Northey to visit Atlantic & other SW IA cities next week

March 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey has announced that he will be visiting Pottawattamie, Mills, Fremont, Page, Sac, Carroll, Audubon and Cass Counties from Monday, March 10th through Wednesday, March 12th.

On Monday Northey will present the Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award in Oakland, visit Mulholland Grocery in Malvern, tour Green Plains Renewable Energy in Shenandoah and then speak to an Iowa Corn Growers Association meeting in Shenandoah. On Tuesday Northey will speak at a cover crop meeting in Sac City, tour a feedlot in Carroll and then visit the John James Audubon Cultural Center in Audubon. On Wednesday he will attend of the Triumph of Ag Expo in Omaha, Nebraska and then speak at a cover crop event in Atlantic.

Northey, a corn and soybean farmer from Spirit Lake, is serving his second term as Secretary of Agriculture. His priorities as Secretary of Agriculture are promoting the use of science and new technologies to better care for our air, soil and water, and reaching out to tell the story of Iowa agriculture.

Details of his trip are as follows…..

Monday, March 10, 2014

Pottawattamie County – 11:30 a.m., present the Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award, Oakland Community Center, 614 Dr. Van Zee Rd., Oakland

Mills County – 2:45 p.m., visit Mulholland Grocery, 409 Main St., Malvern

Fremont County – 4:30 p.m., tour Green Plains Renewable Energy, 4124 Airport Rd., Shenandoah

Page County – 7:00 p.m., speak to Iowa Corn Growers Association meeting, the Elks Lodge, 701 S. Fremont St., Shenandoah

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Sac County – 11:00 a.m., speak to cover crop meeting, First Presbyterian Church, 812 Audubon St., Sac City

Carroll County – 1:00 p.m., tour a cattle feedlot. (This is a private tour, but would be available for interviews beforehand or afterwards)

Audubon County – 2:30 p.m., visit John James Audubon Cultural Center, 401 N. Park Place, Audubon

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Omaha, Nebraska – Noon, attend Triumph of Ag Expo opening lunch, CenturyLink Center, 455 North 10th St., Omaha, NE

Cass County – 2:30 p.m., speak to cover crop meeting, Cass County Community Center, 805 W. 10^th St., Atlantic.

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Christofferson One of Four Cyclones to Earn Big 12 Conference Honors

Sports

March 6th, 2014 by Jim Field

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior Hallie Christofferson was named to the All-Big 12 First Team, while sophomore Nikki Moody was a Second-Team selection and Jadda Buckley and Seanna Johnson earned spots on the All-Freshman Team.

Christofferson, a forward from Hamlin, Iowa, was a first-team pick after averaging 18.5 points and 7.2 rebounds. In conference play, Christofferson averaged 16.5 points and was in the top-15 in the league in field goal percentage at 46.4 percent for the season. She was also second in the league with an 89.2 percent clip at the free-throw line.

Christofferson, who tallied seven double-double this season, was in double figures in 27 of 29 games, including 15 games with 20 or more points.

Moody, a junior guard from Euless, Texas, earned second-team honors for the first time in her career. She averaged 12.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game this season. Moody tallied 20 points on three occasions and scored in double digits 17 times. She recorded five or more assists 18 times including two games with 10 or more assists.

Johnson and Buckley have enjoyed standout freshman campaigns earning eight of the 18 Big 12 Freshman of the Week awards between the two. Iowa State’s two nods on the All-Freshman team is the first time in the history of the award that a school has placed two on the team in the same year.

Buckley, a guard from Mason City, Iowa, is averaging 11.0 points per game, 3.2 assists per game and 2.2 rebounds per game. Buckley has grabbed three Freshman of the Week honors for the Cyclones and scored 20-plus points on two occasions. She has also scored in double-digits 16 times this season.

Johnson, a guard from Brooklyn Park, Minn., is averaging 10.6 points and 8.1 rebounds. She has earned five Freshman of the Week honors and scored in double-digits 16 times. Johnson has also recorded nine double-digit rebounding games.

2013-14 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Awards

Coach of the Year: Mike Carey, West Virginia
Player of the Year: Odyssey Sims, Baylor **
Freshman of the Year: Nina Davis, Baylor
Defensive Player of the Year: Odyssey Sims, Baylor
Sixth Man Award: Taylor Palmer, West Virginia

All-Big 12 First Team (all honors listed alphabetical by school)

Nina Davis Baylor F 5-11 Fr Memphis, Tenn.
Odyssey Sims^~!** Baylor G 5-8 Sr Irving, Texas
Hallie Christofferson^ Iowa State F 6-3 Sr Hamlin, Iowa
Chelsea Gardner Kansas F 6-3 Jr DeSoto, Texas
Aaryn Ellenberg^~** Oklahoma G 5-7 Sr Las Vegas, Nev.
Tiffany Bias%+** Oklahoma State G 5-6 Sr Andover, Kan.
Zahna Medley TCU G 5-6 So Springfield, Ill.
Nneka Enemkpali Texas F 6-1 Jr Pflugerville, Texas
Asya Bussie West Virginia C 6-4 Sr Randallstown, Md.
Bria Holmes** West Virginia G 6-1 So New Haven, Conn.

