Atlantic baseball and boys soccer have been affected by the rainy weather on Tuesday afternoon. The Atlantic baseball game that was scheduled at home against Nodaway Valley has been postponed.
Atlantic boys soccer is set to play Tri-Center at the Neola City Park for a pigtail game in the 1A Substate 8 bracket. Start time was originally set for 5:00 p.m. but they have delayed the start to 5:45 p.m. at the earliest, with hopes to at least start by 6:00 p.m.
LILLIE ANNA JOHNSON, 94, of Atlantic died Friday, May 13, 2022 at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Services for LILLIE ANNA JOHNSON will be held on Friday, May 20, 2022 at 11:00 am at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Atlantic. Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic is assisting the family.
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A brief time of visitation will be held 30 minutes prior to Friday’s service at the church.
A luncheon will be held immediately after the service followed by burial in the Atlantic Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the family for later designation to a college scholarship for Atlantic seniors pursuing a career in education.
The service will be live streamed and a link will be available at www.rolandfuneralservice.com the day of the service. If you are unable to view the livestream a recording of the service will be available the following day on the funeral home website.
Online condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com
LILLIE ANNA JOHNSON is survived by:
Children: Stanley (Jill) Johnson of Colorado and Steven (Shannon) Johnson of Texas.
6 Grandchildren
7 Great-Grandchildren
(Corning, Iowa) – Adams County ISU Extension and Outreach Summer Intern Haley Hart reports “AgSafety4u” is an online course designed for youth, 14 and 15 years of age who are seeking employment and must be certified to drive or operate tractors and machinery for hire. This program can be used for the classroom portion of the Hazardous Occupations Order for Agriculture (HOOA) safety certification program.
Extension Offices in Adams, Ringgold, Taylor and Union County are partnering with the Southwest Valley Ag Ed Program to provide the additional hands-on training that is required for issuing a US DOL certificate. Participants must complete the training online prior to attending the driving event on June 4. 
Visit https://ag-safety.extension.org/ and scroll down to find the “Online Safety Course” option. You will receive a certificate upon completion of the course; you must bring it with you to the driving day.
Cost: The online certificate course costs $10/person, and must be paid online before completing the course. There is no additional cost to attend the drive date.
Details: Driving to Complete US DOL requirements: Saturday, June 4 2022, from 8-a.m. to Noon at the Lenox Rodeo Grounds, 205 E. Iowa Street, Lenox IA. Registration deadline: Tuesday, May 31st. Contact a County Extension office listed below for the driving day. No late registrations will be accepted, due to scheduling.
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(Red Oak, Iowa) – Montgomery County Auditor and Commission of Elections, Stephanie Burke, says Montgomery County voters will be receiving postcards in the mail this week ahead of the Primary Election scheduled for June 7, 2022. Burke said the cards will be sent from the Iowa Secretary of State to update voters on their polling locations.
“Due to various circumstances, some voting locations will be different from where voters voted during previous elections,” Burke said. “The polling places affected are Precinct 2 and Precinct 5.” The new polling location for voters living in Precinct 2 will be at the Red Oak Gold Fair Building. The new polling location for voters living in Precinct 5 will be at the Elliott Community Building.
Auditor Burke reminds the voters that there is absentee voting in the Auditor’s office. “Absentee ballots will be available on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at the Auditor’s office and may be voted in the office until 5:00 p.m., Monday, June 6.” The Auditor’s office will also be open Saturday, June 4, 2022 from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
For more information about the 2022 Primary Election, contact the Montgomery County Auditor’s office at 712-623-5127 or visit the county website at www.montgomerycountyia.gov. Voters can also follow Montgomery County Auditor & Elections on Facebook.
Atlantic, IA – Cass Health officials have announced Shelley Paulsen, LPN, was honored with the DAISY Award during Nurses Week. A packed room of family, friends, and colleagues surprised her with a special ceremony to present the award. “I was shocked to walk into that room and see everyone there. While I don’t like being the center of attention, I am grateful for this recognition. I’ve always felt lucky to be a nurse and to be able to have such an impact on others,” said Paulsen.
Shelley Paulsen, LPN (Photo provided by Cass Health)
Paulsen has worked for 26 years at Atlantic Medical Center. She first joined the team as an immunization nurse, and she also worked with Dr. John Weresh until his retirement. Since then, she works daily with Scott Hixson, PA-C. Her nominator wrote, “Shelley needs to know just how truly amazing she is and that she has touched my life for many years at my lowest times in life and my highest times. I believe that God truly knew what he was doing with Shelley becoming a nurse and making our paths cross.” Paulsen commented, “I truly enjoy the patients and families we care for. I always try to treat them with respect and kindness, to let them know they are important to me, and that’s allowed me to develop a relationship with them over the years. It’s especially fun to see the babies I cared for bring their babies in to see us!” 
Nurses at Cass Health are honored twice annually with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.® The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. The DAISY Award committee at Cass Health wishes to thank all nominators for their submissions. Each nurse who was nominated will be presented with a special pin and a copy of the nomination.
The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.
This is one initiative of The DAISY Foundation to express gratitude to the nursing profession. Additionally, DAISY offers J. Patrick Barnes Grants for Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Projects, The DAISY Faculty Award to honor inspiring faculty members in schools and colleges of nursing, and The DAISY in Training Award for nursing students. More information is available at http://DAISYfoundation.org. An online nomination form is available at https://www.casshealth.org/daisy.
