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Atlantic Cross Country Invite is Thursday

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October 3rd, 2011 by Jim Field

Atlantic Cross Country Invitational – Thursday, October 6th, 2011 at Nishna Hills Golf Course

The saying goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”  For Senior Ali Krogman it should be,” The more things stay the same, the more they change!”  Ali has already established her self as the most successful male or female cross country runner in Atlantic history, and is currently ranked No. 4 in 3A.  In 2011, she has run very well with comparable performances to her undefeated sophomore season in which she grabbed a state title.  While her performances have stayed the same, her competition has changed a great deal.
Going into Thursday’s home meet, she faces two huge obstacles.  Rebecca Topham of Griswold and Madison Waymire of DCG are ranked
first in 1A and 3A respectively and many feel they are the 2 best runners in the state, regardless of class.  Topham is undefeated and incredibly no one has come within a minute of her all year.  Waymire won the multi-state Roosevelt Invite defeating the top 2 runners in class 4A by more than 20 seconds. Fans who come out should be treated to quite a race.
DCG is the girls team favorite, but rated teams Harlan, Griswold, Sheanandoah-Essex and Tri Center make it a very competitive meet..Add to that a good L.C. team and an improving Atlantic team and this should be the toughest 26 team field ever.
Tee Jay is a big favorite to win the boys title. Rated teams Shenandoah-Essex and Riverside should challenge. After the first 3 places, it should be wide open with DCG, Winterset, Harlan, L.C., Creston, A.L., and the host Trojans all in the mix.    The individual favorites are Sean Skillern of Shenandoah-Essex, Cade Cleveland and John Gunderson of Riverside, Kyle McGlade of T Jay, and Trevor Turner of Winterset.

Schedule is below
4:00    Middle school girls
4:15    middle school boys
4:30     J.V. Boys
5:00    Varsity Girls
5:30    Varsity Boys
6:00    J.V. girls

Atlantic varsity runners are listed below.

Girls    Ali Krogman, Alex Hartwig, Katie Blake, Liz Siggins, Alisha Hinzmann, Karly Monson, and Malachi Wickman

Boys    Corey Whitt, Tian Siggins, Josiah Williams, Sam Bateman, Preston Hoye, Derek Von Seggern, and Blake Esbeck or Ryan McDermott

— Submitted by Bruce Henderson

HAROLD JOSEPH NIHSEN, 84, of Shelby (svcs 10-4-11)

Obituaries

October 3rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

HAROLD JOSEPH NIHSEN, 84, of Shelby, died Sat., Oct. 1st, at the Methodist Hospital. Funeral services for HAROLD NIHSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Oct. 4th, at the Minden United Church of Christ in Minden. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 5-8pm Mon., Oct. 3rd, with the family present.

Burial will be in the Minden Cemetery.

HAROLD NIHSEN is survived by:

His wife – Erma (Horstmeyer) Nihsen, of Shelby.

His sons – Robert (Dixie) Nihsen, of Shelby, & Don (Rhonda Day) Nihsen, of Grenta, NE.

His daughters – Barb Schwarz & Bev Nihsen, both of Omaha, NE.

His brothers – Harley (Shirley) Nihsen, & Paul (Judy) Nihsen, of Minden; Grant (Lois) Nihsen, of Crescent, & Elden (Beth) Nihsen, of Council Bluffs.

17 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and his sister-in-law.

Review will be launched this week into Corps of Engineers’ handling of Missouri River

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October 3rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

A review of the U-S Army Corps of Engineers’ management of the Missouri River begins this week, in the wake of this summer’s record flooding. Witt Anderson, director of programs for the Corps’ Northwestern Division, is overseeing the process and says the Corps will provide information but will also allow the review panel free reign. “A very high, important principle for us is that is does have independence and the integrity is maintained,” Anderson says. “They have to be able to do the work as they see fit and do it unfettered by influence from the Corps or anyone else.”

Anderson says the Corps is also analyzing what would have happened under different management scenarios. For example, if the Corps had released water from upstream reservoirs earlier this year to free up storage space for flood waters, would the region have been as devastated? “That information, coupled with this review by this independent panel, will help us have a dialogue in the basin about…future operations,” Anderson says. “That then leads to questions like, is it time to go back to Congress to seek new authority or do we need resources to do something else?”

The four-member panel includes scientists from the National Weather Service, U-S Geological Survey, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Colorado State University. Critics have accused the Corps of failing to work aggressively enough to prevent flooding. Anderson says information gleaned from the review may be used to ask Congress for new direction on managing the Missouri River. The review officially begins tomorrow (Tuesday) and results are expected in early December.

(Radio Iowa)

Santorum says Florida’s move means he’s more focused on Iowa

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October 3rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum says moving the opening voting contests in the presidential campaign earlier puts lesser-known candidates like him at a disadvantage. A panel in Florida has decided to hold that state’s primary on January 31st, a move which means Iowa’s Caucuses won’t be held as scheduled on February 6th, but will be moved much earlier.

