Sometime soon, Iola city workers will dig a trench around the bandstand on the Allen County courthouse lawn and open the way for Iola Lions Club members to begin renovation of the bandstand. After the trench is formed a footing will be poured. Then, according to Sol Evans, who is ramrodding the Lions project, forms will be built for the walls and a second batch of concrete will be poured. The footing and walls will support a six-inch double reinforced floor for the bandstand. New columns and a new roof will follow.
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Sen. Nancy Kassebaum spoke of her experiences in El Salvador at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Sen. Kassebaum headed a U.S. delegation to observe the election in El Salvador on March 28.
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Mobile homes, exiled to designated parks by a city ordinance a little over two years ago, can now be placed anywhere in Iola as a result of action taken by city commissioners. Commissioners voted unanimously to allow mobile homes to be placed on any lot in the city, but left the door open for potential neighbors to veto their placement. The ordinance provides that 40 percent of the landowners within 200 feet of the proposed location of a mobile home may veto the action. One landowner who owned 40 percent or more of the platted lots within an area could veto a mobile home in the area. Mayor John Carder said the city commission would have the power to override the veto. The bottom line is that the city commission has the final say, he said.
