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MARIE K. NIELSEN, 78, of Atlantic (Svcs. 12/13/14)

Obituaries

December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

MARIE K. NIELSEN, 78, of Atlantic, died Fri., Dec. 5th. A Memorial service for MARIE NIELSEN will be held 2-p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13th, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, in Atlantic. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

The family will greet friends from 1-until 2-pm, Saturday, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

Online condolences may be left at www.burmeisterjohannsen.com.

MARIE NIELSEN is survived by:

Her husband – Don Nielsen, of Atlantic.

Her sons – Pastor Phillip (DeAnn) Nielsen, of Kirkman, & Mark (Amy) Nielsen, of St. Louis, Mo.

Her daughter – Laura Kelly and husband Dan Dean, of Winslow, AR.

Her brother – Kenneth (Bonnie) Jensen, of Albert Lea, MN.

9 grandchildren, other relatives & friends.

Saturday High School Basketball Results

Sports

December 7th, 2014 by Jim Field

GIRLS

Hawkeye 10:

  • Lewis Central 41, Denison-Schleswig 29

Western Iowa:

  • Missouri Valley 49, A-H-S-T-W 36
  • Panorama 40, IKM-Manning 39
  • Logan-Magnolia 72, Whting 16

Rolling Valley:

  • Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 62, Guthrie Center 21
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 51, West Harrison 32

Corner:

  • East Mills 60, Heartland Christian 28

BOYS

Hawkeye 10:

  • Denison-Schleswig 62, Lewis Central 51

Western Iowa:

  • A-H-S-T-W 56, Missouri Valley 50
  • IKM-Manning 74, Panorama 63
  • Logan-Magnolia 58, Wayne 35

Rolling Valley:

  • Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 51, Guthrie Center 44
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 62, West Harrison 31

Corner:

  • East Mills 76, Heartland Christian 45

Saturday Wrestling Results

Sports

December 7th, 2014 by Jim Field

Joe Fitch Invitational @ Humboldt
1. Atlantic 257
2. Humboldt 211
3. South East Polk JV 209
4. Pocahontas Area 193.5
5. Aplington-Parkersburg 176.5
6. Sheldon 121
7. Kuemper Catholic 114
8. Fort Dodge JV 96.5

106 -5th Place – Kole Hansen of Atlantic
113 – 1st Place – Carter Cox of Atlantic
120 – 5th Place – Tommy Duke of Atlantic
126 – 2nd Place – Marshal McDermott of Atlantic
132 – 7th Place – Colby Sorensen of Atlantic
138 – 4th Place – Tanner Mauk of Atlantic
145 – 1st Place – Austin Williamson of Atlantic
152 – 1st Place – Reid Nichols of Atlantic
160 – 3rd Place – Zac Stork of Atlantic
170 – 3rd Place – Drake Roller of Atlantic
182 – 5th Place – Travis Petersen of Atlantic
195 – 3rd Place – Tyler Thomas of Atlantic
220 – 1st Place – Keagan Hosfelt of Atlantic
285 – 2nd Place – John McConkey of Atlantic

Coach Riley Invitational @ Greenfield
1. Clarinda 236
2. Bedford/Lenox 198
3. Central Decatur 152.5
4. Guthrie Center 131
5. Denison 112
6. Clarke 88.5
7. Mount Ayr 64
7. Nodaway Valley 64
9. Van Meter 63

106 – 1st Place – Josef Rogers of Denison
120 – 1st Place – Jared Hensley of Bedford/Lenox
126 – 1st Place – Ben Freese of Nodaway Valley
132 – 1st Place – Dusten Reed of Bedford/Lenox
145 – 1st Place – Lane Rumelhart of Guthrie Center
152 – 1st Place – Luke Strong of Clarinda
170 – 1st Place – J.J. Clark of Clarinda
195 – 1st Place – Christian Lauritsen of Clarinda
220 – 1st Place – Cale Crowder of Guthrie Center

Dan Hill Invitational @ Harlan
1. Glenwood 204
2. Gretna 199
3. Ashland-Greenwood 183
4. Logan Magnolia 173
5. Winterset 133.5
6. Urbandale 133
7. Harlan 101
8. Riverside 83
9. Des Moines Lincoln 60.5
10. CB Abraham Lincoln 18

126 – 1st Place – Gabe Holben of Logan Magnolia
152 – 1st Place – Matt Malcom of Glenwood
160 – 1st Place – Anthony Sherry of Glenwood
195 – 1st Place – Zach Haggstrom of Glenwood

Dallas Center-Grimes Invitational
1. Creston/O-M 221
2. Ankeny Centennial 156
3. Webster City 152
4. Dallas Center-Grimes 151.5
5. ADM 147
6. Grinnell 109
7. Greene County 105
8. West Marshall 100
9. Interstate 35 83
10. Carroll 80
11. North Polk 66.5
12. Des Moines East 58
13. Panorama 55
14. Carlisle 39
15. Nevada 9

Small Iowa schools may face pressure to close

News

December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

OWASA, Iowa (AP) — Across Iowa, many former rural schools are now vacant buildings, and more small schools may feel pressure to close in the next few years. The Des Moines Register reports  a budget guarantee that had help small districts with declining enrollments survive expired last year after being phased out over a decade.

