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COMMENTS
09/29/09 Sac County
Supervisors Call to Order

The September 29,2009 Sac County

Melissa bellcock “OK” With under representing Voters
Supervisors meeting came to order a
3. Melissa is not a puppet that got talked into ing towards… what? What are the alternatives?
running for the position, she is there to represent Merging with one of the other two choices that are
few minutes late with all three
what is in the best interest of the students (ALL) located further away? Not merging or sharing with Supervisors, Jack Bensley, Rick Hecht,
students!! I can’t believe you two would have the
nerve to slam someone that had the guts to run for
anyone at all? and Dean Stock present. Also present
Shirley and Dave will probably always vote, as they
the board and also had the most votes in the elec- were Jim Dowling, Sac County Auditor
have done in the past, in such a way that I feel is
tion! Did all the people that voted for her get talked
calculated to make the school, as it’s currently run, and Secretary of the Board, Dale Kraft
into it? I think not! The fun times will be reading
the senseless comments that you make Curt! look bad. Martha and Brent will probably always representing the Coon Valley Trustees,
Angie Kreft vote in such a way that will be calculated to smooth Michael Schwabe representing Toyne
the transistion on the road to merging. Melissa will
(Fire Truck Sales) of Breda Iowa, Sac
4. On her first night she voted to break up the joint always be the swing vote. Will she vote for what’s
school board meets. I’d be interested to hear how best for the school, or for what’s best for Shirley County Engineer Ron Haden, Lisa
hampering the ESC business office’s basic ability to Phillips and Dave Sands? Bethune, Sac County Central Point
get business done in a timely matter is beneficial to
(ANY) student. Angie, I certainly hope that you are right, and that I
Coordinator, Dale Wegner, and Curtis
have 100% wrong read on Melissa Bellcock. Luck- Bloes.
It is my opinion, based on the way that she voted on ily, none of us will have to wonder for very long
night #1, that Melissa was compelled to run for the since the next meeting is in three Mondays. Melissa
Sac School board to provide Shirley and Dave with will, through her votes, reveal to us all what is re- The minutes of the September 22, 2009
the voting bloc that they need in order to obstruct ally in her heart. Curtis Bloes were approved without comment. The
ESC business decisions with the purpose of making
agenda for the September 29, 2009
the ESC business office look bad.
5. I would have liked to see you run Curtis. Oh meeting was amended to include a
wait, you’re SCUM too. Anonymous
It’s always possible that Melissa may have a change presentation by Lisa Bethune of her
of heart and will not allow herself to be used as a
tool to obstruct the progress that has been made at 6. LOTS of people would have liked to see me run. agency’s cost report. The amended
East Sac County… after all, I’m sure at heart she :) agenda was approved without
isn’t a calculating politician bent on breaking up the
You probably didn’t mean to include Melissa Bell-
comment.
school, but a person that actually cares about our
children. cock in your “Curtis Bloes is scum” message just
now, right? I LOVE hatemail, but it’s hard get my Rick Hecht opened the meeting with a
How great would it be if she turned her attitude feelings properly hurt when I’m giggling because
around and started voting in favor of making prog- you didn’t take just a second to proofread your own
verbal commendation for the
ress at East Sac County instead of seemingly work- unintentional hilarity. Curtis Bloes quilting committee, and for Sue Peyton
and Kathy Cook in particular for the
CORRECTION.........................................................................
In the September 28, 2009 issue, TSN reported that Melissa Bellcock was nominated to serve as the
outstanding success of the quilt-a-fair
school’s liaison to the Sac Community Recreation Center Board. In fact that is wrong. Melissa Bellcock saying, “It was done very
will be under-attending the Kid’s World board instead. Nobody wanted to serve on the Recreation Center professionally and [was] a very positive
Board an the decision of whom to assign has been tabled until the October 19 meeting.
............................................................................................... thing for the county and for the area.”

Kids World August Cash Flow Pure Sense

Filtration
Update
According to Mayor Barb
Powell, PSF has changed their
plans regarding how the
proposed building will sit on
the lot. At first it was going sit
the long way on the lot, now it
will sit across the short way on
the lot.
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smcr011514
According to documents obtained from the Sac County, Iowa Courthouse, Theodore John Ulmer of PO Box 261, [ no city or state given] is
accused of the crime of Harassment in 3rd degree, a simple misdemeaner, in violation of (Section 708.7 of the Code of Iowa) in that the
defendant on09/21/09 at the location Sac County did: Harass kelly Lake by leaving text and voice message that caused he annoyance.

CRIME
All people accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty.
The disposition of all cases are subject to change without notice.
These documents are freely available for inspection at the Sac County Courthouse.

