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The Atlantic School Board Tuesday, adopted a resolution directing the sale of 7.66-million dollars in school infrastructure, sales, services and use tax bonds, series 2012.
Hutchinson-Shockey-Erley & Company of Chicago, IL, was the winning bidder for the marketing of the bonds.
HSE had the lowest interest rate of 3.74%, which was about one-half percent lower than what was expected when the district began to look at financing earlier this Spring. Piper Jaffrey’s Travis Squires said that will save the district about $500,000 in interest. The bonds will be used to finance construction and renovation at the Atlantic Middle School.
Squires said there were four bidders for the bonds. In addition to the Illinois firm, the other three were located in Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York. All of the bids were received electronically, through a parity on-line bidding system, which is common practice these days.
Squires had some good news for the board Tuesday night. He said during past month, the company finalized the rating cull for the Standard and Poor’s rating agency. He says the Atlantic Community School District received an “A-plus” bond rating, which, he says, is “very good.”
He says that’s based essentially on the fact the district’s enrollment is fairly stable, and because it has sufficient bond coverage on the existing debt. Squires says the district has almost double the amount of revenues needed to make the bond payments.
FOR SALE: Maytag matching Washer & Dryer. Almond color. Good condition. Asking $275. 712-243-2037
FOR SALE: A painted turtle. I’m not sure of the age or the sex. I bought it a month ago for $50 and it’s just not the right pet for us. It’s a great pet otherwise. If you have a farm pond or a big aquarium that would be great. I’m asking $25 for it. It will make a great pet for you. Call me at 641-745-5692 and my name is Ashley. Thanks for looking!!!
FOR SALE:2-solid oak entertainment centers. 1 fits 50″ flat screen has shelves on either side, cupboards on bottom with shelves down center for dvd players, receivers, etc. Asking $200 OBO. 2nd is for 35″ tv, has shelves and drawers underneath and above. Asking $100 OBO. Phone 712-249-1027 in Anita.
FOR SALE: 5000 BTU air conditioner $75 obo; potter’s wheel $50-100 obo. 243-4094
FOR SALE: 24 canning jars $4. Includes 1 quart, 1 1/2 pint, 1 pint. 243-3134
FREE: Misc. items at 612 W 6th St. (1 block from Family Table, Atlantic) Triple garage full of stuff.
GARAGE SALE: July 15th 8 am – ?? & 16th starting 7 am – ??. 1505 Lincoln Dr, Atlantic. Has everything: clothes, tv, bedroom set, toys, decorations. Will be held indoors.
WANTED: Space for about 10 people inside preferred, any type of floor have air mattress for RAGBRAI riders. Ages from mid 40’s-50’s – well mannered group. 641-420-1794 ask for Lon.
Class 1-A Regional Finals (Start Times 7:00 p.m.)
At Carroll: Earlham vs. Newell-Fonda
At Denison: Treynor vs. Hinton
At Norwalk: Van Meter vs. Martensdale-St. Marys
Class 2-A Regional Finals (Start Times 7:00 p.m.)
At Atlantic: Logan-Magnolia vs. Nodaway Valley
At Battle Creek: Missouri Valley vs. Alta/Aurelia
Class 3-A Regional Finals (Start Times 7:00 p.m.)
At Dallas Center: Harlan vs. Dallas Center-Grimes
At Winterset: Creston vs. Winterset
Class 2-A District Semi-Finals
Class 1-A District Quarter-Finals
Regular Season
Authorities have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of a popular new tourist attraction in central Iowa. People have been stealing the expensive L-E-D lights installed on the High Trestle Trail Bridge near Madrid. Sergeant Kenny Kendall, with the Boone County Sheriff’s office, says tips from the public this week led them to 22-year-old Spencer Sisco of Boone.
Sisco admitted taking four of the lights. He’s facing charges of theft and criminal mischief. Kendall says Sisco hasn’t been the only one swiping the lights.
“They cost $420 a piece…I guess it was just kind of a novel thing for him to try and do. We’ve got about 15 of those lights now missing,” Kendall said. Other lights on the bridge have been damaged.
“It’s just one of those things – you have something nice and people don’t respect it,” Kendall said. The High Trestle Bridge opened in late April. It’s a 13 story high, half-mile long structure that spans the Des Moines River. The bridge is part of a $15 million bike trail that runs from Ankeny to Woodward and passes through Slater, Sheldahl and Madrid. Kendall says plans are being made to increase security on the bridge.
“Our office does regularly patrol the area and we’re working with the Boone County Conservation Board in an effort to get some security cameras installed,” Kendall said. “But, unfortunately there again, we have to make sure the cameras aren’t in such a place as they can be vandalized.” The entire 25 mile long bike trail, including the bridge, follows a former railroad line once owned by Union Pacific.
(Pat Curtis/Radio Iowa)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Three school districts in Iowa are set to receive federal funding for safe rooms in the event of a tornado.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has approved nearly $3.3 million in funding for projects in Creston, Lenox and West Des Moines over the past three months.
The safe rooms will be designed to withstand winds of 250 miles per hour. They typically shelter an entire building’s population and are often used as gyms, cafeterias and libraries on a daily basis.
Five people were injured during a single-vehicle rollover accident Tuesday night, southeast of Red Oak. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says the driver of a 2008 Ford Fusion, 16-year old Eligah Cole Ryan Newkirk, of Nodaway, and four passengers in the vehicle, were transported to the Montgomery County Hospital for treatment and observation of non-life threatening injuries.
Officials say the car was traveling southbound on J Avenue and approaching the intersection with 230th Street, when a deer appeared on the road. Newkirk told authorities when he swerved to miss the animal, he lost control of the vehicle, which entered the southeast ditch at the intersection, and rolled over before coming to rest on its top.
The accident happened at around 10:10-p.m., Tuesday. The car, registered to 73-year old Goldie Ann Adams, of Red Oak, was a total loss.