(from Thursday, May 10th, at the Van Meter High School)
Place/School/Total team points:
(1) Madrid, 149; (2) Earlham, 88; (3) Nodaway Valley, 82; (4) Van Meter, 76; (5) Woodward-Granger, 60; (6) Colo-Nesco, 57; (7) Afton/East Union, 46; (8) Adair-Casey, 42; (9) Orient-Macksburg, 25; (10) Grand Junction/East Greene, 21; (11) Paton-Churdan, 9; (12) IA Christian/Ankeny Christian, 7.
The State Track and Field Meet runs May 17th through the 19th at Drake University in Des Moines.
Triple-A predicted we’d see gasoline selling in Iowa at four dollars a gallon or higher by Memorial Day, but a new government report is forecasting much cheaper prices. The U-S Energy Information Administration now estimates the national average price this summer will be three-79, even lower in the Hawkeye State. Rose White, at Triple-A-Iowa, says pump prices have been steadily falling for weeks. “As this industry is, it’s very unpredictable, but certainly this latest news is welcome news for all motorists,” White says. “Oil prices are down about 9% in the last six days. In fact, for the last 23 days, retail pump prices have declined.”
Iowa has one of the lowest gas prices in the country, averaging three-57 a gallon, about 18 cents below the national average. She says prices will still likely rise as the summer approaches, but not as high as they’d first thought. “Based on what we’re seeing now, which is an improvement in supply levels and economic concerns that are driving down crude oil prices, the combination of factors certainly is reversing earlier projections,” White says. “Right now, we’re expecting prices to stay right at that $3.70 level for many of the summer months.”
Between January and April, gas prices nationwide rose a whopping 20-percent. Some politicians blame President Obama for the increase, but White says that’s not a legitimate claim. “It’s hard to put the blame on any one organization, industry or country, certainly not on one person,” White says. “It’s a global issue, based on supply and demand.” Oil prices have dropped about eight-dollars a barrel since early April. Iowa’s current average gas price of three-57 a gallon is down from three-92 a year ago.
(Matt Kelley/Radio Iowa)
Here is the (podcast) forecast for Atlantic, and the KJAN listening area from Freese-Notis, and the weather stats for Atlantic from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson….
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The Missouri River fell nearly eight-feet on Wednesday as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shut off the flow from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton to inspect the concrete slabs below the spillway gates.
Gavins Point Dam
Three teams used sophisticated radar to survey for damage. Dave Becker, the Corps’ operations manager for the dam, says they’ve seen warning signs develop since last year’s historic flooding across Iowa and Nebraska. “We have a foot and a half of concrete on top and that is on top of a four-foot gravel layer,” Becker says. “Ever since January, we’ve had concerns about that gravel layer. We had a couple of gates open, gates 2 and 3 at this south end, and we saw water coming out of the drain at the north end and we said, ‘That’s not right.'” Becker says the record flows that brought the prolonged, record flooding last summer caused damage under the concrete.
He says, “What we found was that some of the drain grates had been washed off during the flood and some of that water was going straight down the drain holes and into the gravel layer and eroding some of that gravel.” He says the concrete is all fine but there’s at least one large “void” in the gravel. Becker says crews used the low water level on Wednesday to get a closer peek at the problem areas. “The ground-penetrating radar takes a look at the concrete and the gravel area underneath to see what condition it’s in and to see if there are any voids,” he says. “They also drilled holes in the concrete so they can visually just take a look down there and see what they got, they can stick a piece of rebar down there, feel around, see what they got.” Becker says there are no structural issues with the spillway and they are not worried about any leaking. He says they hope to get the spillway repaired before next spring
(Radio Iowa)
329 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
SATURDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. HIGH IN THE MID 60S. NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 70. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.
TUESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES (AP) — Des Moines Superintendent Nancy Sebring, who’s taking over the top school job in Omaha, has resigned earlier than anticipated. The Des Moines school board accepted Sebring’s resignation after a closed-door meeting on Thursday. Her resignation is effective immediately. School Board Chairwoman Teree Caldwell-Johnson says in a statement that Sebring informed the board that she wanted to change her resignation date. Sebring, who led the Des Moines district for six years, was named Omaha’s superintendent in April. She’s to start that job on July 1st. Sebring had originally said that June 30th would be her last day in Des Moines.
IOWA CITY (AP) — The director of an Iowa City neighborhood center on trial for failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse says she didn’t believe the allegations. Susan Freeman-Murdah told the Johnson County jury yesterday that there was no child abuse and she’s confident she never violated the law.
