13TH DAY OF EXTREME HEAT IN THIS CITY

Mercury Shoots to 105 De­grees Here at 1 O’clock in Afternoon.

With the mercury dropping two degrees in two hours this after­noon Webster City residents were hoping it meant the end of the extreme heat wave which has gripped the city for the last 13 days.

At 1 p. m. the mercury was at 105, but had dropped to 104 at 2 p. m. and still another degree, 103, at 3 p.m.

The all time high of 109 was reached here yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock and the mercury clung there for several hours before heading down to more livable levels.

1971

Blairsburg Lions begin park shelter.

Members of the Blairsburg Lions club are shown above as they resumed work on a new Blairsburg park shelterhouse yesterday preparing the floor area prior to pouring the concrete surface. Lions who donated their time to do initial work included Jerry Barrick, Cam Stafford, Torges Halsne, Jerry Groves, Francis Krieger, Larry Halsne, Jim Timm, Larry Fankhauser, Don Groves, Ted Hollingsworth and Jerry Schroder.

Lions club members are providing the labor for the shelter with the Blairsburg Community Improvement association providing the funds. Work on the new shelterhouse is being pushed to have it ready for the Old Fashioned Day celebration scheduled to be held on Saturday, July 31, with a parade, contests and chicken barbeque being planned.

Chamber will sponsor bike, pet parade

Youngsters in the Webster City area were invited today by the Chamber of Commerce here to participate in a bicycle and pet parade Wednesday, July 21st. Children 14 years old and under are eligible for $60 in prizes to be awarded in bicycle and pet judging.

Entries eligible for prizes include trikes and wagons, in addition to bikes and pets. Registration for the parade, which will entitle youngsters to a free hot dog and Pepsi after the parade and a chance to win one of the prizes, will begin today and close Tuesday.

Registration may be com­pleted at either Fuller Hall or the Chamber office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Friday or Monday, or from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday.

1976

Webster City won’t go thirsty

Webster City seems to be in fine shape, reports City Manager Joe Lukehart, and chief operator at the city water plant, Ron Keigan. Water demands in many Iowa cities are pushing demands beyond normal daily averages and have prompted emergency restrictions on people in other such cities such as Marshalltown and Mason City.

Although the water crisis in Marshalltown is expected to ease today, Mason City officials do not expect water reserves, which ran dry on Tuesday, to be restored fully until next Monday.

The Webster City water plant has been pumping 1800 gallons a minute during a 12 to 14 hour day since May. Only one of the city’s two wells is pumping at its full capacity of 1150 gallons a minute. The second well, which has a total pumping capacity of 850 gallons per minute, has been pumping 650 gallons per minute.

“I can increase the flow rate more if I have to,” stated Keigen, but he foresees no problems. “We can get in another 50,000 gallons per day if the other well is opened up more.”

Since May, when the swimming pool was filled up, the monthly average water usage has been between 30,000,000 and 32,000,000 gallons, approximately 1,000,000 per day. A new well has recently been drilled but city officials do not expect this new 2,000 foot deep well to be com­pleted for use in the immediate future.

1986

Paulson honored for VICA program

Dan Paulson, was honored Monday night for his accomplishments through the VICA — Vocational Industrial Clubs of America — program. Paulson went to work for Vic Hisler, and LyIe Moss, five years ago at Vic’s Auto Body.

In that time he has “straightened himself out and turned himself around,” Hisler told the group at a dinner held for Paulson.

He won first place in the state VICA contest in the auto body repair category the first week in April and went to national competition in Phoenix in June.

In high school Paulson was awarded a plaque his-senior year for most improved student. Larry Esk was Paulson’s vocational teacher at Webster City High School who accompanied him to the VICA contests.

1996

ABI finds a new home with its own page on the Internet

Users can visit WC by clicking on the screen

Webster City ABI now has a home page on the Internet.

The page, designed by Northwest Internet Service, has been up since mid-June, said ABI Chamber Director Kolleen Taylor. The web page offers three fea­tures. One is an event calendar, in which residents and local businesses can post community events. The second is a member direc­tory of all ABI-affiliated businesses. The third feature is a page about Webster City.

In the future, ABI is planning to put census demograph­ics and statistics on the page. “The opportunities are unlimited as to what we can do with this,” predicted Susan Leman, administrative assistant at ABI.

Soon, businesses will have the opportunity to advertise on the page. ABI also will be able to mar­ket available buildings or commer­cial properties in town and post pic­tures on the Internet.

In addition, other area businesses or organizations will be able to link to the ABI page, creating a multi level informational resource, Taylor predicted.

The page will particularly be of use to people who are planning to move, go on vacation, or open a business in Webster City, Taylor said. Those cruising the Internet can find the page at this address: http://www.ncn.net/~wcabi. The e-mail address for the ABI is wcabi@ncn.net.