Thirty-years ago
February 1988
The Iola police and Allen County Community College took fingerprints, handprints and pictures of 38 area children Saturday at ACCC for the Identi-Kid program.
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The City Commission voted unanimously to go to the city administrator system of government this morning. The motion was made by Commissioner Tince Little and seconded by Commissioner Craig Abbott. The action means that a city administrator, who will have significant powers over all departments of the city, will be hired. The administrator will keep the commissioners informed of the financial condition of the city. The city commissioners will still make some personnel decisions, such has hiring and firing and awarding of raises. Mayor John Carder said the city administrator would be hired from a pool of professionals who are trained to administer cities.
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Applications are being accepted for apartments in the two townhouses at 217 N. Washington managed by the Iola Housing Authority. They are available for people 62 or older or those physically disabled or handicapped. To qualify for housing, applicants must meet certain income guidelines. The Townhouse is financed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development while Townhouse East is financed by the Farmers Home Administration. Frances Kinzle is housing authority director.
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Glenda Pargman plans to open Emily’s Klothes Kloset in mid-March at 17 W. Madison in the building recently vacated by Liz Armer’s Klothes Kloset. Pargman, the former Glenda Parrish, worked for Armer at the Klothes Kloset while she was a student at Iola High School and Allen County Community College and for a year after she earned a degree in fashion marketing from Kansas State University, Manhattan, in 1976. For the past eight years Pargman has been teaching homemaking in a junior high school in Wichita.
