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Country Stars Gather at Preds Game in Nashville

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Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena was packed with country stars on Tuesday night (5/2) as the Predators took on the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of their Stanley Cup Playoff series. After the Preds won the game to take a 3-1 lead in the series, a handful of country stars took to social media to show their support for the team. Carrie Underwood shared a video of her singing DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win” to mark her team’s 2-1 victory over the Blues, while Rascal Flatts Joe Don Rooney posted a picture of him and golfer Brandt Snedeker hanging out at the game with the Ryder Cup Trophy.

 

·         Rooney also thanked Underwood’s husband Mike Fisher for providing him with tickets to the game.

·         Sneds and the Ryder Cup Trophy also made the rounds to Vince Gill, who sang the national anthem ahead of the game with his daughters, Jenny and Corrina.

 

New Trial Ordered for Man Convicted of Killing Ex-Girlfriend

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A new trial has been ordered for a Cedar Rapids man who’d been convicted of stabbing to death his former girlfriend.

The Iowa Court of Appeals said in its ruling Wednesday for Nicholas Luerkens that the trial court “erred in denying the defendant’s request to submit an insanity defense instruction to the jury.”

In November 2015 a jury found Luerkens guilty of first-degree murder for killing 29-year-old Lynnsey Donald. Officials say Luerkens stabbed Donald dozens of times in a Marion parking lot on April 21, 2015, as Donald’s 7-year-old son watched. Prosecutors say Luerkens had been following Donald for months before the attack.

Defense lawyers say Luerkens was overusing an antidepressant drug, which contributed to diminished mental capacity during the attack.

Pet of the Week: Buttons & Sunny

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HI! We’re Buttons & Sunny!

Buttons: I’m Buttons, and my brother and I celebrated being alive for 8 weeks this week when we visited KBOE! I’m a little shy, but I open up very quickly as long as you pet me.

Sunny: AND I’m Sunny! I’m very mellow and just want to relax and be pampered. I know we don’t look alike, what with her turtle shell color and me being grey stripped, but we love each other very much.

Buttons & Sunny: We don’t mind being split up, but we definitely would miss each other like crazy!

To adopt us or some of our friends, go to stephenmemorial.org/adoptable-pets.html

Chegwidden, Lundsgaard Named All-Heart

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Oskaloosa–A pair of William Penn men’s golfers were rewarded for exceptional campaigns as the all-Heart of America Athletic Conference team was announced Tuesday.

Zachary Chegwidden (Fr., Essex, England, Business Management) and Frederik Lundsgaard (Jr., Jebjerg, Denmark, History/Government) were named to the 15-player squad.  Both are first-time honorees.

The two award recipients are the most for William Penn since it also had two in 2010.

The duo helped the Statesmen to a record-breaking season that concluded with WPU tying for second at the Heart Championships.  It was the program’s best league finish since joining the NAIA and its best in decades.

William Penn won six tournament crowns, tallied two runner-up placings, and managed four more bronze finishes.

Chegwidden owned a 72.5 stroke average, while Lundsgaard was at 73.3; both competed in 24.5 rounds.  Each individual broke the school’s single-season stroke average (previously at 73.9).

Lundsgaard snapped WPU’s 18-hole record with a 65 at the Central Methodist Open in September, while Chegwidden’s 134 (66-68) at the William Penn Classic in October set the program’s 36-hole mark.

Chegwidden went under par 11 times (once on a nine-hole course); Lundsgaard accomplished the feat on five occasions (also on a nine-hole course).  Both linksters won (or tied for the low score) in three events and both were in the 60s or 70s in all but one event each.  Chegwidden went under 70 seven times and Lundsgaard did so in three rounds.

Kaz Sakai of Missouri Valley was tabbed as Heart Player of the Year, while MVC’s Jordan Dickson and Chris Winkle of Grand View shared the Coach of the Year laurel.

2016-2017 All-Heart of America Athletic Conference
Jon Roberson (Culver-Stockton)
Hunter Baggett (Culver-Stockton)
Myles Pfingsten (Grand View)
Mitch Pfingsten (Grand View)
Hunter Van Veen (Grand View)
Robert Cull (Missouri Valley)
Hamish Gorn (Missouri Valley)
Shawn Cook (Missouri Valley)
Kaz Sakai (Missouri Valley)
Jan Jedlicka (Missouri Valley)
Sergio Garcia (Mount Mercy)
Chad Nitz (Mount Mercy)
William Bruyeres (Mount Mercy)
Zachary Chegwidden (William Penn)
Frederik Lundsgaard (William Penn)

Story provided by Wade Steinlage

Teen Has an Unforgettable Prom Night at Garth Brooks’ Show

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Garth Brooks gave one teenager a night she’ll never forget when he brought her onstage at his show in Champaign, Illinois, on Saturday (4/29). During his first of two shows at the State Farm Center, Garth noticed a teen in the audience who was wearing a prom dress and holding up a sign that said, “Gonna be late to prom, Garth comes first.” Garth then made a deal with the teen named Kate, telling her if she went to prom and it sucked, she could come back to his second show that night and shoot off the confetti cannon onstage. Kate decided to skip her prom all together and returned during his second show to shoot off the cannon while still wearing her prom dress.

 

  • Garth talked about the teen’s special prom night during his weekly Inside Studio G video series on Monday (5/1). The video can be seen here.
  • Brooks also posted a picture on Instagram of the two hanging out backstage at the show.

Dierks Bentley Helps With Military Family Reunion

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Dierks Bentley helped one military family have a touching reunion during his show in Fresno, California, on Saturday (4/29). Before the concert got underway, Staff Sergeant Steven Mendez’s two sons were shooting the breeze with Dierks during a meet-and-greet backstage when their father came out from behind a curtain and surprised the boys. The emotional sons then hugged and embraced their father, who was returning home after serving 10 months overseas. Later in the night during his headlining set, Dierks invited the family onstage and thanked SSgt. Mendez for his service as well as the family for their sacrifice.

Sara Evans Announces New Album

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After announcing the launch of her own record label — Born To Fly Records – last week, Sara Evans has revealed details about her first album on the new venture. Evans’ new album will be tilted Words and is set for a release on July 21. Words will be Sara’s first studio project in more than three years and follows seven albums which she recorded for Sony’s RCA Nashville label.

 

  • The album will include songs co-written by Evans as well as fourteen separate female songwriters, including Ashley Monroe, Caitlyn Smith, Hillary Lindsey and Hillary Scott.

 

Another Person Charged with Burning “The Bridges of Madison County” Bridge in Iowa

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WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — A third person has been arrested in the burning of a covered Iowa bridge featured in the novel “The Bridges of Madison County.”

Madison County Sheriff Jason Barnes said Tuesday that 19-year-old Alivia Bergmann, of Des Moines, was taken into custody in South Carolina on an Iowa arson charge and will be returned. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney for her.

One of the two other defendants, 18-year-old Joel Davis, pleaded not guilty Monday. The initial arson charge against the remaining defendant has been dropped. But prosecutors say they expect to charge the 17-year-old with a lesser count. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles accused of crimes.

The bridge destroyed April 15 near Winterset also was featured in the 1995 movie adaptation.

May 2nd: On This Day

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On this day in 1998, Shania Twain nailed down the #1 position on the Billboard US Country Songs chart with “You’re Still The One”. The song was released as the third single from Twain’s album Come on Over. The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hott 100 and is recognized as Twain’s most successful crossover hit.

“You’re Still the One” was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1999, winning two. It won Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance and lost Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

The song was Certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA.

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