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Girls Golf: Atlantic Girls Top Harlan

Sports

April 24th, 2012 by Jim Field

4/23 vs Harlan @ Atlantic Golf & Country Club, back 9

Atlantic 199, Harlan 225

Medalist:  Brooke Fletcher, Atlantic – 45
Runnerup:  Kaitlynn Walter, Atlantic – 49

Other Atlantic scores:

Bailey Walter – 51
Shelby Worth – 54
Malachi Wickman – 78

Glenwood Coed Track Meet Results

Sports

April 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Girls Team Scores:

  1. Glenwood  157
  2. Atlantic  118
  3. Shenandoah  87
  4. Abraham Lincoln  84.5
  5. Thomas Jefferson  75.5
  6. St. Albert  37
  7. Lewis Central  30

Ali Krogman was a double winner for the Atlantic Trojann’s, with victories in the 3000 and the 1500.  Melanie Nielsen won the 200 meter race. Atlantic’s 4×400 team (Samantha Peterson, Ali Siggins, Amanda Gude, Alex Hartwig) took 1st place, also.

Alex Hartwig placed 2nd in the 400. The Trojann’s also had eight 3rd place finishes, including: Savannah Sorensen in the 3000; Melanie Nielsen in the 100; Samantha Peterson in the 800; Amanda Gude in the 400 hurdles.

A J-V meet will be held in Atlantic Thursday, April 26th, and the Annual Trojan-Trojann Relays take place Monday, April 30th.

Boys Team Scores:

  1. Glenwood  139
  2. Harlan  113
  3. Abraham Lincoln  83
  4. St. Albert  71
  5. Thomas Jefferson  46
  6. Shenandoah  43
  7. Atlantic  35
  8. Lewis Central  28

Tyler Hovey of Atlantic won both the shot and discus titles.

Both parties in House agree on approach to sex offenders

News

April 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Republicans and Democrats in the Iowa House have forged what they believe is a compromise that will let nursing home residents and their families know when registered sex offenders move into the home. It would also keep the state’s most violent sex offenders who’ve been kept in a special prison unit after their sentences have been served from being transferred to nursing homes. Representative Bruce Hunter, a Democrat from Des Moines, says it’s a good approach. “This issue does require kind of a fine, tight-roping act to make sure that we take care of some of our most vulnerable citizens of our state,” he says, “but yet make sure that we don’t trample over the rights of innocent people here.” The compromise plan passed the House Monday afternoon on a 97 to zero vote. Last week Democrats and Republicans in the Senate had a severe disagreement over this issue last week and it’s unclear whether the Democratically-led Senate will accept this latest plan developed in the House.

(O. Kay Henderson/Radio Iowa)

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: 4-24-12

Podcasts, Weather

April 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here’s the Freese-Notis (podcast) forecast for the KJAN listening area, and the weather stats for Atlantic….

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RUTH ARLEE WIGTON FOLEY, 94 (Svcs. 4-26-12)

Obituaries

April 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

RUTH ARLEE WIGTON FOLEY, 94, died Sun., April 22nd, at the Stuart Community Care Center. Funeral services for RUTH FOLEY will be held 10:30-a.m. Thu., April 26th, at the Johnson Family Funeral Home in Earlham.

The family will greet friends at the funeral home from 6-8pm Wed., April 25th.

Memorials may be directed to the Earlham Rescue Unit.

Burial will be in the Penn Center Cemetery.

RUTH FOLEY is survived by:

Evelyn Hougham, Billy (Becky) Foley, and Janet (Don) Cruikshank.

4 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 2-step great-grandchildren, her sister-in-law, and other relatives.

FRANCES L. ELIAS, 81, of Carlisle & formerly of Persia (Svcs. 4-25-12)

Obituaries

April 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

FRANCES L. ELIAS, 81, of Carlisle (& formerly of Persia), died Sat., April 21st, at the Carlisle Care Center. Funeral services for FRANCES ELIAS will be held 10-a.m. Wed., April 25th, at the United Methodist Church in Persia. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

Visitation at the Persia United Methodist Church will be held from 4-8pm Tue., April 24th, with the family greeting friends from 6-8pm, and a Prayer service at 7-p.m.

