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Atlantic High School Principal Heather McKay says she is pleased to report the AHSneedle, an online student newspaper, was recently designated a 2021 School Newspapers Online distinguished site. The accomplishment demonstrates the news staff’s excellence in the SNO recognized aspects of online publishing: Continuous coverage; Site excellence; Audience engagement; Story page design; writing, and multimedia. The students are guided in their efforts by their Advisor, Allison Berryhill.
AHSneedle staff and Advisor Allison Berryhill (back row, far right)
2021 marks the eighth year since the launch of the SNO’s Distinguished sites program. It was developed in an effort to outline and disambiguate standards of excellence in online scholastic and collegiate journalism.
See the latest edition of the AHSneedle at https:/ahsneedle.com/
To learn more about SNO, visit www.snosites.com.
(Radio Iowa) – While some gas stations in the Southern U-S have temporarily closed and pump prices are rising on the East Coast, there’s only one report of a Davenport-area convenience store running out of gas, though prices are climbing in many Iowa cities. Meredith Mitts, spokeswoman for Triple-A Iowa, says the state’s gasoline supply is secure in the wake of last week’s cyberattack on a pipeline’s computers. “Colonial Pipeline is working very hard to have the operation restored by the end of this week,” Mitts says. “Hopefully, what’s happening with those gas price surges and those shutdowns is going to be a very temporary thing and not reach us at all in the Midwest.”
The Russian ransomware group Darkside is reportedly responsible for the disruption of the pipeline providing fuel for much of the Southern and Eastern U-S. Mitts says it’s difficult to predict any ripple effects as a result of the cyberattack. “Unfortunately, the situation is very fluid,” Mitts says. “With the gas shortage, it’s going to vary by region and we don’t yet know what the full impact is happening in the Midwest and in Iowa.”
Gas prices nationwide are averaging three-dollars a gallon, while in Iowa, the statewide average is two-89, which is up almost a dime a gallon in the past week. A year ago, the average Iowa price was more than a buck cheaper, at a dollar-71. Mitts says demand for gas is starting to rise in Iowa as we approach the warmer weather months. “People are more comfortable traveling,” Mitts says. “We are seeing a 60% jump from last year, but that’s still 14% below our pre-pandemic levels. As we get closer to normal, we aren’t quite back to what we were before the pandemic.”
The unofficial start of summer is coming in a few weeks with Memorial Day weekend, which Mitts says should mean a significant uptick in traffic.
(Radio Iowa) – An Iowa Department of Public Health administrator says the state is shifting its strategy for distributing COVID-19 vaccines as demand for the shot continues to decline. Ken Sharp says the department is now advising vaccine providers to prioritize vaccinating individuals over wasting doses. That’s based on federal guidance. “Waste has become more acceptable and, in fact, a necessity, so that we can ensure the ongoing progress in getting individuals vaccinated,” Sharp says.
The state accepted less than one-third of its COVID-19 vaccine allocation from the federal government this week. Sharp says counties have largely stopped mass vaccination clinics. “And we’re transitioning really to kind of focused small, we’ll call micro clinics, that are going into communities where they are meeting people where they are. And we’re seeing some very good progress there,” according to Sharp.
He says the state will also begin offering the Pfizer vaccine to all Iowa counties so they can vaccinate kids ages 12 to 17.
(reporting by Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio)
Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report a woman from Clarinda was arrested May 5th, on an active Montgomery County warrant. Ashley Argo was taken into custody for Contempt of Court, for failure to pay child support. Argo was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond.
Today: Partly Cloudy. High 68. S @ 5-10 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy w/showers late. Low 45. SE @ 5.
Tomorrow: Mo. Cldy w/rain. High 60. SE @ 10-15.
Saturday/Sunday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers. Highs both days around 68.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 64. Our Low was 32. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 57 and the Low was 44. The Record High on this date was 95 in 1915. The Record Low was 23 in 1997.
(Radio Iowa) Officials say over 400-thousand Iowans are food insecure and demand at Iowa food pantries and the six food banks around the state remains 50 percent higher than it was before the pandemic. Linda Gorkow, executive director of the Iowa Food Bank Association, says food banks provided 60 million meals to Iowans last year — almost double the volume of food provided in 2019.
“The impact of Covid-19 continues as food insecurity is expected to be a part of reality in Iowa and nationwide,” Gorkow says. “…One unfortunate life situation or unexpected disaster could put most any of us in the need of food assistance.” The governor established a Feeding Iowans Task Force in April of last year and the group issued a final report yesterday (Wednesday) to provide a tally of the food it rounded up and the government funds spent on the effort. Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg was the group’s leader.
“I want to be clear. We’re not saying we’ve solved hunger in Iowa forever more, but instead we want to use the relationships we’ve built and the connections that we’ve made to continue this conversation in other forums,” Gregg says. Some task force members will be added to the state team that develops plans for emergencies. “So we can continue these conversations in other forums to improve our response,” Gregg says.
Lori Williams of the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management says, for example, the task force arranged for volunteers to take bulk purchases of rice, oatmeal and pasta and repackage it for distribution at food pantries. That effort was expanded in August to repackage food that didn’t have to be refrigerated for victims of the derecho. “We often say in emergency management that during the disaster is not when we want to exchange business cards,” she says. “We to build those relationships ahead of time and so we’re going to continue the momentum from this task force and its relationships to support disaster feeding activities in the future.”
