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ARLENE WEGNER, 82, of Manning (Svcs 2-21-12)

Obituaries

February 15th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

ARLENE WEGNER, 82, of Manning, died Tue., Feb. 14th, at the Exira Care Center. Funeral services for ARLENE WEGNER will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Feb. 21st, at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 4-pm Mon., Feb. 20th.

Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.

ARLENE WEGNER is survived by:

Her husband – Duane Wegner, of Manning.

Her children – Gail Richardson, of Audubon; Dean Wegner, of Phoenix, AZ; Roger Wegner, of Westside; & Karen Odendahl, of Carroll.

Her sisters – Rita Lustig, of Huntington Beach, CA; Esther Zehrung, Betty Scott, & JoAnne Rutherford, all from CO; Lorraine Wolfe, of CA; & Darlene Warnke, of Carroll.

10 grandchildren & 12 great-grandchildren.

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ELINOR “BABE” KROGH, 92, of Exira (Svcs 2-18-12)

Obituaries

February 15th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

ELINOR “BABE” KROGH, 92, of Exira, died Sunday, Feb. 12th, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, in Des Moines. Funeral services for ELINOR “BABE” KROGH will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Feb. 18th, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation begins 5:30-pm Fri., Feb. 17th.

Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.

ELINOR KROGH is survived by:

Her son – Richard (Sue) Krogh, of Plano, TX.

Her daughter – Sandra (Rich) (Giz) Kloppenburg, of Ankeny.

4 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, her sister-in-law Charlotte Krogh, of Exira, other relatives and friends.

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CORWIN KEITH KITELINGER, 76, of Exira (Svcs at a later date)

Obituaries

February 15th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

CORWIN KEITH KITELINGER, 76, of Exira, died Mon., Feb. 13th, at the Exira Care Center. CORWIN KITELINGER has donated his body to the University of Osteopathic Medicine & Health Sciences in Des Moines, in an effort to help study Alzheimer’s disease, from which he suffered. A Celebration of Life Memorial service will be held at a later date. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

CORWIN KITELINGER is survived by:

His wife – Sherry, of Exira.

His son – Keith (Andrea) Kitelinger, of Kansas City, MO.

His daughters – Dawn (John) Hahn, of Cameron, MO; & Lana Kitelinger, of Guthrie Center.

His sisters – Colleen (Lyle) Jeppesen, of Anita, & Suzanne (Bob) Behrends, of The Village, FL.

5 grandchildren, his brother-in-law, other relatives, and friends.

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Iowa News Headlines: Wed., Feb. 15 2012

News

February 15th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The last time China’s vice president visited Iowa, he slept in a bedroom with green shag carpeting and Star Trek character cutouts on the walls. But Xi Jinping (shee jeen ping) must have fond memories of his 1985 stay. He is scheduled to return to Muscatine today to reminisce and have tea and champagne.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Dubuque officials say a blocked line caused a sanitary sewer to overflow yesterday, sending untreated wastewater onto the ground near a manhole in an undeveloped area on the city’s south side. The line was cleared but the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says residents, their children and their pets should stay clear of the area for 48 hours.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge has approved the IRS’s seizure of more than $90,000 from an Iowa gun show company’s bank. Investigators say owners of Manchester-based R.K. Gun Shows deposited more than $1 million in accounts in increments below $10,000 in recent years. IRS agents say banks are required to disclose deposits and withdrawals greater than $10,000.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — About 260,000 Iowa families may soon see a tax cut. The Iowa Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would increase the state’s earned income tax credit and decrease taxes for families who make less than $45,000 a year. The House is expected to approve the measure.

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Forecast for Cass & area Counties, Wed. Feb. 15, 2012

Weather

February 15th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

315 AM CST WED FEB 15 2012 NWS/Des Moines

TODAY…CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG THROUGH MID MORNING. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH AROUND 40. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

THURSDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 20S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. WEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S.

SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S.

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Spending cuts trump farm subsidies for many voters

Ag/Outdoor

February 15th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

WASHINGTON (AP) — Promoting farm subsidies was once a no-brainer for rural members of Congress seeking re-election. This year, it’s a bit trickier. As lawmakers wade cautiously into writing the next five-year farm bill, agribusiness and farmers’ lobbyists are preparing for the worst. With little appetite for spending on Capitol Hill, subsidy cuts in the billions of dollars are on the table as rural voters also cry out for less government. It doesn’t help that farm business is booming. “What’s different this time is we have very strong commodity prices,” says Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union. “And that is generally not a really good time to write a farm bill because everyone who is projecting the future says, ‘Oh, this is going to last forever.'”

