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Put all except Velveeta cheese in crock pot on high for two hours; then turn down to low. When potatoes are done, serve. Just before serving, add Velveeta cheese and let it melt.
(Mildred Bergmann)
WILLMA CLAYTON is survived by her children: Tom Clayton and wife Pat of Greenfield; Rose Holman and husband Jenny, of Bixby, Oklahoma; Bob Clayton of Cedar Falls; John Clayton and wife Brenda of Greenfield; Jim Clayton and wife Diane of Greenfield, and Jeff Clayton and wife Kim in Greenfield.
13 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
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Today: Areas of fog possible this morning; Partly Cloudy to Cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 80. N @ 5-10.
Tonight: Mo. Cldy w/showers and thunderstorms. Low around 60. N @ 5.
Tuesday: P/Cldy to Cldy & less humid. High near 80
Thursday/Friday: P/Cldy. Highs in the upper 70’s both days.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 88. We received.8” of rain over the past 24-hours ending today at 7-a.m. Our 24-hour Low was 66. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 75 and the low was 57. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 101 in 1947. The Record Low was 33 in 1893.
The central Iowa town of Boone is gearing up to welcome many thousands of visitors to the 63rd annual Farm Progress Show. Event spokeswoman Dena Morgan says the nation’s largest outdoor farm show is scheduled to open this morning (8 A-M). Morgan says it will feature the latest ag technology, including new products to be unveiled by many of the industry’s largest manufacturers.
“We’ve got a great lineup, of course, lots of things happening out in the demonstration fields,” Morgan says. “We’ve got corn combining at 11 every day, tillage at 1. If you’re a livestock producer and you’re in the market for a chute or some other kind of cattle-handling equipment, we have working cattle demonstrations every day at 10 and at 2.”
The show will host more than 600 exhibitors displaying new farm equipment, seed and crop protection products, farm supplies and services. Since the last day of the 2014 show had to be cancelled due to lightning, Morgan says there are two ways you can be updated, by using the website Farm Progress Show-dot-com, or by using a free smart phone app.
“All you have to enter is ‘Farm Progress Show 2016’ and that should bring up the current year app,” Morgan says. “You can search for exhibitors, you can look at the show fields, all kinds of things.” For about 50 years, the show rotated between locations in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, but now, it’s held every other year in Boone or Decatur, Illinois.
“We started the rotation that we have now in 2005 when we moved the show up into August,” Morgan says. “It used to be later in September and we moved it almost a month earlier and went to the rotation of just two sites and then having permanent sites.” The show runs three days, closing on Thursday.
(Radio Iowa)
Monday night’s storms may have been a contributing factor in a building collapse in southeast Iowa. Washers and dryers were still running inside the Ottumwa Laundrette when firefighters arrived minutes after 8-p.m., Monday, to find the roof almost completely caved in. Two people were inside the laundromat when the roof gave way and other bystanders on were on the sidewalk. There were no injuries reported.
Witnesses said that the roof “just all of a sudden came down.” They said that there were no warning signs before the collapse. Firefighters feared a second collapse, closing portions of the nearby sidewalk. The cause of the collapse is under investigation.
(Radio Iowa)
POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-and PAGE COUNTIES:
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4-PM. TODAY.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MOST OF THIS
MORNING. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS COULD OCCUR…ALONG WITH
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. ALSO…FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR
ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.