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05/27/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-PM
(LE MARS)--ABOUT ONE-FOURTH OF THE LE MARS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ADULT EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS.
COORDINATOR LORENE REXWINKEL REPORTS 268 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN 26 CLASSES. FIFTY OF THE STUDENTS WERE SENIORS. NINETEEN STUDENTS WERE IN G-E-D CLASS WHICH MEETS WEEKLY. .
POPULAR CLASSES INCLUDE WINE SELECTION WHICH HAD 63 STUDENTS; TWO BALLROOM DANCING CLASSES WITH 41 STUDENTS AND FIVE COMPUTER CLASSES WITH 35 STUDENTS.
REXWINKEL NOTED A BIG INCREASE IN NEEDLEWORK CLASSES SUCH AS TATTING, EMBROIDERY, CROCHETING, KNITTING AND QUILTING.
SCHOOL BOARD EXPENSES INCLUDE ABOUT 11-HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS WHO TOOK COURSES.
ENROLLMENT FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS UP 60 STUDENTS FROM THE 208 ONE YEAR AGO.
(LE MARS)--ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE FACES IN EDUCATION AT GEHLEN CATHOLIC SCHOOL IS RETIRING.
SHE ISN'T LEAVING A CLASSROOM--SHE'S LEAVING AN AREA OF THE SCHOOL THAT TOUCHES EACH STUDENT'S LIFE--THE CAFETERIA.
JUDY NILLES WAS HONORED AS A SERVANT LEADER TODAY WITH THE LE MARS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE "MAY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH." AWARD.
NILLES HAS WORKED AT GEHLEN CATHOLIC FOR NINETEEN YEARS IN MANY CAPACITIES IN THE CAFETERIA. SHE'S CREDITED WITH REINFORCING THE SCHOOL'S TEACHINGS THROUGH HER SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL, OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION PARISH IN MERRILL AND THE COMMUNITY.
NILLES PLANS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH FAMILY IN HER RETIREMENT.
(SIOUX CITY)--GIRLS OF ALL AGES WILL SEE A NEW FACE AT THE JOY HOLLOW GIRL SCOUT CAMP IN SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
THE GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA INTRODUCED AMANDA WARNER AS THE NEW SEASONAL CAMP DIRECTOR AT JOY HOLLOW.
ORIGINALLY FROM GREENE IN NORTHERN IOWA, WARNER HAS BEEN A CAMPER AND COUNSELOR IN GIRL SCOUTS.
SHE TEACHES KINDERGARTEN IN OSAGE AND WILL SERVE AS CAMP DIRECTOR IN THE 27TH YEAR OF THE JOY HOLLOW CAMPING EXPERIENCE. INFORMATION ABOUT CAMP OPPORTUNITIES IS AVAILABLE THROUGH GIRLS SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA.
(LE MARS)--A SUMMER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS THE REASON A ROAD SOUTHEAST OF CRAIG IS CLOSED BEGINNING THIS WEEK.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY ENGINEER TOM ROHE SAYS GRAVES CONSTRUCTION OF SPENCER WILL REPLACE A BRIDGE ON IRIS AVENUE. THE ROAD CLOSING IS ON IRIS AVENUE BETWEEN 120TH AND 130TH STREET.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A Sioux City man facing charges that he sexually assaulted and killed a 3-year-old girl will be held in the tighter security of a South Sioux City jail, pending more hearings.
The Dakota County corrections director says De Jesus Melisio-Camacho (deh-HAY-soos meh-lease-ee-oh cuh-MACHO) will be moved later Wednesday to the Nebraska penitentiary in Lincoln.
Terry Kern said the 29-year-old Melisio-Camacho had been given special handling at the county jail in Dakota City. There were concerns for Melisio-Camacho's safety because of veiled threats by other inmates.
Investigators say Melisio-Camacho broke into the girl's home in South Sioux City early Saturday morning, assaulted the girl, then killed her as her family slept.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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