w/ Ric Hanson
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FOR SALE: Trek road bike–carbon frame–Shimano triple chain ring—24 speed. Excellent condition. Reasonable price. Call 712 655 2859.
FOR SALE: Whirlpool heavy duty, High capacity, electric clothes dryer, works fine, $25—must pick up in Atlantic, (712) 789-0081.
FOR SALE: Three separate items: 1) HP scanner/copier. Will work with most versions of Windows. $35. 2) Box of records (33 1/3)…lots of classic country artists included. 3) Box of fabric for $20. 243-2526.
TO GIVE AWAY: Small apple trees that you would have to transport yourself. 762-3603.
WANTED: A small boat trailer that could fit a 10 foot boat. Also looking for a Chevy/Ford car or truck from the 40’s/50’s/60’s. 304-4262.
FOR TRADE: Egg Cartons…would be willing to swap for eggs. 243-4308.
FOR SALE: Aluminum pie tins. 243-4308.
FOR SALE: Angel food pans. 243-2408.
FOR SALE: Gas grill that hooks up to a gas line (not a gas tank). $25. 243-1402.
Jim Field talks about severe weather preparedness.
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Applications for the 3rd Annual Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund Scholarships are now being accepted through April 15. Criteria for selection requires a GPA of 2.5 or above, plans to attend a vocational or four year college, and participation in extra-curricular activities, volunteer work, or employment. Two $750 scholarships will be awarded to graduating Atlantic High School seniors during Class Night on May 2. Applications are available at the Atlantic High School guidance office and online at www.atlanticiaschools.org.
The scholarships are presented in memory of Frederickson, a 2006 graduate of Atlantic High School and 2008 graduate of Southwestern Community College in Creston, who lost his life in a 2009 fire. Proceeds from the annual T-Fred Memorial Golf Tournament fund the scholarships along with a wide variety of other donations totaling over $35,000 to date. For more information about the Fund and it’s activities, follow the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund on Facebook.
The National Weather Service says there is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms in the KJAN listening area this afternoon and tonight. The main threat at this time appears to be from large hail and damaging winds, and, although heavy rain is also possible (1-2″), the flooding threat remains low. Spotter activation may be needed today and tonight across portions of west central and southwest Iowa.
Periods of showers and thunderstorms can be expected Tuesday through Thursday. The Weather Service says there is a low chance of an isolated thunderstorm across southern Iowa Tuesday, but the widespread threat for severe weather remains minimal.
The former publishers of a Denison Newspaper who died in 2009 bequeathed more than $600,000 to seven western Iowa communities and several area organizations. According to the Omaha World-Herald, the monies were left in a trust by the estate of Richard and Deloris Knowles, who owned the Denison Bulletin & Review, which they sold in 1998, and is now owned by the Omaha World-Herald Company.
Among the towns which received the private funds in February, was: Charter Oak…$26,389; the town of Rickets, $51,000. Other communities benefitting from the trust fund include: Manilla, Dow City, Westside, and Manning.
Several organizations also received a share of the funds, including: the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church of Denison; the Donna Reed Foundation; the Denison Community School District; the Iowa Newspaper Foundation; and, First United Methodist Church of Denison.
The match-ups for Iowa’s June primary voting have been set, but a general election show-down in a congressional race heated up over the weekend. Christie Vilsack is unopposed in her race to win the Democratic Party’s nomination in Iowa’s fourth congressional district and Steve King, the Republican Congressman she hopes to defeat in November, has challenged Vilsack to six debates. “I have a long record and it’s full of thousands of votes and probably thousands of public positions that I’ve taken over the years — no shortage of figuring out where I stand and it’s not going to change, by the way,” King said last Thursday. “This is going to be a long process to try to figure out where she stands. That’s what I expect and so there’ll be a lot of questions to ask her.” Christie Vilsack’s campaign manager says it’s “refreshing” that King “has acknowledged…that Iowans deserve a debate, something he has avoided since taking office.” King has not debated a Democratic opponent since he became a congressman in 2003.
(by O. Kay Henderson/Radio Iowa)
Here’s the forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area from Freese-Notis Meteorologist Harvey Freese, and the weather stats for Atlantic from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson….
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RUBY OLSEN, 85, of Exira, died Mon., March 19th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for RUBY OLSEN will be held 10:30-a.m Thu., March 22nd, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation is open at the funeral home from 8am-5:30pm Tuesday, & from 8am-5pm Wednesday, with the family present Wed. from 5-7pm.
Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.
Ruby Olsen is survived by:
Her children – Gary (LuAnn) Olsen, of Exira; Bradley Olsen & special friend, Mary Bracsfield, of Firth, NE; & Marsha Hansen, of Lincoln, NE.
9 grandchildren.