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2011-2012 Fourth Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings

Sports

December 16th, 2011 by Jim Field

Class 1A
School
Record
LW
1
North Mahaska
7-0
1
2
Bedford
7-0
2
3
Ar-We-Va
4-0
3
4
North Butler
6-1
5
5
LeMars Gehlen Catholic
6-0
6
6
Newell-Fonda
4-1
7
7
West Sioux
6-0
8
8
North Tama
6-1
4
9
Lynnville-Sully
8-1
9
10
Villisca
6-0
11
11
Burlington Notre Dame
5-1
12
12
Central Lyon
6-1
13
13
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton
6-1
10
14
Adair-Casey
6-1
15
15
Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn
4-2
14
Dropped Out: None
Class 2A
School
Record
LW
1
OA-BCIG
8-0
1
2
Estherville-Lincoln Central
9-0
2
3
IKM-Manning
6-1
3
4
West Hancock
6-0
4
5
Kuemper Catholic
6-1
5
6
Monticello
7-0
6
7
Fort Dodge St. Edmond
6-0
7
8
Mediapolis
7-0
8
9
Gilbert
7-0
10
10
Western Christian
5-0
11
11
Lawton-Bronson
4-3
9
12
Van Buren
6-0
12
13
Pella Christian
3-1
13
14
Panorama
6-1
14
15
Hinton
6-0
NR
Dropped Out: Manson-NW Webster (15)
Class 3A
School
Record
LW
1
South Tama
7-0
1
2
Davenport Assumption
5-0
2
3
Benton
7-0
3
4
MOC-Floyd Valley
6-0
5
5
Glenwood
5-0
7
6
Sioux City Bishop Heelan
4-0
8
7
Dubuque Wahlert
4-2
6
8
Sergeant Bluff-Luton
4-1
9
9
Bondurant-Farrar
7-0
10
10
Union
5-1
11
11
Washington
4-1
12
12
Marion
6-0
13
13
Williamsburg
7-2
4
14
Spirit Lake
6-1
14
15
Ballard
5-1
NR
Dropped Out: Spencer (15)
Class 4A
School
Record
LW
1
Iowa City West
7-0
1
2
Southeast Polk
7-0
2
3
Ames
7-0
4
4
Ankeny
5-1
5
5
Cedar Rapids Washington
4-0
7
6
Waukee
4-2
6
7
Mason City
6-1
3
8
Cedar Rapids Xavier
8-1
8
9
West Des Moines Valley
7-0
9
10
Linn-Mar
6-1
12
11
Muscatine
6-1
13
12
Iowa City High
6-2
11
13
Dowling Catholic
4-3
10
14
Lewis Central
4-1
15
15
Cedar Falls
6-3
NR

Dropped Out: Cedar Rapids Kennedy (14)

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area 12-16-11

Podcasts, Weather

December 16th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Here’s a podcast of the forecast and weather stats for Atlantic.

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Thursday High School Basketball Results

Sports

December 16th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Girls Scores

  • A-H-S-T 40, Walnut 39
  • St. Albert 44, Riverside 40
  • Glenwood 74, Red Oak 27
  • Murray 38, Lenox 32
  • Nishnabotna 41, Rock Port, MO. 35
  • Tarkio 44, Sidney 37

Boys Scores

  • Walnut 57, A-H-S-T 53 (OT)
  • Lewis Central 68, St. Albert 64
  • Glenwood 48, Red Oak 40
  • Murray 67, Lenox 39
  • Tri-Center 62, Clarinda Academy 33
  • Sidney 58, Tarkio, MO. 22

Cass Co. Compensation board approves 2.5% across the board pay increase

News

December 16th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Members of the Cass County Compensation Board met Thursday night at the courthouse in Atlantic, and voted unanimously to approve a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors, for a 2.5-percent across the board increase in pay for County officers (Attorney, Auditor, Recorder, Sheriff and Treasurer). The Compensation Board also voted to give Board of Supervisor’s Chair Duane McFadden a $1,000 salary increase. The Board of Supervisors, however, have the final say in the matter, and may act to adjust the percentage and figures as they see fit.

Prior to approving the increase, the Compensation Board discussed current statewide salary increases, which Board Chair Erich Wickman said ranged anywhere from zero to three-percent. They also considered the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which Wickman said indicated the economy was not “real strong,”  and was not a “real surprise.”

