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Mix cracker crumbs with 4 tablespoons sugar and melted margarine. Pat into 9″ x 13″ pan. Bake at 350 degrees for ten minutes and cool.
Mix gelatin with two cups boiling water. Add juice from canned peaches. Chill until slightly congealed. Cream the cream cheese with one cup sugar. Fold in whipped topping and spread over cooled crust. Lay peaches over creamy layer. Put gelatin over peaches and refrigerate for about 8 hours.
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Jim Field visits with Atlantic High School Guidance Counselor Craig Fredin about the College Fair today at AHS.
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This is National Farm Safety Week. It is designed to call attention to the dangers of farming, especially during harvest season. Iowa State University Extension Agricultural Engineer and Safety Specialist Chuck Schwab says agriculture ranks as one of the most dangerous and deadliest. He says agriculture has roughly two-point-two deaths for every 100-thousand workers, which is a highest rate in the U-S, surpassing mining, construction, manufacturing and transportation. He puts the issue in perspective. “It really means that a lot of people leave for the day to go to work and got out there in the fields and do something, and don’t come home,”Schwab says.
Schwab says the most common accidents involving agriculture include: tractor roll-overs, A-T-V roll-overs, roadway collisions with farm equipment, grain suffocation, electrocution, and machine entanglement. He says one reason for the high rate of agriculture injuries and deaths is the wide age demographic of the people involved with agriculture, from the young to the old. “Agriculture doesn’t have that cap where you get to 65 and you stop farming,” Schwab says, “and so we see a lot of older farmers out there. And what happens with older farmers — you tend to have different reaction times, you have balance issues, hearing issues, sight, and so all these issues play a role in how you make good safe decisions.”
The Iowa State University Safety Specialist says the same is true with the younger generation, those 18 and younger. He says they should be given more supervision until they gain experience. Schwab says farmers need to be in shape for the physical demands of the business, and he says the best thing you can do is to take a break from the action and have a moment of rest. He says it’s important to be in top condition, and taking the break allows you to get away from the operation and make sure your mind is thinking clearly.
Schwab says it’s similar to athletes who keep themselves in shape, stay hydrated, and then rest when needed so they stay sharp and focused. Schwab says that helps prevent mistakes on the playing field and can do the same in the farm fields too.
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Two men were arrested late Monday night on drug charges, in Creston. According to the Creston Police Department, 19-year old Jamie Young, of Humeston, and 19-year old Klay Evans, of Earlham, were arrested at around 11:18-p.m. in the 1500 block of N. Lincoln Street, in Creston. Both were charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Their bonds at the Union County Jail was set at $300 each.
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The year 2017 marks significant centennials for American history. Widely known and commemorated is the centennial of the United States’ entry into World War I. Less known is the transfer of the Danish West Indies in U.S. possession, now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands. What led up to the transfer of that territory? How have the two nations cooperated in peace and conflict in the 100 years since?
To explore the larger context of geopolitical relations between Denmark and the United States, the Museum of Danish America is opening a temporary exhibition called Denmark — America’s Smallest and Biggest Ally. Within the story of over two centuries of bilateral relations, this exhibition will focus especially on three parts of Danish-American history that will be unfamiliar to most visitors: the transfer of the U.S. Virgin Islands; the U.S. military bases on Greenland, which is a Danish territory; and the 21st-century involvement of Denmark in U.S.-led coalitions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other sites of present conflict.
The exhibit will officially open on Saturday, September 30 and will remain on view in the museum’s mezzanine level through September 3, 2018. A special preview event is being planned for museum members and all past and present members of the armed forces that Friday evening, September 29, from 5-7pm. Included on the roster of guest speakers is the Deputy Chief of Mission for the Royal Danish Embassy in Washington, DC, Lars Bo Møller, and two Danish veterans – flying in from Copenhagen – who are involved in the Danish Wounded Warrior Project.
For more information, visit danishmuseum.org or call 712.764.7001.
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2017 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class 4A | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. West Des Moines Dowling (12) | 4-0 | 129 | 1 |
2. Iowa City West (1) | 4-0 | 114 | 2 |
3. West Des Moines Valley | 3-1 | 106 | 4 |
4. Bettendorf | 3-1 | 69 | 6 |
5. Council Bluffs Lewis Central | 4-0 | 63 | 7 |
6. Cedar Falls | 3-1 | 60 | 10 |
(tie) Cedar Rapids Prairie | 4-0 | 60 | 8 |
8. Johnston | 3-1 | 55 | 3 |
9. Waukee | 2-2 | 32 | 5 |
10. Pleasant Valley | 3-1 | 8 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Cedar Rapids Kennedy 6. Southeast Polk 5. Waterloo West 3. Newton 3. Fort Dodge 2.
