TheSacNews.com: Saturday, January 30, 2010

January 25, 2010 Sac City Council Call to Order

2010 Sac City Council and Government Attendance

Jim Johnston 3 of 3
Brian Muska 1 of 3
Administrator Adam Ledford 3 of 3
Mayor Barb Powell 2 of 3
Bill Brenny 3 of 3
Jim Frederick 3 of 3
Nich Frohardt 3 of 3 (1 late)
Clerk Sandy Tellinghuisen 3 of 3

Also attending:
Sac City Police Chief John Thomsen
City Employee "Danny"
City Employee "Bob"
Curtis Bloes (TSN)
Dale Wegner (SS)

Minutes of the January 4, 2010 and January 11, 2010 Sac City Coucil Meeting were approved without protest.

The Evening's agenda was approved without change.

~~Receipts and disbursments were approved without~~... sorry, force of habit...

Councilman Nich Frohardt challenged an item regarding a fire hydrant downtown before receipts and disbursments were approved. The city has not yet made available the documents with the information to which Mr. Frohardt refered.

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Criminal Court: January 22, 2010 - January 27, 2010

All people accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty. The disposition of all cases are subject to change without notice. This document is available for inspection at the Sac County Clerk of Court Office in Sac City, Iowa for $0.50. Anonymous comments have been disabled.

This is a record of all events filed in criminal matters in Sac County on or between January 22, 2010 and January 27, 2010.

Interpreting the above document:

abbreviation key for interpreting computerized listings obtained at courthouse

Passed Away - Emma Dettmann

Emma Dettmann

August 12, 1911 - January 24, 2010

Lake City, Iowa

Lake City – Emma Dettmann, 98, formerly of Sac City, died Sunday, January 24, 2010 at Stewart Memorial Hospital in Lake City. Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 27 at the Lampe Funeral Home in Lake City.

Emma Minnie Dettmann was born on August 12, 1911 in Sac County to Henry and Emma (Leege) Dettmann. She was baptized on October 12, 1911 and confirmed March 28, 1926 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Coon Valley Township. She graduated from the Lytton Consolidated School, in Lytton with the class of 1931. Emma worked at the Sac City Creamery for 8 years; then after moving to Pasadena, CA, she worked in the school system for 8 years. Upon returning to Iowa, she worked for 4 years at Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Sac City before retiring in 1975. One of the highlights of her time in California was being on Bob Barker’s “The Price Is Right.” Emma enjoyed gardening, playing cards, and baking fruit cakes and candy at Christmas.

Emma is survived by her, nieces and nephews, Janet (Ralph) Hawblitzel of Glendora, CA, Barbara Pickett of Evansville, IN, Gerald (Pam) Dettmann of Glendora, CA, Beverly (Robert) Lawson of Piketon, OH, Burdette Dettman of Tucson, AZ, Betty Croissant of Salt Lake City, UT, and Bonnie (Michael) Schlag of Largo, Fl. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Theodore, Albert, Erich, Fredrich, and Vernie Dettmann; and sisters, Eltora Ellis and Evelyn Wisenborn.

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Passed Away - Nolan Rubendall

Nolan Rubendall

August 28, 2009 - January 16, 2010

Cleghorn – Nolan Rubendall, 4 months, died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at his home. Funeral services were held Thursday, January 21 at Lampe Funeral Home in Lake City with Pastor Deb Griffin officiating and burial was in the Lanesboro Cemetery.

Nolan Douglas Rubendall was born August 28, 2009 at Floyd Valley Hospital in LeMars to Dean and Kallie Jo Rubendall. He was a beautiful, precious boy in every way.

