Inner City Newsletter May 15, 1981YOUR "HIDDEN PAYCHECK"
By: Nancy Jochum
The City of Dubuque provides a substantial amount of money yearly for the fringe benefits of its employees. Even
though you cannot spend these dollars, the benefits have a direct monetary value for each of you.
The exact amount of benefits will vary from employee to employee due to factors such as your step and grade, age,
family status, longevity, union vs. nonunion status, etc.
As an example, look at a partial listing of the yearly monetary value of the benefits for two full-time employees, a
laborer and a manager, as of January 1, 1981:
MONETARY VALUE
BENEFITS EMPLOYEE 1-Laborer
$15,100.80 annual salary EMPLOYEE 2 -Manager
$26,956.80 annual salary
Vacation X10.20 days) 580.80 • 1161.60 1036.80 - 2073.60
Holiday (10 days) 580.80 1036.80
Health Insurance (single or family + diagnostic) 521.28 • 1764.12 521.28. 1764.12
Social Security 868.30 1975.05
Retirement Q.P.E.R.S.) 643,29 1150.00
Longevity (1% • 5%) 151.00.755.00 ~ 269.57 • 1347.84
Casual Day f 1 day) 58.08 103.68
Life Insurance 216.36 x$8,000 coverage) 358.80 x$20,000 coverage)
Sick Pay (up to 12 days) 0.00 - 696.96 0,00 •1244.16
Funeral Pay (estimate 1.5 days) 0.00 •290.40 0.00 •518.40
TOTAL
$3619.91 • $7034.91 $6451.98 • $11572.45
Other benefits such as overtime pay, compensatory
time, standby pay, shift differential pay, educational
benefits, and sick leave payoff, etc. are not included in
the figures above, but they reflect additional value for
many employees.
In addition, your group life insurance policy includes
a weekly disability benefit after a two-month waiting
period. This provides 60% of your base pay for up to
one year if you become disabled.
UPDATE: People
Personnel Leaving the Citg
Name Position
Alvin A. Anderson Plumbing Inspector I
Kevin B. Cavaioli Planning Technician II
Thomas R. Conley Utility Worker
Edward B, Dissell Utility Worker
Frank W. Elliott Laborer
Kenneth Vice Foreman
WE'VE COME
A LONG WAY...
The Current INNER CITY
NEWSLETTER Staff wishes
to say "THANKS", as we sign
off. If you've enjoyed reading
it, tell your supervisor and
maybe another publishing staff
will be formed.
By state law, the City also contributes to the
workers' compensation fund and the unemployment
insurance fund from which employees and ex•employees
respectively may draw if eligible.
Some benefits come to you immediately and some
come to you at retirement. Others are insurance against
unfortunate circumstances. All come to you in the form
of a "Hidden Paycheck."
Dept.
C.D. Building Serv.
C.D. Development Serv.
Airport
Civic Center
Public Works • Street Div
Park
Matt I.arenz Karen Cheatermaa Dave Weis
Length of Service
10 years
1.5 years
6 years
6 years
36 years
19 years
Moray Sutton Nancy Jochum
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M*O*L*E
Magic*of *Law*Enforcement
or
From Molehills to Mountains
By: Dave J Weis
Once upon a time, there lived some M*0*L*E people
that did an awful lot of good service for other people
communities. The only difficulty was that none of the
other people knew of all the good service that was
being done for their community, and anyway, they
could really care less. But nevertheless, these M*0*L*E
people thought for a really long time and came to the
realization that in order for the M*0*L*E people to do
even more good service and to accomplish more good
deeds, then other people should know what is being
done for them ...and to even get these other people
involved so that they might also do good service for
their own community and for themselves. The M*0*L*E
people would be freed for doing even more good ser•
vice. And so on goes the story. But enough of the
fairy tales.
What I am suggesting now is a transition in the life
of the mole, from living underground to a coming out
into the light. The phases, as I describe them, are
UNDERGROUND, MOLEHILLS, ADAPTATION,
DAYLIGHT, MOUNTAINS, and BEYOND. And now
on to FROM MOLEHILLS TO MOUNTAINS.
