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Today (Saturday) marks the start of F-F-A Week in Iowa. Scott Johnson, executive secretary for the Iowa F-F-A Association, says the theme for the week-long observance is “Transform: Purpose to Action.” The week signals not only the 70th annual F-F-A Week but another special date for the program. “On the 23rd will be the 100th anniversary of the federal Smith-Hughes Act, passed on February 23rd of 1917,” Johnson says. “The Smith-Hughes Act is actually what established what was called vocational agriculture at the time in public schools.”
That laid the foundation for creation of the F-F-A just 11 years later. Johnson says there will be special events statewide to honor of F-F-A Week, including Drive Your Tractor to School Day in some areas. “You see a little bit of everything,” Johnson says. “Some will do an Ag Olympics, they’ll have appreciation breakfasts, pancake feeds, activities that engage the community, school, students, FFA members, staff dress-up days.”
Iowa has 232 chapters of F-F-A and last year counted 14-thousand-700 members statewide. On the web at http://www.iowaffa.com
(Radio Iowa)
LOIS STRIBE, 81, of Manning, died Friday, Feb. 17th, at the Manning Regional Healthcare Center. Funeral services for LOIS STRIBE will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Feb. 22nd, at the United Methodist Church, in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home, in Manning is in charge of the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-until 7-p.m. Tuesday, (2/21). Visitation will resume at the United Methodist Church in Manning, at 9:30-a.m. on Wednesday.
Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.
LOIS STRIBE is survived by:
Her husband – Lowell Stribe, of Manning.
Her children – Allen Stribe, of Manning; Sue Ann Strecker, and Lisa Bailey, both of Des Moines.
Her brothers – Dany Anthony, of Newton; Dick Anthony, of Des Moines, and Randy Anthony, of Denison.
7 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and her sisters-in-law.
Police in Red Oak arrested a local man on an assault charge, Friday. 39-year old Edgar Ralph Wilkins, Jr., of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 9:45-p.m. in the 200 block of E. Hammond Street, on a charge of Aggravated Assault. Wilkins, Jr. was booked into the Montgomery County Jail, where his cash bond was set at $2,000.
Today: Mostly sunny. High 63. N @ 5-10.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low 37. E/SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. High 71. S/SE @ 10-15.
Sunday night: Cloudy w/a 50% chance of rain. Low around 53.
Monday: Mo. Cldy w/a 60% chance of rain. High 64.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. High 67.
Wednesday: Partly Sunny. High 69.
Friday’s High in Atlantic of 71 degrees broke the record High of 67 set in 1981. Our Low this morning ending at 7-a.m. (24-hour Low) was 25. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 62 and the low was 35. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 66 in 1930. The Record Low was -25 in 1978.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Brenni Rose made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points and No. 25 Drake defeated Indiana State 64-45 on Friday night in the Bulldogs’ first game since making it into the Top 25 for the first time in over 16 years.
Becca Jonas added 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds and Becca Hittner also scored 10 points for the Bulldogs (21-4, 14-0 Missouri Valley), whose last poll appearance came on Dec. 3, 2001. Lizzy Wendell, the MVC’s top scorer at 21.7 points per game, scored only five on 2-of-7 shooting in 23 minutes and had her nation-best streak of at least 10 points end at 102 games.
Rhagen Smith led the Sycamores (12-12, 6-7) with 11 points and seven rebounds. Indiana State, the MVC’s top defensive team at 56.3 points a game, kept the score down against the Bulldogs, the league’s top offensive team at 83.8. But Drake still shot 47 percent and was 10 of 19 from the arc. Indiana State shot 30 percent and 5 of 18 from 3-point range. The teams combined for 40 turnovers.
The Bulldogs scored the game’s first 10 points and never trailed. They outscored the Sycamores 20-9 to break the game open in the third quarter, finishing the period with a 52-31 lead. Drake won its 15th straight game, one away from tying the program record.
Women’s basketball:
Drake 64, Indiana St. 45
N. Iowa 89, Loyola of Chicago 43
Wayne (Neb.) 91, Upper Iowa 51
Mens basketball:
Upper Iowa 67, Wayne (Neb.) 65
A traffic stop early this (Saturday) morning in Fremont County resulted in the arrest on drug charges, of a Pottawattamie County woman. Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports 19-year old Taylor Murdock, of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st Offense, after her vehicle was pulled over at around 12:30-a.m. near Percival and a K9 search was conducted. Murdock was being held in the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center on a $1,000 bond.
Taylor Murdock
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has signed into law limitations to most collective bargaining rights for public workers in the state, yet some changes could take years to go into effect. For some of the roughly 180,000 public sector workers directly affected by the measure, key provisions that remove most of their collective negotiating authority would apply after their current employment contracts expire.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with the 1995 slaying of an Iowa City woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after making a deal with prosecutors. Authorities say Steven Klein killed 38-year-old Susan Kersten, whose body was found in her burned-out car near Iowa City. He was charged with first-degree murder, but the Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that on Friday, Klein entered an Alford plea to arson, willful injury causing serious injury and suborning perjury in the death.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Developers of a pork processing plant under construction in Sioux City have announced plans for a second shift expected to increase its number of jobs to around 2,000 _ nearly double the original estimate. The Sioux City Journal reports that the expansion will raise the cost of the Seaboard Triumph Foods project by $31.4 million, to just over $300 million. The 600,000 square-foot plant is expected to open July 31 with a single shift of around 1,100 employees.
PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) — Parkersburg officials and the state auditors are squabbling over the town’s finances, including paying the town administrator for digging graves. Auditors questioned whether Parkersburg should have paid its city administrator nearly $33,000 over his base salary over nearly five years for overtime, compensatory time, record keeping and grave digging. The town says Luring isn’t a manager and that extra pay for extra job duties is fiscally responsible.
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