Nolan is survived by his parents, Dean and Kallie Jo Rubendall and brothers, Mason and Jackson of Cleghorn; grandparents, Doug and Starla Winter of Lake City; aunts, Joelle Heun (Caleb Glasnapp) and sons Cody and Caleb Heun of Lytton, Erica (Ben) Noble and daughter Zetta of Carroll, and Shyla (Matt) Powers and sons Aidan and Benjamin of Oak Harbor, WA; uncle, Gabe (Julie) Winter of San Luis Obispo, CA; and great-grandmothers, Betty Middleton of Okmulgee OK, Minnie VanAhn of Lake City, Shirley Winter of Lake City and Betty Rubendall of Sac City; and several great-aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Carolyn Rubendall; grandfather, Loren Rubendall; and great-grandfathers, Dwight Middleton, Donald “Mike” VanAhn, Dean Winter, and Oscar Rubendall; and uncle, Quintin Winter.

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Passed Away - Eleanor Evelyn Von Ehwegen

Eleanor Evelyn Von Ehwegen

February 02, 1914 - January 26, 2010

Of Smithland, Iowa, formerly of Lake View and Sac City.

Memorial Service: Saturday, 10:30 a.m., January 30, 2010 at Peace Lutheran Church in Wall Lake, Iowa.

Eleanor Evelyn Von Ehwegen, age 95, of Smithland, IA, formerly of Sac City and Lake View, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, at Burgess Health Center in Onawa, IA. Eleanor was born on February 2, 1914, in Sac County, Douglas Township, the daughter of William and Katie (Kennedy) Rahn. She attended country school in rural Sac County and Sac City High School. She completed her education at art school in Omaha, NE. She was married to Eldon Mowery in the 1930’s and later divorced. To this union a daughter, Twyla was born. In 1956, Eleanor and Delbert Von Ehwegen were married at Peace Lutheran Church in Wall Lake, where she remained an active member in the Ladies Aid and taught Sunday school.

Eleanor was an artist, nurse, homemaker, and farmer, helping Delbert whenever she could, but above all of these she treasured being a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Providing a loving home for her family was very important to her. She enjoyed cooking, crocheting, working in her garden, studying genealogy, going fishing and dancing, and talking with friends and family. Eleanor loved to paint and sold many of her paintings.

Survivors include her daughter Twyla Mae Parsley of Sloan, IA; granddaughter Ronelle Marnell and husband Harold of Smithland, IA; great-grandchildren: Robert Marnell of Sloan, IA, Samantha Kaye of Smithland, IA, Frank Marnell and wife Elizabeth of Vermillion, SD, and Eric Marnell, his wife Jessica, and one of Eleanor's greatest joys during the last 3 years, great-great granddaughter Alexandria of Hornick, IA; sister-in-law Mary Rahn of Sac City; and many nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends.

Eleanor was preceded in death by her husband Delbert; parents: William and Katie Rahn; son-in-law James Pasley; sister Bacie Hobler; and brothers and sisters-in-law: Fred (Tillie) Rahn, Kenneth (Violet) Rahn, and Russell Rahn.

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Passed Away - Rhoda C. Lewis

Rhoda C. Lewis

August 21, 1917 - January 19, 2010

Sac City, IA

Visitation: Tuesday, 4-8 pm January 26, 2010 at Farber & Otteman Funeral Home, Sac City.
Funeral Service: Wednesday, 10:30 am January 27, 2010 at First Christian Church, Sac City.
Interment: following service January 27, 2010 at Oakland Cemetery, Sac City.

Rhoda Caroline (Petersen) Lewis, age 92, of Sac City, passed away Tuesday, January 19th, 2009 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the home of her son, Robert Lewis.

Rhoda was born to Marius and Minnie (Nelsen) Petersen in Elk Horn, Iowa, on August 21, 1917. The family moved to Lake View, Iowa, when Rhoda was three. She attended school at Lake View. Rhoda married Robert H. Lewis of Sac City on November 19th, 1937 at the First Christian Church parsonage in Sac City. She and Bob were life long members of that church. They had two children, Nancy and Robert.

