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Sac City Gas Station, circa 1950’s

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 Sac City Police Department What are the odds?
NEWS MEDIA RELEASE
On October 04th, 2009 at approximately 2:01 A.M.
the Sac City Police Department was called to Lor-
ing Hospital for a report of a rape. The police de-
partment was informed that a 12 year old juvenile
female came to the hospital for medical attention af-
ter she had been raped. The police department con-
ducted a lengthy investigation into the incident. The
investigation determined that a sex act occurred at
the 12 year old victim’s residence in Sac City. It was
determined that sexual contact did occur between
the victim and a 16 year old juvenile male from Car-
roll, Iowa. The 16 year old juvenile male has been
charged with Sexual Abuse In The Third Degree and
referred to the Sac County Juvenile Court Services.
Sexual Abuse In The Third Degree is a class “C”
felony. Evidence obtained in the investigation has
been sent to the Iowa DCI Crime Lab for analysis
and additional charges may be filed pending the re-
sults obtained from the crime lab.
September 2009 Library
Department Head Report
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Sac City Passes through
By Curtis Bloes 53K in CDBG money for
The former Director* of what was then the Sac housing rehab program
Community Recreation Center, Chris Batz alleged
on camera in an open meeting, that a member of or The following bill was presented to the
a family member of the city council coerced her into Sac City Council by the Region XII Coun-
giving a child in the flag football program preferen- cil of Governments for the cost of work
tial treatment in return for a guaranteed vote FOR completed on the Sac City Housing Rehab
funding of the rec center going into the future. Her
Program. There are three different proper-
son later wrote in to TSN alleging that the other side
ties to which this amount will be applied.
of that coin was also true, that the city council mem-
ber would vote AGAINST funding for the SCRC if Of those three properties, two are consid-
the child was not given preferential treatment. ered rehabilitated and one still needs more
work.
Odds that the council person involved are one of the
incumbents running for re-election: 40% According to information put out at the
meeting two other properties are still in the
Odds that Nich Frohardt or Cary Conger engaged in beginning stages
this act: 0%
The Sac City Council approved paying the
bill on October 26, 2009 utilizing a Com-
*Does anyone find the timing of her resignation as munity Development Block Grant for the
interesting as I do?
full amount.
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This letter pertains to two charts that I provided to Curtis just for information. He asked that I write an explanation of the charts. First of all, I am a data person and like to make charts and see if they say
anything.

Re the population chart: I was curious as to how the next five closest cities smaller and larger than Sac City located north of Interstate 80 and west of Interstate 35 compare and have compared over the
past century. All the cities were growing until 1950 when Onawa reached its peak population. Three were still growing as recently as 2000. The median year for peak population was 1976 which means
in general these cities as a group have been losing population for 33 years. If you look at the Sac County and its adjacent counties you will note that three of the eight counties reached their peak in
1900!!! Sac County reached its peak population in 1930 (nearly 80 years ago!). The two largest counties, Buena Vista and Carroll, reached their peak in 1960. Sac City and Sac County are right in the
middle of a larger area that’s in serious trouble, population-wise. I saw the last couple of weeks in the Des Moines Register where Sac County is one of five counties with the greatest population (might
have been percentage) of people age 65 and older. We’re not unique in population loss. For that matter northwest Iowa is not unique. For some reason, the western portions of all the Midwest states are
losing population. Do I have an answer as to how to turn the population loss around? No, and apparently no one else does either.
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Re the City Tax Rates: When I moved here in 2005, I learned in the Des Moines Register that Sac City had the 4th highest tax rate of the 948 cities in Iowa . I thought that was a disgrace. Between
them, former City Administrator Jeff Fiegenschuh and current City Administrator Adam Ledford have lowered Sac City ’s taxes $3.34 per $1,000 assessed valuation which is a lot and yet Sac City still
has the 12th highest tax rate of the now 949 cities in the State. I wanted to see how Sac City compares to those comparable sized cities on the population chart. As you can see, Audubon and Pocahontas
are nearly in the same situation as Sac City . With the notable exception of Milford , the taxable valuations are within $17 million of Sac City ’s. Where does Sac City seem out of line with the majority
of those cities? Debt levy (and even as a former Council member, I have to admit I don’t recall what for—certainly don’t see a lot of improvements being made around the City) and to some extent for
Employee Benefits although three of cities even levy more for this than does Sac City.

