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Mahaska County Supervisors Talk Roads, Memorial Day

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The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met for a very brief meeting Monday morning.

The main topic of the day turned out to be the secondary roads budget.

Dave Shanahan with Mahaska County Secondary Roads spoke with the Supervisors about a budget amendment that was needed before the new fiscal year that begins in July.

Chair Willie Van Weelden had several questions regarding why certain roads and items are being done before the items that are being brought up for the amendment.

According to Van Weelden, there are a few roads that have been recently serviced despite there being a lack of traffic on the road.

Shanahan explained that those are still listed as “Class A” roads, meaning that those roads have a higher priority than some of these other projects. He also said that if the Supervisors have questions on why certain roads are at Class A status, they can go through a process to have that lowered to a lower classification.

The vote passed on a 2-1 margin, with Van Weelden voting against, believing the remaining budget money could be enough if used wisely before July.

The Board also approved the use of the Mahaska County Courthouse flag poles for the Memorial Day Observance on the square. This event will be on the square for the first time. It was held at Forest Cemetery previously.

The Board also held a public hearing regarding a new ordinance, which is establishing a policy for construction and reconstruction of county roadways. This is something that Shanahan said all counties are doing and it is mainly to state that Mahaska County is following the Iowa Department of Transportation code.

The next scheduled meeting of the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors will be held on Monday, May 16, at the Mahaska County Courthouse. The meeting will be called to order at 9 AM.

 

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(Supervisors hear from Joe Durian from Memorial Day Committee)

 

Iowa’s High School Graduation Rate Continues To Rise

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Education says the state’s high school graduation rate has increased for the fifth year in a row.

Data released by the department Tuesday show about 90 percent of students in Iowa’s 2015 graduating class completed high school within four years. The graduation rate has steadily increased from 88.3 percent for the Class of 2011.

Officials say Iowa became the first state in the country with a graduation rate above 90 percent last year. The U.S. Department of Education has not yet released national data for the Class of 2015.

Additionally, there were 3,637 Iowa students who dropped out during the 2014-15 schoolyear, which is a slight decrease from the previous year’s dropout rate.

USMTS Texas Tripleheader Kicks Off Busy May

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GREENVILLE, Texas (May 3) — The United States Modified Touring Series returns to the Lone Star State this week for a tripleheader of $3,000-to-win contests in the Production Jars Southern Region presented by Day Motor Sports.

On Thursday, May 5, the series invades the Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, for the 2nd Annual North Texas Nationals.

The last trip to the semi-banked quarter-mile dirt oval on June 27, 2014, saw Stormy Scott take the feature win, following in the footsteps of his twin brother, Johnny Scott, who topped the series debut three months earlier on March 20, 2014.

Spectator tickets are $20, kids ages 6-12 are $5 and children 5 and under get in for free. Pit passes are $35. The pit gate opens at 3 p.m., grandstands open at 5, hot laps begin at 7 and racing starts at 7:30.

Also running will be Limited Mods and Factory Stocks each battling for $500 to win.

The Superbowl Speedway is located 5.0 miles south of Greenville on SR 34, then west on FM 1903. For more information, call (903) 883-2504 or check out www.superbowlspeedway.com online.

Friday, May 6, finds the fire-breathing USMTS fighter pilots at the Lubbock Speedway in Lubbock, Texas, for the second time in series history. The first occasion came more than six years ago when Jason Hughes took the win during his run toward the USMTS national championship.

Spectator tickets are $20, kids ages 6-12 are $5 and children 5 and under get in for free. Pit passes are $35. The pit gate opens at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5, hot laps begin at 7:30 and racing starts at 8.

Joining the USMTS on the card will be Southern Sports Mods, Stock Cars and Street Stocks.

The Lubbock Speedway is a high-banked 1/3-mile dirt oval located south of Lubbock on I-27 to 114th St., then 1.5 miles east. For more information, call (806) 782-5160 or check them out online at www.lubbockspeedway.com.

The swing wraps up Saturday, May 7, with the 7th Annual Amarillo Ambush at the Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas, where past USMTS events have played out in front of standing-room-only crowds.

Hometown favorite Rodney Sanders of nearby Happy, Texas, captures the inaugural event in 2010 and added a second trophy to his case in last year’s stop. Other winners here include Kelly Shryock, Jason Hughes, Randy Timms and Stormy Scott who won back-to-back races in 2013-2014.

The Route 66 Motor Speedway is a popular racing destination for drivers and fans in the Texas panhandle. The racing surface at Bill Worthen’s speedplant is a generous 75 feet wide in the turns with 20 degrees of banking, and 65 feet wide down the straight-aways with 5 degrees of banking. The facility has a seating for 4,000 race fans plus handicapped parking, stadium lighting, full concessions and several luxurious V.I.P. booths. For the race teams, the pits have concrete pads available with lighting and water.

The pit gate opens at 4 p.m. and spectator gates open at 6 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30 and racing at 7. General admission is $15. Pit passes are $30.

Street Stocks, Limited Late Models and Sport Mods will also compete.

The Route 66 Motor Speedway is a 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval located 1.5 miles south of I-40 at exit 75 on Lakeside Dr. in Amarillo. For more information, call the track office at (806) 383-0375 or (806) 335-3478 for race day updates. The track’s website is www.route66motorspeedway.com.