“I can’t say that I was pleased that Florida did what they did. I think it was no question about it, it was to the benefit of the leading candidates,” Santorum said Sunday. “You know, it takes a game that was 60 minutes and turns it into 45 minutes and, of course, if you’re ahead, you’d like the game to be played tomorrow.” Santorum’s campaign strategy was already heavily weighted toward a better-than-expected finish in an early state like Iowa, and Santorum says Florida’s decision makes a good finish in the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary an even bigger prize.

“You’re only going to have a couple of candidates that are going to have the ability to compete in Florida. The rest of the candidates are going to have to focus even more so on these early primary states because of the compressed time frame,” Santorum said. “…I think it’s going to end up Florida getting less attention, not more attention.” Santorum participated in an old-fashioned baseball game at Living History Farms in Urbandale on Sunday afternoon. He’s campaigning in Clarion, Grundy Center, Toledo and Vinton later today (Monday). Rival candidate Michele Bachmann will campaign in western Iowa this afternoon, with stops in Sioux City and Council Bluffs.

(Radio Iowa)

Congressman King back from Greece, Turkey, Cyprus

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October 3rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Congressman Steve King has just returned from a trip to Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. King was part of a congressional delegation. “To look at the friction that’s emerging there between Turkey and Greece — two of our NATO allies that seem to be lining up a little bit against one another,” King says. “And the friction exists in Cyprus because of the Turk and the Greek influence in divided Cyprus, so all of those things were extraordinarily interesting.” King says it’s important to know what’s happening in that part of the world right now.

“If Greece’s economy should collapse, then that indicates that there’s a high-risk of a domino or chain-reaction effect which could go through Italy and Spain and Portugal,” King says, “perhaps Ireland and Belgium and other countries.” King was returning to the United States when news broke that key al Qaida operatives in Yemen had been assassinated.

“I’m glad to add my voice to the entire Iowa delegation in encouragement of the administration and our military and our CIA and all of the people out there with their lives on the line,” King says. “They have landed a severe blow to the al Qaida network.” Others, like Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, have said the slain al Qaida leaders had rights, because they were American citizens, and the Obama administration violated the constitution with the assassinations. King disagrees with that assertion.

“If they are attacking and killing us, of course we have to strike back,” King says. “That’s what the president’s done and I support his move.” On Friday, the four other congressmen from Iowa made statements of support for the action in Yemen.

(Radio Iowa)

Iowa mail processing center closes despite fight

News

October 3rd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Sioux City mail processing center has closed despite attempts to save it. The final pieces of mail went through the center on Saturday morning. Operations are being transferred to a processing center in Sioux Falls, S.D. The postal service announced the consolidation decision in June as part of its plan to cut its staggering losses. Iowa’s congressional delegation and others tried to fight the closure. Postal officials have said local mail delivery will not be affected by the move. However, Sioux City will lose about 70 jobs.

JUDY KULLA, 78, of Audubon (svcs 10-5-11)

Obituaries

October 2nd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

JUDY KULLA, 78, of Audubon, died Sat., Oct. 1st, at St. Anthony’s Regional Hospital in Carroll. Funeral services for JUDY KULLA will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., Oct. 5th, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where family visitation will be at 7-p.m. Tue., Oct. 4th.

Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

JUDY KULLA is survived by:

Her husband – Ernie Kulla, of Audubon.

Her son – Craig (Nancy) Kulla.

1 grandson, her sister-in-law, other relatives and friends.

EDWARD T. HOOBIN, JR., 76, of Panora (svcs 10-4-11)

Obituaries

October 2nd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

EDWARD T. HOOBIN, JR., 76, of Panora, died Thu., Sept. 29th, at the New Homestead in Guthrie Center. Funeral services for EDWARD HOOBIN, JR., will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Oct. 4th, at the Panora United Methodist Church. Twigg Funeral Home in Panora has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 5-8pm Mon., Oct. 3rd, with the family present.

Burial will be at the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines, beginning at 2:30-pm Tuesday.

F. RAYMOND BURNHAM, JR., 87, of Griswold (svcs 10-4-11)

Obituaries

October 2nd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

F. RAYMOND BURNHAM, JR. , age 87, of Griswold, died Sat., Oct. 1st, at the Griswold Care Center. Funeral services for RAYMOND BURNHAM, JR., will be held 10:30-a.m. Tue., Oct. 4th, in the Griswold United Methodist Church. Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold has the arrangements.

An open visitation will be held at the funeral home, where a Masonic service is at 6-p.m. Monday, followed by visitation with the family, until 7:30-p.m. Online condolences may be left at www.duhnfuneral.com

Burial, with military honors, will be in the Flint Cemetery.

F. RAYMOND BURNHAM is survived by:

His wife – Jean.

His daughter – Nancy Hering, of Oakland.

His son – Nate (Annette) Burnham, of Ankeny.

His sisters – Betty Jean (Randall) Goettsch, of Villisca, & Carolyn Johnk, of Hancock.

5 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren; his sister-in-law, other relatives, and friends.

Assault arrest in Montgomery County

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October 2nd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

An Elliott man was arrested early Sunday morning in Montgomery County, on an assault charge. Sheriff’s officials say 32-year old Joshua L. Franzen was taken into custody at around 3:15-a.m., after authorities investigated a domestic disturbance incident at a residence in rural Elliott.

Franzen was located at the residence and arrested on a charge of Simple Assault. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail, and held on $300 bond.