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Atlantic Eagle Scout working on Schildberg Park Bench Project

Ag/Outdoor, News

February 21st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

An Atlantic Eagle Scout has embarked on a scouting project to outfit the Schildberg Quarry Recreational Area with park benches. The project is being undertaken by Casey Ihnen, who presented a pine wood prototype of the bench before the Atlantic Parks and Recreation Board during their meeting Monday evening.

Atlantic Eagle Scout Casey Ihnen w/a prototype park bench

Ihnen plans to place at least a dozen benches around both lakes, at locations to be determined, but several are expected to be placed along the walking trail.  The handmade wooden benches will be sunk into pea gravel so they can’t be easily be pulled out. They’ll cost $120 each, or $1,200 altogether. Ihnen will be looking for local sponsors for the benches. He’s already received donations from local businesses, groups and individuals. For more information, you can contact Roger Herring at the Parks and Rec Department in Atlantic.

This is Your Nishna Valley 02-18-2012

Podcasts, This is Your Nishna Valley

February 21st, 2012 by admin

w/ Chris Parks and Stacie Linfor

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Monday Girls Regional Basketball Results

Sports

February 21st, 2012 by Jim Field

Class 1-A Regional Finals
Bedford 45, Martensdale-St. Mary’s 33
Ar-We-Va 53, Corning 48

Class 2-A Regional Finals
Western Christian 94, Kuemper Catholic 56
OA-BCIG 59, Lawton-Bronson 51
IKM-Manning 52, Panorama 43

Monday Boys Post-Season Basketball Results

Sports

February 21st, 2012 by Jim Field

Class 3-A District Semi-Finals:

  • Atlantic 47, Red Oak 40 (Dalton Franken 16 points – passes 1,000 for his career)
  • Bishop Heelan Catholic 58, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 55 (OT)
  • Carroll 71, Denison-Schleswig 56
  • Harlan 63, Glenwood 31
  • Norwalk 46, Creston 35

Class 4-A Sub-State:

  • Lewis Central 69, Abraham Lincoln 30
  • Sioux City West 65, Thomas Jefferson 54

HSBB: 3A District Semifinal: Red Oak at Atlantic 02-20-2012

Podcasts, Sports

February 21st, 2012 by admin

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played Monday, February 20th at the Atlantic High School.

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Midwest Quake felt in 4 states this morning

News

February 21st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Residents in Illinois and three other states have reported feeling a magnitude 4.0 earthquake that was centered in southeast Missouri.  WSIU Radio in Carbondale reports that the ground shook just before 4 a.m. Tuesday. The quake was centered about 5 miles from East Prairie, Mo. That’s about 16 miles from Cairo, Ill., close to where Interstates 55 and 57 converge.  The U.S. Geological Survey says residents in Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky have reported feeling the quake. 
     There are no reports of significant damage.

Corps of Engineers says flood risk is low to very low

News, Weather

February 21st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Another federal agency is predicting a lesser chance of flooding this spring in the Missouri River valley. A forecast from the National Weather Service last week said the odds of flooding were average-to-below-average. Now, the U-S Army Corps of Engineers says the flood outlook in the river basin is low-to-very-low. Jody Farhat, director of the Corps’ Water Control Center in Omaha, says water storage is right on the expected mark. “Total water currently in storage is 56.4-million acre feet, which is 0.4-million acre feet below the base of the annual flood control pool,” Farhat says. “This is a slight increase from the beginning of the month, primarily due to the warm temperatures that have freed up some of the water that was stored in river ice. In a typical winter, we would see this return flow coming in March, so we’re simply getting it a little early this year.” Farhat says there is not much snow on the ground in the region.

“Currently, there’s very little plains snowpack in the Missouri River basin,” Farhat says. “Most locations are reporting less than an inch of water equivalent and the heaviest amounts are all downstream of the main stem system,” which is about half of what they’d normally have at this time. Farhat says they have moved out all the water that was left over from last year’s record flooding on the waterway. “All of our 2011 floodwater has been evacuated from the system and as of today, we have 400-thousand acre feet of additional flood control storage available,” Farhat says. “Both the plains and mountain snowpack are below average and are significantly lower than last year at this time.” Farhat says despite the good numbers, conditions can change quickly and localized flooding could still occur almost anywhere in the basin. She says there has been high water in some part of the basin in each of the last 25 years.

(by Matt Kelley/Radio Iowa)

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: Tue., Jan. 21st 2012

Podcasts, Weather

February 21st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here’s the forecast for Atlantic and the KJAN listening area…..

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JOHN HATFIELD, 50, of Anita (Svcs 2-25-12)

Obituaries

February 21st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

JOHN HATFIELD, 50, of Anita, died Feb. 10th, at home. Memorial services for JOHN HATFIELD will be held 10-a.m. Sat., Feb. 25th, at the Anita American Legion Hall. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Anita has the arrangements.

There is no visitation.

Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery at Anita.

JOHN HATFIELD is survived by:

His mother – Marie Hatfield, of Massena.

His son – Koletin Hatfield, of Panora.

His brothers – Tracey (Cheryl) Hatfield, of Keslo, WA; Scott (Sharon) Hatfield, of Sioux Falls, SD; and Lance (Beulah) Hatfield, of Des Moines.

His sister – Dawn (David) Updike, of Massena.

JOAN JOHNSON, 78, of Weston, MO (formerly of Anita): Svcs. 2-23-12

Obituaries

February 21st, 2012 by Ric Hanson

JOAN JOHNSON, 78, of Weston, MO (formerly of Anita), died Sun., Feb. 19th, at the New Mark Care Center in Weston, MO. Funeral services for JOAN JOHNSON will be held 2-p.m. Thu., Feb. 23rd, at the Hockenberry Funeral Home in Anita.

Visitation with the family will be from 1-to 2pm Thursday, at the funeral home.

Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Anita.

JOAN JOHNSON is survived by:

Her children – Pam (Tom) Crane, of Casey; Debra (Phil) Littler, of Diamond Head Lake, IA; Janet (Dave) Waddell, of Weston, MO.

5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.