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Important
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City of
Chariton 4th of July Committee
The 1st Annual JMW Flying Anvil 5K walk/run was enjoyed by many. Check out videos recorded by Randy Westman. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92t7oVBQDzY
Chariton
Chamber and Development Corp. 104 North
Grand,
Chariton Community Schools Information Site http://www.Chariton.k12.ia.us
The website of the Lucas County Arts Council is www.tourismlucasco.org
The website of the Lucas County Historical Society is http://chariton-museum.tripod.com/
The
website for Tourism Lucas County is www.lucascountytourism.org
The website for the Chariton Newspaper is
www.charitonleader.com
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A
large group of people gather in the lobby of the Hotel Charitone Friday, March
2, 2012, to hear the announcement that Hy-Vee, Inc had pledged $1.6
million and the Vredenburg Foundation added $500,000 more, to launch a
restoration project of the hotel. Ric Jurgens, Hy-Vee chairman and CEO,
assured the crowd that this project is not a hope or a wish or a but....this
will happen. Design work will begin immediately with construction
beginning in August 2012. City Council member, Ray Meyer, gave the history
of the hotel from 1923 to the current day. There are some amazing inside
pictures of the hotel, as it appears now, on the following blogspot hosted
by Frank Myers at
The
Board of Supervisors entered into an agreement with Morton Buildings in
Chariton to build a new public safety center/holding facility in Chariton.
Lucas County Supervisor Dan Kozak and Sheriff Jim Baker spoke at Rotary
recently and announced that the opening of the new facility is getting very
close. The facility will be paid for
with Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) that comes from sales within the
county. If all goes as it is
now, the center will be paid for in seven years.
The new facility is being constructed South of the county maintenance garage on
Hy-Vee Road. It will consist of four holding cells and six beds and will
serve as a 24-hour holding facility for both male and female prisoners.
Prisoners would then be transported to jails in Clarke or Wayne Counties.
The facility will also house dispatch along with the Lucas County Sheriff's
Office and the Chariton Police Department.
The
facility has now been completed with both the Lucas County Sheriff's Office and
the Chariton Police Department having set up their offices there.
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Rebecca
Goldsmith, daughter of Leslie and Paul Goldsmith of Chariton, was recently
crowned 2011 Miss Iowa USA in Ames. She did have the opportunity to
compete for the title of Miss USA 2011. Chariton/Lucas County is
proud of the way in which she represented her home town/county.
Byron Welch, was
presented the 2010 Citizen of the Year award at the Chariton Chamber and
Development Corporation's Annual meeting at Carpenter's Hall, July 22,
2010. In
addition, since the Chamber held their annual meeting at a different time than
usual in 2011, , it was decided that a 2011 Citizen would not be chosen but that Byron
would continue to serve. Byron,
a leader of the Chariton business community for more than 30 years, is a
long-time Chariton Chamber member and has volunteered in many different
capacities. He is a member of the Chariton Chamber ambassadors, a Charter member
of the South Central Iowa Community Foundation, the Rotary Club and was
instrumental in helping to start the roadside clean-up. He has served
two terms on the Chariton Water Board and has served many
years on the 4th of July Committee. He has
volunteered his time to a host of other community, civic, non-profit and church
organizations and activities. The
award was presented by Randy Westman, the 2009 Citizen of the Year.
Byron's wife, Sara, was present for the presentation. They now live
in Topeka, Kansas.
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The collection of a hotel/motel tax for Lucas County was approved by voters at
a special election on May 5, 2009. The tax will be 1% of the gross receipts
of motels and bed and breakfast facilities within the county. If approved,
the tax would go in to effect July 21, 2009. The referendum was proposed by Tourism
Lucas County, a division of the Lucas County Chamber of Commerce and Development
Corporation.
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At their last meeting, members of the Historic
Hills Initiative recommended that all communities in the Chariton Valley Tourism
Region promote the planting of red bud trees hoping to expand on the success of the red
bud plantings that have been promoted by the Chariton Chamber of Commerce the past few
years. It is felt this has been a very successful program coupled with the
many trees at Red Haw State Park and has been an effective tourism tool. They
are hoping this mass planting would provide an incentive for visitors to visit the
area.
See the Vredenburg -
The Chariton City
Council,
Old Betsy in Home Coming Parade
Chariton Merchants Locator
4th of July Committee
Local Endorsement
Request for
Information
Chariton Volunteer Fire Department
Chariton
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