Rhoda was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Her family always came first. This was shown through the tender care she gave her husband as she learned to do hemo-dialysis for Bob three times a week for 17 years. Rhoda and Bob spent their free time camping and fishing and usually had their grandsons, Gregg and Brian, with them. Bob passed away on June 5th, 1986.

Whenever family met together Grandma Rhoda would bring out the cards. There was always time for a few hands of 500 or pinochle. She also enjoyed Friday night prime rib with Nancy and Larry followed by a few hands of 500. This last year had been difficult for Rhoda as she had always been proud of her independence. Robert and Pat invited her to stay with them where she always had someone for cribbage or cards. Rhoda had six very good friends whom she joined several times a week for cards or bingo. She also had her very special coffee group with whom she shared time every morning.

Survivors include her daughter and husband, Nancy and Larry Domino and her son and his wife, Robert and Patricia Lewis. Rhoda didn’t have “in-laws”-- just her kids. Her grandchildren are Gregg and Lynda Domino, Brian and Shelly Domino, Scott and Lisa Lewis, Michele and Brian Schuldt, Adam and Heidi Lewis. Great grandchildren are Kyle and Caitlyn Domino, Michael and Joselin Domino, Marian and Ada Lewis and one great grandson, Chase Domino; her brother and wife, Forrest (Bud) and Dorothy Petersen, of Harlan, and her sisters-in-law and her husband, Beverly and Bill Duncan, Jan Lewis of Cedar Rapids, and Dilys Lewis of Napa, CA., many nieces and nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; her parents, Mike and Minnie Petersen; her parents-in-law, Phillip and Ida Lewis; her brother Clarit Petersen, sister-in-law and husband, Irene and Everett Austin, brothers-in-law, Ted and Cliff Lewis, nephews Michael Petersen and Larry Austin. “Grandma Rhoda” will be missed.

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Passed Away - Lucian J. Russell

Lucian J. Russell

February 27, 1925 - January 19, 2010

Sac City, IA

Memorial Service: Sunday, 2:00 pm, January 24, 2010 at United Methodist Church, Sac City, IA
Visitation: Sunday, one hour prior to service, 1:00 pm, January 24, 2010 at United Methodist Church, Sac City, IA

Lucian Jesse Russell, age 84, of Sac City, IA, died at Park View Rehabilitation Center on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, following a courageous year long battle with cancer. Lucian was born February 27, 1925, in rural Sac County, IA, to the late Jesse LeRoy and Mattie Wells-Russell. Lucian attended Sac City High School and following his junior year (1943) enlisted in the U.S. Navy to serve his country as the United States fought for our freedoms in World War II. Following basic training, he was stationed at Pearl Harbor where he attained the rank of Petty Officer 1st Class. On September 30, 1943, he was united in marriage to Marilyn J. Fluth in Sac City. To this union three sons were born: Greg, Gary, and Gene. In 1954, he and Marilyn began working the Fluth family farm in the north part of Sac County until Marilyn passed away in 1973. Lucian married Doris Lubeck in 1974 and retired from farming, moving to Sac City.

Following an honorable discharge from the Navy, Lucian began working as a meat cutter and carpenter. His older brother, Orville, pulled him off a roofing job one day and asked if would like to be a fuel delivery driver for Russell Oil Company. There were many residents in Sac County who not only knew Lucian as the friendly delivery man, but also as a friend who kept their home heating oil tank full. He never knew a stranger. Playing competitive softball in the late 40’s with his brothers Orville and Ivy, under the direction of their coach Dolph Peyton, generated many funny stories with vivid details as told to his sons in the last few days of his life. He recalls telling Coach Peyton he would have to miss a game due to his first child being born. Lucian recalls his coach telling him he could miss the game only if a substitute could be found!

Lucian was a member of the United Methodist Church, American Legion Cantigny Post #195, and the V.F.W. Post 590. He enjoyed his life with Doris pulling their 5th wheel camper to Texas for several winters. During the Iowa summers, they camped many weekends in Iowa’s state parks. Lucian really loved the Sac County Country Club playing most every day with his favorite golf partner, Wes Cole. He and Doris have won several golf tournaments as a husband-wife team.