I also did a chart with same comparable cities on numbers of employees and their wages. Those are eye openers. They are also too complicated in present format to share at the moment.

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Cary Conger
 Sac County Supervisors have a chat Sac City Council Call to
Order
The Sac County Supervisors came to order at 10:00AM on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Rick Hecht wel-
comed visitors. The minutes of the October 20, 2009 meeting were approved and the proposed agenda Mayor Barb Powell called the Sac City Council to
was approved. order on October 26, 2009 will Jim Johnston, Brian
Muska, Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, and Gary Hansen
present. Also in attendance were City Administrator
There being no business, updates about a number of topics ensued: Adam Ledford, and City Clerk Sandy Tellinghuisen,
Chief of Police John Thomsen, two members of the
media, and six citizens.
Jim Dowling said that he was getting ready for the election.
Mayor Powell welcomed visitors, and reminded
Jack Bensley noted that the Vet’s Memorial is coming along with Dean Stock confirming that there will be a everyone present that they were welcome to speak
sidewalk leading to it from the north. Media inquired as to what the trench that was dug the previous week at any point during the discussion of items on the
agenda. She also pointed out that there was an op-
was for, (electrical lines for lights, etc) portunity for citizens to address the council on items
not on the agenda.
Regarding the Conservation Center at Hagge Park, Dean Stock noted that the windows and doors are in but
The Agenda was amended to remove the appoint-
that the roof is not finished. It is at the plywood and tar paper stage. ments of Norman Lewman and Marilyn Wilhelm
to the Sac City Fine Arts Council due to the timing.
According to Dean Stock, no progress has been made on the Rail Trail due to the rain. Typically, those appointments are made at the first
City Council meeting of the year.
Jim Dowling reported that he had had no contact from the State of Iowa regarding what cuts may be com- Also removed from the agenda was a discussion
ing. about the William Nolan properties due to there be-
ing no new information regarding those properties.
At the October 12, 2009 Sac City Council meeting,
Rick Hecht reviewed the Sac County Engineer’s reported pointing out that the county zoning signs were all it was decided by the council that they would like
installed at the edges of the county on all hard surface roads. to have direct contact with Mr. Nolan, and no such
direct contact was achieved. The agenda was ap-
Rick Hecht relayed the information that the Sac County Engineer was attending a safety workshop in Storm proved without further discussion
Lake and wouldn’t be attending the meeting. The Minutes of the October 12, 2009 Sac City Coun-
cil meeting and the Receipts and Disbursements
The meeting adjourned setting a new quickest time record of 5 minutes, 11 seconds. were approved without comment.

owcr011532
According to Documents obtained from the Sac County Courthouse Jared Charles Fertig of 525 NW Aurora Ave., Des Moines, Iowa 50313 is accused of a Serious Misdemeanor.

CRIME
All people accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty.
The disposition of all cases are subject to change without notice.
These documents are freely available for inspection at the Sac County Courthouse.

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October, 2009 Sac Community Center income-expense report

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William Nolan property Sac Community Center Swimming Pool inspection
issue has interesting timing

At the October 12, 2009 City Council meeting, the

members of the Sac City Council discussed two
properties owned by William Nolan.

One property known as the "old Pizza Hut" down-

town was either via tax sale sold to a partnership
known as Oak Helm Partners listing the address
2920 North Harrison, Davenport Iowa. The taxes on
that property are due at the end of this month and the
name or names of the people involved in that part-
nership MAY be available at that time.

The other property discussed was the vacant lot

across Audubon street to the south of the Bauer
Built company. According to information obtained
through a public records search at the Sac County
Courthouse, the taxes on that property were paid by
Jack Dalton. Not yet confirmed, but likely is this lot
will be used not for commerce, but more likely as a
storage facility for a semi. Not exactly the "going
business" Shirley Phillips, Director of the SETD
claimed it would be at the October 12, 2009 Sac City
Council meeting.

