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The Iowa Basketball Coaches Association has announced their 23rd Annual Academic All-State Team. 23 student-athletes were selected from over 150 nominations for the 2013 boys team and they are as follows:
This group boasts the following averages: Their average ACT composite is 29.5. Their average GPA is 3.99, and they carry a per game scoring average of 14.6points. In addition, 10 or either number 1 or 2 in their respective senior classes.
The Iowa Basketball Coaches Association also announced their girls 17th Annual Academic All-State Team. 22 student-athletes were selected from over 150 nominations for the 2013 girls team and they are as follows:
This group boasts the following averages: Their average ACT composite is 27.2. Their average GPA is 3.99, and they carry a per game scoring average of 13.7 points. In addition, 10 or either number 1 or 2 in their respective senior classes.
To be nominated for consideration, players must have had a 25 ACT composite, 3.25 GPA, and a class rank in the top 25% of their senior class. Winners will be receive certificates of recognition during their respective state tournaments.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Jake Koch had 14 points and 10 rebounds and three blocks to lead Northern Iowa to a 61-54 victory against suddenly-skidding Creighton on Wednesday night. Seth Tuttle and Deon Mitchell added 12 points each for the Panthers (15-11, 8-6 Missouri Valley).
Doug McDermott had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Creighton (20-6, 9-5), which dropped its third straight. At the start of last week, the Bluejays were ranked No. 16 but tumbled out of the Top 25 after losses to Indiana State and Illinois State.
Once in the driver’s seat for the MVC regular-season title, Creighton has fallen into a second-place tie with Indiana State. Both schools are a game behind Wichita State, which has won two in a row after a three-game losing streak. Matt Bohannon’s 3-pointer with 3:16 remaining gave Northern Iowa the lead for good, 52-49. After that, the Bluejays shot 1 for 5 from the floor – McDermott’s dunk at the buzzer was the only successful attempt – and went 3 for 8 from the line. Creighton made 5 of 14 (35.7 percent) free-throw attempts for the game.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Sheldon McClellan scored all 10 of Texas’ points in the second overtime and the Longhorns welcomed back point guard Myck Kabongo from a 23-game suspension with an 89-86 win over Iowa State on Wednesday night. McClellan also had a key steal which led to his two free throws in the final seconds for Texas (11-13, 3-8 Big 12). Iowa State had a chance to tie but Chris Babb’s 3-pointer with 5 seconds left missed and Texas’ Connor Lammert took the ball from Babb in a scramble for the long rebound.
McClellan scored 18 points. Kabongo had 13 points, five assists and seven rebounds in his first game of the season, but fouled out in the first overtime. Melvin Ejim had 20 points and 16 rebounds for Iowa State (16-8, 6-5).
Lavon Eblen speaks with Red Faust, former KJAN owner/employee, about his memories at KJAN.
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MICHAEL P. DENNIS, 65, of Atlantic, died Thu., Feb. 14th, at the Exira Care Center. Services for MICHAEL DENNIS will be held at 2:30 PM Mon., Feb., 18th in the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Sun., Feb,. 17th at Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.
MICHAEL P. DENNIS is survived by:
Wife, Betty Dennis of Atlantic
Children, Mike (Suzanne) Dennis of Casey and Michelle (Matt) Redinbaugh of Atlantic
Brothers and sisters, Dave (Patty) Dennis of Redding, CA; Bob (Pat) Dennis of Atlantic; Carol Hansen of Spencer and Bill (Cathy) Dennis of Atlantic.
Five grandchildren.
A bill that has passed its first step in the Iowa Senate Tuesday would allow more farmers to create game preserves on their land to boost pheasant hunting in the state. The bill allows landowners to offer hunting on as little at 40 acres of land for pheasants, quail and partridges. Senator Steve Sodders, a Democrat from State Center, says pheasant hunting has deteriorated dramatically in Iowa. “Farming has tore out trees we’re losing habitat. So, I think it’s much easier for someone with land out there to be able to find 40 acres along a certain waterway or tree line that they are not going to take out, as opposed to trying to take out a big chunk all in one spot,” Sodders says.
Current law requires landowners to have at least 320 acres of land for game preserves. Sodders says there are benefits for hunters and everyone else when the birds are released. He says the owners put the birds out in the morning before the hunt. Some of the birds are going to get away, and they’re going to hunt some of them.
Lack of habitat is one of the factors cited in the decline of pheasant numbers in the state, along with poor weather conditions that have hurt the development of young birds.
(Radio Iowa)
Republicans in the Iowa House are scaling back Governor Terry Branstad’s education reform plan, making it optional rather than mandatory. Representative Ron Jorgensen, a Republican from Sioux City, is chairman of the House Education Committee. “I’m hoping that all of them will opt in to the program, but…some of them may be just leery of change and whether this will work or not,” Jorsensen says, “and so they may delay coming in until they see how effective it is for others.”
Branstad has proposed a “teacher leadership” plan for schools that would give bonuses to teachers chosen to serve as mentors and coaches for other teachers in their school. Branstad’s also called for raising the beginning teacher salary to 35-thousand dollars, but House Republicans favor a lower level and plan to make raising beginning teacher pay optional, too. Linda Fandel is a senior advisor to Governor Branstad on education issues. “The teacher career pathways provide such an attractive opportunity for school districts, you know, both the teacher leadership that they put in place, and the additional funding that comes with it, that school districts will want to do this,” Fandel says.
Jorgensen — a former school board member — says it’s about giving local school officials more control. “We want to encourage everyone to come in,” Jorgensen says, “but I’d rather not mandate that they do something that they might feel that they’ve got a better system where they’re at right now.” House Republicans have settled on an optional, 32-thousand dollar beginning teacher salary. “Percentage-wise it’s still pretty good growth,” Jorgensen says. “From $28,000 to $32,000 — so we’re still going up $4000 in salary.” But that’s a far cry from the 45-thousand dollar starting teacher salary a state task force called for this past fall.
Representative Sharon Steckman, a Democrat from Mason City who is a retired teacher, says the G-O-P changes are disappointing. “It’s kind of obvious to me that this really isn’t a huge priority for them,” Steckman says. “…They cut a lot of the funding. They made it so it’s not mandatory.” Fandel, the governor’s education advisor, says a lot of schools already offer more than 35-thousand dollars as a starting salary for new teachers. “I think there’ll be a lot of conversation about what’s the right starting salary,” Fandel says. House Republican leaders hope to schedule debate of education reform in the full, 100-member House next week.
(Radio Iowa)
Here’s the (Podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic and the KJAN listening area, and weather data for Atlantic….
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342 AM CST THU FEB 14 2013
TODAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
TONIGHT…CLOUDY…BREEZY…COLDER. LIGHT SNOW LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. LOW 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.
FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. SCATTERED FLURRIES. HIGH IN THE MID 20S. NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED FLURRIES. LOW AROUND 10. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S.
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. WARMER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S.
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