AGENDA
9:00 Sarah Berndt, CDS Monthly Update
9:15 Resolution – Mental Health Agency of Southeast Iowa Region 28E Agreement
9:20 ARPA Resolution & MOU for Courthouse Generator
9:30 Remove Amendment to future land use map from the table
Other County Business as time allows
Supervisors Sub-Committee Updates
Thousands of Iowans will be camping and building campfires this Memorial Day weekend and throughout the summer. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages campers to buy firewood from where they will burn it instead of bringing it from home.
“Moving unseasoned firewood around the state can threaten the health of our forests by spreading insects like emerald ash borer that live in firewood,” explains Tivon Feeley, DNR forest health forester.
The emerald ash borer (EAB) is a small, metallic-green, invasive wood-boring beetle native to east Asia that attacks and kills ash trees. It attacks trees of any size, age, or stage of health.
The spread of EAB into uninfected areas has been primarily through people moving firewood from county to county or state to state. “These pests don’t move far on their own, but they can travel hundreds of miles in a single day in contaminated firewood,” said Feeley.
Plenty of firewood is available locally to your favorite state or county park. Ask a park ranger or campground host where to get firewood locally. Make sure to burn all firewood at the campsite and not leave it or transport to a new area.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship requires all firewood sold or acquired in Iowa to have the county and state of harvest location on the label of packages and the delivery ticket for bulk firewood.
Learn more about emerald ash borer and why not to move firewood on the DNR website at www.iowadnr.gov/eab.
High School Soccer
The Mt. Pleasant girls’ team’s season comes to an end after falling to Central DeWitt 4-1 last night on the road. The Panthers finish the season with an 11-6 record.
For girls’ soccer, Burlington Notre Dame fell to North Scott 8-0. The Nikes end the season with a 10-9 record.
Fort Madison stopped their two game skid against Burlington last night winning 3-2. Burlington ends the season with a 12-6 record. The Bloodhounds will compete against Pella for the Regional Championship.
High School Golf
Play concluded at the Ames Golf and Country Club for the boys’ Class 1A state tournament and Mason Shelledy of New London finished tied for 18th with a score of 22 over par.
On day one, Shelledy found himself tied for 30th after shooting an 86 on a par-71 course. Shelledy greatly improved on day two finishing with one of the top 20 scores of the day with a score of 78 for the same course.
Class 3A played at Veenker Memorial Country Club and Roman Roth played magnificently as he finished as the individual state champion. Roth finished 1 under after the two days of competition. He led the competition after day one with a score of 73 and followed that up with a score of 70 as he was one of two to shoot under par for the course, Davis Korver of MOC-Floyd Valley shot 1 under for day two.
The Class 1A team champion was Hillcrest Academy scoring 650. Grundy Center was the team champion for Class 2A. Class 3A’s team champion was MOC Floyd-Valley.
The New London girls’ team and Olivia Hines of Mediapolis will be competing in the state tournament with day one of the two day tournament starting tomorrow, May 25th.
Deerwood Golf Club will be sponsoring KILJ’s coverage of the girls’ state golf meet.
High School Baseball
Mt. Pleasant will travel to take on Clear Creek-Amana tonight. KILJ will be on the call with pregame at 6:45 pm.
Winfield-Mt. Union fell to Pekin last night 6-3. The Wolves will face off against West Burlington tomorrow.
New London will travel to take on West Liberty tomorrow at 7 pm.
Danville lost to Mediapolis 12-2 last night. The Bears will face off against Hillcrest Academy tomorrow at home.
Central Lee will travel to face off against Burlington Notre Dame on May 26th.
High School Softball
Mt. Pleasant will host Mid-Prairie on May 26th.
Holy Trinity Catholic fell to West Burlington last night 19-9. The Crusaders had the lead after scoring 5 runs in the top of the 5th inning, but the Falcons would pour on 11 runs to end the game early. Lauren Summers smacked a home run and collected 7 RBIs for West Burlington. The Crusaders will host Pekin tomorrow, May 25th.
Winfield-Mt. Union and Pekin had a game that offenses dream about as the Wolves tallied 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to win 28-27. The Wolves will face off against West Burlington tomorrow at 7 pm.
Danville was shut out 12-0 by Mediapolis last night. The Bears will host Hillcrest Academy tomorrow with first pitch at 7 pm.
Central Lee will travel to face off against Holy Trinity Catholic on May 26th.
Iowa Wesleyan Athletics
The NAIA National Championship meet starts today for outdoor track and field. All Tiger competitors will begin competition tomorrow.
This Day in Sports History
1979 – Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar.
1984 – Detroit Tigers win an American League record 17th straight road game.