The major question still lingering is why Shirley

Phillips, the director of the SETD is getting person-
ally involved with what would otherwise be a normal
business transaction between two private entities.

I also question the timing of this entire William No-

lan misadventure. I find it curious that William No-
lan "happened" to call Shirley Phillips at the precise
time that she needed him to call her.

This all has a very political feel to it. If I were small

despotic personality with inclinations for "owning"
the town I might be inclined to use that situation to
my advantage by doing the following:

1. I would attempt to talk the city into taking over the

properties in question and to then give those proper-
ties to the entities that are interested.

2. If successful, I would use that favor I did for those

two entities to get those people to "work" for me on
one of Sac City's boards pushing my personal agen-
das.
(To be absolutely clear, this is not what I'm suggest-
ing Shirley Phillips is doing, just what I would do
if I were attempting to make a power grab and take
over the ruling bodies of the city, which, again to be
clear, is not what I'm Suggesting Shirley Phillips is
attempting to do.)
According to Sac City Administrator Adam Ledford,
as of October 27, 2009 the City has not been in direct
communication with Mr. Nolan. All communication
has been received through Shirley Phillips. Several
attempts by the City of Sac City to contact Mr. Nolan
directly have not been successful.
If the Sac City Council is even a little concerned
with watching out for the taxpayer's interests, they
will not conduct business with a person that will not
contact them directly. At the bare minimum, in the
case of a real estate transaction, the City Administra-
tor, if not the City Attorney should be speaking with
either Mr. Nolan or his legal representation.
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Inspection Remarks unmangled
D: deck needs painting
A6: pressure gauge is to high on sand filter tanks
need chemical sign on the back door
leaking on the suction side of pump (bubbles xxxx)
E9 : Need VCB covers - need new pool covers in side chains (on wall)
E9 : Air gap is needed on backward drain pipe
C4 : depth marker is missing + markers for 4' foot not there. needs to mark every ft to 5'
b8: Pool needs to be vacuumed - xxxx xxxx (gray fuss?) -needs to use proper pool equipment
B2 : water is out of balance
Sac City, FAA spend $12,160.95 at the Airport
The Sac City Council voted, Monday, to pay the following bill from Kimrey
Electric for work they did installing the PAPI’s and wind cone at the Sac City
Municipal Airport in the amount of $12,160.95. Of that amount $11,553 was
paid by the Federal Aviation Administration and $627.95 was paid from other
sources generally originating with the taxpayers from the Sac City general
fund.
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 City given zoning map it can approve

The public hearing for the new proposed Zoning Map was held
on October 12, 2009. All of the concerned parties were present,
including the full Sac City Council, Mayor, City Administrator,
one Planning and Zoning board member, and the property owners
whose properties are affected.

Other than City Administrator Adam Ledford noting that there

were no written or oral communications prior to the hearing, the
hearing opened and closed to the sound of approving silence. The
City Council passed the first reading of ordinance 2009 – 214
entitled “An ordinance establishing a zoning map for the incorpo-
rated City of Sac City, Sac County, Iowa” (see below)

The second of three readings of this ordinance will take place at

the November 9, 2009 Sac City Council meeting.

Some thoughts regarding this entire

process:

By Curtis Bloes
1. This map was the subject of two years of controversy
caused mainly by the Sac City Planning and Zoning board’s
inability to communicate effectively with the public. (They
did not, in FACT, communicate at all with the public and
there is some question about whether the affected property
owners would have even known that a big change was com-
ing had the City Administrator not directly mailed a letter to
those property owners… a duty that should be the Planning
and Zoning board’s responsibility, not the City Administra-
tor’s.)

2. The reappointment of president of the Sac City Planning

and Zoning Board, Shirley Phillips is up for consideration on
January 2, 2010.

