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William Penn Keeps Winning Streak Alive With BVU Title

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Storm Lake–Another event meant another crown for the Statesmen women’s golf team as it cruised at the Buena Vista Invitational Saturday and Sunday.

#21 WPU was first out of 11 teams with a final tally of 632 (316-316) at the par-72 Lake Creek Country Club.  Briar Cliff was second at 674 (339-335), while fellow Heart of America Athletic Conference program Peru State was fifth at 699.

Jodi Saito (Sr., Mililani, Hawaii, Education) and Brittany Evans (Fr., Fernley, Nev., Business Management) tied for first place in the 71-player field at 157.  The pair then faced off with Briar Cliff’s Taylor Minger in a playoff where Saito tallied a par to win the individual title; Evans was second.

Saito carded scores of 78-79, while Evans shot an 81 and then a 76.

“Jodi and Brittany were excellent, and when conditions became more difficult on day two they really dug deep to help carry the team,” Head Coach Nik Rule said.

The remainder of the varsity finished in the top 10 as well with Courtney Cunningham (Sr., Muskogee, Okla., Computer Science) placing fourth at 159 (78-81).  Helene Larsen (So., Viborg, Denmark, Business Management) was next in fifth at 161 (79-82), and Elise Warne (So., Melbourne, Australia, Exercise Science) tied for seventh at 165 (85-80).

Four additional individuals played for the Statesmen as well.  The trio of Carly Schmalz (Sr., Buffalo Lake, Minn., History/Government) (80-85), Alexis Guimaraes (Fr., San Ramon, Calif., Psychology) (86-79), and Miranda Keeler (Jr., Plattsmouth, Neb., Communications) (81-84) all tied Schmalz for seventh.  Brooke Fletcher (Jr., Atlantic, Iowa, Business Management) narrowly missed the top 10, placing 11th at 166 (82-84).

“We have now accomplished our goal of winning the first three events of the season,” Rule said.  “It puts us in a good spot as we head into the heart of our fall schedule.”

“We did not really do anything terrible this weekend, but we also did not do anything spectacular,” Rule added.  “Sometimes you do not have your best game and we did not have ours, but we still produced respectable results.”

Next Up: William Penn travels to Clayton, Ind. next Saturday and Sunday to compete in the Dan Quayle Collegiate Classic hosted by De Pauw University.  Play will be contested at Deer Creek Golf Course.

Story provided by Wade Steinlage

Group Backs Sales Tax Increase To Fund Water Quality Efforts

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(Information from: The Des Moines Register, http://www.desmoinesregister.com)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A coalition of agriculture, business and conservation leaders say they support a plan to increase Iowa’s sales tax to raise money for water quality and other natural resources programs.

The Des Moines Register reports members of Iowa’s Water and Land Legacy Coalition on Monday proposed raising the sales tax by three-eighths of a cent. Organizers say they’ll push their plan at the upcoming legislative session, which begins in January.

The nearly two dozen members of the coalition include the Iowa Soybean Association, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Greater Des Moines Partnership and Iowa Ducks Unlimited.

The poor quality of Iowa’s waterways has been receiving more attention, especially following a lawsuit filed by Des Moines Water Works against three northwest Iowa counties accusing them of wrongly allowing runoff from farms.

Denny Hamlin Grabs The Number 3 Seed With Weekend Victory

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Denny Hamlin took his final lead of the night with seventy-nine laps remaining Saturday at Richmond International Raceway and kept the Number-11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in front through six subsequent restarts, closing the regular season with his third victory of the year and securing the Number-3 seed in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup that opens next weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.  Hamlin’s margin of victory over runner-up Kyle Larson was six-tenths of a second.  Martin Truex Junior led a race-high 193 laps and nabbed third place with Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick completing the top five.  Hamlin started from the pole and led 189 laps to give J-G-R a season sweep on the three-quarter-mile Fairgrounds oval.  Carl Edwards was victorious in April but finished thirty-second in his bid for back-to-back wins there … With The Chase Grid now filled, championship points have been reset.  Keselowski and Kyle Busch are tied at the top by virtue of their four victories during the regular season.  Busch gets the Number-1 seed by winning the tiebreaker, which is based on second-place finishes.  He has three, Keselowski one.  With two wins this year, Harvick – the regular-season points leader – holds the Number-4 seed … The four drivers who went into the weekend holding the final four provisional spots in the Chase – Chris Buescher, rookie Chase Elliott, Austin Dillon and Jamie McMurray – came out of the weekend with their post-season tickets punched after finishing among the top twenty-five in the forty-car field.

