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By Nathan Bloechl · Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 at 11:41 am CDT

Girls’ Golf: Wibben Ties for 8th at Flint Hills

Samantha Wibben carded a 49 as the Panther senior finished in a tie for 8th at yesterday’s Southeast Conference meet at Flint Hills Golf Course in Burlington.

Wibben tied with Fairfield junior Viola Welsh for 8th.

Mount Pleasant sophomore Kylie Walderbach tied for 19th.

Walderbach carded a 56.

Lauren Briggs of Burlington was the meet medalist shooting a low score of 40.

Keokuk’s Natalie Ames finished second with a 41 while teammates Makenna Conrad and Kaylin Long — both of Washington — finished with 43’s for third.

Washington won the team race with 180 strokes, with Keokuk placing second.

Mount Pleasant — with just two golfers competing — did not have enough players for a team score.

Boys’ Golf: Kempker Medalist at Sheaffer Memorial

Mount Pleasant senior Reece Kempker picked up medalist honors, carding a 1-under 34 as Mount Pleasant second at the last Southeast Conference boys’ golf meet of the year.

Nick Matheney finished as runner up with a 39.

Washington won the team race with 173 strokes.

Tyler Wade was the leader for Fort Madison with a 42. Nick Profeta paced Keokuk registering a 43.

Fairfield, Fort Madison and Keokuk went 3rd, 4th, and 5th respectively.

Washington won the season championship with 856 strokes over five different courses.

Girls’ Tennis: Mount Pleasant Falls to Hounds

Melanie Olivas earned her first varsity singles win, 8-4 over Fort Madison’s Brianna Wright but it was the Bloodhounds who picked up a 6-3 win over Mount Pleasant yesterday.

Ellie Situmeang won in No. 4 singles, coming from behind for an 8-6 triumph.

In No. 1 doubles, Savana Walls and Olivas rolled to an 8-2 win.

Fort Madison improved to 4-2.

Mount Pleasant dropped to 0-7.

Boys’ Tennis: Mount Pleasant Rolls Again

Mount Pleasant yielded just two points to Fort Madison in singles play as the Panthers swept the Bloodhounds last night at East Lake Park.

Owen Vansickel got the day started with a 10-1 win in No. 1 singles and Levi Graber followed suit with a 10-1 win of his own in No. 2 singles.

Elliot Cook, Tim Cam and Lou Schimmelpfennig all won 10-0.

In doubles, Van Sickel and Graber won 10-0 with Cook and Cam surging to a 10-2 win.

The Panthers improved to 5-1 with the win.

Girls’ Soccer: Lopreato Scores Four Times as Panthers Win

Andrea Lopreato scored four goals helping lead Mount Pleasant to a 5-4 extra time win last night over Washington.

Lopreato also had an assist in the win.

Elly Manning had a goal and three assists, while Charice Auwerda also assisted.

Evelyn Escobar made eight saves in the victory.

The win moved moved Mount Pleasant to 5-3.

The team will be back on the pitch on Thursday when they take on Keokuk.

Boys’ Soccer: Demons Blank Mount Pleasant

Washington scored twice in the first half, shutting out Mount Pleasant for a 2-0 win.

The Demons improved to a sparkling 8-1 on the season.

Mount Pleasant dropped to 2-9.

They’ll travel to Calvert Stadium Thursday to battle the 1-8 Keokuk Chiefs.

Kick is set for 6:45 p.m.

Obituaries

Charlotte M. Garmoe (final arrangements)

By Theresa Rose · Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 at 11:11 am CDT

Charlotte M. Garmoe, 90, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Savannah Heights in Mt. Pleasant.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 1:30 at the Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with Elder David Hodge. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until service time at the funeral home. A memorial has been established in her memory.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com

Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for her arrangements.

Obituaries

Kenneth Archie McCoy

By Theresa Rose · Monday, April 25th, 2022 at 9:31 pm CDT

Kenneth Archie McCoy, 68, of Farmington, Iowa, passed away at 12:49 p.m. Saturday, April 23, 2022 at his home.

Born on November 11, 1953, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Kenneth Archie and Hazel May (Stoneburner) McCoy. On June 16, 1972 in Nashua, Iowa, he married Teresa Ann Rogers. They later divorced.

Survivors include his children: Nick (Theresa) McCoy of Bonaparte, Iowa, Cori (Terry) Dorothy of Stockport, Iowa, Libby Richardson of Des Moines, Iowa, and Crystal Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa. He is also survived by his eight grandchildren: Cadi, Lucas, Adara and Morgan Dorothy of Stockton, Iowa, Gage and Zoe Hill of Des Moines, Iowa, Ivory and Tommy Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, and nephew: Michael Meyer.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, parents and brother: Michael McCoy.