Because of the actions of the planning and zoning board

under her guidance, this entire process was a much nastier
than it needed to be. Had Shirley Phillips made it a point to
get all of the affected landowners involved with this project
two years ago, she would have saved all of us time and
money, and Sac City would have had an updated zoning map
WITHOUT the affected landowners having to go through the
expense of hiring a lawyer to protect their property rights.

Because of the hostility she seemed to demonstrate towards

landowners when referring to the progress that was being
made in negotiating an agreement on the south side of town,
I feel the Sac City Council should strongly consider appoint-
ing a Planning and Zoning board member in her place who
has the ability to exercise a more citizen friendly approach to
Sac City’s zoning challenges. Perhaps they could appoint
to the Planning and Zoning board somebody who is willing
to seek guidance from Sac City’s landowners... After all, we
all have to live here together.

This could actually work in favor of the City Council, repu-

tation wise; it would lower the level of hostility undeservedly
aimed at them for the last generation’s form of “governance
through secrecy” which seems to be policy carried on by the
Planning and Zoning Board with the current board make-up.
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Varsity Volleyball photos from the
2009 season can be found online linked to
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Sac City loses an alley, gains better
looking garage
On October 26, 2009 The McKeevers appeared before the Sac City Coun-
cil to ask them to solve a problem with the alley that runs through their
property.

The McKeevers own about one city block. Their house sits on one side of
the block, and their garage sits on the other side of the block. Mr. McK-
eever applied for a permit to expand the size of his garage, but was denied
that permit because it was discovered that an alley ran through the middle
of the block underneath the area where he wanted to expand the garage.

The first proposed way around the problem was to build a garage that
sits on the other side of the block and doesn’t extend out onto the alley.
Unfortunately there is a Sac City zoning ordinance that does not allow
accessory buildings to go up on a non-adjacent property or across the al-
ley in this case. (See non scale roughly copied map above) the existing
garage was grandfathered in with the creation of the “non-adjacent’ law,
but a garage with a new footprint is not allowed.

The alley is apparently going to be vacated and sold to the McKeevers,

but that is a process that will take several months, and the couple wanted
to start building immediately. The Sac City Council is the only body in
town with the authority to grant them the right to build on a non-adjacent
property, thus the real reason for their evening’s visit with the city coun-
cil.

Before moving to approve the permit, Councilman Brian Muska brought

up another very valid side point. Upon learning that the McKeevers had
been maintaining the alley as a lawn for the last 23 years, he suggested
that they should not even have to pay to buy the property from the city.

Without addressing whether they would just give the property to the Mc-
Keevers, the city council enthusiastically granted them a permit to start
building their garage on the non-adjacent property immediately.
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 …in other Sac City Council
business

The following items were discussed or decided on

October 26, 2009.

Norman Lewman was appointed to the Fine Arts

Council to fill the unexpired term of Ron Nelson.

According to City Administrator Adam Ledford, he

has received some hesitancy from the entities named
at the October 12, 2009 Sac City Council meet-
ing, in regards to the establishment of a City Public
Health Officer. He did seem hopeful that at least
two of the entities discussed at the previous meeting
were interested in serving in that capacity but did
not name them.

According to Mayor Barb Powell, she and Mr. Led-

ford attended the Northwest Iowa league conference
in Spencer Iowa. Apparently the conference did not
offer the Mayor anything she could use in terms of
governing Sac City, BUT the Mayor did say that she
discovered a wonderful little club house adjacent to
a golf course that was built with volunteer labor.

City Administrator Adam Ledford brought back in-

formation a little more useful than our Mayor, (not
that I don’t like golfing) saying that he discovered
a town that is going to be bypassed by highway 60.
They have apparently discovered a cheaper alterna-
tive to full annexation and he promised to share a full
report with the council at a later date.

According to Councilman Jim Frederick, his Waste

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The disposition of all cases are subject to change without notice.
This document is a SCPD Department Head Report and is freely available for
examination at the Sac City Municipal Utility Building.
Water department, (to which he is the city council’s
liaison,) met with a potential bidder for the Waste
Water Treatment Plant that will be cheaper than the
current estimate. According to Mr. Frederick, the
details aren’t worked out yet.

