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DONALD D. ANDERSEN, 86, of Atlantic (Svcs. 1/23/17)

Obituaries

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DONALD D. ANDERSEN, 86, of Atlantic, died Monday, Jan. 16th, at the Heritage House, in Atlantic. Funeral services for DONALD ANDERSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Monday, Jan. 23rd, at the 1st United Presbyterian Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation is open the funeral home on Saturday (1/21) from 8-a.m. until Noon, and on Sunday from 10-a.m. until the time of family visitation (which is from 4-until 6-p.m. Sunday).; Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

Burial, with Military Honors by the Atlantic Color Guard, will be in the Atlantic Cemetery.

DONALD ANDERSEN is survived by:

His sons – Dean (Tammy) Andersen, of Gretna, NE; Darin (Lori) Andersen, of Council Bluffs, and Damon (Paula) Andersen, of Phoenix, AZ.

and 4 grandchildren.

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Six month mark for $2 million Iowa lottery unclaimed prize

News

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Today (Monday) marks the halfway point between the purchase of a valuable lottery ticket in eastern Iowa and it’s expiration date. Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says the $2 million winning Powerball ticket was purchased at a convenience store in Cedar Rapids for the drawing on July 16. After six months, no one has come forward with the ticke “It’s not very often that a prize of this size goes unclaimed for this long,” Neubauer says.

It’s possible the ticket was lost or even thrown away, but Neubauer says it’s not uncommon for frequent players of lottery games to leave the tickets unchecked for long periods of time. “People have said ‘oh yeah, I let them pile up on my dresser’ or one woman who contacted us said she kept her lottery tickets in a cookie jar and she would check the tickets after she got a lot of them in her cookie jar,” Neubauer said.

The $2 million winning ticket will expire at the close of business on July 17, if it isn’t claimed by then. “There are still six months for this particular ticket to go, but with every day that passes, it becomes a little more likely that maybe that ticket isn’t out there anymore,” Neubauer said. “So, we’re just trying to do all we can to get the word out.”

The ticket was purchased at the Hawkeye Convenience Store, 2330 Wiley Blvd. SW in Cedar Rapids. The ticket initially matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball in the July 16 drawing to win a $1 million prize, but the person who bought the ticket also added the Power Play option to the purchase, which multiplied the prize to $2 million. The winning numbers in the July 16 Powerball drawing were: 11-17-40-50-62 and Powerball 26. The Power Play number was 2.

(Radio Iowa)

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VELMA F. PETERSON, 98, of Anita (Svcs. 1/21/17)

Obituaries

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

VELMA FERN PETERSON, 98, of Anita, died Sunday, Jan. 15th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Funeral services for VELMA PETERSON will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21st, in the Chapel at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Anita.

Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Anita.

VELMA PETERSON is survived by:

Her daughters – Janice (Gary) Christensen; Joyce (Russel) Strawn; Marilyn Basquin, and Evelyn Jacobs.

Her sister – Doris Taylor, of Indianola.

9 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

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JERRY HOLLIDAY, 79, of Atlantic (Svcs. at a later date)

Obituaries

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

JERRY HOLLIDAY, 79, of Atlantic, died Sunday, Jan. 15th, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. Cremation has taken place, per his wishes, and Celebration of Life Memorial services for JERRY HOLLIDAY will be held at a later date. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Online condolences may be left at www.RolandFuneralService.com.

JERRY HOLLIDAY is survived by:

His wife – June Holliday, of Atlantic.

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EDWIN H. JENSEN, 67, of Atlantic (Svcs. 1/20/17)

Obituaries

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

EDWIN H. JENSEN, 67, of Atlantic, died Jan. 10th, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Memorial services for EDWIN H. JENSEN will be held 3-p.m. Friday, Jan. 20th, at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.

There is no visitation.

EDWIN H. JENSEN is survived by:

His wife – Edwina Jensen, of Atlantic.

His daughters – Gina (Dave) Wesson, of Omaha; Tammy Kirk, of Griswold, & Becky (Aaron) Brandwein, of Springfield, MO.

His brother – Gary (Elaine) Jensen, of Atlantic.

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NFL: Steelers eliminate Chiefs from playoffs; Packers pull-off upset in Big D

Sports

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)— Pittsburgh’s Chris Boswell set an NFL postseason record with six field goals and the Steelers eliminated the Kansas City Chiefs 18-16 to become the second victorious road team in the postseason. The Steelers took advantage of a holding penalty to negate a successful Kansas City two-point conversion after the Chiefs moved within two points with 2:43 left. On the second try from the 12-yard line, Alex Smith threw an incomplete pass in the back of the end zone and the Steelers held on. The Steelers have won nine straight games.

