Le Mars Daily Sentinel (Newspaper) - September 7, 2007, Le Mars, Iowa 7, 2007 Possible sinkhole prevented in time BY MAGDALENE BIESANZ Staff writer A potentially dangerous undermining of Central Avenue is being preventing a possible sinkhole under the city street in southern Le A member of the city engineering Gary noticed that some the crown of the road was lower than usual and there were gaps in the joints of the pavement of Central Avenue between 12th Street South and Edward could feel as I drove over the pavement was going down Cook could see some cracks I could poke a flag down I didn't hit any dirt for a while - that's a He found a spot he could stick a tape measure through where the joints in the road had The void below the pavement ranged from two to 10 inches is not Cook 10 inches is getting Around the same a resident noticed a sinkhole starting on their lawn off Edward Drive about one property west of the intersection with Central Workers cut out some of the crown of the road to get a better look at the which stretched at least a and flushed the area with about 3,000 gallons of water to check to see if the problem included the storm sewer also had a camera crew come down and tape the sewer line to look for and we found a couple of areas in need of but I don't think they were the cause of Cook His he is that the equipment that was used several years ago when the road was put in wasn't as good as today's and water found a path through the soil beneath the eventually pulling soil particles with it. The city will the crown of the street and a crew will be on site in a few weeks to pump the void back up with a silica sand cement slurry to fill the void under the a mixture of portland cement and very little water to pump up the pressure under the Cook should bring the slabs of pavement into proper It was good the undermining was CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 photo by Magdalene Cars drove around an open portion of Central Avenue south of 12th Street South in Le City crews have removed the pavement to investigate the extent of undermining beneath the road's If the problem had not been it could have resulted in a No contests in school board elections BY BEVERLY VAN BUSKIRK Lifestyles editor There will be no contested races in the 2007 school board elections in the five Plymouth County school districts when voters go to the polls on Sept. 11. All candidates who filed papers are One the director district 3 at has no Incumbent Gordy Johnson did not seek Polls will be open from noon to 8 according to the Plymouth County Auditor's In the Le Mars Community School voters will cast ballots in the following Precinct 1 - All that portion of the school district within Marion and Fredonia Townships and the Town of Struble will vote at the Le Mars Public CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 World Wrap An update on news from around the nation and Australia - In a testy public exchange Friday with South Korean President Roh President Bush said the United States would formally end the Korean War only when North Korea halts its nuclear weapons The two leaders met on the sidelines of a 21-nation Pacific Rim summit spending much of their roughly one-hour session discussing the international standoff over the communist North's pursuit of atomic They agreed there had been Then they had a that was remarkable in the diplomatic world of understatement and Roh pushed Bush to be about his position on an official end to the 1950-53 Korean The two Koreas were divided by the which ended in a not a peace meaning they still remain technically at The tone remained but Bush responded can't make it any more Mr. We look forward to the day when we can end the Korean That will happen when Kim Jong II verifiably gets rid of his weapons programs and his BETTER TOGETHER imioto hv Magdalene Dorothy will be helping out these second graders in Mrs. Wick's classroom at Gehlen Catholic School as part of the Foster Grandparent Sept. 7 is Foster Grandparent Day and Sept. 9 is Foster Grandparent program connects kids with helpers BY MAGDALENE BIESANZ Staff writer Students weren't the only ones getting a little stir crazy toward the end of Dorothy the mother of grandmother of five and great-grandmother of was ready for school to start got kind of bored sitting around she Coats is a Foster Grand- She volunteers three days a week at Gehlen Catholic working alongside teachers to give extra help in elementary Coats wasn't the only one anticipating her day of this have to I had said Foster Grandparent Margaret CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Meeting set to talk about Foster Park Historic District BY BEVERLY VAN BUSKIRK Lifestyles editor The Le Mars Historic Preservation Commission will host a public meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 10, to talk about the National Register historic district project in the Foster Park A year the Commission completed an historical and architectural survey of the houses in the Foster Park It also identified an area eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places as an historic The Commission has received a grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa to proceed with this next step to preserve the neighborhood for future The Foster Park Historic District includes portions of Fifth Street Southeast and First Avenue Second Avenue the 600 block of Third Avenue Eighth Street Southeast and and the 800 and 900 blocks of Central CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Financial course fakes a Biblical approach towards spending and saving Editor What's the most important the least issue every family According to Jan it's finances that is the proverbial in every family's rec today face tremendous financial the director of the non-profit Center for Financial points too many of them are living from paycheck to truth of the matter is they may not even know it she That's why Henryson will be offering a 14-week course based upon Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University at Le The Living in my the best financial program out she may end up changing your life Financial Peace based upon the teachings of financial guru Jan Henryson as Dave works on the premise outside of one's a person has no need for average American has at least in credit card Henryson teaches that if you can't pay it in you should go quite a concept when you're living in a materialistic society such she Personal finance is 80 percent Henryson and only 20 percent provides both the environment and the knowledge to permanently change your she During the 14-week people will learn how to create an emergency retirement fund and college among other also teach you the secrets of how to improve your Henryson how to remove the stress that comes from financial problems and help you take CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Today's Toolbox Tough Lady Bulldog lose 3-0 battle against Sioux City East. 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