09/29/09 Sac County Engineer’s Report

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Child Abuse investigators Minutes of the 09/14/09 Kids World meeting
for Sac City School District
Chosen

When child abuse is investigated through the school,

there is a procedure that is followed. In the past,
the first level of investigations was conducted by the
guidance counselors. If they felt it was warranted,
they turned it over to law enforcement. According to
WLVA board member [get name] deputy [get name]
of the Sac County Sheriff’s Department is the spe-
cific person called when the investigation moves to
level 2.

Shirley Phillips said that she had been approached

by Sac City Chief of Police, John Thomsen who Ac-
cording to Ms. Phillips, indicated that he too wants
to be included in the level 2 investigatory team. Ms.
Phillips indicated that the Sheriff’s Department has
to cover a lot of towns with the implication being
that the SCSD might be, at times, too busy.

At this point in the conversation Dave Sands, took

a left turn and said that he would like the adminis-
tration, meaning, (Barb Kruthoff?) to do the initial
investigations before turning it over to the guid-
ance counselors. After the room got over its initial
WTF??!! reaction, Superintendent Barb Kruthoff
conducted a little reality orientation with Mr. Sands
to get him up to speed with the fact that, for the
previous several minutes, the rest of the assembled
board members were talking about child abuse.

The Sac School board ultimately set the child abuse

level I investigators as the school guidance council-
ors and the level II investigators as the SCSD and
the SCPD.

Schramm and Co. Make Further Progress in Central Park

I caught up with Justin Schramm in

Central Park on Sunday September
20, 2009. He and members of his leads from 8th Street to the ga- They also built a land
family, and neighborhood volunteers zebo. Right now, the ramp is not bridge to replace the de-
barricaded off and is very wob-
returned, furthering the effort to make teriorating bridge that
the ravine safe. bly. spans the largest cre-
The group concentrated on the vasse near the center of
According to Mr. Schramm, the city hillside leading from Central Park Central Park.
will be fixing the handicap ramp that to 9th Street.
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 Bonnie Boerner
February 25, 1941 - September 30, 2009
Sac City, Iowa
The family has requested in lieu of flowers, memorials will be used for Bon-
nie's favorite charities.
Bonnie Lou Boerner, age 68, of Sac City, Iowa passed away Wednesday,
September 30, 2009, at her home following a courageous battle with cancer.
Bonnie Lou Henrich was born in Sac City, on February 25, 1941, to parents
Mahlon (Bub) and Ardyth (Freeman) Henrich. She was raised in Sac Coun-
ty and attended grade school at Douglas Township. She went on to graduate
from Sac High School with the class of 1959. Bonnie was raised Methodist
and was baptized and confirmed at Galbraith Methodist Church.
She married Kenneth Ellis in 1959 and was betrothed to him until his death
in 1962. She was fortunate to find love again in Douglas Boerner and they
were united in marriage on February 9, 1963, in Odebolt, IA. Together they
raised two daughters, Pam and Penny. While raising her family, Bonnie also
worked as a secretary for businesses she and her husband owned. She was
secretary of the Chamber of Commerce for Sac City for several years, and
also worked as a cashier at Casey’s up until her retirement in 2006. She had
many personal interests which included crocheting, collecting cat figurines,
cooking, and fishing. She also enjoyed volunteering for Loring Hospital,
playing card club with friends, and dancing with her husband Doug. She
treasured her family, and some of her most unforgettable memories were
the birth of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She will be dearly
missed by all those that knew and loved her.
Those left to cherish her memory include her husband of 46 years, Doug;
her daughters: Pam (Kenny )Wallace of Sac City, IA, and Penny (Terry)
Galvin of Palo, IA; grandchildren: Crystal Rardin, Cole (Tessa) Wallace,
Cassie Wallace, and Cody Wallace, all of Sac City; Beau (Ann) Galvin of
Buckeye, AZ, Brandon (Ashley) Galvin of El Paso, TX, Jade Galvin and
Halle Galvin both of Palo; great-grandchildren: Nathan and MacKenzie
Wallace, MaKayla and Brooke Rardin, and Cameron Galvin; many ex-
tended family members and friends.
Walter Blake
May 19, 1922 - September 27, 2009
Schaller, Iowa
Walter L. Blake, age 87, of Schaller, Iowa died Sunday, September 27, 2009
at the Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove, Iowa. Walter Lewis Blake, son
of Oral W. and Stella (Robison) Blake was born May 19, 1922 in Marshall-
town, Iowa. He graduated in 1941 from Marshalltown High School and
continued his education at Drake University receiving his Bachelor’s degree
along with his Master’s degree.
Walter served his country in the United States Army during World War II,
from October 1942 to March 1946. He served with the Military Police,
earning the rank of Sergeant. He belonged to the American Legion.
On September 2, 1948, Walter was united in marriage to Velma Ingle
at Camp Center Church of Christ near Runnells, Iowa. This couple was
blessed with four daughters: Krisann Dee, Becky Jo, Margo Sue and Nancy
Jane.
Mr. Blake was an educator. He worked with students as a teacher, coach
and administrator in many school districts throughout Iowa: Albion, Des
Moines, Odebolt – Arthur, Carroll and Schaller. He also taught and coached
at York Christian College in Nebraska. He was a member of many educator
associations and an advocate for rural schools in Iowa.
Committed to a life of Christian faith, Walter served by preaching and
teaching Bible classes. He was a longtime member of the Church of Christ
in Sac City, Iowa. Walter was a baseball player, avid golfer and sign painter.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Velma of Schaller, Iowa; his chil-
dren: Krisann Blake of Omaha, Nebraska; Becky Stewart of Austin, Texas;
Margo Blake of Lubbock, Texas; and Nancy (Chuck) Jones of Columbia,
Missouri; his grandchildren, Katie and Thomas Hogan of Columbia, Mis-
souri; his brothers: Allen (Eunice) Blake; Donald (Judy) Blake; and Gary
(Mary) Blake; extended family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her first husband Kenneth, parents Bub and Walter was preceded in death by his parents, Oral and Stella Blake; his
Ardyth Henrich, father-in-law and mother-in-law Vern “Whitey” Boerner brothers, Wallace Blake and Roger Blake; and his sister, Barbara Hoffman.
and Alice Boerner, brother-in-law Daryl Oregon, and several aunts and
uncles.

