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Adams County man captures his 3rd Super Bull win

Ag/Outdoor, News

August 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

For the third year in a row, an Adams County man has captured a State Fair title for a prize winning bull. Jim Stalcup‘s 2,768 pound bull “Bubba“ won the Super Bull category at the fair. For Stalcup, of Prescott, it was not only his third win in a row, but his sixth overall. Stalcup will celebrate 60-years in the cattle business, in 2012.

“Bubba” the bull was about 1,000 pounds heavier than the average bull, and more than double the size of market-weight cows that go to slaughter. The six-year old beast eats about a bushel of corn each day, but during the recent heat wave, he ate less than half of that, and lost about 300-pounds.

Bubba has sired about 300 calves since he came of age, five-years ago. His reign as a bull among bulls will come to an end after the fair, when he is sent to his demise, and future as hamburger.

Audubon County teen named 2nd runner-up in State Fair Queen contest

Ag/Outdoor, News

August 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

An Audubon County teen was named the second runner-up during the selection of the State Fair Queen title, Saturday night. Chelsea Nelson, the daughter of Dave and Trudy Nelson, of Exira, was a finalist in the contest. The second runner-up wins $700 in scholarship money and a $250 Jordan Creek Mall gift card.

The title of Fair Queen went to Paris Schnepf, of Granville, in O’Brien County, who won a $2,800 scholarship and $600 gift card to the Jordan Creek shopping mall. Her name will also be placed on a brick at the Riley Stage, on the State Fairgrounds.

Cassie Galm, of Spencer, in Clay County was named 1st runner-up, and Kelsey Orr, of Sioux City, in Woodbury County, was the third runner-up for the title.

The winners were chosen from 101 county queens, and had spent several days with judges at the fair. Last year’s Iowa State Fair Queen, was Lacy Stevenson.

MAURINE DAVIS, 83, of Bayard (svcs 8-27-11)

Obituaries

August 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

MAURINE DAVIS, 83, of Bayard, died Sun., Aug. 14th, at the Guthrie County Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial service for MAURINE DAVIS will be held 11-a.m. Sat., Aug. 27th, at St. Patrick’s Church in Bayard. Ohde Funeral Home in Bayard has the arrangements.

Friends may call after 10-a.m. the day of the service, at St. Patrick’s Church.

Burial will be in the Willow Township Cemetery, near Bayard.

MAURINE DAVIS is survived by:

Her sons – Maurice Davis, of Irvine, CA; Mark Davis, of Des Moines; & Jon Davis, of Pierce, NE.

Her daughter – Anne Kriene, of Pierce,  NE.

13 grandchildren, & 6 great-grandchildren.

EDWARD HANSEN, 95, of Harlan (svcs 8-17-11)

Obituaries

August 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

EDWARD HANSEN, 95, of Harlan, died Sun., Aug. 14th, at the Elm Crest Assisted Living facility in Harlan. Funeral services for EDWARD HANSEN will be held 11-a.m. Wed., Aug. 17th, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home, is from Noon until 9-p.m. Tue., Aug. 19th, with the family present from 6-8pm. A Prayer service will be held at 7-p.m. Tues. , also at the funeral home.

Burial will be in the Jacksonville Cemetery.

EDWARD HANSEN is survived by:

His wife – Catherine, of Harlan.

His daughters – Bonnie (Robert) Myers, of Shelby, Lorrain (Kenny) Towne, of Hancock, & Ilene (Verne) Nelson, of Harlan.

His Step-daughter – Cheryll (Brownnie) Polley, of Carlise.

His Step-son – John (Roxanne) Linde, of Harlan.

15 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, & 6 great-great grandchildren

Red Oak man arrested again on drug charge

News

August 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report a local man was arrested on a drug charge, Sunday. 23-year old Demarcus Jermar King was taken into custody Sunday afternoon, after authorities executed a search warrant at his residence on West Coolbaugh Street. During the search, officers with the Red Oak P.D. and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office seized more than six-grams of marijuana, and various drug paraphernalia.

King was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond, for Possession with the Intent to Deliver. It’s the second time in a little over two-years King has been arrested on a Possession of Controlled substance charge.

NE Teen injured in Mills Co crash, Sunday

News

August 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State Patrol says a Nebraska teen was injured Sunday night when the car she was driving was struck by an SUV a few miles east of Bellevue, Nebraska, on the Iowa side of the Missouri River. Officials say 18-year old Jillian McGlothlin, of Bellevue, was driving a 2000 VW Beetle on 189th Street and turning onto Highway 370, when she was hit on the driver’s side by a 1999 Ford Explorer.

McGlothlin was transported by Pacific Junction Rescue to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. The driver of the SUV, 24-year old Tristan Rackley, also from Bellevue, was not injured.

The accident happened at around 8:10-p.m., Sunday.

PIPELINE LEAK IN MISSOURI RIVER FLOOD PLAIN IN MONONA COUNTY

News

August 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

ONAWA, IA – A pipeline carrying natural gasoline developed a leak over the weekend,
with the potential to lose about 140,000 gallons of gasoline in the Missouri River
floodplain southwest of Onawa.

