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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 5:15-PM FOR: HARRISON & SE MONONA COUNTIES

Weather

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

428 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA… EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MONONA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA… * UNTIL 515 PM CDT *

AT 426 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOGAN…OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF OMAHA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… LOGAN…WOODBINE…DUNLAP AND MAGNOLIA.

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED UNTIL 11-P.M.

News, Weather

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

 343 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 
 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
 370 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES….(KJAN LISTENING AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN BOLD)

ADAIR                ADAMS               AUDUBON
BOONE                BUENA VISTA         CALHOUN
CARROLL       CASS                CERRO GORDO
CHEROKEE             CLARKE              CLAY
CRAWFORD        DALLAS              DECATUR
DICKINSON            EMMET               FRANKLIN
FREMONT              GREENE              GUTHRIE
HAMILTON             HANCOCK             HARDIN
HARRISON             HUMBOLDT            IDA
KOSSUTH              MADISON             MILLS
MONONA               MONTGOMERY          O`BRIEN
OSCEOLA              PAGE                PALO ALTO
POCAHONTAS           POLK                POTTAWATTAMIE
RINGGOLD             SAC                 SHELBY
STORY                TAYLOR              UNION
WARREN               WEBSTER             WINNEBAGO
WOODBURY             WORTH               WRIGHT

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

REMEMBER…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE  FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
 AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR  THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
 AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY  DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

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BOBBY RAY BLAKE, 57, a long-time resident of Atlantic (Svcs. 6-15-12)

Obituaries

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

BOBBY RAY BLAKE, 57, a long-time resident of Atlantic, died Sat., June 9th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Funeral services for BOBBY BLAKE will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., June 15th, at the Cass County Community Center in Atlantic.  Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

An open visitation will be held from 8am-5pm Tue., Wed. & Thursday (June 12th, 13th & 14th) at the funeral home, with a family visitation from 5-7pm Thursday.

Burial will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.

BOBBY BLAKE is survived by:

His wife – Kathleen Blake

His children – Rachel Blake (& Rob Jefferson), of Phildephia, PA; Renee Blake, of Omaha; Ryan Blake, of Iowa City; and his step-son, Chris Crespo, of Atlantic.

His Step-mother: Martha Blake, of AZ.

His siblings – Jymi (Tim) Sicles, of AK; Danny (Angi) Blake, of AZ; Vanessa (Tim) Schaffer, of TX; Bill (Denise) Blake, of AZ; Glenda “Skeet” (Randy) Flaherty, of Osceola, IA; Wanda Collins, of MO; & Marsha McKeown, of MI.

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BETTY LEA TREWET, 74, of Atlantic (Svcs. 6-13-12)

Obituaries

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

BETTY L. TREWET, 74, of Atlantic, died Sat., June 9th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Memorial services for BETTY TREWET will be held 10:30-a.mn. Wed., June 13th, at the 1st United Methodist Church in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family will take place from 5-7pm Tue., June 12th, at the funeral home.

Burial will be in the Grandview Cemetery in Sidney, at 2:30-p.m. Wed.

Memorials may be directed to the Atlantic Carnegie Library or the organizational charity of your choice, in the name of Betty Trewet.

BETTY TREWET is survived by:

Her husband – Carroll Trewet, of Atlantic.

Her children – Lauri Vance, of Omaha; Matt (CoraLynn) Trewet, of Ankeny; Mike (Lisa) Trewet, of Mason City; & Mark (Jodi) Trewet, of Granger.

Her sister – Nancy (Mark) Kedzior, of Iowa City.

11 grandchildren.

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FOLMER “PETE” NELSEN, 90, a long-time resident of rural Anita (Svcs. 6-14-12)

Obituaries

June 10th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

FOLMER “PETE” NELSEN, 90, a long-time resident of rural Anita, died Sun., June 10th, at the Colonial Manor in Anita. Funeral services for FOLMER “PETE” NELSON will be held 10-a.m. Thu., June 14th, at the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Antia. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is open, from 8am-5pm Tuesday (6/12); & from 8am-5:30-pm Wed., (6/13), with the family visitation from 5:30-7:30pm Wednesday.

Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery at Anita.

FOLMER “PETE” NELSEN is survived by:

His children – Richard (Glennda) Nelsen, of Anita; Margaret Ann (Mick) Heath, of Norwalk; Robert (Cheryl) Nelsen, of Lawrence, KS.

His sisters – Marry Ann (Dean) Stegen, of Strawberry Point, IA; & Virginia Crozier, of Adair.

8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and his brother-in-law.

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Girls State Soccer Championship Results

Sports

June 10th, 2012 by Jim Field

Class 1-A State Championship:
Davenport Assumption 4, Bishop Heelan Catholic 0

Class 2-A State Championship:
Cedar Rapids Xavier 3, North Scott 1 (Xavier wins 7th state title in a row)

Class 3-A State Championship:
Cdear Rapids Kennedy 2, Ankeny 1

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Saturday High School Softball Results