Sac Community Recreation Center Approves new Sign Design

The Sac Community Recreation Center, which will soon be changing its name to the Sac Community Center in order
to maximize the number of grants in which it can partake, may be getting a new sign soon. This is a photo of the
computer screen on which the new proposed sign was presented. The SCRC board approved the proposed design
with the exception that it be in dark blue with white letters, as opposed to the colors represented in the photo. The
old sign will be coming down at the same time that the sidewalk is torn out.
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What does the SCRC have to hide?
The Sac Community Recreation Center has begun to refuse to fulfill freedom of information act requests, so I’ve had to begin submitting written requests in
order to create a paper trail for the purpose of pursueing stronger future measures. Violating Chapter 21 of the code of Iowa could garner a $500.00 fine for
each violation of the Iowa Freedom of Information Act. I will keep you informed on the status of these and any future requests. Curtis Bloes

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According to documents obtained from the Sac County, Iowa Courthouse, a person claiming to be Alexis Angel Samayoa who later claimed to
be Silas M. Soto Berduo of 923 1st Ave. lot #27 - South Sioux City, Nebraska is accused of the crime of OWI 1st offense, a Serious Mis-
demeaner, in violation of (Section 321j.2 of the Code of Iowa) in that the defendant on the 09/25/09 at the location Tjaden motel near the intersection
of HWY 175/71 and Jackson St. in Lake View, Iowa did: operate a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

CRIME
All people accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty.
The disposition of all cases are subject to change without notice.
These documents are freely available for inspection at the Sac County Courthouse.

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Supervisors on 09/15/09

l a Bow hunting Hunting Licenses Within

City limits Approved

Joel, Wade, Jacob and Zach William’s applications

for bow hunting licenses for hunting inside Sac City
limits in the above area were approved on September
28, 2009 by the Sac City Council
Two drainage district repairs approved
The Sac County Supervisors approved the following drainage district
repairs on September 29, 2009:

Location: Joint drainage district #59 in Calhoun County and #7 Sac County
in Section 19 of Garfield
Cost : $350.00
Contractor : Marty Mauer

Location : Drainage District 57 Section 1 Viola Township Sac County

Cost: $1,200
Contractor: Marty Mauer

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Sac School Board seemingly
attempts to obstruct ESC
legal procedures

Each year East Sac County School signs contracts

with attorneys to provide legal counsel. Last year,
Sac School District signed contracts with two law
firms, Colin McCullough of Sac City and Ahlers &
Cooney of Des Moines.

Over the course of the last year, the school has uti-
lized the firm Ahlers and Cooney on most, if not all
of its legal matters because Ahlers and Cooney are
specialists in educational law. According to Sac
School Board President Shirley Phillips, Mr. Mc-
Cullough has decided to opt out of consideration for
the contract this year.

After a motion enter into a contract with Ahlers &

Cooney, Vice President of the Sac School Board
Dave Sands interrupted the procedure to suggest that
Ahlers & Cooney charges too much per hour. Ms.
Phillips showing her inexperience, did not call the
meeting back to order, but instead allowed the dis-
ruption to continue.

