Jim Field speaks with Shawn Petersen and Lori Feistner about the Give Kids a Smile free dental clinic coming up.
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Jim Field speaks with Shawn Petersen and Lori Feistner about the Give Kids a Smile free dental clinic coming up.
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A pitching clinic sponsored by the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund brought Carlo Walton to the Atlantic Middle School every Sunday in January. Walton, a former basketball player for Iowa State University and Washburn University, also played 3 years as catcher in the minor leagues for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Pictured: Chase Mullenix, Joey Walker, Ryan Hawkins, Carlo Walton, Garrett Franken, Tyler Thomas, Kenny Jimerson, Brendan Holmes, Melanie Petty (Photo courtesy Melanie Petty)
Melanie Petty, Fund representative, said “This particular clinic was aimed at third grade through high school age boys interested in pitching. Our goal is to give back in ways that represent Trevor’s interests, and Trevor was a pitcher so this was a perfect opportunity for us.”
To date, the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund has donated over $75,000 to a variety of area projects and organizations. Their annual fundraiser, the T-Fred Memorial Golf Tournament, will take place August 9 at Atlantic’s Nishna Hills Golf Club. For more information, like the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund on Facebook.
The Freese-Notis weather forecast for the KJAN listening area and weather information for Atlantic.
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MIKE LEED, 69, of Anita, died Wed., Jan. 29th, at Bergan-Mercy Hospital in Omaha, NE. Memorial services for MIKE LEED will be held 10-a.m. Sat., Feb. 1st, at the Anita United Methodist Church. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family is from 5-to 7pm Friday (1/31) at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in ATLANTIC. Memorials may be directed to the family.
Burial will be held at a later date.
MIKE LEED is survived by:
His wife – Judy Leed, of Anita.
Authorities in Montgomery County report a man and a woman were arrested Wednesday afternoon on assault charges. 23-yearold Caleb Nathaniel Brown and 21-year old Bradina Sky Gary, both of Red Oak, were taken into custody at around 2-p.m., after officers with the Red Oak Police Department responded to a reported domestic situation in the 1800 block of East Summit Street.
An investigation determined Brown and Gary had allegedly assaulted each other. Both were subsequently charged with Domestic Abuse Assault, and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where their bonds were set at $300 each.
A large boulder painted with a patriotic theme by Adair County artist Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II, of Greenfield, will be found in the Pottawattamie County city of Oakland, thanks to the efforts of a local coffee clatch. The Daily NonPareil reports a “Freedom Rock” for Pott. County was approved by the mayor and city council, after the Oakland Coffee Ladies – a six-member group – approached Mayor Michael O’Brien about bringing it to Oakland.
LaDonna Applegate, a member of the Oakland Friday Coffee Ladies, said the rock will be placed in the Spring near Chautauqua Park. The rock is part of a statewide program that places a patriotic rock in each Iowa county. The rock will serve as a marker to attract tourists and also honor southwest Iowa veterans. Many counties have contracted with Sorensen to have Freedom Rocks painted, while four others (Shelby, Adair, Adams and Ringgold) already have their rocks in place and completed.
The original Freedom Rock is located just south of Interstate 80 on Highway 25 in Adair County, attracts about 14,000 people each year. Sorensen paints a different theme on it every year during the late Spring or Summer. The rock in Oakland is a pink granite and will be highly visible for drivers because of U.S. Highways 6 and 59 that pass through the town. The city paid $1,000 in fees to obtain the rock for Pottawattamie County.
Today: A slight chance of snow and sleet between 7am and 8am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Windy, with a south southwest wind 14 to 22 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 12. Wind chill values as low as 5. North wind 7 to 11 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Friday: Snow likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 23. Wind chill values as low as zero. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 12. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. Light north wind becoming northwest 8 to 13 mph in the morning. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 21.
A Nebraska man convicted of killing a former western Iowa woman and her husband was sentenced Wednesday to two life terms in prison. The Daily NonPareil reports 34-year old Matthew Hinrichsen, of Ewing, NE, will serve two life sentences for murdering newlyweds Victoria Lee Vargas and her husband Alex, in December 2012. Victoria Vargas was a former Missouri Valley city councilwoman. Their murders took place in northeast Nebraska’s Antelope County.
Hinrichsen – who was convicted in Antelope County District Court in October 2013 – received a life sentence for each of two counts of first-degree murder, 25 to 30 years for one count of possessing a firearm while committing a felony and 40 to 50 years for one count of using a firearm to commit a felony. His sentences will be served consecutively.
The bodies of the couple he killed were discovered in a burned-out mobile home on Dec. 8th, 2012. The Nebraska Attorney General said autopsies showed Alex Vargas was shot three times in his midsection, while his wife suffered traumatic blunt force trauma to the head before their home was torched.
Hinrichsen, an ex-boyfriend of Victoria’s, was arrested the same day at a family member’s home.