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Ida County’s Official Newspaper
Courier Ida County
Vol. 42, No. 30 Ida Grove, Iowa
News GLIMPSE Highway 20 paving is underway Page 3
Ida County West Nile virus found Page 8
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July 26, 2017
2017 Id Ida County C t Fair F i Special Sec on-Inside
Upcoming Events Kidzone Grilling Thursday, July 27 4:30-6:30 pm Godbersen Park Ida Grove
Art in the Vineyard Sunday, July 30 • 1-5 pm Old Town Vineyard Ida Grove
IG Kiwanis Grillout Thursday, August 3 4:30-6:30 pm Godbersen Park Ida Grove
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OABCIG board holds organiza onal mee ng The Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove (OABCIG) School Board held its initial and reorganizational meeting July 17 in Odebolt. Dr. Tim Grieves, NWAEA chief administrator, called the meeting to order via phone at 6:30 p.m. Board members present were Stephanie Konradi, Brad Lundell, Crystal Endrulat, Stacy Raasch, Jeff Rasmussen and Tony Bennett. Also attending were Superintendent Terry Kenealy, Kathy Leonard and Danika Hinkeldey. Grieves appointed Leonard to preside over the organizational meeting until the president was elected. After discussion and several ballots, the board members selected Konradi as board president. Konradi took over the meeting. Lundell was elected vice president.
After much discussion and several ballots, the board unanimously elected Myra Meek as the seventh board member. The board appointed Leonard as initial board secretary and Kenealy as initial superintendent. The board approved meeting on the same date and at the same location as the O-A/BCIG regular joint board meetings. The meetings are currently held the second Monday of each month. By consensus, the board agreed to meet in special session Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 6:30 p.m. in Ida Grove to accept petitions and pass resolutions to set a bond election. Following adjournment, the board changed the special meeting date to Monday, July 31, at 7 p.m. in Odebolt due to a conflict.
O-A/BC-IG, Ridge View set registration dates Area school registration and open house dates have been set for the 2017-18 school year. O d e b o l t -A r t h u r / B a t t l e Creek-Ida Grove students may register Monday, Aug. 7, from noon to 6 p.m., at the O-A Elementary media center in Odebolt – use the front entrance or Wednesday, Aug. 9, from noon to 6 p.m. at the BC-IG Elementary Media Center in Ida Grove. First stop at registration is the computer lab where you will update your student information online. If you do not already have a log in and password, you will be given one. Friday, Aug. 18, all school registrations for the 2017-18 school year need to be completed and turned in. G-H, S-C and Ridge View students may register Aug. 7, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Holstein or Tuesday, Aug. 8, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
in Schaller. For high school students wishing to work on schedules, Mary Kay Todd will be at both registrations from 3 to 7 p.m. O-A/BC-IG Registration fees for O-A/ BC-IG students are as follows: Book fees—KEY, $20; kindergarten through fifth grade elementary, $40; middle school, $55, and high school, $70. Each student is responsible for his or her own college-level class books. Music—$10 band and vocal uniform fee, $20 percussion rental and $35 instrument rental. School nutrition fees— PK-fifth grade breakfast,
$1.40; PK-fifth grade lunch, $2.20; middle school breakfast, $1.50; middle school lunch, $2.45; high school breakfast, $1.60; high school lunch, $2.70; adult breakfast, $1.85 and adult lunch, $3.55. Extra milk is 40-cents, second entrée is $1.20, second meal cost $2.70 (all ages) and juice at lunch is 75-cents. No extras without a positive meal balance. Parents can make payments to their student’s school meal account with a credit card, debit card or echeck from the school website. Milk—BC-IG recess milk, grades KEY through second grade, $36 semester or $72 year; O-A preschool-kindergarten milk, $8 for 20 days. Town bus (must live more than one mile and less than two miles from the school to qualify for town bus)— $25 a semester per student, (continued on page 2)
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King and queen: The 2017 Ida County Fair king and queen were crowned July 19 during the first night of the fair. Anna Van Dusen, daughter of Scott and Denise Van Dusen of Ida Grove, was crowned queen, while Ty Tollufsen, son of Todd and Tammy Tollufsen of Ida Grove, was crowned king.
Ida Grove council tables sale of theatre ❚ by DEB LOGER
The Ida Grove City Council tabled action on selling the King Theatre July 17 following a public hearing. No one was present to speak for or against the resolution authorizing the sale. Councilman Ryan Goodman expressed concern about insurance coverage in light of the wall collapsing. He stated he wasn’t comfortable approving the sale until the city knows more about insurance coverage for the building. During the King Theatre update, it was noted the theatre received a $62,005 Enhance Iowa CAT grant, Michaelson Construction will be cleaning out the hole and West Central Construction will be pouring concrete above grade and for the walls in the near future. Sludge hauling was discussed.
The city needs to contact the Department of Natural Resources to ind out where the city can haul the sludge, how it needs to be spread and when it can be spread. The council approved a $1 per hour pay increase to $9.05 for Sydney Bauer, beginning July 3. The pay increase was approved based on Bauer becoming WSI certi ied. Appearances •Kidzone Child Care Center representative Lex Jacobson was present to discuss a situation that arose while in the process of getting ready to install the playground at the center. “We were under the mistaken impression that South Fourth Street wasn’t an issue and found out that’s not the case. Our plan for the playground and green (continued on page 3)
Ida Grove Crazy Days set for July 27-29
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Relay For Life: The 19 annual Ida County Relay For Life fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society was July 15 in the Ida Grove city park. Here, honorary chair Tiffany Lindberg leads the survivor lap, which marks the beginning of the relay.
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Ida Grove’s annual Crazy Days are this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 27-29. Participating merchants will offer sale prices on selected merchandise via sidewalk sales. Merchants will determine their own
business hours during Crazy Days. There will be grilling at Harold Godbersen Park downtown Thursday, July 27, from 4:30 to 7 p.m., during the weekly farmers’ market on Second Street.
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