Le Mars Daily Sentinel (Newspaper) - November 28, 2007, Le Mars, Iowa November 28, 2007 COUNT Y ' S NEW 75 cents Schools ask for vote to extend sales tax BY MAGDALENE BIESANZ Staff writer County schools are asking voters to approve extending the sales tax they use for school The School Infrastructure Local Option sales tax won county voter approval in 2004 for ten Now the schools are seeking to extend that deadline by eight years until 2022. Last the sales tax created million in revenue which was split among the Le Mars Community Schools received nearly million for the sales tax we would not even be able to think about building a new competition gym onto our high said LCS Superintendent Todd made a lot of improvements in the Most recently improvements to the football Those types of things would not be possible without the local option sales On Tuesday superintendents from five county school districts came together to ask the county board of supervisors to set a date for the referendum to extend the and the supervisors Voters will be asked to cast their ballots on the tax on Feb. 12, 2008. The measure must pass by only a simple majority of voters in the In 2004, the SILO passed by 60-40 percent in the county in the Feb 2004 despite the fact that Le Mars voters were less in favor with a 40-60 percent in the county is currently paying the tax as it Wendt this is doing is extending the length of All 99 of Iowa's counties have enacted a and 19 of them have already passed an extension like the Plymouth County schools are Having CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 LCS board OKs early graduation requests BY BEVERLY VAN BUSKIRK Lifestyles editor Sixteen Le Mars Community High School seniors plan to graduate at the end of the first semester of the 2007-08 school That information was presented to the members of the LCS school board by high school principal Larry Johnson during the meeting Monday have completed all requirements for graduation and request early graduation at the end of first semester Jan. 12, 2008," Johnson The students Katy Tina Brittany Katie Brett Derick Leah Emily Breanna Heidi Crystal Nicole Anastasia Andrea Schwartz and Ashley Johnson told board ON PAGE 3 World Wrap An update on news from nation ana WASHINGTON - Just 24 hours after secur ing an agreement between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to resume peace President Bush invited the pair to the White House to ceremonially inaugurate the first direct ations in seven Capping an intense flurry of diplomacy that salvaged a joint Israe agreement at nearby to launch a fresh round of Bush planned to meet sepa rately with Palestinian Presi Mahmoud then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud and finally to get them together for an afternoon ses and declaring the talks formally under After meeting their own low tations for the Annapolis con ference amid intense Bush administration officials crowed with Bush has invited them both to the White House tomorrow to irate those and the two sides have agreed that they will return to the region and meet on December 12th to continue the Sec of State Rice told reporters late Tues along with Rice had earlier salvaged a between the Israelis and who had remained far apart on the of the statement until the last SPORTY STYLE Le Mars artist creates mural that depicts athletes in motion Editor At one Derek and Tanner study room was and But the walls are alive with action shots from the favorite remarks 11-year-old friends are so boasts his brother want a mural for their rooms The consisting of illustrations of football baseball hoop and hockey greats came from the very vivid imagination of Le Mars artist Cathy room really was sort of she a blank slate and 1 knew I could spice things up a But the idea for a mural for the that came from their Krommenhoek wagging her finger at Trisha wall was big and it was Kunkel thought the space lent itself to something large scale like a I knew anything that Cathy came up with would be she After consulting with the Krommenhoek came photo by Want to create a mural for a child's Le Mars artist Cathy Krommenhoek suggests choosing a subject matter your child will enjoy for many She created a sports theme motif for the study room of brothers Derek and Tanner up with the sports in the sixth she Tanner's in the fourth I thought if my mural was too they wouldn't like it when they grew A sports mural is something they can enjoy for many years to boys are both sports Kunkel nodding heir like their Once she hit upon the sports I knew she'd hit it out the Krommenhoek quickly rummaged through the collection of Sports scoping the magazine for images that could be didn't want she wanted figures in motion to give the space Krommenhoek says she cut out hundreds of choosing only a handful that fit her blueprint for the only four to six feet to work she I had to choose the images that would best work inside the alloted was like creating a giant picture Krommenhoek says was just a matter of making everything Working with the space as large as the wall didn't intimidate the crafty In she's worked on CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Job training services offered to employees let go by Editor Representatives from Western Iowa Tech Community College's Job Training Partners Program and Iowa Workforce Development were on hand Tuesday to meet with workers affected by the acquisition of the distribution business of Inc. Media reports indicate that as many as 85 employees could be let go from the Le meat processor but employees say that number may Departments affected included distribution and support Job Training Partners Program and Iowa Workforce Development helped affected workers with such services as resume and cover letter individual job searches and Representatives will also be on-site Nov. 28 from 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. my Western Iowa Tech's Job Training Partners Program's Larry were able to speak with 53 employees on workers are currently facing an enormous amount of he we are doing everything we can to alleviate CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Floyd Valley Hospital wins national top performer award Floyd Valley Hospital's emergency care is being honored with a 2007 national Press Ganey Inc. has named one of this year's 38 Summit Award picked out of nearly 7,000 health care facilities the consulting and research company works The hospital was picked for the award based on Press patient satisfaction which - for the past three have placed in the 99th percentile each quarter except for one 98 The 99th percentile is the highest possible To be picked for the summit a hospital has to maintain three years of at least 95th percentile ratings for their emergency care on the quar terly Only a dozen hospitals across the nation achieved this in the Emergency Care category for the 2007 administrator Mike Director of Patient Care Loretta Myers and Dr. Sheila the medical director of the traveled to Florida this week to accept the awards you don't put in an application or try to call attention to but someone else This is one of those Donlin think those are the best kind of hon While Press Ganey crunches the numbers on the quarterly the feedback itself all comes m own all about what our patients are telling Donlin probably the most gratifying recognition you can The ER's success in keeping patient satisfaction he is a joint at that level in the emergency department is challenging since people are not necessarily in the greatest Public Celebration for Summit Award Floyd Valley Hospital conference center Dec. 7 from 6-7 p.m. moods when they he To maintain such a high level of patient satisfaction requires nursing and medical staff work together as a I am very proud of this Holcomb echoed his am proud to be part of a team that believes quality health dedication and patient satisfaction are all top she award is proof of the strong commitment that Floyd Valley Hospital and Medical Associates have towards Today's Toolbox Basketball Action Lady Bulldogs fall to Storm Lake Tornadoes In 67-62 3S�ni i. 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