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Just in time for the summer growing season, the Master Gardener Program with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is planning three, one-hour-long educational webcasts. On the second Tuesday of the month, June- August, gardeners and plant enthusiasts will be able to learn about pollinators, perennial plant combinations and answers to frequently asked gardening questions at no cost. Susan DeBlieck, Master Gardener program coordinator with ISU Extension and Outreach, says “The webcasts are open to anybody who is interested in learning more about these topics. They’re not just for Master Gardener volunteers.”
The topics pertain to experienced and beginning gardeners, and provide insight into timely issues. Participating Master Gardener volunteers will gain three continuing education hours. The three one-hour webcasts will be shown at the Cass County Extension office from 7-8 PM on June 11, July 9, and August 13. No pre- registration is required, and there is no cost to attend. For more information call 712-243-1132 or email keolson@iastate.edu.
Webcast topics:
June 11, 2019 7-8 P.M. Give Your Garden Wings. Jessie Lowry, director of conservation and research at Blank Park Zoo, will share pollinator garden best practices. Participants will learn what to plant and will get to explore the monarch butterfly migration.
July 9, 2019 7-8 P.M. Gardening FAQ. From vegetables to flowers, explore the in-depth answers to frequently asked gardening questions with Aaron Steil, assistant director at Reiman Gardens.
August 13, 2019 7-8 P.M. Ecology Plus Diversity. Explore how to create plant communities that mimic nature with Grant Thompson, assistant professor of horticulture at Iowa State.
For more information, contact the Cass County Extension Office.
BASEBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 6, Creston 5 (Nile Petersen with walk-off 2 RBI Double)
Clarinda 4, St. Albert 2
Davenport West 10, Denison-Schleswig 6
Denison-Schleswig 3, Williamsburg 2
Kuemper Catholic 10, Shenandoah 3
Lewis Central 11, Abraham Lincoln 5
Western Iowa Conference
Audubon 10, Riverside 0
Logan-Magnolia 11, Treynor 10
Missouri Valley 5, Underwood 3
Tri-Center 7, AHSTW 5
Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 2, West Harrison 0
Boyer Valley 4, Glidden-Ralston 1
Coon Rapids-Bayard 10, Woodbine 0
Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 8, Lenox 4
Martensdale-St. Marys 4, Southwest Valley 3
Nodaway Valley 10, East Union 0
Southeast Warren 11, Bedford 4
Wayne 7, Mount Ayr 1
SOFTBALL
Hawkeye Ten Conference
Shenandoah 18-10, St. Albert 1-7 (Game 2 8 innings)
Glenwood 11, CB Thomas Jefferson 5
Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 13-9, Tri-Center 1-2
Riverside 6, Audubon 4
Treynor 11, Logan-Magnolia 1
Underwood 7-5, Missouri Valley 3-5
Rolling Valley Conference
Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Woodbine 4
West Harrison 15, Ar-We-Va 3
Corner Conference
Fremont-Mills 9, Griswold 8
Stanton 8, East Mills 7
Pride of Iowa Conference
Nodaway Valley 10, East Union 7
Lenox 11, Central Decatur 1
Martensdale-St. Marys 9, Southwest Valley 1
Mount Ayr 3, Wayne 2
Southeast Warren 10, Bedford 4
Bluegrass Conference
Orient-Macksburg 17, Mormon Trail 0
John Stephens Classic (@ Creston)
Bondurant-Farrar 3, Atlantic 2
Atlantic 8, Sioux City East 3
Ankeny 5 Creston 3
Bondurant-Farrar 4, Sioux City East 2
Washington 11, Creston 2
OA-BCIG Tournament
Ballard 15, East Sac County 3
Carroll 11, MVAOCOU 1
Denison-Schleswig 13, OABCIG 3
Newell-Fonda 9, Kuemper Catholic 0
Woodward-Granger Tournament
Ogden 11, Abraham Lincoln 5
Ogden 10, Lewis Central 2
Perry 11, Lewis Central 3
Class 1A
Davenport Assumption 2, Gilbert 0
North Polk 1, Center Point-Urbana 0
Class 2A
CR Xavier 1, ADM 0
Waverly-Shell Rock 1, Dallas Center-Grimes 0
Class 3A
Waukee 2, Ankeny Centennial 1
Ankeny 2, Dowling Catholic 0
Finals Schedule Saturday
Class 1A: Davenport Assumption (19-1) vs. North Polk (17-4) 10:00am
Class 2A: Cedar Rapids Xavier (16-4) vs. Waverly-Shell Rock (17-1) 12:30pm
Class 3A: Waukee (17-3) vs. Ankeny (18-3) 3:00pm
CHICAGO (AP) — Cole Hamels is starting to look like his old self.
