Rob Kauffman has bought interest in Ganassi Team. Kauffman is currently co-owner of Michael Waltrip Racing but has agreed to buy an interest in Chip Ganassi Racing. Both organizations presently field two cars in the Sprint Cup Series. In a statement released Thursday, M-W-R said the companies would continue to operate separately for the remainder of the 2015 season but offered no details on 2016 and beyond.
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Police Request Assistance Locating Wanted Fugitive
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The Ottumwa Police Department is requesting the assistance in locating a wanted fugitive. Jason Michael Sines, age 35, is wanted on charges of Harassment and Violation of a Restraining Order out of Wapello County, Iowa. Sines is also wanted out of Wisconsin for Failure to Report to Jail on a Felony. Sines is describes as a white male, 6 feet tall, approximately 200 pounds, green eyes, and bald.
Sines frequents the east end of Ottumwa and has been seen driving an older model white Lexus passenger car with Polk County license plates. If anyone has information concerning the whereabouts of Sines, they are encouraged to contact the Ottumwa Police Department or their local police agency.
Please note the following pursuant to recent Supreme Court rulings:
“A criminal charge is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.”
July 31st: On This Day
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On this day in 2001, Toby Keith sang at the White House for President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush as part of the PBS Special In Performance At The White House.
Miranda Lambert Plays Special Unplugged Show
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Miranda Lambert got her friends together at Nashville’s intimate 3rd and Lindsley Venue on Tuesday night (7/28) for a special unplugged preview of her upcoming fall “Roadside Bars And Pink Guitars” tour. The show featured performances by her fall tour mates Raelynn, Clare Dunn and Courtney Cole, as well as a special appearance by Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild.
MCRF Partnerships Allow For Top Quality Facilities
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With over 10 years of play, MCRF Facilities Manager, Chad Rietveld, and crew is dedicating time this summer to replacing sections of sod at the 5-plex baseball/softball fields location at the Lacey Recreation Complex. William Penn University generously donated the sod and Musco supplied extra hands to help with the tedious process of laying the new grass. MCRF is grateful to have community partners donate time and materials to maintain the top level status of the facility. To allow for the sod to take root and have successful growth, the 5-plex facility will be closed to the public until late August.
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Oskaloosa Skateboard Competition On Saturday
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The Oskaloosa Urban Park will host their first ever skateboard competition on Saturday August 1st. MCRF has been working closely with the youth skaters and parent committee to plan for a recreational competition which will consist of three age groups: 12 and under, 13 to 17, and 18 & up categories. Wall certificates and prizes will be given to first, second and third place in each category. Vendors on site will include Patriot Catering and Sno Biz. Drinks have been provided by Mahaska and HyVee. Eduskate skate team from Cedar rapids will send 6 team members to judge the competition. The competition starts at 11AM with registration beginning at 9 AM. It is free to participate and helmets are required.
This will be the first competition at Oskaloosa Urban Park downtown thanks to sponsors MCRF, Penn Central Mall, HyVee, Eduskate, Mahaska, and InVivo. BMX and scooter could be future competitions. Come out and join the fun, buy your lunch or a snow cone, get a free drink, even win a skateboard deck from InVivo or gift certificates and other gifts! If you can pop, flip, grind, or just like the sport come Sk8 with us on Saturday!
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Cup Team Penalized
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Premium Motorsports, which competes in the Sprint Cup Series, has been penalized by NASCAR after an unattached weight fell from Timmy Hill’s Number-98 Ford during practice six days ago at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Crew chief Scott Eggleston was fined twenty-five thousand dollars. He and car chief Kevin Eagle have been suspended from Sunday’s Windows Ten 400 at Pocono Raceway and placed on probation through December 31st. Car owner Mike Curb has been docked fifteen championship points. Hill finished forty-first among forty-three drivers in last Sunday’s Brickyard 400.
July 30th: On This Day
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On this day in 1985, Alabama’s albums Mountain Music and Feels So Right were certified Quadruple Platinum, while their album The Closer You Get was certified Triple Platinum. Mountain Music was not only a huge success on the country charts, put crossed over to the pop charts as well, hitting number one. In 1998, Mountain Music was certified 5X Platinum.
Eric Church To Be Subject of HOF Museum
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Eric Church will become the subject of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s next cameo exhibition opening September 18th. The “Eric Church: Inside The Outsider” exhibit runs through February 2016 and will spotlight Eric’s path room childhood to becoming a succesful country act who fills arenas, amphitheaters and stadiums every night.
William Penn’s Rule, Utt, Honored by New Conference
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Two members of Statesmen Nation will be up for national consideration this fall after earning nominations from the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
Junior men’s basketball player Jesse Utt received the HAAC’s honor for the male Emil Liston Award, while women’s golf coach Nik Rule was named the league’s recipient of the Coach of Character Award. The awards are part of the NAIA’s yearly recognition; the national winners will be announced in September.
Utt played in 17 games as a sophomore, scoring 45 points with 36 rebounds (shot 51.6{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} from the field). He is already a two-time academic all-conference selection.
The Liston Award is named in honor of the NAIA’s first executive secretary and has been presented annually since 1950 to one junior men’s and women’s basketball player who has shown high athletic and scholastic achievement.
Rule has paced the Statesmen linksters to two consecutive conference crowns and two berths to the NAIA National Championships (placed 15th and 12th). The two-time league Coach of the Year has guided his group to great success off the course as well as WPU has claimed two Buffalo Funds Champions of Character Awards.
The Coach of Character Award is given to a head coach of an NAIA institution who has been outstanding in embracing the five core values of the NAIA Champions of Character initiative, using methods of teaching character through sport, and in community leadership through volunteering or service.
It is the fourth time a member of William Penn’s staff has earned the conference or regional Coach of Character Award. Rule also received the Dr. LeRoy Walker Champions of Character Award as a player back in 2008.
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