LaVon Eblen speaks with Jim Field about the KJAN trip to Branson, MO June 14-17, 2016.
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LaVon Eblen speaks with Jim Field about the KJAN trip to Branson, MO June 14-17, 2016.
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The annual John J. Harris Wrestling Tournament hosted by Southwest Valley gets underway today in Corning.
Teams that will be competing are Atlantic/CAM, Bedford/Lenox, Central Decatur, Chariton, Clarinda, Clarke, Creston/O-M, East Mills, Griswold, Guthrie Center, Missouri Valley, Mount Ayr, New Hampton, Nodaway Valley, Panorama, Red Oak, Riverside, Shenandoah, Southwest Iowa, Southwest Valley, Tri-Center, Wayne, and Winterset.
Creston/O-M is ranked second in the state and seek their fifth straight team title at the event. New Hampton is ranked first in the latest dual team polls just released this week.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has released their seventh girls basketball rankings of the season. Exira-EHK stays at #2 in Class 1A while Harlan is still top ranked in Class 4A.
2016 SEVENTH Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 21, 2016
Class 1A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | Turkey Valley | 15-0 | 1 |
2 | Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton | 14-0 | 2 |
3 | Springville | 12-1 | 3 |
4 | Burlington Notre Dame | 14-0 | 4 |
5 | Kingsley-Pierson | 13-1 | 5 |
6 | Newell-Fonda | 11-4 | 7 |
7 | Kee | 13-2 | 7 |
8 | Grand View Christian | 11-0 | 8 |
9 | Adair-Casey | 14-1 | 9 |
10 | Lynnville-Sully | 16-0 | 10 |
11 | Westwood | 13-2 | 13 |
12 | Bedford | 12-2 | 12 |
13 | Rockford | 11-2 | 14 |
14 | Nodaway Valley | 10-3 | 11 |
15 | Montezuma | 15-1 | NR |
Dropped Out: Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn (15)
Class 2A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | Western Christian | 12-2 | 5 |
2 | Iowa City Regina | 13-0 | 2 |
3 | Pekin | 15-0 | 3 |
4 | Unity Christian | 14-1 | 1 |
5 | Okoboji | 15-0 | 6 |
6 | Manson-NW Webster | 9-3 | 8 |
7 | West Branch | 15-2 | 4 |
8 | Central Decatur | 13-1 | 9 |
9 | Des Moines Christian | 13-1 | 10 |
10 | Treynor | 12-0 | 11 |
11 | Interstate-35 | 13-2 | 7 |
12 | Van Meter | 13-2 | 12 |
13 | Lawton-Bronson | 10-3 | 13 |
14 | Grundy Center | 14-1 | 14 |
15 | Durant | 11-5 | 15 |
Dropped Out: None
Class 3A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | Pocahontas Area | 13-0 | 1 |
2 | Center Point-Urbana | 15-0 | 2 |
3 | Nevada | 12-3 | 3 |
4 | Cherokee | 13-1 | 4 |
5 | Union | 14-1 | 6 |
6 | Sioux Center | 12-2 | 5 |
7 | Hampton-Dumont | 10-2 | 12 |
8 | Spirit Lake | 9-5 | 7 |
9 | Forest City | 12-2 | 8 |
10 | Osage | 11-3 | 14 |
11 | Mount Vernon | 9-5 | 10 |
12 | West Marshall | 12-1 | 15 |
13 | Monticello | 9-4 | 9 |
14 | Central Lee | 12-2 | NR |
15 | Mid-Prairie | 8-5 | 13 |
Dropped Out: Cascade (11)
Class 4A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | Harlan | 12-1 | 1 |
2 | Western Dubuque | 14-0 | 2 |
3 | Lewis Central | 11-1 | 3 |
4 | Keokuk | 11-1 | 4 |
5 | Ballard | 13-1 | 6 |
6 | North Scott | 11-3 | 10 |
7 | Marion | 10-4 | 7 |
8 | Pella | 11-2 | 8 |
9 | Fairfield | 10-5 | 9 |
10 | Mason City | 8-7 | 5 |
11 | Grinnell | 11-3 | 11 |
12 | Waverly-Shell Rock | 13-3 | 12 |
13 | Dallas Center-Grimes | 10-3 | 13 |
14 | Boone | 11-2 | 14 |
15 | Carlisle | 8-5 | NR |
Dropped Out: Central DeWitt (15)
Class 5A
School | Record | LW | |
1 | Cedar Rapids Kennedy | 14-1 | 1 |
2 | Indianola | 14-0 | 2 |
3 | Ankeny Centennial | 11-2 | 3 |
4 | Waukee | 10-2 | 4 |
5 | Johnston | 10-3 | 5 |
6 | Dowling Catholic | 10-3 | 8 |
7 | Southeast Polk | 11-2 | 9 |
8 | Iowa City High | 11-2 | 6 |
9 | Davenport North | 12-2 | 10 |
10 | Cedar Falls | 12-1 | 10 |
11 | West Des Moines Valley | 9-4 | 8 |
12 | Pleasant Valley | 10-4 | 15 |
13 | Linn-Mar | 9-4 | 12 |
14 | Iowa City West | 9-4 | 13 |
15 | Davenport West | 11-2 | NR |
Dropped Out: Ames (14)
The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced regional dual sites for wrestling on Thursday. Class 1A and 2A host sites were announced while in Class 3A sites and assignments were announced.