Farm bills in 2002 and 2008 also were driven by rural election-year politics. Lawmakers, particularly in the Senate, curried favor with farm interests in their states by slipping their priorities into the bills. Taking care of everyone’s needs ensured passage and subsidies remained almost untouched. But this year, many of farmers’ traditional allies are just as concerned, if not more concerned, about voters’ calls for less spending. Sen. Pat Roberts, senior Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee and a veteran of many farm bills, says his constituents aren’t asking about farm subsidies as much as they used to. He says he gets more questions about government regulations that farmers see as burdensome. Traditional farm issues and the impact of farm policy have gotten somewhat lost. “I don’t think most people who run for office realize there is still a significant farm vote,” he says.

Nowhere was that more clear than in Iowa, where presidential candidates have wooed farm country for decades. Several of the contenders in the Iowa caucuses actually spoke out against corn-based ethanol, a position unthinkable in the past. Farm-state members have already said they will support eliminating some subsidies. Last fall, the heads of the House and Senate agriculture committees — Republican Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma and Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan — negotiated a farm bill that cut $23 billion from agriculture and nutrition programs, hoping to piggyback it on the budget-cutting supercommittee’s bill. When the supercommittee fizzled, so did their hopes for a speedy farm bill.

This year, they are starting over with more input from other agriculture committee members. But direct payments, a type of subsidy paid without regard to crop price or crop yield and costing taxpayers about $5 billion a year, are still a top target as the Senate Agriculture Committee opens hearings on the legislation Wednesday. That was cemented by President Barack Obama’s call to eliminate them in his budget proposal Monday, which put forth a $32 billion cut in farm programs. That’s a strong contrast from 2008, when Obama supported the last farm bill while he was campaigning for president. That legislation was far more generous — even raising some subsidies — than the bill Congress is weighing this year.

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Area High School Basketball Scores from Tue., Feb. 14 2012

Sports

February 15th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

BOYS BASKETBALL
Atlantic 63, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 45
Carroll 49, Denison-Schleswig 46
Council Bluffs Lewis Central 67, Glenwood 51
Harlan 51, Creston 34
Sioux City Heelan 76, Council Bluffs Jefferson 46

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Class 2A Region 1 – Regional Quarterfinal
Cherokee, Washington 69, Orange City Unity Christian 36
Hull Western Christian 70, Sibley-Ocheyedan 39
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 73, East Sac County 45
Sioux Rapids Sioux Central 56, Sheldon 53

Class 2A Region 7 – Regional Quarterfinal
Des Moines Christian 59, Alleman North Polk 48
IKM-Manning 41, Audubon 16
Leon Central Decatur 56, Greenfield Nodaway Valley 42
Panora Panorama 56, Osceola Clarke 34

Class 2A Region 8 – Regional Quarterfinal
Lawton-Bronson 73, Hinton 54
Missouri Valley 43, Council Bluffs St. Albert 35
OA-BCIG 65, Moville Woodbury Central 49
Shenandoah 31, Neola Tri-Center 29

Class 1A Region 2 – Regional Quarterfinal
Correctionville River Valley 53, Charter Oak-Ute 36
Hawarden West Sioux 52, Remsen Saint Mary’s 41
Newell-Fonda 88, Glidden-Ralston 24
Southeast Webster-Grand, Burnside 51, Blairsburg NE Hamilton 

Class 1A Region 7 – Regional Quarterfinal

Bedford 57, Afton East Union 37
Coon Rapids-Bayard 36, Exira-EHK 35 (CR-B: Katie Dentlinger 19pts.  Exira-EHK: Maddy Peppers 17pts.)
Martensdale-St. Marys 50, Earlham 42
Murray 56, Mount Ayr 47

 

Class 1A Region 8 – Regional Quarterfinal
Corning 42, Villisca 40
Oakland Riverside 46, Avoca AHST 43
Tabor Fremont-Mills 59, Stanton 56
Westside Ar-We-Va 67, Dunlap Boyer Valley 30

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14th

Trading Post

February 14th, 2012 by admin

WANTED:  leniger for a citizens band bass radio.  243-6772 in Atlantic.

