The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors failed to decide on a fiscal year 2017 raise for county employees Thursday morning.
Prior to the vote, department heads including Sheriff Marty Arganbright and General Services Manager Ron Allen urged the Supervisors to not consider health insurance costs when setting the salary increase, noting its unfairness to employees that don’t receive health insurance benefits from the County.
A motion made by Supervisor Jerry Caraher for a zero-percent salary increase failed 2-2, with Caraher and Mike Dickson voting ‘aye’, and Everett Grasty and Clifford Carney voting ‘nay’. A motion made by Grasty for a one-percent salary increase failed 2-2, with Grasty and Carney voting ‘aye’, and Caraher and Dickson voting ‘nay’. Supervisor Tom Rutledge was absent for both votes.
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Two Adair County communities are featured destinations in the Iowa Dream Trip giveaway sponsored by Travel Iowa.
On the first day of a three-day excursion, winners of the contest will visit Orient’s Henry A. Wallace Country Life Center, where they will enjoy a meal prepared with fresh ingredients grown on site.
Contest winners will then spend the night at Greenfield’s Warren Cultural Center, staying in a special bedroom suite overlooking the Norman Lear Theater.
For more information on the contest, click here: http://www.traveliowa.com/explore/itineraries?id=91
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The Guthrie Center speech team had a successful trip to the state large group contest on Saturday, February 6th.
Two of the team’s entries received a division 1 rating, including the choral reading group of Joey Spencer, Parker Schwartz, Bailey Waddell, Mariana Leon, Anita Alvarez, Hannah Waddell, Monica Breslin, Tabby Herron, Sam Vannatta, Mikayla Jackson, JoJo Wood, Ross Rumelhart, Justice Baker, Tabby Van Unen and Hunter Vasey. Additionally, the mime group of Stacie Penton, Morgan Vaughan, Mikayla Jackson and Abby Thompson also received a division 1 rating.
The team will compete in the individual district contest at Ames High School on Saturday, February 27th.
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All local 4-Her’s showing livestock at the Guthrie County Fair, Iowa State Fair and Ak-Sar-Ben are reminded that they must be Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) certified.
Guthrie County Extension Office Coordinator Vicki Frohling says FSQA training will take place February 23rd from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the Community Building at the County Fairgrounds. Additionally, FSQA testing will take place February 23rd and 25th from 3:00-4:30 p.m. at the Extension office in Guthrie Center.
For more information call 641-747-2276.
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A Panorama senior was recently selected to play in Iowa’s high school football all-star game.
Gabe Richey will be on the south team for the 2016 Iowa Shrine Bowl. Players are selected through nominations by coaches, statewide media ballots and official invitation from Shrine Bowl officials.
The 2016 Shrine Bowl will take place Saturday, July 23rd at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.