Mr. Sands suggested that the hourly fee the school

pays for legal counsel is too much, though he admit-
ted that “…maybe there isn’t a situation around here
that charges less than that.” It was pointed out to
Mr. Sands that none of the lawyers around the area
specialize in educational law. Superintendent Barb
Kruthoff admitted that there are lawyers in Denison
and Fort Dodge that specialize in educational law,
but said that she suspects that they will charge about
the same amount.

As a result of this conversation, the Sac School Board

decided to table the decision until the next scheduled
Sac School Board meeting. Unfortunately for the
district’s taxpayers, this beginner’s move on the part
of the Sac School Board has the net effect of throw-
ing a pretty serious monkey wrench in possible liti-
gation that would be handled by Ahlers & Cooney
while the school suspends that activity to wait on
the Sac School Board to find out if they can save a
couple bucks* an hour hiring a smaller firm. **

It can be argued that this decision was made in the

same spirit as the previous vote to split up the joint
boards and to sow discord between our two commu-
nities. It will probably ultimately be accepted that
it was done merely to see if the school could save a
couple of bucks. Luckily for the business office of
East Sac County, the WLVA Board did not engage in
such petty politicking and voted to allow business to
continue without disruption by approving a contract
with Ahlers & Cooney for the coming year. Student’s needs lose out to The first and least concerning thing getting this data

*maybe they want to save money on a lawyer so they politics does is confuse voters. It give voters the impression
that the school is planning to lose the reorganization
can come up with that extra 40k they will need when vote, and thus turn some of the people who are on
they break off with East Sac County and have to hire In August, the Sac Community School board pre- the fence towards voting against reorganization by
their own superintendent for the 400+ students that tended to start planning for additional whole grade giving them the power to say something to the effect
will be left. sharing past the date of the reorganization by direct-
ing Superintendent Barb Kruthoff to provide them of, “see, even the school doesn’t believe in reorga-
nization.”
**Maybe they could publish an Idiot’s Guide ™ on with enrollment data by building for the schools.
how to save 5 bucks an hour on legal counsel when
The second thing publically obtaining this informa-
hundreds of thousands of dollars in awards may be In reality, the goal of publically getting this data was
for completely different reasons. tion does is scare Wall Lake voters. As it is, they are
on the line.
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very concerned that they will lose their grade school
to Sac City. Publically seeking this data, which spe-
cifically deals with how to merge the grade schools,
feeds into that fear and was done for this very pur-
pose.
The third and most obvious thing this data provides
is a sense of the numbers that Sac City will have
if the schools split. The planners of the once and
future home to the Sac City Indians need this data
in order to start working out how to budget for the
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Gar Hall Update
GAR hall, more commonly known as the Senior
Center in Downtown Sac City, has been undergo-
ing a remodel. So far, the bathroom which was in
the kitchen area, was relocated to the dining room,
making it more convenient for the seniors to partake
without having to navigate around counters. The
next step will be to lower the ceilings so as to lower
the heating bills.
At the September 29, 2009 Sac County Supervisors
meeting, Jim Dowling updated the board on the gen-
eral progress being made and brought up an issue
that they will be facing in regards to the refrigerators
at that location.
sudden drop in revenue they will be hit with when According to the original proposal, all 5 refrigera-
the number of students bringing in money suddenly tors were to remain located in the area of the front
drops by over 500 students. entrance. Now it has been suggested that the refrig-
erators be relocated to the kitchen area, which will
Because the Sac School Board members are at the necessitate a new plan for dealing with the counters,
start of a trend where they seem to favor pandering along with some electrical work.
to the wishes of their politically important personal
friends instead of addressing the needs of the young The Sac County Supervisors agreed that the ceiling
politically unimportant parents of Sac City’s next should be the priority and that any other plans should
generation, we can probably expect to see more be slated as long range plans to be dealt with at a fu-
and more of this kind of tactic from the Sac School ture date when how to fund it will be more clear.
Board.
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 Waste Water Treatment Plant Construction, Sewer Repairs to begin next spring
09/28/09 Sac City Council
Call to Order

