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Regular area school board meetings set for Mon. evening

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June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

At least four area school district Boards of Education will hold their regularly scheduled, monthly meetings Monday evening. The Griswold School Board meets at 5:45-p.m. in the Central Office Board Room, the CAM School Board will meet in the High School Media Center at 6:30-p.m., while the Audubon and Elk Horn Kimballton School Boards will meet at 7-p.m. at the High Schools in Audubon and Elk Horn, respectively.

The Griswold School Board will receive an update on various projects and take action on: Fuel and Tech Support bids; Snow removal, Bakery, Dairy, Vehicle, and Trash Specifications; on designating Level 1 & 2 Child Abuse Investigators, and on City Partnership Agreements. Their meeting will end with a closed session for an evaluation of Superintendent Dana Kunze.

The CAM School Board will discuss and/or act on: Open enrollment applications; an Administrative Assistant contract; The early retirement of Superintendent Steve Pelzer; Any resignations or other contracts to come before the Board; Counselor and Superintendent sharing agreements; Curriculum changes; a revision in a Board policy pertaining to graduation requirements, and legislative priorities. Their meeting will conclude after a closed session to evaluate the Superintendent.

In Audubon, the school Board will discuss and/or act on: an Elementary Project; upgrading the Elementary Camera System; a Notice of Surplus Property, and Personnel matters. They’re also expected to receive an update on various summer projects.

And in Elk Horn, the school Board will act on the resignations of: Business Teacher/Coach Kelly Juhl (who has accepted a position in the Atlantic School District); Junior High Volleyball Coach Heather Eischeid, and High School Band instructor Crystal Fischer.

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NWS forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area & weather info. for Atlantic

Weather

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Sunday, June 15th 2014 – Father’s Day

Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 9am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 16 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south southeast after midnight.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Windy, with a south southeast wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Windy, with a south wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Windy, with a south southwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Breezy.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Breezy.

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Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 81. Our low through 6-a.m. today was 61. Rainfall in Atlantic overnight through 6-a.m. today (Sunday), was .4″ (four-tenths of an inch).

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Hazardous Weather Outlook: Sun-Fri., 6/15-20

Weather

June 15th, 2014 by admin

542 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2014 NWS Des Moines

TODAY AND TONIGHT: A FEW NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY.

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY….

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME VERY STRONG WITH VERY LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL.

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch cancelled

Weather

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 298 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS APPLIES TO  ADAIR ADAMS CASS AND TAYLOR COUNTIES, AND IN  WEST CENTRAL IOWA,  AUDUBON CALHOUN CARROLL CRAWFORD GREENE GUTHRIE AND SAC COUNTIES.

 

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Iowa gambling regulators ponder casino moratorium

News

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa gambling regulators plan to consider whether it’s time to stop building more casinos in Iowa at a meeting next month after narrowly voting to approve one for Jefferson. The five-member Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved Thursday on a 3-2 vote the $40 million casino in Jefferson. It will be the 19th state-licensed casino. Iowa also has three American Indian casinos.

With 3.1 million people, Iowa has 18,000 slot machines and about 470 tables for poker and other games at the 18 state-run casinos. Two consulting firms hired by the commission say Iowa’s modest population growth and increasing gambling competition from adjacent states limits future growth potential.

They recommended no more casinos, and commission chairman Jeff Lamberti says that will be discussed at the July 31 meeting in Johnston.

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NWS forecast for Cass & area Counties: Sun., 6/15/2014

Weather

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

346 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2014

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 298 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT…

EARLY THIS MORNING…PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 100 PERCENT.

TODAY…CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN MOSTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE NOON. SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. WEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING…THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 PERCENT.

MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.

TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.

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College World Series results from Sat., June 14 2014

Sports

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dansby Swanson doubled in two runs and Adam Ravenelle pitched 2 1-3 innings of shutout relief to help Vanderbilt beat Louisville 5-3 in the College World Series on Saturday night. The Commodores (46-19) won in a grinding, 3-hour, 40-minute game that saw Louisville (50-16) issue nine walks, its third-most of the season. One of the Cardinals’ two wild pitches produced a Vanderbilt run.

Another run, and a big one, came home on a passed ball after the Commodores saw their 4-0 lead shrink to 4-3 in the seventh. It looked like catcher Kyle Gibson was setting up for a pitch-out, but reliever Kyle McGrath pitched to the plate and Gibson let the ball get past him, allowing Vince Conde to score. Carson Fulmer (7-1) worked six innings for the win, and Ravenelle retired seven of the last eight Louisville batters for his first save. Kyle Funkhouser (13-3) took the loss.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Taylor Sparks hit his nation-leading ninth triple of the season to fuel UC Irvine’s three-run eighth inning Saturday in the Anteaters’ 3-1 victory over Texas in the opening game of the College World Series. The Anteaters had been shut out for seven innings before they broke through against Texas starter Nathan Thornhill (8-3) and reliever John Curtiss.

One of the last four teams selected for the NCAA tournament, UC Irvine (41-23) continued to amaze during a postseason run in which it knocked off No. 1 national seed Oregon State and swept a super regional at Oklahoma State. The Anteaters advanced to a winner’s game Monday against Vanderbilt, a 5-3 winner over Louisville in the night game. The Longhorns (43-20) play Louisville.

Evan Brock (9-6) earned the win, pitching 2 1-3 innings of no-hit relief and striking out the side in the ninth.

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Cardinals beat Strasburg, Nationals 4-1

Sports

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Adams hit the go-ahead home run for the second straight game, connecting off Stephen Strasburg in St. Louis’ three-run seventh inning, and the Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 4-1 on Saturday night.

Adams snapped a 1-all tie with his sixth homer leading off the seventh, driving a 3-1 offering from Strasburg (6-5) over the wall in right-center. On Friday, he homered on his first swing since coming off the 15-day disabled list from a left calf strain, lifting St. Louis to a 1-0 victory.

The Cardinals batted around in the seventh with the help of two infield hits, a hit batter and two walks, one of them by Matt Holliday with the bases loaded against Drew Storen.

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Wainwright to skip start

Sports

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright will skip a turn in the rotation to allow tendinitis in the back of his pitching elbow to subside. General manager John Mozeliak says it hasn’t been determined who will take Wainwright’s spot on Monday night against the Mets.

Wainwright is tied for the National League lead with nine wins

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Iowa early News Headlines: Sun., June 15, 2014

News

June 15th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Presidential hopefuls Senator Rand Paul, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Senator Rick Santorum are in Iowa to deliver their prescriptions for how to unite the Republican Party. The three were the most notable figures to speak Saturday at the Iowa Republican State Convention in Des Moines.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa farm where the baseball film “Field of Dreams” was filmed is hosting a 25th anniversary celebration this weekend. Stars such as Kevin Costner and Timothy Busfield joined thousands of people from all over the Midwest at the remote locale Friday and Saturday. Costner, who played Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella in the film, says the movie remains a “high mark” in his acting career.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The Salvation Army in Cedar Rapids is again participating in the Summer Food Service Program, offering free meals to children. Breakfast and lunch will be provided Monday through Friday at The Salvation Army in Cedar Rapids from Monday through August 22nd. Breakfast will be served from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., and lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal authorities have arrested two Chinese nationals — one of them a former Iowa State student — accused of smuggling technology with military uses. The Des Moines Register reports it obtained federal documents Friday showing that the former student, 29-year-old Wentong Cai, and an associate, 28-year-old Bo Cai, were arrested in February.

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