The 35-year-old Hamels threw eight innings of three-hit, shutout ball, Javier Báez hit a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 on Friday.
The Cubs have won 4 of 5 since being swept in a three-game series at St. Louis last weekend. The Cardinals opened a season-high 10 game road trip that will take them to Miami and New York to face the Mets.
Before starting up at Wrigley Field, the Cubs finalized a three-year contract with Craig Kimbrel that guarantees the closer $43 million. While Chicago’s bullpen should get a boost once Kimbrel arrives, its rotation is shaping up nicely.
Hamels (5-2) was sharp again, striking out a season-high 10 and walking one after a hard-luck loss last Sunday at St. Louis when he allowed two hits and one unearned run in seven innings.
Harrison Bader, who doubled in the second, was the only Cardinal to reach second base against the left-hander.
Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas (4-6) exited after four innings with a bruised right forearm. He was struck by David Bote’s hard comebacker, knocked the ball down and tossed to first for the final out in the bottom of the fourth.
The 31-year-old Kimbrel helped Boston win the World Series, then turned down a $17.9 million qualifying offer from the Red Sox in November.
Kimbrel was optioned to Triple-A Iowa and will report to the Cubs training facility in Mesa, Arizona. The right-hander had been training in Florida as he awaited a deal.
Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein didn’t set an exact timetable for Kimbrel’s return to the majors.
LONDON TOWN
Major League Baseball confirmed a two-game series in London between the Cubs and Cardinals at West Ham’s Olympic Stadium on June 13-14, 2020.
UP NEXT
Cardinals RHP Jack Flaherty (4-3, 3.76) faces Cubs LHP Jon Lester (4-4, 3.32) on Saturday night. Lester rebounded from a three-game personal slump with a solid seven-inning win over the Angels last Monday when he allowed a run on four hits. Flaherty beat the Cubs in a five-inning outing in St. Louis last weekend.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, June 8, 2019 Dan Hicks
Today: Partly cloudy. SE @ 10-15. High 87.
Tonight: Increasing clouds late. SE @ 5-10. Low 65.
Sunday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. NW @ 10-20. High 74.
Monday: Mostly Sunny. High 76.
Tuesday: Increasing clouds. High 78.
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The Atlantic Trojans hung around on Friday night against the Creston Panthers and seized their opportunity in their last at bat. With the bases loaded and one out Nile Petersen came up with a big drive to left center field to bring home two runs and win the game for Atlantic 6-5.
The Trojans were down two runs heading into their final frame. Grant Sturm got the rally started with a single, Chase McLaren was hit by pitch, and Brody O’Brien was walked to load up the bases. Gunner Kirchoff drew a walk to bring home Sturm and the Trojans were within a run. Petersen then came through with the big double to give Atlantic their second win of the year.
After the game Petersen said, “It felt good to be in that position and get it done. We have been doing this all year, hanging close in games, and it feels great to get the win. This should give us some mojo going into next week.”
Chase McLaren started the game for Atlantic on the mound. He went 3 2/3 innings and struck out 6. Colin Mullenix came on to finish the game and struck out 5.
