Mar 5, 2021
Janette Rae (Hineman) Tool was born on September 20th, 1953. She passed away in her home on March 2nd, 2021 surrounded by her family and under the care of hospice. Janette was the 2nd of 3 children of Raymond and Margene (Thurston) Hineman. She attended Garwin High school and graduated in 1971. She then attended Northwest Missouri State and received her teaching degree for Secondary Education.
Janette met the love of her life David Tool thru mutual friends. They enjoyed many motorcycle rides together and the couple was wed on November 27th, 1982 in a beautiful ceremony at Janette’s parents’ home. After their wedding they settled down in Toledo to start a family and later moved to Green Mountain to raise their children. Rebecca was born in 1984 and Darin completed their family in 1988. Janette and David were happily married until his death in 2004.
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Three area wrestling teams will compete in regional duals for a chance to advance to the 2021 State Duals held next Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
West Delaware will host 24th ranked South Tama and DeWitt Central at the Seedorff Gymnasium as the Hawks will face the winner in the regional dual final as they look to get back to the State Duals and capture their third straight 2A state title. The Hawks defeated South Tama on January 21st 59-15 at home in a WaMaC double dual. The last meeting between the Hawks and DeWitt Central came last season as they downed the Sabers 73-9 as part of a double dual in DeWitt’s last season in the conference.
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Former STC administration Brent Bagnall (front) and Roy Frakes (right) walk off the stage at the 2019 graduation along with Superintendent Jared Smith.
Three separate age discrimination lawsuits have been filed against the South Tama County School District and Superintendent Jared Smith.
Former high school principal Roy Frakes, former high school Activities Director/Assistant Principal Brent Bagnall and former Food Service Director Sandy Jantzen filed lawsuits in Tama County district court last month against Smith and the district for denying promotions and/or terminating employment due to age discrimination, actions they are claiming have violated Iowa’s Civil Rights Act.
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The South Tama County School Board met in person for the first time this school year. Meetings have been taking place over Google Meets due to the pandemic. Four of the five members including Alan Kline, Mandy Lekin, Penny Tyynismaa and Clint Werner along with Superintendent Jared Smith gathered at the Partnership Center gym. Ron Houghton joined the meeting online.
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The sale of South Tama school property was approved at Monday’s school board meeting. Following a public hearing at the beginning of the board’s regular meeting on Feb. 1, the South Tama County School Board approved the sale of the former South Tama Primary building lot to Chicago-based developer National Retail Development, LLC for $50,000.
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