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(Atlantic, Iowa) – Rolling Hills Bank and Trust has partnered with the Atlantic Parks and Rec Department, to purchase fruit trees for our area parks as a community orchard. During an Ambassadors meeting Parks Director Wyatt Adderton spoke about the tree loss in our parks, and how they were going to need to replace some trees.
Photos courtesy Rolling Hills Loan Officer BJ Hart
Assistant Parks Director Jeff Christensen later commented about a beloved pear tree located near the pool that they lost recently. He said it was a shame that it died so many people loved that tree. 
Rolling Hills Loan Manager B.J. Hart said “I went back to the bank wanting to do something and talked with CEO Keith Honke about a tree project. Keith encouraged me to get some information which prompted me to contact our new director. As Wyatt and I were talking the idea was born to have a community orchard.”
The Parks and Recreation Department purchased 26 fruit trees. Apple, Pear and Cherry Trees. The first tree for the Community Orchard was planted today (Wednesday), at Sunnyside Park.
(Radio Iowa) – Farmers had dry planting weather most of last week before storms hit — and they made the most of it.The corn harvest shot to 70 percent planted compared to 29 percent in the previous week. Corn planting had been one day behind the five-year average, and is now one week ahead. The U-S-D-A also reports that six percent of the planted corn has emerged — one day ahead of average. Soybean planting moved to 49 percent complete — up from 16 percent the week before — and one week ahead of the five-year average.
Atlantic, IA. – Atlantic Trojan angler Jake Wailes of Wiota, IA caught five fish totaling 68.25” to win the first tournament of the season Fairlife Yup Junior division presented by Remington Seeds at Littlefield Lake. Second place went to Brentyn Hoover from Anita, Brendan Wilke from Atlantic was third, fourth went to Letty McSorely from Carson and rounding out the top five was Holden DeVore from Atlantic.
Grady Joens from Underwood, IA caught a full 5-bag limit measuring 71.5 inches to hold on to score a victory in the Powerade High School Division. Evan Powell from Norwalk finished in the second spot and Lucas Bose from Underwood was third. The final two spots went to Joaquin Wailes from Wiota and Collin Rudy of Atlantic.
Grady Joens also reeled in the biggest fish to earn the AM Cohron & Sons Big Fish of the tournament with his 15” bass.
Twenty-five student anglers competed at the first Duke Rentals Kayak tournament of the season. All combined the student anglers caught 103 fish with a total length of 1023 inches which is almost 10” average length fish. All fish were safely returned to the lake.
Powerade High School Division
Rank Angler School Total Score
1 Grady Joens Underwood Eagles 71.75
2 Evan Powell Indianola Indians 69.75
3 Lucas Bose Underwood Eagles 69.50
4 Joaquin Wailes Atlantic Trojans 68.25
5 Colin Rudy Atlantic Trojans 67.75
6 Tegan Steinkuehler Harlan Cyclone 65.75
7 Conor Britten Red Oak 63.75
8 Sawyer Nelson Indianola Indians 40.75
9 Owen Hoover CAM Cougars 40.00
10 Cody Swank Harlan Cyclone 24.75
Fairlife Junior Division
Rank Angler School Total Score
1 Jake Wailes Atlantic Trojans 68.25
2 Brentyn Hoover CAM Cougars 68.00
3 Brendan Wilke Atlantic Trojans 66.50
4 Letty McSorley Riverside Bulldogs 65.50
5 Holden DeVore Atlantic Trojans 40.50
6 Colton Frieze Griswold Tigers 39.50
7 Ryder Lane ACGC Chargers 26.50
8 Caden Frieze Griswold Tigers 25.55
9 Grayson Molgaard Atlantic Trojans 14.00
10 Grady Roberts Atlantic Trojans 14.00
Other special prize winners at the tournament:
The next Duke Rentals Kayak series tournament will be Sunday, June 11th at Yellow smoke Lake at Denison, Iowa.
For complete details and updated information visit www.swifishingteam.com
(Radio Iowa) – Warmer weather is finally here and Iowans who love to fish are getting out on — or beside — their favorite bodies of water, casting lines and seeing what they can catch. Nate Carr, a state D-N-R conservation officer from Eldora, says besides your fishing pole and the tackle box, there’s one other important thing you should bring along. “If you’re 16 or older and you’re fishing in public water, you’re required to have a fishing license,” Carr says.
“All that goes to help promote and manage the fisheries that we do have. There’s a lot of work from our fisheries bureau that goes towards surveying lakes, trying to understand how our population is doing, and how to best manage that body of water.” Fishing regulations do change from year to year, and Carr says you’ll want to keep up or risk getting a fine.
“Depending on where you’re fishing, length limits and daily limits, you may see some differences whether you’re fishing in the river or a lake,” Carr says. “So it’s a good idea to find yourself a fishing reg booklet for 2023.” He says you don’t need to look far to get the full rundown of state fishing regulations. “Honestly, one of the easiest ways to come across that is, just to go on our website — iowadnr.gov — and you can search ‘fishing regs’ and download a copy to your phone or your laptop or whatever you have handy,” he says.
