ESC Middle School is "School in Need of Assistance"
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Dawn Brown's Email of Resignation From ESC
Dawn Brown's Email of Resignation From ESC
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East Sac County School Board to discuss the School In Need of Assistance issue at September meeting
In this video, the ESC school board pencils in the various items they wish to discuss at the September 19, 2011 meeting. Time is set for 6:00PM at the High School.
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ESC resignations and contracts: Dawn Brown resigns; Rosie Bruns, Wendy Meisheid, Crystal Pudenz, Sara Rodman, Wendy Marquez, and Sherri Butterfield hired
In this video, the East Sac County School Board accepts a letter of resignation and discusses positions and starting pay of each of the new hires.
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Sara Carlson, Brad Pickhinke, Morgan Olhausen, and Abby Pieken share the awe they felt while visiting Dachau Death Camp, Roman Coliseum
In this video the East Sac County School board is presented with an in depth report about a recent trip students took to Europe.
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East Sac County School board undecided about switching from propane to natural gas
In this video, School board member Chris Rodman leads a discussion about the pros and cons of switching from propane to natural gas in the Lake view and Wall Lake buildings. The board remains undecided and will consider it again in September.
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ESC School Board buys a new bus
In this video, the East Sac County School board agrees to purchase a new diesel 65 passenger school bus for $73,500.00 from Thomas Bus Sales. The other 65 passenger bus considered from School Bus Sales was offered to the board at a price of 74,055.00. They also considered 77, 78, 83, and 84 passenger busses for a high/low of $81K to $88K.
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ESC school goes in a different direction with computer server maintenance for $22K
After some discussion, the East Sac County School Board approves a contract with Prairie Lakes AEA to provide computer server maintenance. Beth Litterer, who used to provide something akin to IT services for the school, will now work more directly with teachers to integrate technology into the classrooms.
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East Sac County School Board discusses upcoming September 13, 2011 ISL tax increase vote
The question of whether the school will be allowed to increase the amount of tax property owners and people who receive taxable income in the district will pay goes to the voters on September 13, 2011. In this video, Superintendent Fiene reviews the details of how that tax will work. A suggestion for a simple excel spreadsheet to help property owners and income tax payers understand what their level of burden will be is considered.
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ESC Superintendent Kevin Fiene deals with citizen complaint about swing set, fence placement at Wall Lake school, praises maintenance crew
This conversation is taken from the school building and grounds summer improvements update discussion that took place at the August 15, 2011 ESC School Board meeting. Conversational jumps are noted in the video.
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Esc Superintendent gives a virtual tour of the roughly $800K in improvements made to the various district buildings
There are technical difficulties, making it a little hard to follow, but in this video, Superintendent Fiene shows and talks about photos of the improvements that have been made to several of the ESC buildings. In this video he specifically talks about new white boards and projection equipment. This morphs into an in depth discussion about putting together a serious long term plan for building improvement.
After the meeting he took a quorum of school board members on a walking tour of the elementary school. That video is available to friends at
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East Sac County Middle School to be listed on the “Schools In Need of Assistance” list for the 2011-2012 year
Dr. Kevin Fiene talks to the board about the details of why the ESC Middle school has made it onto the SINA list, but does not go into any details about how it will be fixed.
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Chris Rodman tells a story that contrasts East Sac County School and a school in Norwalk
Chris Rodman traveled to Norwalk, Iowa to visit a friend and talks about that experience as it pertains to East Sac County School.
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Superintendent Fiene directed to research the possibility of offering athletic passes to the elderly
In this video, the board discusses the possibility of issuing senior citizen passes at no charge. This seems to have been suggested by board president Brotherton at the suggestion of an unnamed constituent.
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East Sac County School to start taking a serious look at building and personnel security measures
Superintendent Dr. Fiene briefly discusses an upcoming all day pre-school meeting. After finding out the school board director’s intentions regarding their attendance, he moves on an initiates a discussion about school security. Chris Rodman in particular seems very into implementing stricter security. It is learned that there is the intention to gradually build the level of security in the buildings until such time that even the students are name tagged.