(Radio Iowa) [UPDATED] – Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that will significantly expand the number of Iowa gas stations that sell E-15 — fuel that has a 15 percent ethanol blend. “This historic bill makes Iowa the first state in the nation to adopt an E15 standard, setting the stage for the single largest expansion of biofuels in our state’s history,” Reynolds said, adding a whoop as the crowd around her applauded.
Stations that sell less than 300-thousand gallons of gasoline annually or have older tanks and pumping systems that are not compatible with ethanol can apply for waivers — but the rest will have to start selling E-15 by 2026. The law also requires most retailers that sell diesel to start selling B-20 — diesel with 20 percent of a soybean-based additive. Reynolds signed the bill on a farm near Prairie City.
Representatives of the biofuels industry and farm groups as well as several legislators were there. “For well over a year we’ve been working on different versions of this bill,” Reynolds said, “and the final product is truly a statement to the idea that good faith discussion, negotiation and compromise can pay off in a big way.” Reynolds says rather than electric vehicles, biofuels offer energy independence and security for the United States.
“Biofuels account for $4 billion of Iowa’s GDP and supports tens of thousands of jobs in our state. It powers our economy and fuels the world and this position of global leadership means this reverberates far beyond our borders,” Reynolds says. “When we talk, people listen and we’ve never spoke more loudly and more clearly than we are today.” Will Cannon, a district director in the Iowa Corn Growers Association, hosted the event at the century farm where he’s grown crops for the past 20 years.
“As a farmer here in the state of Iowa, this bill means a lot to me,” Cannon said. “Ethanol means a lot to me…Ethanol is one of those markets that helps to get good prices so someone like me has an opportunity to farm.” The law requires any gas stations that are built after January 1st of 2023 to sell E-15 immediately. The plan also includes additional state grants for stations that install blender pumps and equipment that can handle higher concentrations of ethanol and biodiesel. Tax credits for fuel retailers are in the legislation and it also doubles the biodiesel production tax credit.
“It makes needed improvements to our renewable fuels infrastructure program and, honestly, it couldn’t have come at a better time,” Reynolds said. “Iowans are anxious for alternatives.” The price of E-15 is about 10 cents less per gallon — sometimes lower in rural areas. E-15 is often identified at “Unleaded 88” on a pump — and someone from the Iowa Corn Growers Association brought cookies to the event that were decorated with the number 88.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors today (Tuesday), met during a regular session at the courthouse in Atlantic. During their meeting, the Board received a request for funding from the County’s share of ARPA (Covid-19) monies, for the Anita Volunteer Fire Department. Anita Fire Chief Eric Steffensen said they need some equipment for their squads and to transport patients down a stairs.
Steffensen said the past few years, they haven’t been able to conduct their annual fundraisers that would help their ambulance service, due to Covid.
He told the Board their current AED’s (Automatic External Defibrillators) are “well past their prime”for usefulness. The replacement devices are upgraded to monitor several vital statistics and transmit data to the hospital. The Board agreed Anita’s AED equipment should be upgraded, and approved the request for $65,000.
They heard from Griswold City Manager Ted Marciniak, who proposed a five-year extension (from 11-to 16-years) on the City’s TIF District (Tax Increment Financing) with regard to the Noble Initiatives DayCare Center Project. The Board previously approved $150,000 for the Daycare Project.
Marciniak said Noble Initiative will serve as the developers of a housing project in Griswold, in conjunction with the City. The Board was not asked to take action on the matter at this time. It has to be brought before Iowa Western Community College and the Griswold School District, before it can move forward. He was asked why the TIF needed to be extended for five-more years.
He said a normal initiative would not be ready until they receive a report from the Noble Initiative Engineers.
LaVon Eblen visits with Shiona Putnam about the Cass County Museum.
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The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a Carter Lake man, 43-year-old Kevin Michael Borg, turned himself-in to the Sheriff’s Office Monday afternoon. Borg was wanted on a warrant for Violation of Probation. He was booked into the Pott. County Jail. In other news, there were a few prisoners from other facilities transferred to the Pottawattamie County Jail to address warrants:
(Radio Iowa) – Legislation that aims to set up a grant program so police departments can get access to training and equipment will go before the U-S Senate Judiciary Committee this week. That panel’s ranking Republican, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, says he’s a co-sponsor of the Invest to Protect Act which is being introduced during National Police Week. “This would help smaller, local police departments recruit and retain officers,” Grassley says. “That’s something that I often hear from police departments as I travel the state, they’re having trouble finding and keeping police officers.”
The bill is designed to ensure police get needed training as well as access to body cameras and mental health resources. In the past few years, Grassley says police recruitment numbers have faltered. “This is partially because of dangerous, anti-law enforcement rhetoric that has emboldened criminals and, most importantly, demoralized the police,” Grassley says, “and demoralized police don’t work as efficiently as if they’re honored by the public.”
Crime rates rose in recent years, Grassley says, with some cities reporting that carjackings have tripled. Also, there’s been a rising sentiment in some populations to oppose the police, which Grassley says is a menacing trend. “I think a lot of these cities that were in revolt two years ago, that led to the slogan ‘Defund the police,’ I think they realize how big of a mistake it is,” Grassley says, “and we’re seeing a turnaround of funding police properly.”
The judiciary committee on Thursday will also consider a measure Grassley co-sponsored called the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act. It would set up mental health programs for America’s first responders, who often face long-term impacts from offering life-saving services during moments of crisis.
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