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Cong. Steve King stops by the KJAN studios

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April 29th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Western Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King made a tour of the area Thursday, stopping at various media outlets to spread the word that despite redistricting in 2012 which will eliminate the 5th District, which King represents, he will continue to look out for the interests of western Iowans. Under redistricting, King is placed in Iowa’s new 4th district along with fellow Republican Congressman Tom Latham. King spoke about Christie Vilsack, who is expected to announce her Democratic bid for the new Fourth Congressional District. He says Mrs. Vilsack called him recently to make her intentions known.
He says she placed a “courtesy call” to him recently. King says it’s too early to tell whether there will be a Primary race for either the Democrats or Republicans, and that’s a hurdle that has to be crossed before the general election is brought into consideration. King says people know his voting record, and people know where he stands. He intends to make his views known up to and until, the November 2012 election.

On another topic, King says the recent disclosure by President Obama’s of his birth certificate, in an effort to silence those who claim he is not an American Citizen, is nothing new. He says records clearly prove Obama is a natural-born citizen, but one question remains.

 He wants to know why the American people had to wait two and a-half years to see his birth certificate, and why he had to spend so much money to protect the information. He says it calls into question his ability to make important decisions.

Steve King spoke also about a budget plan proposed by Wisconsin Republican Representative Paul Ryan, which would reduce the deficit by $4.4-trillion over ten years, by repealing the Democrat’s health care bill and reform entitlements like Medicare and Medicaid. He says the budget is unlikely to meet approval of the Senate, and may face further cuts in the House.

 He says House Republicans have promised each other when they began the appropriations process, there would be 12 or 13 bills, and the Ryan budget as a guideline to keep spending at $4.4-trillion or below. King says he wanted to see a stronger budget, but he voted for Ryan’s version because it offers some degree of control.

Kings says “some leftist organizations” have decided to fund “robo-calls” to people in his district, in an attempt to scare Senior Citizens about proposed Medicare and Medicaid reforms in Ryan’s budget. He says there’s a guarantee persons 55 and older will not be touched. There is a proposal to provide those below age 55 with the resources to buy their own resources, but no policy is set in concrete right now.

Kings says there has to be serious discussion about how to solve the entitlement issues because of the anticipated increase Medicare recipients over the next few years. He says the program cannot sustain that increase under the current system.

Cass Co. Board of Supervisor’s news

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April 29th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Board of Supervisors today (Friday) approved the second reading of a Rural Addressing Ordinance. The ordinance would provide for an orderly street and address system in the unincorporated areas of the County. The first reading was held at their meeting last week, The third and final reading is scheduled to take place during the board’s meeting on May 4th.

The board also approved an expenditure appropriations change for the flow through of funds associated with public health grants. Auditor Dale Sunderman said as of this month the county had a flow through of grants amounting to $70,000. The extra grant monies came as a result of the Home Care Services division at the Cass County Memorial Hospital’s being moved to Iowa Health Home Care.

The appropriations change was necessary in order to meet the statutory requirements prior to paying claims. It states “Whereas grant funding which was flowing through the Cass County Memorial Hospital, is now flowing through Cass County,“ as a result of the Home Care Services change. The disbursement of those funds necessitates an increase in the expenditure appropriations for the local health department.

For Fiscal Year 2011 then, the General Basic Fund non-departmental budget would be reduced by $100,000, and local health budget would be increased by $100,000, which means a zero change in the budget.

In other business, the Cass County Board of Supervisors agreed to hold a special meeting 9-a.m. May 16th, to review bids for the northwest water-and-sewer project. The Atlantic Municipal Utilities board is expected to act later that same evening, on accepting or rejecting the bids which were received. The County will fund the urban renewal/tax incremental finance (TIF) project.

04-29-2011 Backyard and Beyond

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Lavon speaks with Hank Bohling, Adair County 4-H member, about Reach Out Iowa projects.

