Jim Field speaks with some of the top graduating seniors from Riverside High School.
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Jim Field speaks with some of the top graduating seniors from Riverside High School.
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Officials with the Iowa Department of Transportation say travel during the upcoming Memorial Day holiday may be slowed by road construction. Several projects on Iowa’s interstate and state roadways may warrant advance planning on the part of drivers.
Projects in Southwest Iowa include:
Iowa 148 between Massena and Anita in Cass County is closed for highway repair work. Traffic should follow the marked detour.
Class 1A
Substate #8
Substate #7
Wednesday, May 23rd Matchups
Class 2A
Substate #1
Substate #8
Wednesday’s Matchups
Class 3A
Substate #1
Substate #8
Wendesday Matchup
Softball
Atlantic 10, Clarinda 9
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 12, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0
Denison-Schleswig 5, Jefferson-Scranton 1
IKM-Manning 12, Guthrie Center 0
OA-BCIG 20, Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 4
Woodbine 5, Walnut 2
Winterset 6, Norwalk 1
Baseball
A-H-S-T, Avoca 6, Nishnabotna 0
Creston 10, Corning 0
Earlham 11, Nodaway Valley 1
IKM-Manning 11, South Central Calhoun 4
Lawton-Bronson 13, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 1
LeMars 5, Denison-Schleswig 1
Lenox 10, Clarinda Academy 0
Lewis Central 4, Treynor 3 (9 innings)
Logan-Magnolia 14, East Mills 2
Murray 13, Essex 0 (5 innings)
Shenandoah 11, Underwood 4
Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 6, Clarke, Osceola 1
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 9, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 5
Van Meter 7, Winterset 3
A presentation by an Atlantic resident who recently returned from an Agricultural Advisory position in Afghanistan scheduled to take place this Thursday, May 24th , has been postponed for one week. Officials with the Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN) say the visit to Des Moines this Thursday by President Barack Obama has forced a speaking event at Drake University by rural Atlantic resident and organic farmer Denise O’Brien, to be postponed until May 31st, at 7-p.m.
O’Brien, who recently returned from a one-year appointment as a civilian agricultural advisor in Afghanistan, will speak about her experiences as an advisor for the USDA Office of Foreign Service Operations/Overseas.
She’s scheduled to speak on the topic 7-p.m. Thursday, May 31st, at 206 Cartwright Hall on the Drake University Campus at 27th St. and Carpenter Ave. in Des Moines. O’Brien will also display her photos of farming in Nangarhar Province. A question and answer session will follow her presentation. The event is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a social hour at the Mars Café, 2318 University Avenue, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Qualifiers will play at the 2012 State Golf Meet.
The Iowa Girls’ High School State Golf Meet will be played Tuesday
and Wednesday, May 29 – 30. The meet will be divided by class with
Classes 1A & 2A playing at River Valley Golf Course in Adel
and classes 3A & 4A playing at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny.
CLASS 3A
Region 1 at Harlan: Harlan Golf and Country Club
Atlantic – 379 – State Qualifier ADM – 401 – State Qualifier Carroll – 416 Clarke – 449
Individual Qualifiers:
Sara Pettitt, Carroll – 84
Brooke Fletcher, Atlantic – 88
Megan Ticknor, ADM – 90
Taryn Gholson, Dallas Center-Grimes – 92
Rachel Van Erdewyk, Carroll – 94
Courtney Leinen, Harlan – 94
CLASS 2A
Region 2 at Carroll: Carroll Country Club
Kuemper Catholic – 376 – State Qualifier Clarinda – 394 – State Qualifier East Sac County – 406 Ogden – 412 Missouri Valley – 412 Underwood – 448
Individual Qualifiers:
Taylor Gardner, Missouri Valley – 83
Erin Rasmussen, OA-BCIG – 86
Morgan Naberhaus, Kuemper Catholic – 88
Brittany Butler, South Hamilton – 90
Corie Woodard, Clarinda – 91
CLASS 1A
Region 2 at Dunlap: Dunlap Golf Club
Hinton – 387 – State Qualifier Audubon – 399 – State Qualifier Corning – 452 West Monona – 454 Nishnabotna – 503 AHST – 520
Individual Qualifiers:
Susie Bylund, Audubon – 87
Katie Clausen, Hinton – 90
Tori Bishop, Hinton – 91
Anna Hildebrand, Riverside – 92
Kaleigh Westlake, Corning – 93
CLASS 4A
Region 1 at Grimes: Beaver Creek Golf Course
Waukee – 332 – State Qualifier Dowling Catholic – 378 – State Qualifier Urbandale – 398 Johnston – 403 Lewis Central – 422 Norwalk – 447 Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln – 454 Denison-Schleswig – 485
Individual Qualifiers:
Payton Minear, Waukee – 78 Kelsy Shay, Waukee – 78 Carlee Oakley, Sioux City North – 83 Kayla Redeker, Lewis Central – 86 Brittany Best, Waukee – 87 Sarah Splittgerber, Dowling Catholic – 87
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VERA R. ANDERSEN, 93, of Audubon (formerly of Exira), died Mon., May 21st, at the Friendship Home in Audubon. Funeral services for VERA ANDERSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., May 23rd, at the Exira Lutheran Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home. A family visitation will be held at the Exira Lutheran Church from 9:30-a.m. until the time of service, on Wednesday.
Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.
VERA ANDERSEN is survived by:
Her daughters – Darlene (Larry) Johnston, of Audubon, & Dixie (Larry) Greedy, of Sidney.
5 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.
MARY LARSON, 87, of Greenfield, died Mon., May 21st, at the Deerfield Community in Urbandale, IA. A Funeral Mass for MARY LARSON will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., May 26th, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Greenfield. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
A family visitation will be held Friday, May 25th, at the St. John’s Catholic Church from 6 to 8 p.m., with a Scripture Service at 7 p.m., also at St. John’s. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be directed to the St. John’s Catholic Church, Adair County Memorial Hospital or Fontanelle Rescue Unit.
Burial will be in the Fontanelle Cemetery, with a luncheon will follow, at the church.
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