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MERLE LA DEANE ROUNDS, 89, of Walnut, died Fri., May 4th, in Council Bluffs. Funeral services for MERLE ROUNDS will be held 11-a.m. Mon., May 7th, at the Monroe Chapel in Walnut. Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home in Council Bluffs has the arrangements. (www.hoyfuneral.com)
Visitation is Sunday 4-6PM at the Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home & Crematory(1221 North 16 Street, Council Bluffs). The family will receive friends at the Monroe Chapel in Walnut, one-hour prior to the service, Monday.
Interment will be in the Monroe Chapel Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the Monroe Chapel, The Omaha Home for Boys, and the Walnut American Legion Auxiliary.
MERLE ROUNDS is survived by:
Her children – Robert Rounds Jr. & wife Joyce); Diane Hughes; Christi (Rod) Putnam; Rick Rounds; and Jerry (Lisa) Rounds.
Her sister – Phyllis (Vincent) Hansen.
12 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandson, her sister-in-law, a host of other family and friends.
Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach in Cass County is asking for community input as staff looks ahead to programming for the upcoming year. Kate Olson, Cass County Extension Program Coordinator says they “Really want to get some feedback from local residents on the types of things they would like to see…” offered in the future. From now through the 15th of May, the Extension office has a quick 10-question survey on their homepage (http://www.extension.iastate.edu/cass>) where anyone can take a few minutes to select programs they would like to see happen in Cass County. The survey is also available in paper form at the Extension Office for those who are unable to access it online.
The survey lists many topics under the areas of family life, youth development, agriculture and natural resources, business and community development. If you have questions about the survey, or would like to discuss programming opportunities, you can also contact the Cass County Extension office at 712-243-1132, log on to http://www.extension.iastate.edu/cass> or e-mail Kate Olson at keolson@iastate.edu<mailto:keolson@iastate.edu>.
MILDRED BAIR, 93, of Atlantic died on Saturday, May 5 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. A private family committal service for MILDRED BAIR will be held on Wednesday, May 9 at 10:30 AM at the Shelby Cemetery. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
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An open visitation will be held on Sunday, May 6 from 1 to 4 PM and Monday, May 6 and Tuesday May 7 from 8 until 5 PM at the funeral home.
A family meeting with friends will be held on Tuesday, May 8 from 5 until 7 PM at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the Shelby Cemetery.
MILDRED BAIR is survived by:
1 daughter: Karen Klevos of Atlantic
1 son: Jack Bair of Hamden, CT
5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
ROBERT “BOB” ENGLES, 64, of Greenfield, died Fri., May 4th, at his home in Greenfield. A family visitation for BOB ENGLES will be held from 4-6pm Tue., May 8th, at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield, with a dinner to follow at the Greenfield Bowl.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be directed to the Bob Engles Memorial Fund to be established by the family.
BOB ENGLES is survived by:
His wife – Barbara Engles, of Greenfield.
His daughter – Renee Parrott, of Kirkman.
His sons – Jason (Melissa) Engles, of Fontanelle, & Andy (Angie) Engles, of Greenfield.
His Mother – Norma Johnson, of Greenfield.
His brothers – Jim Engles, of MO., and Norb Engles, of Greenfield.
4 grandchildren, other relatives & friends.
ENOS OMER DAWSON, 98, of Oakland, died Thu., May 3rd, at the Oakland Manor. Graveside services for ENOS DAWSON will be held 2-p.m. Tue., May 8th, at the Carson Cemetery in Carson. Rieken-Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family will be held at the Rieken Vieth Funeral Home from 6-7:30 PM on Monday, May 7th.
ENOS DAWSON is survived by:
His children: Sharon Brown and husband Loren of Oakland, IA, Wayne Dawson and wife Lynn of Cresent, IA, and Ruby Jewett of Lebanon, MO.
Many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren. He is also survived by other relatives and friends.
Friday’s Games
Omaha 4, Oklahoma City 2
Iowa 1, New Orleans 0
Saturday’s Games
Oklahoma City at Omaha, 7:05 p.m.
