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PATRICIA J. VAN CLEAVE, 83, of Waukegan, IL (SVCS 3/12/12)

Obituaries

March 9th, 2012 by admin

PATRICIA J. VAN CLEAVE, 83, of Waukegan, IL died on Tuesday, March 6 at the Rolling Hill Manor in Zion, Ill.  Funeral services for PATRICIA VAN CLEAVE will be held on Monday, March 12 at 10:30 AM at the Johnson Family Funeral Home in Stuart.

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Visitation will be held prior to the service on Monday, March 12 from 9:30 to 10:30 AM at the funeral home.

Burial will follow the service in Richland Township Cemetery

Memorial contributions may be made to the family.

Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com

Two Arrests in Atlantic Friday

News

March 9th, 2012 by admin

The Atlantic Police Department reports the arrest of two people Friday.

Twenty-nine-year-old Robert Tomlinson of Atlantic was cited and released for driving while suspended.

And 19-year-old Alex J Rutledge of Atlantic was arrested for OWI 1st.  He was transported to the Cass County Jail and booked in.

Lawsuit: US Cellular workers looked for nude pics

News

March 9th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former employee alleges that workers at a U.S. Cellular store in Iowa routinely searched customers’ phones for naked pictures and showed them off to each other when they were found. Lisa Blazek alleges in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company that employees at the store would scroll through photos on customers’ phones when they were brought in for service. She says employees often called her over to show off the photos, which included naked people and other pornographic images. Lawyers representing the company and employees being sued denied the allegations in a court filing.

Blazek alleges employees routinely talked about customers’ looks and sex lives and made crude remarks. She says she quit in 2010 after the harassment and retaliation became too much to take.

2013 NCAA Wrestling Championship Tickets on Sale Next Week

Sports

March 9th, 2012 by Jim Field

DES MOINES – Tickets for the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will go on sale Thursday, March 15 at 10 a.m. The championships are set for March 21-23, 2013 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.

All-session tickets begin at $150 for upper level seating. Lower level tickets can be purchased for $205. Tickets will be available for purchase online at NCAA.com/tickets, over the phone by calling 866/55-DAHLS or at the Wells Fargo Arena ticket office.

The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships sold out in 2010 in Omaha, Nebraska and 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event is on pace to do so once again in 2012 as action begins next week from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Local Organizing Committee for the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships is made up of Iowa State University (host institution), the Greater Des Moines Convention & Visitors Bureau/Sports Commission, and the Iowa Events Center.

Green Leads Michigan State Past Iowa 92-75 in Big Ten

Sports

March 9th, 2012 by Jim Field

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Draymond Green had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 8 Michigan State over Iowa 92-75 in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals on Friday.

Adreian Payne added a career-high 16 points, Keith Appling had 12 points and six assists and Brandon Wood had 10 points for the top-seeded Spartans (25-7). The Spartans shot 58 percent from the field.

Michigan State will play either No. 14 Indiana or No. 15 Wisconsin in the semifinals Saturday.

Josh Oglesby scored 20 points for Iowa (17-15). Zach McCabe and Roy Devyn Marble added 13 points each for the Hawkeyes, who defeated Illinois on Thursday. Iowa entered Friday’s game having won four of six games, including wins against Indiana and Wisconsin.

Bill would hike monthly cell phone fee for 911 service

News

March 9th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Legislators in Iowa are considering a proposal that would increase the surcharge on cell phone bills to help cover the costs of emergency 9-1-1 calls. Iowans with a land line currently pay a one-dollar 9-1-1 surcharge every month, but the 9-1-1 surcharge on cell phones is only 65 cents. The bill would raise the cell phone surcharge to a buck a month. Craig Walter is a lobbyist for Verizon. “We do have some concerns, certainly, with the 35-cent increase to our customers,” Walter says. “It will impact, certainly, every phone that you have within your family for the additional costs.” Senator Tom Hancock, a Democrat from Epworth, says surcharge revenue to finance 9-1-1 operations continues to fall as more people drop their land lines.

“That leaves our local PSAPs — Public Safety Answering Points — with less funding,” Hancock says,”and there’s a lot of them out there struggling right now.” Officials say 70 percent of 9-1-1 calls now come from cell phones. Without additional fees from cell phone customers, emergency service providers say the cost of 9-1-1 upgrades will fall to property tax payers. A bill that would increase the 9-1-1 surcharge on cell phone users has cleared a three-member subcommittee and must next be considered by the Senate’s Ways and Means tax-writing Committee.

