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September 17th, 2013 by admin

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Red Oak Cross Country Meet Results

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September 17th, 2013 by Jim Field

Event 3  Boys 5k Run CC Varsity
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Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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1 Brace, Chris              12 Harlan                17:21.68    1
2 Sunberg, Josh             11 Red Oak               17:31.68    2
3 Sciranko, Philip          12 Harlan                17:53.12    3
4 Sciranko, Michael         10 Harlan                17:58.05    4
5 Young, Brad                  Shenandoah            17:59.60    5
6 Blake, Joe                   Shenandoah            18:01.40    6
7 Burris, Preston           11 Harlan                18:02.06    7
8 Jones, Brad               11 Harlan                18:03.59    8
9 Mumm, Andrew              11 Harlan                18:03.96    9
10 Feller, Austin               Shenandoah            18:13.84   10
11 Finnell, Lucas               Shenandoah            18:18.68   11
12 Smith, Jared                 Clarinda Academy      18:29.05
13 LeRette, Logan            11 Red Oak               18:31.06   12
14 Lang, Mackenzy            11 Southwest Iowa        18:40.68
15 Williams, Josiah             Atlantic              18:41.02   13
16 Feldman, Jacob            11 Harlan                18:47.68   14
17 Jones, Ty                    Rockport              18:50.84   15
18 French, Gavin             11 Red Oak               18:56.62   16
19 Hoyt, Nate                   Shenandoah            18:59.31   17
20 Sherman, Jared            11 Red Oak               19:03.90   18
21 Munsey, Morgan               Atlantic              19:21.40   19
22 Wieser, Adam                 Atlantic              19:27.09   20
23 Schon, Travis             12 Red Oak               19:28.31   21
24 Rolenc, Weston            09 Red Oak               19:28.84   22
25 David, Hu                    Shenandoah            19:29.27   23
26 Peterson, Lane            11 Southwest Valley      19:30.68   24
27 Newton, Garrett           12 Southwest Valley      19:39.96   25
28 Peters, Tyrel                Griswold              19:43.24   26
29 Richardson, Trevor        10 Clarinda              19:47.68
30 Luckado, Tyler            09 Clarinda              19:51.00
31 Shadden, Phoenix             Atlantic              19:52.02   27
32 Shatava, Lucas            09 Clarinda              20:13.28
33 Thomsen, Michael             Atlantic              20:14.88   28
34 Meek, Dusty                  Griswold              20:19.61   29
35 Holmes, Trevor               Rockport              20:20.03   30
36 Chase, Hiser                 Shenandoah            20:20.86   31
37 Thomsen, David               Atlantic              20:28.52   32
38 Brooks, Zach                 Atlantic              20:28.84   33
39 Minter, Corbin               Rockport              20:30.65   34
40 Dyson, Ryan               10 Red Oak               20:36.11   35
41 McManigal, Kegan             Griswold              20:41.46   36
42 Jones, Tyler                 Rockport              20:42.06   37
43 Stull, Alex               10 Clarinda              20:49.34
44 Turack, Joshua               Griswold              21:02.72   38
45 Oldenkamp, Quintin         9 Southwest Valley      22:00.87   39
46 Feltner, Taber               Griswold              22:08.02   40
47 Ramsey, Grayson           09 Bedford               22:09.65
48 Turack, Joseph               Griswold              22:10.21   41
49 Haggerty, Conor            9 Southwest Valley      22:21.56   42
50 Miller, Ethan                Rockport              22:39.78   43
51 Haynes, Grant                Griswold              22:57.18   44
52 Rato Tuero, Sergio        10 Southwest Iowa        23:28.18
53 Lucas, Dylan              12 Southwest Iowa        23:32.21
54 Baldwin, Evan             12 Southwest Valley      23:46.74   45
55 Roberts, Williams         12 Southwest Valley      23:47.06   46
56 Rhine, Dillion               Clarinda Academy      25:20.68
57 Saylor, Matt              09 Bedford               25:27.96
58 Welch, Eric               09 Bedford               30:20.21