There was a meeting on the morning of October 20th

with 25 potential bidders for the Waste Water Treat-
ment plant rebuild. Some concern was expressed
by those contractors regarding the “buy American”
clause attached to the stimulus money.

According to Councilman Bill Brenny, the fire board

is trying to bang out another 28E agreement and is
again experiencing difficulty with the Wall Lake
Township. He said that he thinks those difficulties,
which primarily involved a perception of dispropor-
tionate fees, have been resolved and that the 28E will

be passed at the next Fire Board meeting.

According to Mr. Frederick, the park board will now switch its focus from the Chautauqua building to updating playground equipment in City Park. They will
attempt a community fundraiser to finance building a core playground that they can then expand on every time they find more money with which to do so.

The Planning and Zoning Board is planning to host a training forum on specific zoning issues facing Sac City. The training will take place on December 2, 2009
at 6:30 PM in the city council chambers. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TIME AND DATE FOR THIS MEETING IS NOT FIRM. It will be finalized at the
November 2, 2009 Planning and Zoning meeting

Because it is a training that deals with specific Sac City business, all of the open meeting requirements will have to be met, UNLESS the members of the Sac
City Planning and Zoning Board continue to act in the usual underhanded way that has become a trademark of that institution and show up in less than quorum
numbers with the intention of “passing the information on” to the other members so that they can keep what they discuss a secret.
Mr. Ledford asked that the members of the City Council RSVP the event in the case that THEY have a quorum interested so that they can comply with Iowa’s
open meeting laws. Conitinued on Next page BUSINESS
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 BUSINESS Conitinued from previous page

Other groups that were invited and will have to post

agendas and minutes should they attend are the Sac
County Supervisors, the County Planning and Zon-
ing board and Board of Adjustment, the City Board
of Adjustment.

Mr. Ledford asked that the finance committee begin

to meet next month to start working on initial budget
plans.

Mr. Ledford reminded the members of the council

that the sac City Library turned 20 years old in Sep-
tember.

According to Mayor Powell, the new director of the

Sac Community Center (whose name she did not
mention, [Chelsea Bengford… ed]) is due to begin
on November 2, 2009. She has apparently had ex-
perience working in the area of “heart rehab”. Said
Mayor Powell, “I’m looking for cooperative efforts
with different areas of our community.” Apparently
Director Bengford is interested in initiating an after-
school exercise program.

Iowa Core Curriculum

presentation emphasizes
ways teaching must change

When the October 19, 2009 Joint School Board
meeting reached an item named “Iowa Core Cur-
riculum” on the agenda Julie Meyer, a ¾ time
middle school social studies teacher with East Sac
County Schools presented to the boards and those
assembled a couple of videos that she found on the
web. The following is the text of the first video, en-
titled “Did you know?” (WARNING; both of these
videos are a little late 2008ish and don’t contain
all of the new technology that has been developed
or embraced over the course of the last year. Both
make the point regarding the disconnect between
the US and the world, and between the generations
in the US.)