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Thursday Tennis

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April 29th, 2011 by Jim Field

Boys — Red Oak 8 Atlantic 1 at Red Oak

Singles
#1 Pete Walker 10 (R) over Mitch Leiferman 11 (A) 6-0, 6-1
#2 Derek Tjepkes 12 (A) over Matt Goracke 12 (R) 6-7(1), 6-3, 1-0 (5)
#3 Craig White 11 (R) over Blake Meneely 10 (A) 6-0, 6-1
#4 Jordan Nelson 9 (R) over Tyler Fischer 10 (A) 6-1, 6-1
#5 Dakota White 12 (R) over Noah Welter 10 (A) 6-3, 6-1
#6 Austin Streicher 9 (R) over Matt Cook 11 (A) 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (4)

Doubles
#1 Walker/Nelson (R) over Leiferman/Tjepkes (A) 6-7(6), 6-3, 1-0 (2)
#2 White/White (R) over Fischer/Welter (A) 6-3, 6-2
#3 Goracke/Dixon Nelson (R) over Cook/Branden Ballinger 11 (A) 6-2, 6-2

Boys JV winners — Singles Austin Conrad, Cody Ihnen, Jake Arneson, Rob Nichols; Doubles — Arneson/Nichols

Girls — Red Oak 8 Atlantic 1 at Atlantic

Singles
#1 Emily Pierson 12 (R) over Liz Metheny 12 (A) 6-1, 6-2
#2 Rachel Pierson 12 (R) over Shelby Svoboda 12 (A) 6-0, 6-1
#3 Brittany Walker 12 (R) over Carli Thornton 12 (A) 6-3, 6-2
#4 Morgan Allen 12 (A) over Paige Vannausdle 9 (R) 7-5, 6-4
#5 Zoey Baker 10 (R) over Sarah Schreiner 12 (A) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (11)
#6 Rosa Brunner 12 (R) over Tierney Kamies 12 (A) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
#1 R. Pierson/Walker (R) over Metheny/Svoboda (A) 6-1, 6-2
#2 E. Pierson/Brunner (R) over Thornton/Allen 6-1, 6-0
#3 Vannausdle/Baker (R) over Schreiner/Kamies 8-4

Girls JV winners — Singles Tori Dolch; Doubles — Dolch/Leah Tjepkes, Erika Lees/Hope Bowker, Sasha Barber/Alex Cole

Coach Shawn Petersen’s Comments —

Boys — Red Oak returns a very seasoned team that was very close last year to making a late run — I knew we’d have our hands full; Pete Walker at #1 is probably the #2 guy in the conference, and he showed why in 2 wins; Derek got a great win at #2 — Matt and Derek have been stalwarts in the conference for years now so not surprising they played so evenly; We kind of got buzzsawed at 3, 4, and 5; Matt Cook at #6 was up a set and in control, before getting too conservative and losing the lead and the match — we need him to play when ahead just like he did at the start and he’ll close those matches; Mitch and Derek had a set lead at #1 doubles before letting it get away — that was probably the most disappointing match of the night, b/c our top 2 guys should win a match vs their 1 and 4 — they’ll rebound, though.

Girls — Red Oak is who we thought they were — awfully strong at the top with pretty good depth at the bottom of their lineup — no real weak spots for them.  I thought Liz played outstanding all day, at one point having a break lead in the second and serving 30-0, but Emily caught fire and proved too much; Carli played a very smart match and had her chances against a tough Walker, who played very well — good match by both girls.  Morgan played very steady and smart — got her serves in and held serve I believe the entire match — good win for Morgan.  Sarah had match point on her racket but couldn’t close the deal — played hard and competed well against Zoey — I was proud of her efforts in singles.  At #6 Tierney ran into a girl from the Czech Republic, who was really on fire and never let Tierney establish any traction.  Girls got some tough duals coming up next week with trips to Shen and Harlan, so hopefully this dual will serve them well next week.

Thursday Track

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April 29th, 2011 by Jim Field

THURSDAY TRACK
Woodbine Girl’s Invitational
1. Treynor – 155 points
2. Woodbine – 131 points
3. Missouri Valley – 100 points
4. Boyer Valley – 87 points
5. Logan-Magnolia – 52 points

Gonzales-Parrish Co-Ed @ Guthrie Center
GIRLS
1. IKM-Manning – 125 points
2. Audubon – 121 points
3. Woodward-Granger – 117 points
4. Panorama – 87 points
5. Guthrie Center – 51 points

BOYS
1. Audubon – 99 points
2. Adair-Casey – 94 points
3. IKM-Manning – 82 points
4. Panorama – 62 points
5. Woodward-Granger-59 points
8. Bedford – 39 points

Boone Co-Ed Classic
GIRLS
1. Denison-Schleswig – 110 points
2. Jefferson-Scranton – 97 points
3. Boone – 95 points
4. Webster City – 60 points
5. Kuemper – 30 points

BOYS
1. Webster City – 108 points
2. Jefferson-Scranton – 106 points
3. Boone – 103 points
4. Kuemper – 40 points
5. Denison-Schleswig – 15 points

Thursday Soccer

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April 29th, 2011 by Jim Field

Thursday Girls Soccer
St. Albert 4, Atlantic 0
(Emily Hixson with 8 steals & Ali Hosfelt with 7 interceptions.)