Of note, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger tied Mel Blount and Terry Bradshaw with his 19th postseason playoff game, the most in team history. Roethlisberger completed 20 of 31 for 224 yards. Big Ben will set the team record when the Steelers travel to Foxborough to play the Patriots next Sunday in the AFC championship. The Patriots beat the Steelers 27-16 on Oct. 23. Pittsburgh played without Roethlisberger, who was out with a knee injury.

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ARLNGTON, Texas (AP) — The first major upset of the NFL playoffs has occurred and the victims are the Dallas Cowboys, the top seed in the NFC. The Green Bay Packers stunned Dallas 34-31. The Cowboys have won just two playoff games since 1996.

Mason Crosby boomed a 51-yard field goal at the final gun to send the Packers to the NFC title game against Atlanta. Crosby had hit a 56-yarder with 1:33 left before the Cowboys tied it. The big play in Green Bay’s game-winning drive was a 35-yard completion from Aaron Rodgers to Jared Collins on a third-and-20 situation.

Rodgers threw for 320 yards and two touchdowns as the 12-6 Packers won their eighth straight. The Cowboys finished 13-4. The Packers will visit Atlanta in Rodgers’ third NFC title game.

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Lindsey, Northwestern roll to easy win over Iowa

Sports

January 16th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Scottie Lindsey scored 22, Bryant McIntosh had 20 and Northwestern rolled to a convincing 89-54 win over Iowa on Sunday. Lindsey had a career-high eight rebounds while McIntosh, who was honored before the game for scoring his 1000th career point on Jan. 5 against Minnesota, shot an efficient 9 for 11 from the field and added 10 assists for his first double-double this season.

Northwestern (15-4, 4-2 Big Ten) opened the contest with a quick 8-0 advantage and seldom wavered from there. Iowa nearly closed the gap in the first half, cutting the deficit to three, but the Wildcats quickly answered with a 14-1 run.

Iowa (11-8, 3-3) entered Sunday averaging 83.0 points per game, but was stifled from start to finish, shooting just 35.3 percent. Peter Jok, who led the Big Ten with 22.9 points per game, was held to four points, snapping a streak of 22 games where he scored in double figures.

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Steelers’ Mathews out; Chiefs have Houston for playoff game

Sports

January 15th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Steelers are missing defensive end Ricardo Mathews because of a lingering ankle injury for their divisional playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. Mathews hurt his ankle in Pittsburgh’s regular-season finale and was inactive for last weekend’s wild-card win over Miami. But he returned to practice this week and was questionable for the game.

Kansas City’s Justin Houston is active for the first time since a loss to Tennessee on Dec. 18. The star linebacker has been dealing with soreness in his surgically repaired left knee. The Chiefs also had linebacker Justin March-Lillard active for the first time since he broke his hand Oct. 16 in Oakland. 16. March-Lillard returned from injured reserve a few weeks ago.

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Defunding Planned Parenthood could harm Iowa social program

News

January 15th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s governor has proposed cutting funding for needy kids as part of his plan to defund Planned Parenthood. It’s a rare step even as Republican-dominated states grapple with whether to sacrifice federal dollars to lessen the organization’s influence. Iowa receives more than $3 million in federal Medicaid funding that it must spend on family planning services, and some of that is tied to Planned Parenthood.

According to budget projections reviewed by The Associated Press, Republican Gov. Terry Branstad has recommended taking $2.8 million previously given to child and family services so it can be redirected to create a roughly $3.3 million program that distributes family planning money to organizations that do not perform abortions.

Branstad is expected to resign soon to become the U.S. ambassador to China.

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Koch, Morgan score 21 apiece as N Iowa beats Drake 79-60

Sports

January 15th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Bennett Koch and Jeremy Morgan had 21 points apiece, Jordan Ashton scored 13 of his career-high 17 points in the first half and Northern Iowa snapped a seven-game skid with a 79-60 win over Drake on Sunday.

Koch made 8 of 8 from the field and Morgan hit 7 of 12 — including 3 of 6 from 3-point range. Ashton made all five of his first-half shots, including three 3s.

Back-to-back 3-pointers by De’Antae McMurray gave Drake a 7-4 lead but the Bulldogs went scoreless over the next six-plus minutes as Northern Iowa (6-11, 1-5 Missouri Valley) scored 18-straight points to start a 33-6 run that made it 37-13 with five minutes left in the half. The Panthers led by double figures the rest of the way.

Reed Timmer had 18 points, Ore Arongundade scored 16 and McMurray 13 for Drake (5-13, 3-3).

Northern Iowa shot a season-high 57 percent (29 of 51) from the field. The Bulldogs hits just 21 of 55 shots (38 percent).

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