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9AM Newscast 06-20-2011

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June 20th, 2011 by admin

w/ News Director Ric Hanson

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Iowa nursing home chain fighting tax battles

News

June 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa nonprofit nursing home chain wants dozens of its facilities reclassified to residential properties for property tax purposes. If Care Initiatives succeeds in its quest, communities where the facilities are situated would get about half as much tax revenue from the facilities, which mostly are classified as commercial properties.

Care Initiatives has appealed 15 rejections to the Iowa Property Assessment Appeal Board. The company cites Iowa law, but several county assessors dispute that nursing homes are used primarily for human habitation.

Care Initiatives owns and operates facilities located locally, in Atlantic, Avoca, Bedford, Corning, Creston and Panora.

LaVONA BROWN, formerly of Atlantic & Audubon (no svcs. are planned)

Obituaries

June 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

LaVONA BROWN, 88, of Des Moines (& formerly of the Atlantic & Audubon areas), died Sun., June 19th, at the Colonial Manor in Anita. No services are planned for LaVONA BROWN. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic is assisting Hamilton’s Funeral Home in Des Moines, with the arrangements. 

www.rolandfuneralservice.com

LaVona Brown is survived by:

Her son – Larry (Cecile) Brown, of Hollard.

Her niece – Janet Thomas, of Anita.

8AM Sportscast 06-20-2011

Podcasts, Sports

June 20th, 2011 by admin

w/Sports Director Jim Field

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ILA EVEYLN KNUDSEN, of Harlan (svcs. set for 6-24-11)

Obituaries

June 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

ILA EVELYN KNUDSON, 94, of Harlan, died Sun., June 19th, at the Avoca Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services for ILA KNUDSON will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., June 24th,  at the Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. www.pauleyjones.com

Visitation at the funeral home is from 3-9pm Thu., June 23rd, with the family present to greet friends from 6-8pm. In addition, a Prayer Service will be held at the funeral home, beginning at 7-pm Thursday.

ILA KNUDSEN is survived by:

Her daughter – Karen (Jeffrey) Smith, Westchester, PA.

Her daughter-in-law – Pat Knudson, of Harlan

3 grandchildren

7 great grandchildren

Atlantic man arrested again for Public Intox

News

June 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

An Atlantic man was arrested twice in one week on Public Intoxication charges. The Police Department reports 54-year old Roy Milczarek was taken into custody Saturday. He was being held in the Cass County Jail pending an appearance before the magistrate.

Milczarek was also arrested last Wednesday, on the same charge.

7AM Newscast 06-20-2011

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June 20th, 2011 by admin

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Fourth IGHSAU Softball Rankings

Sports

June 20th, 2011 by Jim Field

2011 FOURTH Iowa Girls High School Softball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union

Class 4A
4A
SCHOOL
Record
LW
1
Des Moines East
16-1
2
2
Bettendorf
19-0
3
3
Muscatine
15-3
1
4
Sioux City East
18-2
7
5
Burlington
14-2
4
6
Cedar Rapids Jefferson
13-2
8
7
Iowa City West
14-4
5
8
Ottumwa
17-4
6
9
Davenport West
17-4
9
10
Ankeny
15-2
15
11
Johnston
11-5
10
12
North Scott
15-5
NR
13
Dowling Catholic
10-6
11
14
Des Moines Lincoln
11-6
14
15
Waukee
12-6
NR
Dropped Out: Dubuque Hempstead (12), West Des Moines Valley (13)
Class 3A
SCHOOL
Record
LW
1
Clear Creek-Amana
19-1
1
2
Chariton
15-2
2
3
Carlisle
20-1
3
4
Winterset
17-5
8
5
Dallas Center-Grimes
17-4
9
6
Solon
16-3
6
7
West Delaware
15-3
4
8
Charles City
20-2
10
9
Mount Vernon
16-5
7
10
Waverly-Shell Rock
13-4
11
11
Creston
15-3
NR
12
Keokuk
10-6
12
13
Sergeant Bluff-Luton
15-4
13
14
Harlan
12-3
5
15
Glenwood
17-2
NR
Dropped Out: Carroll (14), Spirit Lake (15)
Class 2A
SCHOOL
Record
LW
1
Central Springs
17-0
2
2
Bondurant-Farrar
16-2
1
3
Alta-Aurelia
16 -3
3
4
Durant
15-3
4
5
Iowa City Regina
11-5
5
6
Wilton
13-4
8
7
Emmetsburg
12-3
6
8
West Burlington
15-4
12
9
Colfax-Mingo
11-4
14
10
Logan-Magnolia
12-2
10
11
Mediapolis
14-2
NR
12
Jefferson-Scranton/P-C
13-4
NR
13
Missouri Valley
14-4
NR
14
West Marshall
13-3
9
15
Interstate-35
10-5
13
Dropped Out: Mid-Prairie (7), PCM (11), Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto (15)
Class 1A
SCHOOL
Record
LW
1
Akron-Westfield
15-1
1
2
Martensdale-St. Marys
16-0
2
3
Hinton
14-5
3
4
Preston
10-2
4
5
NSK-AR
19-1
5
6
North Mahaska
14-1
6
7
Newell-Fonda
13-5
8
8
Don Bosco
13-3
10
9
Janesville
16-1
9
10
Lynnville-Sully
14-3
12
11
Earlham
15-5
13
12
Woodward-Granger
17-5
7
13
Treynor
15-3
15
14
Van Meter
13-7
NR
15
WCLT
15-2
NR
Dropped Out: Westwood (9), Highland (14)

