Lavon Eblen speaks with Audubon High School FFA Members Mary Wede, Cliff Nelson, Drew Christensen, and Becca Peters about their experience on a trip to Haiti.
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Lavon Eblen speaks with Audubon High School FFA Members Mary Wede, Cliff Nelson, Drew Christensen, and Becca Peters about their experience on a trip to Haiti.
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RAYMOND UNDERWOOD, 83, of Atlantic, died Wed., Nov. 6th, at the Israel Family Hospice House, in Ames. Memorial services for RAY UNDERWOOD will be held 10:30-a.m. Mon., Nov. 11th, at the 1st United Methodist Church in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family will be from 4-until 7-pm Sun., Nov. 10th, at the funeral home.
Memorials in Ray’s name may be directed to the Heritage House Good Samaritan Fund or UMC Endowment Fund.
A private family burial service is planned.
RAY UNDERWOOD is survived by:
His children: Mark (Diana) Underwood, of Sioux City; Judy (Michael) Maubach, of Webster City; Roger (Connie) Underwood, of Ames, and Jeff (Lori) Underwood, of Muscatine.
His brother – Chuck Underwood.
11 grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild.
Officials with the Atlantic Police Department report the arrest Wednesday of 30-year old Dial and 37-year old Mandy Bolin. The Atlantic couple were charged with Theft in the 5th degree, and booked into the Cass County Jail.
The P-D says also an accident Wednesday afternoon on the City’s southwest side caused $2,900 damage, but no one was seriously hurt. The accident happened at the intersection of Highway 6 and 15th Street, at around 12:10-p.m. Officials say a vehicle driven by Tonya Metheny, of Atlantic, was traveling north on Highway 6 when it was hit on the driver’s side door by a vehicle being driven by Leland Baxter, of Lewis. The accident happened when Baxter pulled away from the stop sign. Metheny refused medical treatment at the scene. Officers cited Baxter for Failure to Yield upon entering a through highway.
Andrea Farrior and Chris Parks discuss the latest news from the Atlantic Animal Shelter.
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Jim Field speaks with Steph and Ashley Freund of the Washington GEM 4-H Club about a fundraiser to obtain a cellphone booster for the Cass County Community Building area.
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The City Council in Atlantic, Wednesday, authorized City Administrator Doug Harris to sign a letter of commitment with the non-profit RD Atlantic LLLP group, which will help the group get a higher tax credit rating for an elderly affordable housing project. RD Atlantic representative Cindy Voorhees with National Consulting Alliance in Des Moines, says the group is seeking a Low Income federal Housing Tax credits award administered by the Iowa Finance Authority, for the acquisition and rehabilitation of the 24-unit Regency Villa Apartments on Redwood Drive.
She says a local government contribution will help to make the project competitive and successful. Right now however, they don’t need money from the City, just a commitment that would enable the developer to get the necessary tax credits and begin work on the project.
The developer plans on investing $2.1-million to improve the property, which includes rehabilitation of the living units, new roofing and siding, appliances and carpeting. Voorhees says the organization will need some financial help from the City, but it’s really only necessary to increase the chances they will get more points in the tax credit rating. She says in order for the organization to get more money from the feds, the City needs to agree to provide a $20,000 interest free loan for 15-years with a “Bullet Maturity” (that is, no principal paid until the end of the 15-year term). The $20,000 will be put in a cash or cash equivalent account to fully secure the loan.
Originally, the developer had asked the City for a $100,000 interest free loan with a 20-year Bullet Maturity. Voorhees said the project would make a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) of $750 per year for the first 15-years.
Regency Villa is owned by a non-profit organization and is in the Rural Development Program, a benefit of which is that the tenants will never pay more than one-third of their income, for rent.
While parts of Iowa have already seen snowfall twice in recent weeks, today (Thursday) is Winter Weather Awareness Day. Meteorologist Jeff Johnson, at the National Weather Service, says a host of important information is being posted on the agency’s website to help Iowans prepare for what could be wicked weather ahead. “We’ll talk about what makes up a winter storm,” Johnson says. “Some of the things you’ll see from the National Weather Service in the way of products, and what I mean by that is, our winter storm watches, warnings and advisories, and things folks can do to make themselves more safe this winter season.”
The first day of winter is December 21st, but winter weather may arrive much sooner. While there’s much speculation, Johnson says it’s really too early to say what kind of winter Iowa will experience. “Looking at the long-range predictions, there are a lot of uncertainties as to the weather pattern for the upper Midwest, so at this point, about all we can do is prepare for the worst,” Johnson says. “Expect some snow events and extreme cold.”
States just west of Iowa were whalloped by a paralyzing blizzard in early October. B-J Fictum, an emergency management consultant, says the most important thing Iowans can do is prepare for up to 72 hours without any outside help. “Look out in western Nebraska, look at South Dakota earlier this year, you couldn’t get anywhere for at least 48 hours or more,” Fictum says. “They need to have enough stuff, enough food, enough medicine, enough supplies so they can do it. That’s what we’re trying to push. Make sure to be prepared and be self sufficient.”
Other supplies to keep stocked include: a flashlight with batteries, a portable radio or weather radio, and an emergency heat source. Also, have a survival kit in your vehicle, with items like: blankets or sleeping bags, extra clothing, a first aid kit, flashlights, mobile phone and charger, a shovel and scraper and non-perishable food items. Learn more at www.weather.gov.
(Radio Iowa)
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