Le Mars Community High School To Host “College Fair Night”
(Le Mars) — Le Mars Community High School will be hosting its annual “College
Fair Night” on Monday evening to be held at the Carey Gymnasium. Barry Borchers
serves as a guidance counselor for Le Mars Community, and helps coordinate the
college fair night. He says the event begins at 6:00 p.m. and it allows area
students and parents to visit with representatives from various colleges,
universities, and armed services.
Borchers says the College Fair Night offers students a great opportunity to get
information about the college of their choice.
The Le Mars Community guidance counselor says the event is open to all area
students, not just those from Le Mars Community.
Borchers invites and encourages parents to attend the “College Fair Night”, saying
financial aid and scholarship information will be available.
Borchers suggests for students interested in attending the “College Fair Night” to
go online and register, and then to print off the assigned bar code, which will
make it easier for the student and for the colleges.
Borchers suggests parents and students be prepared by having questions that they
can ask the college and university representatives. He says if a student is
unable to attend the college fair night due to participating in a school-related
activity, or because of work commitments, he suggests parents or some other
designated individual stop by to collect the information on behalf of the student.
ISU President Meets With Student Government About Use Of University Plane For Private Use
AMES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa State University President Steven Leath says he’ll be more
cautious after facing criticism over his use of university airplanes and a private
$1.1 million land deal with his boss.
Leath told the student government Wednesday night that he misjudged how both
issues would be perceived, saying: “I’ve learned my lesson.”
The student government later voted to call on the Iowa Board of Regents to
investigate Leath’s use of two university airplanes.
Leath, a pilot, has been under scrutiny since The Associated Press revealed
he’d damaged a university plane in a hard landing on his way home from North
Carolina, where he has a mountain home. He’s also faced criticism for purchasing
145 acres of recreational land and timber from a company owned by Board of Regents
President Bruce Rastetter.
Regents To Review Leath On University Policy
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Board of Regents will review whether Iowa State
University President Steven Leath and other employees have been following policies
that bar the use of equipment and official travel for personal business.
The board announced Wednesday that the “compliance review” will look at
whether the policies at Iowa State, University of Iowa and the University of
Northern Iowa are clear and consistent and have been followed.
The announcement came as questions swirled around Leath’s use of two
university airplanes, following an investigation by The Associated Press.
Leath has acknowledged that he has flown one of the aircrafts himself on four
trips that have mixed personal and official business. While returning home from
one vacation in North Carolina last year, he suffered a hard landing that caused
damage.
Fort Madison Police Chief Resigns Two Days Following Taking Office
FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) – The Fort Madison police chief has resigned, two days after he began his job in the southeast Iowa city. The Burlington Hawk Eye reports Kenneth Rosa resigned late Tuesday, saying he had to deal with a family situation and must quit his job to return to East Hartford, Connecticut, where his wife and two children live. Rosa had been sworn in as police chief Monday morning. City Manager David Varley called Rosa’s decision “quite a shock.”
