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Pledge of Allegiance
0:00:00 – Miscellaneous
– Set PH for Wren Valley Rd ROW vacation
– MGB Flex Agreement
– 911 Tower Funding update
– Courthouse lighting for Veterans Day
– Discuss Historical Society Lease for storage in the Old Jail
– Discuss Freeport Property / IRP request
– Discuss / Act on County Engineer hiring
– Discuss Assistant Engineer hiring options0:47:22 – Andy Van Der Maten – County Attorney
Re: legal questions regarding agenda & other issues01:14:35 – Nick Rissman – Interim Co Engineer and/or Jeff Kuboushek – Maintenance Superintendent
Re: Approve hire of maint. worker, W14 Fed Aid agreement, and road projects updates
Please remember to put your candy wrappers in the trash, not the recycling bin. Most candy wrappers are made from a combination of plastic and aluminum. These materials are extremely difficult to separate, so it’s very challenging to recycle them, and they contaminate the process. Thanks for keeping our recycling clean, and enjoy those sweet Halloween treats!
DECORAH, IOWA — Luther College student Clara Wodny, class of 2024, won a $2,000 Study Abroad Scholarship from Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society. Wodny is currently studying away at the University of Nottingham in England.
Clara Wodny
The grant covers study abroad costs for undergraduate students studying English. Wodny, a double major in English and visual communication, won the scholarship by writing an essay about “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker for her application.
The scholarship has helped Wodny cover expenses while completing the Luther Nottingham, England Year. From September through June, up to 12 Luther students study away in Nottingham and take courses at the University of Nottingham. Students also take Luther courses, such as Paideia 450, in addition to taking a course where they have the opportunity to travel throughout the U.K.
“I joined Luther’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta at the end of my first year, as I already had enough credits to meet the qualifications,” said Wodny. “I was part of the Luther group of 10 students that presented papers at this year’s annual Sigma Tau Delta Convention, which was held last April in Denver, where I had two papers accepted into the conference.”
As a part of the scholarship, Wodny will write a blog post about her study abroad experience for Sigma Tau Delta’s blog, WORDY by Nature, which is scheduled to be featured in the January 2024 blog.
At Luther College in beautiful Decorah, Iowa, students explore big questions and take action to benefit people, communities and society. Luther’s academic programs, experiential approach to learning and welcoming community inspire students to learn actively, live purposefully and lead courageously for a lifetime of impact. Learn more at luther.edu.
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DECORAH, IOWA—The Acting Company, the country’s premier touring classical theatre company, will present Odyssey at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Center for Faith and Life’s Main Hall. It will be the second performance of Luther College’s Center Stage Series for 2023–24.
The production, written and directed by Lisa Peterson, is a modern retelling of Homer’s epic. Four young women trapped in a present-day refugee camp grapple with questions of home, belonging and the hero’s journey, and find themselves acting out “The Odyssey.”
The national tour of “Odyssey” premiered last month at the Marin Theatre Company, a theatre in the San Francisco Bay Area known for presenting nationally recognized and socially relevant productions.
The production is based on a translation of “The Odyssey” by Emily Wilson, who, in 2017, was the first woman to translate the epic into English. Her work and The Acting Company’s production were recently featured on an episode of PBS NewsHour.
“This is an exciting opportunity for us,” said Kristen Underwood, Luther’s director of campus programming. “The Acting Company’s work is always outstanding, and we’re lucky to be among the first to experience this relevant new take on Homer’s classic.”
The play stars Layla Khoshnoudi, Zamo Mlengana, Anya Whelan-Smith and Sophie Zmorrod as the four women forced to flee their homelands. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, each of the performers “electrify” in their transformations. Broadway World calls the piece “engaging and beautifully staged.”
The production is free to high school students thanks to a grant from the Kurtich Foundation. Following the 90-minute production, The Acting Company will offer a Q & A.
The talented chefs on the Norse Culinary Team are back with the popular Center Stage Dinner Series. The dinners feature a multi course menu to complement each performance. A separate ticket is required. Dinner seating begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Peace Dining Room on the second floor of Dahl Centennial Union.
Both dinner and show tickets are on sale through Luther’s Ticket Office in the Center for Faith and Life, online at tickets.luther.edu, by emailing tickets@luther.edu or by calling (563) 387-1357.
At Luther College in beautiful Decorah, Iowa, students explore big questions and take action to benefit people, communities and society. Luther’s academic programs, experiential approach to learning and welcoming community inspire students to learn actively, live purposefully and lead courageously for a lifetime of impact. Learn more at luther.edu.
DECORAH, IOWA—Dr. Rochelle Walensky, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will give the 2023 Dr. David J. Roslien Distinguished Lecture at Luther College. Dr. Michael Osterholm, a 1975 Luther graduate and epidemiologist, will join Walensky Nov. 1 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Center for Faith and Life’s Main Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky
Walenksy was appointed as director of the CDC in January 2021 by President Joe Biden and served in the position until June 2023. During the event, “Reflections on a Pandemic: A Fireside Chat with Dr. Rochelle Walensky,” Walensky will explore with Osterholm the intersection of ideology and science, as well as policies and practices during the pandemic. The event is hosted by The Center for Ethics and Public Engagement (The CEPE) at Luther.
Walensky is an internationally recognized infectious disease clinician, with her research focused on how to screen, treat and prevent HIV/AIDS. She also served as a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School from 2012 to 2021.
In 2017, Walensky was named chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and served in the position until 2021. During her tenure as chief, she worked on the frontlines in Massachusetts at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic before being named CDC director. She currently serves on the board of directors at Mass General Brigham.
Osterholm, who published Deadliest Enemy: Our War against Killer Germs, was named to Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board in November 2020 and is the McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, where as part of his work at the university serves as the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. He also serves on the Luther College Board of Regents.
The Dr. David J. Roslien Distinguished Lecture in Science and Leadership brings internationally recognized guests who have impacted society through science or leadership to Luther. Previous guest speakers include Ted Koppel, former host of ABC’s “Nightline,” and former NASA director James Hansen, who helped bring climate change into public discourse when he testified before Congress about it in 1988. The lecture is named for Roslien, who served in a number of roles during his career at Luther, including as a professor of biology, a vice president and interim president.
“It’s quite an honor to host Dr. Walensky for this year’s David J. Roslien Distinguished Lecture. Lots of students, staff and faculty have shared their deep interest with me,” said Andy Hageman, director of The CEPE and a professor of English. “They and I feel it’s a vital time to explore the ethical questions of today, where medicine, science and public policy meet.”
At Luther College in beautiful Decorah, Iowa, students explore big questions and take action to benefit people, communities and society. Our academic programs, experiential approach to learning and welcoming community inspire students to learn actively, live purposefully and lead courageously for a lifetime of impact. Learn more at luther.edu.