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09/30/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE-AM
(LE MARS)--LE MARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL HOSTS A CELEBRATION MARKING AN ANNIVERSARY, SERVICE AND A NEWCOMER TODAY.
THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISTRICT'S REORGANIZATION INVOLVING RURAL AND CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS IS PART OF THE REASON THE SCHOOL IS HOSTING THE LE MARS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE "AFTER 5." .
DOCTOR LEON SCOTT OF LE MARS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR 10 YEARS AND RETIRED EARLIER THIS MONTH. DOCTOR SCOTT WILL BE HONORED DURING THE CHAMBER EVENT.
THE DISTRICT IS ALSO INTRODUCING NEW BOARD MEMBER SCOTT KOMMES WHO WAS ELECTED TO THE BOARD WITHOUT OPPOSITION EARLIER THIS MONTH.
THE CHAMBER EVENT AT THE EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER, 940 LINCOLN STREET SOUTHWEST, INCLUDES A PROGRAM AT 5:30 THIS AFTERNOON.
(LE MARS)--CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE NEXT SPRING OR EARLY NEXT SUMMER ON A NEW GEHLEN CATHOLIC WELLNESS CENTER.
THE FAMILY OF LINDA FREKING-BOUMA MADE THE NAMING GIFT FOR THE WELLNESS CENTER. THE 100-THOUSAND DOLLAR MARK HAS BEEN REACHED FOR FUND RAISING FOR THE NEW LINDA FREKING-BOUMA WELLNESS CENTER.
A REVISED PLAN INCLUDES A 47 BY 90-FOOT FACILITY TO BE ATTACHED TO THE BACK GYM.
ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE, THE SECURED FACILITY WILL BE OPEN TO THE GEHLEN CATHOLIC FAMILY AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS, INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND DECREASING OBESITY AND OTHER CHRONIC CONDITIONS.
GEHLEN CATHOLIC NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TONY GUNTER EXTENDS THANKS TO MANY PEOPLE AND GROUPS.
THEY INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER PLYMOUTH COUNTY FOR HELPING TO OFFSET THE EXPENSES OF THE GROUNDWORK. GUNTER NOTES MANY VOLUNTEERS DONATED THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO GET THE GROUND WORK DONE AND ASSISTED WITH THE FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN.
DONORS TO THE LINDA FREKING-BOUMA WELLNESS CENTER WILL BE PERMANENTLY HONORED ON A DONOR WALL IN THE NEW WELLNESS CENTER.
(LE MARS)--THE DIVISION OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY FUNDS FOR RURAL USE OF FIVE CITY LIBRARIES IS OFFICIAL.
SUPERVISORS TUESDAY APPROVED CONTRACTS FOR THE SERVICE AND RECEIVED A BREAKDOWN OF FUNDING FROM AUDITOR STACEY FELDMAN. .
FELDMAN EXPLAINED HALF OF THE 67-THOUSAND DOLLARS IS DIVIDED EQUALLY BY THE FIVE LIBRARIES. THE OTHER HALF OF THE FUNDS-33-THOUSAND 500 DOLLARS--IS DIVIDED BASED ON RURAL PATRONAGE.
LE MARS RECEIVED 18-THOUSAND 60 DOLLARS IN TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS FOLLOWED BY 16-THOUSAND 062 DOLLARS FOR AKRON, 13-THOUSAND 854 DOLLARS FOR KINGSLEY, ABOUT 12 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR REMSEN AND ABOUT 71-HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR MERRILL.
ENGINEER TOM ROHE REVIEWED ABOUT A HALF-DOZEN LOCATIONS WHERE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE RESPONDED FAVORABLY TO THE IDEA OF VACATING PORTIONS OF VERY LOW VOLUME TRAFFIC ROADS. SUPERVISORS RAISED NO OBJECTIONS TO PROCEEDING TO HEARINGS.
TODAY, THE ROAD DEPARTMENT PLANS TO REOPEN 310TH STREET FROM TAMARACK AVENUE EAST TO ALMOND AVENUE. HERBST CONSTRUCTION OF RURAL LE MARS HAS COMPLETED WORK TO REPLACE A BRIDGE WITH A CULVERT.
BECAUSE HERBST WILL BEGIN ANOTHER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT FOR A CULVERT PROJECT, 270TH STREET FROM SHAMROCK AVENUE EAST ONE MILE TO SUNSET AVENUE, WILL BE CLOSED BEGINNING TOMORROW.