Class 3A | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Solon (8) | 4-0 | 119 | 1 |
2. Dallas Center-Grimes (1) | 4-0 | 114 | 2 |
3. Cedar Rapids Xavier (3) | 4-0 | 89 | 3 |
4. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (1) | 4-0 | 86 | 5 |
(tie) Pella | 3-1 | 86 | 4 |
6. Webster City | 4-0 | 59 | 6 |
7. Sioux City Heelan | 3-1 | 41 | 7 |
8. Decorah | 4-0 | 26 | NR |
9. Waverly-Shell Rock | 4-0 | 25 | NR |
10. Boone | 4-0 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Manchester West Delaware 14. 12, Harlan 10. 13, Glenwood 9. 14, Storm Lake 5. 15, Oskaloosa 4. 16, Davenport Assumption 2. 17, Carlisle 1. 17, Dubuque Wahlert 1.
Class 2A | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Williamsburg (11) | 4-0 | 127 | 1 |
2. Boyden-Hull-RV (1) | 3-1 | 108 | 3 |
3. Sioux Center (1) | 4-0 | 90 | 4 |
4. Cascade | 4-0 | 89 | 7 |
5. Mount Vernon | 3-1 | 84 | 5 |
6. Clear Lake | 3-1 | 49 | 8 |
7. Waukon | 3-1 | 46 | 2 |
8. Monroe PCM | 3-1 | 37 | 9 |
9. South Central Calhoun | 3-1 | 28 | 10 |
10. Aplington-Parkersburg | 4-1 | 16 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Carroll Kuemper 14. 12, Union, La Porte City 10. 12, State Center West Marshall 10. 14, Donnellson Central Lee 4. 15, New Hampton 2. 16, West Liberty 1.
Class 1A | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Inwood West Lyon (10) | 4-0 | 124 | 1 |
2. Van Meter (2) | 4-0 | 113 | 2 |
3. Pella Christian (1) | 4-0 | 108 | 3 |
4. Iowa City Regina | 2-2 | 78 | 4 |
5. Hull Western Christian | 3-1 | 64 | 5 |
6. Pleasantville | 4-0 | 57 | 6 |
7. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca | 4-0 | 51 | 7 |
8. Bellevue | 4-0 | 38 | 9 |
9. West Branch | 4-0 | 31 | 8 |
10. Denver | 3-1 | 20 | 10 |
Others receiving votes:11, Wilton 13. 12, Belmond-Klemme 7. 13, Hinton 6. 14, IKM/Manning 5.
Class A | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Council Bluffs St. Albert (11) | 4-0 | 126 | 1 |
2. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (2) | 4-0 | 111 | 2 |
3. Hawarden West Sioux | 4-0 | 101 | 3 |
4. Fairbank Wapsie Valley | 4-0 | 66 | 5 |
(tie) Algona Garrigan | 4-0 | 66 | 4 |
6. Lisbon | 4-0 | 50 | 6 |
7. Packwood Pekin | 5-0 | 48 | 7 |
8. Hudson | 4-0 | 38 | 9 |
9. St. Ansgar | 4-0 | 34 | 8 |
10. Lynnville-Sully | 4-0 | 22 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Le Mars Gehlen Catholic 17. 12, Southwest Valley 16. 13, Akron-Westfield 11. 14, Winthrop East Buchanan 5. 15, New London 4.
Class 8-Man | |||
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (8) | 4-0 | 123 | 1 |
2. Remsen Saint Mary’s (2) | 4-0 | 112 | 2 |
3. Audubon (2) | 4-0 | 104 | 3 |
4. Newell-Fonda (1) | 4-0 | 93 | 4 |
5. Lone Tree | 5-0 | 66 | 5 |
6. Harris-Lake Park | 3-1 | 57 | 7 |
7. Tripoli | 4-0 | 51 | 9 |
8. Graettinger-Terril Ruthven-Ayrshire | 2-1 | 23 | 10 |
9. Riceville | 3-1 | 16 | NR |
(tie) Sidney | 4-0 | 16 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Wyoming Midland 15. 12, Westside Ar-We-Va 10. 13, Stanton 7. 14, Fremont Mills, Tabor 6. 15, Baxter 5. 15, Moravia 5. 17, Colo-NESCO 3. 18, Afton East Union 2. 19, Kingsley-Pierson 1.