The 2016 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is moving from the Desert Southwest to South Florida for Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The season’s final race is here – Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 – with defending series champion Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano still in the hunt for the title. Busch entered this year’s post-season as the Number-1 seed and is bidding to become the first driver with back-to-back Cup Series championships since Johnson put five in a row together from 2006 through 2010. Busch is the only one of the four top seeds still in title contention. Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin and 2014 champion Kevin Harvick have all been eliminated … Chase participants have won the season finale in Miami in nine of the twelve years it’s been run as part of NASCAR’s “post-season” format. The non-title contenders to win the Homestead finale during that stretch are Greg Biffle in 2004 and 2006, and Hamlin in 2013.
Indian Hills Community College Students Participate In Community Service With Tenco
Students from Indian Hills Community College decided to give back to their community as their fall project. The students in Wapello Hall joined Tenco staff members on November 9 to do some needed yard work at one of Tenco’s residential homes.
The nine students raked leaves, trimmed bushes, and cleaned up the yard. Students were from all over the world including Sri Lanka. Students participating included: John Simmons, Chantele Guido, Shaigan Marten, Bhagya Godakanda, Jessica Allen, Kyle Ryun, Jacob Wilson, and Jake Spunagle. They were led by Shaela Hayden.
Tenco is a non-profit local corporation currently serving more than 300 people with disabilities. Founded in 1965, Tenco is celebrating over 50 years of service to the people of southern Iowa and throughout our state. To carry out its good work, Tenco has vocational centers in Ottumwa, Centerville, and Fairfield and also provides residential services in Van Buren, Marion, Appanoose, Mahaska, Wapello, Lucas, and Jefferson Counties.
All photos were taken by Mendy McAdams, Tenco’s Marketing and Development Director.
Mendy McAdams – Marketing and Development Director
Tenco – 710 Gateway Drive
Ottumwa, IA 52501
Office Phone – (641) 682-8114; Email: mmcadams@tenco.org
Oskaloosa Police Arrest Suspects In Robbery Case
On Monday, November 14th, 2016 at approximately 11:30 p.m., Officers of the Oskaloosa Police Department received a complaint of subjects on the William Penn University campus, Watson Hall dormitory 201Trueblood Avenue, armed with guns. While Officers were en route to the University campus it was reported that the suspects had left the University in a vehicle.
Officers located and stopped the suspect vehicle in the 1800 block of South Market Street. Four occupants were found to be inside the vehicle. As a result of this traffic stop and the subsequent investigation the following persons were arrested and charged with 3 counts of 1st degree Robbery and possession of a controlled substance:
Brandy kukua Mends, age 19, of Kansas City, Mo. Julious John Sabastiano, age 19, of Kansas City, Mo. Sean M. Thompson, age 19, of Kansas City, Mo.
Vernon Smith Amaje Aziah, age 20, of Kansas City, Mo.
During this investigation it was determined that three different William Penn University students had been victimized during this incident. There were no injuries during this incident and the above-mentioned defendants were taken into custody without incident.
The four defendants are incarcerated in the Mahaska County Jail. Robbery in the pt degree is a class “B” felony. Possession of a controlled substance is a serious misdemeanor.
The Police Department was assisted in this investigation by members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s
Office.
As a reminder, a criminal charge is merely an accusation and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Six Consecutive #1s – Cole Swindell
Cole Swindell has hit the top of the country chart this week with his current single “Middle Of A Memory.” The song becomes Cole’s sixth consecutive #1 song and continues his streak of chart-toppers, which began with his 2013 debut, “Chillin’ It.” Reacting to the exciting news, Swindell said, “Thanks to my team at Warner for my sixth #1 in a row! Country Radio you have been so good to me and a huge part of why I get to hear fans singing songs like ‘Middle Of A Memory’ back to me every night! Let’s celebrate!”
· Additionally, the video for “Middle of a Memory” sits at #1 on CMT Hot 20 Countdown this week, making this Cole’s fifth chart-topping video.
· Swindell’s sixth consecutive chart-topper is also his ninth overall #1 as a songwriter.
