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Officials with the American Public Works Association or APWA have presented the Harlan City Administrator with an award for being one of the 2014 Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year. The presentation for Terry Cox was held on Tuesday at the Therkildsen Activity Center in Harlan. During the presentation, several guest speakers stood in front of the audience of around 40 people including Harlan Mayor Gene Gettys, Iowa APWA President Tracy Warner and the National APWA President-elect Larry Stephens.
Stephens said in his speech, Cox is one of a select group to win the award. “The Top Ten Award started in 1960 and as you (Gettys) eluded to over the years that’s about 55 years, there have been about 550 recipients of this award and that’s over the last half century. That’s not a lot of people. And in an association that’s nearly 29,000 members and represents the entire public works profession, you are one of a small number of individuals to receive this award.”
The Top Ten Award recognizes those individuals who personify excellence in serving the public interest in the field of public works. Stephens called it the highest award a member of the APWA can receive. Cox was presented a plaque with a medal inside. Cox took to the podium and thanked his staff at city hall, past and current city council members and mayors and all the city officials. Cox has been working with the city of Harlan for 37 years and will receive the same award in front of his peers in Toronto, Canada at a convention in September.
(Joel McCall/KNOD)
Motorcycle enthusiasts will be packing the square in downtown Harlan for the first of this year’s Roar into Harlan celebrations this (Thursday) evening. The annual Roar into Harlan Bike Night on the Square events starts tonight featuring Goozman’s Westside. Motorcycles will fill up the parking around the square along with entertainment, food and drinks and motorcycle games.
Each month until September, a different business from the square will be highlighted. The other Roar into Harlan events are scheduled on the third Thursday of the month, June 19th, July 17th, August 21st and September 18th. You can find more information the Roar into Harlan Facebook page by searching “Roar into Harlan Bike Night.”
(Joel McCall/KNOD)
The Atlantic FFA Chapter is excited to tell you about a great way to help our FFA Chapter receive free money. It’s called The Red Brand Home Grown Program. Now through December 31st, up to $1.00 for every roll of qualifying Red Brand fence orders will be donated directly to the Atlantic FFA Chapter.
This year the Atlantic FFA has 2 sponsoring retailers, Cappel’s Ace Hardware and Orscheln Farm & Home both from Atlantic.
Last year, individual FFA chapters throughout the country received hundreds of dollars directly through Home Grown. Some even received thousands!
The Atlantic FFA Chapter could really use this kind of support. If you, or anyone you know, needs fence, we’d appreciate you buying Red Brand. Just make sure you purchase it at Cappel’s Ace Hardware or Orscheln Farm & Home – so the Home Grown dollars go to our chapter. You can get all the details about Home Grown at redbrand.com/homegrown. Or, ask a local FFA member and they can tell you all about it.
The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund made its annual book donation to both Washington Elementary and Schuler Elementary.
Each year the fund donates approximately $1000.00 to help the schools fulfill their wish list for new released books that the kids will enjoy. Reading was always a big part of Trevor’s life so we hope that by keeping the libraries full of current books others will also become avid readers.
An equipment violation that caught the eye of a Page County Sheriff’s Deputy resulted in an arrest, Wednesday. The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports a deputy pulled over a pickup truck at around 7:20-p.m. near 310th and E Avenue, near Northboro. During the traffic stop, it was discovered that the driver, 25-year old Robert Andrew Hall, of rural Coin, was driving under suspension.
Hall was taken into custody and brought to the Page County Jail. He later posted a $300 bond, and was released.
Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports his officers have arrested two people on drug charges. On Wednesday (May 14th), 40-year old Victor Bruce Ingram, of Shenandoah, was arrested for felony delivery of methamphetamine and failure to affix a drug tax stamp. And, on Friday, May 9th, Clarinda Police arrested 37-year old Jason Charles Allison, of Clarinda, for felony delivery of methamphetamine and failure to affix a drug tax stamp.
Brothers says the incidents are not related. Both Allison and Ingram were transported to the Page County Jail at the time of their arrests and booked in pending review of the cases by the Page County Attorney’s Office regarding the filing of formal charges.
The 2014 Atlantic High School graduation ceremony will be broadcast live on KJAN TV this Sunday, May 18. We will be streaming a live video feed to viewers around the world on KJAN TV. If you can’t make it to the ceremony, just go to the TV page at KJAN.com on Sunday to watch it live. The ceremony begins at 2:00 pm and we will begin live streaming a few minutes prior. ENJOY & CONGRATULATIONS to the 2014 graduates!
Members of the Exira-Elk Horn Kimballton “Super Board” of Education will meet this (Thursday) evening at the High School, in Elk Horn. The meeting begins at 7-p.m. in the Family and Consumer Science Room. During the session, the combined Board will act on approving contracts for: Pre-K teachers at EHK and Elk Horn; 1st grade; Middle School Math, and Kindergarten at EHK.
The Board will also discuss and act on approving several matters, including: A revised calendar and fees for 2014-2015; A continued contract with Iowa Western Community College for concurrent enrollment classes; A New Master Contract with Teachers; Salary increases for Support Staff, and the purchase of a new school bus.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say four construction workers have been injured following a structure collapse in the northeast Iowa city of West Union. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office says the incident occurred yesterday morning at a construction site near the county courthouse. Sheriff Marty Fisher says the workers’ injuries appear to be serious and they are being treated at a local hospital.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 2-year-old boy has died after falling from a motorcycle in eastern Iowa. Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek says Abraham Harris was riding a motorcycle with his 11-year-old brother on Sunday when he fell. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports he suffered head injuries and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have ruled out a potential suspect in the case of two young cousins whose bodies were found months after their disappearance in northeast Iowa. Evansdale Police Chief Kent Smock told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier that an investigation into Michael Klunder indicates he wasn’t in the area when Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins disappeared in July 2012.
OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Former New York Giants and Hawkeyes safety Tyler Sash has pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with an alleged scooter chase in Iowa. Court records show Sash entered the written plea on misdemeanor charges of public intoxication and interference with official acts. A message left for his attorney was not immediately returned yesterday.Io