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24-hour Weather info. for Atlantic

Weather

December 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Here is the rainfall total, along with the high and low temps for Atlantic from KJAN, the OFFICIAL National Weather Service Reporting station for Atlantic…

24-hour rainfall total thru 7-a.m. today:  0.87″.

24-Hour High ending at 7-a.m.:  44-degrees           24-hour low:   38-degrees.

Tuesday Girls High School Basketball Results

Sports

December 14th, 2011 by Jim Field

Hawkeye 10:

  • Atlantic 53, Clarinda 45
  • Kuemper Catholic 57, Harlan 49
  • Lewis Central 36, Denison-Schleswig 32

Western Iowa:

  • Audubon 46, Griswold 34
  • Missouri Valley 47, Underwood 43
  • Treynor 44, Tri-Center 39

Rolling Hills:

  • Walnut 41, CAM 40
  • Adair-Casey 57, Ankeny Christian Academy 27
  • Exira-EHK 67, Orient-Macksburg 45
  • Iowa Christian Academy 47, Glidden-Ralston 28

Others:

  • Bedford 61, East Union 21
  • Carroll 76, A-D-M 49
  • Charter Oak-Ute 46, West Harrison 36
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard 45, Guthrie Center 26
  • Corning 68, Lenox 33
  • Abraham Lincoln 52, Sioux City North 44
  • Nodaway Valley 54, Mount Ayr 27
  • Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 60, Woodbine 33
  • OA-BCIG 57, IKM-Manning 53 (OT)
  • Sidney 49, Clarinda Academy 28
  • Sioux City West 61, Thomas Jefferson 31
  • Fremont-Mills 51, East Mills 30
  • Villisca 46, Stanton 43

Skyscan Forecast (podcast) 12-14-11

Podcasts, Weather

December 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Here’s the Freese-Notis Forecast for Atlantic, & the KJAN listening area…

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Santorum to visit Atlantic, Sunday, Dec. 18th

News

December 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Republican Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, from Pennsylvannia, will be in Atlantic Sunday evening (Dec. 18th),  on a campaign stop. Santorum will hold a “Cup of Coffee and Questions and Answers” session with area residents at the Farmer’s Kitchen Restaurant (319 Walnut Street), from 5:30- to 6:30-p.m.  Light refreshments will be served. The event is free, and open to the public.

Santorum is making the stop in Atlantic as part of his tour across the State this month. For more information on the Santorum and his position on the issues, visit www.ricksantorum.com.

Council Bluffs man arrested in Red Oak on drug-related charge

News

December 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak report one person was arrested Tuesday on a drug-related charge. 21-year old Mykal Jesi Keith, of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody in the 1100 block of East Coolbaugh Street, on a Simple Misdemeanor charge of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Keith was cited for the offense and released on $300 bond.

JOSEPH “JOE” FRUM, 91, of Avoca & formerly of the Omaha & Shelby areas (Svcs 12-17-11)

Obituaries

December 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

JOSEPH “JOE” FRUM, 91, of Avoca (& formerly of the Omaha & Shelby areas), died Wed., Dec. 14th, in Harlan. Funeral services for JOE FRUM will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Dec. 17th, at the Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Shelby.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 1-9pm Friday (12/16), where the family will be present from 6-8pm. 

Burial will be in the Shelby Cemetery in Shelby, IA.

JOE FRUM is survived by:

His wife – Violet, of Avoca.

His sons – Steve (Joan) Frum, of Shelby, & Barry (Phyllis) Frum, of Crescent.

7 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and his daughter-in-law.

Nat’l. Weather Svc forecast for Atlantic & the surrounding counties, 12-14-11

Weather

December 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Today: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 52. South southeast wind 7 to 10 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of rain before midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 27. West northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 33. Breezy, with a northwest wind between 10 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 15. North northwest wind between 4 and 7 mph becoming calm.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Calm wind becoming south southwest between 6 and 9 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 40.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 43.

