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Vol. 42, No. 44 Ida Grove, Iowa
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City elec ons set for Nov. 7 News GLIMPSE OSC hires new administrator Page 6
Free Vet’s Meal at Golden Horizons Page 7
O-A/BC-IG, RV C-C placings Page 8
Upcoming Events IG Chamber Pumpkin Parade & Costume Contest Tuesday, October 31 5 pm Godbersen Park Downtown Ida Grove
Novemberfest Sunday, November 5 5-7 pm St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Veterans’ Memorial Hall Holstein
UMW Soup Supper Tuesday, November 7 4:30-7 pm United Methodist Church Ida Grove
O-A/BC-IG FREE Vet’s Meal Thursday, November 9 12-1 pm Ida Grove Rec Center
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Area voters will go to the poll Tuesday, Nov. 7, from noon to 8 p.m., to elect councilpersons and mayors. Battle Creek is the only community with races for mayor and council seats. Polling places are as follows: Arthur—Arthur Community room; Battle Creek— Battle Creek Community room; Galva—Galva City Hall; Holstein—Lohff-Schumann Memorial Community Center; Ida Grove—Wards 1, 2 and 3 Ida Grove Recreation Center, and Odebolt—Odebolt Fire Station. Battle Creek incumbent Mayor Lloyd E. (Doc) Holmes is being challenged by Charles Pierce. Seeking election to the three council seats are incumbents Myra Meek, Todd Riessen and Judy Schau, and John F. Peters and Saf ire Petersen. In Ida Grove, incumbent Mayor Devlun Whiteing is running unopposed. Also running unopposed are incumbent Gregor Ernst for Ward 1, Amanda Eason for Ward 2 and incumbent Ryan Goodman for the at-large seat. Eason’s seat is currently held by Doug
Clough, who opted not to seek re-election. Arthur has three (four-year term) council seats open. Seeking election to the three seats are Paula Fried, incumbent Kristy Rosemeyer and incumbent Anita Schlender. Incumbent Chris Schuett is seeking election to the vacant seat he currently holds. Gary Chase is seeking election to the mayoral position. In Holstein, incumbents Mary Gross and Joel Wellendorf are running unopposed for their council seats. In Galva, incumbent Mayor Stan Nading is running unopposed. There are two, fouryear term council seats up for election. Incumbent Richard Wiese is seeking re-election. Nobody took out papers for the other vacancy. There are also two vacant seats up for election and no one took out papers for those seats. At Odebolt, incumbents Mayor Mike Hoe ling and councilpersons Ruth Ann Mohr and Brian Pierce are running unopposed for their respective seats. Odebolt’s polling place is the Odebolt Fire Station.
BC-IG enrollment up, O-A down for 2017-18 Of icial school enrollments for Battle Creek-Ida Grove showed an increase, while Odebolt-Arthur showed a decrease from last year, according to statistics provided by O-A/BC-IG board secretary Kathy Leonard. The of icial count day was Oct. 3 and the certi ied enrollment count had to be turned in to the state on Oct. 15. Battle Creek-Ida Grove’s certi ied enrollment count is 642.07 this year, up 3.56 students compared to last year’s 638.51. Odebolt-Arthur’s certi ied enrollment count is 334.4 this year, down 4.70 students compared to last year’s 339.10. The certi ied enrollment number includes special weighting for some students and is the number used by the state for funding. Building numbers by district are as follows (last year’s igures are in parentheses): BC-IG Resident student numbers for BC-IG are as follows: preschool—32 (47), AK-kindergarten—51 (64), irst grade— 44 (38), second grade—36 (48), third grade—49 (50), fourth grade—51 (54), ifth grade—49 (38), sixth grade— 35 (47), seventh grade—44 (42), eighth grade—39 (63), ninth grade—63 (41), 10th
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grade—42 (45), 11th grade— 45 (30), 12th grade—34 (35). Total students served in BCIG—597.77 (580.91). Open enrollment out—38 (30) and open enrolled in—49 (50). O-A Resident student numbers for O-A are as follows: preschool—15 (16), AK-kindergarten—21 (24), irst grade— 23 (24), second grade—20 (15), third grade—15 (23), fourth grade—22 (26), ifth grade—23 (31), sixth grade— 30 (17), seventh grade—17 (34), eighth grade—29 (22), ninth grade—19 (23), 10th grade—16 (16), 11th grade— 11 (19), 12th grade—20 (19). Total students served in OA—353.50 (393.50). Open enrolled out—56.20 (43.2), open enrolled in—20 (18).
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Halloween Hike: The Ida County Conservation Board held its annual Halloween Hike at Moorehead Park Oct. 21. Here, hikers stop to roast marshmallows at the Conservation Board campsite. The annual hike included skits, trick or treat stations and tours of the Stagecoach Inn and Grant Center School.
Ida Grove voters to elect mayor, three councilpersons Ida Grove voters will go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 7, to vote on a mayor and three councilpersons. Devlun Whiteing Incumbent Ida Grove Mayor Devlun Whiteing, 43, is seeking his first full term as
mayor. He said, “I was appointed mayor in late January or early February and am just getting to know the job. I would like to serve a full term to oversee some great things our city council has going
Devlun Whiteing
Ryan Goodman
Amanda Eason
Gregor Ernst
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on. One thing is the city comprehensive plan/strategic plan we just started. I would like to get the citizens’ input on what they feel Ida Grove needs to be a better community. I want to push for what the people want in regards to the survey going out. “I really feel we need to keep up maintaining the current infrastructure of the city, such as wells for fresh water, wastewater lines, storm drains, streets and sidewalks. We also need to find a way to bring affordable housing to Ida Grove and get people to move to town. “I feel our council does a great job being proactive to do things to make Ida Grove an attractable place to live. I also want to continue to work with the city council and city administrator to finish getting our code and ordinances digitalized and on the website as well as updated. Economic development is also very important to me as we need to have things in Ida Grove that keep people or attract people to Ida Grove. I believe we have a good start with the theatre project and the ideas of a recreational valley and developing the west access.” Whiteing and wife, Jean, are the parents of Courtney Van Ginkel, Courtney Kromrie and Hannah McLaughlin. They have four grandchildren: Mia, Kinnick, Avery and Hayden. (continued on page 2)
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