(O.Kay Henderson/Radio Iowa)

McCurdy Scholarships available to CAM Seniors

News

March 9th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Cass County Community Foundation have announced applications are now being accepted for the Dustin McCurdy Endowed Scholarship Fund.  The McCurdy Scholarship provides two scholarships of approximately $500 each to high school seniors from Cumberland Anita Massena High School (CAM). Applications are available from your high school guidance counselor.  Applications are due to your guidance counselor no later than March 31st.  

The scholarship was created to honor the memory of Dustin McCurdy, a Broadcasting major who died from cardiac arhythmia due to an overwhelming viral infection in January 2001, during his Senior year, while attending college at Northwest Missouri State University, in Maryville.

Boswell talks about Farm Bill & partisan bickering in Congress

News

March 9th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell was in Atlantic this (Friday) morning, where he held one of several planned public “Listening Posts on Agriculture.”

Congressman Leonard Boswell (D-IA) listens to a constituent speak at the Atlantic Public Library Friday morning

The session took place before a crowd of a little more than a dozen people, and while it was designed to gain input as preparations are made to craft the next farm bill, it also covered several issues of concern to area residents, including the Inheritance, or “Death Tax,” affordable health care, and what can be done to stop the partisan bickering in Congress. Boswell said “This is a challenging time in the history of this County,” and there are a lot of issues that need attention. One of those concerns, he says, is the Farm Bill, which will come up for a vote this Fall. Boswell says discussion on the bill is one of the few instances where partisan politics were set aside, but didn’t to get anywhere because the “Super Committee” tasked with cutting the budget failed to act.

Regardless, he thinks there will be an agreement on a Farm Bill that will meet with approval of the full Congress.” Of concern though, he says, is a “Safety Net” for farmers, which basically comes down now, to crop insurance. He says crops insurance needs to be affordable and accessible, and available. He also warned Direct Payments to farmers and producers will likely go away. The cuts, he says, will have reduced the bill by about 23-billion dollars, but before any more cuts are made, agencies other than the USDA will have to make sacrifices before any further action is taken on addition cuts to the bill.

The inheritance, or “Death Tax,” cuts set in-place during the first Bush Administration, and is set to expire at the end of this year, was a hot topic at the meeting. One of those in attendance proposed eliminating it entirely on land, if the land will be used for the same purpose the person who passed away used it for. The unidentified man said if the land is used for anything other than what is was formally used for, the person receiving that land should pay the taxes owed, because they’ve changed the use of the land. The same thing he said, could apply to small, family-owned businesses. Boswell said that was an “interesting idea,” but didn’t say whether he would mention it when Congress acts on the Obama Administration’s 2013 budget, which by some accounts, calls for $2-Trillion in new taxes and fees.

Boswell says he hopes Congress can work together to compromise on the budget and other matters. He says work on the Farm Bill has been “very bi-partisan” up to this point, but he blamed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s 1994 Republican “Contract with America” for much of the partisan bickering that has occurred over the years, and divided the Country.

FRIDAY, MARCH 9th

Trading Post

March 9th, 2012 by Jim Field

WANTED: 4-6 good railroad ties. Call 243-1166 and leave message.

FOR SALE: Wood swing set with club house, swing, tire swing, monkey bars and rock climbing wall.   4 years old.  Very good condition.  $200 o.b.o.  712-254-3297. SOLD

YARD SALE: Saturday, March 10th from 8 am – 8 pm. 107 W. 4th St, Atlantic. Collectibles and miscellaneous items.

FOR SALE: Fish aquarium thats 20 gallons with lots of extras like rocks, a filter, a temp gauge, and a hood.  Looking for best offer.  243-4308.

FOR TRADE: Egg Cartons…would be willing to swap for eggs.  243-4308.

FOR SALE: Aluminum pie tins.  243-4308.

MERYL FETT, 80, of Adair (3-12-12)

Obituaries

March 9th, 2012 by Jim Field

MERYL FETT, 80, of Adair died Thursday, March 8th at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.  Services for Meryl Fett will be held on Monday, March 12th at 10:30 am in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Adair.  Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Adair has the arrangements.

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Visitation with the family will be held on Sunday from 3:00 pm t 5:00 pm at the funeral home.

Burial in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Adair.

Meryl Fett is survived by:

Wife: Phyllis

Daughters: Regina Fett of Waterloo; Renee Schmidt of Ocheyedan

Brother: Marvin (JoAnn) Fett of Adair

4 Grandchildren