Tuesday Boys High School Basketball Results

Sports

December 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Hawkeye 10:

  • Clarinda 63, Atlantic 59 (OT)
  • Harlan 64, Kuemper Catholic 61
  • Lewis Central 63, Denison-Schleswig 53
  • Creston 62, Shenandoah 29

Western Iowa:

  • Griswold 56, Audubon 48
  • Riverside 85, A-H-S-T 47
  • Treynor 66, Tri-Center 51
  • Underwood 56, Missouri Valley 48

Rolling Hills:

  • CAM 40, Walnut 38
  • Ankeny Christian Academy 55, Adair-Casey 41
  • Exira-EHK 50, Orient-Macksburg 36

Others:

  • A-D-M 55, Carroll 53
  • Bedford 73, Afton East Union 71
  • South Page 46, Essex 34
  • Corning 73, Lenox 41
  • Thomas Jefferson 80, Sioux City West 73
  • Nodaway Valley 58, Mount Ayr 48
  • Guthrie Center 53, Coon Rapids-Bayard 39
  • IKM-Manning 78, OA-BCIG 58
  • West Harrison 76, Charter Oak-Ute 72
  • Ridge View 53, Logan-Magnolia 50
  • Sidney 80, Clarinda Academy 76
  • Sioux City North 64, Abraham Lincoln 49
  • Stanton 60, Villisca 46
  • Fremont-Mills 63, East Mills 55
  • Woodward-Granger 61, Panorama 56

Homeland Security Representative to provide risk assessment for Atlantic Schools

News

December 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic School District Superintendent Mike Amstein said Tuesday, Atlantic Police Chief Steve Green has arranged for an official with the U-S Department of Homeland Security to tour the district’s schools and conduct a risk assessment for the various buildings. He says they are fortunate to have the representative come to the district, as it will give school officials a better idea of what’s working and what needs to be improved, with regard to security. The official will tour the district’s main buildings, along with those that are off-campus, like the Educational Opportunity Center (EOC), and Atlantic Head Start. It’s not clear when the assessments will take place.

On the same topic of security, the Atlantic School Board Tuesday, approved the first reading of a policy pertaining to the use of video cameras on school premises. Amstein said the idea for the policy came about after he spoke with the Board’s attorney, and based upon an article he read in a recent School Administrators of Iowa (SAI) newsletter. The school board currently has in-place a policy for video-taping on board the district’s buses, but there was no policy in-place for video surveillance in the schools, even though the cameras have been in use for some time.

Amstein says the article provided some specific guidelines the district can use when it comes to the handling of video evidence if an incident occurs in one of the school buildings or on school property.
He provided an example of how effective video surveillance can be to a district legally, by referring to an “incident” earlier this year, between a student and a faculty member. A surveillance camera caught the incident and recorded it. The video was requested by the police department as evidence in the case.

Atlantic School Board faces tough budget decisions

News

December 14th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The Atlantic School District’s Board of Education will have some tough decisions to make early next year when it comes to the 2012-2013 budget. Superintendent Mike Amstein said during Tuesday night’s Board meeting, the two-percent allowable growth tentatively approved by the Iowa Legislature may be eaten up by cuts in Federal Funding. A two-percent allowable growth for the Atlantic District amounts to about $140,000. But because the Congressional Super Committee failed to do its work at the federal level, the district could stand to lose up to $120,000 in funding due to automatic spending cuts. Some of the cuts he says, will affect Special Education, and Title Program, which is essentially a literacy program for at-risk children, such as free-and reduced lunch.

He says they could be looking at an 8-percent cut in entitlement programs, based on funding. Title One would lose about $20,000 in federal funding. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act – IDEA – Part B, would stand to lose $6,000, and, Special Education funding would lose about $95,000, for a total of about $121,000. In addition to the federal cuts, Amstein says there will be an increase in the cost of IPERS of .07-percent, which will become effective July 1st, 2012, and an increase in the amount the district pays for insurance, but how much that will be isn’t yet known.

Amstein says when the Board takes a look at their upcoming budget, they need to look at ways to watch their spending. The good news he says, is that the District has done some things this year to try and recover funds they have missed out on in previous years, which will help to buffer the costs. The Iowa Legislature may also end up passing additional funding for schools, but it’s too early to know for sure. Amstein says also, talks are progressing with the teacher’s association for a reasonable salary and benefits settlement.

He says the district is still in pretty good shape, but the Board needs to give some direction on what areas of the budget they want to protect, and areas where they can save, by the time their January meeting rolls around. He says they should also have a better idea of what the teacher’s union proposal will look like at that time.