Jim Field speaks with some of the top graduating seniors at CAM High School.
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Jim Field speaks with some of the top graduating seniors at CAM High School.
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3-A Districts @ Storm Lake Lake Creek Country Club
Individual qualifiers:
Medalist: Sara Pettitt, Carroll – 82
Brooke Fletcher, Atlantic – 86 (42-44)
Kaitlynn Walter, Atlantic – 95 (49-46)
Bridget Blair, Heelan – 97
Rachael VanDrdweyk, Carroll – 97
Courtney Leinen,Harlan – 97
Kate Schomers, Harlan – 97
Other Atlantic scores:
Shelby Worth 50-48-98
Bailey Walter 51-51-102
Class 1-A @ Griswold Golf & Country Club
Individual Qualifiers:
Class 1-A @ Mt. Ayr Golf and Country Club
Individual Qualifiers:
Class 1-A @ Pleasantville Golf and Country Club
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Class 2-A @ Ida Grove Golf and Country Club
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Class 2-A @ Fort Dodge Lakeside Golf Course
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Class 2-A @ Shenandoah American Legion Country Club
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Girls:
Boys:
The Department of Education has assembled a taskforce on teacher leadership and pay to come up with recommendations on ways to improve schools in Iowa. Taskforce member Kent Mick, who teaches history in the Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne school district, says they need to look at how to get and retain better teachers. “We recruit football players and basketball players but we don’t recruit the best teachers out of high school,” Mick says. Mick says the profession of teaching needs to be elevated. Iowa Department of Education Director, Jason Glass, agrees. He says teachers should be treated more like doctors – from training to salary.
“The medical profession has a lot of esteem, respect for it, so that’s where we are trying to move this conversation around the teaching profession in Iowa, how could we do that same thing for teachers?,” Glass explains. But Jessica Gogerty of the Des Moines School District, says improving teacher performance is not just about a paycheck. “That we are still falling short isn’t because we didn’t pay them enough,” according to Gogerty. She says teachers are not holding back and saying “oh gosh I would do a better job if you just paid me an extra.” Gogerty says that teachers need better support systems. The taskforce will continue to meet throughout the summer. They will take their recommendations to the legislature in the fall.
(Dar Danielson/Radio Iowa)
The opening weekend of action at the Iowa Speedway is just a few days away and it will be capped off by Sunday’s running of the Pioneer Hi-Bred 250, the first of two NASCAR Nationwide Series races at the track this season. Iowa Speedway C-E-O Doug Fritz say the first Nationwide race in 2011 drew more than 37,800 fans and another big crowd will watch this weekend. Fritz says tickets for this weekend are still available. Log on to www.iowaspeedway.com for tickets, or call 1-866-787-8946. The website also lists the start times and schedule of events. The track opens for practice on Saturday morning.
Officials with MidAmerican Energy, Monday, issued a statement warning its customers about “Past Due” account, phone scams. The company says it has responded to several scams involving persons who call its customers, posing as MidAmerican Energy customer service associates or attorneys. The caller says the customer’s account is past due, and payment is needed immediately to avoid disconnection. The caller will follow-up by asking for your credit card number.
MidAmerican Energy says credit card numbers and any personal information should NOT be provided to suspicious callers. Customers are advised to end the conversation and call MidAmerican Energy’s Customer Service line at 1-888-427-5632. There, a company representative will confirm whether the call was from MidAmerican’s Energy call center, or a scam artist. The CSR’s can also confirm your bill payment, service or an appointment at your home or place of business.
If you receive a suspicious call, or other unusual type of contact from someone claiming to be with the utility company, contact your local law enforcement agency, immediately.
512 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 2012
Counties in Iowa: GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING BY MID AFTERNOON, AND ENDING BEFORE SUNSET. THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THE MOST LIKELY MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTERMITTENTLY FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE BEST CHANCE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a Nodaway man was sent to the hospital following an accident Monday morniong on a county road about two and a-half miles northwest of Stanton. 62-year old Gary Dean Poe was transported by private vehicle to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, where he was checked for possible injuries.
Officials say Poe was traveling east on 200th Street at around 9:25-a.m., when the left front tire blew out on the 1979 Kenworth straight truck he was driving. The incident caused the truck, which was loaded with gravel, to cross the center line of the road and enter into a ditch, where it hit a fence and came to rest upright. No citations were issued.
The truck, registered to David Hart, of Stanton, sustained $15,000 damage. The fence, owned by Ronald True, of Villisca, sustained about $150 damage.
Here’s the (podcast) Freese-Notis forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area…
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