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Healthy U at CCMH June 30th: Summer Safety

News

June 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The next “Healthy U” session this month at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, will be presented by Dr. Mark Johnson, MD and focus on “Summer Safety.” The educational session will be held at noon on Thursday, June 30th in Conference Room 2 at CCMH.  Dr. Johnson will cover a wide variety of topics geared towards helping seniors have a safe, healthy summer. Dr. Johnson has worked at Cass County Health System for 29 years, and since 2012 has worked exclusively in the Emergency Department.

Johnson says “Summer presents a number of potential risks for older adults,” said Dr. Johnson. “We will talk about things like heat stroke, dehydration, and insect bites, but I’ll also cover general information about what to keep on hand for basic first aid.”

Healthy U is a free educational series offered by Cass County Health System that focuses on a different health topic each month. All registered attendees receive a healthy boxed meal in addition to the educational program presented by medical professionals.

For more information, or to make a reservation for Healthy U, call 712-243-7479.

AGNES M. ATWOOD, 93, of Exira (Celebration of Life Svcs. 6/18/16)

Obituaries

June 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

AGNES M. ATWOOD, 93, of Exira, died Jan. 13th, at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. A Celebration of Life service for AGNES ATWOOD will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., June 18th, at the Exira Christian Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.

Burial will be in the Baker’s Cemetery, in Hardy, AR.

AGNES ATWOOD is survived by:

Her daughter – Rebecca (Atwood) McCoy, and her son-in-alw, Kevin Milam.

1 grandson, 4 great-grandchildren, her sisters in law: Ruth Barton, of Exira, & Harriette Stanley, of Ottumwa, other relatives, and friends.

NWS forecast for the KJAN listening area, 6/17/16

Weather

June 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Early This Morning: Clear. East wind near 10 mph.
Today: Sunny. High around 90. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low in the upper 60s. East wind near 10 mph.
Saturday: Sunny. High around 90. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Low in the upper 60s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny. High in the mid 90s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Low in the lower 70s.
Monday: Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the upper 80s.

Omaha set to host College World Series

Sports

June 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The College World Series begins on Saturday in Omaha and ticket sales are on pace with past years despite the absence of perennial powers like LSU and Mississippi State. Thousands of Iowans make the annual trip to TD Ameritrade Park to watch college baseball’s premier event. Herb Hames is the volunteer ticket chairman for the event.

He says “A majority of our season ticket holders just love the fact that this is still an amateur sport, where they get to see future Major Leaguers.”  Hames says there are always those who support the underdog.”U-C Santa Barbara and Coastal Carolina may not bring a lot of their own fans, but I think they will draw more and more fans from Omaha, season ticket holders that want to cheer for a first-timer.”

He says there are several teams in the field that will bring large followings. Such as Oklahoma State,which hasn’t been at the CWS since 1999. And, TCU, which Hames says draws an Omaha crowd because a lot of area residents have graduated from or had kids that graduated from, TCU. Hames says bleacher seats are always popular and group sales are big during the week when attendance is traditionally lower.

He says the weather is a big factor. “When you have games in the afternoon where the temperature is going to be in the high 90’s, a lot of people may prefer to watch it on TV, and sell their tickets to somebody else.” He says they’ll just have to see how what happens.

Oklahoma State will play UC-Santa Barbara in Saturday afternoon’s opener. Miami and Arizona collide on Saturday night.

(Radio Iowa Sports)

Big changes for seeding in high school boys’ basketball

Sports

June 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Big changes are coming to the seeding process for high school boys’ post season tournament basketball. The Quad City Times reports the Iowa High School Athletic Association board of control has approved a change that will allow the coaches to seed their district or sub-state. In recent years a team’s record during a portion of the season determined its seed. Matt Coss reported on the story for the Times.

He says “Now it’s gonna be in the coaches hands. They’re going to have seeding meetings the first part of February each year, for basketball, where they’ll take win/loss record into account. But I think you’ll also see strength of schedule play a bigger role into it as well. A lot of other states have gone to this format, such as Illinois and Missouri, so Iowa is just kinda jumping on-board with this now.”

Coss says way the state tournament is seeded will also change. “Now, the eight coaches that make the state tournament will rank the seven other teams (in their class). They won’t rank their own team. From there, the Association will take those rankings and determine the seeding of the eight teams. Then they’ll turn it into a “pairing show,” and things like that, so definitely some major changes from what’s taken place in the past.”

Previously, a team’s win-loss record was used to seed the state tournament and Coss says that system drew a number of complaints from coaches. “Especially in the lower classes. It seemed in 1-A and 2-A, you had a lot of teams that maybe were seeded 6th or 7th that ended-up in a State Championship game, just because maybe they were a little more ‘battle tested’ than some of the other teams. So I think now maybe we’ll get some better match-ups right out of the gate at the State Tournament, and it could make the State Tournament more competitive throughout the week.”

The changes will go into effect for next season.

(Radio Iowa Sports)

Ernst talks about banning those on watch list from buying guns

News

June 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, says she wants to be sure that any proposal that would block those on a terror watch list from buying a gun has safeguards to protect the person’s rights. “There are things that we will be discussing when it comes to Second Amendment rights, are there additional things that can be done,” Ernst says. “We do have to ensure that there is due process with any American citizen that is being denied their rights.”

Presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he would ban those on the watch list from buying guns. Iowa’s other U-S Senator, Chuck Grassley says he would not because of concerns that the lists are not accurate. Ernst says she has some of the same concerns as Grassley. “There are many people who exist on these lists who shouldn’t be on these lists,” Ernst says, “mistaken names, maybe a typo. Many people have the same name across the nation. And so to deny them a right to purchase a firearm when they are not a criminal, just the average Joe out on the street — that’s wrong.”

Ernst says she voted against a measure last year to ban those on watch lists from obtaining guns for that very reason. “I did support another amendment that would block suspected terrorists from obtaining a gun for up to 72 hours. And during that time, the F-B-I is able to investigate the individual to either confirm or rule out the identity and the suspected connection to terrorism of that individual,” Ernst says. She says the measure she supported is better than simply instituting a ban.

“This one provides due process, it delays the transfer of the firearm. And if the F-B-I did find out something, then they would be able to put a motion into the court system to stop that transfer. That’s common sense,” according to Ernst. Ernst also reiterated what she said earlier this week, that she does not support an outright ban on Muslims into the U-S. She says she does favor properly vetting all those who are coming into the country to ensure they do not have terrorist ties.

(Radio Iowa)

Thursday’s area baseball scores (6/16/16)

Sports

June 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

AHSTW, Avoca 12, Riverside, Oakland 2
Bedford 9, Stanton 3
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 6, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 6, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 5
CAM, Anita 11, West Central Valley, Stuart 0 (6 innings)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 16, Adair-Casey 1
Coon Rapids-Bayard 7, West Harrison, Mondamin 6
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 6, Sioux City, North 1
Creston 4, Denison-Schleswig 2
Creston 9, Denison-Schleswig 6
Earlham 12, Madrid 6
Griswold 5, Audubon 3
Guthrie Center 5, East Union, Afton 3
Lawton-Bronson 9, East Sac County 2
Lewis Central 6, Shenandoah 3
Madrid 4, Earlham 3
Missouri Valley 12, IKM-Manning 0
Sioux City, North 1, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 0
Winterset 6, Pleasantville 0
Woodward-Granger 12, Panorama, Panora 5
Woodward-Granger 2, Panorama, Panora 1

Thursday’s area softball scores (6/16/16)

Sports

June 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic 10, Clarinda 0
Atlantic 12, Clarinda 0
Bedford 16, Stanton 1
CAM, Anita 12, West Central Valley, Stuart 8
Central Decatur, Leon 9, Southwest Valley 1
IKM-Manning 5, Missouri Valley 4
LeMars Gehlen Catholic 16, Clay Central-Everly 4
Lewis Central 10, Shenandoah 0
Lewis Central 12, Shenandoah 0
OA-BCIG 9, South Central Calhoun 2
Orient-Macksburg 4, Twin Cedars 3
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 14, Fremont-Mills 1
Treynor 13, Tri-Center, Neola 0
Treynor 15, Tri-Center, Neola 0
Westwood, Sloan 12, West Harrison 1
Winterset 10, Carroll 0
Winterset 13, Carroll 0
Woodward-Granger 5, Panorama 4
Woodward-Granger 6, Panorama 5 (8)

Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, June 17th 2016

News

June 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Indiana man has been sentenced to life in prison under a federal “three strikes” law after he was convicted of robbing a Muscatine bank. Thomas Alexander Davis III was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Davenport.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque police officer has been ticketed after causing a minor two-vehicle crash. The Telegraph Herald reports that 32-year-old Officer Ann Dauderman was cited Wednesday with failure to maintain control of her squad vehicle. According to a crash report, Dauderman was westbound in her squad car just before 2 a.m. Wednesday when she turned and collided with a vehicle driven by a 19-year-old Dubuque man.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — A proposal to build a psychiatric hospital in the Quad Cities has been paused for the third time by a state board’s inability to gather its members for a meeting. The Des Moines Register reports that the $14 million project in Bettendorf would add 72 psychiatric beds to Iowa. But developers haven’t been able to have a hearing with the full Iowa Health Facilities Council, the body that allows such projects to move forward.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 33-year-old Davenport woman is being held in the Scott County Jail after police say she sexually abused a 13-year-old boy. The Quad-City Times reports that the woman is being held on $10,000 bail. She’s been charged with third-degree sexual abuse and lascivious acts with a child. Each charge is a felony and punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

2 men arrested on drug charges, 1 accident reported, in Mills County

News

June 16th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports an Emerson man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on drug charges. 49-year old Scott Timothy Hall faces a Possession of Controlled Substance and Possession of drug paraphernalia charge, following his arrest at around 3:30-p.m. His bond was set at $1,300. And, 43-year old Michael James Beveridge, of Omaha, was arrested late Tuesday night for: Possession of a controlled substance, interference with official acts, eluding, speeding, no proof of insurance, no valid drivers license, failure to use seat belts, and fraudulent use of registration. His bond was set at $4,400.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports also, 22-year old Ebon Hackett, of Glenwood, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by Glenwood Rescue to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, after the 2003 Pontiac he was driving left the road and entered a yard at 57890 Hilman Road. The car hit a pine tree, spun around and came to rest next to a large cottonwood tree. The accident happened at around 9:40-a.m., Tuesday.