DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Supreme Court says the state had no legal responsibility to safeguard a 95-year-old woman who was raped by a violent sex offender placed in her nursing home after being released from state custody. The court ruling today (Friday) upholds a lower court’s decision to dismiss the state from a lawsuit filed by the women’s children.
The state received court approval in 2010 to release William Cubbage from a state-run sex offender program and place him in the Pomeroy Care Center, a northwest Iowa nursing home. Cubbage was 82 and had dementia. But within months, he sexually assaulted the woman and was sent to prison.
The Supreme Court said that because a court approved Cubbage’s release, the state had no further responsibility to monitor him. The children are pursuing a lawsuit against the nursing home.
Students from across the world are coming to the U-S and looking to find temporary homes while they attend area schools. Sue Hunt, is the local coordinator for IRIS (Iowa Resource for International Service) an Ames based non-profit, is seeking host homes across Iowa for 2017-2018 foreign exchange students. IRIS brings students to the State from 40 different countries and place them all over the U-S, with at least 30 students living in Iowa. That’s accomplished through the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study – or ‘YES’ – program.
All students are between 15 and 18 years old, but will technically be high school juniors. The students, which typically hail from Southeast Asian, Middle-Eastern and African countries. The IRIS program in Iowa, began in 1993. It differs from other Foreign Exchange student-type programs, in that the student doesn’t need to come from a financially sufficient family in order to participate.
(These students win a spot to come here based on their level of academics in their home countries, as well as their civic mindedness and reputation, along with their ability to adapt to new surroundings and cultures.)
They are given a stipend by the YES program each month, but in return the student must maintain very high grades and perform community service in their host communities, while at the same time reporting on the volunteer jobs they hold each month. The stipend covers their clothing allowance, personal supplies, etc.
Persons interested in hosting a foreign student don’t have a lot of restrictions on their ability to do so.
(You must pass a criminal background check, provide a bed and place to study, three square meals a day, and you must include the student in your family activities as well as pay their way.)
Hunt and her family have hosted two families from Tanzania. The YES program is funded by the U.S. State Department as a form of diplomacy. For bios on particular students, or for more information on hosting in general, visit http://www.iris-center.org/yes-program/17-18students/
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The Shenandoah Fillies won their home girls golf tournament on Thursday at American Legion Country Club. They were 27 strokes better than the rest of the field and had 2 of the top four finishers.
The Atlantic boys golf team continued their winning ways by taking the title on Thursday at the Lewis Central Invite at Fox Run Golf Course in Council Bluffs. Atlantic shot a team total 297 to beat the second place Glenwood Rams by 6 strokes. Creston’s Kyle Somers was the overall medalist with a 72. Zac Stork of Atlantic also shot a 72 and was runner-up. Ryan Ruzek of Shenandoah was third with a 73.
Atlantic’s other scores were: Matt Gearheart 74 (4th Place), Jake Olsen 75 (8th Place), Ben Renaud 76 (10th Place), Cyle Renaud 76, and Nate Gifford 80.
Team Scores
Atlantic 297
Glenwood 303
Shenandoah 319
Lewis Central 330
Creston 356
Brownell-Talbot 364
Bellevue East 387
Red Oak 389
St. Albert 395
East Mills 406
Omaha Bryan 415
Heartland Christian 424
Omaha Roncalli 435
Atlantic Head Coach Ed DenBeste: “Great day to play golf. Cool in the morning, but nice by the time we teed. We played the ball down and that added a few strokes especially in the rough. The course was in good shape though. Best I have seen it in several years. Jake has a great front with even par. Had a stretch of bogies on the back and finished 4 over. Had a couple of bad lies that didn’t help him. Ben had some good holes but struggled with some short shots into greens. Still played well with a 76. Zac had a great day today. One over is an excellent score. We will see if he is in a playoff or not for medalist. Good to see Nate come in below 10 over with an 80. He hit the ball well. Missed a few putts that he thought he should have made. Cyle and Matt also had a good round. I talked to Cyle with 3 holes left and he was 6 over. Good to see him finish at 5. He completed his round well. Matt had me worried after the first few holes but pulled it around. Great to see him shoot 3 under on the front.
Then we had the play off between Kyle Somers of Creston and Zac. It went 4 holes with both players making some key clutch putts. Zac started by flying the green and had a great chip back to about 6 feet. He made the putt to extend. Both parred the next hole. Moved to par 3 and both had some close rolls for birdie then back to 18 where both flew the green again. Nice chips but Kyle made the par putt and Zac’s just slipped by. Fun to see both compete well. It could have gone on for several more holes.”
The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 34-year old Heather Marie Davis, of Lenox, was arrested Thursday morning at the Union/Adams County line. Davis was wanted on a Union County warrant for 4th degree theft. She was being held in the Ringgold County Jail for Union County, on $1000 bond.
And, there were three incidents of theft reported Thursday, at various locations in Union County. A resident of Kent reported Thursday that sometime between 8 AM and 10 AM Thursday, someone entered his home and took his Sharp 55” TV valued at 1500. A Creston resident reported that Wednesday night or Thursday morning, someone entered his property and took a red stag European mount valued at $4400. Another Creston resident reported Thursday that sometime in the last month, someone took his Mac tool box and tools valued at $3000 from a garage in Thayer.
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