FOR ODEBOLT-ARTHUR DISTRICT,
ISL ELECTION IS TUESDAY, FEB. 1
ISL ELECTION IS TUESDAY, FEB. 1
Voters in the Odebolt-Arthur School District will go to the polls Tuesday, Feb. 1 to vote on continuing the Instructional Support Levy (ISL).
Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. Sac County residents will vote at the Odebolt fire station while Crawford and Ida County residents will vote at the Arthur Community Building.
Voters will vote yes or no on the following question:
Shall the board of directors of the Odebolt-Arthur Community School District in the counties of Sac, Ida and Crawford Counties, be authorized for a period of five years, to levy and impose an instructional support tax in an amount (after taking into consideration instructional support state aid) not exceeding 10 percent of the total regular program cost for the budget year and moneys received under Section 257.14 of the Code of Iowa, as a budget adjustment for the budget year.
The measure passes with a simple majority win.
O-A FOUNDATION CONNECTS WITH ENDOW IOWA
The Odebolt-Arthur Education Foundation (OAEF) is a qualified foundation through a partnership with the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, to provide access to Endow Iowa Tax Credits. Endow Iowa allows taxpayers to receive a 25 percent tax credit in addition to normal federal charitable income tax deductions. Example—$1,000 cash gift, minus $350 federal tax savings, minus $250 Endow Iowa tax credit, $400 net cost of gift.
The Odebolt-Arthur Education Foundation was established to raise funds to help finance educational materials and projects for all students. Donations and memorials of all amounts are welcome and can be mailed to P.O. Box 482, Odebolt, Iowa 51458. Online donations can also be made. For more information on donating online, send a request to bauen@ netins.net; or contact Carol Auen at 668-4860.
Endow Iowa link
OAEF Blog
ODEBOLT CITY COUNCIL SETS HEARING
The Odebolt City Council met in special session Jan. 14 to set a public hearing date to enter a general obligation sewer improvement loan agreement. Resolution 11.05 was approved setting Feb. 7 at 8 p.m. as the public hearing for the loan agreement. The purpose of the loan agreement, not to exceed $660,000, is to pay the cost of constructing improvements to the municipal sanitary sewer system, including the acquisition of land.
BC-IG SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION CHANGES ITS NAME
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Roger Christensen, president of the local scholarship foundation announces the board of directors have decided to change its name from the BC-IG Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation to the O-A/BC-IG Dollars for Scholars Foundation. “Our school district has changed due to whole grade sharing, and the board felt this change should be reflected in the name of our scholarship foundation,” Christensen said. “Including Odebolt and Arthur in our name will eliminate some confusion for the students, parents and communities."
Scholarships are available to the students from the Odebolt and Arthur district on a prorated basis which is the same for new students entering the district during their high school years. The 2010 graduates from Odebolt and Arthur received one-fourth of their scholarship award, the 2011 graduates will receive one half of their award, 2012 graduates will receive three-fourths of their award, and the Class of 2013 will receive full scholarships since whole grade sharing began when they were freshmen.
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