New Orleans at Iowa, 7:05 p.m.
American North Division Standings
W L Pct. GB
Omaha (Royals) 19 10 .655 –
Memphis (Cardinals) 12 16 .429 6 1/2
Iowa (Cubs) 11 16 .407 7
Nashville (Brewers) 8 19 .296 10
The Atlantic boys soccer team will have a game this afternoon on KJAN. The Trojans will host Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at 12:30 this afternoon. Pregrame coverage on KJAN and KJAN.com gets underway at about 12:20.
Atlantic checks in with a 1-2 record in the Hawkeye 10 and a 6-5 overall record. The Trojans lost to St. Albert 2-1 in their previous game last Saturday.
A regional film historian is bringing another classic movie back to the big screen in Omaha-Council Bluffs in two weeks, along with a visit from one of the film’s original stars. Bruce Crawford is organizing a special showing of the 1959 movie, “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” and the evening will include an appearance by a long-ago Hollywood heart throb.
Crawford says, “Pat Boone will be our guest of honor to discuss the movie, how it was made, his input in it and, of course, his unbelievably long, 55-year career.” Crawford says “Journey” is a true classic film. The plot involves a professor who leads an expedition to our planet’s core via a volcano. Along the way, the group encounters a host of prehistoric monsters and life-threatening challenges.
“”The visual effects, they’re from 1959 but they’re still fun to watch,” Crawford says. “You know, the CGI stuff just exploding in your eyes every two seconds. It’s organic. You know it’s not real but it’s fun and you enjoy it because it suspends your disbelief. It’s like a classic Disney film — they hold up.” Crawford has rounded up a host of entertainment for the event, including re-inactors.
“I’m going to have a group of Omaha Pipes and Drums is going to have some kilted bagpipers because in the film, there is a contingent of bagpipers,” he says. “Pat Boone wears a kilt in part of the movie, by the way. And we’re going to have re-inactors. They call themselves the Nebraska Steampunk Society.” That group is into Victorian-style clothing and gadgetry that incorporates elements of science fiction, fantasy and alternate history. The event is planned for Saturday, May 19th, at the Joslyn (JOZ-lin) Art Museum in Omaha. Tickets are 25-dollars and benefit the Nebraska Kidney Association. This is Crawford’s 30th event. Previous movie nights have brought in stars including: Iowa native Cloris Leachman, Debbie Reynolds, Janet Leigh, and Patricia Neal.
For the second time in three years, a group of mostly Iowans has put a horse in the Kentucky Derby. The 138th running of the race is set for 5:24 p.m. (CST) Saturday at Churchill Downs. Des Moines lawyer Jerry Crawford is primary owner of Donegal Racing. He says it’s “remarkable” to have another horse in the sports premier race.
“We feel some confidence in the system we’ve been using to get horses in the Triple Crown series,” Crawford said. “We know we’re fortunate, but we’ve worked hard at it as well.” In 2010, the Donegal owned horse Paddy O’Prado (finished third in the Kentucky Derby. This year, the group has a three-year-old colt named Dullahan in the 20-horse field. Dullahan drew the number five post. That has Crawford confident his horse can contend for crowd. He notes, over the past 20 years, more Kentucky Derby winners have come from the five or eight post than any other position.
“Secondly, we us in the five hole, there are a lot of speed horses right next to us and in the inside 10 horses. We’re not a speed horse, we’re a closer,” Crawford said. “Those horses will clear on out ahead of us and be forwardly placed in the race. It gives us more room to run and it should provide for a less congested run down the stretch the first time.” The Donegal Racing group consists of 21 owners.
“But, if you were down here, you’d be convinced we have hundreds of owners,” Crawford said. “There are hundreds of people wearing Dullahan buttons and hats. I’m pretty sure by post time we’ll have 500 Iowans on the premise and if Dullahan can get smiled on by the gods and get to the finish line, you’ll see what I’m talking about in the celebration.” Dullahan’s jockey is Kent Desormeaux, who also rode Paddy O’Prado two years ago.
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