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AUGUST 2022

Birthday Club

August 10th, 2022 by Jim Field

August 1:

  • Larry Jessen of Exira (winner)
  • Jody Parks of Glenwood
  • Sarah Murray of Audubon

August 2:

  • Judy McClure of Atlantic (winner)
  • Debbie Metheny of Atlantic
  • Toby Thomas of Atlantic
  • Perry Kelley of Harlan

August 3:

  • Clarissa Terpstra of Exira (winner)

August 4:

  • Linda Petersen of Exira (winner)
  • Rita Rohde of Atlantic
  • Chris Parks of Atlantic (Program/Sports Director @ KJAN)

August 5:

  • Eric Wilson of Exira (winner)
  • Camryn Jean Nelson of Creston
  • Melanie Heinrichs of Exira

August 6:

  • Dwain Thompson of Exira (winner)
  • Jim Finnell of Atlantic
  • Wendall Weideman of Atlantic
  • Roger Steffens of Atlantic

August 7:

  • Chuck Sorensen of Exira (winner)
  • Linda Marek of Anita
  • James Mortensen of Kimballton

August 8:

  • Carter Griffin of Atlantic (winner)

August 9:

  • Margo Matthies of Walnut (winner)
  • Serenity Macias of Atlantic
  • Linda Eilts of Massena
  • Ann Martin of Exira
  • Doug Weston of Audubon

August 10:

  • Danielle Schwarte of Wiota (Winner)
  • Jana Lambert of Massena
  • Larry Johnson of Exira

August 11:

  • Sharon Hansen of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Gary Bissell of Alantic

August 12:

  • Hava Dennler of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Michael D. Murphy of Atlantic
  • Jane Livingston of Atlantic

August 13:

  • Bonnie Orfield of Atlantic (Winner)
  • Diana Williams of Atlantic
  • Herb Wahlert of Exira

August 14:

  • Bob Jobe of Lewis (Winner)
  • Finn Sothman of Cumberland
  • Linda Riesberg of Exira

August 15:

  • Michael E Murphy of Lewis (winner)
  • Betty Weiman of Exira
  • Braxton Androy of Elk Horn

August 16:

  • Hannah Housh of Atlantic (winner)

August 17: 

  • Janice Peterson of Atlantic (winner)
  • Margo Wolfe of Atlantic
  • Vincenza McMahon of Kansas City

August 18:

  • Colby Madsen of Kimballton (winner)
  • John Oliphant of Exira
  • Pat Saltmarsh of Atlantic

August 19:

  • Joyce Hanson of Waseca, WI
  • Brady Wayne Erickson of Leadville, CO

August 20:

  • Kathy Meyer of Atlantic (winner)
  • Jaden Jensen of Exira

August 21:

  • Ardella Petersen of Exira (winner)

August 22:

  • Eugene Topolewski of Atlantic (winner)

August 23:

  • Tatum Santisteban of Exira (winner)
  • Jovie Richter of Atlantic
  • Michael Winston of Walnut

August 24:

  • Kynleigh Brown of Fontanelle (winner)
  • Sandy Kneisel of Atlantic
  • Charlie Wheeler of Exira
  • Mark Jespersen of Atlantic

August 25:

  • Margo Chester of Massena (winner)
  • Jessica Mathisen of Lewis
  • Terry Mathisen of Atlantic
  • Jacque Meisnger 0f Atlantic
  • Brenda Swope of Atlantic
  • Andi Crane of Exira
  • Trenda Peterson of Atlantic

August 26:

  • Janice Kinnison of Atlantic (winner)

August 27:

  • Chance Lauritsen of Exira (winner)
  • Milo Sager of Atlantic

August 28:

  • MaDonna Nisson of Atlantic (winner)
  • Barbara Lamp of Atlantic
  • Toni Moore of Atlantic
  • Paul Hocamp of Atlantic

August 29:

  • Marilyn Munch of Exira (winner)
  • Melanie Larsen of Audubon

August 30:

  • Donnie Schlater of Exira (winner)
  • Fern Linvall of Atlantic

August 31:

  • Luna Peterson of Cumberland (winner)
  • Scott Damon of Cumberland
  • Shelby McKinnley of Atlantic

 

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Creston Police report one arrest

News

August 10th, 2022 by admin

The Creston Police Department reports an arrest early Wednesday. At 12:14 a.m. Officers arrested 43-year-old Lela Ann Churchwell of Creston at her residence. She was charged with Public Intoxication 1st Offense and Interference with Official Acts and taken to the Clarke County Jail and held on $600 cash or surety bond.

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Heartbeat Today 8-10-2022

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

August 10th, 2022 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with ISU Extension & Outreach Food & Health Specialist Leah Brooke about the Salsa Making Workshop Saturday at the Cass County Fairgrounds.  Register online: https://go.iastate.edu/UQNM5W

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Cass County Extension Report 8-10-2022

Ag/Outdoor, Podcasts

August 10th, 2022 by Jim Field

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UNI football Media Day is Wednesday

Sports

August 10th, 2022 by admin

Northern Iowa coach Mark Farley says the Panthers have consistency in practice as they get ready for the new football season. UNI is using a new practice facility that has an artificial surface and stadium lights. As a multi-purpose facility the UNI-Dome is often unavailable.