Lucian is survived by his wife, Doris; three sons: Greg (Kay) Russell, Camdenton, MO, Gary (Sue) Russell, Des Moines, IA, and Gene Russell, Ames, IA; three step-sons: Kim (Maureen) Lubeck, Panora, IA, David (LaDonna) Lubeck, Houston, TX, and Terry Lubeck, Storm Lake, IA; one step-daughter Jan (Frank) Popp, Newell, IA; 17 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife Marilyn; his parents Jesse and Mattie; two sisters: Louella Russell-Meyers and Dorothy Russell-Wagner; and five brothers: Earl, Ivy, Orville, Othel, and Norman Russell.

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Passed Away - John Sproul

John Sproul

November 27, 1946 - January 08, 2010

Gardnerville, NV formerly of Lake View

John passed away Friday, January 08, 2010 at the VA Medical Center in Reno, NV. Memorial services will be held at a later date.

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January 2010 GVBB Scores n Stats

Hey everybody,
Struggled with technology a little this month and wasn't able to be timely with the East Sac County Girl's Varsity Basketball stats. The problem is fixed and we should be good to go going forward for the rest of the season.

These are the stats for the January East Sac County Girl's Varsity Basketball games with the exception of the January 29 home game...

January 4, 2010

January 9, 2010

January 15, 2010

January 19, 2010

January 26, 2010

January 28, 2010

Google sez 931 unique computers in Sac City...nice!

Saturday January 23 - Friday January 29
Number of visitors to TSN in Sac County

7 Auburn
15 Odebolt
17 Schaller
116 Early
183 Lake View
290 Wall Lake
443 Other Sac County
931 Sac City (what are there, 1100 supposedly occupied homes in this town?)

Total 2002
Perspective: Newspapers count 2002 households as 4004 readers. I think that's a scam and believe that kind of decades long lie told us by our established newspapers is one of the core reasons people hate newspapers, BUT... that's how they do it.

I hope to beat the local chicken dinner announcement rags around here in unique readers without having to resort to that lie to prop me up.

I don't know... you think my sheer local numbers will ever surpass their estimated then doubled world wide numbers? Top of the heap right now in Sac County is the Sac Sun with a claim of 3,000ish readers (1,500ish snailpapers delivered) have I already beat this? Are there two people literally checking in from each household right now?

...Within 50 miles

198 Outside of Sac County
2002 Within Sac County

Total 2200

...In North America

2 Mexico
14 Canada
577 USA Outside of Iowa
3021 Within Iowa

Total 3613

Thanks for reading everyone. I'm not going to do this all the time, I was just curious so I looked it up and thought I'd share. :)

Curtis

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January 25, 2010 Sac City Library Department Head Report

This report was not actually reviewed by the Sac City Council at the January 25, 2010 Sac City Council meeting. The council and Mayor may have held a meeting regarding this report in private at some other unannounced time prior to the meeting.

The official minutes of the meeting will no doubt indicate that they did review it. The following is a link to the video where the Sac City Council had the opportunity to review the department head reports and did not.
http://thesacnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/committee-reports-thank-yous.html

January 25, 2010 Sac City Maintenance Department Head Report

January 25, 2010 Sac City Waste Water Treatment Plant Department Head Report

January 25, 2010 Sac City Water Department Head Report

This report was not actually reviewed by the Sac City Council at the January 25, 2010 Sac City Council meeting. The council and Mayor may have held a meeting regarding this report in private at some other unannounced time prior to the meeting.

The official minutes of the meeting will no doubt indicate that they did review it. The following is a link to the video where the Sac City Council had the opportunity to review the departmeent head reports and did not.
http://thesacnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/committee-reports-thank-yous.html

January 25, 2010 Sac City Gas Department Head Report

This report was not actually reviewed by the Sac City Council at the January 25, 2010 Sac City Council meeting. The council and Mayor may have held a meeting regarding this report in private at some other unannounced time prior to the meeting.

