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		<title>Referendum History</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Fisher</dc:creator>
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Background: In 1993 the state has put revenue limits on school districts that do not keep up with the inflation rate. The caps are put to an adjusted 2.6% increase per year which cannot keep up with the annual teacher salary and benefit increase of 3.8 percent annually. Due to 85% of school budgets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Altoona School Referendum History &#8211; Chart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Fisher</dc:creator>
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		<title>School Board Election Results for 2005-2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And nobody else ran . . .

2005 &#8211; Two openings
Kristen Dexter 1123 Votes
Helen Drawbert 1184 Votes


 
2006 -  One Opening
Sheila Lehnen 1727 Votes


 
2007 &#8211; Two Openings
Ed Bohn 212 Votes
Robert Hanks 225 Votes


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2008 &#8211; Two Openings
Robin Elvig 661 Votes
Helen Drawbert 789 Votes


 
2009 &#8211; One Opening
Sheila Lehnen 537 Votes
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		<title>Altoona&#8217;s Heather Kent wins 2009 Little Miss Chippewa Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Altoona Star Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 5, 2009 Modern Miss Pageants held the first annual Miss Chippewa Valley Pageant. The program promotes leadership skills, teaches life lessons with community service, helps gain strength through accomplishments, develops maturity and self esteem through education and gives opportunity for the future. The pageant featured age categories from age 3 to 18 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Altoona School District Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 18:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Altoona Star Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Altoona School District&#8217;s expenditure report for 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. Click here to download.
The City of Altoona&#8217;s budget comparison report for 2009. Click here to download.
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		<title>Looking to Altoona’s future: Officials to attend 15th annual rally</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Crosbie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Members of the Chamber of Commerce, including   local business owners, city administrators, governmental officials, and staff from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Chippewa Valley Technical College, will participate in the 15th Annual Chippewa Valley Rally, which begins on Wednesday, January 21 and continues through Thursday, January 22. There, attendees will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resident continues learning how to lead</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Thierfelder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   In July 2008, Altoona resident Juanita Peck joined 24 other Wisconsin residents to become members of the 13th Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program, a two-year-long initiative run by the University of Wisconsin System to help members become stronger community leaders. In the past seven months, Peck has traveled across the region to work with city, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A reminder to residents: Question unknown entities that ask you for money</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Rothbauer-Wanish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Although citizens should always question fundraising organizations and ask what the money is supporting, Altoona residents should once again be particularly aware of phone calls and other solicitations sponsored by a Boston-based organization called School Booster Company. 

   Last fall, School Booster Company contacted businesses in the Chippewa Valley, including Altoona, asking if they would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Publisher&#8217;s Note</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   This Friday will mark the end of the Altoona Star as a weekly publication. Based on the advertising conditions and the subscription counts, the newspaper continually required too much external support and was not getting close enough to the break-even point to keep subsidizing. Unlike some entities, we will not be asking for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Editor&#8217;s Note</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Thierfelder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Well, what can I say? Having to close down the newspaper is a unfortunate situation, but the numbers don’t lie &#8211; a poor economy combined with rough times for the publication industry as a whole finally affected the Altoona Star.
   The past year has been fantastic. I have learned so much about the community [...]]]></description>
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