LaVon Eblen recaps 25 years of Backyard & Beyond in her final show. Thank you, Lavon, for bringing information, wit, wisdom and class to KJAN!
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LaVon Eblen recaps 25 years of Backyard & Beyond in her final show. Thank you, Lavon, for bringing information, wit, wisdom and class to KJAN!
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(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors met with Rolly Parrott and Bryant Rasmussen on Thursday, June 30th, 2022, to learn about the Trojan Sports Locker. The Trojan Sports Locker is located in a storage building next to the Parks & Recreation office. Rolly Parrott, the visionary behind the Locker, shared he started the Locker to help students in the Atlantic School District have the proper equipment to participate in sports, without having to worry about the cost.
Parrott noticed the number of kids who didn’t have the proper shoes or didn’t have a bat or glove when he began coaching Little League. He started collecting donations and storing them at City Hall. He quickly outgrew the space and started using an area at the Armory, where he quickly outgrew that location as well. He partnered with Bryant Rasmussen and Parks & Recreation and began utilizing one of their storage buildings to store donations.
Any child, parent or coach in the Atlantic School District can use the Locker, free of charge, for anything they may need. Parrott has also partnered with Brown’s Shoe Fit, who provide shoes and equipment at cost when Parrott doesn’t have that particular item on hand.
Parrott and Rasmussen shared they have now outgrown the storage building and are exploring new avenues to make the Locker more attractive and better utilized. The building is old, very run down and has a leaky roof, which, after a light rain, runs water into the building. It’s no longer meeting the needs of the community. Rasmussen shared they have begun conversations with the School District to try and find a location on school grounds that would be better utilized. Rasmussen is currently pricing what the cost would be to build a new storage building. Parrott & Rasmussen hope the conversation continues so they can continue providing this free service and ensuring the students utilizing the program have the best experience they can.
The Trojan Sports Locker is always accepting physical donations as well as monetary. For more information, contact Rolly Parrott on the Trojan Sports Locker Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/377786362378005. The Trojan Sports Locker is located behind the Parks & Recreation Office, located at 1200 Sunnyside Lane.
(Harlan, Iowa) – Officials with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office have released a list of persons arrested from June 19th through the 30th.
Note: Criminal charges are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.
ROSE MARIE JENSEN, 92, of Sibley, died June 24th, at Sibley Specialty Care. A Memorial service for ROSE JENSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. July 9th, at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn (IA). Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church is on July 9th from 10-a.m. until 10:30-a.m.
Burial is in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.
ROSE MARIE JENSEN is survived by:
Her daughters – Patricia Lange, and Diane Jensen, both from Sibley.
Her son – Antony (Denise) Jensen, of Hutchinson, MN.
9 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren.
KATHLEEN CROGHAN, 97, of Falls Church, VA, died Nov. 2, 2021, at home in Falls Church. A Mass of Christian Burial for KATHLEEN CROGHAN will be held 10:30-a.m. July 9, 2022, at St. Mary’s of the Assumption, in Panama. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held at the St. Mary’s Parish Center on July 8th, from 5-until 7-p.m.
Burial is in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Panama.
KATHLEEN CROGHAN is survived by:
Her sons – Gregory (Pamela Altman) Croghan, of Silver Spring, MD. & Joseph (Cynthia LaPlante) Croghan, of Falls Church, VA.
Her daughter – Anne Giese of Washington, DC.
9 grandchildren, and her brother-in-law (Thomas Croghan) from Omaha.
(Radio Iowa) – Despite persistent flight staff shortages and fewer flights, Fourth of July holiday air travel is up, according to Triple-A-Iowa spokeswoman Meredith Mitts. “Our air travel volumes are actually expected to rise about 25% from last year,” Mitts says, “so this is the second-largest yearly increase in more than a decade.” Travelers have long been encouraged to “pack patience” and be flexible when flying, but thousands of delays and cancellations this year are testing their mettle. Still, Mitts says air travel in the U-S is almost back to pre-pandemic levels. Mitts says, “People are more comfortable traveling and able to feel comfortable taking airplanes and that’s really exciting as we’re looking forward into the summer holiday travel season.”
Despite gasoline prices being at or near record highs, motor vehicle travel for the holiday weekend is expected to be at the highest level on record. The Triple-A forecast predicts nearly 48-million people will travel at least 50 miles from home over the holiday, and 42-million will travel by motor vehicle. Iowa’s average price for gas is now $4.61 a gallon, up from $2.96 a year ago but well below the current national average of $4.84.
(Radio Iowa) – Filming in Iowa was supposed to start soon on the “Field of Dreams” T-V series, but the project has suffered a major league setback. Variety reports the Peacock network has dumped the show and the studio, Universal Television, is trying to shop it to other media outlets. The series was to be a prequel, based on the 1989 movie that was shot, in part, in Dyersville, where the baseball field surrounded by a corn field remains as a tourist attraction.
Governor Kim Reynolds awarded six-million dollars to Universal T-V for the show just days ago. Shooting was scheduled to begin in a few months in Polk, Boone, Mahaska and Clinton counties.
(Radio Iowa) – A Sac County woman is charged with felony criminal mischief and livestock neglect after hundred of dead hogs were found at confinement lots in western Iowa.
Thirty-three-year-old Elana Laber of Early was arrested Thursday by the Sac County Sheriff’s Office after deputies located more than 1,000 dead pigs at two hog confinements in rural Sac County. Authorities say the animals had been dead for more than a week when they were discovered, and the pigs did not have access to food and water.
Laber was hired to manage both sites. The owners, Corey AGR Inc., estimate losses at more than $150,000. As of Friday, Laber remained in custody at the Sac County Jail on a $22,000 bond.
The Class 1-A and 2-A girls Softball Regional tournament begins tonight with first round action. Here is a look at the area schedule.
Class 1-A Region 2
Class 1-A Region 3
Class 1-A Region 5
Class 2-A Region 3
Class 2-A Region 4
Jim Field visits with Ted Robinson about the Atlantic Rotary Club’s Pancake and Sausage Flight Breakfast at the Atlantic Airport on July 4 from 7:00 am – 11:00 am.
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