexa, 14, Aiden 10 and Ava 4, and started coming to the area last year after building a house at Sundown Lake. They had originally planned to be in Iowa for just the summers, and then return to Florida, but that has changed now, at least for the im- mediate future. Miller said they originally wanted a home in Iowa so their kids to experience the small town life that he had grown up with and they also wanted to enjoy a lake lifestyle for at least part of the year. They had enjoyed going to Morgan’s and other places like Tangleberries and George and Nicks and were sad to see Morgan’s close. But they didn’t have any inclination to open up a restaurant of their own. By Krystal Fowler Lifestyle Editor Photos by Krystal Fowler/Daily Iowegian Soraya and Allen Miller near the front of Miller’s Malts and More, showing off some of the memorabilia that decorates the store. Allen Miller waits on a customer during the grand opening of Miller’s Malts and More on Friday. Please see OPEN, Page 2 BLOOMFIELD — After an 11th hour deal to fund Oak Place for at least another three months, the mental health region met Tuesday to finalize their request for proposal which will begin going out in September. South Central Behav- ioral Health Region, which oversees mental health services in Appanoose, Da- vis, Wapello and Mahaska, and Centerville Community Betterment, which operates Oak Place, had failed to come to an agreement. Oak Place had closed for about two days when at a special meeting, a three-month deal was implemented. That 90-day extension, with a month-to-month op- tion thereafter, was formally approved Tuesday by the region board, which is made up of county supervisors in each of the counties it serves. Also on the docket Tues- day, was the completion of a request for proposal which will open up in September. The region board is looking for proposals from inter- ested parties to offer crisis stabilization homes in three of the four counties the region serves. The facilities would be somewhat similar to what Oak Place currently pro- vides. However, the facility requirements would also open services up to other clients, region CEO Jennifer Vitko said. “We’re opening up this to complex needs clients,” Vitko said. “We’re opening this up to referrals to come from providers. So, in this RFP we’re opening it up to more providers, we’re open- ing it up to more complex needs clients, and we’re opening it up to more refer- ral sources. The region will seek three beds in Appanoose, two beds in Mahaska and two beds in Wapello. Oak Place currently offers five, which are usable for any county in the region. Vitko cited a 47 percent occupancy rate at Oak Place. She said two is the minimum number of beds for a facility to become accredited. Linda Demry, region board member and Appa- noose County supervisor, said she was concerned about how the RFP states bed count in Appanoose would be “not to exceed” three beds. She asked if that would eliminate Oak Place from contention. Vitko said Oak Place would have to limit to three beds, but that the facility could “become creative” in what they would use the other two beds for. The proposal would open up about a four-and-a- half-month timeline, which Vitko and region board member Mark Doland (Mahaska County supervi- sor) acknowledged could be a tight turnaround for a new vendor to be set up and running. Mental health region approves RFP for new stabilization services Region board seeks facilities like Oak Place in three counties By Kyle Ocker Editor Please see SERVICES, Page 2 “We’re opening up this to complex needs clients,. We’re opening this up to referrals to come from providers.” REGION CEO JENNIFER VITKO
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Friday Daily IowegianIN COMMUNITY, PAGE 9
KLUM CROWNED SPROUT WINNER
IN SPORTS, PAGE 7
WEEK 1 FOOTBALL PREVIEWS
IN COMMUNITY, PAGE 9
TEACHERS ENJOY SCHOOL PICNIC
www.dailyiowegian.com The Newspaper That Cares About Appanoose County 12 pages
August 25, 2017
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Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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TODAYHigh: 80°Low: 59°Southeast wind 5-9 mph.
SATURDAYHigh: 81°Low: 61°30 percent chance of showers late.
SUNDAYHigh: 79°Low: 59°60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Marginal severe threat.
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Graphic courtesy National Weather ServiceObserved precipitation reported to the National Weather Service in Iowa over a four-day period ending Wednesday morning.
Mother Nature has been more kind to Appanoose County in recent days, but it hasn’t been enough to reverse a severe drought.
Many areas of southwest-ern Iowa were removed from drought status in the U.S. Drought Monitor’s newest report released Thursday. But the picture in southcentral and southeastern Iowa has remained fairly consistent.
