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Oskaloosa city council meeting tonight

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Tonight (11/5), the Oskaloosa City Council will talk traffic.  The Council will vote on a proposal to remove the stop lights at 3rd Avenue East and South 17th Street and put in two-way stop signs at 3rd Avenue.  There will also be discussion on reducing parking on D Street, putting restrictions on both sides of D Street from A Avenue to 6th Avenue.  The Council will also review its audit for fiscal year 2018.  Tonight’s Oskaloosa City Council meeting starts at 6 at City Hall.

Lowe’s is closing 51 stores in the US and Canada

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In another sign of the times for retail, Lowe’s is closing 51 North American stores.  The home improvement chain said Monday that locations are underperforming and the decision will help the hardware chain focus on its most profitable stores and “improve the overall health of its store portfolio.”  Lowe’s (LOW) is shutting down 20 stores in the US and 31 in Canada. The company said that a “majority” of the shuttered stores are within 10 miles of another Lowe’s location.

The stores will be closed before Feb. 1, 2019. The company will try to find jobs at nearby stores for its employees affected by the closings.  “We believe our people are the foundation of our business and essential to our future growth,” said CEO Marvin R. Ellison.  Lowe’s is struggling to keep up with its larger rival Home Depot. Ellison, who joined the company in May, has already made some big strategic decisions, including closing all of its Orchard Supply Hardware stores and slashing inventory at its Lowe’s stores.  The company cut its sales and profit outlook for the year. Its next earnings report is on November 20.

November 5th: On this day

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Born on this day in 1911 in Cincinnati, Ohio, was Roy Rogers, singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain. He and his wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino, Trigger, and his German Shepherd dog, Bullet, were featured in more than 100 movies & The Roy Rogers Show. The show ran on radio for 9 years before moving to TV from 1951 – 1957. Rogers died of congestive heart failure on July 6, 1998, he was residing in Apple Valley, California.

William Penn sports update

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William Penn’s football team made its final home game of the season one to remember Saturday (11/3) as the Statesmen routed Graceland 61-14 at Statesmen Community Stadium.  William Penn’s offense had a season high 544 yards rushing….with fullback Amos Johnson running for 120 yards and three first half touchdowns. Fellow fullback Ben Sherman ran for 118 yards and a touchdown as the Statesmen roared to a 41-0 halftime lead.  William Penn’s defense came up with three sacks, three interceptions and a fumble recovery.  All of which made Statesmen Coach Todd Hafner quite happy following the game.

“I’m proud of our guys.  The things we’ve talked about that we needed to do, our guys did today.  We’ve been looking for that a little bit from this team and they really did a good job today.   And I”m going to talk about how proud I am for our seniors. They’ve given us so much and our young kids today came out and really laid it on the line for them and it’s just a great day for them.”

The Statesmen are now 4-6 on the season and 2-2 in the Heart of America Conference North Division.  They wrap up the season Saturday (11/10) at Grand View.

The season is over for William Penn’s men’s soccer team.  The Statesmen lost at Baker 4-1 Saturday (11/3) in the Heart of America Conference tournament quarterfinals.  Freshman Kenedy Deviska had the only Statesmen goal. William Penn’s men end the season 14-5…setting school records for most wins in a season, consecutive wins with 7, and shutouts with 9, as well as tying the school record for fewest goals allowed in a season with 19.

Both of William Penn’s basketball teams are 3-0 on the season.  The Statesmen men threw the book at Emmaus Bible Saturday (11/3) 141-54.  The point total and 87 point victory margin are second most in school history.  Guard Abrian Edwards had a triple double for William Penn: ten points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists.  Senior Marlon Alcindor had 25 points to lead the Statesmen scoring.   The Penn men are off until Saturday (11/10) when they host William Woods.

As for the Statesmen women, they won both games at the Grand View Classic in Des Moines over the weekend: 88-37 over Missouri Baptist on Friday and 62-58 over 20th ranked Lyon on Saturday.  The Statesmen women are off until November 14, when they open their Heart of America Conference season at Culver-Stockton.

Hy-Vee coupon scam alert

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If you shop at Hy-Vee, you could be tempted by a coupon making the rounds on social media—but it’s a scam.  The coupon is supposedly good for $80 of free groceries at Hy-Vee.  Kevin Rausch with the Oskaloosa Hy-Vee store says the coupon is fake.

“We have heard about this and we are making sure that everybody does know that this is a fake coupon. It was made up by somebody else.  We did not put this out at all for anybody to try and promote anything. It is a scam going around. I believe they’re just trying to get extra information or maybe get into some Facebook accounts, but this was not authorized by Hy-Vee whatsoever on that.”

There’s no word on who created the fake coupon site and what it’s being used for.

Montezuma playing in state volleyball tournament Wednesday

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Montezuma is still buzzing after the Bravettes volleyball team earned a trip to the State Tournament Tuesday (10/30) night.  Montezuma defeated New London in three straight sets to win the Class 1A Region 7 tournament.  Bravettes Coach Katie Dunlap spoke after Tuesday’s game about her team.

“These girls, I’m so proud of their ability to keep fighting.  Even when we were down, even when they wanted to hang their heads, they didn’t.  And everyone on the court, everyone on the bench helped win this game tonight (Tuesday).”

Montezuma will play Holy Trinity Catholic next Wednesday night (11/7) at 8 in the opening round of the 1A State volleyball tournament.  KBOE-FM and the No Coast Network will have live coverage from the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids starting at 8.

November 2nd: On this day

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On this day in 1983, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton were at #1 on the US Country charts with, “Islands In The Stream”. Written by the Bee Gees it was the first single from Rogers’ album “Eyes That See in the Dark” and the second pop #1 for both Rogers and Parton (Rogers having been there with 1980’s “Lady” and Parton with 1981’s “9 to 5”).

Tennessee death row inmate put to death by electric chair

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Death row inmate Edmund Zagorski died at 7:26 p.m. CDT Thursday after Tennessee prison officials electrocuted him with the electric chair. He was 63.  He is the 134th person put to death by Tennessee since 1916 and the second person this year.  He is the first person to die by electric chair since Daryl Horton’s execution in 2007.

Zagorski was convicted in the April 1983 murders of two people. Prosecutors argued Zagorski lured them into the woods in Robertson County with the promise to sell them marijuana, and then he shot them, slit their throats and stole their money.  Two minutes before it was set to begin at 7 p.m., the U.S. Supreme Court denied Zagorski’s appeal on the grounds of the unconstitutionality of choosing between the electric chair and lethal injection.

Eight people believed to be family members of the victims entered the prison to witness the execution.  They waited in front of a covered large window that looked into the execution chamber where on the other side of the glass Zagorski sat pinned in the electric chair, held down by buckles and straps with electrodes fastened to his feet.  The blinds opened for the rest of the witnesses to see Zagorski dressed in his cotton clothes, smiling and grimacing to the group.  Zagorski pronounced his last words: “Let’s rock.”  He sat smiling in the wired chair as prison staff placed a wet sponge, which had been soaked in salt, and a metal helmet on his freshly shaven head.

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