Enterprise Products of Houston, Tex., reported a drop in pipeline pressure to the
Iowa Department of Natural Resources at 4:30 a.m. Saturday. The pressure drop
occurred at 2:30 a.m. in a section of 8-inch pipe that runs under the Missouri River
from Decatur, Neb., east to Interstate 29 just west of Onawa.

Company officials were able to shut the pipeline down on both sides of the river,
estimating the maximum amount of gasoline in the pipe to be 140,742 gallons. They
had teams searching for the leak by 4:30 a.m. The company tried to verify and locate
the break on the ground, from a plane and from a boat.

By 4 p.m., they suspected the break was on the Iowa side of the river in the flood
plain, but still did not have a specific location. The company is pumping the
gasoline that remains in the pipeline into trucks. If flood water shows up as they
pump, that may help the company locate the break. If not, officials plan to send
divers to look early next week.

Natural gasoline is not natural gas. It is an unrefined light-weight liquid, clear
to light amber in color. It smells of petroleum and floats on water. It is heavier
than air. The product has likely floated on down river. Even if the gasoline is
found, it would be dangerous and difficult to recover in the turbulent flood
conditions.

The DNR notified downstream water supplies in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Blair and
Omaha, Neb., to alert the operators of possible petroleum contamination. The DNR
also notified the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality. The company notified
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Nebraska.

A second pipeline carrying propane runs in the same trench as the natural gasoline.
Company officials are using a flare to burn off propane on the Nebraska side of the
river as a precaution.

The DNR is not considering enforcement actions.

2011 Tournament of Champions – Final Scores

Sports

August 14th, 2011 by Jim Field

Championship Division                    Rd 1    Rd 2    Rd 3    Total
Jason Reynolds (Griswold CC)                65     66    72    203 (-4)
Aaron Ahrendsen (Manning-Manilla)            71     70    63    204 (-3)
Brad Hartkopf (Atlantic Golf & CC)                68     69    69    206 (-1)
Barry Smith (Pine Knolls CC of Knoxville)            65     68     76    209 (+2)
Matt Weresch (Des Moines Golf & CC)            67     75    68    210 (+3)
Jared Cochran (Terrace Hills Golf Course)            67     69    77    213 (+6)
Ryan Clark (Briarwood Club of Ankeny)            71     70    75    216 (+9)
Isaac Rodenberg (Woodward Golf & CC)            73     75    69    217 (+10)
Chris Nelson (Atlantic Golf & CC)                72     74    72    218 (+11)
Ron Peterson (Des Moines Golf & CC)            74     70    74    218 (+11)
Derek Jacobsen (Atlantic Golf & CC)            70     73    76    219 (+12)
Johnny Schwaller (Coon Rapids Golf Course)        75     72    73    220 (+13)
David Akers (Pine Lake CC)                    70     75    75    220 (+13)
Jim Brown (Urbandale Golf & CC)                75     69    77    221 (+14)
Rob Langfelt (Crestwood Hills)                75     78    70    223 (+16)
Zach Christianson (Atlantic Golf & CC)            70     80    73    223 (+16)
Darby McLaren (Atlantic Golf & CC)            69     79    75    223 (+16)
Matt Jennings (Gateway Recreation)                72     74    77    223 (+16)
Carl Eckenrod (Mason City CC)                75     75    74    224 (+17)
Jim Wood (Red Oak CC)                    78     72    75    225 (+18)
Steve Davie (Dunlap Golf Course)                73     75    77    225 (+18)
Chad Dryden (Crestmoor)                    71     77    77    225 (+18)
Brett McGriff (Grinnell Golf & CC)                71     75    79    225 (+18)
Manuel Smith (Copper Creek Golf Club)            73     78    75    226 (+19)
Jared Koch (Majestic Hills Golf Course)            78     77    72    227 (+20)
Jeff Gude (Atlantic Golf & CC)                73    74    80    227 (+20)
Wade Voith (Twin Lakes Golf Club)                76     74    78    228 (+21)
Chad Speer (Greenfield CC)                    74     75    79    228 (+21)
Andrew Martin (Nishna Hills)                76     76    77    229 (+22)
Andy Kuhr (Fremont County Golf Course)            76     78    75    229 (+22)
Adam Hart (Legacy Golf Club of Norwalk)            77     74    78    229 (+22)
Nathan Elseman (Walton Club)                70     75    84    229 (+22)
Lance Halverson (Osceola CC)                78     73    79    230 (+23)
Shane Burmeister (Atlantic Golf & CC)            80     76    74    230 (+23)
Brian Gargano (Humboldt CC)                73     79           79    231 (+24)
Kyle Pieper (5 x 80 Club)                    78     77    76    231 (+24)
Mitch Engelbarts (Gruis Recreation)                81     81     69    231 (+24)
Darron Baker (Eagle Grove Golf Course)            77     82    73    232 (+25)
John Costello (Jester Park)                    76     78    79    233 (+26)
Mason Ross (Indian Hills Golf Course of Wapello)        77     79    77    233 (+26)
Jeremy Perkins (Oakland Golf Club)                79     85    71    235 (+28)
Nick Beyer (Diamond Trail Golf Course)            80     75    81    236 (+29)
Aaron King (Sac County CC)                    73     82    81    236 (+29)
Dan Conaway (Eagle Grove Golf Course)            75     82    79    236 (+29)
Nolan Schmidt (Avoca Golf & CC)                77     76    83    236 (+29)
Jason Branham (Quail Run)                    80     80    77    237 (+30)
Jim Grieve (Waveland)                    80     78    79    237 (+30)
Dustin Burr (Audubon Golf & CC)                81     78    81    240 (+33)
Matt Haley (Happy Hollow CC)                75     82    84    241 (+34)
Steve Chapman (Treynor CC)                    79     80    82    241 (+34)
Brad Fabian (Greenbriar)                    80     83    81    244 (+37)
Todd Sewick (River Road Golf Course)            79     87    79    245 (+38)
Ken Harryman (Shelby County CC)                82     82     81    245 (+38)
Ben Knapp (Mount Ayr Golf & CC)                84     82     84    250 (+43)
Alex Van Dorpe (Toad Valley Golf Course)            80     85    85    50 (+43)
Cody Cox (Leon Golf & CC)                    84     85    84    253 (+46)
Dustin Mathews (Osceola CC)                80     90    86    256 (+49)
Jeff Bermel (Lagos Acres CC of Keota)            80     84    94    258 (+51)
Sam Weeks (Ballard Golf & CC)                79     XX    XX    WD

