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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7th

Trading Post

October 7th, 2011 by Jim Field

GARAGE SALE: 11th & maple(rain or shine) Fri. 1-6, Sat 8-12.  Men’s sizes Lg. to XX Lg, Women’s size 12-16, Children’s 6 months to size 12, Clothes, coats, shoes, small TV, battery charger, Christmas items, crochet thread, fabric remnants for quilting, hand sprayers, miscellaneous.

WANTED: Small garage type refrigerator.  $75 or less.  712-249-9545.  Text or leave a voicemail.

FOR SALE: Zenith console tv, cable ready, not HD, $10 you haul. 712-774-5604.

FREE: 36″ interior door. 243-4820

Iowans asked to wear orange to support anti-bullying effort

News

October 7th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Iowans are being asked to wear orange one day next week as a way to show support for an effort to stop bullying in schools. Julie Hertzog, director of the Minneapolis-based National Bullying Prevention Center, says Wednesday is what’s being called Unity Day and students in dozens of schools across Iowa are signing on. “It’s a day to unite against bullying,” Hertzog says. “It has a simple call to action of, ‘Make It Orange and Make It End.’ Students around the country and around the world are going to be wearing orange in support of the issue. They can also just write the word ‘unity’ on their hand or on their arm or their notebook.”

She says it’s startling how many young people are impacted by this problem. “One-hundred-sixty-thousand students each day stay home from school for fear of being bullied because they don’t want to go to school, they don’t want to face the situation,” Hertzog says. “When they do that, they’re missing out on the opportunity to learn.” Several high-profile cases involving student suicides in recent years displayed how bullying can take an extreme mental toll on the victim.

“We also hear about students who are exhibiting behavior like cutting, self-injury, of students who become anorexic or bulimic,” Hertzog says. “It’s all done as a result to just being in a lot of pain about being bullied.” One survey found that more than one-million children nationwide were cyber-bullied last year on Facebook alone, an example of how online bullying has grown. Hertzog says cyber-bullying is the modern version of writing on the bathroom wall.

“When we were growing up, bullying was limited to the school or maybe your neighborhood,” she says. “Now, with technology, kids have instant access to spread gossip and rumors and slander and send mean texts. On social media, they can reach an audience in an instant of hundreds, even thousands.” Learn more about the anti-bullying effort at: http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/ 

(Radio Iowa)

8AM Sportscast 10-07-2011

Podcasts, Sports

October 7th, 2011 by admin

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8AM Newscast 10-07-2011

News, Podcasts

October 7th, 2011 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Fair trade market comes to Atlantic

News

October 7th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

A store which will offer goods created in 38 countries without the use of child labor, opens tomorrow (Saturday), in Atlantic. Five churches in the community have teamed-up for the Atlantic Fair Trade Market, which will operate from October 8th through the 22nd, at 408 Chestnut Street. The hours of operation are from 10-a.m. to 5-p.m., Monday through Saturday.

On-hand at the Fair Trade Market will be items created from artisans from more than three-dozen countries, obtained through Ten Thousand Villages, one of the largest fair trade organizations in the world. Products made by the various artisans are in good working condition, and are made without the use of child labor. Prices are set by the artisans themselves, and are used to help those persons in third-world countries make a living.

The event was organized by Myra Kail, of Atlantic. A member of the 1st United Methodist Church, Kail said she was aware of a fair trade movement that’s been around for a while, and was interested in creating a similar market in Atlantic. Over the past six-months, Kail and fellow organizer Michelle Jones planned the event and formed an all-volunteer committee among five churches in the community to handle the details.

Kail said depending on demand, another Fair Trade Market might be held in the Spring of 2012. And, if there’s enough demand, a permanent shop could be established. For more information, call Myra Kail at 712-243-4265.

Atlantic High School Safe – searched again today for explosives

News

October 7th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Police Chief Steve Green said this (Friday) morning, that the Atlantic High School was searched today, for any evidence of explosives, and none was found. Green reminds students they will not be allowed to bring book bags, large purses or duffel bags into the building this morning.

The searches, which began Wednesday evening, were in response to a threat written on a bathroom stall at the high school, which warned a bomb would go off today. No arrests have been made in connection with the threat, which was discovered by a student, and reported to the authorities.

7AM Newscast 10-07-2011

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October 7th, 2011 by admin

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Thursday Volleyball Results

Sports

October 7th, 2011 by Jim Field

Hawkeye 10:

  • (2-0) Lewis Central 25-25-25, Glenwood 22-14-22
  • (3-2) Red Oak 25-18-20-25-15, Denison-Schleswig 11-25-25-22-5

Corner Conference Tournament

  • Final: (3-0) Stanton beat Nishnabotna
  • Consolation: (3-1) Villisca beat Essex

Clarinda Quadrangular

  • (2-0) Clarinda beat Mount Ayr
  • (2-0) Clarinda beat Corning
  • (2-0) Treynor beat Clarinda
  • (2-0) Treynor beat Corning
  • (2-0) Treynor beat Mount Ayr
  • (2-0) Corning beat Mount Ayr

Others:

  • (3-1) Riverside 25-25-15-25, Exira-EHK 17-11-25-21
  • (3-0) Bedford beat CAM
  • (3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Nishnabotna 19-15-9
  • (3-1) Ar-We-Va 26-21-25-25, Boyer Valley 24-25-10-17
  • (3-0) IKM-Manning 25-26-25, Woodbine 23-24-16
  • (3-1) Madrid 25-22-25-25, Panorama 17-25-19-23

 

Trojan Preview 10-07-2011

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October 7th, 2011 by admin

Weekly discussion with Atlantic Head Football Coach Tim Duff as his team travels to face Lewis Central in a key district game.

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Fourth person sentenced in Bluffs woman’s death

News

October 7th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The last person accused of participating in the murder of a Council Bluffs woman earlier this year, was sentenced Thursday to 20-years in prison. 47-year old Clarence Woolsoncroft plead guilty to five charges in connection with the January 14th murder of 39-year old Tammy Rocha. Wilsoncroft was charged with willful injury causing serious injury with a dangerous weapon, willful injury causing bodily injury, and three misdemeanors. He had faced charges of 1st degree murder, 1st degree kidnapping, 1st degree robbery and conspiracy. He’ll have to serve at least five-years in jail, before he’s eligible for parole.

Last May, a jury found Woolsoncroft guilty of 2nd degree murder, false imprisonment and willful injury causing serious injury, but that decision was vacated and the judge granted a new trial, in July, after agreeing with the defense attorney’s position that there had been an error in jury instructions, and that prosecutors failed to provide evidence Woolsoncroft knew a knife was used in the crime, or that he knew there was an intent to murder the woman.

Three other people involved in the stabbing of Rocha near a residence in Council Bluffs were sentenced to a total of 82-years in prison. Lisa Reeves plead guilty to 2nd degree murder, and was sentenced to 50-years in jail. Reeves stabbed Rocha seven times with a knife in front of Reeves’ residence in Council Bluffs, after Rocha stole four rings and a cellphone from her the night before.

Reeves’ father, Bryan Reeves, pleaded guilty to three lesser charges and was sentenced to 30-years in prison. And, Eric Long — Reeves’ boyfriend — was sentenced to two-years in prison, after pleading guilty to being an accessory after the fact.