On this day in 1988, Waylon Jennings underwent triple bypass surgery at Nashville’s Baptist Hospital. The singer later said he had quit smoking five or six packs a day after being a smoker for 40 years.
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Former North Mahaska Warhawk is part of IHSAA basketball hall of fame
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Former North Mahaska standout Grant Stout is part of the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s basketball hall of fame class for 2019. Stout was a four year starter for the Warhawks and a two-time all-state selection in 2002 and 2003. Stout holds North Mahaska career records for scoring, rebounds, blocked shots and field goal percentage. He went on to play at Northern Iowa, where he holds the Panthers’ career record for blocked shots.
Country Stars Rock This Shirt Saves Lives for St. Jude
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The country music community unified on Thursday (Dec. 6) to support patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. All over social media, stars rocked the new This Shirt Saves Lives tee in a show of solidarity to raise awareness for the life-saving research at St. Jude.
Besides country music’s support of the American military, it’s hard to find a cause the genre is more connected to than St. Jude. Alabama’s Randy Owen started the capital campaign Country Cares for St. Jude Kids in 1989, and since then, the initiative has raised more than $750 million to support the facility.
St. Jude treats about 8,500 children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases each year. Rocking the This Shirt will continue the hospital’s ongoing mission to save its patients, whose families never receive a bill for their care. And that care continues into adulthood.
The only way to get a shirt is to become a St. Jude Partner in Hope with the commitment of a monthly donation through the This Shirt website.
The Better Business Bureau warns of gift card scams
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The National Retail Federation says they expect gift card spending to reach an estimated $27.6 billion this holiday season. That number will be made up of, on average, a gift card purchaser buying four gift cards worth roughly $45 each. The BBB says people should look at the gift card before purchasing it in the stores. If the PIN number is exposed, or the packaging has been tampered with, grab a different one.
Sometimes scammers write down the numbers associated with the card, then put it back on the shelves and wait until someone buys it. Once a customer purchases the card, then the scammer uses the number online and wipes the gift card clean before the customer can even use it.
The BBB also wants to remind people to be cautious if you buy a gift card from a third party. You might receive a gift card that has no value, is expired, or was obtained illegally. They also say no company will ask for a payment via gift card and if you receive a call that ask for one, hang up. Sometimes scammers use scare tactics and try to threaten people with jail time if you don’t pay them immediately with a gift card.
December 11th: On this day
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On this day in 1977, Willie Nelson recorded tracks for his forthcoming album Stardust. Produced by Booker T. Jones, all the songs on the album consist entirely of pop standards that Nelson picked from among his favorites. Executives of Columbia Records were not convinced that the album would sell well, because the project was a radical departure from his earlier success in the outlaw movement. When released, Stardust was on Billboard’s Country Album charts for ten years – from its release until 1988.
Oskaloosa Indians #1 in boys high school basketball poll
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They’re number one. Oskaloosa is on top of the first Class 3A boys’ high school basketball poll from Associated Press. The Indians received six out of ten first place votes. Three Little Hawkeye Conference teams received votes in the 3A poll: Norwalk, Grinnell and Pella. The 4-0 Indians play at Washington tonight. We’ll have the game on KBOE-FM with pregame around 7:30 and tipoff scheduled at 7:45 tonight.
Also in the first AP boys’ basketball rankings of the season, Pella Christian and EBF got votes in the 2A poll, but not enough to get into the top ten. In Class 1A boys, Montezuma is ranked second and Lynnville-Sully received votes.
Monday (12/10) in boys’ high school basketball: HLV over TWIN Cedars 44-27 and Pekin defeated Cardinal 67-45. In girls’ basketball: Sigourney edged Washington 31-29, HLV over Twin Cedars 30-23 and Pekin downed Cardinal 72-24.
Tonight’s (12/11) high school basketball schedule has boys’ only matchups with Oskaloosa at Washington and Tri-County hosting English Valleys. And there are girls and boys basketball doubleheaders tonight, with Colfax-Mingo at North Mahaska, Sigourney hosts Iowa Valley, Fairfield at Pella, Montezuma at HLV, Twin Cedars at Moravia, EBF at Grand View Christian, Lynnville-Sully at BGM, Waukee at Ottumwa, Knoxville at Davis County and Keota hosts Belle Plaine.
William Penn basketball on the road tonight
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William Penn’s basketball teams are on the road tonight (12/11) at Baker. The women’s matchup features two ranked teams: the Statesmen are 20thin the latest NAIA poll, while Baker is 23rd. Statesmen Coach Steve Williamson:
“Baker’s a very, very talented team. Their 1-5 are all really good. And it’s another challenge for us. On the road in the Heart, we’ve got to step up, raise our level of play and go out there and take it to hem.”
The men’s matchup features fourth ranked William Penn with a 12-1 record against Baker’s 6-6 Wildcats.
Oskaloosa school board holding a public hearing tonight
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The Oskaloosa School Board will hold a public hearing tonight (12/11) on its proposed calendar for the 2019-20 school year. The Board will also consider bids for buying a security camera system and school buses. They will also consider a 28E agreement with the City of Oskaloosa for an early childhood and recreation center. Tonight’s Oskaloosa School Board meeting starts at 6 at the George Daily Auditorium Board Room.
A Leighton man was killed in a hunting accident this past weekend
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A man from Leighton was killed Sunday afternoon (12/9) in a hunting accident near Lake Red Rock. The Iowa DNR and Marion County Sheriff’s Office say 23-year-old Blake Schroder of Leighton was hit by a round fired by a member of his hunting party at Robert’s Creek Park on the north side of Lake Red Rock. The accident happened around 4:30 Sunday afternoon.
December 10th: On this day
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On this day in 1990, Garth Brooke was at #1 on the US Country album charts with his second studio album, No Fences. The album remains Brooks’ best-seller to date with 17 million copies sold in the US alone.
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