Members of the Atlantic Community School District’s Board of Education will vote tonight on the Board President and Vice President positions for the 2012-2013 school year. The current Board President is Kristy Pellett, while the Vice President is Dennis Davis. In other administrative matters during their Annual Meeting, the Board will appoint a Board Secretary, Treasurer and Legal Counsel for 2012-2013, set the date, time and place for future regular board meetings, and approve Depository limits for Fiscal Year 2013.

During their regular session to follow, the Atlantic School Board will receive a progress report on construction at the Middle School, and overview of Lindamood-Bell teachers. Lindamood-Bell is a research-validated instructional programs that teach children and adults to read, spell, comprehend, think critically, and express language.

Action items on the Board’s agenda include approval of: An Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) agreement with area schools for 2012-13; and the 1st readings of various Board Policies. Prior to adjournment, the Board will discuss Capital Project Needs. Their meeting begins at 7:30-p.m. in the Atlantic High School Media Center.

Members of the City of Atlantic’s Planning and Zoning Commission are slated to meet this (Tuesday) evening, at City Hall. During their session, which begins at 5:30-p.m, the Commission will review: The subdivision sketch plan for the Atlantic West Development Park II, Lot 1; and, the site plans for the Green Acres Lawn and Landscape Building.

In old business, the Commission will review and discuss the first drafts of the Zoning Ordinance update, including: R-2, Low Density Single Family District; R-3 High Density Single Family District; and, Site Plan Requirements.

Officials with the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic say the arrival of a new piece of equipment this Thursday, September 13th, will cause some minor disruptions in how you access the facility. A therapy pool for Rehabilitation Services will be arriving for installation at CCMH. The pool will  be brought in through the West Entrance (on 10^th Street, across from Atlantic Dental Center), so the door will be closed to public and staff from 7 am to noon that day.

The door just to the right of the West Entrance (in the small courtyard) will be available during those hours.  Inpatient visitors are encouraged to use the North or East entrances as they are most conveniently located for accessing the new inpatient services area, which is located on the second floor of the new addition.

Police in Council Bluffs report a fast food store was robbed Monday night. Officials say at around 9:50-p.m., two masked robbers entered through the back door of the the Popeye’s Chicken at 3440 West Broadway just before closing time, and demanded money. One of the suspects, who was armed with a handgun, held five employees of the store at gunpoint, while the other took an undetermined amount of cash.

The robbers fled out the back door of the restaurant. Officials say no getaway car was seen. Employees said the act was committed by two white men wearing gloves and hooded sweatshirts. The men were described at being about 5-feet 6, to 5-feet 8-inches tall.