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East Sac County School Board combs through the August, 2011 bills and financial report
With everyone present, the board, gets down to the business approving the evening’s agenda and the minutes of the July meeting. The business manager, John Kraft goes over the bills and the financial report in detail pointing out items which he seems to think might be questionable. He then fields questions from the board about specific items of concern. After about 6 minutes of grilling the board feels comfortable enough to approve the bills and the financial statement, voting separately on bills that originate with the companies owned by board members so that they have the chance to abstain from the vote.
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Photojournalist gains unauthorised access to Fukushima
"Earlier this month, Kazuma Obara became the first photojournalist to gain unauthorised access to the power plant and produced an exclusive glimpse of life inside the facility..."
Read the full story at The Gaurdian
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Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds hold Sac County “Jobs for Iowa” town hall meeting
On Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 1:45PM Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds will hold a “Jobs for Iowa” town hall meeting at the Downtown Cafe at 214 S. Main St in Odebolt, Iowa.
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Lake View Plans to End Summer in Style
Run & Walk event, Chalk The Walk, and Stone Pier Summer Concert Are New Labor Day Weekend Activities in Lake View
Just because school is starting doesn't mean that summer is over and Lake View is planning to have one last hurrah at Black Hawk Lake over Labor Day weekend. The weekend highlight will be the brand new Rock & Run, a unique evening run/walk event coupled with the final show in the community's first-ever Stone Pier Summer Concert Series.
The Rock & Run will take place on Saturday, September 3rd, and is comprised of three different events: a kids dash, a 2-mile walk and fun run, and an 8K run. Both runs and the walk will wind participants along the shoreline of beautiful Black Hawk Lake and all routes will return on the recently completed Ice House Point trail. The kids dash will take place on 3rd & Lake Street (near the West Stone Pier), which will be the starting and ending point for the walk and run events as well. The kids dash will begin at 5pm with the other two walk/run events beginning simultaneously at 5:30pm.
The Full Blown Woodies - Iowa's Premiere Party Rock and Roll Band - will provide the "Rock" component for Saturday evening's festivities. This popular local group will play a free show on the Stone Pier stage from 5-9pm. Cookies BBQ sandwiches will also be for sale with proceeds benefiting the concert series. Winners of the race - as well as the lucky winner of the community's summer t-shirt quilt drawing - will be announced on stage at 7pm.
Early registration for the Rock & Run event is available at City Hall in Lake View or online at www.getmeregistered.com. Early registration will close on Monday, August 29. Registration for the 8K Run is $25 and it is $20 to participate in the 2-mile walk and fun run. There is no entry fee for the Kids Dash, but registration is required. Runners and walkers will receive an event t-shirt and the 8K runners will also be given a meal voucher. All participants will receive a glow necklace to light up the night.
Participants will be able to pick-up their registration packet on Saturday morning at City Hall from 9am-Noon. Day-of registration will also be available at City Hall during this time for an additional $5 fee.
Other attractions in downtown Lake View on Saturday morning will be the weekly Main Street Farmers Market from 8am-Noon and their brand new "Chalk the Walk" event. Each entrant will receive a sidewalk square where they will be able to create their very own Main Street Masterpiece. "Best of the Boardwalk" and age division prizes will be awarded and announced on the Stone Pier stage at 7pm as well.The event is free and open to all ages. Event registration will take place at the Farmers Market during their morning hours and sidewalk chalk will be provided.
For more information on Lake View events, visit www.lakeview-ia.com, find Lake View on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LakeViewIA or follow Lake View on Twitter @LakeViewIA.
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Minutes of the July 25, 2011 Sac City Council Meeting
Minutes of the July 25, 2011 Sac City Council Meeting
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Knee High Naturalist Program—C is for Camping
August 27th– 2-4 pm at Conservation Center
Free program for 2-4 year olds. Go on a guided hike and explore the world of camping though many interactive activities. An adult must attend with child(ren) and can sign up by calling 712-662-4530.
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16 new photos have been added to - July 28, 2011 Sac County Fair- Goat Show
16 new photos have been added to the TSN Facebook collection: July 28, 2011 Sac County Fair- Goat Show.