PRODUCTION JARS SOUTHERN REGION PRESENTED BY DAY MOTOR SPORTS
Points standings as of May 3, 2016

1. 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. … 1080 (1 win)
2. 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa … 1039 (4 wins)
3. 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La. … 996
4. 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa … 974 (2 wins)
5. 99 Jesse Sobbing, Malvern, Iowa … 823
6. 10 Austin Arneson, Fargo, N.D. … 811
7. 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas … 765 (3 wins)
8. 12d Scott Drake, Joplin, Mo. … 742
9. 2 Casey Arneson, Fargo, N.D. … 737
10. 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla. … 736
11. 4m Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas … 720
12. 2s Stormy Scott, Arroyo Hondo, N.M. … 686 (1 win)
13. 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas … 680
14. 4w Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. … 665
15. 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M. … 663
16. 6 Brock Bauman, Eureka, Ill. … 628
17. 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. … 609
18. 8 Steve Miller, Rosanky, Texas … 602
19. 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan. … 567
20. 89c Steve Whiteaker Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas … 562
Other winners:
J17 Jake Gallardo, Las Cruces, N.M. (1 win)

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usmts, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts and Instagram at www.instagram.com/usmts or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/usmtstv.

Austin Dillon, Kasey Kahne Headline Celebrity Softball Game

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The fourth annual “Dover versus Pocono Celebrity Softball Game” will be played this afternoon at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware – home of the “Blue Rocks,” Class-A Carolina League affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.

Sprint Cup Series drivers Austin Dillon and Kasey Kahne will be featured along with two-time Truck Series champion Todd Bodine. Rosters from each team will be filled with members of the local and national motor sports media, and other regional media personalities. Admission to the softball game is free with a paid ticket for tonight’s baseball game between the Blue Rocks and the visiting Frederick Keys.

The softball game will begin at 3 p.m., after which Dillon and Kahne will take part in the ceremonial first pitch for the baseball game. For more information, visit Blue Rocks-dot-com.

Luke Bryan The Big Winner At Sunday’s American Country Countdown Awards

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Luke Bryan was the big winner at Sunday’s American Country Countdown Awards in Los Angeles. Bryan earned the night’s top prize Artist of the Year as well as the Male Vocalist of the year trophy. Sam Hunt also took home two trophies, winning awards for Breakthrough Male of the Year, and Digital Album of the year for Montevallo.

Branstad, Democrats Criticize Each Other On Water Quality

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad and Democratic lawmakers are blaming each other for failing to pass legislation on water quality initiatives.

The Republican governor said Monday he’s disappointed the Democratic-controlled Senate didn’t approve a water quality funding bill passed in the Republican-majority House. The Legislature adjourned Friday.

Branstad, Republicans and Democrats proposed different bills amid a lawsuit by the Des Moines water utility that put a spotlight on farm runoff. Democrats criticized a GOP plan to use existing state dollars. Republicans shot down proposals by Democrats to raise the sales tax or use surplus money.

Branstad’s own plan to use money from an education infrastructure fund wasn’t supported by Republicans. Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal said in a statement Monday the GOP plans would have diverted money from education funding.

May 2nd: On This Day

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On this day in 1985, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson’s album The Highway Man was released. The album was released after their collective single “Highway Man” went number one. “Highway Man” was followed up by  the Top 20 hit “Desperados Waiting for a Train.” The album would top the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

The foursome would go on to be called The Highway Men.

Brad Keselowski Snapped Carl Edwards’ Two-Race Winning Streak

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Brad Keselowski snapped Carl Edwards’ two-race winning streak on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, surviving a near-record number of cautions to notch his second victory of the season and take a firm hold on one of the sixteen spots available in the post-season Chase. Keselowski started seventh and led a race-high forty-six laps, including the final seventeen trips around the sprawling Alabama oval. The last of the day’s ten caution periods unfolded in Keselowski’s rear-view mirror with the checkered flag in sight. The accident along the frontstretch involved seven drivers including Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth. The ten yellow flags were one shy of the Talladega track record of eleven that was set in April 2004. Forty-one of the race’s 188 laps were run under caution, with a pair of major multi-car accidents disrupting the afternoon.

Less than thirty laps from the finish, Kurt Busch tapped Jimmie Johnson to trigger a twenty-one-car melee, more than half the starting field. Twenty laps later, a twelve-car incident on the backstretch took out Kenseth, who had led thirty-nine laps. Earlier, with the race at its halfway point, Chris Buescher took the brunt of a seven-car crash that ended with his Number-34 Ford barrel-rolling three times after contact from Michael Annett. None of the drivers involved in the numerous accidents were seriously injured … Edwards’ hopes for a third straight victory were finally dashed when he blew a right-front tire and collided with Dale Earnhardt Junior, saddling Edwards with a thirty-fifth-place finish … The race ended under caution with Kyle Busch grabbing second place. Austin Dillon, Jamie McMurray and rookie pole sitter Chase Elliott completed the top five.

Pet Of The Week: Nitro

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I’m “Nitro” and I’m a 2-year old Pit Bull mix who is ready to go to a new home and family as soon as you can get here to pick me up! I’m looking for an energetic type who can take me on walks and play with me in the bark park! I’m looking for someone to give me hugs and tell me secrets and sneak me a treat once in a while. I will be happy to return the favor with lots of kisses and a few licks. I will greet you when you come home, and sit with you when you’re tired. Let’s make a life together–we are meant for each other!!

To adopt, check out: http://www.stephenmemorial.org/adopt-1.html

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