Between Sunday and Wednesday, the county received roughly between 3-4 inches of rain. As the National Weather Ser-vice Des Moines office’s put it on their Facebook page Wednesday, “Not the drought buster rains needed, but anything helps.”
The rains may have helped more than what
was reflected in the report. The Centerville Municipal Airport reported 1.5 inches of rain on Tuesday. Since the U.S Drought Monitor only reviews data through Tuesday morning, much of that rain wouldn’t have been included in their most recent drought report.
By Kyle OckerEditor
Rain not enough to cure droughtCenterville gets above-normal precipitation so far in August
Please see DROUGHT, Page 2
Miller’s Malts and More opens on
THE SQUARE
Miller’s offers ice cream, smoothies, paninis and more
Miller’s Malts and More is officially open. Allen and Soraya Miller have
taken over the former Morgan’s Ice Cream Parlor and the new store held their grand opening on Friday, Aug. 18.
Allen Miller was born in Mar-shalltown and grew up in Tama/Toledo. He moved to Florida when he was 18 and has lived there ever since. The couple have four children, Aryanna, 16, Alexa, 14, Aiden 10 and Ava 4, and started coming to the area last year after building a house at Sundown Lake. They had originally planned to be in Iowa for just the summers, and then return to Florida, but that has changed now, at least for the im-mediate future.
Miller said they originally wanted a home in Iowa so their kids to experience the small town
life that he had grown up with and they also wanted to enjoy a lake lifestyle for at least part of the year. They had enjoyed going to Morgan’s and other places like Tangleberries and George
and Nicks and were sad to see Morgan’s close. But they didn’t have any inclination to open up a restaurant of their own.
By Krystal FowlerLifestyle Editor
Photos by Krystal Fowler/Daily IowegianSoraya and Allen Miller near the front of Miller’s Malts and More, showing off some of the memorabilia that decorates the store.
Allen Miller waits on a customer during the grand opening of Miller’s Malts and More on Friday.
Please see OPEN, Page 2
BLOOMFIELD — After an 11th hour deal to fund Oak Place for at least another three months, the mental health region met Tuesday to finalize their request for proposal which will begin going out in September.
South Central Behav-ioral Health Region, which oversees mental health services in Appanoose, Da-vis, Wapello and Mahaska, and Centerville Community Betterment, which operates Oak Place, had failed to come to an agreement. Oak Place had closed for about two days when at a special meeting, a three-month deal was implemented.
That 90-day extension, with a month-to-month op-tion thereafter, was formally approved Tuesday by the region board, which is made up of county supervisors in each of the counties it serves.
Also on the docket Tues-day, was the completion of a request for proposal which will open up in September. The region board is looking for proposals from inter-ested parties to offer crisis stabilization homes in three of the four counties the region serves.
The facilities would be somewhat similar to what Oak Place currently pro-vides. However, the facility requirements would also open services up to other clients, region CEO Jennifer Vitko said.
“We’re opening up this to complex needs clients,” Vitko said. “We’re opening this up to referrals to come from providers. So, in this
RFP we’re opening it up to more providers, we’re open-ing it up to more complex needs clients, and we’re opening it up to more refer-ral sources.
The region will seek three beds in Appanoose, two beds in Mahaska and two beds in Wapello. Oak Place currently offers five, which are usable for any county in the region. Vitko cited a 47 percent occupancy rate at Oak Place. She said two is the minimum number of beds for a facility to become accredited.
Linda Demry, region board member and Appa-noose County supervisor, said she was concerned about how the RFP states bed count in Appanoose would be “not to exceed” three beds. She asked if that would eliminate Oak Place from contention. Vitko said Oak Place would have to limit to three beds, but that the facility could “become creative” in what they would use the other two beds for.
The proposal would open up about a four-and-a-half-month timeline, which Vitko and region board member Mark Doland (Mahaska County supervi-sor) acknowledged could be a tight turnaround for a new vendor to be set up and running.
Mental health region approves RFP for new stabilization servicesRegion board seeks facilities like Oak Place in three countiesBy Kyle OckerEditor
Please see SERVICES, Page 2
“We’re opening up this to complex needs clients,. We’re opening this up to referrals to come from providers.”
REGION CEO JENNIFER VITKO
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