- If you’re 1 in a million in China, there are
1,300 people just like you
- China will soon become the number one
English speaking country in the world
- The 25% of India with the highest I.Q.
is greater than the entire population of the United
States. TRANSLATION: India has more Honors
kids than America has kids.
- The top 10 in demand jobs in 2010 did
not exist in 2004.
- We are currently preparing students for
jobs that don’t exist yet, using technology that
doesn’t exist yet to solve problems we don’t even
know are problems yet.
- The US Department of Labor estimates
that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs by the age
of 38.
- 1 in 4 workers has been with their current
employer for less than a year. 1 in 2 has been there
less than 5 years
- 1 out of 8 couples married in the US last
year met online.
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East Sac County Basic Reading Inventory Scores
The following data was presented to the WLVA and Sac School Boards on October 19, 2009. It is a snapshot of East
Sac County Student reading skills, or an Inventory of the basic reading skill of the 9th through 11th graders.
Fluency
9th Grade Students
Advanced 75th percentile or above (134 words per minute
or more): 58% or 33 students
Proficient 50th-74th percentile (113-133 words per min-
ute): 19% or 11 students
Needs intervention 25th-49th percentile (85-112 words per
minute: 12% or 7 students
Needs substantial Intervention 0-24th percentile (84 or
less words per minute: 11% or 7 students
10th Grade Students
Advanced 75th percentile or above (134 words per minute
or more): 58% or 48 students
Proficient 50th-74th percentile (113-133 words per min-
ute): 30% or 24 students
Needs intervention 25th-49th percentile (85-112 words per 10th Grade Students: 9 students need substantial interven-
minute: 6% or 5 students
Needs substantial Intervention 0-24th percentile (84 or
less words per minute: 5% or 4 students
11th Grade Students
Advanced 75th percentile or above (134 words per minute Need Intervention: 2-3.5
or more): 47% or 35 students
Proficient 50th-74th percentile (113-133 words per min-
ute): 31% or 23 students
- There are over 200 million users regis-
tered on MySpace. If MySpace were a country
it would be the 5th largest in the world, (between
Indonesia and Brazil).
- The number 1 ranked country in broad-
band internet penetration is Bermuda. #19 the
United Sates. #22 Japan
- We are living in exponential times
- There are 31 billion searches on Google
every month. In 2006 this number was 2.7 billion. they learn in the first year will be outdated by the
To whom were these questions addressed before
Google?
- The first commercial text message was
sent in December of 1992. Today the number of
text messages sent every day exceeds the total
population of the planet.
- Years it took to reach a market audience
of 50 million: Radio, 38 years… TV, 13 years…
Internet, 4 years… IPod, 3 years… Face Book, 2
years…
- The number of internet devices in
1984 was 1,000… in 1992, 1,000,000… in 2008,
1,000,000,000
- There about 540,000 words in the English - During the course of this presentation
language, about 5X as many as during Shake-
speare’s time.
- It is estimated that a weeks worth of the
New York Times contains more information than a So what does it all mean?
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Needs intervention 25th-49th percentile (85-112 words per
minute: 12% or 9 students
Needs substantial Intervention 0-24th percentile (84 or
less words per minute: 11% or 8 students
BRI Comprehension
10 questions are orally asked about the passage the student this week.
has just read:
• 6 fact questions
• 1 thematic question
• 1 inference question
• 1 evaluative question
• 1 vocabulary question
Comprehension (4+ errors): Substantial Intervention
11th Grade Students: 4 students need substantial interven- - I Blog
tion
tion
9th Grade: 13 students need substantial intervention
Comprehension Percentile Scoring
No Intervention Needed: 0-1.5
Substantial Intervention Needed: 4+
person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the - There are more honor students in China,