Plea Hearing Delayed When Ex-Burlington Councilman Hesitates
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A judge gave a former Burlington City Council member more time to think about his plea agreement after he hesitated during a hearing on three felony sexual abuse charges.
The Hawk Eye reports (http://bit.ly/2eB8xJN ) District Judge Mary Ann Brown decided not to delay Monday’s hearing a day until Chris King was comfortable with the implications of his plea agreement.
During Monday’s hearing, King hesitated when asked about his plans to enter an Alford plea, which means he maintains innocence but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence for conviction.
King is appealing his August conviction in a separate case where prosecutors say he had sex with teen girls he met through his Burlington photo studio.
King, a council member from 2002 to 2005, has said sex with the girls was consensual.
Logano Advances To The Championship 4
Joey Logano outraced Kyle Busch and survived an overtime finish to win the Can-Am 500 at Phoenix International Raceway to advance to the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway next Sunday. Logano and Busch will join Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards in Miami as the four divers that will race for the Sprint Cup Series Championship. Busch, Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five. Matt Kenseth looked as if he was on his way to Victory Lane and a Championship 4 berth when he spun into the wall after contact from Alex Bowman on the first overtime restart setting up the final battle between Logano and Busch. Bowman had the dominant car leading three times for 194 laps but was shuffled back during the incident with Kenseth on the overtime restart. Bowman would finish a disappointing sixth but showed he is capable of competing at the Sprint Cup level while substituting for the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. this season. Denny Hamlin saw his hopes of getting to run for a title at Homestead go away when pit strategy to stay out late in the race backfired. A series of caution flags cycled Hamlin back and on older tires he wasn’t able to challenge once he dropped in the field. Kenseth, Hamlin, Harvick and Kurt Busch all failed to advance in the Chase. Bowman, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott and Paul Menard completed the top 10 finishers. The race was slowed nine times for fifty-three laps and saw eight lead changes among five drivers.
November 14th: On This Day
On this day in 2001, Garth Brooks: Coast to Coast LIVE aired on CBS. It was the first of three straight Wednesday night concert specials. The three concert were spread out with the first being held at the L.A. Forum, the second from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise as it returned from deployment in the Middle East, and the third coming from South Padre Island, Texas.
Brooks was joined by special guests Trisha Yearwood, Jewel, and Steve Wariner.
Deep Tracks – Faith Hill
Faith Hill has announced the release of her final album on the Warner Bros. Records label. Entitled Deep Tracks, the new record will hit shelves on Friday (11/18) and will feature non-single tracks from Hill’s previous studio albums as well as three unreleased songs. Faith says, “There have been some amazing songs that I’ve been fortunate enough to record, some that didn’t make it onto albums, and I thought it would be nice to include a few of those on this album as well.”
The track listing for Deep Tracks is as follows (the albums the songs appear on are in parentheses):
“Better Days” (Faith)
“Somebody Stand By Me” (Faith)
“If I Should Fall Behind” (Breathe)
“Free” (Cry)
“If This Is The End (Cry)
“Back To You” (Cry”)
“Unsaveable” (Cry)
“If You Ask” (Fireflies)
“You Stay With Me” (Fireflies)
“Wish For You” (Fireflies)
“Boy” (previously unreleased)
“Why” (previously unreleased)
“Come To Jesus” (unreleased)
Police Identify Woman Who Died After Waterloo Shooting
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified the 19-year-old woman who died this weekend after being shot in the head.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports (http://bit.ly/2g8gRkB ) Talesa Wright was identified by police on Sunday.
Wright died Saturday. Police say she was in a car with two other people Friday night when she was shot. No one else was hurt.
Police are still working to identify the shooter. An autopsy will be performed on Wright this week.
November 13th: On This Day
On this day in 1982, Ricky Skaggs ascended to #1 in Billboard with “Heartbroke,” written by Guy Clark. The song was the first single from his fifth studio album, Highways & Heartaches. “Heartbroke” was Ricky Skaggs’ third number one .