Team Scores
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Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
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1 Harlan                       23    1    3    4    7    8    9   14
Total Time:  1:29:18.50
Average:    17:51.70
2 Shenandoah                   49    5    6   10   11   17   23   31
Total Time:  1:31:32.83
Average:    18:18.57
3 Red Oak                      69    2   12   16   18   21   22   35
Total Time:  1:33:31.57
Average:    18:42.32
4 Atlantic                    107   13   19   20   27   28   32   33
Total Time:  1:37:36.41
Average:    19:31.29
5 Rockport                    159   15   30   34   37   43
Total Time:  1:43:03.36
Average:    20:36.68
6 Griswold                    169   26   29   36   38   40   41   44
Total Time:  1:43:55.05
Average:    20:47.01
7 Southwest Valley            175   24   25   39   42   45   46
Total Time:  1:47:19.82
Average:    21:27.97

Event 4  Girls 4k Run CC Varsity
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Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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1 Topham, Rebekah              Griswold              15:20.62    1
2 Hulsing, Mackenzie        09 Southwest Iowa        17:00.22
3 Mogler, Charissa          09 Bedford               17:06.62    2
4 Williams, Tiffany            Atlantic              17:07.00    3
5 Cabeen, Sarah             10 Clarinda              17:17.81    4
6 Mayberry, Mercedee        10 Harlan                17:23.06    5
7 Young, Lizzy              11 Glenwood              17:25.06    6
8 Hart, Megan                  Shenandoah            17:36.96    7
9 Lappe, Leah                  Griswold              17:46.40    8
10 Flippin, Alyx                Griswold              17:53.52    9
11 Graber, Nikki             11 Red Oak               17:59.15   10
12 Brockman, Alexis             Atlantic              18:11.18   11
13 Mayer, Elizabeth          11 Clarinda              18:12.72   12
14 Hansen, Bailey            09 Harlan                18:15.83   13
15 Maurer, Bridget              Griswold              18:17.31   14
16 Munsinger, Erica             Shenandoah            18:19.72   15
17 Vannausdle, Paige         12 Red Oak               18:22.75   16
18 Dean, Molly               10 Glenwood              18:28.09   17
19 Redler, Whitney           11 Harlan                18:30.24   18
20 Buman, Jessica            09 Harlan                18:31.15   19
21 Blum, Emily               12 Harlan                18:32.84   20
22 Shearer, Natalie          10 Glenwood              18:41.40   21
23 Finnegan, Jillian         09 Glenwood              18:48.18   22
24 Sorensen, Savannah           Atlantic              18:53.02   23
25 Ray, Angela                  Shenandoah            18:54.17   24
26 Brower, Ashley            10 Red Oak               18:55.40   25
27 Jensen, Shea                 Shenandoah            19:08.68   26
28 Kinghorn, Delaney            Shenandoah            19:12.97   27
29 McBride, Stephanie           Shenandoah            19:14.99   28
30 Finnegan, Mackenzie          Shenandoah            19:15.36   29
31 Mogler, Michaela          12 Bedford               19:18.75   30
32 McCue, Hannah             11 Glenwood              19:20.59   31
33 Wyman, Alyssa                Griswold              19:29.68   32
34 Shuler, Stephanie         12 Southwest Valley      19:34.52   33
35 Arellano, Felicia         09 Glenwood              19:37.93   34
36 Waltz, Ashleigh              Atlantic              19:39.40   35
37 Schmidt, Chantel          12 Harlan                19:48.24   36
38 VanFossen, Shelby         09 Clarinda              19:56.02   37
39 Topham, Joanna               Griswold              19:56.40   38
40 Fellers, Ellen            12 Red Oak               19:57.00   39
41 Davidson, Grace           09 Clarinda              19:57.37   40
42 Parker, Justice              Atlantic              20:02.06   41
43 Top, Kendra               12 Southwest Valley      20:19.11   42
44 Mullen, Mariah            11 Clarinda              20:35.96   43
45 Bergren, Diana             9 Southwest Valley      20:42.84   44
46 O’Dell, Elissa            09 Bedford               20:43.31   45
47 Taylor, Chloey            10 Red Oak               20:48.46   46
48 Keefe, Darien             11 Southwest Valley      20:54.52   47
49 Cornelison, Jordyn        10 Red Oak               21:14.75   48
50 Buttry, Halie             09 Southwest Iowa        21:20.24
51 Freund, Lexi                 Atlantic              21:25.18   49
52 Carlson, Haley               Atlantic              21:27.02   50
53 Martin, Montana              Rockport              21:43.24
54 Sunderman, Hannah         09 Clarinda              22:04.02   51
55 Harvey, Aunica               Southwest Valley      22:54.09   52
56 Straw, Sydney             10 Red Oak               22:59.50   53
57 Negrete, Josie               Clarinda Academy      23:51.83
58 Sewell, Angelica             Clarinda Academy      23:57.37
59 Carpenter, Samantha       09 Bedford               25:10.40   54
60 Burn, Madelynn            10 Bedford               25:49.28   55
61 Gilbert, Alyssa           11 Southwest Iowa        28:29.72
62 Fergeson, Aryn               Rockport              31:23.65

