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LE MARS — The LBIC is partnering with Iowa Workforce Development and Iowa Economic Development Authority to complete a Laborshed employment study for the Le Mars area.

This study will geo-graphically define which communities contribute to the Le Mars work-force, regardless of polit-ical boundaries. This defined area is called a Laborshed area and is

based upon commuting patterns.

The purpose of this Laborshed study is to measure the availability and characteristics of Le Mars area workers. Laborshed studies are useful tools for economic development teams and existing or prospective employers to understand the local labor market, make informed expan-

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Pillowcases get a unique twist4-H project aids school-aged girls in third world country

(Sentinel Photo by beverly van buSkirk/Photo Contributed)

At left, Megan Brennen displays one of the pillowcase dresses she has worked on as a 4-H citizenship project for those less fortunate. Fifty of the dresses she has ironed and packaged will go with Gehlen Catholic students on the Mis-sion Honduras trip next week.

Below, Megan clips threads off the completed dresses.

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PLYMOUTH CO. — Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins at 2 a.m., Sunday, March 10.

Clocks need to be turned ahead one hour for Daylight Saving Time.

People often use the phrase “spring forward, fall back” to remember to change their clocks.

Daylight Saving Time will last until Nov. 3.

The change affects all

states except Arizona and Hawaii.

Sunrise and sunset will be about one hour later on March 11, than the day before. There will be more light in the eve-ning.

Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. began as an energy conservation trick during World War I and became a national stan-dard in the 1960s.

It’s time to spring ahead

Laborshed Study to be conducted in Le Mars

by kim FickettEditor

LE MARS — The deadline to reserve a copy of the Sesquicen-tennial book is rapidly approaching.

The 750-page hard-cover pictorial compila-tion of Le Mars’ 150 year

history is going to take former and current area residents on a trip down memory lane with each turn of the page.

“The book will contain 16 different chapters with categories ranging from agriculture to business education to cultural,”

said Mary Reynolds, Le Mars Sesquicentennial Co-chair. “The business chapter alone is around 206 pages.”

Readers will be able to step back in time and relive the history of Le Mars through pictures, news article and stories.

“We have categories where we compare birds eye views of buildings dating back from the early years until now, as well a section on streetscapes where we have ones dating back to the 1870’s forward and compare those to the

current day. We even went as far as to include detailed descriptions on the pictures,” Rey-nolds said.

“People are truly going to enjoy this book. They’re going to see places in this book and it will trigger mem-ories for them they may have forgotten.”

To date, 525 books have been sold with the chamber seeing sales for the book extend from coast to coast.

“Reservations are a must to have a book,” Reynolds said. “There will not be extra copies to purchase once they

Council OKs budget, levy goes down

Deadline nears for Sesqui book order

by beverly van buskirkLifestyles editor

LE MARS — An 11-year-old’s 4-H cit-izenship project will reach those less fortunate in other countries this year.

Megan Brennen, a member of the Classy Clovers 4-H Club, is coordinating an effort to make and give pillowcase dresses to young girls.

She got the idea from her church bulletin, which said the Do-Day Ladies sew a number of things.

“In the past they have done pillowcase dresses, and I thought that would be a good 4-H project because I enjoyed my citizenship project last year,” Megan said. “I like to sew and I figured I could use my talent to help people in less fortu-nate countries.”

by beverly van buskirkLifestyles editor

LE MARS — The Le Mars city council gave its stamp of approval to the FY 2019-20 budget on Tuesday.

No one from the public spoke at the noon public hearing. After closing the hearing, a motion was made to adopt the budget as pre-sented.

Property owners in Le Mars will see a mill levy of

$11.90 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. That is down from the $12.50 levy for the 2018-19 budget year.

The city’s total revenue from all funds is budgeted at $21,620,992.

Total expenses for all funds is budgeted at $21,141,335.

While not included in the city’s budget, it is also noted Floyd Valley Healthcare’s budget for FY 20 is $48 mil-

lion.Of the $8,424,195 bud-

geted as general fund income, $5,520,348 will come from local property tax.

Work on the budget began in December when the com-mittees met to go over bud-get items.

From there, department heads fine tuned their bud-gets which were reviewed by the council in February.

At that time, some $180,000 was cut from var-ious departments, some by delaying projects or pur-chases, and others by mov-ing purchases into the cur-rent fiscal year.

Those changes enabled the city to have a balanced budget for FY 2019-20.

The budget needs to be filed with the Plymouth County Auditor and the state by March 15.