HAMPTON, (AP) — Five teenagers face charges in an incident involving a homemade bomb that exploded near some children, injuring one child, in Hampton earlier this month. Police received a report on May 4th about a plastic bottle exploding on a city street. The bottle was allegedly tossed from a car. One child was treated for injuries as a result of the explosion. Police haven’t released the teens’ names.
WATERLOO (AP) — Authorities say a California man who’s confessed to killing an Iowa couple more than 30 years ago was one of several persons of interest in the case. Sixty-six-year-old Jack Pursel, of South Gate in southern California, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Robert and Goldie Huntbach of Waterloo, on January 12th, 1981. Pursel showed up at the Waterloo Police Department on Tuesday and confessed.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A three-service Public Service Commission approved plans yesterday for a power line that will cross the Mississippi River between Alma and Holmen in western Wisconsin. The line will link to a larger transmission project dubbed CapX2020 to serve Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and the Dakotas.
Atlantic will host a Class 3-A boys golf sectional meet Friday, May 11th at the Atlantic Golf & Country Club. Joining Atlantic are Carroll, Creston, Denison, Glenwood, Harlan, Perry and Red Oak. In Class 2-A, Tri-Center will host Clarinda, IKM/Manning, Logan-Magnolia, Missouri Valley, Shenandoah, St. Albert and Underwood at Quail Run Golf Course. In Class 1-A at the Griswold Golf & County Club, Griswold will be joined by Bedford, Corning, East Mills, Fremont-Mills, Lenox, Nishnabotna, Sidney and Villisca. Also in Class 1-A, Nodaway Valley will host a meet at the Greenfield Country Club including Adair-Casey, CAM, Earlham East Greene, Exira/EHK, Guthrie Center, Madrid and Woodward-Granger. Another Class 1-A meet will be held at Dunlap Golf Course featuring A-H-S-T, Audubon, Boyer Valley, Coon Rapids-Bayard, Riverside, Treynor, West Harrison and Woodbine. The meets begin at 10:00 am.
The Atlantic doubles team of Mitch Leiferman and Tyler Fischer have advanced to the boys state tennis tournament by winning the Red Oak district meet on Thursday. The runners-up, Jordan nelson & Craig White of Red Oak also advanced. In singles,Pete Walker of Red Oak and Harlan’sNate Ohms both qualified. See the state qualifiers list in class 1-A here. Atlantic and Glenwood advanced to the team sub-state as well which will be held on Saturday, May 12th at Atlantic at 10:00. See the pairing here.
Team Standings:
1. Red oak 22
2. Atlantic 16
T3. Glenwood 12*
T3. Harlan 12
5. Shenandoah 6
6. Clarinda 4
7. St. Albert 3
8. Corning 0
*Glenwood advances to Preliminary Substate due to regular season win over Harlan; Glenwood at Atlantic Tuesday May 15, 4 pm; Red Oak advances to Substate competition Sat. May 19
Singles championship:Pete Walker 11 (Red Oak) over Nate Ohms 12 (Harlan) 6-0 6-1 (both advance to State)
3rd Place: Logan Sump 12 (Clarinda) over Scott King 12 (Glenwood) 9-8(4)
Doubles championship: Mitch Leiferman 12/Tyler Fischer 11 (Atlantic) over Jordan Nelson 10/Craig White 12 (Red oak) 6-1 1-6 7-6(7-4 tiebreak) (both teams advance to State)
3rd Place: Trent Turney 12/Jacob Holmes 11 (Shenandoah) over Garrett Hembry 12/Joe Gunkelman 10 (Glenwood) 8-5
Girls Team Scores:
Girls Automatic State Qualifiers (top 2):
Boys Team Scores:
Boys Automatic State Qualifiers (top 2):
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Representatives of the Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox will be on the field when the St. Louis Cardinals retire the No. 10 jersey of former manager Tony La Russa on Friday. Reds general manager Walt Jocketty, La Russa’s right-hand man most of his St. Louis tenure, is expected to attend the pre-game ceremony. So is Joe Torre, who preceded La Russa as Cardinals manager. Pitchers Dennis Eckersley, Dave Stewart and Bob Welch played for La Russa in Oakland, and Eckersley also played for La Russa in St. Louis. Tom Seaver played for La Russa with the White Sox, who’ll also have owner Jerry Reinsdorf and former general manager Roland Hemond present. In addition to the current Cardinals, Matt Morris, David Eckstein, Brian Eckstein, Jim Edmonds, Brian Jordan, and pitchers Andy and Alan Benes are on the list.
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