FROM MOLEHILLS TO MOUNTAINS
UNDERGROUND
In early Spring of '80, the Dubuque Police Depart•
meat got involved in an active "ADVERTISING PRO-
GRAM", The design of the entire 'PROGRAM' sug•
Bested a positive Police image coupled with a genuine
mutual acceptance of an ideal police/citizen relationship.
The `Program', which appeared very basic, revolved
primarily around mass media exposure. This 'Program'
impacted in the Dubuque community with lasting
results.
MOLEHILLS
The initial impetus of the Public Relations Program
of the City of Dubuque Police Department centered
prudently on mass exposure utilizing all existing media
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newsletter
EDIFICE REX -
January 8, 1858, a date long to remember for
"young" Dubuque. That was the date the Dubuque
City Guard staged a gala ball to officially open the
new three-story City Hall for its nearly 13,000 citizens.
One Hundred TwentyThree Years Ago -what a
historical fantasy to delve back in time and "crash"
that joyful event of the pre•Civil War era......a spanking
fresh building with three solid stories, enough space for
everything from market stalls to police offices and jail,
regular City offices and a town hall for dances and
meetings! The crisp winter night, the candlelight, the
shadows, the creaking of the new wood, the
scraping of the violins, the ripples of conversation and
laughter, and the soft whirring of the full skirts as the
citizens moved gracefully to the ballroom dances......!
Visiting, dancing, imbibingf?-, and talking of the
times and the new building and what the future might
hold for it......to have been there then in that king of
structures!
Fantasy turns to facts......
Since 1845 central City offices had been moved three
times and the rapidly growing City needed a permanent
building for its offices. The plot of ground bordered by
Iowa, 13th and Clay Streets (later named Central Ave.)
was bought in 1857 for $20,000, and a new structure
was designed which was supposed to cost $32,500 but
due to the "panic" of '57 (1857, that is) the cost to the'!
taxpayers creeped up to nearly $50,000. In 1857, bonds
were issued for $100,000 and the building was fully
completed between 1858 and 1859, but not one penny
was paid on the principal of the debt until after 1920,
and the final payments on the bonds issued in 1857
were made in 1937!
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THEN AND NOW
By: Karen Chesterman
Artwork courtesy o f Norma Iarson
Talent
In
City
Hall
By:
Molly Sutton
Mary Mills
The employee lounge in the basement of City Hall
has a beautiful new addition. On the wall over the
couch is a lovely water color of a sail boat, donated
by the artist, Mary Mills of the Water Department.
The painting captures your eye as you walk into the
room, with its splashes of greens and blues. Looking at
it, one would never guess the artist is a beginner.
Mary started her new interest about a year ago when
she enrolled in a water color class with a friend. After
that she purchased a few books and from there taught
herself. She confides she likes painting with water
colors because it's so fast the results are immediate.
Although water colors are new to the enthusiastic
painter, her interest in art has been a hobby for some
time. Mary is a seasoned artist in ceramics and figur•
roes and at one time had a booth at the Farmers
Market to sell some of her works.
When asked her reason for donating the painting for
the lounge, Mary answered it was because she received
so much encouragement from her co-workers when she
started painting that she thought it would be a nice
gift.
Well, it certainly is a nice gift, Mary, and all of us
want to thank you for your thoughtfulness. Every
time we take a look at that sail boat, we'll be
reminded of your generosity.
UPDATE: DIMENSION
PHONE SYSTEM
By: K¢ren Chesterm¢n
Six months have now passed since the Dimension
Telephone System was put into service in City Hall
and the accepting outlying City offices. The older sys-
tem complete with switchboard operator and a limited
number of outgoing and incoming lines and no WATS
capacity had its problems, but had long been in use in
City Hall and people were relatively used to its idio-
syncracies. A few pluses for the old system: Everyone
could automatically "see" what lines were in use and
which phones were ringing because of the convenience
of the "lighted" buttons. Also, putting someone on
"hold" was cone-step operation with no thought
attached or directions to memorize. And last but not
least, there was the position of full-time switchboard
operator, which when you were in a hurry, seemed an
extra time-consuming step, but when you needed duec•
lion, dispensed that information
The old equipment was declared obsolete and the de
cision was made to spend several more thousand dol-
tars per month to outfit the Hall with the latest. A
basement room was specifically built to house the sen•
sitive equipment, lines were run, the old basic black
dial phones were replaced with beige touch-tone.