On September 28, 2009 the Sac City Council Came

to Order with four city council members, Brian Snyder and Associate representatives visited the Sac
Muska, Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, and Gary City Council to touch base with them and to help The Buy American clause could end up being kind
Hansen present. Jim Johnston was absent. Also them set bid dates for three separate sewer issues. of a pain. According to City Councilman Brian
present was City Administrator Adam Ledford, City The issues being considered are sewer repairs on Muska, who claims to have experience with this, the
Clerk Sandy Tellinghuisen, Chief of Police John 11th street, (with spot repairs at the fairgrounds in- buy American clause attached to the stimulus money
Thomsen, two representatives from Snyder and As- cluded in this package,) sewer replacement going could lead to a situation where a piece of equip-
sociates, two private citizens, Dale Wegner, and Cur- from the middle school, through the ravine, at nearly ment that may be needed and is readily available
tis Bloes. to the river on the east side of South 5th Street, and from another country may take 6 months to get in
the waste water treatment plant. from an American firm. The Snyder and Associates
The Minutes of the September 14, 2009 and the
receipts and disbursements were approved without representative gave the example of a specific pump
Very little was discussed regarding the 11th Street on this job with parts that are made in America that
comment.
project other than to reiterate that it will be a spot are then shipped over to Sweden to be assembled,
repair job running from the intersection of 12th and
Mayor Barb Powell pointed out before submitting then shipped back. Assembling the parts in Sweden
the agenda for approval, that item V.B. “Marge Gishwiller, East one block along Gishwiller, and
disqualifies that finished product from qualifying for
Pellersels to Address the Council Concerning Water then north on 11th Street up to Bailey Ave… and that the stimulus money. Because of how the stimulus
Issues.” Was to be removed at the request of Ms. Pel- they would also be helping the fairgrounds with their money works, the full cost of that product would be
lersels. drainage issue.
subtracted from the 2 million dollar check Sac City
There will be a new sewer put in running from in would receive.
Viking Bay was issued a renewal on its class “C”
liquor license with outdoor service and Sunday front of ESC Middle School East through the ravine,
sales. Class “C” liquor licenses allow businesses under South 9th Street, continuing east through the That kind of problem, along with the crushing
to sell liquor, wine, beer, and wine coolers by the ravine, and under South 5th street. Both South 5th amount of paperwork any potential contractor has
drink, or for removal from the premises in unopened Street and South 11th Street will have to be closed to keep tracking the manufacturing process of each
containers. for the contractors to do the work, though the city and every nut and bolt often leads contractors to stay
council has been assured that both streets will not away from jobs involving stimulus money.
P&P Liquor was issued a Class “E” license as well, have to be closed at once.
but it closed two days later at midnight. Still, the Sac City Council was assured by Snyder
The work that is going to take place at the Waste and Associates that a contractor could be found and
City to attempt pilot Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) was reviewed set about helping them set the dates by which the
program of PSF technology and nothing has changed. The work to be done bids need to be in to conform to the Department of
in Orange Water issue will include putting in new head works, treatment Natural Resource requirements.
units throughout the plant, and new sludge storage
There has been an ongoing issue with unacceptable as required by the DNR. In addition the roof will The time and date for the bids to be in for the water
water in the Oak Hill area of Sac City, Iowa. At the be replaced and there will be substantial brand new treatment plant is 11/05/09 at 2:00PM at the Sac City
September 28, 2009 Sac City Council meeting, Sac heating ventilation and air conditioning done to meet municipal utility building. The bids will be consid-
City Administrator Adam Ledford reported to the air quality standards. A flow equalization pond with ered at the 11/09/09 Sac City Council meeting.
council that a pipe that they believed was the cause the ability to hold back up to 5 million gallons of
o the “red water’ was replaced, but that it did not fix untreated water will be built to accommodate for the
additional water that is getting into our crumbling
The time and date for the bids to be in for the sewer
the problem.
sanitary sewers during rainstorms. Included in this lining improvement project is 11/19/09 at 2:00PM
According to Mr. Ledford, he will be putting togeth- project is redoing the pump station by the Sac Coun- at the Sac City municipal utility building. The bids
er a pilot program utilizing Pure Sense Filtration’s ty Fairgrounds will be considered at the 11/23/09 Sac City Council
technology to attempt to correct the long standing meeting.
problem. Mr. Ledford did not give a timeframe in The cost estimate is 7.9 million dollars. This new
which this program might begin or report any cost higher estimate reflects an additional 18% in costs The time and date for the bids to be in for the sewer
estimates, but he did say that he hopes to test out of materials that will be added because of the buy main improvement project is 11/19/09 at 2:00PM
the system in a home(s) in which the occupants do American clause that goes with the 2 million dollars at the Sac City municipal utility building. The bids
not leave for the winter, so that city can get an ac- in stimulus money Sac City will be receiving to help will be considered at the 11/23/09 Sac City Council
curate sense of how the system stands up to continu- pay for the project. meeting.
ous use.
September Sac City Gas Department
Head Report

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 Howard D. "Pat" Holm
May 23, 1922 - October 1, 2009
Sac City, Iowa

Howard D. "Pat" Holm, age 87, of Sac City, Iowa, died Thursday, October 1,
2009, at Park View Care Center in Sac City.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 5, 2009, at St.
Mary's Catholic Church in Sac City, Iowa, under the direction of Christens-
en-Huffman Funeral Homes. The Reverend Larry McCarty will officiate,
with burial to follow in Oakland Cemetery, Sac City. Visitation with the
family present will be held on Sunday from 1-5 p.m. at Christensen-Huffman
Funeral Home in Sac City. There will be a Scripture Service at 1:30 p.m.