Team Scores
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Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9
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1 Griswold                     64    1    8    9   14   32   38
Total Time:  1:28:47.53
Average:    17:45.51
2 Harlan                       75    5   13   18   19   20   36
Total Time:  1:31:13.12
Average:    18:14.63
3 Glenwood                     97    6   17   21   22   31   34
Total Time:  1:32:43.32
Average:    18:32.67
4 Shenandoah                   99    7   15   24   26   27   28   29
Total Time:  1:33:12.50
Average:    18:38.50
5 Atlantic                    113    3   11   23   35   41   49   50
Total Time:  1:33:52.66
Average:    18:46.54
6 Red Oak                     136   10   16   25   39   46   48   53
Total Time:  1:36:02.76
Average:    19:12.56
7 Clarinda                    136    4   12   37   40   43   51
Total Time:  1:35:59.88
Average:    19:11.98
8 Bedford                     186    2   30   45   54   55
Total Time:  1:48:08.36
Average:    21:37.68
9 Southwest Valley            218   33   42   44   47   52
Total Time:  1:44:25.08
Average:    20:53.02

St. Louis couple buys Hotel Pattee in Iowa

News

September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

PERRY, Iowa (AP) – The historic Hotel Pattee in Perry that abruptly closed earlier this summer now has a new owner.  Des Moines television station KCCI reports that Jay and Denise Hartz, of St. Louis, have bought the building and plan to reopen it by the end of October.  The couple plan to first clean the 40-room boutique hotel and make some repairs.

Mayor Jay Pattee says the development is “a huge deal for Perry.”  Jay Hartz said several Perry residents invested a total of $500,000 to reopen the hotel.  The hotel underwent a multi-million-dollar renovation in the 1990s, but closed in 2006 after losing money. A new owner re-opened it in 2008.

Its previous owner, Leisure Hotels, said it was forced to close the hotel in August because of financial difficulties.

Pelini goes off on fans and the media

Sports

September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska coach Bo Pelini went on a profanity-laced tirade against fans and two newspaper writers in 2011 audio that surfaced on the sports website Deadspin. The audio posted Monday catches Pelini speaking with Husker Sports Network play-by-play man Greg Sharpe before his postgame radio interview following Nebraska’s win over Ohio State in October 2011. The conversation was off air.

Pelini had been criticized by fans and media in the days leading to the Ohio State game for the Huskers’ performance the week before in a 31-point loss at Wisconsin. In the audio, Pelini repeatedly uses an expletive to refer to what he calls “fair-weather” fans.

After the audio went viral Monday, Pelini released the following statement:

“I want to sincerely apologize for my comments from two years ago which became public today.  I take full responsibility for these comments.  They were spoken in a private room following the Ohio State game.  I was venting following a series of emotional events which led to this moment.  That being said, these comments are in no way indicative of my true feelings.  I love it here in Nebraska and feel fortunate to be associated with such a great University and fan base.  I again apologize to anyone whom I have offended,” Pelini said.

Good final round gives Johnson the win

Sports

September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) – Iowan Zach Johnson shot a final round 6-under-65 to win the BMW Championship. Johnson completed the tournament two shots in front of Nick Watney and three in front of Jim Furyk. The round was completed on Monday because of bad weather the previous afternoon.
Tiger Woods began the day at minus-9 and completed play the same way after an even-par 71.