Classes were held so a few people were in the "know"
on the operation and capacities of that little beige box.
On Oetober 6, 1981, the "City" went "Dimension".
The switchboard operator position became part-time
until its demise in December because of direct lines
into each department and specific 7•digit numbers to
each and every individual. And Success.
Perhaps, perhaps not.
For that great amount of money each month, each
individual has its own individual line and can be
reached directly from the outside. And some have a
class of service that enables them to make long~
distance calls utilizing the new WATS proficiency
and a few other seldom•used features like automatic
callback and speed dialing ability.
There are also numerous accounts nearly every day of
phones that need "canceling" from night programming,
not once, but several times. There are countless occa•
sions when one 'department becomes increasingly frus-
trated because they consistently receive another depart-
ment's call malfunction of that "little room?"I. There
are several individuals that quietly refuse to program
their phone at all, not taken with that newfangled
operatioq.
After six months, it can be said that everyone is used
to dialing directly into each department,......thus skip-
ping the middle step of the switchboard. Perhaps that
is improving. Perhaps. Yet fifty to 100+ phone calls
come through the information number each day. Many,
many are getting a third number for the Water Dept.
which is probably the most called number in the City
and nearly the hardest to find in the phone book.
People consistently see the old 583.6441 and try that,
then a taped voice directs them to 589.4100, which of
course isn't the Water Dept. Finally, hostility sets in
by the time they are given the correct number. Scan•
Wing the phone book never does give you the Engineer-
ing Department number. Somehow those 20+ individuals
were forgotten.
Others, too, show a breakdown in listing direction:
Mayor's number, garbage pickup, contagious disease
reporting, weed problems, VD checks, and Farmer's
Market information. Then there are the calls that have
nothing to do with City functions: car and truck licens•
ing, driver's licenses, divorce dates, child support and
alimony information, birth and death certificates,
property taxes, length of jury trials, food stamps,
Chamber of Commerce, even the weather!
Where is the breakdown? The phone Directory? The
out-of•town assistance operators that will only look as
far as 589.4100 even when specifically asked for Health
or Water, etc.? Perhaps these all are reasons. The truth
is, the City of Dubuque Information Number is still
bandied about like the old switchboard number. The
difference is that there is no one in that position any
longer.
I'm wondering, with the change in the "most
modern" every few years, if possibly we wouldn't have
been smarter to wait a couple of years until the quirks
of these "efficient" systems would have been worked
out by others, and also for that few years, to put m a
few more incoming and outgoing lines, and to keep a
switchboard operator,
To be fair, hindsight's vision is always 20.20. What is
your opinion?
M"0'L'E (Continued from Page 6J
confidential basis. The public peace of communities is
not kept primarily by the police, necessary as the
police are. It is kept primarily by an intricate, almost
unconscious network of voluntary controls and stand-
ards among the citizens themselves. Neighborhood
Watch asks to borrow the citizen's 'Eyes & Ears'.
Neighborhood Watch is asking the citizen to be 'con•
cerned'...not nosey. Criminals and vandals can't and
won't operate in areas where citizens are concerned and
alert.
Operation I•D is a program of Police assigning a
systemized identification number to any citizen request-
ing one. The citizen is then urged to 'mark' all of his
property with this number. The program suggests that
the citizen scribe the number to the property with an
electric engraver or with the 'new' invisible ink pens
with the ink being visible only under a special black
light. These invisible ink pens are now available
through the coalition.