THE BOARD CONSIDERED QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND CONTRACTOR FOR EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE OF THE RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY ON HIGHWAY THREE. A CONTRACT WITH KARR TUCKPOINTING IS EXPECTED TO BE SUBMITTED FOR FINAL APPROVAL ON NEXT WEEK'S BOARD AGENDA.
(Kingsley)--The "Older Iowans Legislature" is pushing for a state ban on texting while driving. Blaine Donaldson of Kingsley was elected "House Speaker" of the "Older Iowans Legislature" which convened in Des Moines this week.
"I followed a young lady on (the Interstate) Sunday on the way down here," Donaldson says. "She was text messaging and her speed was varying from 55 to 70 miles an hour and you didn't dare pass her because she was weaving all over the road -- and this is dangerous."
Members of the "Older Iowans Legislature" have voted to make a ban on texting while driving one of the priority issues they'll ask state legislators to address in 2010.
"Any time you are inattentive -- and I happen to be one of the people who don't even believe in using a cell phone while you're driving -- but if you're inattentive, you're going to increase your possible risk of an accident," Donaldson says.
The Older Iowans Legislature is asking state lawmakers to set aside eight-and-a-half million dollars ($8.5 million) next year for home-based health care services. Donaldson says seniors know the state budget is tight, but helping the elderly stay in their own homes is more cost-effective in the long run than nursing home care.
"We recognize that in tough times there are going to have to be cuts," Donaldson says. "Most of us have lived through two and some of us three depressions or recessions and so we recognize the problems and probably recognize the problems better than some of the (members of the) General Assembly." The 31st annual Older Iowans Legislature met in Des Moines on Monday and Tuesday. (News report by Radio Iowa)
website: www.olderiowans.org
(DES MOINES)—AN OPEN HOUSE CONCERNING A PROPOSAL TO RECONFIGURE THE DAMAGED KLONDIKE DAM AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK IN LYON COUNTY.
THE OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD NEXT WEDNESDAY EVENING AT LAKE PAHOJA PARK IN NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY. KLONDIKE DAM IS A POPULAR AREA FOR FISHING ON THE BIG SIOUX RIVER.
JOINTLY OWNED BY THE STATES OF IOWA AND SOUTH DAKOTA, WITH AN ADJACENT RECREATION AREA OWNED BY THE LYON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD, IT ALSO PROVIDES A WATER SUPPLY FUNCTION.
NATE HOOGEVEEN OF THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SAYS “BECAUSE OF RECENT DAMAGE TO THE DAM AND TEMPORARY REPAIRS, THE PLAN HAS CHANGED FROM ONE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC IN MAY.”
THE NEW PLAN INCLUDES DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DAM AND CONSTRUCTION OF ROCK ARCH RAPIDS FROM THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE UPSTREAM.
SEVERAL GROUPS REPRESENTING VARIOUS FUNCTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MET FOR THE STRUCTURE WILL BE PRESENT, INCLUDING THE LYON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD, SOUTH DAKOTA GAME, FISH & PARKS, LYON AND SIOUX RURAL WATER SYSTEM AND THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS)
(ESTHERVILLE)-THE IOWA LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION IS LAUNCHING THE SECOND DECADE OF "WE BELIEVE", THE COLLEGE'S ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN.
THE THEME FOR THE NEXT DECADE IS "BUILING A SOLID FUTURE", EMPHASIZING HOW EVERY EFFORT, NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR SMALL, BUILDS TO PROVIDE A SOLID FUTURE FOR THE COLLEGE AND ITS STUDENTS.
BEGINNING NEXT MONDAY, IOWA LAKES' EMPLOYEES WILL BE ASKED TO BENEFIT THE COLLEGE AND ITS STUDENTS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP AND PROGRAM PLEDGES.
ONCE SUPPORT OF THE COLLEGE'S EMPLOYEES IS SECURED, THE CAMPAIGN'S COMMUNITY PHASE WILL BEGIN, SEEKING SUPPORT FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES AND ALUMNI IN THE COLLEGE'S FIVE COUNTY DISTRICT AND BEYOND. (NEWS REPORT BY LARRY SCHMITZ FOR KLEM NEWS)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) A 60-year-old Urbandale man, formerly of Sac County, has been charged with six counts of possession of child pornography.
Mark Stimson is accused of possessing child pornography between September 2004 and July 2006. The indictment of Stimson was announced Tuesday by U.S. Attorney Matt Dummermuth.
Stimson, formally of Wall Lake, appeared in U.S. District Court in Sioux City on Monday and released on bond.
Prosecutors say if convicted, Stimson faces up to 10 years in prison on each count, and a $250,000 fine.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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