Saturday Baseball/Softball Results

Sports

June 20th, 2011 by Jim Field

BASEBALL

  • Glenwood 5, Spirit Lake 0
  • Glenwood 6, Sioux City East 3
  • Kuemper Catholic 4, Carroll 2
  • West Harrison 21, East Mills 2
  • Abraham Lincoln 5-8, Treynor 3(10)- 4
  • Ames 8, Thomas Jefferson 1

SOFTBALL

  • North Sentral Kossuth 13, Atlantic 0
  • Webster City 5, Atlantic 3
  • Clarinda 11, Villisca 5
  • Treynor 2, Glenwood 1
  • Abraham Lincoln 4, Glenwood 3 (8)
  • Treynor 11, Abraham Lincoln 10 (8)
  • Clear Creek-Amana 3, Harlan 1
  • Ankeny 10, Harlan 2
  • Creston 7, Nodaway Valley 1
  • Creston 12, Murray 0
  • Centerville 6, Kuemper Catholic 4
  • North Mahaska 7, Kuemper Catholic 0
  • Fremont-Mills 4, Clarinda 1
  • Fremont-Mills 11, Griswold 0
  • Griswold 3, Villisca 2
  • Carroll 12, Humboldt 1

Cool spring will delay sweetcorn growth

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June 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The cool April weather will delay one of the favorite summer delicacies of Iowans. Growers say sweetcorn planting was slowed and it won’t be available in great supply until after the Fourth of July. Ron Deardorff of Adel, grows 160 acres of sweetcorn in central Iowa. He uses some custom planting techniques to help the corn survive cooler weather. 

He says they lay down plastic and then he has a special planter that pokes a hole in the plastic and drops in a seed. It basically creates a little greenhouse underneath the plastic. Deardorff supplies various stores and vendors with sweetcorn and also supplies it to the annual “Adel Sweetcorn Festival.” Deardorff has been growing the Iowa favorite for almost 30 years, and says genetics have improved the quality of the corn over the years.

He says the corn is sweeter, the plants are healthier, the stalks are better to support the ears. “The corn we were planting 25 years ago wouldn’t even compare to the wonderful stuff we have nowadays,” Deardorff says. The advances also mean the sweetcorn can be stored longer before it loses its flavor. Deardorf plants the corn in about 20 different stages so new corn is maturing right up to labor day. Iowans cook sweetcorn in a variety of ways and eat it with butter and salt and other additions — but Deardorff likes it best fresh without condiments. 

“The true test of corn is raw right there in the field, it’s not covered up by butter, salt and pepper or anything,” he explains, “…I’ll probably eat more raw corn than I do cooked corn.”

With a good crop, Deardorff will produce about one-point-five million roasting ears this growing season. Fuel, fertilizer and seed costs are up this year, which means sweetcorn is expected to see a little increase in price this year once it hits the stores and stands across the state.

(Dar Danielson/Radio Iowa)