BEYOND
Other programs to be in operation in the near future
include business and residential security surveys. This
program necessitates the citizen contacting the Police
for an appointment for a Crime Prevention Specialist
Officer to tour the citizen's home or business and the
Officer noting the security conditions of the dwelling or
business. The Officer then compiles recommendations
of ~ how to protect against forceful attack. This pro-
gram will be available on request and by appointment
only.
Other future programs include community awareness
programs concentrating in the area of businesses and
schools relating to crime prevention. The Dubuque
Chamber of Commerce will be co-sponsoring future pro-
grams in these areas aimed at assisting merchants in
curbing internal and external theft in his place of
business.
The future of the Coalition appears to be promising
and successful. It can work and it will work, BUT only
if the citizens back and support such programs. You
and I both live here and work here. If we work to-
gether, we can accomplish together much more than
each one of us working by himself. Will you help us
help you?
EDIFICE REX /Continued from Page 6I
the corner of Ninth and Locust Streets. It was not to
be.
1973 saw serious consideration of City Hall reno-
vatiaa An $8,000 study was undertaken by a Dubuque
architectural firm which included the presentation of
250 detailed booklets showing the possible "new majestic
look" for City Ha1L A grand entrance was shown for the
13th Street side of the building, The greatest asset to
this proposed overall renovation was that the entire
Hall would once again be fully utilized and not only
utilized, but fully accessible to everyone, as renova•
lion included an elevator. Three rooms and the main
13th Street Entrance would be carefully restored with
wainscoting, drapes, carpeting, chandeliers etc. all remini•
scent of the stately history of the building. Estimated
cost of this overall renovation was below $750,000, much
lower than if undertaken now, but again, it was not to
be.
In the fairly recent history, the belfry was taken
down and in 1964 the bell was positioned in an attrcc•
five planter area on the Central Ave. side. Somewhere
throughout the years, the second outside door on 13th
Street was closed and a window put in its place and
the second entrance to the Iowa Street side was closed
also, Repair of the roof and the outside brick etc. has
been done in the last few years. And the building
was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The year is now 1981, and the last few years have
seen piecemeal remodeling of the Hall for various
reasons, one being the inflationary costs,
The basement, formerly used for storage, etc., was
made habitable and the entire Health Dept. moved
from the 2nd Floor to its own, outside-accessible area
in the basement, Graffiti-covered walls (from the resi-
dents of the old jail- were drywalled and painted and
now house a cheerful, comfortable lounge area for
employee breaks etc. The adjoining new kitchen area
has the convenience of a refrigerator, microwave, food
and drink machines and dinette sets.
`' Community Development and Planning and Zoning
have moved into splendidly remodeled offices on 2nd
and 1st floors, respectively, and the old first floor
vault has been torn down. Uniform lighting now lends
a professionalism to the busy first floor offices.
The not-too-hazy future holds promise to relocated
areas for the entire Finance Dept. and the City Clerk's
office. The Iowa Street Entrance is now being made
handicapped•accessible with a concrete ramp as well as
steps.
Personally, this writer would love to see a first or
second floor centrally located mail room to centralize
the postage machine, all the scattered outgoing City
departmental mail boxes, the constantlyused 3rd floor
copier, and a table complete with stapler, clips, etc. to
expedite any completed, copied, outgoing mail. What a
timesaver!
Also, it would be great to have complete utilization
of the third floor, taking whatever structural steps
necessary to fortify the floor and provide easier
accessibility to that floor (any possibility of that once
considered elevator?)
Juat think, if that third floor was fortified and a bit
of dance wax strewn about, perhaps we could try to
"equal" that long ago "gala ball" of 1858!
Along with the revelers' dreams of the future, per•
baps a few ghosts of 1858 would come by and mingle,
contributing their reminiscences of the intervening
years in the life of City Hall.
Ah......just a City history nut musing!
M"0"L"E (Continued from P¢ge 5J
~ DUBUQUE ~
CRIME PREVENTION
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subject only to the provisions of these Bylaws.
Membership in the Corporation shall be available
without regard to race, sex, color, creed, age or national
origin."
