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Info from the Atlantic Animal Shelter.
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Jim Field speaks with Laura Wagner with the Iowa DNR Forestry Division about Operation Releaf and an event coming up May 4th in Atlantic.
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A workshop covering Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and SSI benefits and employment will be held next month, in Atlantic. Cass County Mental Health/General Relief Coordinator Teresa Kanning says the event, which explains how a person can earn significant income and still protect their medical benefits, will take place May 14th at the Cass County Center of Iowa Western Community College, in Atlantic. Workshop registration begins at 8:30-a.m., with the presentations starting at 9-a.m. and concluding by 4-p.m. Kanning said as of Wednesday (April 24th), 20 seats were still available for the training program, which will be presented by Michael Walling.
Walling, who has a Masters in Education, is the author of “The Guide to Social Security Benefits and Work Incentives, and other publications on SSA benefits. He’s regarded as an authority in teaching the subject to beneficiaries and professional novices, in a “Plain English,” yet interesting style. The seminar will cover: How benefits impact Employment First initiatives; What is countable earned income?; How to manage benefits to avoid the loss of medical benefits; When can work incentives reduce the amount of income SSA counts?, and How much a person can earn.
Other topics include: The 4 conditions required to terminate from SSDI while working; How a person can earn $31,367 and maintain their eligibility for SSI and Medicaid; How someone earning more then $1,040 per month can still receive SSDI and Medicare, and whether or not a person is receiving the correct information and proper benefit plan from a benefit counselor.
Registration is $75 per person if completed by May 1st, or $98 per person on or after May 1st. You can register online at www.benefits-training.com. For more information, call 610-696-1551.
Here are the high school events today at the Drake Relays along with local participants.
3:00 pm – Girls Discus Finals
Kaylee Blake (IKM-Manning)
3:00 pm – Boys High Jump Finals
Tony Dawson (Harlan)
3:30 pm – Boys Shot Put Finals
Jacob Berents (Lewis Central), Andrew Overton (Denison), Rick Williams (Riverside)
3:30 pm – Girls Long Jump Finals
4:10 pm – Girls 3000 Finals
Rebekah Topham (Griswold)
4:25 pm – Boys 3200 Finals
Boys:
Griswold 186, A-H-S-T 205 (Medalaist: Morgan Kimpson, Griswold 44; Runner-up: James Reynolds, Griswold 45)
Girls:
Griswold 235, A-H-S-T 242 (Medalist: Cassidy Legg, Griswold 50; Runner-up Nicole Tiarks, A-H-S-T 52)
Wednesday, April 24 @ Harlan
Girls Team Scores:
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A self-described “storm chaser” says it’s getting more hazardous to pursue his passion, not because of severe weather but due to so many amateurs who also chase storms. Jon Davies is a Kansas City-based meteorologist who seeks out destructive weather systems, though he knows storm chasers have a bad reputation for putting themselves in harm’s way. “Storm chasing can be exciting and dangerous at times,” Davies says. “Unlike those characters in ‘Twister,’ we see Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, unlike them, I don’t tie myself to a pipe in a barn with sharp instruments around, above ground when an EF-5 tornado is bearing down.”
That 1996 film was shot partly in Iowa. While tornadoes can strike in any month, we’re now starting tornado season in Iowa. Davies, who saw his first tornado at age nine, says storm chasers can be grouped into four categories: researchers, amateur hobbyists, storm tour operators and media chasers. “Of course, with the movie ‘Twister’ and all these TV shows like The Discovery Channel’s ‘Storm Chasers,’ there’s more traffic out there these days,” Davies says. “Sometimes, things get kind of crowded out there. The weather isn’t the most dangerous thing out there sometimes now, it’s the traffic.”
Davies chased an EF-4 twister that killed 13 people at a mobile home park in Andover, Kansas, in 1991. Davis also chased the Daykin-to-Hallam tornado in Nebraska, a destructive twister nine years ago that remained on the ground for more than 50 miles. Davies says storm chasers need to be especially cautious when encountering rain-wrapped tornadoes or those that strike at night. “I do encourage people who want to storm chase, don’t treat it casually like, ‘I think I’ll go out there and look at that storm and put my family in the car to do it,’ you need to know what you’re doing and you also need to not block the roads.”
Davies worked at The Weather Channel in the 1980s and got into storm chasing, which he says is his motivation for researching the weather. He’s published research on components of instability and wind shear and the probability of major tornadoes forming. He and his wife have published a book for kids: “Storm Chasers! On the Trail of Twisters.”
(Radio Iowa)