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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell has asked a judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit he filed against Iowa activist Ed Fallon. Fallon alleges he was offered a job to not run against Boswell in 2008. The allegation was made by Fallon in September as Boswell was facing a tough re-election campaign against Republican Rep. Tom Latham. Boswell lost to Latham in November.
Fallon, a former state lawmaker, lost the 2008 Democratic primary to Boswell. He alleged that Boswell sent an aide to offer him the job to drop out of the race. Boswell denied the allegations and filed the lawsuit in late September. Boswell attorney Steve Wandro says Boswell decided to end the lawsuit after determining there’s nothing to gain now that the election is over.
Last Thursday, KJAN News told you that the Iowa West Foundation (IWF) had announced its 4th Quarter 2012 grant recipients, which included the City of Kimballton, for park and trail improvements. Jill Madsen, chair of the Little Mermaid Trail Committee, says the $38,000 IWF grant will be used for the Kimballton City Park portion of the project.
Late last fall Kimballton city employees and volunteers disassembled and hauled away old playground equipment to make room for new equipment that’s been ordered and scheduled to be installed in the spring of 2013. The park improvements also call for construction of a new public restroom.
“Thumbelina” print, one of 6 sketches to be turned into a 3-D bronze sculpture.
And, as we mentioned last month, an entirely new addition to the park will include sculptures of the most famous of the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s characters. The sculptures will be mounted on pedestals containing speakers where visitors will be able to listen to the famous tales. Troy Muller, Art Director of Century Art Guild in Kimballton has been contracted to create the bronze sculptures.
The Danish Villages of Elk Horn/Kimballton were designated as an Iowa “Great Place” in 2010 and since that time has completed the first leg of the Little Mermaid Trail, running six-tenths of a mile west of The Danish Immigrant Museum. This second project was recently awarded $111,410 from the Great Places program for the Kimballton Park.
To help raise funds to complete the project, the committee is offering sponsorships of the bronze statues. A $1,000 donation will get your name on one of the statues that will be erected. If you would like to find out more about how you can contribute to the park project, please contact Jill Madsen, 712-764-6161 or email her at jill@metc.net.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A public visitation for baseball great Stan Musial will be Thursday at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer died Saturday at age 92. The Cardinals announced Monday that the public visitation will be 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, also at Cathedral Basilica. New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson and Bishop Richard Stika will officiate.
Following the Mass, the funeral procession will travel to Busch Stadium where the family will lay a wreath at the base of the Musial statue. After that, a private burial is planned. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Covenant House or a charity of choice in Musial’s name.
KEITH FELIX DeWITT, 64, of Des Moines died Friday, January 18th at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Funeral services for KEITH FELIX DeWITT wil be held on Wednesday, January 23rd at 2:00 pm at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home in Des Moines.
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Family will greet friends starting at noon Wednesday at the funeral home.
Burial will be held at a later date at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Templeton, IA.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Diabetes Association.
On-line condolences may be expressed at www.hamiltonsfuneralhome.com
KEITH FELIX DeWITT is survived by:
Wife: Julie
Son: Brandon (Annalisa) DeWitt
Daughter: Samantha (William) Wears
Mother: Mona Rein
Father/Mother-in-law: Dale and Phyllis Petersen
4 Grandchildren
The Page County Sheriff’s Department reports the arrest last week of 21-year old Treasure Nicole Hurst, from Shenandoah. Hurst was arrested during an inmate visitation at the Page County Jail. She was taken into custody Jan. 16th on a warrant out of Montgomery County, for contempt of court/failure to pay past due fines and court costs related to a May 28th 2012 5th degree theft charge.
Hurst’s probation was revoked by the judge Jan. 17th, and she was ordered to serve her remaining 14 days in jail by no later than March 1st. If she remits payment before then, the contempt charge may be dropped. Hurst was released from custody on her own recognizance.
RALPH L. HARRINGTON, 64, of Round Rock, TX died Friday, January 18th. Graveside services for RALPH L. HARRINGTON will be held on Saturday, January 26th at 10:00 am at Cedar Park, TX, Cemetery. Beck Funeral Home in Round Rock, TX has the arrangements.
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RALPH L. HARRINGTON is survived by:
Wife: Arlene
Son: Patrick
Daughter: Teresa
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Results of an annual poll show many of the state’s farmers believe farmland is overvalued and the market bubble will eventually burst. J. Gordon Arbuckle, co-director of the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, says nearly 13-hundred (1,300) farmers were asked a series of questions about land values and prices. An overwhelming number pointed to one major reason for the recent surge. “High grain prices, which really are the major drivers of land price increases right now, were the highest rated factor,” Arbuckle said. Around 90-percent of the farmers surveyed cited grain prices as a “strong or very strong influence” in land prices. Arbuckle, an Iowa State University sociologist, said he found the response to one survey question troubling.
“From an economic stand point, if something is more valuable, you would think that you would take better care of it. But, what we found was that almost 50 percent of the farmers disagreed with that statement and said they did not believe that the increase in land values were leading to a greater commitment to soil conservation,” Arbuckle said. The Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll has been conducted by a number of agricultural agencies since 1982. It’s the longest running survey of its kind in the nation. In the 2012 survey, the average age of the farmers who responded was 64.
(Radio Iowa)
Officials with Shelby County DevelopSource are inviting area farmers to a workshop in February designed to help families begin the conversation and put together a plan, on transitioning farms from retiring, to beginning farmers. The discussion and information will be held at the Shelby County Center of Iowa Western Community College, during a two day Farm Succession Conversation and Planning Workshop on February 8th and 9th. The workshops are planned as a multi-generational event for exiting owners and spouse and succeeding owners and spouse.
Workshops are held on consecutive days to allow for the initiations of conversations and written plans. The Succession Conversation and Planning workshop will feature several guest speakers including David Baker from Iowa State University and John Baker, Beginning Farmer Center Administrator and Attorney at Law. Over the two days, participants will review the retirement plan concept and receive information on transfer plans, estate plans and a process for creating a family statement of intention. Family groups will be given time to write a statement of intent and vision of the future.
The workshops will be held from noon to 8pm on Friday, the 8th and 9am to 3pm on Saturday, the 9th. Cost of the two day event is $150 per family of four, $25 per each additional person and includes refreshments and meals for both days. Interested Beginnings Farmers and Retired Farmers can register by contacting Jane Nielsen at Shelby County DevelopSource at 712-755-3569. Registrations must be received by Friday, January 25th.
(Joel McCall/KNOD)
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