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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter hit a two-run home run and Matt Holliday drove in two with a two-out hit to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 5-4 on Wednesday night. Carpenter’s ninth homer of the season in the seventh gave the win to Seth Maness. Tony Cruz got hit by starter Jordan Lyles’ first pitch of the inning and one out later Carpenter put a 2-1 pitch into the right field stands off reliever Wesley Wright.
Maness gave up two hits and a run in two innings of relief. He struck out three. Edward Mujica earned his 25th save in 26 tries. He has appeared in six consecutive games, going 1-1 with four saves.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter is set to make his first minor league rehabilitation start next week. The former Cy Young winner pitched a three-inning simulated game on Wednesday. St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said Carpenter will start Monday for Double-A Springfield. Matheny said Carpenter will be limited to a pitch count in the “60s-range” in his first live action since making three starts during the playoffs last year.
Nerve issues have sidelined the 38-year-old Carpenter since before the start of spring training this season, and it appeared his career might be in jeopardy. Carpenter has made mostly steady progress during the past two months in his comeback attempt. On Wednesday, he faced teammates Shane Robinson, Pete Kozma and Rob Johnson in the simulated game.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Senator Charles Grassley says farmers would be better served by a farm bill that separates agriculture programs from food stamps but he doubts separate measures will pass. House Republican leaders are considering separate farm and food stamp bills to get the support of conservatives who voted against the farm bill last month. Grassley says Iowans tell him they want farm measures separated from food stamps.
For decades rural lawmakers have added money for food stamps to the farm bill to gather urban votes for the measure. Grassley says a combined bill costing $900 billion over 10 years makes it look like farmers are dipping into taxpayer’s pockets. In reality 20 percent of the farm bill pays for agriculture programs while 80 percent supports food stamps and related programs.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids attorney is joining the race for the Democratic nomination in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Dave O’Brien launched his campaign yesterday with events in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Waterloo.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Little League baseball coach in Des Moines has been suspended for one game after being accused of attacking another coach in front of kids. Des Moines police say coach Michael Boehler allegedly attacked coach Steven Dicks at the end of the Grandview Little League’s baseball practice Friday. Des Moines television station KCCI reports the Grandview Little League board later suspended Boehler for one game. The station reports Boehler declined to comment.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Iowa City have accused a man of mistakenly setting fire to a vehicle he thought belonged to a drug dealer. An Iowa City police complaint says 57-year-old Jerry Titus told officers he set fire to the car at an apartment complex on June 23rd to get revenge on a dealer who cheated him on a drug sale. The car actually belonged to another apartment resident.
GARNER, Iowa (AP) — After a multi-year restoration effort, volunteers are only a month away from reopening an 82-year-old Art Deco movie theater in the small northern Iowa city of Garner. The seats, screen and digital projection equipment are now in place at the Avery Theater, which began its restoration after a nonprofit agency bought the 1931-vintage building in 2008.
ROGER HALL, 77, of Massena, died Wed., July 10th, at his home. Funeral services for ROGER HALL will be held 10-a.m. Sat., July 13th, at the United Methodist Church in Massena. Steen Funeral Home in Massena has the arrangements.
An open visitation will be held at the funeral home from Noon until 8-p.m. on Friday (7/12). with a family visitation from 6-to 8-pm. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be directed to the Roger Hall Memorial Fund, to be established by the family.
Burial will be in the Massena Center Cemetery, north of Massena. A luncheon will be held at the church, following the burial.
ROGER HALL is survived by:
His wife- Shirley Hall.
His sons – Michael (Jeanette) Hall, and Richard (Deb) Hall, all of Massena.
His daughter – Nancy (Randy) McCunn, of Massena.
His sister – Allene (Warren) Roberts, of Phoenix, AZ.
His brother – Jerry (Nancy) Hall, Ames.
7 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.
LOUIS EDWIN “ED” MYERS, JR., 62, of Broomfield, CO, died July 4th at his home in Colorado. Funeral services for ED MEYERS, JR., will be held 10-a.m. Fri., July 12th, at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Walnut. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.
A lunch and visitation with the family will be held in the 1st Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, following the funeral service.
Burial will be in the Fullerton, NE Cemetery.
LOUIS “ED” MYERS, JR. is survived by:
His daughters – Tina (Ross) Gregory, of Brighton, CO., & Katie-Lynne Myers, of Northglenn, CO.
and 1 grandchild.
A tire blow-out on an SUV caused an accident that resulted in an injuries to a Nebraska woman this (Wednesday) morning, in Pottawattamie County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer driven by 22-year old Dylan Anthony Sporer, of Council Bluffs, was traveling east on Interstate 80 at around 8:52-a.m., when the left rear tire blew out.
The SUV went out of control and spun off the road about a mile and a-half south of the I-680 split. The vehicle continued to slide down an embankment before coming to rest in the east ditch. A passenger in the SUV, 72-year old Calixta Malapit Laplano, of Omaha, was injured, and transported by Neola Rescue to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs.
The Cass County Board of Supervisors today (Wednesday) approved a request by Steinbeck and Sons, to install an additional 30,000 gallon anhydrous tank on their property located about six-miles southeast of Griswold. Tim Steinbeck said the request is based on increased demand for anhydrous ammonia used as fertilizer.
Steinbeck said they currently have 12,000, 18,000 and 30,000 gallon tanks on their property. He said also that in order to abide by rules set forth by the Department of Agriculture, he’s required to seek approval from the County before the new tank can be installed.
In other business, the Board was informed a rededication of the Cass County Civil War Monument will take place this Saturday, beginning at 2-p.m. Steve Livengood explained what the public can expect to see during the event. He told the Board the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War will be on hand, along with a static displays, rifle shooting, a large canon, or Livengood’s own smaller, yet equally loud cannon.
Livengood quipped that they may shoot the cannon toward the park shelter from the southeast corner of the park, “So if it’s raining, and you’re under the shelter, the good news is you’ll be dry…the bad news is you’ll be down-range.” He said he’d rather be wet, than be down range from the canon fire.)
Of course, they don’t really shoot anything out of the canon. Dave Hancock will be the Master of Ceremonies for the event. Board Chair Mark Wedemeyer said Hancock’s great-grandfather’s name is on the monument. He said also that there will likely be some civil war re-enactors on-hand for the event, including a chaplain.
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