The Panthers are also using a new team meeting room.

The Panthers are coming off a 6-6 season that included a first round loss in the FCS playoffs at Eastern Washington. Former Utah State offensive coordinator Bodie Reeder has joined the staff and has made some changes to an offense that averaged just under 25 points per game.

UNI opens the season September third at Air Force.

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Knoxville Nationals begin Wednesday night

Sports

August 10th, 2022 by admin

Sprint Car Racing’s biggest event begins Wednesday night with the first of two night’s of qualifying at the Knoxville Nationals. Saturday night’s championship lineup will be determined by a point system that even includes time trials and heat races.

That’s race director John McCoy. Saturday night’s feature winner will pocket 175 thousand dollars and the total purse will top one million dollars.

The last five Nationals have crowned five different winners and McCoy says the talent pool in sprint car racing is deep and young.

Fans from across the country will be on hand and McCoy says there is always a large contigent of Australians and many never leave.

Half of the field will qualify on Wednesday night while the other half of the field will make a qualifying run on Thursday night. Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson is the defending champion.

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MARY ARLENE SHAVER, 96, of Atlantic (8-27-2022)

Obituaries

August 10th, 2022 by admin

MARY ARLENE SHAVER, 96, of Atlantic died Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at Atlantic Specialty Care. A Celebration of Life Visitation for MARY ARLENE SHAVER will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2022 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.

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Burial in the Massena Center Cemetery at a later date.

Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com

MARY ARLENE SHAVER is survived by:

nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.

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Skyscan Forecast 08/10/2022

Weather

August 10th, 2022 by admin

Skyscan Forecast  Wednesday, August 10, 2022  Dan Hicks

Today: Patchy fog early, then mostly sunny. SW @ 10-15. High 92.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. SW @ 10. Low 68.

Thursday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of isolated thunderstorms. E @ 10. High 90.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. SE @ 5. Low 65.

Friday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of isolated thunderstorms. High 90.

Saturday: Partly cloudy. High 94.

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DeJear says state must do more to address teacher, staff shortages in Iowa schools

News

August 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Deidre DeJear, the Democratic candidate for governor, says it’s time for damage control to address the shortage of teachers, bus drivers and other staff in some Iowa schools. “It’s not just our teachers,” DeJear says. “It’s everyone that’s making that education ecosystem work being impacted by our failure to fund education.” DeJear says her opponent, Republican Governor Kim Reynolds, chose to focus this year on state funding to send 10-thousand students to private schools.

“Rather than meeting the needs of all of our public school students…she focused only on 2% of those students and so now is the opportunity for us to use this election cycle to put someone in office who truly believes in ensuring that every student throughout our state has access to a quality education,” DeJear says, “an education that’s preparing them for a limitless future.” DeJear says things like retention bonuses could help some schools keep veteran teachers in the classroom.

“We’ve got to get the workforce built back up,” DeJear says. “Part of that is not only investing in K-12, but part of that is also investing in our higher education institutions that have the ability to train the next teacher workforce, the next educators and that cost is getting more and more and more less affordable.” Governor Reynolds used federal pandemic funds to provide one-time bonuses of one-thousand dollars to teachers and this spring she approved a two-and-a-half percent increase in per pupil funding for public schools.

Reynolds and the Republican-led legislature also started a teacher apprenticeship program — but the state scholarships for private school students Reynolds proposed didn’t have enough support in the Iowa House. Reynolds says she will continue to press for the plan. Reynolds says when it comes to education, one size really doesn’t fit all — and some parents may want their children in a private school that conforms to their faith and moral convictions. DeJear says Reynolds has yet to agree to debates.

A spokesman for the governor’s campaign says Reynolds is happy to debate and details will be ironed out as fall approaches.

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Salsa Making Workshop Hosted by Cass County Extension on August 13

Ag/Outdoor, News

August 9th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Learn all the basics of water bath canning and salsa making at a Food Preservation Workshop on Saturday, August 13, 2022, from 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM. The workshop, offered at the Cass County Fair Food Stand, is part of the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach program Preserve the Taste of Summer. Leah Brooke, human sciences specialist in food and health with ISU Extension and Outreach, will lead the workshop.

During the hands-on workshop, participants will: 

Learn the basics of water bath canning,
Hear the most up-to-date canning and salsa making recommendations,
Make and can salsa, and
Take home and enjoy a jar of salsa that they canned.

“These workshops are fun and helpful for beginning canners as well as experienced canners,” states Leah Brooke, workshop instructor. “We will provide the most up-to-date science and guidelines for water bath canning.”

The cost of this hands-on workshop is $40. Local scholarships are available- call the Cass County Extension Office at 712-243-1132 for details. Participants can register for the workshop online at https://go.iastate.edu/UQNM5W.

Find a wide variety of recipes, resources and upcoming classes on food preservation at the Preserve the Taste of Summer home page:  https://www.extension.iastate.edu/humansciences/preserve-taste-summer

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