The lieutenant governor says the state will soon distribute another five-and-a-half million dollars to the state’s smaller food pantries.
CLARINDA – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 80-year-old Ronald Harris Brown, an inmate at the Clarinda Correctional Facility, died Wednesday morning, from complications related to his suspected suicide. His death took place at 9:35 a.m.
Brown had been serving a life sentence for the crime of Murder 1st Degree from Black Hawk County. His sentence began on October 31, 1983. All suspected suicides are investigated by the department.
The NFL released the finalized regular season schedules for all teams on Wednesday night. The Kansas City Chiefs will open up the season on September 12th at home against the Cleveland Browns. KC is slated for five primetime contests this season with 2 nationally televised games. The first primetime game is a week two trip to Baltimore on Sunday Night Football. On October 10th the Buffalo Bills visit Arrowhead for a Sunday Night Football rematch of last years AFC Title Game. The Chiefs will host a Monday Night Football game on November 1st against the New York Giants. The final primtime contest will be a November 14th road game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Night Football. The added inter-conference for expansion to a 17-game schedule for the Chiefs will be a home game against the Green Bay Packers on November 7th.
2021 Kansas City Chiefs Preseason Schedule
Week 1 – TBD | at San Francisco 49ers | TBD | KSHB
Friday, Aug. 20 | at Arizona Cardinals | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN
Friday, Aug. 27 | Minnesota Vikings | TBD | KSHB
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2021 Kansas City Chiefs Regular Season Schedule
Sunday, Sept. 12 | Cleveland Browns | 3:25 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Sept. 19 | at Baltimore Ravens | 7:20 p.m. | NBC
Sunday, Sept. 26 | Los Angeles Chargers | 12:00 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Oct. 3 | at Philadelphia Eagles | 12:00 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Oct. 10 | Buffalo Bills | 7:20 p.m. | NBC
Sunday, Oct. 17 | at Washington Football Team | 12:00 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Oct. 24 | at Tennessee Titans | 12:00 p.m. | CBS
Monday, Nov. 1 | New York Giants | 7:15 p.m. | ESPN
Sunday, Nov. 7 | Green Bay Packers | 3:25 p.m. | FOX
Sunday, Nov. 14 | at Las Vegas Raiders | 7:20 p.m. | NBC
Sunday, Nov. 21 | Dallas Cowboys | 3:25 p.m. | FOX
Sunday, Nov. 28 | BYE WEEK
Sunday, Dec. 5 | Denver Broncos | 12:00 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Dec. 12 | Las Vegas Raiders | 12:00 p.m. | CBS
Thursday, Dec. 16 | at Los Angeles Chargers | 7:20 p.m. | FOX/NFLN/AMAZON
Sunday, Dec. 26 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3:25 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Jan. 2 | at Cincinnati Bengals | 12:00 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Jan. 9 | at Denver Broncos | 3:25 p.m. | CBS
Home games in bold; all kickoffs are Central Time.
“Flexible scheduling” will be used in Weeks 11-18. Additionally, in Weeks 5-10, flexible scheduling may be used in no more than two weeks. In Weeks 5-17, the schedule lists the games tentatively set for Sunday Night Football on NBC. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game would be moved to an afternoon start time.
For Week 18, two Saturday games and the Sunday night game will be announced no later than six days prior to January 9. The schedule does not list Saturday games or a Sunday night game in Week 18, but games with playoff implications will be moved to those time slots. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all Sunday time slots in those weeks and gives “surprise” teams a chance to play their way into primetime.
Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday or Monday nights.
Chiefs single-game tickets will go on sale beginning at 8 a.m. tomorrow for Jackson County taxpayers, 11 a.m. for Chiefs Season Ticket Members and noon for the public. Single-game tickets are subject to availability, dynamic pricing and will be mobile entry only.
As always your radio home in the Nishna Valley for the Chiefs is KJAN. We’ll have all regular season contests from the Chiefs Radio Network.
The Atlantic boys tennis team competed at the District meet in Red Oak on Wednesday. Grant and Ethan Sturm took first in Doubles play and advance on to the State Meet in Waterloo.
The Sturms won their opening match against Cyrus Lawrence and Sant Dow of Clarinda 6-0, 6-0. They then took down Corbin Wolfe and Jonah Wemhoff of Red Oak 6-0, 6-0. They then secured their advancement with a win over Adam and Ethan Timmerman of Southwest Valley 6-2, 6-2. In the Finals match they defeated Reed Finnegan and Josh Schuster of Shenandoah 6-2, 6-2. The Class 1A State Singles and Doubles Tournament will be contested at Byrnes Park in Waterloo on May 28th and 29th.
The other doubles team for Atlantic of Bodie Johnson and Dayton Templeton won their opening match over Tom Nicholas and Owen Paul of Southwest Valley 6-1, 6-1. They then fell to Reed Finnegan and Josh Schuster of Shenandoah 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.
In Singles play Bryan York lost to Chris Carson of Clarke 6-3, 6-0. Hunter Weppler fell to Eli Schuster of Shenandoah 6-0, 6-4.
The Trojans finished 2nd in the team standings behind Shenandoah so they advance to a Preliminary Substate match on Saturday against Southwest Valley who finished 3rd. The winner there will qualify for Substate competition along with District Champion Shenandoah. Substate play will be on Saturday, May 22nd in Pella.
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