Senior Division                        Rd 1    Rd 2    Rd 3    Total
George Gartelos (Hunter Ridge Golf Course)         70     67    74    211 (+4)
Gene Capps (Indianola CC)                     70     74    70    214 (+7)
John Wilmore (Des Moines Golf & CC)             73     73    70    216 (+9)
Rick Thompson (Fairfield Golf & CC)             72     76    70    218 (+11)
Arnie Leistad (Atlantic Golf & CC)                 72     73    73    218 (+11)
Daryl Armstrong (Crestwood Hills)                 71     73    75    219 (+12)
Jeff Morenz (Atlantic Golf & CC)                 72     74    76    222 (+15)
Ken Portsche (Beaver Creek Golf Course)             75     72    78    225 (+18)
Chris Myers (Honey Creek Golf Club)            73     74    78    225 (+18)
Del Miller (West Liberty Golf & CC)             73     80    73    226 (+19)
Blair Hoegh (Otter Creek)                     72     74    82    228 (+21)
Kirk Nelson (Atlantic Golf & CC)                 75     79    76    230 (+23)
Paul Huddleson (Nishna Hills)                 84     73    75    232 (+25)
Mick Allen (Atlantic Golf & CC)                 75     83    76    234 (+27)
Dean Muhs (Shelby County CC)                 80     81    75    236 (+29)
Ken Hoogensen (Willow Creek)                 81     79    78    238 (+31)
Pete Schmidt (Avoca Golf & CC)                 81     81    76    238 (+31)
Mike Martin (Nishna Hills)                     81     80    79    240 (+33)
Jim Haub (Twin Lakes Golf & CC)                 78     86    77    241 (+34)
Tony Petersen (Greenbriar Golf Course)             80     81    82    243 (+37)
Victor Garza (Gruis Recreation)                 82     86    76    244 (+37)
Jim Sachs (Gruis Recreation)                 83     87    81    251 (+44)
Frank Heimbaugh (Quail Run CC)                 89     82     82    253 (+46)
Don Perrin (Happy Hollow CC)                 84     89     89    262 (+55)
Jim Mullenix (Shadow Valley Golf & CC of Woodbine)    88     94    83    265 (+58)
Frank Gunsolley (Mount Ayr Golf & CC)             85     93    89    267 (+60)
Chuck Bunting (Bedford CC)                 89     92     95    276 (+69)
Steve Van Ryswick (Gateway Recreation)             101     90     90    281 (+74)
Don Bermel (Lagos Acres CC of Keota)             102     101     103    306 (+99)

Creston man arrested in his boxer shorts

News

August 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County say a Creston man was arrested early this (Sunday) morning, at the Corning City Park. 20-year old Michael Frabau was taken into custody at around 1:45-a.m., on a charge of Public Intoxication, after he was seen wearing just his boxer shorts.

Authorities investigate property damage accident in Red Oak

News

August 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Montgomery County Sunday, investigated a property damage accident in Red Oak. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says a two-vehicle accident happened at the intersection of Highways 34 & 48. When Deputies arrived just after noon, Sunday, they determined a 2008 Chrysler van owned and driven by 86-year old Gene H. Howes, of Hamilton, IL, was traveling east on Highway 34, and failed to yield or stop at the intersection with Highway 48.

The van collided with a 1998 Ford van, driven by 44-year old June Marie Lang, of Red Oak. No injuries were reported. Damage from the crash amounted to $8,000.

Officials say Howe was cited for Failure to Obey a Stop Sign. Deputies were assisted at the scene by personnel from the Red Oak Fire and Rescue Department, Red Oak Police, and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Reserves.