The official minutes of the meeting will no doubt indicate that they did review it. The following is a link to the video where the Sac City Council had the opportunity to review the departmeent head reports and did not.
http://thesacnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/committee-reports-thank-yous.html

Funding not yet in place for N14 upgrade

Sac County Engineer Ron Haden attended the highway 20 association meeting on Friday
January 15, 2010. At that meeting he spoke with Iowa DOT District 3 Engineer Tony Lazarowicz and passed what he learned on to the Sac County Supervisors at their regular meeting on January 19, 2010.

Mr. Haden learned that the state intends to let the grading for the Highway 20 bypass for the
section between N28 and N14 IN 2010.

He also learned that the paving for the Highway 20 bypass between Highway 4 and N14 will be let in 2011 and is to be completed by the fall of 2012.

Lastly, they will be letting the grading from N14 to Early in 2010, with the paving to be let in 2012
hopefully ending with the completion and opening scheduled for the fall of 2013.

Mr. Haden noted that this all depends on "How funding continues to flow." Sac County Supervisor Rick Hecht remarked that he saw a report out of one of the Sioux City news outlets that suggested that the money would not be there and asked if it was Mr. Haden's impression that Mr. Lazarowicz felt differently. Mr. Haden's answer was that Lazarowicz did not say anything about the funding.

Mr. Haden remarked that there is another $3.2 million in stimulus money that is anticipated from the Federal Government. He said that if approved, that money could be applied towards the
Highway 20 bypass, but that he doesn't actually know what the possibilities will be until after he
meets with the Region XII Council of Governments to get a clarification. There is some confusion regarding the stimulus money and whether the project actually has to have people on the ground working, or if it merely needs to be under contract in order to qualify.

Mr. Haden also reported that funding has yet to be approved for upgrading N14 between the bypass and the highway currently named Highway 20.* The N14 upgrade could include a widening of the shoulders for the entire length of that section, and moving the centerline of at least a segment of that highway to the East which will require a complete reconstruction. Mr. Haden speculated that this easterly move is being contemplated to avoid having to purchase nearby property containing buildings.

*In Webster County, "Old 20" is now called "D20".

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Sac County Drainage Claims approved on January 19, 2010

On January 19, 2010 the Sac County Supervisors approved the following drainage claims without discussion.

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40ish photos of damage to Sac City, Iowa from the 2010 ice storm

Detailed Schedule for Superintendent hunt released

Barb Kruthoff, current Superintendent of East Sac County Schools has resigned, effective end of the 2009-2010 school year. On January 18, the joint school boards in a special meeting met with the consultants from G. Tyron and Associates, whom they have hired to assist them in the search for a new superintendent.

The following documents reflect the schedule on which the two boards agreed to adhere at that January 18, 2010 meeting.

agcr011574 - Heide Jo Scharn

All people accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty. The disposition of all cases are subject to change without notice. This document(s) is freely available for inspection at the Sac County Clerk of Court Office in Sac City, Iowa. Anonymous comments have been disabled.

smcr011575 - Johnathon Jackson Limbert-Hansen

smcr011573 - Kenneth Donald Hansen

smcr011572 - Mandi Jeanne Brenner

January 29, 2010 Varsity Basketball Photos

Now you can get to the photos two ways. The first way is the regular way, to click here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saccity/sets/72157623313154476/
...and here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/saccity/sets/72157623189406839/

and enjoy and download the photos from Flickr.

The second way is for FaceBook users. Click here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2025203&id=1604241474&l=061827d74b
Enjoy, tag, download, and do all that other crazy FB stuff that you love doing. If you enjoy this feature, add yourself as a friend :)

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Interpreting Courthouse docs

This is a reference document used for interpreting the abbreviation on documents obtained on the courthouses public computer system.

Copy/paste this code for inclusion as raw data.

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