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: Tue., 9/17/2013

Podcasts, Weather

September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Freese-Notis weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather info. for Atlantic….

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Area Volleyball Scores from Mon., Sept. 16th 2013

Sports

September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

(3-2) Earlham 25-23-25-27-15, Nodaway Valley 21-25-22-29-10

(3-0) South Page 25-25-25, Diagonal 14-19-22

ISU researchers develop way to help hog farmers with PEDV

Ag/Outdoor

September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Iowa State University researchers have developed a new tool to help fight a virus sweeping across U-S hog farms that has the potential to kill entire litters of piglets. Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus has been confirmed in 17 states including Iowa since its first appearance last spring. Iowa State University’s John Johnson says they’ve developed a test that identifies the animal’s immune response to exposure to help determine when it’s safe to move the hogs.

“If we say, well, the P-C-R is negative but they are antibody positive, then the producer and their veterinarian have to assess the amount of risk they’re willing to assume on moving those animals,” Johnson says. But, Johnson says, if both tests are negative, producers can be confident their pigs won’t infect a new herd. Johnson says researchers are still trying to understand this virus. “There’s just a whole lot we don’t know yet about PED as far as the whole epidemiology of the disease,” according to Johnson.

P-E-D-V is particularly devastating for piglets and entire litters can be wiped out — which poses serious economic impacts for producers. P-E-D-V has been confirmed on almost 600 farms, but is not dangerous to humans.

(Radio Iowa)

This is National Farm Safety Week

Ag/Outdoor, News

September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Those who track farm injuries say grain bin accidents and wrecks involving all-terrain vehicles are increasing, while the number of children killed in farm-related accidents is on the decline. This is National Farm Safety and Health Week and Carolyn Sheridan — director of the “AgriSafe” program at Spencer’s Hospital — says operating a farm isn’t a “one-person show.”

“This involves the entire family many times or extended family members, so when we talk health and safety we need to…decide who’s doing the jobs…Maybe we’re asking somebody who’s young to do a job they’re not quite prepared for or maybe a farmer who’s maybe retired (or) slightly retired and they might be helping through the harvest season…What are we going to be doing different to keep those people safe?” Sheridan asks. “…Remember, throughout life we have different skill sets. You know, we may have a teenager who may be asked to do something different throughout the harvest because we need the workforce. So, what is our workforce made up of and what can we do make sure that we’re keeping them safe all through the harvest?”

According to the Centers for Disease Control, tractor roll-overs are the leading cause of death on the farm. Sheridan, who is a farm wife herself, counsels folks on the farm to ask questions. “And I maybe not have driven that tractor since last harvest and I don’t remember exactly what I’m supposed to do and we’re busy and maybe I don’t ask for the right instructions or remember those sorts of things,” Sheridan says, “or maybe that tractor seat isn’t far enough ahead for me and it’s hard for me to get those brakes and things.”

On average, about 112 kids under the age of 20 die each year from farm-related injuries. Sheridan says there are a number of things families have to consider in order to keep kids safe on the farm. “Do we have safe play areas? Are we taking them along with us?” Sheridan says. “What about after school? They’re coming home alone, you know are they’re going to look for us? — things such as that.” The latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows those working in the agriculture sector are in the most dangerous line of work in America. National Farm Safety Week was first established in 1944 and is held the third week in September.

(Radio Iowa)

Chiefs off to winning start through first 2 games

Sports

September 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs don’t have a whole lot of time to enjoy their winning start with a game against the Philadelphia Eagles looming Thursday night. The Chiefs pushed their record to 2-0 with a 17-16 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, matching their victory total from all of last year. But by the time most fans were reliving the win on their recliners, the Chiefs’ coaching staff was breaking down film of the Eagles.

They worked late Sunday night and then got back to the office early Monday, finishing off a game plan that they hope will slow down Chip Kelly’s fast-paced offense. The game will also be a homecoming for Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who was fired in January after 14 seasons leading the Eagles.