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Jim Field speaks with Beth Irlbeck, Cass County ISU Extension Youth Coordinator, about Rural Safety Day.
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HAROLD SCHWARTE, 80, of Earling, died Sun., Aug. 18th, at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home. A Mass of Christian Burial service for HAROLD SCHWARTE will be held 10-a.m. Wed., Aug. 21st, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Friends may call from 5-to 9-pm Tue., Aug. 20th at the funeral home, where a Wake service is at 7-pm Tuesday.
Burial will be in the St. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance.
HAROLD SCHWARTE is survived by:
His brothers – Albert (Gay) Schwarte, of Defiance; Richard (Myrna) Schwarte, of Manilla, & Joseph (Vernita) Schwarte, of Defiance.
His sisters – Sister Madona Schwarte, of Omaha; Sister Darlene Schwarte, of Davenport; Thelma (Gordon) Nelson, of Harlan, & Karen (Clarence) Brinker, of Westphalia.
And his sisters-in-law.
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. SOUTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 60S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pro Bowl running back Jamaal Charles returned to Chiefs practice with no hesitation Sunday despite a lingering right foot strain that caused soreness to travel halfway up his leg. Charles spoke to reporters before hitting the practice field for the first time since last Monday, when he stepped on a teammate during the workout. He missed last Friday night’s preseason game against San Francisco and his status for next weekend’s game at Pittsburgh is undecided. Rookie running back Knile Davis worked out with the first team while Charles was out.
Charles said it was the first time he’d had this type of foot strain, calling the injury “weird” and that “it was definitely scary” because it affected the way he runs. When asked whether there was any hesitation about practicing Sunday, Charles said, “Oh no.” The Chiefs are not scheduled to practice Monday.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sam Dorman won the his third title of the week Sunday in the U.S. national diving championships, teaming with Zac Nees in the men’s synchronized 3-meter event. Deidre Freeman won the women’s 3-meter title, Steele Johnson topped the field in the men’s 10-meter, and Samantha Bromberg and Cheyenne Cousineau won the women’s synchronized 10-meter.
Dorman, also the individual 1-meter and 3-meter winner this week, and Nees finished with the 390.33 points in the final. They were second with two rounds to go and took the lead with 80.58 points on their fifth dive, an inward 3½ tuck. They finished with 77.52 points on a front 2½ with two twists.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An apartment fire in Cedar Rapids has forced 10 people out of their homes. Fire department spokesman Greg Buelow says the blaze was reported yesterday afternoon in a six-unit, three level apartment complex. All the occupants had escaped the building when firefighters arrived. The American Red Cross was helping the displaced residents.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 32-year-old man died inside a northwest Iowa jail this weekend. The man was found dead Saturday in his cell at the Woodbury County jail in Sioux City. Authorities did not immediately release the man’s name, and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines is naming its third dog park after one of the city’s best known police dogs. The city’s parks and recreation department will dedicate the Reno Memorial Dog Park in northeast Des Moines on August 28th. Reno died last winter at age 11.
BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The owner of Skydive Iowa says a 56-year-old man who fell to his death Friday had planned only to observe the flight, not jump. Company owner Bruce Kennedy tells the Des Moines Register that the eastern Iowa man’s parachute deployed prematurely during takeoff and he was pulled from the plane. The Iowa State Patrol says that Wayne Kidrowski of Brooklyn, Iowa died in the accident.
An Iowa student won first place in her age division at this summer’s National Braille Challenge. Fourteen-year-old Lauren Thomson of Adel (who attends school in Earlham), was one of over a thousand students who participated in the competition. Carrie Thomson, Lauren’s mother, says the students were given four tests, with 50 minutes allotted to complete each test. “The whole program was created to promote braille literacy and promote braille for visually-impaired and blind kids throughout the country,” she says. “And so each test is just to promote that and to really encourage the Braille reading.”
One of the three tests graded the speed and accuracy of the competitors. “It’s kind of like dictation. You have to Braille-out what you hear,” Carrie Thomson says. “Then charts and graphs — you read the questions and you find on the chart the answers.” The other tests gauge reading comprehension and spelling accuracy. Lauren started learning braille when she was three and a half years old. She won first place in the “junior varsity” division for seventh, eighth and ninth graders.
“When they tell you your daughter’s blind when she’s four months old, you have all these fears,” Carrie Thomson says. “And then you watch her grow and see everything she’s capable of — she’s just a great kid.” Carrie Thomson says Lauren is an “active” teenager and her blindness has been just a “minor inconveniece” according to her mother. “She’s in choir. She’s in band. She’s played volleyball in seventh and eighth grade with her team. She’s able to serve the ball and did amazingly well,” Carrie Thomson says. “She was in the school play this last year. She loves to water ski, snow ski. She loves to ride her bike.”
Lauren is starting ninth grade at Earlham Community Schools and Lauren’s mother says she and her husband set “high expectations” for Lauren. “We ususally push Lauren a little bit harder than we might even push her sister, who is sighted, just because we always say that she is setting an example and setting the bar, showing people that you’re capable of doing everything they are,” Carrie Thomson says. “It just might a little extra work, a little extra adaptation to make it happen.”
All of the students in Lauren’s class in Earlham have computers. Hers is an iPad equipped with special software that allows her to “speak” to her teachers and classmates using the iPad. Lauren used what’s called a “Perkins Brailler” during the competition this summer in Los Angelos. It’s a lot like a manual typewriter, with a key for each of the six dots of the braille code, plus a space key, a backspace key and key to advance to the next line.
(Radio Iowa)
Police in Audubon have released a report on recent arrests. On Sunday (Aug. 18), 28 year old Trevor Joe Beckendorf of Audubon, was arrested for Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated, Open Container, and Speeding. Beckendorf was transported to the Audubon County Jail for processing and was released on cash bond.
On Aug. 12th, a juvenile from Audubon was arrested for Criminal Mischief in the 5th degree. The juvenile was released to the parents and will be referred to the Juvenile Court District. On Aug. 7th, Audubon Police arrested two juveniles from Audubon on charges of Criminal Mischief in the 5th degree. The juveniles were released to their parents and will be referred to the Juvenile Court District.
On Aug. 5th, 29 year old Richard Lenard Chickering III of Audubon, was taken into custody for Burglary in the 1st Degree and Public Intoxication. Chickering was transported to the Audubon County Jail and held to be seen by a magistrate. And, on Aug. 4th, Audubon Police arrested 53 year old Mark Daniel Dormer of Audubon, for Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated. Dormer was transported to the Audubon County Jail and held to be seen by a magistrate.
CHICAGO (AP) — Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright struck out 11 and allowed one run through seven innings, and Jon Jay drove in four runs with a homer and double to lead St. Louis to a 6-1 win over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. Matt Carpenter singled in two runs in the third to help back Wainwright (14-7), who was in command and allowed just five hits and one walk after going 0-2 in his previous four starts.
Junior Lake drove in the Cubs’ only run with a double in the sixth. Wainwright hadn’t won since July 21 at home against San Diego and had allowed 14 runs in 28 innings during the span. On Sunday, he faced only one batter over the minimum through the first five innings and only 26 through seven innings.