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The biggest crowd of the season will be on hand Saturday night at the Iowa Speedway when the NASCAR Nationwide Series makes its second stop of the season with the running of the U-S Cellular 250. Iowa Speedway CEO Doug Fritz says tickets for the event are going fast. He encourages fan to log on to www.iowaspeeedway.com or call 1-866-RUSTYGO to order tickets and get more information. Fritz says they will try to accommodate as many fans as possible, by installing some temporary seating. Saturday night’s race will be carried by ESPN2. Fritz says the network does a great job of promoting the event and Iowa, its business and culture. The racing action begins Friday night with a NASCAR K&N Pro Series race.
(Radio Iowa)
JOSEPH B. DIMIG, 86, of Atlantic, died Mon., July 30th, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Funeral services for JOSEPH DIMIG will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., Aug. 4th, at the Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family will take place from 6:30-8pm Fri., Aug. 3rd, at the funeral home, where a Scriptural Wake service begins at 6-p.m.
Burial will be in the Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery.
JOSEPH DIMIG is survived by:
His wife – Dorothy, of Atlantic.
LONA A. FLEMING, 81, of Atlantic, died Mon., July 30th, at the Atlantic Nursing & Rehab Center. Services for LONA FLEMING will be held at 2-p.m. Sat., Aug. 4th, at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.
There is no scheduled visitation.
LONA FLEMING is survived by:
Her children – Dennis Fleming, of Williamsburg, VA; Rebecca Fleming, of Boston, MA; Connie Coleman, of Lake View, AR; & John Fleming, of Atlantic.
7 grandchildren & 9 great-grandchildren.
VERN W. JENSEN, 91, of Audubon, died Sun., July 29th, at the Friendship Home in Audubon. Funeral services for VERN JENSEN will be held 2-p.m. Thu., Aug. 2nd, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where a family visitation begins at 6-p.m., Wednesday.
Burial will be in the Maple Grover Cemetery in Audubon.
VERN JENSEN is survived by:
His wife – Marie Jensen, of Audubon.
His son – Lee (Linda) Jensen, of Audubon.
3 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, a step-grandson, other relatives & friends.
A traffic stop early this (Tuesday) morning in Montgomery County resulted in the arrest of a teen on drug charges. Sheriff’s officials say 17-year old Kaylie Hudson, of Red Oak, was pulled over at around 2:20-a.m. The teen was taken into custody on a charge of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, after items were located in her vehicle. The teen was also processed at the Montgomery County Jail on a juvenile pick up order. Hudson was subsequently transported to the Juvenile Detention Center in Council Bluffs, where she will be held pending further court action.
Here’s the Freese-Notis forecast for Atlantic, and the KJAN listening area, and weather data for Atlantic from KJAN News Director, Ric Hanson…
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Iowa livestock farmers who’ve seen their pastures dry up and their hay supply dwindle may be able to find another source to feed their animals. Corn stalks can be chopped up and turned into silage. Daniel Loy, a livestock specialist with Iowa State University’s Extension Service, says the corn stalks must have about 60 to 70 percent moisture and stalks that look dry often have that much moisture inside. “The key to quality harvest of silage is to exclude the oxygen…cover it with plastic or other material so that they can exclude as much oxygen as possible, and then it goes through a fermentation process which is almost exactly like pickling,” Loy says. That pickling process takes about three or four weeks.
“It will develop enough acidity and drop the pH to a level that actually will fight off the microorganisms that might cause it to deteriorate,” Loy says. “It becomes stable at that point and that’s why, if you’ve ever smelled corn silage, it has that sweet/sour aroma which is very much similar to what you would find in your pickle jar.” You can’t just go out in a field and start chopping with a mower, however. It takes special equipment to cut silage. “There are custom operators that will bag silage and put it into a big plastic bag which is kind of a silo-on-the-spot and there are also custom operators that will do the chopping and delivery,” Loy says, “so if producers aren’t really set up to harvest and store silage, there are opportunities for custom operators to help them do that.” But not every corn field that’s judged a total loss for the farmer who wanted to harvest the corn in bushels can be sold as tons of silage.
Some crop insurance policies bar farmers from chopping the corn plants for resale as silage. In other fields the nitrogen content of the corn stalks may be too high to be fed to livestock. But Loy says that four-week process of converting the chopped corn into pickled silage cuts the nitrogen levels. “That can reduce the nitrates that (are) in the plant material by 30 to 80 percent, depending on the quality of the fermentation,” Loy says. “So between diluting with other feed stuffs, between the reduction in nitrate that occurs during the ensiling process, the risk can be decreased quite substantially.” Loy advises farmers to visit with an expert if they’ve never chopped silage before and to check with an advisor before feeding silage to their livestock for the first time. Go to www.radioiowa.com to find a link to I-S-U Extension resources about silage.
(Radio Iowa)
The company that wrote thousands of bad checks to buy gold and other valuables at antique shows on the Iowa border and nationwide has had an “F” rating for years with the Better Business Bureau. Treasure Hunters Roadshow held a four-day event in Nebraska City, Nebraska, earlier this month, drawing flocks of people from both sides of the Missouri River who sold heirlooms — and got rubber checks in return. Jim Hegarty, president and CEO of the region’s Better Business Bureau, says this Roadshow company is bad news. “Unfortunately, they’ve been all over the United States and we’ve received complaints from everywhere about this company,” Hegerty says. In three years, the bureau has recorded more than 200 complaints about the company, all focusing on insufficient funds. Hegarty says the Roadshow had been cooperating with the bureau, until recently.
“There was a while where the company was actually responding to BBB disputes by claiming that replacement checks were being issued,” he says, “but as of last week, the company has ceased responding to these complaints, which is not good news.” The Treasure Hunters Roadshow, owned by THR and Associates of Springfield, Illinois, was in Nebraska City from July 3rd through the 7th, buying jewlery and coins and writing checks to customers. Reports show the company cut 94 checks totaling more than $37,000 at the event south of Omaha. Many of the checks bounced. Amounts ranged from just a few bucks to $19,000. If you’re going to take part in this sort of on-the-spot sales event, he says you’d be wise to do a little research first.
“It is really important if you’re considering selling gold or silver or valuables of any kind — or doing business with any company for any reason — to take time and check them out with the BBB before doing so.” To file a complaint in this case, contact the Nebraska office of the Better Business Bureau or the Otoe County Attorney’s office. Hegarty’s office serves Nebraska, South Dakota and southwest Iowa and has more than 65-hundred member companies in the region. Learn more at the website: iowa.bbb.org
(Radio Iowa)
338 AM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012
TODAY…SUNNY…HOT. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 70. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HOT. HIGH IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH. HIGHEST HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 90S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S.
FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 90S.
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.
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