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Minutes of the August 16, 2011 Sac County Supervisors Meeting
August 16, 2011
Board Room
10:00 AM
The Sac County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with all members present, Jack Bensley, Chairman, presiding. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as submitted.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to amend the agenda to consider a liquor license application and a proposal from Trileaf Corp. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve the agenda as amended. Ayes all, motion carried. There was no citizen input.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve the proposal from Trileaf Corporation to install a monitoring well on the former Schultz property to collect and sample groundwater for benzene concentrations at a cost of $2,624.75. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to approve a liquor license application submitted by Midnight Sun of rural Schaller, Iowa. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve a liquor license application submitted by Homestead Farmers Market of rural Sac City, Iowa. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve the drainage claims as submitted. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to approve the claims as listed on the claims register in the Auditor’s office. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve a repair to DD 65, located in Section 32, Douglas Township and approve the claim for the repair in the amount of $200.75. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to approve a repair to DD 52, located in Section 22, Delaware Township and approve the claim for the repair in the amount of $204.25. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve an application for construction across Joint DD 72, Sac and 82, Carroll Counties submitted by Breda Telephone Company. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to approve an application for construction across DD 55 submitted by Breda Telephone Company. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to approve a Memorandum of Agreement between Sac County and the City of Sac City to combine Jackson Township and the City of Sac City as one voting precinct. Ayes all, motion carried.
The County Engineer updated the Board on activities of the county road crews, the status of current maintenance and construction projects and Highway 20 construction as it affects Sac County roads.
With there being no further business, on motion, the meeting was adjourned.
Secretary S/ James W. Dowling, Chairman____________________, Date___________
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10:00 AM
The Sac County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with all members present, Jack Bensley, Chairman, presiding. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as submitted.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to amend the agenda to consider a liquor license application and a proposal from Trileaf Corp. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve the agenda as amended. Ayes all, motion carried. There was no citizen input.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve the proposal from Trileaf Corporation to install a monitoring well on the former Schultz property to collect and sample groundwater for benzene concentrations at a cost of $2,624.75. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to approve a liquor license application submitted by Midnight Sun of rural Schaller, Iowa. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve a liquor license application submitted by Homestead Farmers Market of rural Sac City, Iowa. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve the drainage claims as submitted. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to approve the claims as listed on the claims register in the Auditor’s office. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve a repair to DD 65, located in Section 32, Douglas Township and approve the claim for the repair in the amount of $200.75. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to approve a repair to DD 52, located in Section 22, Delaware Township and approve the claim for the repair in the amount of $204.25. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Hecht and seconded by Stock to approve an application for construction across Joint DD 72, Sac and 82, Carroll Counties submitted by Breda Telephone Company. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to approve an application for construction across DD 55 submitted by Breda Telephone Company. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Hecht to approve a Memorandum of Agreement between Sac County and the City of Sac City to combine Jackson Township and the City of Sac City as one voting precinct. Ayes all, motion carried.
The County Engineer updated the Board on activities of the county road crews, the status of current maintenance and construction projects and Highway 20 construction as it affects Sac County roads.
With there being no further business, on motion, the meeting was adjourned.
Secretary S/ James W. Dowling, Chairman____________________, Date___________
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Minutes of the July 26, 2011 Sac County Solid Waste Agency Meeting
Minutes of the July 26, 2011 Sac County Solid Waste Agency Meeting
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24 new photos have been added to - 2011 East Sac county Raiders Football Reference Photos
24 new photos have been added to the TSN Facebook collection: 2011 East Sac county Raiders Football Reference Photos.
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Minutes of the August 15, 2011 East Sac County School Board Meeting
Minutes of the August 15, 2011 East Sac County School Board Meeting
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12 new photos have been added to - 2011 East Sac County Raiders Football Media Day
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Minutes of the August 8, 2011 Sac City Council Meeting
Minutes of the August 8, 2011 Sac City Council Meeting
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Minutes of the August 8, 2011 Auburn City Council Meeting
Minutes of the August 8, 2011 Auburn City Council Meeting
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