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Members of the CAM School District’s Board of Education, Monday, approved a change order for the new multipurpose building to be constructed this Summer north of the CAM North Elementary School. Superintendent Steve Pelzer told KJAN News the change makes the building a little bit wider and changes the slope of the roof.  It also adds $20,000 to price of the original bid of $584,800, from Jensen Builders, of Ames. When complete, the building will house a gym with storage areas, restrooms, drinking fountain and music room. The building is expected to be finished by mid-to late-August.

The Board also discussed, but took no action on, replacing the football scoreboard with an LED-type board. Pelzer says the Board will likely approve replacing the current scoreboard with a new one, because it’s cheaper to replace it than to retrofit the current scoreboard with LED lights. He says they are also looking into the purchase of Play Clocks for the end zone, but no decision was made on that, either.

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Rescue crews from Anita, Wiota and Medivac Ambulance from Atlantic were dispatched to a rollover accident about three-miles east of the Wiota exit off of Interstate 80 in Cass County. The accident, which was reported to have occurred on I-80 westbound at around 7:15-a.m, took place near the 67-mile marker. The lone  female occupant of the vehicle was reported to be trapped in the vehicle, which was on its top. She was said to be conscious and breathing, and did not appear to have been seriously injured.The driver was however transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, as a precaution.

The accident temporarily shut down a portion of the right lane of I-80 west bound, until the wreckage could be removed. No other details are currently available.

The City of Atlantic’s Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors, Monday, approved the fees for Summer Recreation Programs, and a local Eagle Scout’s project to improve the Sunnyside Park Disc Golf Course. Parks and Rec Director Roger Herring asked for, and the Board approved, no change in rates charged for swimming at the City Pool. Herring says they will also be offering punch cards again this year, which, if you plan to be a frequent user of the Sunnyside Pool, will save you some money in the long run. The punch card allows you to buy 15 punches for $50. That’s a savings of $10 over the daily rate of admission.

Herring says sponsorship rates for the Men’s slow-pitch softball program will also be unchanged from last year. The cost of sponsorships went up last year from $150 per team to $300 to increase revenue and break even expense-wise. An incentive to the sponsors came in the form of a banner, and their sponsorships were tax deductible. Herring says while that resulted in a decrease in the number of teams from 10 to 8, it increased the cost savings to the Parks and Rec Dept. and reduced the amount of red ink in the books.

Atlantic Eagle Scout Nick Podhajsky speaks before the Atlantic Parks & Rec Board. (Ric Hanson/photo)

In other business, the Parks and Rec Board heard from Atlantic Eagle Scout Nick Podhajsky, who proposed a bridge replacement project near hole number 7, for the Sunnyside Park Disc Golf Course. The current bridge was built by course designer and facilitator Frank Saddlemire, and while functional and fits the natural environment, is also a potential liability to the City, because of its undersized main supports…small, and widely spaced decking branches, and single rails on each side.

Podhajsky proposed upgrading the bridge to incorporate: utility poles for the main supports; treated 2×6 lumber for the decking; and treated 4×4 posts to support three rails on each side. It would be very similar to the design used for the bridge near the Sunnyside Schoolhouse. Donations and supplies for the project would come from local groups, companies and individuals, with the labor for construction and installing the bridge to come from the Scout and other volunteers.

The Board gave approval for Podhajsky to proceed with the project, which could be completed by the end of June.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports a search warrant for narcotics executed Sunday at a residence in Bedford, resulted in the arrest of one person on a felony drug charge.

Donald Lee Barrett

Deputies from the Taylor County assisted the Bedford Police Department in executing the search warrant at a home in the 200 block of Pearl Street, in Bedford. As result of the investigation and search warrant by the Tri-County Narcotics and Bedford Police, Donald Lee Barrett was charged with Possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (a class D felony). Barrett was being held in the Adams County Jail on $5,000 cash bond.  Also assisting in the search warrant were Adams County Sheriff and Lenox Police Department.

Police in Red Oak responded to a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon. The accident happened in the 700 Block of West 2nd Street, when  22-year old Lorena Olarte-Hernandez of Red Oak was backing her 1999 Dodge Dakota out of a parking space and onto the street. In the process, her pickup hit a 2005 Ford Taurus being driven by 50-year old Shelly Shuffler of Red Oak. No injuries were reported.

Olarte-Hernandez was issued a warning for unsafe backing and was also issued a citation for Operation of a Motor Vehicle with No Driver’s License and a citation for Failure to Provide Security Against Liability (Accident Related). Damage to Olarte-Hernandez’s vehicle amounted to $200, while damage to Shuffler’s vehicle was estimated at $4,000.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The Omaha Veterans Affairs hospital is referring surgeries elsewhere in the city because of humidifier problems in its operating rooms. VA officials say the rooms have been temporarily shut down and will remain out of service until the humidifiers are fixed or replaced. The hospital performs about 300 surgeries a month. The VA says the rooms have been checked for mold problems, but none was detected.