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MARIAN M. FROKER, 92, of Exira, died Thursday, Nov. 4th, at the Community Care Center, in Stuart. Funeral services for MARIAN FROKER will be held 2-p.m. Monday, Nov. 8th, at the Kessler Funeral Home in Exira.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is from 1-p.m. Monday, until the time of service (at 2-p.m.)
Burial is in the Exira Cemetery.
MARIAN FROKER is survived by her:
Daughters – Mary (Tom) Jourdan, of Omaha; Jana (Denny) Danielson, of Moline,IL.; Nadine (Brian) Ingwers, of Stuart, & Karen (Kyle) Knapp, of Madison, NE.
Brother – Robert (Nerita) Sorensen, of Walnut.
Several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
The Red Oak Police Department reports two people were arrested Friday on separate charges of Driving While Suspended. Officials say 42-year-old James LeRoy Shirley, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 10-p.m. in the 200 block of N. Broadway Street. And, 42-year-old Brianna Nedean Gasper, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 7-p.m. Friday, in the 600 block of E. Washington Street, in Red Oak. Bond for both drivers was set at $491.25, each.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 67. South southwest wind 6 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. South wind 6 to 8 mph.
Sunday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a south wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 61. Our Low was 39. Last year on this date, the High was 76 and the Low was 32. The Record High was 77 in 1915, and the Record Low was 9, in 1991.
(Region) – The end of Daylight Saving Time takes place early Sunday morning. We’ll turn the clocks back an hour, and in return (in theory), we get and extra hour of sleep. Daylight Saving Time (DST), sometimes incorrectly called by the plural Daylight Savings Time, concludes at 2 a.m. local time, on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.
The number of daylight hours will continue to get shorter until the winter solstice starts on Dec. 21st. Afterward, the length of days will then begin to increase until the summer solstice on June 21, 2022. But the days will actually begin to feel a bit longer two weeks before the solstice. That’s because the earliest sunset of the year happens before the solstice, and in 2021, it occurs on Tuesday, December 7.
The changeover to Standard Time (CST) is usually when fire officials recommend changing your smoke detector batteries, which typically last about six-months.
(Villisca, Iowa) – City officials in Villisca, Friday, reported that a Boil Advisory that had been in effect since Wednesday, is no longer in effect.
Residents in two areas of town were being asked to boil water following water main work conducted earlier in the week.
(Radio Iowa) – Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa says she’s opposed to having the federal government negotiate to lower the prices of prescription medicine covered by Medicare. Democrats have inserted this proposal in a bill that was voted upon, Friday. Miller-Meeks, an eye doctor, says prescription drug cost controls would interfere with the doctor-patient relationship.
“When we give the government more control, we undermine what a physician — all of their knowledge, all of their experience, that of our compounding pharmacists, those with health care experience — and how they can prescribe the best treatments for their patients,” Miller-Meeks said during an online forum organized by the House GOP Leader’s office, “so it’s a tremendous concern to all of us — not just price, but also access to care, but also access to quality care.”
Marianette Miller-Meeks. (photo from Miller-Meeks office.)
The VA has been able to negotiate the prices for prescription drugs for veterans under the agency’s care, but this would be the first time Medicare could negotiate prices for some of the medications prescribed to Americans over the age of 65. The plan would cover only the most expensive drugs and pricing negotiations wouldn’t start until 2023. Miller-Meeks suggested it’s a slippery slope. While Miller-Meeks did not directly cite medications that have primarily been used to treat malaria or to deworm livestock, she criticized regulations during the pandemic which have prevented doctors from prescribing alternative drugs for Covid patients.
“We’ve had governors make decisions over what drugs doctors can prescribe their patients under the penalty of doctors losing their license,” Miller-Meeks said. “We’ve seen government bureaucracy interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, whether it’s prescribing treatments, what they can get through hospitalization.”
BILL MILLS, 78, of Manning, died Friday, Nov. 5th, at home. Funeral services for BILL MILLS will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Nov. 10th, at the United Methodist Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Tue., Nov. 9th, from 5-until 7-p.m., and on Wednesday, from 9:30-a.m. until the time of service, at the United Methodist Church in Manning.
Burial is in the Manning Cemetery.
BILL MILLS is survived by:
His wife – Patricia Mills, of Manning.
His daughter – Karol Dammann (& Brad Otto), of Manning.
His son – Scott (Carrie) Mills, of Des Moines.
His sister – Joy Ann (Jim) Bennett, of Washington.
Several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Team listed last will be the home team.
EIGHT-PLAYER
10:00— Audubon (10-1) vs. CAM, Anita (11-0)
1:00— Easton Valley (11-0) vs. St. Mary’s, Remsen (11-0)
CLASS A
10:00-East Buchanan, Winthrop (10-1) vs. West Hancock, Britt (11-0)
1:00—Woodbury Central, Moville (10-1) vs. Grundy Center (10-1)
CLASS 4A
4:00—Lewis Central (9-2) vs. Waverly-Shell Rock (10-1)
7:00—Winterset (9-2) vs. Xavier, CR (10-1)
CLASS 1A
10:00—Beckman Catholic, Dyersville (11-0) vs. Van Meter (11-0)
1:00—Dike-New Hartford (11-0) vs. West Sioux, Hawarden (10-1)
CLASS 5A
4:00—Ankeny (9-2) vs. Valley, West Des Moines (9-2)
7:00—Iowa City, City High (10-1) vs. Southeast Polk (10-1)
CLASS 2A
10:00—Southeast Valley (10-1) vs. Waukon (10-1)
1:00—Williamsburg (8-3) vs. West Lyon, Inwood (9-2)
CLASS 3A
4:00—Solon (11-0) vs. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (11-0)
7:00—Harlan (11-0) vs. Humboldt (11-0)
POD #1
Southeast Polk 38, Dowling Catholic, W.D.M. 28
POD #2
Iowa City, City High 32, Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 13
POD #3
Valley, West Des Moines 40, Pleasant Valley 14
POD #4
Ankeny 37, Prairie, Cedar Rapids 7
POD #1
Winterset 28, Decorah 19
POD #2
Xavier, Cedar Rapids 24, Webster City 13
POD #3
Waverly-Shell Rock 36, Bondurant-Farrar 25
POD #4
Lewis Central 35, Indianola 21
POD #1
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 50, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 14
POD #2
Humboldt 42, Independence 21
POD #3
Harlan Community 38, Nevada 0
POD #4
Solon 23, West Delaware 19
POD #1
West Lyon, Inwood 24, Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 7
POD #2
Southeast Valley 34, OABCIG 28
POD #3
Williamsburg 32, West Marshall, State Center 6
POD #4
Waukon 28, North Fayette Valley 14
POD #1
West Sioux, Hawarden 31, Underwood 14
POD #2
Van Meter 31, ACGC 13
POD #3
Dike-New Hartford 38, Sigourney/Keota 14
POD #4
Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 35, MFL MarMac 6
POD #1
West Hancock, Britt 27, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 0
POD #2
Woodbury Central, Moville 26, Logan-Magnolia 7
POD #3
Grundy Center 28, North Tama, Traer 7
POD #4
East Buchanan, Winthrop 12, Wapsie Valley, Fairbank 0