Jim Field visits with Megan Benzing, Program Manager of Alzheimer’s Association Iowa Chapter, about National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and Family Caregivers Month in November.
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Jim Field visits with Megan Benzing, Program Manager of Alzheimer’s Association Iowa Chapter, about National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and Family Caregivers Month in November.
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(Creston, Iowa) – Officials with the Creston Police Department report there were three arrests Saturday. At around 2:40-a.m., Saturday, 32-year-old Shey Peterson, of Wisconsin, was arrested at the Creston/Union County Law Enforcement Center. He was charged with OWI/1st offense and later released on bond.
And, at around 1:35-p.m. Saturday, 51-year-old Jennifer Lynne Vankerckvoorde and 54-year-old Steven Frank Vankerckvoorde, both from Norwalk, were arrested in the Creston Fareway Store parking lot. The woman was charged with Possession of drug paraphernalia. She was cited, and then released. Steven Vankerckvoorde was charged with Poss. of a Controlled Substance/marijuana-1st offense. He was later released on bond.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh reports a free fall walking club that kicked off in Atlantic in early October is still going strong, and anyone interested in walking on Tuesday mornings is invited to join. The two remaining walks scheduled for this fall will be held on Tuesday, November 8 and Tuesday, November 15 from 9:30-10:15 AM. Both walks will start at the Nishna Valley Family YMCA (1100 Maple St. Atlantic, IA 50022). If the weather is nice, the walks will be outdoors, and if not, walkers will walk for free inside the YMCA.
The Nishna Valley Family YMCA has been coordinating the free community walking club, but many organizations have been helping to lead the weekly walks. There is no cost to join the walks, and walkers do not have to be members of the YMCA. The fall walking club kicked off on October 5 as part of the Healthiest State Walk from the YMCA to Harl Holt Park and back along the recently renovated Bull Creek Pathway. That walk was attended by well over 100 people. Information on area recreation opportunities was provided by Atlantic Parks and Rec, Nishna Valley Trails, and the YMCA. Hy-Vee and Fareway provided refreshments.
The Healthiest State Walk is an annual walk with the theme “Walk More. Connect More.”
Over 100 people participated in the October 5 Healthiest State Walk in Atlantic
The Healthiest State Walk is organized by Iowa’s Healthiest State Initiative, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with the goal of making Iowa the healthiest state in the nation. As they share on their website, www.IowaHealthiestState.com, there are many benefits to walking including increased energy levels, better sleep, increased blood flow that leads to better cognitive functioning, improved memory, and reduced anxiety and depression.
The YMCA started the walking club this fall based on feedback from area residents that showed interest in opportunities to walk with others. While the walks are scheduled to end on November 15, people interested in leading future weekly walks—whether through the winter or next spring—are encouraged to contact Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham
Hoegh at bhoegh@iastate.edu or 712-249-5870.
Tuesday Walking Club
What: Walk more, connect more!
Where: Nishna Valley Family YMCA (1100 Maple Street, Atlantic, IA 50022). Rain location:
inside the YMCA
When: Tuesday, Nov. 8 and Tuesday, Nov. 15, 9:30-10:15 AM.
Who: Everyone is welcome!
Cost: No cost! Walking club registration is encouraged but not required. Register for the walking club at the Nishna Valley Family YMCA website
(http://nishnavalleyymca.com/membership/program-registration.html) or by calling the Y at 712-243-3934.
For information on community wellness events or resources, follow Healthy Cass County on Facebook @HealthyCassCounty.
ATLANTIC, IA (November 6, 2022) – Harvest Market 2022 will be held at the Cass County Community Center on Monday, November 21 from 3-7 pm. Market Manager Brigham Hoegh says you can bring local to your table this holiday season. This fall farmers market is held the Monday before Thanksgiving, so shoppers can pick up premium local produce, local meats, delicious baked goods, and other local foods to enjoy at holiday celebrations. The market also offers handmade craft products including seasonal candles, goat milk soaps, holiday decorations, and gifts.
Harvest Market 2022 vendors confirmed as of November 6 include: Bridgewater Farm, Brun Ko Farm, Sue’s Country Garden, Miss NiNi’s Fine Desserts, Claire’s Cinnamon Rolls, Noble Provisions, The Kringle Man, Hygge Cottage, DezaRae Farm Soaps, Midwest Candles by Brit, Johnna Joy Designs, Piper’s Brae Farm, Wud Bi Tek, JD Crafters, Matilda Dawn Creations,
Atlantic Atlas Cinema, Frosting Inc., Spirits of the Faire, Sweet Sisters Vegan, Harrisdale Farmstead, Donna’s Jewelry, Rolling Acres Farm, and Corn 4 a Cause.
Pim’s Thai Food Truck will be at the market selling dinner to go, so shoppers won’t have to go home without dinner. Harvest Market 2022 will offer both in-person shopping as well as pre-ordering. Pre-order will be available through www.produceintheparkatlanticiowa.com from Nov. 14-19. Pre-ordering is an excellent option for customers who want to plan on a particular food item—such as a favorite pie—as well as customers who are short on time to shop at the market.
