Lavon Eblen speaks with Dolly Bergmann, President of Trees Forever in Atlantic, about their upcoming events and meetings.
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Lavon Eblen speaks with Dolly Bergmann, President of Trees Forever in Atlantic, about their upcoming events and meetings.
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Gov. Terry Branstad, Thursday, ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in Iowa from 5-p.m. Friday, April 11th until 8-a.m. Monday, April 14th, in honor of U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Lt. Louis L. Longman, formerly of Clinton, Iowa.
The Governor’s directive applies to all U.S. and state flags under the control of the state. H.R. 692, signed in 2007, requires federal government agencies in the state to comply with the Governor’s Executive Order that the U.S. flag be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of a member of the Armed Forces.
Flags will be at half-staff on the State Capitol Building and on flag displays in the Capitol Complex, and upon all public buildings, grounds, and facilities throughout the state. Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time as a sign of respect.
Longman, a 26-year old Clinton, Iowa native serving with the 433rd Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Corps, was last seen April 16, 1944 as his unit returned from a B-25 bomber escort mission over Hollandia, New Guinea. A Lockheed P-38 “Lightning” fighter pilot, Longman was on the return leg of the mission in a P-38J aircraft when his unit encountered severe weather in the Markham Valley.
Longman’s last reported location was in the vicinity of Bogadjim, New Guinea, as his formation broke up. The 5th Air Force lost 53 pilots and crewmen that day in what became known as “Black Sunday.” Longman was officially declared deceased on Feb. 27, 1946, but his remains were never recovered.
In February 2005, the Joint Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command – Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC) received information of a possible aircraft crash site in Madang province, Papua New Guinea. In August 2007, human remains, as well as parts of a U.S. P-38J aircraft were recovered by a JPAC Investigation Team. Additional remains and physical evidence were also recovered in 2009 and 2010 by JPAC personnel.
In 2011, JPAC’s Research and Analysis Group concluded a historical association drawn from Missing Air Crew Report #4501 and the excavation site. The location of the excavated aircraft crash site and the wreckage reported by JPAC personnel, consistent with a Lockheed P-38J Lightning, support this historical association.
A memorial service and interment will be held at the Rock Island Arsenal National Cemetery, 1 Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill. on April 12, 2014 at 1 p.m., with full military honors provided by the Iowa National Guard. Please use the Moline entrance. The public is welcome to attend the memorial service.
AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR
1049 AM CDT THU APR 10 2014
…ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA TODAY…
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER AND BECOME GUSTY BY THIS
AFTERNOON…ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING INTO THE 20S.
THIS COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE
AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY. THE MOST FAVORABLE CONDITIONS WILL
EXIST DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIE OFF QUICKLY THIS
EVENING WITH RAPIDLY IMPROVING FIRE CONDITIONS.
Jim Field talks about the evolution of technology with everyday household items and the newest trends.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Des Moines school district wants the Iowa Supreme Court to review a judge’s ruling that allows a former superintendent’s lawsuit to proceed. Judge Glenn Pille ruled last month that emails sent and received by former superintendent Nancy Sebring through her district-issued email account and electronics should have remained confidential.
Her invasion-of-privacy lawsuit argues that the emails were personal and not subject to the state’s open records laws. Des Moines Public Schools says the emails were public records. The case is scheduled to go to trial in November. The Des Moines Register says the school district is arguing that Pille’s ruling could have a “chilling effect” on the release of public records.
The (podcast) Freese-Notis KJAN listening area forecast and weather info. for Atlantic, from KJAN New Director Ric Hanson.
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DARYL “DUAL” FISCHER, 66, of Audubon died Wednesday afternoon. Mass of the Christian Burial for DARYL “DUAL” FISCHER will be held Tuesday, April 15th at 10:30 am at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Dedham. The Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll has the arrangements.
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Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 3:30 pm on Monday where there will be a rosary at 4:00 pm and a Christian Wake Service at 7:00 pm.
The casket will be moved to St. Joseph’s Church at 9:30 am Tuesday, where visitation will resume until the time of the funeral mass.
Burial will be at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Dedham. Military honors will be conducted by the Dedham American Legion.
DARYL “DUAL” FISCHER is survived by:
Wife: Mary Ellen of Audubon
Step-Daughter: Marisa Petersen of Ankeny
Brother: Dennis Fischer of Idaho.
Sisters: Denise Odland of Johnston; Diane Fath of Des Moines; Debbie Tranel of Illinois
3 Grandchildren