So it may become harder for small schools to stay open. Today, Iowa has 338 school districts. In 1950, there were 4,652 districts. The idle school building in Owasa is symbolic of the trend because local leaders fought a 1958 law that required all schools to be part of a K-12 district.

Owasa’s school closed after an Iowa Supreme Court ruling in 1967, and the town’s population has declined 60 percent since then.

Program seeks to bring more doctors to rural Iowa

News

December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An effort to get more doctors in rural Iowa through a state-run loan forgiveness program moved forward this year, though backers say they still need more funding. The first group of students was awarded funding through the Rural Iowa Primary Care Loan Repayment Program this year. The eight recipients will each get up to $200,000 in loan aid in exchange for working for five years in small town Iowa.

Dr. Brent Hoehns, a family physician in Knoxville who chairs the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians, says this kind of investment is needed. The ultimate goal is to use state and private dollars to provide the loan aid to 20 students each year who commit to rural jobs, which can often pay less than other physician positions

GLEN E. DITTO, 93, of Manning (formerly of Audubon) – Svcs. 12/9/14

Obituaries

December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

GLEN E. DITTO, 93, of Manning (& formerly of Audubon), died Fri., Dec. 5th, at Manning Plaza Nursing Home in Manning. Funeral services for GLEN DITTO will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Dec. 9th, at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where a family visitation takes place from 9-a.m. until the time of service on Tuesday.

Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Audubon.

GLEN DITTO is survived by:

His wife – Lorraine Ditto, of Manning.

His children – Leon (Paulette) Ditto, of Portage, WI; Linnet (Robert) Nissen, of Manning, & Elden Ditto, of Anita.

His brother – Floyd Ditto, of Audubon.

His sister – Wilma (Warren) Bowman, of Audubon.

5 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, other relatives, his sister-in-law, and friends.

ROSS GUISINGER, 87, of Menlo (Svcs. 12/9/14)

Obituaries

December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

ROSS GUISINGER,87, of Menlo, died Fri., Dec. 5th, at home. A Celebration of Life Luncheon for ROSS GUISINGER will be held from Noon until 2-p.m. on Tuesday (Dec. 9th), at the Menlo Community Building, with the Menlo American Legion conducting a 21-gun Salute at Noon. Johnson Family Funeral Home has the arrangements.

Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Memorials may be directed to the Ross Guisinger Memorial Fund, in care of the funeral home.

EVELYN FRAMPTON, 89, of Elk Horn (Svcs. 12/8/14)

Obituaries

December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

EVELYN FRAMPTON, 89, of Elk Horn, died Fri., Dec. 5th, at the Salem Lutheran Home. Funeral services for EVELYN FRAMPTON will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., Dec. 8th, at the Altamont Baptist Church in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-to 9-pm Sun., Dec. 7th, with the family greeting friends from 6-to 8-pm.

Burial will be in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.

EVELYN FRAMPTON is survived by:

Her sons – Craig (Cindy) Frampton, of Ozark, MO; & James (Jannie) Frampton, of Audubon.

Her daughter – Dixie (James) Nelson, of Manilla.

Her sister – Frances Jensen, of Harlan.

Her brother – Ron (Kathy) Jensen, of Branson, MO.

6 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, other relatives, her brother-in-law, and friends.

McNees and Eilts named receive the honor of “Scrooge” in Atlantic

News

December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce, Saturday, said Karla Eilts and Mark McNees were named as this year’s “Scrooge” contest winners. Chamber Program Director Chelsea Amundson said both McNees and Eilts served as Grand Marshals in the Lighted Christmas Paraded on Saturday evening. McNees and Eilts earned their title by collecting the largest amount of donations for the Atlantic Area Chamber’s 14th Annual Scrooge Contest sponsored by Hockenberry Family Care and Longaberger Consultant – Dolly Bergmann. All contributions were donated to the Atlantic Food Pantry.

The 2014 candidates included: Karla Eilts, from Rex Pharmacy; Kevin Wieser, with Brown’s Shoe Fit; Kyle Bartholic, Youth Leader at E-Free Church; Mark McNees, Atlantic Fire Chief and U.S. Postal Service worker; and Rob Tarrell with the Cub Scouts.

Eleanor Hoover has been coordinating the contest since 2002 just one year after the inaugural Lighted Parade. She said she is “So proud of our Scrooge Candidates and our community for supporting
Atlantic food Pantry.” Hoover said also “Winning is not everything, but making the effort to win is.”

The Atlantic Area Chamber would like to thank everyone who donated. Past Scrooge titles have been awarded to: Devin Ferguson 2002, Eleanor Hoover 2003, Rex McDermott 2004, Tonia Goft 2005, Rick Harlan 2006, Mary Ann Moorman 2007, Dana Halder 2008, Tammy Wise & Janet Huey 2009, Ritchie Anderson 2010, Janet Cappel 2011, Melanie Petty 2012 and David Miller 2013.

KJAN Weather forecast for Atlantic & the area; Sun., 12/7/2014

Weather

December 7th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

(Update from the NWS at 4-a.m. 12/7)

Today A slight chance of freezing rain before 11am, then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 40. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight A 20 percent chance of rain before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 31. South wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Monday Sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 23. North northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 36. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Wednesday Partly sunny, with a high near 38.