18th century.
- It is estimated that 4 exabytes, (4.0 X
10^19) will be generated this year. That is more
than the previous 5000 years.
- The amount of new technical information old. Most of those jobs do not exist today
is doubling every 2 years… for students starting a
4 year technical degree this means that half of what
time of their third year of study
- NTT of Japan has successfully tested
a fiber optic cable that pushes 14 trillion bits per
second down a single strand of fiber. That is 2,660
CDs or 210 million phone calls every second. It is
currently tripling every 6 months and is expected to - Teach me to think.
do so for the next 20 years.
- By 2013 the supercomputer will be
built that exceeds the computational capabilities
of the human brain. Predictions are that by 2049,
a $1,000 computer will exceed the computational
capabilities of the entire human species.
67 babies were born in the US, 274 babies were
born in China, 395 babies were born in India and
694,000 songs were downloaded illegally
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The second video was entitled, “The
vision of K-12 Students Today” and it followed
the same sort of format. The second video was a
series of school children holding up placards with
facts on them. The following is the text of that
video:
- Students will use engaging technologies
in collaborative, inquiry based learning environ-
ments with teachers who are willing and able to
use technology’s power to assist them in trans-
forming knowledge and skills into products, solu-
tions, and new information.
- I am a 21st Century learner.
- I game 3 ½ hours per week.
- I will spend 16 ½ hours watching TV
- 5 ½ hours on the computer.
- 2 hours reading a book.
- I listened to 5 ½ hours of Harry potter
on my IPod this week.
- We expect to be able to create, consume,
remix, and share information with each other.
- My parents use e-mail.
- I text
- …instant message
- 76% of my teachers have never used
Wikis, Blogs, or Podcasts.
- At least once a week 14% of my teach-
ers let me create something with new technology.
63% never do.
- 61% of my reading teachers never use
digital storytelling software.
- We learn by doing. What are we learn-
ing just sitting here?
- How do you learn?
- What kind of education would you want
me to have if I were your son or daughter?
- By the year 2016, the largest English
speaking country will be China!
then there are people in North America, but only
half of us will graduate from high school. [At this
point several kids hold up signs that say, “Will
I?”]
- I will have 14 jobs before I am 38 years
- [Student holds up list of spelling drills
written on notebook paper] How will this help
me?
- [Student holds up digital camera] How
could this help me?
- [Student wears an IPod] Or this?
- [Student sits at laptop] Or this?
- Teach me to think, to create, to analyze,
to evaluate, to apply.
- Let me use the WWW (Whatever,
Whenever, Wherever).
- Let me tell a story digitally.
- Engage me, we are digital learners.
Ms. Meyer finished her presentation emphasizing
that in order to be successful, students will have
to be taught to weave together the core subjects
with 21st century interdisciplinary skill sets such
as literacy in the disciplines of technology, health,
financial management, employability and civic
literacy.
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TRAFFIC COURT
6-10 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Michael Patrick McNamara, Galena MO
Katrina Bree Person, Sioux City IA
Vicki Ann Luy, Early IA
Perry Marc Nelson, Shoreview MN
Josh Steinbrecher, Ames IA
Wesley Scott Ridlen, Poplar Bluff MO
Sarah Jean Chandler, Dow City IA
Timothy Ray Lamaak, Lake View IA
Kathy Lynne Larson, Odebolt IA
Mason John Hansen, Missouri Valley IA
Scott Gerald Vogl, Morgan MIN
Lucinda M. Rawls, Waterbury CT
Nancy Jean Zubrod, Merrill IA
Ronald J. Hagerty, Epworth IA
Dennis Keith Jorgensen, Sioux City IA
Brian T. Galvin, Omaha NE
Julia Evelyn Anderson, Granite Falls MN
Kiel Lloyd Kello, Bainbridge Island State Not
Available
Christopher Janssen, Auburn IA