September 12th: On This Day

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On this day in 2007, Brad Paisley’s fifth studio album, 5th Gear, was Certified Gold. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart, and produced five #1’s with “Ticks”, “I’m Still a Guy”, “Online”, “Letter to Me”, and “Waitin’ on a Woman”.

5th Gear has since been Certified Platinum by the RIAA.

RaeLynn Announces WildHorse Album

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RaeLynn has announced the release of her debut studio album, WildHorse, out December 2. The 12-track album features RaeLynn’s personal single “Love Triangle” as well as collaborations with Dan + Shay and Leeland Mooring, a Christian artist from RaeLynn’s hometown, Baytown, Texas.

 

While the song “Love Triangle” tells the personal story of growing up in a divorced family, the majority of the new album was inspired by more recent events in Raelynn’s life. She says, “Every lyric takes you through a part of my journey these last four years – this record is my college experience in a lot of ways.”

From having her heart broken to marrying the man of her dreams, RaeLynn says the record was inspired by all the highs and lows over the last few years. She says, “This album is my journey and I sure hope you find some of your journey in it, too.”

 

WildHorse track listing:

 

1. “Your Heart”

2. “WildHorse”

3. “Love Triangle”

4. “Lonely Call”

5. “Insecure”

6. “The Apple”

7. “Young” (feat. Leeland Mooring)

8. “Diamonds”

9. “Trigger”

10. “Graveyard”

11. “Say” (feat. Dan + Shay)

12. “Praying For Rain”

 

Pet Of The Week: Gambino

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I’m “Gambino” and I’m a one-year old Labrador Retriever mix. I understand that you are looking for a handsome, lovable dog. I am looking for a loving and lovable best friend. I think we can work something out. I am curious about everyone and try to make friends with all those who come to the shelter–canine and human. I might even be friends with those feline things, but we should probably test that out first! I liked to pose for those snapshots. It was kind of fun to have all the attention for a little bit. Anyway, back to you and me–let’s get together and get to know one another. Then we can go home together and be BFF’s.

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

X-FINITY Series Runs Tonight At The Virginia529 College Savings 250

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The NASCAR X-FINITY Series also runs on the three-quarter-mile Fairgrounds oval with tonight’s Virginia529 College Savings 250.  Junior Motorsports has won the last two races contested there, with Chase Elliott last fall and Dale Earnhardt Junior earlier this season.  Neither driver is entered this weekend, with Elliott concentrating on his Sprint Cup duties and Earnhardt still recovering from a concussion.  Justin Allgaier, Alex Bowman and regular-season points leader Elliott Sadler make up the Junior Motorsports lineup for this weekend.  With just two races remaining in the regular season, Sadler is battling rookie Erik Jones for the top seed in the inaugural X-FINITY Series Chase.  He has two victories thus far, one less than Jones … Earlier this season, Sadler finished third at Richmond while Jones was sidelined by an accident and settled for thirty-fourth place in the forty-car field.

Next Stop Richmond International Speedway

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Next Stop… Richmond International Raceway for the Sprint Cup Series’ final race of the regular season, Saturday night’s Federated Auto Parts 400.  Thirteen drivers have won races this season, led by Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski – who have four victories apiece.  Rookie Chase Elliott and Austin Dillon currently hold provisional Chase berths based on the regular-season standings with Jamie McMurray leading Ryan Newman by twenty-two points in the fight for the final “playoff” spot.  The Chase opens September 18th at Chicagoland Speedway … Roush Fenway Racing’s Greg Biffle will be making his five hundredth career start in Saturday’s race.  He’s winless in 2016 and needs a victory at Richmond to qualify for the post-season Chase … And Furniture Row Racing, expanding to two Sprint Cup teams in 2017, has named Chris Gayle crew chief for Erik Jones’ Number-77 Toyota.  Gayle joins F-R-R after spending fourteen years as an engineer and crew chief at Joe Gibbs Racing.  Jones will join Martin Truex Junior in the organization’s Sprint Cup lineup for next season.

2016 Musicians Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

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Garth Brooks and his band the G-men are among the 2016 inductees into the Musicians Hall of Fame. The class of 2016 also includes Ricky Skaggs, the late Jerry Reed and members of the Sigma Sound Studio Rhythm Section, a group of soul musicians who were a part of the “Philadelphia sound” of the 1970s. The honorees will formally be inducted on October 26 during a ceremony at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium.

 

·       Tickets for the event will go on sale on September 12 through Ticketmaster.

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