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Minor accident reported near Atlantic High School

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September 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Rescue personnel were called to the scene of a minor personal injury accident this morning, at the entrance to the Atlantic High School. According to dispatch reports, a passenger in a vehicle suffered a bump to their head when they hit the windshield.

The accident happened at around 7:45-a.m. No other details are currently available.

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September 23rd, 2011 by admin

Jim speaks with Atlantic Chamber Director Megan Roberts about Coca-Cola Days!

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Griswold Girls Win Second XC Meet, Topham Cruises to Finish Line

Sports

September 23rd, 2011 by Jim Field

The Lady Tigers captured the team title at the Audubon Cross Country meet
with 40 points.  Rebekah Topham claimed her fourth individual title of the
season in an incredible 13:10. The freshman once again ran over a minute
faster than her closest competitor.

Jordyn Sindt turned in her best time of the season, a 15:22 to take 4th in
the race which featured some of the top talent in 1A and 2A in southwest
Iowa.  Alyx Flippin took 7th place and broke the 16 minute barrier by
crossing the finish line in 15:56. Larissa Backhaus had an incredible finish
to pick up 10th place. Allison Young was the 5th runner for the Lady Tigers
with an 18th place finish. All five of the scorers for the Lady Tigers ran
sub 18:00 minute races.

The sixth and seventh runners Bailey Power and Bridget Maurer finished
25thand 30th place with times of 17:03 and 17:16.

Team scoring:

  1. Griswold  40
  2. Tri-Center 68
  3. Audubon 77
  4. Guthrie Center  103
  5. Panorama 129
  6. IKM-Manning 139

Xavier Olivo led the Tigers. He finished 14th in a race loaded with talent.
Also scoring for the Tigers were Tyrel Peters, 35th; Jacob Maass, 43rd; Zak
Doty, 47th; and Mason Anstey, 54th. Logan Potter and Grant Haynes also ran
varsity for the Tigers.  Riverside won the boys competition. Griswold placed
8th.

-Jane Hall Chaillie
Griswold Head Cross Country Coach*

More information released on crash that killed state trooper

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September 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Safety Thursday afternoon, released more information about Tuesday’s car crash that killed a State Trooper near Indianola. The information includes two 911 calls placed shortly after the crash at 4:40 p.m. One caller stated, “I just saw a cop go in the ditch and he went in it pretty fast.” Trooper Mark Toney died in the crash as his squad car rolled into a field and burst into flames. The 43-year-old Toney had just started his shift at 4:00 p.m. Witnesses said the car’s emergency lights were flashing when it left the highway, but investigators say there was no communication between State Radio and Trooper Toney indicating his actions just prior to or during the crash. The in-car camera retrieved from Toney’s vehicle did not contain audio or video pertaining to the crash. An autopsy was conducted Wednesday but results are still pending. A press release states the official cause of the crash is still undetermined. It marks the first death of an Iowa State Trooper in the line of duty in 21 years. Toney’s funeral is scheduled for Saturday in Ankeny.

Some Iowa Guard Soldiers face tough time finding a job after deployment

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September 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The three thousand Iowa National Guard soldiers who recently returned from active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan aren’t facing a daily life-or-death mission any more– but many are facing the tough task of trying to find work as civilians when jobs are not plentiful. Becky Coady works with the Department of Defense agency know as the “Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.” She says finding a job was an issue for many soldiers before they left for active duty.”There were a significant number 730 of them stated that they were not employed prior to going on the deployment due to the recession,” Coady says.

One Iowa guard member — 22-year-old Joe Carr of Pleasant Hill — said he had only a temporary job when he was called up. “And that was pretty much all I could get, and I had that until I deployed,” Carr said. Temporary positions aren’t covered under the federal law protecting soldiers’ jobs while they are on active duty, so the army private is looking for work. He repaired drone aircraft in Iraq. He says he got back to Iowa on July 15th and says he has not had very much luck in finding a job. “At first I was trying not to be picky, but I feel my skills earn me a little bit, not a minimum wage job,” Carr says, “But its really hard in this economy to find anything.”