Kyle Joshua Rosauer, Sac City IA
Shannon Gerard Kropp, Mason City IA
Brette Nicole Manthe, Merrill IA
David Lester Bonfantine, Carmichael CA
Harrison Stanley Kibombo, Waverly IA
Matthew Allen Theilen, Nashua IA
6-10 OVER IN A 35 MPH ZONE
Nicole R. Kissner, Milan IL
DARK WINDOW/WINDSHIELD
Justin Claude Gross, Marcus IA
SMALL CLAIMS
10/22/09-10/28/09
SCSC013988
Defendant: Taylor Trucking, Galva IA
Defendant: Edward D. Taylor, Galva IA
Plaintiff: A & C Trucking LLC, Schaller IA
Judgement for Plaintiff: $1645.58 + $122 costs
SCSC014017
Defendant: Suzanne Rae Shell, Schaller IA
Plaintiff: Warrens Service, Schaller IA
Dismissed w/o Prejudice
SCSC014020
Defendant: Michael Mitchell, Sac City IA
Defendant: Retta Kay Mitchell, Sac City IA
Plaintiff: L.F. Noll, Inc, Sioux City IA
Judgement for Plaintiff: $1536.16 + $123.70 costs
CASES FILED
SCSC014026
Defendant: Douglas Orbra Geery, Sac City IA
Plaintiff: Larry Beckman Motors Inc, Odebolt IA
Date Filed: October 23, 2009
FAIL TO MAINTAIN SAFETY BELTS
Frankie Leroy Peterson, Newell IA
David Edwin Edge, Humboldt IA
Dan Joseph Ludwig, Lake City IA
Bret William Crabb, Sac City IA
Larry J. Bellcock, Sac City IA
Stacy Allen Daisy, Sac City IA
OPERATION W/O REGISTRATION
Dan Joseph Ludwig, Lake City IA
FAIL TO DISPLAY REGISTRATION
PLATE
Michael Werneburg, Schaller IA
Jason Jimmie Groll, Good Thunder MN
11-15 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Sandra Sue Schmitt. Wall Lake IA
Edward Harold Morisch, Spencer IA
FAIL TO OBEY STOP OR YIELD SIGN
Jeremy Ryan Robely, Early IA
Stephen Robert Troja, Grimes IA
OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE
WITH EXPIRED LICENSE
Suzanne R. Shell, Schaller IA
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SAFETY
MAX. HOURS OF SERVICE VIOLATION REG.RULES
Saulius Macenis, Oaklawn IL Zeljko Maric, Waterloo IA
Jason Jimmie Groll, Good Thunder MN Saulius Macenis, Oaklawn IL
Brian Joseph Dittmer, Lacona IA
FAIL TO DISPLAY IDENTIFICATION Donald R. Walter, South Bend IN
Jason Jimmie Groll, Good Thunder MN Mark Jelto Pruismann, Webster City IA
SCSC014027
Defendant: Robert F. Jennings, Sac City IA
Plaintiff: Hauge Associates Inc, Sioux Falls SD
Date Filed: October 23, 2009
SCSC014028
Defendant: Elizabeth J. Jensen, Early IA
Plaintiff: Hauge Associates Inc, Sioux Falls SD
Date Filed: October 23, 2009
SCSC014029
Defendant: Thomas D. Miller, Schaller IA
Plaintiff: Hauge Associates Inc, Sioux Falls SD
Date Filed: October 23, 2009
SCSC014030
Defendant: Melinda Ann Peters, Wall Lake IA
Defendant: Paul Edward Peters, Odebolt IA
Plaintiff: Hauge Associates Inc, Sioux Falls SD
Date Filed: October 23, 2009
SCSC014031
Defendant: Debbie Sue Ross, Sac City IA
Plaintiff: Hauge Associates Inc, Sioux Falls SD
Date Filed: October 23, 2009
All People in this list have been found or
have pled guilty to these charges on or
between the dates of October 22, 2009
and October 28, 2009
EXCESSIVE LENGTH
Timothy M. Drapak, Darien IL
UNSAFE PASSING
Yusuf O. Dawody, Sioux City IA
MAX. GROSS WEIGHT VIOLATION
Kenneth A. Sorensen, Pocahontas IA
FOLLOWING TOO CLOSE
Karen B. Floresmarin, Denison IA
16-20 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Jeffery Lee Utesch, Sioux City IA
Yusuf O. Dawody, Sioux City IA
FAIL TO HAVE A VALID DL
Jade A Newman, Dunlap IA
1-5 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Jordan David Lill, Grand Forks ND
11-15 OVER IN A 25 MPH ZONE
Matthew R. Horstmann, Sutherland IA
SCSC014032
Defendant: Earl Dean Schade, Lake View IA
Plaintiff: Hauge Associates Inc, Sioux Falls SD
Date Filed: October 23, 2009
SCSC014033
Defendant: Amy L. Hedberg, Sac City IA
Plaintiff: Check Pro, Sioux City IA
Date Filed: October 26, 2009
SCSC014034
Defendant: Theodore John Ulmer, Wall Lake IA
Plaintiff: Midland Funding LLC, ADDRESS NOT
AVAILABLE
Date Filed: October 26, 2009
SCSC014035
Defendant: Jay Francis Brenner, Schaller IA
Plaintiff: Andrea Daniels, Humboldt IA
Date Filed: October 28, 2009
SCSC014036
Defendant: Brandi Teagland, Odebolt IA
Defendant: Ron Teagland, Odebolt IA
Plaintiff: Hawkeye Adjustment Service, Sioux City IA
Date Filed: October 28, 2009