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RUSSELL FRANK, 77, of Manning, died Fri., June 7th, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Services for RUSSELL FRANK will be held at 10:30 AM Mon., June 10th at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. The Ohde Funeral Home in Manning is in charge of arrangements.
Friends may call from 4:00 to 8:00 PM Sun., June 9th at The Ohde Funeral Home in Manning.
Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.
RUSSEL FRANK is survived by:
His children, Vicki (Dale) Eberly of Sioux City; Kimberly Frank of Ames; and Rodney (Deanna) Frank of Manning
And five grandchildren.
Jim Field takes a look back at our Freedom Fridays series so far and discusses what is a Veteran. Send in your nominations for Veterans to share their stories as part of the series.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Some extra Iowa marketing may precede the arrival of “The Bridges of Madison County” on Broadway. Robert Waller’s best-selling book about two people who met at one of Iowa’s famed covered bridges has been turned into a musical. It first was turned in to a 1995 movie starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.
Producers said Thursday the show will debut in August at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. It will then open in January at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York. Madison County Chamber of Commerce executive director Heather Riley told The Des Moines Register that she’s been corresponding with a marketing representative from the musical’s production company about promoting the musical during the Covered Bridge Festival in October.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Twelve past champions are scheduled to play in the U.S. Senior Open that will be held next month at Omaha Country Club. The U.S. Golf Association on Thursday announced 78 of the 156 spots have been filled. Remaining spots will be taken by golfers who advance in sectional qualifying later this month and by eligible winners of official PGA Tour and Champions Tour events in the weeks remaining before the Senior Open.
Returning champions are 2012 winner Roger Chapman, Olin Browne (2011), Brad Bryant (2007), Allen Doyle (2005, 2006), Dave Eichelberger (1999), Fred Funk (2009), Hale Irwin (1998, 2000), Peter Jacobsen (2004), Bernhard Langer (2010), Graham Marsh (1997), Don Pooley (2002) and Eduardo Romero (2008).
Other familiar names are Colin Montgomerie, Mark Calcavecchia, Fred Couples, Tom Kite, and Tom Watson.
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A Pottawattamie County man convicted in May on 1st and 2nd degree kidnapping charges has had his sentencing delayed until mid-August. The Omaha World-Herald says 39-year old Bryan Bey, of Crescent, was supposed to have been sentenced yesterday (Thursday), but his court-appointed attorney filed for a continuance in the case. Sentencing was then rescheduled to August 9th.
Bey was convicted on of first- and second-degree kidnapping in the May 2012 beating and abduction of 30-year old Tabitha Proplesch. Proplesch was found severely beaten, nearly unconscious and handcuffed in the cab of the truck that had run out of gas.
Tests have confirmed a “devastating” virus has struck swine herds in eight states, including Iowa. The National Pork Producers Council is committing 410-thousand dollars to research aimed at combating the disease. The virus — known as P-E-D-V — is not transmitted to humans and is not considered a threat to food safety, but the vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration it causes can kill up to 90 percent of baby pigs in a herd. Dr. Howard Hill, a veterinarian, is the president-elect of the National Pork Producers Council. “For the individual farm that’s gotten infected, it’s quite devastating,” Hill says. The virus has been found in much of Europe and in China, but this is the first time it has been discovered in the western hemisphere.
“It doesn’t look like the disease has been here very long,” Hill says. Diagnostic labs at Iowa State University and the University of Minnesota have confirmed 103 cases of the virus. “Unfortunately, the scope seems to be getting bigger,” Hill says. “…We know there’s a lot more cases than that.” Besides Iowa, tests have confirmed the virus is present in swine herds in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Oklahoma and Colorado. There is no vaccine available for the virus today, although Hill says a lab plans to start testing a vaccine late this summer.
“There’s some procedures that veterinarians have in place to try to get over the disease as quick as possible,” Hill says. “But the big thing we need to stress is biosecurity and that biosecurity would be everything from transportation, making sure trucks are in the right flow — washing, disinfecting, drying; same with facilities; same with making sure that maintenance people and all your employees are doing what they’re supposed to be doing.” Some “good, hot days” in Iowa could kill the virus, according to Hill. Hill works for Iowa Select Farms, an Iowa Falls-based pork operation that employs over 900 people in 43 Iowa counties.
(Radio Iowa)