Community’s recent challenges
As 2007 ended, our small community was faced with many sad and tragic events. We were challenged as a community to reach out, to care…and care we did! The realtionships formed in Study Circles and the skills learned in Leadership Plenty are serving this community well as we are being sensitive to the needs and feelings of the people in our community. New leaders stepped up to lead the important efforts of being community.
As 2008 began, another announcement that will impact Ellsworth. It was announced that Pella Windows, a manufacturing company in the nearby community of Story City, will be closing the first part of March. This closing will be felt not only in our commmunity, but also in our entire school district. The Horizons steering committee will come together this Wednesday to plan a meeting for community brainstorming.
Today’s headline in the Ames Tribune is “Iowa poverty rate up 30 percent” There is much for communities such as ours to do. Ellsworth has a “we can do it together” attitude!