1992 – Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Jr. holds off Scott Goodyear to win by 0.043 seconds; closest finish in Indy history; first second-generation driver to win the race.
Prep Boys’ Golf- Play has concluded at the Ames Golf and Country Club for the boys’ Class 1A state tournament and Mason Shelledy of New London finished tied for 18th with a score of 22 over par.
On day one, Shelledy found himself tied for 30th after shooting an 86 on a par-71 course. Shelledy greatly improved on day two finishing with one of the top 20 scores of the day with a score of 78 for the same course.
Class 3A played at Veenker Memorial Country Club and Roman Roth played magnificently as he finished as the individual state champion. Roth finished 1 under after the two days of competition. He led the competition after day one with a score of 73 and followed that up with a score of 70 as he was one of two people to shoot under par for the course, Davis Korver of MOC-Floyd Valley shot 1 under for day two.
Deerwood Golf Club is the exclusive sponsor for boys’ and girls’ state golf here on KILJ.
A special celebration was held Monday night on the Great River Bridge across the Mississippi at Burlington. The Burlington Lightscape Project celebrated the completed lighting of the Great River Bridge. The lights on the south side of the bridge were dedicated to the memory of Pearson Franklin of New London and Andrew Whitcomb of Burnside, Illinois. The two Frank Millard and Company construction workers were killed when they were hit by a car while working on the bridge October 18, 2022.
Prep Softball– The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the first rankings of the softball season and three out of the five champions from last year do not enter this season as the top team.
In Class 1A, Twin Cedars defeated Southeast Warren in the championship game last year. This year Twin Cedars almost started outside of the top 15 as they snuck in with the #13 ranking. Additionally, it was not a great start to the season for the Sabers as they fell to Wayne 17-2. Southeast Warren enters as the top ranked team. Martensdale-St. Marys finished 3rd last year and enter the rankings in 2nd with Remsen St. Mary’s in 3rd. Highland comes into the season ranked 10th and St. Ansgar rounds out the top 15.
Iowa City Regina is looking to repeat as state champions after taking down Wilton 6-4 last year and they enter this year as the favorite. Lisbon ranks 2nd with Central Springs taking the #3 spot. Wilton is ranked 6th despite their runner-up finish last season. Mount Ayr competed in the state tournament last season; however, the Raiders do not find themselves ranked in the top 15. South Hardin rounds out the top 15 for Class 2A.
For Class 3A, last year’s champion Mount Vernon starts this year ranked 5th. Williamsburg is the favorite this year with Davenport Assumption assuming the #2 position after their runner-up finish last year. PCM closes out the top 15 as they finished last season with a 16-12 record.
Dallas Center-Grimes continues the trend created in Class 1A as they finished as last year’s runner-up and this year’s favorite for Class 4A. Fort Dodge ranks 2nd and North Scott in 3rd. Last year’s champion Winterset enters this season ranked 10th. Similarly, Winterset fell to 9th ranked North Polk to start the season 4-2. Two of our local teams find themselves ranked in the top 15. Burlington enters ranked 11th after making it to the state tournament last season where they went 0-2 to Winterset and Norwalk. Fairfield is ranked 13th but lost their season opener 10-6 to Van Buren County.
Last year’s Class 5A champion is this year’s favorite in Waukee Northwest. Valley is ranked 2nd with Southeast Polk taking 3rd. Fort Dodge is not ranked inside of the top 15 despite being last year’s runner-up. Muscatine enters the season ranked 7th despite finishing in 3rd place last year. Iowa City Liberty rounds out the top 15 after finishing 28-14 last year.
Iowa Wesleyan- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Outdoor Track and Field National Championships begin tomorrow and run through May 26th. Here are the qualifiers for Iowa Wesleyan.
The women’s team will have three competitors at the meet. Bri Hunter returns to nationals as she looks to improve upon her 24th place finish in the shot put from last year when she threw 12.33 meter (40 feet 5.5 inches). Hunter enters the field ranked 14th after a season best throw of 13.69 meters.
Faith Younce and Allison Morris will both be competing in the 5000 meter RaceWalk. Younce enters with the 9th fastest time and Morris ranks 11th heading into the event.
For the men’s team, Kenny Tucker and Logan Lucas will compete in the 5000 meter RaceWalk. Tucker enters with a season best time of 25 minutes and 36 seconds, which ranks him 15th in the field. Lucas rounds out the event rankings in 16th with a season best time of 26 minutes and 10 seconds.
Indiana Wesleyan will be hosting the three-day event with the Tiger men competing on May 25th at 4:15 pm. Hunter will be throwing the shot at 1:30 pm on May 25th. Lastly, Younce and Morris will be competing at 3:25 pm on May 25th.