Last year, the Compensation Board approved a 2-percent across the board increase, but none was allowed in the year prior.

Harlan man charged with theft of scrap metal

News

December 16th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Police in Harlan say 26-year old Elijah Fecht, of Harlan, was arrested last Saturday (Dec. 10th), on two-counts of 2nd Degree Theft, and one count of Trespassing, in association with scrap metal and equipment reported missing from Superior Midwest Foods. Officials say Fecht was observed allegedly taking stainless steel scrap and equipment from the business. When he was found, Fecht was in possession of the allegdly stolen pieces. Authorities were also called to S.M.F. four days earlier, when employees became aware of the missing items.

And, the Harlan Police Department reports two other men, 45-year old Darvin Grant, of Sumrall, MS, and 37-year old Brian Ramaker, of Central City, NE, were arrested December 10th. Grant was charged with Public Intoxication, while Ramaker faces charges of indecent exposure and urinating in public. The charges were the result of an investigation into a disturbance in front of 1022 6th Street, in Harlan. Both men were brought to the Shelby County Jail. Ramaker was later cited for his offenses and released.

DELMER “CURLY” PETERSEN, 85, of Avoca (Svcs 12-19-11)

Obituaries

December 16th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

DELMER “CURLY” PETERSEN, 85, of Avoca, died Thu., Dec. 15th, in Council Bluffs. Funeral services for DELMER PETERSEN will be 10-a.m. Mon., Dec. 19th, at the Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 1-9pm Sunday (12/18), where the family will be present from 3-5pm to greet friends.

Burial will be in the Shelby Cemetery at Shelby.

DELMER “CURLY” PETERSEN is survived by:

His wife – Myrna Petersen, of Avoca.

His daughters – LuAnn (Tim) Barrett, of Shelby, & Laurel (Tom) Wempe, of Fort Pierre, SD.

His brother – Warren Petersen, of Des Moines.

His sister – Betty Bladt, of Avoca.

7 grandchildren.

Cass Co. Salvation Army Bell Ringing Campaign doing well so far this year

News

December 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Cass County’s Salvation Army Bell Ringing Campaign is at the half-way mark, and so far, donations are running ahead of last year at this same time. County Chair Duane McFadden said Thursday night the bell ringers had raised a little over $4,500 since the Grand Lighting Ceremony in downtown Atlantic, on November 17th. He says last year they raised a little more than $5,300 altogether. Donations started coming in slowly at first this year, because of the weather on the first Saturday of the effort, but things began to pick up from there, and McFadden hopes they will finish with a fine effort as well.

McFadden says the familiar Red Kettle’s will be in place at Fareway, Hy-Vee, and Wal-Mart in Atlantic, through Christmas Eve. He encourages anyone who wishes to volunteer their time to help ring the bells, to call him as soon as possible, as there are still some open shifts. The two-hour shifts run from 10-a.m. to Noon, Noon until 2-p.m., and from 2-until 4-p.m.  McFadden says for many people, the experience has proven to be very rewarding. He says you can call him at 249-0939. One man who volunteered for the first time, told McFadden afterward that he wanted to volunteer again for the following year. Duane says it’s something you’ll treasure when you volunteer your time for a good cause.

The funds raised by the campaign stay in Cass County.  Over the course of past year, the funds were made available for such programs as the “Shop with a Cop” program, gift cards to local schools, to assist students in meeting various needs, assisting stranded motorists and transient individuals,  fans for distribution by West Central Community Action Center, and, back packs to be distributed by the administrative staff.

This year the Cass County Salvation Army unit also partnered with the Parents as Teachers Program, to purchase car seats for the program’s use.

King defends Maricopa County, AZ, Sheriff Joe Arpaio

News

December 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

PHOENIX (AP) — A scathing U.S. Justice Department report released Thursday found that Maricopa County, AZ, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s

Joe Arpaio (file photo, AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

office carried out a blatant pattern of discrimination against Latinos and held a “systematic disregard” for the Constitution amid a series of immigration crackdowns that have turned the lawman into a prominent national political figure. Arpaio struck a defiant tone in response to the report, calling it a politically motivated attack by the Obama administration that will make Arizona unsafe by keeping illegal immigrants on the street.

The government found that Arpaio’s office committed a wide range of civil rights violations against Latinos, including unjust immigration patrols and jail policies that deprive prisoners of basic Constitutional rights. Arpaio has built his reputation on jailing inmates in tents and dressing them in pink underwear, selling himself to voters as unceasingly tough on crime and pushing the bounds of how far local police can go to confront illegal immigration.

