The 4th Annual T-Fred Golf Tournament held on August 11th at the Nishna Hills Golf Course in Atlantic, raised nearly $22,000 for area non-profit groups, organizations, and the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Scholarship. Melanie Petty with the Trevor Frederickson Foundation said the funds raised will enable them to continue to support the Foundations’ annual donations, which includes scholarships, Little League, Nishna Valley Family YMCA, School Libraries, Friends of Lake Anita, AHS Baseball Program and others.

Melanie says some new things for they’ll be helping with this year include the Schildberg Recreation Area, Healing Garden at the Cass County Memorial Hospital, the Atlantic High School Football Program, Atlantic Fire Department,  and assisting with the painting of Atlantic High School Trojan logo, the water tower off of Bryn Mawr Road.

Petty says prior to this year’s tournament, the Trevor Frederickson Foundation had given back over $42,000 in donations. She says by this time next year, that figure should be well over $60,000. The 5th Annual T-Fred Golf Tournament will take place August 10th, 2013. The T-Fred Memorial Golf Tournament is the only fundraiser for the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund, which was formed to give back to the projects and organizations Trevor loved. Trevor was 21 years old when he lost his life in a Council Bluffs residential fire, in 2009.

Atlantic Parks and Rec Director Roger Herring said Monday, that the tennis courts at Sunnyside Park likely won’t be ready in time for the high school tennis season, because of a delay in getting bids for the project, and related logistics. He says it’s unlikely because asphalt plants won’t be up and running until May 1^st or the middle of that month, due to outside temperatures. Tennis tournament action typically starts in Mid-day.

The Atlantic City Council on August 1^st, tabled until November 7th, a Resolution approving the plans and specifications for the Sunnyside Tennis Court reconstruction project, due to a lack of bids. Snyder and Associates Engineer Dave Sturm told the Council contractors are extremely busy right now, they practically had to beg for an active bids. Sturm said they ended up taking just one bid, but it was more than $40,000 over what was budgeted for. The Engineer’s original cost estimate was $241,000.The project will be paid for through bond proceeds, grants, and with payments from the Atlantic Community School District. Sturm said after discussing the situation with Roger Herring and the Parks and Rec Board, it was decided to reject the bid and request bids for the project again at a later date.

Herring told the Parks and Rec Board Monday, that they’re exploring the use of “in-kind services,” to prepare the court area for work next Spring. That includes removal of fences and posts. As a result, the courts will not be available at all next Spring. Herring says the use of in-kind work should help to lower some of the costs associated with the project.

In other business, the Parks and Rec Board approved the purchase of playground equipment for Pellett Park. The playground equipment called “Freedom to Play,” will run about $17,000, and includes climbing apparatus, rope ladders, and other attractions. A similar set-up cost about $1,000 less, but was not as aesthetically pleasing to the Board members, and has less attractions for young people.

And, Adam Wieser, with Atlantic Boy Scout Troop 54, presented his proposal for an Eagle Scout project at Sunnyside Park, to the Board. The project involves re-landscaping an area near the park shelter to include new perennial flowers, Hostas, repainting and lighting the flag pole, setting stepping stones in place, a sign, and other work. He said he’d like to start on the project this Fall, and completed by next Spring. Weiser said the project would be paid for through donations. The Board moved to approve the Eagle Scout project and thanked Weiser for his contribution to beautifying the park.

Another Eagle Scout project, this one by Casey Ihnen, is nearly complete at the Schildberg Recreation Area. It features several new, strategically place park benches and sponsor or memorial plaques. Herring said the project has been very well received by the public.

w/ Jim Field

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4-A Boys

1. Dowling Catholic
2. Pleasant Valley
3. Linn Mar
4. Cedar Rapids Washington
5. WDM Valley
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie
7. Iowa City High
8. Iowa City West
9. Waukee
10. Burlington
11. Indianola
12. Dubuque Senior
13. Cedar Falls
14. Ames
15. Ankeny

3-A Boys

1. Decorah
2. Pella
3. Bishop Heelan Catholic
4. Dubuque Wahlert
5. Boone
6. Grinnell
7. Knoxville
8. Glenwood
9. Charles City
10. Fort Madison
11. Marion
12. Webster City
13. Ballard
14. MOC/Floyd Valley
15. Mount Vernon-Lisbon

