LeMars Daily Sentinel (Newspaper) - April 11, 1980, Lemars, Iowa oi Archives 7222 Des la 50319 in loos vote to c ose old Centra Old Central elementary school will be closed as an attendance center at the end of the Current school year as the result of a hearing and vote Thursday 80 persons attended the After hearing questions and from 10 the Le Mars school board voted unanimously to close the Board president Ralph Klemme said the board was considering closing the building for safety and economic reasons as well as declining enrollment in the - Central elementary teacher Franke asked where teachers would be moved if the building - Supt. Arnold Bradley said the purpose of the hearing was to whether to close the building room and tlass assignments would be made He we can't assign students a different we know the building Iris Hemmingson agreed it was necessary to know where students and teachers would She said the sixth graders to be not lumped in one building because of the way they get along with each They break off into soon It is good for them to have to get along with all other ' Gayle Gray asked the board what happened to alternate proposals submitted as answers to the parent survey Supt. said all proposals are still on file with ballots He said most were combinations of proposals already presented and were not different enough to include Supt. Bradley said the proposals will be available at the next board meeting when the matter is discussed as part of the Board member Daryl Miller cited some economic reasons for closing the old Central He said for the building to be kept open next year it would cost to for custodial and south windows need He said the center section of the building has been by the state fire Gary the board if they had the present section and using the newer north and Supt. Bradley said the cost of bringing that part of the building iip to state energy and standards necessary for it to be used as an attendance center are very Former Merrill superintendent J. Kissinger said Central was operating at good capacity during the peak enrollment period about nine years Supt. Bradley said the answer for housing the students is for the sixth graders to be at the junior Carol Becker said there are currently 3 busses going back and forth to practically Stanley Post asked the board if projected enrollments for the next 10 to 12 years had been if there to be an increase in enrollment would it be better to keep the old Central building for use in the future rather than a new Board member Calvin Kooiker said enrollment projections are difficult to predict with any accuracy more than 5 years in advance due to the of He said a Department of. Public Instruction projection sets the 1984-85 enrollment at around 1,800 and predicts it will stay at approximately that Current is 1,985. Kooiker said can't blame anyone else or pass decisions about this school to anyone said don't like to lose this school if we don't have It's not the same when students have to leave a neighborhood Glen Peterson said old Central is a school and there is fear in the neighborhood of the About 80 half of them staff and administration and operettas and seniors had received diplomas School board - attended a public hearing Thursday night on closing Central members at voted unanimously to close old Central at the tary They sat in old Central gym where fans once had cheered end of the school term this Koerselman championship parents ami students public ' i Iowa's only completely local Friday msth Number 74 20 Cents Klohs resigns from county fair board Reign for track The 18th annual Le Mars Invitational track meet queens selected by the three host track squads are revealed today for the meet to be held April 15. Representing Westmar college will be Jean Hansen from In class A representing Le Mars Community high school will be Eileen Chapman and in class B the Gehlen high school representative will be Patsy a junior at is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hansen from She has an older brother Mark who graduated from Westmar in 1977. Active in high school and she was a member of the National Honor society in high school and last semester was on the Westmar Scholar She has a triple major at chemistry and natural In high school she played Softball and was a runner on the track She was an basketball player and the MVP player for her She is on the Westmar volleyball and Softball is a member club and FCA and the junior class She spends her summers working at the O'Brien county home and a senior at is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald She has an older sister Sue who is Cong. Grassley coffee Monday at Club Cafe Cong. Chuck Republican candidate for U.S. will be the featured guest at a coffee in Le Mars April 14. The which will be held from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. at the Club is open to the and anyone wanting to meet Grassley is invited to a veteran of 16 years in the Iowa legislature and more than five years in the U.S. is attempting to unseat incumbent Democrat - The Plymouth county Grassley organization is headed by county chairman Harley farm chairman Roger Easton and finance chairman Harold Members of the Plymouth county fair resignation D. their meeting Thursday letter of resignation cited as his reason for leaving the Board members were working at the fairgrounds Friday removing the line fence between the grounds and the former Al after discussing the work at the Tile