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Jim Field speaks with Bob Drogo about advances in rural telephone coops and Griswold Broadband.
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Cook first 7 ingredients in small amount of water. Mash salmon in separate pan. Add enough water to make soupy. Season with salt, pepper and garlic salt. Add oleo; simmer. Add to vegetables when vegetables are half cooked. When vegetables are cooked, add Carnation milk and enough whole milk to amount of soup desired.
Combine beef, egg, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, salt, onion and pepper; mix well. Shape into balls; brown in oil. Drain. Warm 1 tablespoon oil and pineapple juice over low heat. Mix cornstarch and sugar; add soy sauce, vinegar and water. Add to pineapple juice mixture. Cook until thick, stirring constantly. Add pineapple and meatballs; heat through. Serve.
A Council Bluffs care facility has been fined nearly $62,000 by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, after a resident allegedly contracted gangrene following a fall and broken leg, and died. The Des Moines Register says the Regency Rehab and Skilled Nursing Center was also cited for 23 other violations during the past 12 months, including failing to follow physicians’ orders, but no fines were imposed for those alleged violations.
According to the report, the resident who died at the care facilty, had suffered a broken leg in September. A doctor gave the Regency staff instructions to keep an immobilizing device on the resident’s leg, to allow the bone to heal. He told inspectors that he assumed Regency staff would know to remove the device temporarily, to assess the resident’s skin and bathe the leg, as required.
The staff however, apparently failed to remove the device, and also applied ice to an open wound on the resident’s heel, constricting the blood vessels, and slowing the flow of blood to that area. In October, the resident was admitted to a hospital, with the foot apparently consumed by gangrene. State records said the foot was nearly black, due to “Negligence/no blood flow.” The resident died on October 27th.
Other, recent sanctions against Iowa Nursing Homes, include the Friendship Home in Audubon being fined $8,000 by the State, after a resident fell to the floor in a lounge area, and was knocked unconscious. The resident allegedly suffered a fractured hip, facial injuries and bruises to the head. State records say the resident died shortly after undergoing surgery to repair the hip.
Many locations in Iowa and Nebraska broke record high temperatures Monday, including here in Atlantic. The temperature at the KJAN studios (The OFFICIAL National Weather Service reporting station for the community), reached 65-degrees, which shattered the old record of 58, set 24-years ago (1988). Other sites broke records dating back more than 80-years. Lincoln, NE., reached a high of 71, Monday. The old record was 60, in 1931.
In Omaha, the previous record of 60 in 1974, was beat by 9-degrees (69), Monday. Sioux City set a record high temperature for January 30th, when the thermometer reached 65-degrees, breaking the record of 57 set in 1964. And, Des Moines also reached 65, which surpassed the old record high of 57, set in 1988.
Brad Small, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Johnston, says Ottumwa reached 65, breaking the old record of 59. Lamoni saw 63 degrees, knocking off the old record by three degrees. Webster City reached a high of 59, breaking the old record of 53 set in 1931. State climatologist Harry Hillaker says “it’s been a January for the ages.” That’s because Iowa has a 60-degree day in January about once every 10 years. There have been three so far this month, with a chance to hit 60 or higher somewhere in the state today.
The forecast temperature in Atlantic today, is 58. That would tie a record high set on this date, in 1892. There’s the possibility of snow, by Friday.
We broke our old record high temperature for Monday, here in Atlantic…to find out more, and hear today’s forecast for the KJAN listening area, listen to this podcast forecast….
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Ag groups and utility companies are being challenged to propose changes in a bill that would set up a new statewide standard for addressing cases of “stray” electric voltage that zap farm livestock. Representative Stewart Iverson, a Republican from Clarion, is the bill’s manager.”It’s just easy to say, ‘No, no, no.’ How do we solve the problem?” Iverson asks. “Because we know stray voltage can be a huge problem.” It’s mainly a problem on dairy farms where, for example, cows hooked up to milking machines sometimes can get zapped if there’s a power surge. Matthew Steinfeldt, a lobbyist for the Iowa Farm Bureau, says farmers and utilities are doing just fine in resolving any problems and the bill’s unnecessary.
The best thing is to quickly identify and resolve stray voltage (issues). That’s what farmers want to do, but what this bill does, I mean, it’s a major change that will have a significant effect,” Steinfeldt says. “In a way, it takes away a right to due process. No other group in the state of Iowa is subject to something like this.” Kellie Paschke lobbies for the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, another group that is opposed to the bill. “This bill goes beyond just setting a standard for stray voltage,” Paschke says. “It completely changes how stray voltage claims can be pursued.” A three-member subcommittee has given initial approval to this controversial bill, but the three legislators say they’re hoping the interest groups involved suggest “major” changes in the legislation. Representative Brian Quirk of New Hampton was a member of the three-member committee. Quirk, who happens to be an electrician, says the bill needs to better define the standards for the stray voltage tests.
“Cattle are a lot like people…Their tolerance levels (for pain) are a lot different,” Quirk says. “Where is that threshold?” Quirk supports the bill’s requirement that the state Utility Board be the first stop for resolving disputes over stray voltage. “I like the fact that the Utility Board, being a third-party resource, to actually define where the fault did occur,” Quirk says. “Should it be with the utility or with the consumer?” Critics say the bill limits a farmer’s ability to sue for damages if their livestock are harmed by stray voltage. Timothy Coonan is a lobbyist for Iowa R-E-C’s.
“As Rural Electic Cooperatives, we’re very supportive of the diary industry. This bill is not to take a shot at the dairy industry, but more about resolving safety issues that result from stray voltage,” he says. “The process we’re proposing leads to resolution of those issues much quicker, much safer and less costly for everyone concerned.” The bill as currently drafted tries to combine laws and regulations from the states of Idaho and Wisconsin. Those states rank in the top five nationally in terms of dairy production. Iowa ranks 12th in the number of pounds of milk produced per year. According to the Iowa Dairy Association, there were more than 200-thousand dairy cattle in the state in 2010. There were more than 19-hundred dairy farms that year in Iowa.
(O. Kay Henderson/Radio Iowa)
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