SERVING LAKE MIlls AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR 144 YEARS LakeLake MillsMills GraphicGraphic Vol. 144, No. 29 Lake Mills, Iowa 50450 Wednesday, July 20, 2016 $1.00 n Area briefs Cannons to City backs daycare be fired Starting today (Wednesday expansion project July 20), the Lake Mills Police Lake Mills Community Preschool and Daycare kids for daycare, you can just as well live in another Dept. will be conducting (LMCPD) board representative, Brian Budach, present- community and drop your kids off there.” turkey vulture roost relocation ed the city council Monday, an update on their planned City Clerk, Sheryl Bell, told the council that the city techniques in several areas expansion to accommodate up to 10 more infants cur- could find the money, if they wished to approve the of town between the hours of rently on the waiting list. funding, after which, the motion to fund $25,000 was 7:30-9 p.m. The devices used Budach noted that the group is approximately approved. “I think that this is a really good problem are harmless, but extremely $25,000 short of the for you and the city,” loud and are designed to keep $153,000 needed to com- council member Scott these birds from landing in When I first got on the council, I plete the project, after the Flugum concluded. their preferred roosting areas. group did internal fund- thought they could just pull all that Budach noted that Please bear with them as they raising, wrote grants and the LMCPD currently attempt to relieve the citizens stuff, but you have to have that stuff tapped their savings. serves upward of 150 of this nuisance. “Are you asking us for for people to want to live here. children, depending $25,000?” asked coun- Nathan Ostrander, on the time of year, cil member Bill Clark. speaking on the need for ammenities such as daycare, and that this expan- “We are asking you for sidewalks and swimming pools in a community. sion will make up National Night anything that you would to 10 additional slot Terry Gasper/LAKE MILLS GRAPHIC like to give,” Budach available for the infant Out, Aug. 2 responded. He added that the $25,000 only covers the room, for which there is currently a waiting list. shortfall for the construction aspect of the project, with President and co-owner of All State Ag Parts, John National Night Out will be Tie a yellow ribbon roughly another $10,000 looming to make the new Dyke, visited the council to tell a little about the busi- held Tuesday, Aug. 2, from There is no waiting for someone to come home from service, or be released from prison, as space usable. “We have to make the room functional ness and to feel the council out regarding potential 5-7 p.m. in Oakwood Park. the old song went, rather the City of Lake Mills officials are trying to identify their exposure for if for kids, meaning we have to buy cribs, high chairs and incentives, once they are able to purchase the former The Lake Mills Police Dept., and when the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) makes its way to our part of the state. other things to make it useful.” Cummins Filtration building they currently occupy. Lake Mills Ambulance Service, Public Works Director, Ross Hanson and Park and Recreation Director, Lori Eekhoff, were Stephanie Steffens, the only council member to op- “We are thrilled to be in the community,” he said. Lake Mills Fire Dept., Lake interested in the impact the insect could potentially have on city property, and have marked the pose the funding, warned that the move could set a dan- “From the first day, it has been very welcoming, that Mills Chamber Development ash trees with yellow ribbons. gerous precedent, as the lease agreement clearly states is one of the reasons we were interested in coming to Corporation, and the Hanson noted that to their delight, they found only 35-40 ash trees on city property, with the that improvements to the building need to benefit the Lake Mills.” Winnebago County Sheriff’s majority of those being in Lions Park. “Lions Park could look pretty bare (if EAB gets here and owner. “I don’t think that anything you are doing is go- He noted their research when choosing an expansion Office will all be attending causes damage),” Hanson said. ing to improve the building for us,” she said. “It im- location, included, a look at past history. “Through our and offering various activities. The story regarding private property is speculated to be much different, driving the number proves it for the community, but not for us.” research we learned that Lake Mills has worked with Parents for DC will be serving of impacted trees in the city limits much higher. At Rice Lake Golf and Country Club, a similar Council member Nathan