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MEET THE SCHOOL
BOARD CANDIDATES
BEACH RENTAL RATES
GOING DOWN
County engineer tracks down
TRAIN DELAYS
More rains
needed at
crucial time
By WINONA WHITAKER
Courier staff writer
JEFFREY LECHNER
Courier staff writer
AGENCY ¡ª Recent rains
may have saved some local
crops, for now. But more
rain is still needed if it¡¯s going to have a lasting impact.
¡°It¡¯s definitely a savior to
the soybeans,¡± said Colin
Johnson who farms near
Agency. ¡°We¡¯re at a crucial
point with the pods filling
out; more importantly it
will add some weight to the
pods,¡± said Johnson. The
rains arrived in time to stop
further aborting of pods but
the moment but the reprieve
could be short-lived. ¡°If we
continue to get some more
moisture we have the potential to be and average bean
crop,¡± said Johnson with the
exception of some fields that
were planted late and had
various pest problems.
Even with the soybeans
saved, Johnson doubts that
he¡¯ll be profitable this year.
According to Johnson the
rain is too late for most of
the corn crop that is too
far along to be impacted
much. Johnson doubts he¡¯ll
be able to break even with
Please see SOYBEANS, Page A4
Dodge
will do
350 miles
per hour
Mark Newman/The Courier
Trains crossing the place where Quincy Avenue and Blackhawk Road meet can be up to two miles long. A Canadian Pacific train
Tuesday crosses the intersection pretty quickly.
IDOT describes ways to get help with blocked traffic
es at that crossing,¡± said Wapello
County Supervisor Brian Morgan.
That increase will come because
he county has not forgotten of improvements made to the
the concerns raised by
road.
a rural couple: Stopped
¡°When we pave a road,¡± said
trains are only supposed to block Supervisor Greg Kenning, ¡°it¡¯s an
an intersection for 10 minutes
invitation to more folks to use that
under most circumstances.
road.¡±
Where Quincy meets Blackhawk,
That belief adds to the idea the
however, the wait can be 25
county must at least try to estabminutes to an hour.
lish cooperation between itself and
¡°And it¡¯s only going to become the railroad.
more of an issue as traffic increasOn the county¡¯s behalf, County
By MARK NEWMAN
Courier staff writer
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Engineer Brian Moore said he met
with the Iowa DOT. First, giving
the engineer a ticket is not really
effective, said the DOT.
¡°We¡¯ve knocked on a few locomotive doors,¡± said Sheriff Mark
Miller. ¡°You talk to the engineer,
you explain things, and the next
day, it¡¯s a different engineer.¡±
The DOT representative suggested instead the county send
a letter of concern to specific
railroad personnel.
Please see TRAINS, Page A4
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OTTUMWA ¡ª Neal
Darnell has a Dodge truck
unlike any other. It¡¯ll do 350
miles per hour.
¡°It¡¯s a single engine,
12,000 horsepower,¡± said
Darnell. ¡°The engine came
out of a Navy fighter jet.¡±
The Flash Fire jet truck
will be on display at Vaughn
Automotive Friday, Aug. 25
from 2-5 p.m. before Darnell
takes it to Ottumwa Regional Airport for Fly Iowa¡¯s
weekend shows.
¡°We have three trucks,¡±
said Darnell. ¡°The truck
we¡¯re bringing is a Dodge.
We¡¯re going to have our
entire rig [at Vaughn], the
tractor-trailer with the jet
truck.¡± Darnell will be giving away free photos.
Darnell¡¯s entire team will
consist of himself and his
wife, Marilyn. ¡°These jet
trucks are pretty easy to
maintain,¡± he said.
Having a jet engine in
a truck ¡°works out pretty
good,¡± Darnell said. ¡°I¡¯m
still alive after 15 years.
We¡¯ve got a perfect safety
record.¡±
¡°My background is in
Please see FLASH Page A8
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Pleasant and works for U.S. Gypsum. Son
Matthew lives in the Chicago area.
The Straits were given a Century Farm
designation in 2013. The certificate is
OTTUMWA ¡ª Marvin and Doris Strait
framed and displayed prominently on a
live about halfway between Douds and Keoshelf in the Strait living room. ¡°[We] saw it
sauqua. About a half mile away is 160 acres
advertised and knew some of them had got
that have been in the family since 1907.
it around here,¡± said Strait.
No one lives on the land. It¡¯s been planted
The 160 acres are just a part of the total
at various times with hay, alfalfa and beans
620 acres the family owns.
and served as pasture to sheep and cattle.
Garfield and Willa Strait were the first
Winona Whitaker/The Courier
Today, Marvin farms the land with his
in the family to own the Van Buren County
Though not located on the century farm, this sign recognizes the Strait family and its love of
sons Philip, a trucker who lives about
Please see FARM, Page A8 farming.
two miles away, and Les, who lives in Mt.
Courier staff writer
TWO-DAY
FORECAST
Today ... 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly
after 4 p.m. Mostly cloudy with a high near 86. New rainfall amounts
between a tenth and quarter of an inch. Tonight ... 70 percent chance
of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy
with a low around 68. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and
half of an inch. Thursday ... A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms before 1 p.m. Partly sunny with a high near 84.
Weather, Page A8
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Wednesday
Weather
A8, Wednesday, August 16, 2017
10-DAY FORECAST
National weather
LOCAL
Records
Forecast for Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Bands separate high temperature zones for the day.
Tuesday
H
L
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Rain, t-storms
High: 85
Low: 67
Rain, t-storms
High: 85
Low: 61
Mostly sunny
High: 85
Low:62
Mostly sunny
High: 86
Low: 63
Sunny
High: 87
Low: 64
High: 85
Low: 68
Record high: 105 in 1936
Record low: 45 in 2004
Today
Record high: 106 in 1936
Record low: 51 in 1992
Precipitation
Tuesday: 0.03
Sunrise/
Sunset
Today
Fronts
Warm
Cold
Stationary
Pressure
H
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