Sergeant Clay Chickering deployed with a Denison Iowa Guard unit, and was in the same boat. “I knew before I went on the deployment that when I came back I was going to be unemployed,” Chikering says. His manufacturing job got moved out of state while he was overseas. In Iraq he ran raids on houses suspected of harboring the Taliban. That kind of background makes some civilian jobs less appealing. “I don’t want to be sitting behind a desk doing a telemarketing job,” Chickering says, “It is kind of nerve-racking knowing that there’s a lot of people that are looking for work. Now that I’m off active duty I’m going to go ahead and file for unemployment.”

Iowa Workforce Development is trying to help the soldiers by taking its job search program directly to armories around the state.

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Thursday Volleyball Results

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September 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye 10:

  • (3-0) Kuemper Catholic 26-25-26, Shenandoah 24-15-17

Western Iowa:

  • (3-0) Underwood 25-25-25, Audubon 19-15-20
  • (3-0) Missouri Valley 25-25-25, Griswold 15-18-9
  • (3-0) Tri-Center 25-25-26, Treynor 20-17-24

Others:

  • (2-0) Bondurant-Farrar 25-25, Nodaway Valley 20-19
  • (2-0) Winterset 25-25, Nodaway Valley 18-23
  • (3-0) Van Meter 25-25-25, West Central Valley 20-19-13
  • (2-0) West Harrison 25-25, Heartland Christian 15-6
  • (2-1) West Harrison 25-25-15, East Mills 27-21-13

BILLY TAYLOR, 81, of Atlantic (graveside svcs 9-26-11)

Obituaries

September 23rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

BILLY WESLEY TAYLOR, 81, of Atlantic (formerly of Casey), died Thu., Sept. 22nd, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center.  Graveside services for BILLY TAYLOR will be held at 10:30-a.m. Mon., Sept. 26th, in the Evergreen Cemetery at Anita. Hockenberrry Funeral Home in Anita has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family is from 3-5pm Sun., Sept. 25th, at the funeral home.

BILLY TAYLOR is survived by:

His daughters – Rhonda (Rick) Burbridge, of Hannibal, MO; Billie (Mike) McLaren, of Atlantic; & April (Dana) King, of Des Moines.

His sister – LaRue (Art) Wheelock, of Anita.

His brother – Norman (Carolyn) Taylor, of Oklahoma City, OK.

3 grandchildren

Friday (9-23) High School Football Schedule

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September 23rd, 2011 by Jim Field

2011 High School Football Schedule
Week 5 — September 23

Class 3-A, District 1
Atlantic @ Glenwood (live on KJAN & KJAN.com!)
Lewis Central @ Harlan
Winterset @ Carroll
Red Oak @ Creston

Class 3-A, District 2
Sergeant Bluff-Luton @ Denison

Class 2-A, District 2
Kuemper Catholic @ Missouri Valley

Class 2-A, District 8
Clarinda @ Bondurant-Farrar
Shenandoah @ Colfax-Mingo

Class 1-A, District 1
Hinton @ IKM-Manning

Class 1-A, District 7
Central Decatur @ West Central Valley
Nodaway Valley @ Panorama

Class 1-A, District 8
Clarinda Academy @ Logan-Magnolia
Griswold @ Treynor
Underwood @ St. Albert
Tri-Center @ Audubon

Class A, District 7
Guthrie Center @ Martensdale-St. Marys

Class A, District 8
Riverside @ Bedford
Corning @ A-H-S-T
Exira/EHK @ West Harrison (ND)

8-Man, District 6
Murray @ Adair-Casey
CAM @ Ankeny Christian
East Union @ Lamoni
Mormon Trail @ Lenox

8-Man, District 7
Boyer Valley @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
Ar-We-Va @ Charter Oak-Ute
East Greene @ Glidden-Ralston

8-Man, District
East Mills @ South Page
Nishnabotna @ Sidney
Essex @ Stanton
Fremont-Mills @ Villisca

Montgomery County Arrests

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September 22nd, 2011 by admin

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrests of two people Thursday on unrelated charges.

At about 11:45 AM Thursday, the sheriff’s office arrested 20-year-old Yvonna Inlay of Sioux City for possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop on highway 34 near Stanton. Inlay was cited and released.

At about 1:00 PM Thursday, the sheriff’s office arrested 26-year-old Aaron Lucas Allen of Red Oak for breach of peace following an incident in the 300 block of Hilltop in Stanton. Allen was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and being held on $300 bond.