The annual Iowa Free Fishing Weekend is scheduled for June 2nd through the 4th.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Ornithologists’ Union is celebrating its 100th anniversary at its spring meeting which opens today (Friday). There are nearly 400 members in the group, which promotes interests in the identification, study and protection of birds in the state. Union president Dennis Thompson says one of the things the group is most proud of in its century of history is putting out the quarterly magazine called Iowa Bird Life. “That talks about sightings that have occurred during a season, spring, summer, fall and winter,” Thompson says. “We also have articles about birds in Iowa, and so that’s kind of our scientific purpose, if you will, to publish that journal.”
Thompson says there will be speakers at this weekend’s events along with several field trips for bird watching.
“One’s going down into Madison County,” Thompson says. “We have one going to Walnut Woods and Browns Woods, another’s going into Chautauqua area in northeast Polk County, and I’m leading one to Easter Lake and Yellow Banks Park.” He says birders of all levels are welcome to attend. The spring meeting is taking place in West Des Moines.
(by Catherine Wheeler, Iowa Public Radio)
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Master Gardeners will host their annual Spring Plant Sale, on May 13th. Kate Olson, Cass County Extension Director, says the event – which takes place on the Cass County Fairgrounds – promises to have a wide variety of perennials available for gardeners looking to update their landscape this year, as well as lawn tools, décor and plants for food gardening.
The sale begins at 8-a.m., on May 13th, and will be held in the front parking lot of the Cass County Community Center on the fairgrounds at 805 W 10th Street in Atlantic. Interested gardeners are encouraged to arrive early for best plant selection, as the annual spring and fall sales occasionally sell out before 10 AM. The sale will be open to the public to purchase divided perennials suitable for spring planting, as well as a variety of donated garden tools, books and decor. All items will be sold for a free will offering, with all proceeds from the plant sale used to support Master Gardener scholarships and community grants, as well as projects around the county.
For the annual spring sale, Cass County Master Gardeners will be bringing a variety of perennial and annual plants from their own gardens, as well as plants dug from gardens in the local area. Plants currently expected to be on the sale include several varieties of hostas, daylilies, sedum, salvia, penstemon, turtlehead, and irises; with more expected to be added as the sale approaches. Community members are also welcome to donate plants to this event, and members may even help you dig! If you are dividing perennials in your yard this spring and have extra plants to donate, please call in advance and make arrangements to drop off donated plants before the date of the plant sale.
A special offering at this year’s plant sale will be a partnership with the Atlantic FFA to offer food plants and started annuals for sale. Plants will include several varieties of bell peppers, jalapenos, and tomatoes, in addition to garlic, basil, peppermint, cilantro, oregano and onions. Flowering plants will include Marigolds, Zinnias, Coneflowers and 4 varieties of Wave Petunias. This is the first year the students will offer plants for sale, after the recent addition of a new greenhouse at the high school. All FFA plants will be sold at a separate booth and individually priced. Information will also be available on student plant sales from other Cass County FFA chapters.
An informational table will be set up on other gardening partnerships and projects, including growing and donating produce through the Grow Another Row partnership on growing, harvesting and donating extra produce to local pantries and other organizations, to ensure all residents have access to fresh, tasty and local produce throughout the growing season! Details about upcoming Master Gardener activities- including the annual bus tour in early June, and a new local garden tour at the end of June, will also be available at the plant sale. The Cass County Master Gardeners hold annual plant sales twice a year, on the second Saturdays of May and September, to raise funds for projects and scholarship funds and to share gardening information with the public. Mark your calendars now for the fall sale on September 9!
For more information about the plant sale and other Master Gardener activities in Cass County, please call the Cass County Extension Office at 712-243-1132, or email Cass County Extension Director and Master Gardener Coordinator Kate Olson at keolson@iastate.edu. In addition, you are invited to follow the Cass County Master Gardeners at their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CassCoMG to keep up with local events and tips for gardening and learn more about the Master Gardener program in Iowa!
(Radio Iowa) – A District Court Judge has ruled that an Iowa law allowing hazardous liquid pipeline companies to enter private land to conduct surveys is unconstitutional. The ruling came in a lawsuit by Navigator against a landowner who wouldn’t let surveyors onto his land near the northwest Iowa town of Sioux Rapids. Omaha-based Navigator wants to build a pipeline that would capture carbon dioxide from ethanol and fertilizer plants and send it to another location to be stored underground. Navigator and Summit Carbon Solutions of Iowa have sued landowners unwilling to allow surveyors onto their property. A Navigator spokesperson issued a statement saying the the company plans to appeal the ruling.
U-S Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced more actions aimed at making local and regional food systems stronger. The USDA’s Gary Crawford reports….
Vilsack is a former Governor from Iowa. He served as the 40th governor of the State from 1999 to 2000, and is the 32nd United States Secretary of Agriculture, serving under the Biden administration. He previously served in the role from 2009 to 2017 during the Obama administration.
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