Kenneth served in the United States Army as a military police officer and truck driver. In 2008 he retired from Adrian Trucking Company. He drove to every state in the United States. Kenneth enjoyed playing the guitar and fishing. Most of all he enjoyed being with his grandchildren.

His body has been entrusted to the crematory of Schmitz Funeral Home for cremation.

Friends may call after 12:00 noon, Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Schmitz Funeral Home in Farmington, where the family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. that evening.

A memorial has been established in his memory to St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.schmitzfuneralhomes.com. Schmitz Funeral Home of Farmington is assisting the family with arrangements.

News

Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report

By Theresa Rose · Monday, April 25th, 2022 at 9:08 pm CDT

April 18 – 24, 2022

DES MOINES, Iowa (April 25, 2022) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November.

“It was another active weather week with additional periods of severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall,” said Secretary Naig. “Cooler temperatures and windy conditions also persisted, though soil temperatures are slowly rising. Soil temperatures are at or above 50 degrees for much of the southern two-thirds of Iowa.”

The weekly report is also available on the USDA’s website at nass.usda.gov.

Crop Report
Rain, high winds, and cold conditions continued to stall spring planting, limiting Iowa farmers to 2.3 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 24, 2022, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork activities were primarily applying anhydrous and fertilizer. Reports were received of limited corn and soybean planting as well as planting oats. In addition to periodic precipitation, cool soil temperatures have some farmers waiting to plant row crops.

Topsoil moisture condition rated 4 percent very short, 18 percent short, 67 percent adequate and 11 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture condition rated 9 percent very short, 29 percent short, 58 percent adequate and 4 percent surplus.

Forty-seven percent of the expected oat crop has been planted, 10 days behind last year and 5 days behind the 5-year average.

Pastures were slowly turning green. Hay supplies were dwindling in some areas. Livestock conditions were generally good, with calving in full swing.

News

Weather Summary

By Theresa Rose · Monday, April 25th, 2022 at 9:05 pm CDT

Provided by Justin Glisan, Ph.D., State Climatologist, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms brought moderate to heavy rain across central and eastern Iowa through the reporting period; some stations measured over two inches of above average rainfall. The active storm track produced multiple occurrences of severe straight-line winds, large hail and an isolated tornado. Unseasonably cool temperatures also persisted with departures of up to nine degrees below normal; the statewide average temperature was 48.4 degrees, 4.3 degrees below normal.

Light rain and snow showers continued Easter Sunday (17^th) afternoon with a band of 1.5 – 3.0 inch snow totals measured from south-central into northwestern Iowa; a station near Indianola (Warren County) reported 4.0 inches. Afternoon highs ranged from the low 30s northwest to low 40s southeast. Most of Iowa’s stations observed measurable precipitation totals at 7:00 am on Monday (18^th) in the range of 0.20 to 0.40 inch. A dome of high pressure took control of the weather pattern as winds shifted to the northwest with clearing skies in western Iowa. Under sunny skies, daytime temperatures pushed into the upper 40s and low 50s, while upper 30s and low 40s blanketed eastern Iowa where clouds persisted. Starry skies and variable winds were reported into Tuesday (19^th) morning with lows in the 20s. Cloud cover gradually increased from west to east through the afternoon and evening hours as southwesterly winds became gusty. A warm front and return flow continued to warm temperatures across southern Iowa overnight and hold them in the upper 40s and low 50s by sunrise on Wednesday (20^th). A fast moving disturbance produced scattered showers throughout the day with most of Iowa reporting measurable totals. Much of Iowa’s eastern two-thirds measured at least 0.25 inch with totals over 0.75 inch in the southeast corner; Donnellson (Lee County) observed 1.25 inches. Under clear skies, windless conditions and ample low-level moisture, very dense fog formed overnight and persisted through the late morning on Thursday (21^st) until increasing winds and solar heating mixed out the lower atmosphere. Afternoon highs, in the upper 50s to mid 60s, were pleasant under mostly sunny skies.