Born May 23, 1922, in Sac City, Iowa, Howard D. "Pat" Holm was the son
of Jens and Bertha (Henning) Holm. He grew up and received his education
in Sac City, graduating from Sac City High School in 1940. Following high
school, Howard moved to Chicago where he completed his electronic and re-
frigeration certification. He then joined the United States Navy and worked
in aircraft assembly and maintenance. After the Navy, Howard remained in
Burbank, CA, for three years and continued work on aircraft at Lockheed.
He owned a Harley-Davidson Knucklehead and made several trips back to
Iowa where he met Jeannine.

Howard was united in marriage to Jeannine Glass on July 3, 1950, at St.

Mary's Catholic Church in Sac City. The couple lived briefly in LeMars,
Iowa, where Howard worked for Ford Tractor. In 1952, they moved to their
farm four miles west of Sac City. Three children, Bruce, Brent, and Terese,
were born to this union.

Howard farmed for forty years in Sac County. He retired at age 69 and trav-
eled with his wife. He loved cars, motorcycles, doing stained glass work,
and playing golf.

Survivors include two children, Brent Holm of Sac City, and Terese Holm
of Omaha, NE; a daughter-in-law, Donna Holm of Farnhamville; two grand-
children, Wendy Holm of Farnhamville and Misty (Alberto) Ochoa of Jeffer-
son; and two great-grandchildren, Devin and Kristal Morales of Jefferson.

Howard was preceded in death by his wife, Jeannine in 2007; a son, Bruce
Holm; and his parents.

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DATE: 10/01/09
ESC - vs- Alta
At: Alta

GAME SCORES
ESC over Alta
1st: 26 - 24 2nd: 25 - 22 3rd: 22 - 25 4th: 25 - 14

COACHES COMMENTS
This was a good challenging match for our gals. We knew that we would have to play well in order to be
successful tonight against a very talented Alta squad. We served pretty tough but yet high percentage to
try to keep Alta’s offensive out of system as much as we could. Both squads hit well and dug the ball in
the scrappiest of manner. We were able to play a large number of girls, which helped keep everyone fresh
and on top of the game. Coach Waggie.

TEAM STATISTICS 10/01/09

ESC Record Overall: 13 - 7
Conf. Record: 4-0
Serving: 88 for 96 - 91.7%
Aces: 10

Attacks: 147 for 181

Hitting Efficiency: .105
Kills: 85

Assists (sets): 53
Digs: 89
Blocks: 13

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Class 2A High School Football - Week 6
District 1
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 60, Unity Christian 0
Sheldon 48, Spirit Lake 7
Sioux Center 35, Sibley-Ocheyedan 0
Western Christian 25, Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 0

District 2
Buffalo Ridge 18, Okoboji 7
Cherokee 35, East Sac County 13
Eagle Grove 37, Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 0
Humboldt 26, Clarion-Goldfield 23

District 3
Gilbert 24, Central Springs 8
Osage 33, Hudson 13
Roland-Story 30, Dike-New Hartford 13
South Hardin 40, South Hamilton 21

District 4
Cascade 32, MFL, Mar-Mac 14
Columbus Catholic 21, Jesup 0
North Fayette 50, Monticello 23
Sumner-Fredericksburg 14, Beckman 7

District 5
North Cedar 26, Camanche 7
Iowa City Regina 35, Tipton 6
Solon 35, Center Point-Urbana 0
Wilton 31, West Liberty 7

District 6
Davis County 45, West Burlington/Notre Dame 28
Mediapolis 20, Columbus 0
Mid-Prairie 55, Central Lee 12
Sigourney/Keota 58, Louisa-Muscatine 6

District 7
Bondurant-Farrar 12, Collins-Maxwell-Baxter 7
East Marshall 41, Colfax-Mingo 7
North Polk 10, PCM-Monroe 6
West Marshall 48, Albia 23

District 8
IKM/Manning 13, Missouri Valley 8
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 28, Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 0
Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove 34, Red Oak 0
Clarinda 49, Shenandoah 27

Class 2A Top 10
1-Solon
2-North Fayette
3-Mid-Prairie
4-Cascade
5-Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
6-Iowa City Regina
7-Western Christian
8-Osage
9-Kuemper Catholic
10-IKM-Manning
Source: iahssa.org