Burial will be in the Valley View Cemetery at Persia.

FRANCES ELIAS is survived by:

Her daughter – Ronda (daniel) Frost, of Carlisle.

Her brother – Don (Dee) Spracklin, of Valley, NE.

and 2 grandchildren.

Wet weather hampers corn planting in Iowa

Ag/Outdoor, News

April 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa farmers are off to slow start in planting corn as cool, wet weather hampers the progress. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says nine percent of Iowa’s corn crop is now planted, behind the five-year average of 16 percent. Less than one percent of the soybean crop is in the ground. The USDA says last week’s weather was unfavorable for planting, and farmers are waiting for fields to dry out. However, the rain improved soil moisture, with topsoil at 88 percent adequate or surplus. Subsoil moisture also improved. Temperatures ranged from the upper 20s to the 70s The report says normal rainfall during the week, just shy of an inch, was exceeded in the northern half of Iowa and came up short in the southern half.

ISU Coach Talks About QB’s and Shontrell Johnson

Sports

April 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Iowa State will go into fall practice with sophomore Jared Barnett and senior Steele Jantz still battling at the quarterback position after spring ball. Cyclone coach Paul Rhoads says that’s not unusual. “Even without having a couple of guys like we have, that have that experience that you know what each one brings, I don’t know if the springtime every gives you enough time — and situations more accurately — to put your guys in and say this is our guy,” Rhoads says. He says you have to split up the snaps and you don’t have the full playbook in spring and that makes it tougher to narrow things down. Rhoads says Barnett definitely has everyone’s attention when he is in the game.

“I think Steel Jantz has the ability to make more plays because of his capability and his ability to improvise on the run,” Rhoads says. He says the team recognizes the competition and understands it and they know it will make them stronger. Whoever ends up starting at quarterback, there’s still a question mark as to whether they’ll be handing off to Shontrell Johnson. Rhoads says Johnson can work out, but can’t take part in the seven-on-seven drills as he continues to recover from a neck injury.

“He is fully cleared running, lifting and to do everything else with the team, he’s not cleared yet to do anything football wise,” Rhoads explains. He says anything involving contact is out until the doctors look at things again in July and then decided if he will be cleared. Rhoads says he can’t say for sure if the junior tailback will be cleared. “You know speculation is probably that he will get cleared, but until that final round of x-rays is taken and viewed, we’ll just sit back and wait and see and let the young man train like he is gonna play,” Rhoads says. Johnson was hurt in the Texas game last year and had run for 247 yards before being knocked out of action.

Another Record Crowd Expected at 103rd Drake Relays

Sports

April 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Ticket sales for this week’s 103rd running of the Drake Relays are described as “brisk.” Drake Associate Athletic Director Dennis Francois says – barring bad weather – the stands should be packed both Friday and Saturday.”We’re definitely preparing for record crowds again,” Francois said. “We had a record year last year in terms of attendance and we had four beautiful days of weather. It looks like we might have a little chance of rain on Friday, but as always, we’ll run it right through and without any lightning, we’ll keep things on schedule.” Just over 14,000 people attended the Drake Relays on Saturday LAST year, which amounted to a sell out. “This year, how we’re going to fair against that will be determined by our walk-up crowd. We had a big uptick today with the high school (participants) announced over the weekend,” Francois said. One of the first big Drake Relays events, the pole vault, will be held Wednesday night inside Jordan Creek Mall in West Des Moines. The heptathlon and decathlon begin on Thursday, with the bulk of the Drake Relays events scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Forecast for Cass & area Counties in IA: April 24, 2012 – Nat’l. Wx Svc.

Weather

April 24th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

333 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGH MID MORNING…THEN MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WARMER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT.

TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. WARMER. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MIDNIGHT THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. COOLER. HIGH IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

THURSDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER. LOW IN THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

FRIDAY…CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 50S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

FRIDAY NIGHT…SHOWERS LIKELY. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 60 PERCENT.