2-A Boys

1. Monticello
2. Iowa City Regina
3. Fort Dodge St. Edmond
4. Spirit Lake
5. NE Goose Lake
6. North Polk
7. South Winneshiek
8. Gilbert
9. Tipton
10. Okoboji
11. North Iowa
12. Unity Christian
13. South Central
14. OA-BCIG
15. Roland Story

1-A Boys

1. CB St. Albert
2. West Lyon
3. Denver
4. Trinity Christian
5. Guthrie Center
6. Alta-Aurelia
7. BCLUW
8. Dike-New Hartford
9. Highland
10. Nashua-Plainfield
11. Bellevue Marquette
12. Riverside
13. Earlham
14. Eagle Grove
15. Pekin

4-A Girls

1. Dowling Catholic
2. Pleasant Valley
3. WDM Valley
4. Linn Mar
5. Cedar Falls
6. Iowa City High
7. Iowa City West
8. Johnston
9. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
10. Bettendorf
11. Waukee
12. DM Roosevelt
13. Ankeny
14. Ames
15. Dubuque Senior

3-A Girls

1. Pella
2. Davenport Assumption
3. Dubuque Wahlert
4. Solon
5. Decorah
6. MOC/Floyd Valley
7. Dallas Center-Grimes
8. Mount Vernon-Lisbon
9. Bishop Heelan Catholic
10. Harlan
11. Williamsburg
12. Garner-Hayfield
13. Shenandoah
14. Benton
15. Cedar Rapids Xavier

2-A Girls

1. Unity Christian
2. NE Goose Lake
3. Iowa City Regina
4. Sioux Center
5. North Fayette
6. Western Christian
7. Roland-Story
8. Gilbert
9. North Polk
10. South Winneshiek
11. Davis County
12. OA-BCIG
13. Wapello
14. South Hamilton
15. Missouri Valley

1-A Girls

1. Griswold
2. Earlham
3. North Linn
4. Eagle Grove
5. Pekin
6. Denver
7. Bishop Garrigan Catholic
8. Tri-Center
9. Corning
10. Nashua-Plainfield
11. Prince of Peace
12. Sioux Central
13. Hudson
14. Grundy Center
15. Gehlen Catholic

Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Director Roger Herring says he plans to meet with local skateboard enthusiasts Saturday morning. During a meeting of the Park and Rec Board Monday evening at the City Park outdoor shelter, Herring said improvements to the skate park at Sunnyside Park should be completed soon, after much time and effort. He said “It has been a very involved project.” Herring said 18 4×10 sheets of skate park quality wood, each with 54 screws, half of which are stainless steel have arrived, and are scheduled to be assembled by the end of this week. In addition, protective surfaces have been applied.

Herring attributed progress on the project to the fact his staff have not had to do much mowing due to the dry conditions. Roger said he plans to meet with all skaters and/or their parents this Saturday, to talk about the skaters’ their responsibility in seeing to it that vandalism is curbed. He says the meeting will likely take place at 10-a.m. Saturday. He will tell the skaters and their parents about the liability issues, and that they need to take pride in the facility and “police it.”  Herring says if they make it through this fall without any damage being perpetrated to the park, he will likely make a commitment to buying some more pieces for the park, to replace missing and/or damaged and removed components.

He says also, a new sign with the rules and regulations will be placed at the site. Herring will go over those rules during the meeting Saturday, and persons who normally use the park, will have to sign-off on a form acknowledging they understand those rules. Additional details concerning Saturday’s meeting will be released within the coming days. Herring says there’s a whole different group of persons using the park, and the number of people using it is up as well, from last year.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals begin a three-game series tonight against the lowly Houston Astros. Adam Wainwright will take the hill for the Cardinals in the series opener against Houston’s Lucas Harrell. St. Louis enters the matchup having lost three of its last four games. You can hear game number one this evening, on KJAN. The pre-game show begins at 6:20, with the 1st pitch slated for approximately 7:15.

Monday, August 20

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Former Arizona State basketball player Chanse Creekmur has joined Iowa State’s football team. Creekmur, a native of Marshalltown, Iowa, has walked on to the Cyclones on as a junior tight end. Creekmur played two seasons for the Sun Devils. He started 13 games a year ago and averaged 4.7 points and 2.3 rebounds a game. The 6-foot-5 Creekmur was a standout quarterback at Marshalltown High, leading the Bobcats to the state title game as a senior.