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Minutes of the Final Meeting
of the Retiring Boards
Wall Lake View Auburn Community
School District
Sac Community School District
Boards of Education
September 21, 2009
The meeting was called to order by Bass at 6:00
p.m. in the Sac Elementary School. Present were
Brotherton, Drost, Mahannah, the Sac Board, Supt.
Kruthoff and 6 visitors. Smith and Stoltenberg were
absent for the WLVA Board and Wilhelm was absent
for the Sac Board.
The Boards discussed the possibility of adding Mahannah moved to approve John Kraft as Board
grades to the whole grade sharing agreement for the Secretary/Treasurer, Rodman seconded; motion car-
2010-11 school year. The Boards decided not to pur- ried 5-0. The Sac board approve Frank Strain.
sue this at this time.
DeBourgh moved to approve The Lake View Resort
The Board heard concerns from a parent regarding and The Chronicle as official papers, Mahannah sec-
school driving permits for middle school students. onded; motion carried 5-0. The Sac Board approved
Drost moved to direct the administration handle the Sac Sun.
middle school driving permits on a case by case ba-
sis, Mahannah seconded; motion carried 3-0. Sac Mahannah moved to approve Mrs. Freier, Mrs.
approved the same motion 4-0. Halbur and Mrs. Wollesen as Level I investigators
(alternate will be the Principals) and to approve the
Mahannah moved to adjourn, Drost seconded; mo- Sac County Sheriff’s Dept. as Level II investigators,
tion carried 3-0. Rodman seconded; motion carried 5-0. The Sac
Board made similar appointments but included Sac
Meeting adjourned at 7:25. City Police as Level II Investigators also.

Item 5h(1). Discuss and/or Approve Sac Rec Center Minutes of the Drost moved to approve Mrs. Mork and Mrs. Carl-
isle as Free/Reduced Lunch Steering Officer, Mah-
Representative was added to the published agenda Organizational Meeting of annah seconded; motion carried 5-0. The Sac Board
for the organizational meeting. Mahannah moved the Retiring Boards made the same appointments.
to approve the agenda as amended, Drost seconded;
motion carried 3-0. The Sac Board approved the Wall Lake View Auburn Community
The Sac Board appointed Bellcock as Kids World
same amended agenda. School District Representative.
Sac Community School District
The Sac Board approved their consent items.
Boards of Education Mahannah moved to approve the contract for Kelly
Sigler as elementary teacher ($23,751), DeBourgh
The consent items included the Minutes of the Joint September 21, 2009 seconded; motion carried 5-0.
Regular Meeting of August 18, the August 2009 fi-
nancial reports, and bills on account of $523,689.14. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. in the
DeBourgh moved to approve the contract for Kelly
Mahannah moved to approve the consent items, Sac Elementary School. Present were Brotherton,
Bender as associate ($9.00/hr), Rodman seconded;
Smith seconded; motion carried 4-0. DeBourgh, Drost, Mahannah, Rodman, the Sac motion carried 5-0.
Board, Supt. Kruthoff and 3 visitors. Wilhelm was
The Official Reports of Votes were reviewed. For absent for the Sac Board..
Mahannah moved to approve the contract for Wade
WLVA: Jack DeBourgh – 237 votes, Chris Rodman
McDonough as JV Baseball Coach ($1,320), Drost
283 votes, and John Smith – 198 votes. DeBourgh The Oath of Office was given to newly elected mem-
seconded; motion carried 5-0.
and Rodman were elected to a four year term. For bers DeBourgh and Rodman.
Sac: Melissa Bellcock – 252 votes, Jolonna Ehler –
The Sac Board approved contracts for Jessica Hun-
125 votes, Martha Huser – 134 votes, Sonya Wilt Drost nominated Brotherton for President. There
ziker as elementary teacher and Scot McDonough as
– 67 votes. Bellcock and Huser were elected to a were no other nominations. The Board voted 4-0 to
baseball coach.
four year term. approve the nomination of Brotherton, Brotherton
abstained. The next regular meeting is scheduled for 10/19/2009
The Principal’s reports were reviewed.
at 6:00 p.m. at the Lake View School.
Mahannah nominated Drost for Vice President. Ma-
A thank you from the American Cancer Society was hannah moved nominations cease a cast unanimous
Drost moved to adjourn, Mahannah seconded; mo-
read. A donation of $800 was given from East Sac ballot for Drost, Rodman seconded; motion carried
Athletics from money raised at “pink out night” 4-0, Drost abstained. tion carried 5-0. Meeting adjourned 8:20.
fundraiser during the softball season.
The Sac Board appointed Phillips as President and
Sac is continuing the process of reviewing options Sands as Vice-President.
for repair of the roof at the Sac Elementary.
DeBourgh moved to approve the second Monday
The Boards discussed the Early Retirement Policy of each month at 6:00 for the regular meeting time,
that was in place last school year. This will be a Drost seconded; motion carried 5-0. The Sac Board
future agenda item to determine whether to continue set the third Monday of each month for their regular
with this policy for the current school year. meeting and voted to meet jointly every quarter.