The Coalition boasts a Board of Directors numbering
fourteen and offers three classes of membership: 1-
individuals; 2) service clubs and non-profit associations
or corporations; and 3) businesses, firms, associations,
or corporations organized for profit.
Thomas A. Tully, Jr., local businessmen end a former
mayor of Dubuque, now presides as CheirmanlPres~
dent of the coalition with a full complement of
corporation officers.
To date, the Coalition with the Dubuque Police
Department has organized three functional programs:
Court Watch, Neighborhood Watch, and Operation I-D.
Court Watch is exactly as the name implies. With the
help of Senior Citizen Power of the Dubuque Commun•
ity, teams of citizens volunteer their time to monitor
court proceedings with respect to repeat offenders,
judgements, fines, imprisonments, dismissals and other
courtroom activities. Prior to their involvement, these
volunteers aze provided with specific training in the
area of courtroom protocol and etiquette along with
most of the necessary courtroom jargon.
Neighborhood Watch is a program designed to allow
citizens to band together from the safety of their own
homes to help prevent crime and vandalism in their
respective neighborhoods. A concerned citizen observ-
ing suspicious activities, vandalism, or other emergency
situations, relaying that information to police, serves
not only his community but also himself. The 'con-
cerned citizen' information and identity is on a strictly
EDIFICE REX (Continued from Page 11
°I'he man who designed City Hall was John F. Rogue,
an architect enticed to come to the City of Dubuque
by the former state governor, Stephen Hempstead,
Mr. Rogue designed the County Jail and Octagon
House, which are also unique to that period and are
still standing and in use today. Design for City Hall
was based on the Fulton Street Market in New York
City and Faneuil Hall in Balton. The building, de-
signed for various uses at the same time, was one of
the few places of its kind in the country.
Dimensions of the brick building were 50' wide by 152'
long by 68' high with a belfry on top holding the bell.
(This same bell is now placed in a planter on the
Central Ave. side of the building; it had hung above
City Hall from 1858 until 1954-.
First Floor City Hall was specifically designed to be
used as a market with many small stalls that were
rented out to anyone to display and sell their products.
Windows of that first floor were designed to be eleven
feet high with their limestone sills the height of the
wagons as they backed up to unload their produce and
goods.
Second Floor became the main City Offices, Court
Room and Council Chamber. (Imagine with the 13,000
people of 1860, only "one" floor was sufficient to house
the main offices of the City!)
Third Floor was the Town Hall, used for public
gatherings and dances. Contrary to the design of the
first story ceiling, which was supported by thirty cast
iron columns, the third floor was designed without
pillar, post or column. Interesting that in times since,
this relatively undivided area has housed everything
from an archery range, pistol range, bowling alley and
horse•shce playing area and of course now is utilized
for storage while about a third of the floor area houses
the drafters and engineers and our constantly-in•use
copy machine.
The basement was the home of the City jail, station
house (police offices) and two saloons. (Wonder if those
saloons didn't host the most well-behaved "clients" in
the entire City?)
As with any diversely-used building used at the dis•
cretion of a consistently growing population, remodel-
ing has constantly gone on throughout its history. In
1879, the inside market was done away with leaving
that space idle, and the market moved outside encom-
passing 16 city blocks in all. In the 1960's the Market
seemed reduced to just a small area in front of City
Hall, but the last few years has seen an expansion, and
it's a fun area on Saturday mornings as tourists and
citizens mingle and haggle over produce, craftwork and
tempting baked goods.
City Hall an "eyesore"? Yes, that's what a news-
paper of the City called it in 1895 and urged that it be
remodeled as it was structurally sound. Fireproof
vaults were proposed to insure the safety of the public
records, but insufficient funds halted this plan.
In 1920 discussion was centered on moving City
offices to the top floor of the Courthouse, but it was
not accomplished. In 1921 $330 was appropriated for
the installation of electric lights......gas lighting, at $140
per month, was too expensive.
After nearly fifty years of first floor standing rela-
tively empty, partitions were built for some city offices
and the old-style long windows were replaced with
somewhat smaller ones.
