The Ridge View Group Speech Team attended the District Speech Contest at Manson NWW.
Twelve groups competed.
Receiving a “I” rating:
Reader’s Theatre: “Murder in the Knife Room” with Jake Breyfogle, Levi Albers, Grace Naberhaus, Beth Mentzer, Jackson Struck, Leanna Vincent, Molly Reiss, Brookelyn Cudabeck, Brody Bisenius, Liz Schimmer, Emma Mentzer and Addy Tesch.
Tina Ruiz from Canada with the pen name Tina Griffith has written a book of fiction set in a house in Denison, Iowa. Ruiz has written several novels and children’s books. Look her up on Amazon and you will see the many books she has done. For her most recent book, A Frame in Time she chose the setting in part to be in her brother Gordan Sauck’s house in Denison. Sauck’s recently purchased the house and is remodeling it beautifully.
Odebolt native Cooper DeJean, a graduate of OABCIG high school and current member of the Iowa Hawkeye football team, made an appearance at Rex Chevrolet in Odebolt on Friday. DeJean signed autographs for adults and children alike who have followed his achievements in football.
Since joining the Hawkeyes, DeJean has made quite an impact. This past season, he became a starter on defense and returned three interceptions for touchdowns. He was named MVP of the Music City Bowl in Iowa’s victory over Kentucky.
Rhett Leonard has been a biker for 25 years. It started out when his kids were gone and his wife Kathy would say, “Let’s go for a walk,’ and he would say, “No, I will take my bike.” Leonard said he just got hooked on riding. He quite enjoyed it and then he started working on his own bikes and kinda got good at it so he started working on other people’s bikes. And so it began!
Martha Boyle and her husband Marty own the oldest business in Holstein. Martha is the fourth generation owner of the business McGuire Auction, now called MACI. Boyle speaks softly and strong heartedly of her Dad, Jim McGuire. She told of her father having to charter a plane, hang out strapped from the plane and take aerial pictures of your farm, then take it to be developed. It used to take 6-8 weeks to sell your farm. Nowadays, Boyle said you have to get it all sold in a few days.
A driver who pulled out in front of a semi was killed when the vehicle was struck by a semi. According to a preliminary report from the Iowa State Patrol, a driver of a 2018 Chevy Malibu was stopped at the stop sign on Highway 59 at the junction with Highway 20 and failed to yield to traffic. The driver entered Highway 20 in front of a westbound semi, registered to Elite Logistics, LLC, of Saint Louis Park, Minnesota.
Eric Zimmerman, owner and manager of Zimmy’s, does not like to talk about himself but with some coaxing and help from his staff we got a story to tell. Zimmerman started out with his uncle over at Lake Shore (then Family Table) learning the business. Then, he started here in Ida Grove at Family Table in 2010. Then, in 2013 he organized the process to remodel, adding a full bar and seating and the placing of TVs around the place to watch the games. Zimmerman states that Family Table just was not getting the night business, so adding the bar has really helped.
The OABCIG Board of Education turned to staff resignation procedures and policies following a request by a teacher to depart from the district.
Board members discussed the mid-year resignation of Paige Whitney. Brad Lundell started the discussion by stating that we don’t want to make a habit of teachers resigning during the school year. Superintendent Matt Alexander explained the procedure. He stated that he would not recommend approval of the resignation unless there was adequate replacement. He further stated that Whitney had helped in part to find that replacement.
The Galva-Holstein Board of Education met in regular session jointly with the Schaller-Crestland Board of Education on Monday, Jan 9 in the Holstein Media Center. Board members in attendance were Grant Aschinger, Tyler Gebers, Don Kalin, Beth Schossow, Jamie Whitmer, Matthew Wittrock and Jeff Witzke, as well as Superintendent Adam Bisenius.