Some vendors, such as Miss NiNi’s Fine Desserts and Claire’s Cinnamon Rolls, will only be offering pre-ordered products.
Miss-NiNis-fine-desserts-including-Raspberry-Danish-Butter-Cookies-are-being-sold-at-Harvest-Market-by-preorder-only-
Don’t miss a reminder to pre-order. Sign up for the Produce in the Park newsletter at www.produceintheparkatlanticiowa.com.
Produce in the Park continues to accept vendor applications to Harvest Market and other holiday farmers markets (Christmas Market Dec. 22, Sweetheart Market Feb. 11, and Spring Celebration Market April 6). For more information visit produceintheparkatlanticiowa.com or contact Market Manager Brigham Hoegh at produceintheparkatlanticiowa@gmail.com or 712-249-5870.
Harvest Market is sponsored by the Atlantic Community Promotion Commission, Cass County Tourism, Deter Motor Co., First Whitney Bank and Trust, Cass Health, Cass County Farm Bureau, and the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce. For the latest information on Harvest Market, follow Produce in the Park on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ProduceInThePark) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/produceintheparkatlanticia/) or sign up for the Produce in the Park newsletter at www.produceintheparkatlanticiowa.com.
(Radio Iowa) – Five Iowa State University students who served our country in uniform will be honored this (Monday) afternoon with a ceremony in the Gold Star Hall of the Memorial Union. Rita Case, with I-S-U’s military-affiliated Student Center, says more than 600 names of former I-S-U students are carved in the hall’s wall and several veterans are singled out every year.
We read the names and we have history,” Case says. “We research all year on who we pick that year and tell their stories and if their families are nearby, or we can get a hold of a family member, we try to invite those families to come.” The annual ceremony that spotlights the stories of individual veterans began in 2003. “This is a really meaningful ceremony,” Case says, “and then it makes these names that are on the walls that we walk by come alive.”
The Gold Star Hall’s origins date way back to 1928, when the names of Iowa State students who died in World War One were carved into the walls of the newly opened Memorial Union. Five veterans are being featured this year. This year’s honorees are: Howard Medin of Algona and James R. Davis of Ames, both of whom served in World War Two; Ramon Roderick Davis and Donald Scott Wilkins, both of Ames, both who served in Korea; and Vietnam veteran Ronald Edgar Riede of St. Louis, Missouri. Honoring five veterans is a little unusual for the service. “We usually only honor about three but we found a new name for the wall when we were researching one of the Davis’s we discovered they had a brother who was lost in the Korean War that was also an Iowa State student that we did not previously have listed on our wall.”
The veterans honored in the hall served in conflicts including: World War One, World War Two, Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, USS Liberty, Iraq and Afghanistan. The ceremony is scheduled for 3:15 P-M. The names and stories of each veteran listed on the wall are available in an online database on the Memorial Union’s Gold Star Hall website: mu.iastate.edu
ROBERT CARR, 76, of Brayton (formerly of Anita), died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, at Atlantic Specialty Care. No services for ROBERT CARR are planned at this time. A slideshow tribute will be added to our website at a later date. Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Online condolences may be left at www. rolandfuneralservice.com.
DANA LARIMORE, 86, of Creston, died Saturday, Nov. 5th, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. A Celebration of Life Service for DANA LARIMORE will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at the Powers Funeral Home in Creston. The service will be live streamed.
Open visitation at the funeral home will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m.; Online condolences may be given at www.powersfh.com
Burial will be at Shelby Cemetery in Shelby, Iowa.
Memorials may be directed to the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Creston or the Lake Shore Golf and Country Club of Afton.
DANA LARIMORE is survived by his :
Wife – Marilyn Larimore.
Sons – Dave (Tami) Larimore; Doug (Mindy) Larimore; Steve (JoAnn) Brown and Kevin (Andrea) Brown.
Daughters – Dawn Black and Kim (Darrel) Robertson.
18 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 52. NW winds becoming SE @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 34. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to cloudy. High 58. SE@ 10-20.
Wednesday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High near 70.
Thursday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 65.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 59. Our Low was 24. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 69 and the Low was 33. The Record High on this date was 77 in 1915. The Record Low was -14 in 1991.
Iowa opens the season at home tonight against Bethune-Cookman. The game begins at 6-p.m. Former NBA star Reggie Theus coaches a Wildcat team that was 9-21 a year ago. Hawkeye coach Fran McCaffery says it is a team with a mix of veterans and newcomers.
McCaffery says the Hawkeyes are excited for a new season.
The men’s game is the first of a doubleheader with the Hawkeye women.
The fourth ranked Iowa women open at home tonight against Southern. The tip-off from Carver-Hawkeye Area is at 8:30. Center Monika Czinano says the Hawkeyes are motivated by last season’s early exit from the NCAA Tournament.
Czinano decided early last season she was going to return for a fifth year.
Czinano is part of a starting five that begins its third season together and says a talented freshmen class will provide depth.
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