In 1941 petitioning again that something be done,
a special election was held proposing indebtedness of
$120,000 to purchase the Old Post Office Building at
By: Karen Chesterman
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Budget restrictions within the City of Dubuque and
the resultant job losses amongst specific City positions
and employees are definitely not a concern of City
workers only. There are very few phases of economic
activity in Dubuque County that are not somewhat
depressed by the radiating forces of blue-collar job cut•
backs at major industries and slowing down of other
connected businesses. Dubuque County's unemploy
went rate rose to 9.4 percent in January, and prospects
aze that the ensuing months will equal or surpass this
figure. The 9,4 percent rate represents 4100 un-
employed persons! That is a LOT of unemployed, feaz•
ful people. Figures in themselves normally don't mean
much when they are just numbers on paper. But times
are such that individuals aze being affected that have
never been touched by unemployment before. Nearly
every family has a member or close relative that is laid-
off and is unsure of when-or if-they will be called back.
Some of the more alarming consequences of "these
times" in Dubuque are shown in the increase in bank-
ruptcies, the deflation of the real estate market.....,more
than 800 area homes are on the market at any one
time making it a buyer's market as far as selection, but
sales are of course very slow because of the lack of job
security, the high downpayment and the high interest
rates.
FEAR and INSECURITY sets in when teachers with
a fair number of teaching years under their belt and
doing a good job, are suddenly notified their contract
will not be renewed; when City of Dubuque employees
find themselves suddenly cut out of the City budget on
the Base Level and not reentered on the Maintenance
or Improvement Level; when someone in a blue collar
position with over 10 years of seniority at an azea plant
is suddenly notified that the lay-off level is down to
him; when contractors and their skilled people must go
to other cities to find work as there is virtually no new
construction of homes in the City and a limited number
of repair jobs.
Depression era survivalists remember the adage:
"Make it, Make do, or Do Without."
People aze once again reflecting on the truth of that
statement. Ingenuity is being taxed and individuals
who have never planted a garden or considered com-
parison price shopping aze planting seedlings and
comparing ads and ounces.
Social welfare is there of course, but to a lesser
degree than in the past. Their Dubuque office reports
applicants are up 100 over each previous month these
last months for food stamps. Unemployed Parent Aid,
comparable to the aid the unwed mother gets for her•
self and her child(ren) is being cut the first of May.
Area legislators (and many concerned community
people) aze worried that this will cause husbands and
wives to separate so as to be eligible far the still-funded
ADC. How sad if the breakup of the family comes so
that the family can have a bare minimum of survival in
these months of hard times. Other City, County and
Private Aid (such as the County Poor Fund, St. Vin-
cent de Paul, Dubuque Rescue Mission, private chazi-
table organizations etc.) all will be taxed before there
is an upwazd swing to these economic times.
Dubuqueland will survive, no doubt about it. But it
gives rise to thought, a great deal of thought. Evalu-
ation of our current life style, our "savings" in all
areas of our budgets, home, energies etc., our present
position in the work world......or lack of it, and the
strength(s) of ourselves and our families......periodically
we must review and a time of crisis is best. With the
grace of God, the spirit and ingenuity of each one of
us, we shall endure and become better because of this.
A Prescription for Survival
By: Matt Lorenz
1. Respect your job; it's the best way to protect it.
a. Understand the local, state and national economic
picture,
b. Develop a positive mental attitude toward your
fellow workers and your job.
c. Take action to keep your image as a helpful,
worthwhile worker.
2. Try to see yourself as others see you. If you're suc•
cessful at that but don't like the picture, change it.
3. Dces your language paint a picture of gripes or
constructive criticism? If it's gripes either say
nothing or, better yet, find a reasonable solution and
share it with your supervisor. You might as well get
good credit for your verbal efforts; it can go either
way.
4. Don't expect instant positive results. The positive
changes you're working on may be slow to be recog-
nized by those around you.
5. Give a good day's work for a day's pay. Only you
really know if you're working up to your potential.
