THE IOWA STATE PATROL HAS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM OF MONDAY'S FATAL CRASH NEAR SLOAN.

57 YEAR OLD RANDALL HAVEMAN OF WHITING DIED WHEN HIS PICK UP TRUCK COLLIDED NEARLY HEAD ON WITH A STRAIGHT TRUCK MONDAY AFTERNOON ON COUNTY ROAD K-45.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS HAVEMAN'S TRUCK CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND WAS STRUCK BY THE ONCOMING STRAIGHT TRUCK DRIVEN BY   23 YEAR OLD BOE JENKINS OF SLOAN.

JENKINS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM MERCY MEDICAL CENTER.

A THRID VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 22 YEAR OLD CHAD CARLSON OF SLOAN SWERVED OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT AND ENDED UP IN A FIELD. CARLSON WAS NOT INJURED.

THE PROJECT DARE POOL PARTY SCHEDULED FOR RIVERSIDE POOL ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

CITY POLICE SAY THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHTNING HAS CAUSED THE CANCELLATION.

POLICE SAY THEY REGRET THE CALLING OFF THE EVENT, BUT THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN IS MOST IMPORTANT. THE EVENT WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED.

PLANS FOR THE PROPOSED LIBERTY PARK INDUSTRIAL PARK APPEAR TO BE AT BIT OF A STALEMATE.

THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF SERGEANT BLUFF THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE VOTING TO FINALIZE A PROPOSAL TO SEND TO THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

THAT PLAN WOULD CALL FOR BOTH A NEW I-29 EXIT AT THE PROPOSED SITE AS WELL AS KEEPING THE EXISTING I-29 PORT NEAL INTERCHANGE IN PLACE.

COMMITTEE MEMBER JACKIE SMITH OF THE WOODBURY COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAYS SOME OF THE LANDOWNERS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA WEREN'T READY TO AGREE TO THE PROPOSAL;

 SMITH SAYS THE DELAY PUTS PRESSURE ON THE GROUP TO REACH AN AGREEMENT BY THE JULY DATE REQUESTED BY THE IOWA D-O-T ON THE I-29 INTERCHANGES. SHE SAYS THE COUNTY BOARD THINKS THE TWO INTERCHANGE PROPOSAL WILL WORK:

SIOUX CITY MAYOR BOB SCOTT SAYS HE'S DISAPPOINTED THAT THE LIBERTY PARK PROPOSAL HAS BEEN DELAYED AFTER MOST OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK COMMITTEE THOUGHT THEY HAD REACHED AN AGREEMENT:

SCOTT SAYS THE CITY WILL MOVE AHEAD WITH ITS SOUTHBRIDGE INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENT REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE LIBERTY PARK PLAN:

SCOTT SAYS IT'S UP TO THE LANDOWNERS AND THE COUNTY TO DETERMINE WHERE THE PROPOSAL GOES FROM HERE.

SMITH SAYS SHE'S APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY OF SIOUX CITY STEPPING UP AND SUPPORTING THE TWO INTERCHANGE PLAN.
 

THE SIOUX CITY BOYS CLUB CONTINUES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON AN OUTDOOR PLAYGROUND FOR ITS MEMBERS.

DIRECTOR ROGER FRIESEN SAYS THE PLAYSCAPE NEXT TO THE CLUB ON PEARL STREET HAS BEEN  UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PAST YEAR:

FRIESEEN SAYS THERE'S ALSO SWINGS, A TETHERBALL AREA AND A SOON TO BE CONSTRUCTED FEATURE THAT WILL INVOLVE CLIMBING:

THE PARK HAS BEEN FUNDED WITH A ROTARY CLUB GRANT OF 23-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A MRHD GRANT OF 35-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  

FRIESEN IS RETIRING AS BOYS CLUB DIRECTOR ON MAY 31ST. IT COSTS ONLY TEN DOLLARS PER YEAR TO BE A MEMBER.