A line of showers formed in the late evening over southern Iowa and pushed north along an atmospheric boundary. The area of rain expanded across central and northern Iowa as severe storms pushed into western Iowa prior to sunrise on Friday (22^nd). Pockets of heavier rainfall associated with slow-moving thunderstorms produced flash flooding across several central Iowa counties with rain rates approaching three inches per hour. The disturbance exited eastern Iowa in the early afternoon as gusty southerly winds built in. A strong warm front lifted north over Iowa, pushing daytime temperatures into the upper 70s and low 80s in southern and western Iowa; temperatures remained in the low 60s northeast; the statewide average high was 73 degrees, 10 degrees above normal. Overnight temperatures remained unseasonably warm, holding in the upper 60s and low 70s in southwestern Iowa. A line of strong thunderstorms rapidly formed ahead of a strong low pressure disturbance and moved across western Iowa after sunrise on Saturday (23^rd). Some storms turned severe as the line raced into central Iowa before dissipating northeast. A second, stronger squall line formed along the low’s attendant cold front during the late afternoon hours as temperatures hovered in the mid to upper 70s with ample instability. Several storms turned severe through the evening hours with multiple reports of 60 – 70 mph winds and quarter-sized hail; a weak tornado was also spotted near Sheldahl (Boone County). Pockets of heavier rain totals were found in south-central Iowa with general storm amount between a tenth and half of an inch. A gauge in Des Moines (Polk County) measured 1.06 inches with a statewide average at 0.20 inch reported at 7:00 am Sunday (24^th).

Weekly precipitation totals ranged from 0.08 inch at Randolph (Fremont County) to 4.80 inches in Maxwell (Story County). The statewide weekly average precipitation was 1.35 inches while the normal is 0.90 inch. Sioux City Airport (Woodbury County) reported the week’s high temperature of 86 degrees on the 22^nd, 23 degrees above average. Atlantic (Cass County) and Audubon (Audubon County) reported the week’s low temperature of 16 degrees on the 19^th, on average 21 degrees below normal. Four-inch soil temperatures were in the upper 40s northwest to upper 50s southeast as of Sunday.

Obituaries

George “Bill” Joseph Townsend

By Theresa Rose · Monday, April 25th, 2022 at 8:57 pm CDT

George “Bill” Joseph Townsend, 79, of Danville, died Sunday, April 24, 2022 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice House in West Burlington following a courageous three-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Bill was born September 7, 1942 at Mercy Hospital in Burlington, Iowa to George William Townsend and Josephine (Woodruff) Townsend Kerr. He attended school K-12 in Memphis, Missouri, graduating from Memphis High School in 1960. He then attended Northeast Missouri State (Truman State) for three years and the University of Missouri for two years. Following college, he lived and worked in California for a short time before returning to the Midwest. He decided to pursue a career as an electrician following his father’s path and training from the Townsend Electric family business. He worked as an electrician at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant from the late 1960’s until retirement.

On May 14, 1977 he married Sheila Kay Long of Ottumwa, Iowa. They lived in Burlington for a few years before moving to Danville, Iowa in 1980. Their son, Brent David Townsend was born in December 1981.

Bill was a member of I.B.E.W. Local 13, Friends of Danville Museum and Library, Danville Community School Foundation, and a lifetime member of the Memphis, Missouri United Methodist Church. He was a previous member of the Southeast Iowa River City Corvette Club, Danville High School Athletic/Music Boosters, and served on the IAAP United Way board.

His hobbies included purchasing/restoring corvettes, lawn and gardening, building projects, attending Brent’s school activities, dining with family and friends, family Disney World/Florida trips, Iowa Hawkeye sports, spending time with his son and grandson in Toronto or Iowa when they returned for Christmas and summer visits, and golf cart rides with Sheila.

Bill is survived by his wife, Sheila; son Brent Townsend of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; grandson William Townsend of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; sister Ann Allen of Delray Beach, Florida; brother-in-law Mike (Shirley) Long of Mt. Pleasant; sister-in-law Susan Koger of Burlington, Iowa; nieces and nephews; great-nieces and nephews; cousins and wonderful friends and neighbors. He was preceded in death by his parents; mother-in-law Vonda Long; father-in-law Keith Long; step-father Harley Kerr; grandparents; aunts, uncles and cousins.

The family would like to express their gratitude to the physicians and staff at the University of Iowa Hospital Holden Cancer Center for their outstanding care during Bill’s cancer journey.

Visitation will begin at noon Thursday, April 28, 2022 at Elliott Chapel, New London with the family greeting friends from 5:00 – 7:30 PM. Per his wishes, cremation has been accorded and a private family inurnment will be held at a later date at Long Creek Cemetery, rural Danville with Pastor Jacob Yochum, Danville United Methodist Church officiating. Memorials have been established for the Danville Community School Foundation, the Danville Library and Museum, and Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice. Online condolences may be expressed at www.elliottfuneralchapel.com.