If you're not, this would be an excellent time to
improve voluntarily. As the economy gets tighter,
manpower decisions get specific to productivity.
It's better to produce than procrastinate.
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FIVE FLAGS
Antique Show & Flea Market:
May 2, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; May 3, 9 a.m.•5 p.m.
Dubuque Youth Symphony:
May 3, 3 p.m.
Play "Cinderella":
May 9, 2 & 8 p.m.
Play "All About Jack":
May 11.15, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.; May 16, 2 p.m.
After•Show Party Following Premiere of "Take Thia
Job & Shove It":
May 14, after movie.
KDTH Garage Sale:
May 17.
April Wine & 38 Special:
May 18, 8 p.m.
All Star Wrestling:
May 19.
Bill Cosby:
May 22, 8 p.m.
Toughman Contest:
May 29.30, 8 p.m.
LIBRARY
Festivities planned for the week-long Grand Opening of
Carnegie•Stout Public Library's new addition, renova-
tion and refurbishing include:
Saturday, June 6
Tours: 10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m.
Auction of fixtures & furniture in Bookmobile Garage
at 1D a.m.
Children's Film, "Pippi Longstocking" at 2 p.m.
Sunday, June 7
Dedication at 1:30 p.m.
Open House from 1:30.5 p.m.
Tours throughout the afternoon.
Speaal exhibit on display all week.
Monday, June 8
Junior Summer Fashion Show in Auditorium at 2 p.m.
Tours: 10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m.
Tuesday, June 9
Children's Magic Show and Juggling Contest in
Auditorium at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Tours: 10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
Wednesday, June 10
LuncheonlProgram, Tickets: $6.50. Include buffet
served between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. plus program
given at 12 noon and 1:15 p.m.
Tours: 10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m.
Thursday, June 11
Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre in Auditorium at
10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Tours: 10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
Friday, June 12
Program by Hadley and Irwin, authors of We Are
Mesquakie, We Are One, from 3.5 p.m. in Auditorium
Writing Contest Awards Presentation
Recognition of local authors
Tours: 10 a.m., 12 noon, 4 p.m., 7 p.m.
E. B. LYONS
Saturday, May 16th
Bird Walk at 7:00 a.m
Sunday, May 17th
Spring Walk at 1:00 p.m.
Monday, May 18th
"FRIENDS" of Lyons Prairie•Woodland
Annual Meeting and election of officers.
Saturday, May 23rd
Bird Walk at 7:00 a.m.
Sunday, May 31st
Spring Walk at 1:00 p.m.
SLATTERY CENTER
Mail-In Registration for Summer Program:
May 18.29.
In-Person Registration at Kennedy Mall:
June 2 & 3, 3.8 p.m.
Tryouts for BCT Summer Play "Charlotte's Web":
June 9, 7.9 p.m.
Children's Play, "The Emperor's New Clothes":
June 12, 7:30 p.m.; June 13 and 14, 2:30 p.m.
Opening of Oils, Pastels, and Water Colors by
Sue Prochaska:
June 24, 3.5 p.m.
The Bijou Cabaret
~ ~ The newest spot on Dubuque's enter-
tainment map this summer will be
,- mE the Bijou Cabaret in the Bijou Roam
o~~°u of the Civic Center. Amidst a sha•
~ dowy atmosphere of Theater mem•
orabilia you will be able to enjoy
delicious pre-show dinners, intermission beverages and
after•theater buffets. After-hours entertainment each
weekend will feature 11:00 p.m. performances of the
newest in avant garde theater, music and comedy. A
backstage Cabaret restaurant in the Broadway tradi•
lion where performers and audience alike can let their
hair down. The Bijou Cabaret • coming this summer to
Five Flags.
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has since produced their own video tapes and written
1Bubuqut~ts3t Sl copy for use on TV and radio. It was necessary to have
a proper identification marker, a 'logo', to identify
hunt 5,6.7 Dubuque Police with the advertising. That `logo' was
supplied by John Carlisle Graphics and put into
immediate use.