Western Iowa 5th District Congressman Steve King said in a statement Thursday evening “I defend Joe Arpaio. I think he needs to continue with the tent city. And I think that the Department of Justice should not be using themselves as a tool, a political tool, to push back against people that are working to enforce the law.”

Cong. Steve King (R), IA

The findings will force Arpaio’s department to make major changes to carry out new policies against discrimination and improve training of staff and officers. Arpaio faces a Jan. 4 deadline for saying whether he wants to work out an agreement to make the changes. If not, the federal government will sue him, possibly putting in jeopardy millions of dollars in federal funding for Maricopa County.

The fallout from the report was swift. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it is severing its ties with Arpaio, stripping his jail officers of their federal power to check whether inmates in county jails are in the county illegally, a move that was meant to speed up deportation. Homeland security officials also are restricting Arpaio’s office from using a program that uses fingerprints collected in local jails to identify illegal immigrants.

Corps searching for ways to avert flooding repeat

News

December 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told Missouri River governors Thursday that it is trying to find more room in its reservoirs to avoid a repeat of this summer’s flooding that caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to states along the Missouri River. Corps Brig. Gen. John McMahon said his agency has so far tallied $630 million worth of flood damage to the levees, dams and channels built to control the river. “I anticipate that number will continue to creep up a bit,” McMahon said.

McMahon said he is awaiting funding from Congress to complete repairs. He said unrepaired damage to the control infrastructure would leave the drainage susceptible to flooding in 2012 if another unusually wet spring hits the region. He told governors or representatives of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas that the agency is looking for more storage room for floodwater for 2012. McMahon said a report due next week is likely to have specific recommendations. “We are setting ourselves up for a much better outcome,” McMahon told the governors. Some of the governors have been asking for more aggressive flood control. McMahon said the agency will have to weigh the impact of such measures against the other uses for the river, such as barge traffic and wildlife concerns.

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, for instance, has said the more aggressive flood control measures would infringe on his state’s wildlife and recreation industries, and lead to water shortages when drought hits. He has resisted the other Missouri River governors’ efforts and predicted they will have little impact on whatever the Corps decides to do. “It is going no direction,” Schweitzer said of the governors’ group. “These governors have no authority. They have less authority than a single member of Congress, who at least have a vote and hold the purse strings.”

Nebraska and Iowa recently pulled out of a separate group called the Missouri River Association of States and Tribes, citing the dispute with Montana over how to manage the river and what they viewed as the group’s unresponsiveness to their concerns.

Cardinals Sign Left Reliever J.C. Romero to One Year Deal

Sports

December 15th, 2011 by Jim Field

ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 15, 2011 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced
today that they have signed left-handed relief pitcher J.C. Romero to a
one-year contract for the upcoming 2012 season.  The 35-year-old
free-agent has 11-plus years of service in the majors with five Major
League clubs.

“Romero is a proven lefty specialist, who has been a valuable bullpen
piece for winning teams throughout his career” said Cardinals’ Senior
Vice President John Mozeliak.  “We felt that it was important to
maintain versatility and depth within our bullpen and we feel that J.C
will be a solid addition.”

During his big-league career, Romero has compiled a 34-28 won-loss mark
with seven saves in 664 games and a 4.07 ERA.  He leads Major League
lefthanders in games pitched from 2002-2011 with 633, while his 517.0
innings pitched during that time span ranks 2nd among lefty relievers.
His .208 opp. BA (177-for-852) against left-handed batters is the lowest
among all Major League lefties (min. 800 AB’s) since 2002, as are his 11
home runs allowed.

Two of Romero’s top seasons came in 2007 and 2008.  With Boston and
Philadelphia in 2007 he pitched a combined 74 games, allowing just 12 ER
over 56.1 IP (1.92 ERA).  In 2008 he pitched in a career high 81 games
for the World Champion Phillies and surrendered just 18 runs over 59.0
IP for a 2.75 ERA.

Romero has made six career postseason appearances, three with the
Minnesota Twins and three with Philadelphia, and he pitched for Puerto
Rico in both the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics.

Romero ended the 2011 season with Colorado after beginning the year with
Philadelphia.  He also saw action in the Washington Nationals and New
York Yankees minor league systems last season.