Le Mars Daily Sentinel (Newspaper) - September 6, 2007, Le Mars, Iowa September 6, 2007 COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER 75 cents KC tops in donations photo by Joyce Making their calls during the Chamber Coffee Wednesday morning are Le Mars KC members - Don Don Jim and Dick KC members made calls throughout the day and early evening from sites in Le Remsen and BY BEVERLY VAN BUSKIRK Lifestyles editor With telephones to their ears and pens in Plymouth County Knights of Columbus kept the phone lines seeking and receiving donations for their 28th Annual KC for Persons With Disabilities on By 9 the announcement was made that the group had once again surpassed their goal of with a preliminary total of Members hope to reach the challenge goal of Councils in four communities - Le Kingsley and once again found area residents answering the call for percent of the funds raised at the annual KC are donated to Life Skills Training Center in Le The other 10 percent goes to Special exceeded our said Le Mars chair Pat have some followup calls to make so we will be better than last we called seemed very willing to give and were generous in their Heissel community was very responsive and very a team effort and takes a lot of Heissel said of the four councils who work on the the KC members showed up and did a good He especially appreciated the work done by Becky public relations coordinator and Tammy accounting of Life Skills Training two have things so well organized for us that CONTINUED ON PACE 3 Saturday event features Romney Editor Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will be the keynote speaker at an event sponsored by the Plymouth County Republican Party Sept. 15. the former governor of will be at Le Four Brothers Bar & Grill Twin Rivers at 4:30 according to his Iowa press secretary Tim Romney's Le Mars campaign stop will be the wrap-up of an entire day spent in northwest Romney will begin the day at 8:15 a.m. in Cherokee CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 World Wrap An update on news from around the nation ana ROME - Luciano whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him the most beloved and celebrated tenor since Caruso and one of the few opera singers to win crossover fame as a popular died He was 71. His Terri told the AP in an statement that Pavarotti died at his home in at 5 a.m. Pavarotti had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and underwent further treatment in Maestro fought a tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his In fitting with that characterised his life and he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his the statement Speaking from inside which was guarded by assistant Edwin Tinoco told Sky TG television that final days had been calm and spent at For serious the unforced beauty and thrilling urgency of voice made him thecal interpreter of Italian lyric in the 1960s and first WE ARE TRIATHLETES Rookies not scared to grab triathlon by the horns BY MAGDALENE BIESANZ Staff writer Take a look at this None of them have ever run a triathlon But this all that will Le Mars is hosting the first ever Le Mars YMCA and Dairy Sprint Triathlon on Saturday morning from 8 to 11:30 and rookies Kathy Mary Bruce Tabbert and his wife Wendy all of Le will be among the 115 their eyes on the finish But does not equal in this can ride that bike route in my laughed Along with Wendy and Staab is doing the version of the An avid biker since the early 80s, she's going to take the baton - or rather timing chip anklet - for the bicycle Eleven Wendy is taking the 300-meter swim and Albrecht is taking the final running 3.1 on the other is doing the thing - 1 siini i. iiv With only a few days before they roll and run onto the Le Mars YMCA and Dairy Sprint Triathlon on Saturday morning at 8 triathlon Mary Kathy Wendy Tabbert and Bruce Tabbert are excited to put all their training to the test. knew I could compete in running and but my weakness was definitely he at first I started looking for a volunteer to swim for but as the list I decided to do it Getting comfortable in the water taken but now he's met his goal of swimming 300 matter what happens I've been he He'll compete against 75 other individuals in the More than a dozen with names ranging from the Wanna Bees to the Gehlen Moms to the Triple Threat - Wendy's group - are ready to roll on Each athlete will wear a timing chip that records splits for each part of the event with an electronic system CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Clinic to come to inmates BY MAGDALENE BIESANZ Staff writer The physicians of Medical Associates in Le Mars will be paying visits to the Plymouth County jail - to bring medical appointments to the Before the jailers had to transport inmates into the Le Mars medical center for have been working with MA over the last three months to implement a program in which they will send a physician to the jail one day a week to do sick County Sheriff Mike Van Otterloo told the county board of supervisors on think it will cut down on the number of transports we have to make to Medical Associates for minor they've got the they've got an ear This way the inmate doesn't have to leave the jail and the jailers don't have to worry about transporting A jailer will be present with each inmate during Medical Associates plans to charge the regular office CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Plymouth County CROP Walk for Hunger takes steps to help others BY BEVERLY VAN BUSKIRK Lifestyles editor Jim Lorenzen Stadium in Le Mars is the site for the 20th annual Plymouth County CROP Walk for Hunger set for Sunday Sept. 30. The annual event raises funds for the those who have unclean and contaminated and those who have little or no medical supplies throughout the world and right in the United States as CROP Walk is a project of Global humanitarian agency Church World Service and is sponsored locally by the Le Mars Ministerial The Rev. Larry Fett serves as local coordinator for the walk and is the contact person for sponsor record information and to answer any questions about the He can be reached by calling 546-5516 Lutheran 1430 Seventh Ave. or by calling his home at 546-4943. Registration for the walk is from 1 to 1:30 with the walk starting at 1:30 p.m will be held at Jim Lorenzen a change from the starting point of Foster than route our way around this facility and new route enables us to have the fellowship of walking around the One can walk two or three said and snacks will be along with incentives to walk the full three he This is the second year the walk can walk and be Today's Toolbox headed home in less than an he will not only feel better but you will make a difference in this work by helping someone Having served more than 70 Third World this year there are again many needs throughout the A large portion of the funds raised this year in the thousands of CROP Walks that take place across the country will be distributed to the crisis areas in the United 25 percent of what is raised CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Healthy Look for the heart check Poll With UP totes coming ft Men 24-Hour Weather Mostly with a high near 86. Showers and thunderstorms mostly with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation 70 Noon 3$lf).J'' I 6 p.m. Midnight 6 a.m. Noon 81� 86� W 73� 70�^ 68� 81� Qn fit ' I Index State & Nation 2 For the record 5 Obituaries 5 Food Agriculture 8, Sports 9,10 Find on 2 Lighter Side 11 Classifieds 12,13 Volume 136 Issue 174
