LeMars Sentinel (Newspaper) - January 14, 2003, Lemars, Iowa Mostly Highs in the lower Please see page 2 for a complete Hawks fly by Eagles Page Kiwanis members shop for groceries Page 6 carrier delivered to your home Sentinel INDEX Today Opinion For the Obituaries People Sports Legislators start session By Sue Morris Staff writer Representative Ralph Klemme RLe elect ed by his fellow Republican legislators to serve as an assistant majority is in a unique position this session to help rework the local option sales tax for according to new Speaker of the House Christopher Rants R Sioux 25 counties have adopted the col money for local school infrastructures by adding a one percent sales tax to goods and is one located the nearest to Plymouth County using the option which benefits from the regional attraction of Sioux Citys shopping I look forward to working on this said This is an impor tant matter for our and Im willing to work at finding a Rhetoric this deserves a lot of and I will devote time and energy towards finding a solution that ben SEE SESSION ON PAGE 3 A little bit here and a little bit there In a flurry of color and Craig Boetger of Lane Floral in elicited oohs and ahs as he created two table settings for the 150 attending the Floyd Valley Hospital Womens Health Conference Monday evening at the Le Mars Convention Boetger told and showed the that a few flowers added to items they already had in their homes could create a beautiful For his flag theme he Uncle Sam a silk a aft apple Sentinel photo by Marsha Melnichak January 2003 Lisa Boss trial date is July 29 By Marsha Melnichak News editor Trial for Lisa Boss is scheduled for 9 July The date is firm unless a plea is according to the order signed by Judge Gary Wenell Boss pleaded not guilty by written document Monday to charges of first degree first degree kidnap ping and child She did not appear in Charges stem from the death of her adopted who died in February She is accused of caus ing the boys death jointly with Donald Boss or by aiding and abetting No snow means big savings for road crews City workers changed the face of Walnut Park in Le Mars Monday with the of 16 trees at the back of the The few snowy days this winter have allowed street and road crews around the state to concentrate energy and dollars on alternative Sentinel photo by Marsha L Melnichak By Marsha Melnichak News editor With additions from Associated Press report The lack of snow this winter means big savings for county and city road So far this Iowa has received just inches of In an average the state receives inches of according to the state The absence of snow means road crews are spending more time on tasks usually saved for warm weather such as patching roads and cutting brush than plowing roads and spreading Here in Plymouth the men are mainly working brush according to County Engineer Tom The blade men are still blading still putting time on their just not as intense Rohe Additional ditch cleaning was done in he The county budgets for labor and materials in its road said by this time of the about half of that would have been Weve used about 10 percent at this he The bigger savings has been in not needing to pay overtime use of salt and sand blades and chain repairs and replace Fuel usage is way he said Savings will be likely be shift ed into bridge and culvert con Rohe SEE SNOW ON PAGE 3 seems like an ideal case for a change of venue Robert Sikma Donald Timothy Boss absence was first noticed officially in In February of his skeletonized remains were found wrapped in a blanket in a small hole under the con crete floor of the Remsen Lisa Boss Donald is serving a mandatory life sen tence in the childs following a guilty verdict by a Plymouth County jury in December of last He has appealed the In documents filed Lisa Boss waived a speedy Her Robert Sikma of Sioux told reporters Monday that the next step is the extensive process of He said the matter seems like an ideal case for a change of venue given the population of the county and pub about the Donald Boss murder When asked the likelihood of a change of he I have no Thirtyfour people were identified as witnesses in the trial information filed They are Craig David Beverly Claxton Roman Rodney Eugene Terry Blake SEE LISA ON PAGE 3 By Marsha Melnichak News editor Editors note A Bridal Guide with tips on photog wedding day prepa ration and flowers accom panies todays Daily Take your is the advice Pastor Larry Fett offers to those about to change their lives with an exchange of marriage Pastor Fett of Grace Lutheran Church in Le meets four or five times before the ceremony with couples who are plan ning to be The first meeting is about what he calls the mechanics of the marriage those details that make a day spe How shall the couple be introduced What songs truly all Its a tough area some he Many times people dont understand how much their life is going A wedding is just one day a marriage is a growing process over a Pastor Jon Meredith will be sung by whom His is not on the but on the life of the couple beyond that Pastor Fett asks couples what they think marriage is to change and in what I try to open their eyes to challenges so its not a sur he One of those challenges is A person whos been pretty independent all of a sudden has to talk to at least they need to That change in that need to communi cate affects issues of family sup friends feelings on leisure time and work interests outside the and their families of Do they want their marriage to be like their par ents is one of the questions Pastor Fett asks the cou ple as he helps them SEE BRIDAL ON PAGE 3