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06/13/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-SATURDAY
(LE MARS)--STATE FUNDS WILL FLOW INTO PLYMOUTH COUNTY'S TREASURY TO MEET NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS.
STATE LAW REQUIRES VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICES IN COUNTIES THAT HAVE A POPULATION LIKE PLYMOUTH'S TO BE OPEN 20 HOURS A WEEK AND BE ACCREDITED. .
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARTIN BALMER NOW WORKS 12 HOURS A WEEK, SIX HOURS EACH ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAY AND IS ACCREDITED. THE LAW CHANGE WILL INCREASE REQUIRED HOURS BY EIGHT HOURS A WEEK FOR PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
SUPERVISORS CHAIRMAN JIM HENRICH SAYS THE 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE TO MEET THE NEW STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS CANNOT BE USED FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS.
"THIS COULD INCLUDE BUT, IS NOT LIMITED TO OFFICE RENT, OFFICE UTILITIES, SALARY, OFFICE EQUIPMENT, OUTREACH OR TRAINING," HENRICH READ IN A LETTER TO SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK. "THE FUNDING IS NOT TO BE USED FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO VETERANS--EITHER LIVING OR DECEASED. THAT ASSISTANCE SHOULD COME FROM COUNTY EXPENDITURES."
SUPERVISORS TOOK NO ACTION ON THE USE OF THE FUNDS. SUPERVISOR DON KASS SAID HE'D PREFER NOT TO USE THE FUNDS FOR SALARY IF THE COUNTY DIDN'T HAVE TO. SOME SUPERVISORS SAW THE FUNDS AS A ONE-TIME INCOME FOR THE COUNTY WHICH AMOUNTED TO AN UNFUNDED MANDATE IN THE FUTURE.
(LE MARS)--A SIOUX CITY FIRM IS THE CONTRACTOR TO REPLACE LE MARS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL GYM ENTRANCE DOORS.
L AND L BUILDERS HAD THE LOW BID FOR THE WORK AMONG FOUR CONTRACTORS. THE LE MARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL PAY 61-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE WORK. THAT'S ONE-THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN SIOUX CITY ARCHITECT JIM RUBLE'S ESTIMATE.
BIDS RANGED FROM 61-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ABOUT 72-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
(SIOUX CITY)--SIOUX CITY AND STORM LAKE ARE LOCATIONS FOR REGIONAL MEETINGS ABOUT A NEW STATE PROGRAM.
I-JOBS WAS AN INITIATIVE OF GOVERNOR CHET CULVER TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY, IMPROVE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, CREATE JOBS AND RECOVER FROM FLOOD DAMAGE.
THE $830 MILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM WILL BE GUIDED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS. A REGIONAL MEETING IN SIOUX CITY IS JUNE 17TH AT THE CLARION HOTEL. THE STORM LAKE MEETING IS AT A LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED ON JUNE 25TH.
(WASHINGTON, D-C)--SIOUXLAND YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BUILD THEIR SKILLS WITH FEDERAL FUNDS ANNOUNCED FRIDAY BY SENATOR TOM HARKIN.
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FUNDS FOR THREE YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS INCLUDE AN AWARD TO GOODWILL INDUSTRIES/WALL STREET MISSION IN SIOUX CITY.
HARKIN SAYS YOUTHBUILD HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR COMMUNITY.
GOODWILL WAS AWARDED ABOUT 700-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ALLOW YOUTHBUILD SIOUX CITY STUDENTS TO APPLY INSTRUCTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES TO ASSIST SIOUXLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. THE WORK WILL INVOLVE BUILDING OR REMODELING HOMES FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM COULD REACH OUT TO 120 YOUNG PEOPLE AND ENROLL MORE THAN 30.
A BUILDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL BE FORMED TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TRANSITION OUT OF THE PROGRAM AND OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT THROUGH TRADE UNION CONNECTIONS.
(DENISON)--THREE PEOPLE DIED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A SEMI IN CRAWFORD COUNTY FRIDAY MORNING.
ACCORDING TO THE IOWA STATE PATROL, A CAR DRIVEN BY 28-YEAR-OLD MARIA ARAUHO-SANCHEZ OF DENISON CROSSED THE CENTER LINE OF HIGHWAY 30 ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF WEST OF VAIL.
THE CAR STRUCK A SEMI HEAD-ON IN THE EASTBOUND LANE.
SANCHEZ AND HER TWO PASSENGERS , 56-YEAR-OLD BERTHA SANCHEZ-MORENZ AND 12-YEAR-OLD DANIEL RESENDIZ, ALSO OF DENISON, DIED. THE SEMI WAS DRIVEN BY 58-YEAR-OLD GLENN STURM OF BREDA. STURM WAS TREATED AT THE CRAWFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL AND RELEASED.
THE STATE PATROL IS STILL INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
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