KEITH BOYD ROBINSON, 87, of Atlantic, died Friday, April 28th, at the Heritage House, in Atlantic. Memorial services for KEITH ROBINSON will be held 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, May 2nd, at the 1st United Methodist Church, in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family is from 9:30- until 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, at the 1st United Methodist Church, in Atlantic.
Memorials may be directed to the Atlantic Rotary Club or to the family’s wishes.
KEITH BOYD ROBINSON is survived by:
His wife – Gerry Robinson, of Atlantic.
His sons – Tom (Lori) Robinson, and Ted (Mary Jo) Robinson, all of Atlantic.
His daughters – Terri (Alan) Gangestad, of Omaha; Toni (Dan) Mason, of Chandler, AZ., and Trish (Jeff) Nelson, of Audubon.
Work on some of the rural bridges in Cass County Continues. County Engineer Charles Bechtold informed the Board of Supervisors during their meeting this (Friday) morning, that Bridge #134 by Massena was poured a couple of weeks ago and the railings have been installed. It should be open in a couple of weeks. Bridge #17 in the southern part of the County is scheduled to have a deck poured next Wednesday, weather permitting.
He says two bridges are still under design, in-house. Bridge #433 on Olive Street was contracted out, and is expected to be done by November.
Bechtold said also, they’re having a hard time getting QUALITY gravel. Atlantic’s gravel pit he said, is shut-down, and they’re having to pull rock out of other, more distant quarries.
It costs about three-dollars per ton to haul if it comes from Atlantic, but four-dollars per ton from elsewhere. It takes 250-tons of rock and $4,000 to gravel one-mile of road.
A plastic surgeon in the Omaha/Council Bluffs area says he’s seeing a trend in women from Iowa and Nebraska wanting to look like First Daughter Ivanka Trump. Doctor Perry Johnson, a professor with the University of Nebraska Department of Surgery, says it’s not wise to change your appearance so you’ll resemble a famous person.
“Generally speaking, it’s a bad idea to operate on somebody to make them look like somebody else,” Dr. Johnson says. “The problem becomes, after a period of time, if you become disillusioned with the particular celebrity that you’re trying to look like, then what?”
Johnson says he’s getting a lot of requests from women wanting to resemble the president’s oldest daughter and it’s not a cheap or quick process. “It’s commonly the nose, lips and breasts for women,” Johnson says. “When you’re talking about multiple different operations, it could easily get well over $20,000, upwards of $50,000 when you’ve had as many operations as some of these people.”
Johnson says there are few standards set for plastic surgeons and people should choose very carefully. He says any potential patient should ask if the physician if they’re formally trained in plastic surgery or if it’s a side specialty. “Are you board-certified in plastic surgery?” Johnson says. “Are you allowed to perform plastic surgery in a hospital environment where they have very strict criteria on whom they allow to operate?”
He says those doctors with their own facility and operating room have very little oversight regarding formal training.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released pairings for girls golf regionals on Thursday. Class 1A, 2A, and 3A regional first round golf meets will be played Monday, May 15th. Regional final meets for all classes will be played Monday, May 22nd. Atlantic will host Class 3A Region 2B with their Regional final to be played at Menlo.
The Union County Sheriff’s Office says an Adair County man was arrested Thursday evening on drug charges at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. 38-year old Michael Ross Waddingham, of Orient, was arrested on a Union County warrant for two charges of controlled substance violations. Waddingham remainsg held in the Union County Jail on $50,000 bond.
An increase in the number of persons serving time in the Cass County Jail has put a strain on available space and is likely to affect the budget for this year and next. That was the word this (Friday) morning from Cass County Sheriff Darby McLaren, who spoke before the County Board of Supervisors. McLaren said because of the number of drug-related and other types of arrests, they can’t house everyone who is court ordered to serve time, and have, in the past, sent prisoners to other counties, at a cost of roughly $50-to $75 per day to the County.
Sending juveniles to other facilities is even more costly, and Cass County does not have the proper space to separate those offenders from the general, adult population. McLaren said he wasn’t asking for a new jail or anything of the sort. He just wanted the Board to be aware his budget will be impacted because of the issue.
Supervisor Steve Green, the former Police Chief for Atlantic, asked if they couldn’t just outfit the less severe offenders with a GPS monitored ankle bracelet or similar device.
(McLaren said they have a few available, but a judge has to order them to be used. No judge has ever issued such an order, thought. He could also place an offender on “House arrest,” but it would be on a case-by-case basis.)
If it’s a District Court case, he says the County Attorney can issue a recommendation to the Judge on how the offender deals with their sentence, and McLaren says he can push to have the Attorney make bracelet recommendations for less serious cases.
McLaren says they probably only have a couple of monitoring bracelets at this time, but he can always order more. Figuring out how to monitor a given number of persons outfitted with the devices might become an issue, though.
Jail overcrowding isn’t strictly a Cass County problem. Many area Counties are experiencing overcrowding, and are forced to send their inmates elsewhere, if space is available, but it isn’t free. Some jails, like those in Cass and Union County, have to send their female inmates to another county jail which is able to house those particular inmates. Other Counties have built new Jails to deal with the matter, such as Adair, Mills and Montgomery Counties, whose jails have a higher capacity to house inmates.
McLaren says the courts are putting more people on probation to try and deal with the issue.
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Atlantic 168, Shenandoah 195, Red Oak NTS. Medalist: Brooke Newell, Atlantic, 39. Runner-Up: Baylee Newell, Atlantic, 42. Other Atlantic scores: Sarah Fixmer 43, Alyssa Ginther 44, McKenna DenBeste 49, Mary Hayes 51.
Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “I am extremely pleased with how the Atlantic girls played tonight. All 6 varsity golfers improved their scores from out last outing. Sarah Fixmer had her best 9 of the season; hope we see her in the lower 40’s more often. She is very capable of achieving that.”
Atlantic 153, Shenandoah 171, Red Oak 200. Medalist: Jake Olsen, Atlantic, 37. Runner-Up: Cyle Renaud, Atlantic, 37. Other Atlantic Scores: Nate Gifford 39, Ben Renaud 40, Matt Gearheart 40, Zac Stork 52.
Atlantic Head Coach Ed DenBeste: “I was hoping for a good round today. It was our last JV/Varsity meet of the year. Weather wasn’t too bad. A little chilly with a slight wind. Greens were a little slower than normal though. Good to see Jake and Cyle shoot well. Both 2 over. Nate had another good round for us. That is two in a row. Ben and Matt are a little higher than I would like but still at 5 over. Zac had the bogie run and one bad hole. Great to see Varsity finish 6 and 1 this year and play well.
Great win for our JV as well. They shot the same score on Monday but par was one stroke tougher. Good to see Garrett shoot another solid round today. Braden Bean shot his normal this year. Also good to see Dawson put a nice score down today. He hasn’t been practicing much with track practice. I think Mason and Tate can shoot a little better.”
Atlantic 8, Red Oak 1. Atlantic winners: Singles: Cooper McDermott, Luke Hohenberger, Nile Petersen, Kaleb Flory, Caleb Williams. Doubles: Podhajsky/McDermott, Hohenberger/Petersen, Flory/Williams.