Fayette County Roadsides manager Blake Gamm is pictured with one of two signs county residents can purchase if they choose not to have areas of their ditch property sprayed as part of the County’s weed control program. Gamm said this is the first time the program has been offered since he has been in the role as director. (Janell Bradley photo)

Landowners can designate 'no spray' areas

Janell Bradley

Contributing Writer

Fayette County landowners may now request that road rights of way not be sprayed adjacent to their property.

“In spite of care exercised by County employees conducting roadside spraying, occasionally spray vapor drifts to adjacent properties, where it may burn or kill flowers, ornamental plants or fruit trees close to the right-of-way line,” said Fayette County Roadsides manager Blake Gamm. “Some landowners with children may prefer the County not spray near their yards.”

He said property owners can purchase two signs at a cost of $10 each to mark “no spray” areas where their property adjoins County rights of way.

1975 North High graduate Janet (Story) Schlapkohl will present her one-woman show “Coming of Age in Chore Boots” at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at the NFV Performing Arts Center. Schlapkohl is donating show proceeds to help West Union start a community theater similar to Combined Efforts, a theater program she helped create in Iowa City.

North grad returns to help develop community theater

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

With so many athletic options available for kids and adults in small towns, it is those less athletically inclined that tend to get left out. However, a great way to buck that trend is to offer a community theater, which gives community members another way to express themselves other than through athletics.

This is the real purpose of a community theater and a big reason why Janet (Story) Schlapkohl of Iowa City is trying to help her hometown of West Union develop a theater program.