J To date, all of the material is being used by the men•
tinned media with the thrust of the material directed
at home security. This Department has also made itself
available as a resource information for any citizen or
b~ business inquiry regarding security on a simple or
` specialized need.
FOLLOW-UP
Council•Manager-Ward Form of Municipal Governn-ent
City staff is currently establishing boundary lines for 4
wards in preparation for initiation of the new Councl•
Manager•Ward form of municipal government. These
dates may be of interest to you:
May 20-Public Input Hearing RE: Three Alternatives
for Proposed Ward System
August 30-First day for candidates to rile nomination
papers in the office of the City Clerk (Last day
= Sept. 24)
October 3-Voter registration closes for municipal pri•
~'
October 13-Municipal primary election (If required)
November 3-Municipal election
M'0'L'E (Continued from Page 1)
ouBUQuE
POLICE ,
services willing to cooperate with the program. In it•
self, the program was realized as an exceptionally
`high•value community betterment project' by the
media persons, and KDUB-TV was a prime mover in
facilitating contacts with the National Advertising
Council, Crime Coalition Committee.
ADAPTATION
Closely following endorsement by KDUB•TV, radio
stations WDBQ, KIWI, KDTH, KFMD, and KLXL
supported the program. Frank Hardie Advertising in•
dicated support and the Dubuque Advertiser, a weekly
advertising shopper, also used the Ad Council's pre•
pared advertising. The Keyline Bus Service used the
printed posters in all of the mainline busses. After the
program was well on its way, which kicked off 4 July
1980, the Telegraph-Herald, a daily newspaper, joined
the campaign.
DAYLIGHT
The advertising material first used was furnished
directly from the Ad Council. The Police Department
MOUNTAINS
Projections for the future after the initial contact,
suggested continuing existing programs using any
material sent by the Ad Council and the use of Police-
produced material A major thrust was directed against
vandalism with four separate Police•produced programs
and one Ad Council prepared program. These programs
were released 17 October 1980, just two weeks prior to
Halloween, in an effort to utilize maximum and
appropriate timing.
The Goals are simple, sensible and strong! The major
importance is to acquaint the citizen to his own real-
ization of crime and how it affects him, coupled with
his awareness of Police dependence on him to help
stop crime. To quote the Ad Council, "It's Our Job To
Teach You Crime Prevention. It's Your Job To Learn!"
The Dubuque Police are attempting to correlate the
crime incidence in Dubuque against the advertising
program to provide a statistical analysis of various
factors involved in an effort to amve at a response
relating to the effectiveness of the program. Due to the
newness of the program, it may be difficult to accurate-
ly determine results, but the effort to do so is under-
way.
Because of this landmark work in Police•Community
Relations, the Dubuque Police Department was con•
tacted for a presentation of this material at Iowa Crime
Prevention Workshop Des Moines) in November, 1980.
From this workshop, this department realized that the
Dubuque Police Program could function even more
effectively if the City of Dubuque were to endorse a
citizens group of persons, also dedicated to controling
crime in their own communities. An open meeting was
called in early December, 1980, and from this meeting
the Dubuque Crime Prevention Coalition, Inc, received
its conception, delivery and birth, 'and is now progress-
ing on in life as a lovely child, groomed for exciting
results in early adulthood and for even greater things
in full adulthood. This first meeting resulted in elected
officers and in later meetings to the appointed Board of
Directors. The goals of the Coalition are also 'simple,
sensible and strong'. The basic philosophy of the Coali•
lion is "...to educate and stimulate the citizens of
Dubuque to participate in Crime Prevention Programs
which are pertinent to the needs of the area, and for
other lawful purpose or purposes not for pecuniary
profit,"
With regard to membership in the coali-
tion, the bylaws state: "Any individual,
firm, service club, association or corpora~
lion who subscribes to the purposes and basic policies
of the Corporation (Coalition), and who feels that each
individual is responsible for the safety and prosperity
of the area, and is willing to participate in and lend
support to the encouragement of the citizenry to be•
come involved in current crime prevention measures,
may become a member of the Corporation (Coalition-,
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