All-Big 12 Second Team

Nikki Moody Iowa State G 5-8 Jr Euless, Texas
Leticia Romero Kansas State G 5-8 Fr Las Palmas, Spain
Morgan Hook Oklahoma G 5-10 Sr Lowell, Ark.
Imani McGee-Stafford Texas C 6-7 So Los Angeles, Calif.
Amber Battle Texas Tech G 5-9 Jr Albuquerque, N.M.

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

Niya Johnson (Baylor), Makenzie Robertson (Baylor), Natalie Knight (Kansas), Sharane Campbell (Oklahoma), Nicole Griffin (Oklahoma), Liz Donohoe (Oklahoma State), Brittney Martin (Oklahoma State), Chassidy Fussell (Texas)

Big 12 All-Defensive Team

Odyssey Sims Baylor G 5-8 Sr Irving, Texas
Tiffany Bias Oklahoma State G 5-6 Sr Andover, Kan.
Latricia Lovings TCU C 6-3 Sr Fort Worth, Texas
Asya Bussie West Virginia C 6-4 Sr Randallstown, Md.
Jess Harlee West Virginia F 6-1 Sr Bel Air, Md.

Big 12 All-Freshman Team

Nina Davis** Baylor F 5-11 Memphis, Tenn.
Jadda Buckley** Iowa State G 5-8 Mason City, Iowa
Seanna Johnson Iowa State G 5-10 Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Leticia Romero** Kansas State G 5-8 Las Palmas, Spain
Roshunda Johnson Oklahoma State G 5-7 Little Rock, Ark.

** Unanimous First Team Selection (coaches cannot vote for own players, unanimous denotes voted first team by other nine coaches)

^ 2012-13 All-Big 12 First Team Selection

% 2012-13 All-Big 12 Second Team Selection

~ 2011-12 All-Big 12 First Team Selection

+ 2011-12 All Big 12 Second Team Selection

! 2010-11 All-Big 12 First Team Selection

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Backyard and Beyond 03-06-2014

Backyard and Beyond, Podcasts

March 6th, 2014 by admin

Lavon Eblen speaks with Cass County Youth Coordinator Beth Irlbeck about the 4-H endowment fund and upcoming pancake supper fundraiser.

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Adair County Supervisors approve road name change & FY 2015 Budget

News

March 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Board of Supervisors in Adair County have approved a name change for a road that stretches from the Cass-Adair County-line northeast, to Adair. Auditor Mindy Schaefer told KJAN News the change is effective immediately, and will become official as soon as the new signs are put in place. The road, currently referred to as the Anita-Adair Road (or Highway G-30) will be called White Pole Road, just as it is in Cass County.

Schaefer said also, the Board approved the Fiscal Year 2015 County Budget, which will she will certify and be sent on to the State prior to March 17^th. The budget amounted to $14.7-million, which was primarily due bridge repairs and road projects. Schaefer said the Supervisors approved the sale of $5.83-million in bonds to help pay for those projects.

The interest rate on the winning bid was 1.51-percent, which was “amazing for a nearly 6-million dollar bond.” The bonds were sold to D-A Davidson & Company brokers, out of Denver, CO. She said all the bidding was done on-line and the bids came in from all over the Country.

The majority of the nearly 6-millions dollars (about $5-million) will be used for the TIF (Tax Increment Financing) bond, with the rest for a GIS (Geographic Information System) and a new Secondary Roads Department Administrative building.

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Doc Leonard’s Pet Pointers 03-06-2014

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

March 6th, 2014 by admin

w/ Dr. Keith Leonard

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8AM Newscast 03-06-2014

News, Podcasts

March 6th, 2014 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Atlantic saves more than $209k through street project change orders

News

March 6th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The City of Atlantic will save more than $209-thousand through the use of a change order with Precision Concrete Services (PCS) of Atlantic, for 2014 Street Improvement Projects (SIP). City Administrator Doug Harris reported the good news to the City Council during their meeting, Wednesday evening. Harris said the original cost estimate for the various reconstruction, Mill, Patch and Overlay projects was $755-thousand. He said since so many other projects have been completed, which saved 20-percent. The change order amounts to $545,857, which is a savings of $209, 143.

Because the City saved money through a change order, it will be able to have work done on all of 17^th Street from the west side of Redwood Drive all the way to the track and soccer field, instead of just from Redwood to an east dead end. But because the added portion of 17^th Street was not included in the PCS contract, it will need to go through the design process with construction to begin at a later date.

In other business, the Council tabled action on a Resolution accepting Public Improvements to the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Doug Harris said he spoke with a representative of Hawkins Construction, which has agreed to pay the City for costs associated with problems caused by the improper compaction of fill materials below the new plant’s blower building.

Hawkins has agreed to pay the City $32,000, in exchange for the City not assessing Hawkins liquidated damages for the project, which was supposed to have been completed last November. Harris said the improvements were completed and officials are satisfied. The Council will act on approving the final payment for the project at it’s meeting on March 12^th.

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