Atlantic improves to 2-5 on the season. Creston falls to 1-7 on the year. The Trojans will start next week with two home games on Monday and Tuesday.
NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — Central Iowa law enforcement officials say a second arrest has been made in a home invasion robbery last year in which an 82-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted.
The Des Moines Register reports that 20-year-old Manuel Eduardo Balderas was arrested Thursday in Des Moines on a warrant charging him with sexual abuse, robbery, theft and willful injury. He was booked into the Story County Jail.
Police continue to search for another suspect, 18-year-old Jacob Jimenez. Police say Jimenez is the grandson of the elderly victim and that he led Balderas and a 17-year-old to the woman’s home last August. The three broke in, tied the woman up, beat her and sexually assaulted her. Police say the trio took about $1,000 worth of items from the home before going to burglarize the home of another one of Jimenez’s relatives.
The 17-year-old was arrested last month in Texas.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has denied a request by the attorney for former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to stop a civil trial in which Branstad is accused of discrimination against a gay former state worker’s compensation commissioner.
Branstad and two former staffers were sued by Christopher Godfrey, who was pressured to quit after Branstad took over as governor in 2010 and received a pay cut. Godfrey claims it was because he’s gay. Branstad denies he knew that Godfrey is gay.
An eight-person jury is hearing the case in Polk County District Court. Branstad attorney Frank Harty claims the trial judge is allowing Godfrey to put Branstad’s and the Iowa Republican Party’s “anti-gay” views on trial, violating their free-speech rights.
Supreme Court Justice Thomas Waterman on Friday denied the request to stop the trial.
NEWTON – The State Historical Society of Iowa and the nonprofit group Preservation Iowa presented the state’s highest awards for historic preservation Thursday, during the 2019 Preserve Iowa Summit in Newton. The State Historical Society, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, presented its annual Preservation Project of Merit Awards to historic properties in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Northwood and Waterloo.
The awards recognize projects that exemplify the best practices of historic preservation, meet the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings, and use the State Historic Preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District Tax Credit Program.
Among the winners were those located in:
Coon Rapids: Rural Preservation: Historic Garst Farm House – The Historic Garst Farm House, owned by Whiterock Conservancy, is a visible reminder of the agricultural innovations Roswell Garst introduced, which changed the course of farming in Iowa and the world. In 1959, during the height of the Cold War, Garst hosted Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev at the Garst family farm. The visit not only helped open conversations about worldwide agricultural practices but also eased some of the tension of the Cold War. Under the guidance of RDG Planning & Design, the home was carefully restored to its 1959 condition.
Sioux City: Special Projects: Woodbury County Courthouse Website – The Woodbury Court House in Sioux City is one of the finest examples of Prairie Architecture in the United States. It is a National Landmark and listed on the National Register. To commemorate the building’s 100th anniversary, the Woodbury County Supervisors appointed a committee to plan a week-long celebration in order to encourage locals and out-of-towners to tour the property. The committee developed an eye-catching website that depicts not only the building’s beauty but also the rich architectural history of Prairie School buildings. The Courthouse Foundation funded the project.
Sioux City: Community Effort: Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District and Railroad Museum – The Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District in Sioux City is a 30-acre site that contains surviving structures, foundations, buildings, and a rail yard from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad shops. The district is home to one of seven surviving roundhouse terminal landscapes in the nation. After being abandoned by the railroad in 1980, the district became a junkyard for farm equipment. Twenty-five years ago, there was little indication of the area’s historic significance, but the Siouxland Historic Railroad Association acquired the property in 1995 and began to celebrate the district’s long-ignored historical assets. During the past 10 years, more than 160,000 volunteer hours helped transform the district and implement many educational programs to keep the history of the rail industry in Iowa alive.
The State Historical Society of Iowa is a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. More information about Iowa’s historic properties and locations are available on the Iowa Culture app or iowaculture.gov.
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