The Boards reviewed a proposed innovative calendar
for next school year (2010-11) that would provide a
cost savings for the school district while not reduc-
ing the number of hours of instruction. The students
would attend 177 days. Eight early releases for
teacher inservice would be replaced with three full
days of teacher inservice. Drost moved to proceed
with the application, Mahannah seconded; motion
carried 3-0. The Sac Board also voted to proceed
with the application This will be on the October
agenda for public hearing and final approval.
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Drost moved to approve Bank Midwest, Iowa State
Bank, Farmer’s State Bank, and Westside State Sav-
ings Bank as official depositories with a limit of
$2,000,000 each, Mahannah seconded; motion car-
ried 5-0. The Sac Board approved Iowa State Bank,
Citizen’s Bank, American National Bank, and ISJIT
as depositories.
Mahannah moved to approve Ahler’s Law Firm as
legal counsel, Drost seconded; motion carried 5-0.
The Sac Board tabled this item until October.
October 5, 2009 Issue 67
 SMALL CLAIMS 09/23/09 - 09/30/09
SCSC013968
DEFENDANT: Kelly Lynn Huseman-Brannan, Sac City IA
PLAINTIFF: Thomas Septic Tank Cleaning, Sac City IA
PLAINTIFF: Ken Thomas, Sac City IA
JUDGEMENT FOR PLAINTIFF: $455.00 + $126.90 costs

SCSC013969
DEFENDANT: Tyra Schultes, Lake View IA
PLAINTIFF: Midland Funding LLC, address not available
JUDGEMENT FOR PLAINTIFF: $584.76 + $140.10 costs

SCSC013993
DEFENDANT: Gary L. Kron, Wall Lake IA
PLAINTIFF: City of Wall Lake Restitution, Wall Lake IA
JUDGEMENT FOR PLAINTIFF: $367.21 + $95.00 costs

SCSC013998
DEFENDANT: Steven Lynch, Wall Lake IA
PLAINTIFF: Capital One Bank, (USA) address not available
DISMISSED W/O PREJUDICE

CASES FILED
SCSC014004
DEFENDANT: Kristi Lynn Sharkey, Schaller IA
PLAINTIFF: Johnston Automotive & Ind of Storm Lake, Storm Lake IA
FILED: 09/24/09

SCSC014005
DEFENDANT: Elizabeth J. Jensen, Early IA
PLAINTIFF: H & R Accounts Inc., Moline IL
FILED: 09/28/09

SCSC014006
DEFENDANT: Anthony G. Barnett, Newell IA
PLAINTIFF: IFR Inc. , Des Moines IA
FILED: 09/28/09

SCSC014007
DEFENDANT: Marsha K. Hulsebus, Omaha NE
PLAINTIFF: Capital One Bank (USA) address not given
FILED: 09/28/09

SCSC014008
DEFENDANT: Steven Lynch, Wall Lake IA
PLAINTIFF: Capital One Bank, (USA) address not available
FILED: 09/28/09

SCSC014009
DEFENDANT: Brian L. Freese, Wall Lake IA
PLAINTIFF: Crystal Investments LLC, Lake View IA
PLAINTIFF: Laneys Corral, Lake View IA
FILED: 09/29/09

SCSC014010
DEFENDANT: Christine Tibbs, Lytton IA
PLAINTIFF: Hawkeye Adjustment Service, Sioux City IA
FILED: 09/30/09
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TRAFFIC COURT
11-15 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE FAILURE TO HAVE VALID
Keely Marie Ronk, Nemaha IA LICENSE/PERMIT WHILE OP
Manh Keokham, Storm Lake IA Manuela L. Manuel, Madison NE
Conrad Francis Meis, Algona IA Phetsavanh Sengphirom, Nevada IA
VIOL OF CONDITIONS OF RE-
STRICTED LICENSE
Keely Marie Ronk, Nemaha IA
FAIL TO MAINTAIN SAFETY
BELTS
William W. Wallerstedt, Sac City IA
Derek D. Schillerberg, Denison IA
Patti L. Miller, Schleswig IA
Brad A. Bentsen, Sac City IA
Abbey L. Brummer, Storm Lake IA
Terry Lee Roeder, Odebolt IA
Mark Edward Vonahn, Carroll IA
Roger A. Peters, Lake View IA
Jeff Brian Hersom, Mallard IA
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH
SAFETY REG.RULES
Scott Thomas Swenson, Hector MN
Michael Murray, Clio SC (3 counts)
Philip Michael Hudgens, Stuttgart AR
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VIOLATION
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Jonathan Virgil Ricklefs, Bradgate IA
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between the dates of September 24, 2009
and September 30, 2009
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