The Atlantic FFA Chapter is excited to tell you about a great way to help our FFA Chapter receive free money. It’s called The Red Brand Home Grown Program. Now through December 31st, up to $1.00 for every roll of qualifying Red Brand fence orders will be donated directly to the Atlantic FFA Chapter.

This year the Atlantic FFA has 2 sponsoring retailers, Cappel’s Ace Hardware and Orscheln Farm & Home both from Atlantic.

Last year, individual FFA chapters throughout the country received hundreds of dollars directly through Home Grown. Some even received thousands!
The Atlantic FFA Chapter could really use this kind of support. If you, or anyone you know, needs fence, we’d appreciate you buying Red Brand. Just make sure you purchase it at Cappel’s Ace Hardware or Orscheln Farm & Home – so the Home Grown dollars go to our chapter. You can get all the details about Home Grown at redbrand.com/homegrown. Or, ask a local FFA member and they can tell you all about it.

The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund made its annual book donation to both Washington Elementary and Schuler Elementary.

Shown: Grant Petty, Melanie Petty and Janice Dickerson – school librarian.

Each year the fund donates approximately $1000.00 to help the schools fulfill their wish list for new released books that the kids will enjoy. Reading was always a big part of Trevor’s life so we hope that by keeping the libraries full of current books others will also become avid readers.

An equipment violation that caught the eye of a Page County Sheriff’s Deputy resulted in an arrest, Wednesday. The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports a deputy pulled over a pickup truck at around 7:20-p.m. near 310th and E Avenue, near Northboro. During the traffic stop, it was discovered that the driver, 25-year old Robert Andrew Hall, of rural Coin, was driving under suspension.

Robert Andrew Hall (Page Co. Jail photo)

Hall was taken into custody and brought to the Page County Jail. He later posted a $300 bond, and was released.

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports his officers have arrested two people on drug charges. On Wednesday (May 14th), 40-year old Victor Bruce Ingram, of Shenandoah, was arrested for felony delivery of methamphetamine and failure to affix a drug tax stamp. And, on Friday, May 9th, Clarinda Police arrested 37-year old Jason Charles Allison,  of Clarinda, for felony delivery of methamphetamine and failure to affix a drug tax stamp.

Brothers says the incidents are not related. Both Allison and Ingram were transported to the Page County Jail at the time of their arrests and booked in pending review of the cases by the Page County Attorney’s Office regarding the filing of formal charges.

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The 2014 Atlantic High School graduation ceremony will be broadcast live on KJAN TV this Sunday, May 18.  We will be streaming a live video feed to viewers around the world on KJAN TV.  If you can’t make it to the ceremony, just go to the TV page at KJAN.com on Sunday to watch it live.  The ceremony begins at 2:00 pm and we will begin live streaming a few minutes prior.  ENJOY & CONGRATULATIONS  to the 2014 graduates!

Members of the Exira-Elk Horn Kimballton “Super Board” of Education will meet this (Thursday) evening at the High School, in Elk Horn. The meeting begins at 7-p.m. in the Family and Consumer Science Room. During the session, the combined Board will act on approving contracts for: Pre-K teachers at EHK and Elk Horn; 1st grade; Middle School Math, and Kindergarten at EHK.

The Board will also discuss and act on approving several matters, including: A revised calendar and fees for 2014-2015; A continued contract with Iowa Western Community College for concurrent enrollment classes; A New Master Contract with Teachers; Salary increases for Support Staff, and the purchase of a new school bus.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say four construction workers have been injured following a structure collapse in the northeast Iowa city of West Union. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office says the incident occurred yesterday morning at a construction site near the county courthouse. Sheriff Marty Fisher says the workers’ injuries appear to be serious and they are being treated at a local hospital.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 2-year-old boy has died after falling from a motorcycle in eastern Iowa. Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek says Abraham Harris was riding a motorcycle with his 11-year-old brother on Sunday when he fell. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports he suffered head injuries and was pronounced dead at a hospital.

EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have ruled out a potential suspect in the case of two young cousins whose bodies were found months after their disappearance in northeast Iowa. Evansdale Police Chief Kent Smock told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier that an investigation into Michael Klunder indicates he wasn’t in the area when Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins disappeared in July 2012.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Former New York Giants and Hawkeyes safety Tyler Sash has pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with an alleged scooter chase in Iowa. Court records show Sash entered the written plea on misdemeanor charges of public intoxication and interference with official acts. A message left for his attorney was not immediately returned yesterday.Io

HARLAN, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors say numerous abuse complaints have now been made against a former western Iowa doctor charged with molesting a 10-year-old girl in 1999. Shelby County authorities tell The Council Bluffs Daily NonPareil that other people say they were victims of 81-year-old Wing Tai Fung, now of Ontario, Canada. Fung was arrested late last month at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. A warrant for his arrest had been issued in November.

A criminal complaint says Fung molested a girl in January 1999 while treating her for a knee sprain at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Fung has been charged with felony second-degree sexual abuse. Fung had an initial court appearance in Cook County, Illinois, where he waived his extradition so the case could be tried in Shelby County.

Officials with Iowa Western Community College’s Center in Atlantic, today (Wednesday), unveiled plans for expansion within the current facility.

IWCC Atlantic Center Dir. Ann Pross

Cass County Center Director Ann Pross said construction will begin July 1st on a 4,000 square foot renovation for a Student Activities Center Pross says it will serve as “A point of connection” for their students, a place for resources, a comfortable place to meet, to collaborate, attend a variety of club-related activities. It will feature a conference room, quiet study areas, a Student Center with a fireplace, beverage bar, computer stations and wi-fi access along with a new classroom.

It will also have some office space. Pross says the new SAC will serve to enhance the students’ learning environment, support efforts to continue increased enrollment, and expand on the “College experience” for the students. In addition, the Design Technology Program has seen such phenomenal success, that a Design Technology Innovation Center (DTIC) will be constructed within the confines of the current facility.

Joe Vanstrom talks about the new Design Tech. Innovation Center. (Ric Hanson/photos)

IWCC Design Tech Program Chair Joe Vanstrom, says he’s excited by the changes coming soon. He’s getting brand new labs for Electrical and Mechanical Manufacturing, and a 3-D printing center.

Vanstrom says while the Design Tech Program is capable of graduating with a skill set that will enable them to succeed in almost an industry setting, the program is in need of more equipment to train the students. That was the impetus behind the DTIC concept.

A “Project Innovation Center” room within the DTIC will allow industrial representatives to collaborate with them on ideas, and, it will allow students a place to relax. That portion equates to 610-feet of space. It will also allow easy access to the new Design Technology classroom. Vanstrom says the 500-square foot Fabrication Lab will enable students to look beyond just creating products on a 3-D printer. He says they will be training on CNC – Computer Numeric Control – work stations, learning how to operate advanced manufacturing equipment.

The Electrical Fabrication Lab, or Center, will be 390-square feet, a place where students can design almost anything. Vanstrom says the 3-D Design Printing Center will take up 225-square feet of space, feature two more 3-D printers and be entirely student run.

A committee comprised of Atlantic businessmen Jim Tyler, Scott Deter, Larry Turner Duane Acker  and Nick Hunt, is in the process of soliciting funds for future of the Design Technology Program. Money raised will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the college itself, with the goal being $600,000 altogether.