Sports

June 10th, 2012 by Jim Field

  • Bishop Heelan Catholic 5, Atlantic 2
  • Dallas Center-Grimes 8, Atlantic 1
  • Riverside 10, Walnut 8
  • Shenandoah 10, Walnut 4
  • Creston 10, Albia 0
  • Denison-Schleswig 11, Kuemper Catholic 5
  • Denison-Schleswig 5, Maple Valley 2
  • Kuemper Catholic 8, Carroll 7
  • Thomas Jefferson 16, East Mills 4
  • Underwood 17, East Mills 6
  • Charter Oak-Ute 7, Underwood 3
  • Underwood 4, Woodbine 3
  • OA-BCIG 9, IKM-Manning 0
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 14, Panorama 1
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 14, Southeast Webster 4
  • Carroll 12, Maple Valley 7

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Saturday High School Baseball Results

Sports

June 10th, 2012 by admin

Atlantic Trojan Tourney:

  • 1st Round — Perry 5, Atlantic 3
  • 1st Round — Coon Rapids-Bayard 13, Red Oak 3
  • Consolation — Atlantic 11, Red Oak 1
  • Championship — Perry 12, Coon Rapids-Bayard 4

Mount Ayr Tournament:

  • 1st Round — Mount Ayr 20, Clarinda Academy 4
  • 1st Round — Nishnabotna 7, Lamoni 6
  • Consolation — Lamoni 8, Clarinda Academy 0
  • Championship — Nishnabotna 5, Mount Ayr 1

Griswold Tournament:

  • 1st Round — Clarinda 11, Griswold 0
  • 1st Round — Ogden 20, Villisca 6
  • Consolation — Griswold 10, Villisca 0
  • Championship — Ogden 15, Clarinda 5 

Others:

  • Treynor 11, Shenandoah 0
  • LeMars 7, Glenwood 0
  • Sergeant Bluff-Luton 9, Denison-Schleswig 1
  • Corning 9, Orient-Macksburg 2
  • Corning 10, Essex/South Page 0
  • Orient-Macksburg 13, Bedford 7
  • St. Albert 11, Dubuque Wahlert 8
  • St. Albert 9, Don Bosco 3
  • Abraham Lincoln 6, Algona 2


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Risk of dog bites rises as summer approaches

News

June 9th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A study finds almost half of all Iowa children will be nipped by a dog at some point. With school out and many kids playing outside, the odds of meeting up with a stray or unchained canine rise during the summer months. Pam Wiese, spokeswoman for the Humane Society in Omaha/Council Bluffs, says some dogs see us as moving targets.  “Kids on bikes, people running, sometimes dogs with a bit of a prey drive go, ‘Oooo, someone’s running! The chase is on and I can chase you,'” Wiese says. “Often times, dogs will run and bark and not bite. Sometimes they will try to bite you. That gives a dilemma to a lot of people because they want to get away from this dog but getting away means I’m moving and he may want to chase.” Wiese says the best thing a child — or an adult — can do if they come in contact with an aggressive dog is to stop and stand still.

Her simple advice: “Be a tree. Stand still, put your arms down, look at your feet and just look down. Don’t make eye contact with a dog that appears to be approaching or is upset. He may come up, sniff you and leave, like, ‘Oh, you’re boring.'” Wiese says locking eyes with an aggressive dog can actually make matters worse. “Don’t make eye contact with the dog and a lot of times, that will just defuse the situation. The dog will go, ‘Oh, well, you’re not threatening. You’re actually kind of boring. There’s nothing to chase here. I’m going to sniff you and then go on my merry way.'” Wiese says parents need to teach the “Be a Tree” technique to all children, as it may prevent a serious injury. She also reminds parents to talk to their kids about how to act around a dog and never to pet an animal without the owner’s permission.

(Radio Iowa)

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Cardinals pitcher Jaime Garcia shut down for month

Sports

June 9th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jaime Garcia will be shut down for a month due to an injury the team is calling a left shoulder strain and could be sidelined as long as two months. It’s the latest big hit for a World Series championship team ravaged by injuries. Two doctors have recommended rehab rather than surgery and the left-hander is scheduled to meet with Dr. James Andrews on Monday, an off day for the team. Garcia was placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday and visited Dr. Lewis Yocum on Friday in Los Angeles. Yocum agreed with the diagnosis of Cardinals team physician Dr. George Paletta, that Garcia has some tearing in the labrum and rotator cuff.

Garcia is the second member of the rotation to be sidelined. Chris Carpenter, who won a game in each playoff round last fall, has yet to pitch and is probably at least a month away. Lance Berkman has played just 13 games due to injuries. Allen Craig, Jon Jay, Skip Schumaker and Kyle McClellan have missed considerable time for St. Louis, which had lost seven of 10 entering Saturday night’s interleague game against the Indians. The 25-year-old Garcia was a 13-game winner each of his first two seasons, but hasn’t felt right from the start of 2012, losing several mph on his fastball and struggling to find the proper arm slot. He lasted just lasted just two innings in his last start and is 3-4 with a 4.48 ERA. Right-hander Joe Kelly will make his major league debut Sunday against the Indians, taking Garcia’s spot in the rotation. The 24-year-old Kelly is 2-5, but with a 2.86 ERA at Triple A-Memphis.

In other Cardinal’s news: Manager Mike Matheny shook up the lineup a bit, batting Yadier Molina third for perhaps the first time in his career. Molina had been 5 for 10 on the homestand and was batting .337 with eight homers and 32 RBIs and a .388 on-base percentage; The Cardinals claimed LHP John Gaub on waivers from Texas and assigned him to Triple-A Memphis. They’ve had one lefty in the bullpen, Marc Rzepczynski, much of the year. The 27-year-old Gaub was designated for assignment Thursday.

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