FOR SALE:  Like new pair of Carhart insulated coveralls.  Size is 48 wide by 31 or 32 tall.  243-2408 before 5 PM.

FOR SALE:  2 $50 gift cards to H & R block.  Has to be used by April 30th, 2011.  Looking for $60 for both.  243-2408 before 5 PM.

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Christofferson Among 5 Cyclones on Academic All-Big 12 Team

Sports

February 14th, 2012 by Jim Field

IRVING, Texas – The Iowa State women’s basketball team placed five members on the 2012 Academic All-Big 12 teams. The Cyclones had three first-team honorees, while two student-athletes were named to the second team.

First-team honorees included sophomores Hallie Christofferson and Kelsey Harris and junior Anna Prins. Senior Lauren Mansfield and junior Chelsea Poppens earned spots on the second team.

Prins, a center on the court and elementary education major in the classroom has played in 76 career games. The Broomfield, Colo. native is averaging 7.9 points per game this season.

Christofferson, a forward from Hamlin, Iowa, is a graphic design major. The honor is the first for the Christofferson, who also averages 10.3 points and has started 18 games this season for the Cyclones.

Harris, a guard from Brea, Calif., took home first-team honors as a child, adult, and family services major. Harris, who is being recognized for the first time, has seen action in 20 games. She scored 11 points in the Cyclones’ most recent game at Texas Tech.

Mansfield, a guard from Adelaide, Australia, is an advertising major. She has started 53 of 56 career games and has dished out 238 assists in her career. Mansfield is averaging 6.8 points per game this season and is third on the team with 31 three-pointers.

Poppens, a forward from Aplington, Iowa, earned the honors as a kinesiology and health major. One of the Big 12’s top players, Poppens leads the league in rebounding with 11.0 boards per game to go along with a team-best 14.6 points.

Prins was honored for the second time in her career, while the others were recognized for the first time.

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Corning High School Students to Compete in Real World Design Challenge

News

February 14th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Several students from the Corning Community High School in Corning, are among 30 students from across the state who will be competing in the Real World Design Challenge, in Des Moines. The competition provided students with an opportunity to apply classroom lessons to technical problems currently faced in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) professions. The state-level component of the Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) is open to the public and will be held at the Science Center of Iowa on Saturday, February 18th The day-long event will take place from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and will include presentations from the participating teams, and conclude with one team receiving the Governor’s Cup, awarded by Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds, and an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC for the national finals.

Other schools sending students to the competition include: Don Bosco Catholic High School (Gilbertville); Hoover High School (Des Moines); Marshalltown High School (Marshalltown); and, West High School (Davenport). They’ll share their designs for “an efficient, low-carbon-emission and environmentally-friendly personal light sport aircraft (LSA),” as well as their 2000-word essay about what they would see and do if they were given the opportunity to fly their design across the country. The teams will be judged by a panel consisting of professors from Iowa’s Regent Universities, industry professionals and a representative from the Iowa College Student Aid Commission (Iowa College Aid).

Karen Misjak, executive director of the Iowa College Aid says “The Real World Design Challenge is a great opportunity for Iowa students to apply classroom learning to complex problems facing our society.” Misiak says “Iowa is faced with a worker shortage in STEM fields. We need to encourage greater student achievement and interest in STEM careers. By having students confront problems facing our nation’s leading industries, we not only encourage academic achievement, but also show them the promise their future can hold by pursing STEM-related professions.”

High schools from across the state were encouraged to form teams of 3-7 students in grades 9 through 12 to compete in the RWDC. Schools with participating teams received $1 million in professional engineering software, training on the software, curriculum materials and access to mentors. The state-level RWDC is sponsored by GEAR UP Iowa (administered by the Iowa College Student Aid Commission), the Iowa Department of Education, the Iowa Department of Transportation, Iowa State University, John Deere, NASA, Project Lead the Way, Rockwell Collins, Science Center of Iowa, Softronics, University of Northern Iowa and the University of Iowa.

For more information on the Real World Design Challenge event in Iowa, please contact Iowa College Aid at 877-272-4456. General information regarding the Real World Design Challenge is accessible online at http://www.realworlddesignchallenge.org/. In addition, information to help Iowa families plan, prepare and pay for college is available on Iowa College Aid’s website, www.IowaCollegeAid.gov.

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