Double Dual at Shenandoah
Shenandoah 45 Red Oak 24
Creston/Orient-Macksburg 58 Shenandoah 9
Creston/Orient-Macksburg 67 Red Oak 12
Quad at Woodbine
Treynor 54 Woodbine 30
Underwood 45 Treynor 36
Underwood 60 Woodbine 24
Woodbine 60 St. Albert 18
Double Dual at Clarinda Academy
Clarinda Academy 36 Martensdale-St. Mary’s 27
Wayne 57 Clarinda Academy 10
Wayne 60 Martensdale-St. Mary’s 12
Dual at Sioux City North
Lewis Central 52, Sioux City North 24
More than one-third of Iowa’s population is either diabetic or prediabetic and a new campaign is being launched here in hopes of reversing a dangerous trend. Dr. David Grayson Marrero, past-president of the American Diabetes Association, says they’re focusing on the several hundred-thousand Iowans who are prediabetic with the goal of getting them to make a few key changes that could mean saving their lives.
“Risk factors would be: excess weight or obesity; it would be family history of type 2 diabetes, a first-degree relative, mother, father, sister, brother,” Dr. Marrero says. “It could be age. Older people are more likely to have prediabetes. It can be a woman who’s had gestational diabetes or diabetes during pregnancy.”
The website, Do I Have Prediabetes-dot-org (doihaveprediabetes.org), features a simple test people can take to determine if they might have the condition. He says prediabetes can be headed off before it worsens. “Very modest changes in your lifestyle,” Marrero says. “Losing five to ten-percent of your body weight and increasing your physical activity to the equivalent of 150 minutes a week of walking, that’s 30 minutes a day. It can really make a huge difference and reduce your risk between 60 to 70-percent.”
Studies find about 300-thousand Iowans, or about 12-percent of the population, has diabetes and perhaps 20-percent of them don’t know it as they haven’t been diagnosed. There are several long-term risks of prediabetes, including stroke, heart attacks, blindness and amputation. Research suggests once people are aware of their condition, they’re more likely to make the lifestyle changes necessary to prevent or delay progression to type 2 diabetes. Marrero is director of the Diabetes Translational Research Center at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
(Radio Iowa)
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today (Friday) announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is accepting applications for grant funding through the Specialty Crop Block Grant program. The grants are available to support projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops grown in Iowa. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, which administers the program, has reported that Iowa will receive $244,352.23 in funding this year.
Grant funds can be used for projects that solely enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops that benefit the specialty crop industry as a whole and will not be awarded for projects that directly benefit a particular product or provide a profit to a single organization, institution, or individual.
Iowa agencies, universities, institutions, and producer, industry, and community based organizations are all eligible to apply for funding to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. In addition, single organizations, institutions, and individuals are encouraged to participate as project partners.
Grant awards will be considered up to a maximum of $24,000 and projects can have a duration of up to 30 months (2 ½ years). “Specialty Crops” that are eligible under this program are fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. Both fresh and processed specialty crops are eligible.
Proposals must be received by IDALS on or before 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May 2, 2016. For more information visit the IDALS Specialty Crop Block Grant program at the Department’s web site at www.IowaAgriculture.gov/Horticulture_and_FarmersMarkets/specialtyCropGrant.asp.
The Department is again establishing a Review Committee to help review, evaluate, and make recommendations on grant proposals submitted to the Department. Those interested in participating in the Review Committee should have knowledge of specialty crops, and/or grant writing or grant management experience, and the ability to devote the necessary time to complete the review process. Additional information about reviewer responsibilities, meeting dates and an application form can also be found at www.IowaAgriculture.gov/Horticulture_and_FarmersMarkets/specialtyCropGrant.asp.
Applications to participate in the Reviewer Committee are due Friday, March 25, 2016 by 4 p.m. In addition, to ensure that funds are used in the most efficient manner possible, the Department is asking specialty crop stakeholders and organizations to submit public comments on program priorities. The comments will help the Department identify priorities; establish the criteria used to evaluate the projects proposed for funding, and to determine how the reviews are conducted.
Iowans interested in submitting comments about the program can do so online by emailing HorticultureAndFarmersMarkets@IowaAgriculture.gov or by mail to Horticulture and Farmers Market Bureau, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, 502 East 9th, Des Moines, Iowa, 50319. Comments received by May 2, 2016 will be presented to the review committee to assist in prioritizing projects.
The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports an Adair County man was arrested Thursday night. 53-year old James Kermit Cook, of Greenfield, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on a Union County warrant for violation of probation. Cook was being held in the Union County Jail on $2,000 bond.
More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Jim Field visits with Cass County Extension Director Kate Olson about the 4-h/Farm to School Americorps position and the Family, Food and Fun program.
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