fence is being removed so ground can be shaped and landscaped between the two North-south fence will be removed next to the Hinton school board meeting Regular meeting of the Hinton Community school board will be held April 14. at 8 in the board On the agenda will be audience with individuals who wish to make reports or New business will include resignation of head girls track driver summer certificated elementary principal How if wuz front road as The board has returned a form to the State Fair board indicating they are not in favor of fair dates being advanced for 1981. The Sunday afternoon program during the fair in the Hall of is taking with a ventriloquist scheduled for two shows of 30 to 45 minutes Also discussed was using 4-H share the fun and talent show acts during the ' Sunday afternoon A Nebraska National Guard unit was granted permission to use the grounds the week of Aug. 9 after the and a motorcycle club has permission to use the grounds June 14-15. Allen county extension will use the fairgrounds for a tractor safety school June 2-9, Windows in the Hobby Hall permanently closed rather than replaced when the need 7; The next meeting will be May 8, at 8 p.m. cloudy Jean Hansen Westmar a sophomore at Iowa State and younger Mike a Steve an eighth grader and Jim a sixth Eileen has been cheerleader for football wrestling the past six plays the clarinet in pep concert band was in the sophomore class play and the musical She was a homecoming attendant and is a member of the National Honor In her free time her hobbies include cooking and skiing in the Eileen Chapman Le Mars Community Next fall she plans to follow her sister Sue to Iowa a senior at is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lavem For the Schleis this is the second time for this honor to come to their Her older sister Barb was the invitational queen in 1972. Patsy has another sister Kathy and a younger brother Mark who is in the sixth She is a very active student at for six flag corps for two band four years in Patsy Schleis Gehlen the percussion section and chorus two She was a captain of the is a National Honor society member and has played volleyball for three She also has been in the school's operetta and found time to be track student She teaches Sunday school to a group of 3- and 4-year-olds and still finds time for bike and horseback riding and water She plans to attend Briar Cliff college and major in physical Rain dampened southern Iowa counties Friday with cloudy skies in Le There's a slight chance of showers High Thursday under warm sunshine was 60 The overnight was 37. Mid 40s was the expectation for The Daily Sentinel almanac reports the weekend will bring up a windy period for rapid disappearance of remaining snow in northern Fine weather will prevail for spring plowing and other farm work in the south through the 15th. It will be variable from the 16th to 19th. Sudden fierce squalls will show up in the upper Mississippi valley and eastward to the Extend play on for junior high Accolades for the spring Late Great at Le Mars Community high school have produced a special third presentation for junior high school The play about teen-age alcoholism will have its two public performances at 8 p.m. tonight and Saturday in the junior high Julie Gibson today said an additional performance at 1:03 p.m. next Tuesday will insure the presentation of this dramatic message on alcoholism for junior high Le Mars junior high school principal Dale Johnson said the full production will be staged Tuesday free of charge to Le Mars Community 7th, 8th and 9th graders and Gehlen 7th and 8th is a community Johnson play carries the message teenage with even more for he has a real message for all of Parents are urged to attend the evening but there would be limited space for adults next Tuesday Ms. Gibson said a department of public instruction shows it is junior high when the decision is made by students to become alcohol and/or drug One reviewer of Late Great dress rehearsal held Wednesday night telephoned the Daily Sentinel to report the play by David its senior high school players and the message are According to Ms. this was selected for the spring drama production because of its impact for teenagers and The drama includes the suffering and difficulties of and how it affects family and friends of the Solutions are found through Alcoholics Anonymous and family encouragement in The general public is encouraged to experience this Tickets are for adults and for Update School board Le Mars Community board will meet in session Monday night at 8 p.m. at the junior Agenda items include with Mary council Gideons Gordon Thompson to distribute Testaments to 5th i; Merrill resident wishing to the Kissinger ball field and band director Schroeder requesting permission the band to make an overnight A report by athletic Jim Lorenzen on summer recent fire marshal's report and a letter from city administrator Gary Klaphake ceming street development will ' also be on the Supervisors County assessor Ed Kehrberg will meet with the board of supervisors Monday at 10 a.m. to set the conference board meeting At 10:30 Dennis county conservation commission executive will submit bids to the board for paving work in Hillview county Meeting at their regular times will be the sheriff at 1 engineer at 1:30 p.m. and attorney at 2 p.m At 2:30 Le Mars mayor Floyd Hall will talk to the board about relocating alarms from the police station to the county communication