Thursday Golf

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April 29th, 2011 by Jim Field

Thursday Girls Golf
Atlantic 178, Shenandoah 224, Red Oak 282

Medalist:  Kaitlynn Walter – 43
Runner-up: Brooke Fletcher – 43
(took 7 holes to break the tie)

Kristen Schuler – 44
Bailey Walter – 48
Pammy Fixmer – 50
Sierra Worth – 55

Treynor 195 Lo-Ma 224

Medalist – Taylor Hill – Treynor – 42
Runner Up – Meighan Ideus – Treynor – 48

Thursday Boys Golf
Atlantic    165, Shenandaoh   189, Red Oak    219

Matt Thielen    39    Medalist
Ben Nelson   40     Runner-up
Travis Olsen    43
Evan Schuler    43
Sam Renaud    44
Sam Markham   48

JV
Atlantic  184, Shenandoah  236, Red Oak (only two golfers)

Cole Lowary   42
Nick Berry    46
Ian McNees   47
Derek Stork   49
Andrew Thielen   55
Ethan Natchman   59

Treynor 166 Lo-Ma 184 AHST 213

Medalist – Cole Davis – Lo-Ma – 37
Runner Up – Brad Bailey – Treynor – 42

Trojan Golfer Win Triangular

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April 29th, 2011 by Jim Field

Atlantic    165, Shenandaoh   189, Red Oak    219

Matt Thielen    39    Medalist
Ben Nelson   40     Runner-up
Travis Olsen    43
Evan Schuler    43
Sam Renaud    44
Sam Markham   48

JV
Atlantic  184, Shenandoah  236, Red Oak (only two golfers)

Cole Lowary   42
Nick Berry    46
Ian McNees   47
Derek Stork   49
Andrew Thielen   55
Ethan Natchman   59

Coach Ed DenBeste says:

It was a windy day but finally had a nice temperature.  It was nice to see
Matt Thielen put down a great score of 39 in the wind.  He was medalist.
Also nice to see Ben Nelson shot a 40 for runner-up medalist.  It would have
been nice to have two other scores come in the low 40s or high 30s.  Evan
and Travis both shot a 43 but I know it could have been better.  Sam Renaud
looked better but knows he can go lower.  Sam Markham struggled on a couple
of holes otherwise would have been pretty good.  Now we need to start
getting some lower rounds.  I know we can do it.

I am also happy with our JV.  They did well in the wind.  Nice to see Cole
Lowary shot a 42.  Great round for him.  We had three others in the 40 to
finish with a 184.  Now we need to finish strong at Denison to finish up the
JV season.

Trojanns Down Fillies, Tigers

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April 29th, 2011 by Jim Field

Girls Golf  4/28 @ Shenandoah

Atlantic 178, Shenandoah 224, Red Oak 282

Medalist:  Kaitlynn Walter – 43
Runner-up: Brooke Fletcher – 43
(took 7 holes to break the tie)

Kristen Schuler – 44
Bailey Walter – 48
Pammy Fixmer – 50
Sierra Worth – 55

This week I told the girls we had to play the course, not our opponent.
We didn’t do that at Harlan earlier in the week.  I was pleased with how
the girls bounced back tonight on a more difficult course.  Kaitlynn
became the 4th medalist we have had this season; balance is a good thing!
Kaitlynn and Pammy shot their best score of the season.

Lane restrictions on I-680 begin May 6

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April 29th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Bridge maintenance work requires restricting Interstate 680 traffic to one lane in each direction between exit 21 (Pottawattamie County Road L-34) and exit 27 (I-80) beginning Friday, May 6, until Monday, June 6, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Council Bluffs construction office.

The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey posted speed limits and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles and wear seat belts.

(DOT Press Release)