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Friday News, September 23rd

Le Mars Community To Celebrate Homecoming

(Le Mars) — Le Mars Community High School celebrates Homecoming today with
coronation and pep rally to take place from the new gymnasium beginning at 1:00
p.m. The parade will immediately follow, and KLEM will broadcast the parade live.
The Homecoming theme is from the Wizard of Oz with “There’s no place like home.”
This year’s royalty candidates consists of Bryce Frentress, Zerick Campbell, Silas
Buss, Colton Beitelspacher, James Brownmiller and Trenton Hilbrands. The queen
candidates include: Matilynn Langel, Emma Madsen, Jessica Eisma, Makena Masuen,
Gretchen Dodge and Krista Zenk.

LCHS 2016 Homecoming Royalty

 

Plymouth County Historical Museum To Honor Railroads

(Le Mars) — Railroads will be the topic of focus on Sunday for “Railroad Day”
when Le Mars High School student, Kelli Susemihl will present a program from the
Plymouth County Historical Museum’s Old Central gym talking about her winning
entry into the National History Day. Susemihl won the national competition with
her exhibit: The transcontinental Railroad: Exploring the West, Encountering
Pitfalls, and Exchanging Culture. Earlier this week, John Schneider with the
Floyd Valley Model Railroad club shared his hobby interests with a gathering at
the Lunch and Learn program. Schneider says he first got interested with rairoads
when a train would pass through the homestead of his grandfather’s farm.

During the Lunch and Learn session, Schneider informed the gathering that at one
time a railroad could be located within eight miles anywhere within the state of
Iowa. Schneider says each of the major communities within Plymouth County were
founded based on passing railroads. He says the Floyd Valley Model Railroad club
designed the model railroad featured in the basement of the museum to reflect upon
today’s Plymouth County landscape.

Schneider says there were five individuals that designed and built the model train
set featured in the museum. Schneider says in addition to the Floyd Valley model
railroad display featured at the Plymouth County Historical Museum, other
impressive model railroad displays can be found at the Clay County Fair in
Spencer, the Osceola County Fairgrounds in Sibley, another is featured at Everly,
and the public can view a model railroad display at the Sioux City Railroad
Museum.

The model railroad enthusiast says each of the members of the Floyd Valley model
railroad club had a specific interest when they created the model display.

Schneider says he often appears at the model train display at the museum on
special occasions to discuss railroad history.

 

Orange City Tulip Festival Selects Court

Orange City, Iowa — Orange City’s 2017 Tulip Court was elected on Wednesday, Sept.
21, 2016.
Tulip Court members for the 77th annual Tulip Festival include: Emma De Jong,
daughter of Douglas and Jamie De Jong; Olivia Duesenberg, daughter of Gary and
Rachel Duesenberg; Karli Lang, daughter of Chris and Sherry Lang; Sydnee Olson,
daughter of Jody and Denene Nibbelink and Chad and Amanda Olson; and Noelle
Sampson, daughter of Brent and Teresa Sampson.

A Queen’s Tea and Pageant will be held on November 14 to crown the 2017 Tulip
Queen. The Queen and Court will serve as ambassadors for Orange City’s 77th annual
Tulip Festival, set for May 18-20, 2017.

Tulip Festival news, event information, volunteer opportunities and more can be
found on the festival’s website at www.octulipfestival.com.

 

Promise Community Health Receives Grant

SIOUX CENTER – Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center has been awarded a $45,361 grant for health information technology enhancements.
The grant was awarded through the Delivery System Health Information Investment
program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The funds will be used toward the purchase of equipment and supplies to upgrade an
agingserver and technology infrastructure to support the expansion of integrated
services and thetransition to valuebased care. The project also involves the
purchase of equipment and software for the implementation of telehealth services.
Nancy Dykstra, executive director of Promise says“This grant helps us keep pace
with the delivery of health care in an integrated and fastpaced environment,”
“Health care continues to move forward and require state-of-the-art
delivery systems. Dykstra says, This is a way for us to ensure that we have the
equipment and capacity necessary.”
More than $87 million was awarded through the grant program to 1,310 health
centers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands and the Pacific Basin.
Iowa’s 14 community health centers were awarded $838,044.

 

Farm Safety Specialist Warns Against Electrocution 

(Le Mars) — We continue our series of farm safety reports as we acknowledge
National Farm Safety Week. Yesterday, we learned that agriculture is one of the
most dangerous occupations. Charles Swab, Iowa State University Agriculture and
Bio-systems engineer is the Extension Safety Specialist. He says the common
farm-related accidents include road-way collisions, roll-overs whether they are
with a tractor, lawnmower or an all terrain vehicle. Others include machinery
entanglement, and grain suffocation. Schwab says most people tend to ignore and
forget about electrical shock.

Schwab says if you absolutely need to leave the vehicle, due to fire, then you
need to jump clear and stay away.

Schwab says when moving farm equipment whether it is on the farm or down the road,
farmers need to “Look up!”.

During our 10:00 news update, we will examine how farmers can protect themselves
from common slips and falls.

 

Flood Waters Rise In Northeast Iowa

CLARKSVILLE, Iowa (AP) – The police chief says several people have been forced from their Clarksville homes by floodwater from the swollen Shell Rock River.
Chief Barry Mackey (MA’-kee) said Friday morning that water overtopped the levee that runs down the east side of the river west of the Butler County community of about 1,400 people. The chief says several homes are surrounded by water, including his. He spoke from the home of another police officer that sits on higher ground.
Mackey says Clarksville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Westside Assisted Living Suites has been evacuated as a precaution.
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for parts of Story, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin and Bremer counties.

 

Hit-and-Run Accident Driver Sentenced To Prison

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A driver who caused a fatal hit-and-run crash in Des
Moines has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Television station KCCI reports (https://bit.ly/2cGOPYo ) that 21-year-old Ray
Alexander Sangster was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in August to
leaving the scene of a crash causing death.
Police say Sangster was behind the wheel on April 6 when he hit 37-year-old
Constantino Ayala as Ayala was crossing Southwest 9th Street. Police say they
found Ayala unconscious in the road and bleeding. He suffered multiple broken
bones in the crash.
The judge said Thursday that he did not believe Sangster’s claim that he was
unaware he had hit anyone.

 

Stadium House Zoning Ruling Delayed Again

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa City Board of Adjustment has again delayed a
ruling on whether to let a couple build a 7,500-square-foot home designed to
resemble Kinnick Stadium.
An appeal of the city’s building permit was scheduled for a vote Wednesday
night after an earlier vote delay, but now the decision has been delayed until
next Wednesday.
A group called the Neighbors of Manville Heights Association and property
owners in the area are appealing the city’s June issuance of the permit to Reed
and Sandy Carlson. The opponents have cited the home’s size, the potential for big
parties, as well as concerns about drainage, fire safety and erosion.
Reed Carlson said Wednesday he’s willing to work with neighbors and the city
on revisions to the home plans.