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A decade ago the Animal Relief Fund for a Shelter, dubbed ARFS, started by a group of Mills county residents concerned about the welfare of stray dogs and cats in the shelterless county, hatched a plan to cure the problem.

On Monday, that plan came to fruition as the shelter, now called the Loess Hills Humane Society (LHHS) opened its doors to Mills County strays at a state-of-the art, 6,000 square foot facility on 2.5 acres of land south of Pacific Junction on 221st Street.

There’s only room for three of them, but seven Glenwood-area residents want to serve on the Glenwood Board of Education.

The Mills County Auditor’s Office confirmed Friday that the seven candidates have filed the necessary paperwork to have their names on the ballot for the Sept. 8 election. School board seats currently occupied by Bill Agan, David Warren and Frank Overhue are up for election this year. All seats on the board are now elected at-large.

A Monday afternoon walk-through tour of the new high school building left Glenwood Community School District officials still feeling confident that the facility will be up and running on Aug. 26, the first day of the 2009-2010 school year.

Four members of the Glenwood Board of Education were joined by about two dozen citizens from the community as they toured the school with GCSD Superintendent Dr. Stan Sibley, contractors and architects.

Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge made a brief appearance in Glenwood Friday during an on-going tour designed to promote tourism in the state.

Judge visited the Glenwood Indian Earth Lodge and also toured the Native American artifact room at the Mills County Historical Museum in Glenwood Lake Park.