Ostrander, replied that the other companies in the past, and that might be an option food. The public is encouraged effort has taken place, where about 150 ash trees have been identified. improvements do help the city. “I am slightly biased, for All State Ag Parts.” to come out and meet your Hanson noted the city has not committed to a plan in terms of protecting or replacing the because my daughter goes there,” he said. “When I first He said the company has already invested $1.4 mil- local agencies. trees at this point, but that this effort will help their research into such a plan so they are better got on the council, I thought they could just pull all that lion in the Lake Mills location, and knows that there If you would like to volunteer prepared. stuff, but we need that stuff for people to want to live is much more to do. He added that the company will or help sponsor the event, or for here.” He added, “There is a reason that Lake Mills is more information, call Cassie as vibrant as it is. If there is no place to drop off your See COUNCIL, Page 3 Johnson at 641-592-5253. n Weather THURSDAY Clark makes history with her service Sunny (Heat Advisory) 94° 73° She becomes the first are headed by non-physicians. illness." FRIDAY non-physician to head the board "I appointed her in 2011, to a "When the previous chair called to ask me to be the next Chair, I said, 'I Mostly Sunny (Heat Adv.) 90° 70° three-year term. I re-appointed her in don't think so—you know that position belongs to a physician.' He replied in its 130-year history 2014, so she is in her second term," with an emphatic 'No', saying that the board's job is to protect the public," SATURDAY Scattered Thunderstorms 90° 65° BY BONNIE KAY BALDWIN said Governor Branstad. Diane said with a smile. Again the previous Chair told her that she was LAKE MILLS GRAPHIC Gov. Branstad used to live in serving her fifth year on the board and they wouldn't take no for an answer, SUNDAY Lake Mills and as he said, he knew saying, 'We have all discussed this and we feel that you are well-qualified to Sunny 83° 61° the Clarks, as well as Richard and be the chair of the board'." After many years of hard work and dedi- Charise Schwarm, who were friends And qualified she is. MONDAY cation, this former mother of two young of the Clarks. (The governor prac- Besides her Associate Degree of Applied Science in Nursing, Diane fur- Partly Cloudy 80° 60° children, Diane Clark, Lake Mills, moved ticed law with Richard Schwarm.) thered her academic background with: a Bachelors Degree in Organiza- quickly up the ladder of success in the medi- "Lake Mills and the Mayo Clinic tional Management and Communication; Masters Degree in Organizational cal field. should be extremely proud of Diane Management; Supervisory Management Training; Negotiating Skills; Man- "I always wanted to be a nurse," said Official temperatures and pre- Clark. It is historic that she is the first aging Corporate Change; Nurse Aid Teacher Training); and Critical Care cipitation as recorded by the Lake Clark. For this 1967 LMHS grad, her journey non-physician to be elected chairper- Nursing. Mills Power Plant are as follows: in the nursing field began a little later than son of the Iowa Medical Board in its Her extensive job history includes: Staff RN, Patient Care Coordina- most, after Diane (Leegaard) was married to 130 years of service," said Charise. tor and Nursing Supervisor, Naeve Hospital, Albert Lea, Minn.; Clinical Date Hi Low Prec. Bill Clark and raising their two little girls. July 12 85° 66° .53” "Diane's professionalism, knowledge Instructor, Austin Community College, Austin, Minn.; Staff RN, Intensive Her chance to garner that career had its July 13 84° 62° — and dedication will serve the board Care Unit, Naeve Hospital, Albert Lea, Minn.; Director of Nursing, Lake start in 1978, when she received a scholar- July 14 79° 61° .03” well during her tenure as Chair." Mills Care Center, Lake Mills; Occupational Medicine Coordinator, TQI ship to further her education from a club July 15 79° 58° — The board includes 10 members Coordinator and Recruiting Specialist, as well as, West Clinic Coordina- called PEO, Chapter E.X., of which she was July 16 80° 61° — made up of a number of physicians— tor, Albert Lea Regional Medical Group, P.A., Albert Lea, Minn.; Associate a member. (PEO is a philanthropic organi- July 17 85° 62° 3.72” five practicing MDs, two practic- Clinic Administrator, Albert Lea Medical Center—Mayo Health System, zation where "Women help Women Reach July 18 88° 63° — ing DOs, and three members of the and lastly, Physician Services Administrator for Mayo Clinic Health Sys- For the Stars.") After two years of schooling public.