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Roling rolls to 900 wins in baseball

June 30, 2010 By

Jerry Roling says a passion for baseball has kept him in the coaching ranks for 39 years. The head coach at Dubuque Wahlert became only the fifth Iowa high school baseball coach to reach 900 wins this past weekend. Roling says he doesn’t get caught up in the numbers, but says it does make him feel good. He says he’s been fortunate to have a good career and was able to start as a varsity coach right out of college.

Roling’s career started at Holy Cross Leo and after five years he moved on to Cascade where he coached for 29 years. He is in his fifth season at Dubuque Wahlert. Roling says he “had a severe passion for the game” after growing up with baseball and other athletics. He says has never thought much about getting out of coaching and is thankful to have been able to do it for this many years.

The coaching profession provides a lot of highs and lows but Roling says he has always enjoyed being part of it. Roling says the greatest rewards are the memories, the friendships and relationships that he has built throughout the year. He says he’s gotten to coach a lot of great kids who grew to be great adults as well, so those are more important than the numbers.

The Golden Eagles are tenth ranked in class 3A in the latest Radio Iowa/Coaches Poll.

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DNR releases results of alcohol enforcement on lakes

June 30, 2010 By

The Department of Natural Resources has released results of an enforcement effort last weekend on some of Iowa’s busiest waterways. Susan Stocker is a boating safety expert with the Iowa D.N.R.

“Across the state, we had six boating while intoxicated arrests and 90 citations and warnings for various violations,” Stocker said. Those violations included possession of alcohol by a minor, failure to issue life vests and speeding.

The “Operation Dry Water” program involved 63 officers patrolling six waterways; Clear Lake, the Coralville Reservoir, Saylorville Reservoir, Big Creek in Polk County, the Des Moines River and a portion of the Mississippi River around east central Iowa. Stocker is hoping there are fewer boating while intoxicated arrests over the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend.

“We wish to send the message that boating and alcohol don’t mix,” Stocker said. “So, if you choose to have alcohol, make sure you have a sober driver to operate the boat.” The enforcement effort, which ran Friday through Sunday, was scheduled to include Lake Okoboji, but storms in the area kept boats off the water much of the weekend.

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Thousands of fish die in Lee County pond

June 30, 2010 By

A state team is investigating the cause of a fishkill in far southeast Iowa’s Lee County. Dennis Ostwinkle, regional supervisor for the Iowa D.N.R.’s Environmental Services Division, says several thousand dead fish were counted on Tuesday at Trumpeter Swan Marsh, near Fort Madison.

“Four-thousand was the count by the fisheries staff and it’s in a quarry pond regulated by Lee County,” Ostwinkle says. “I’m not sure if it’s open to the public for fishing or what they do there. Anyway, a lot of fish were killed and we don’t know what the cause is yet.” He says a dollar value is being placed on the dead fish.

“There were bluegill, bass and crappie and maybe some catfish,” Ostwinkle says. “The estimate by the fisheries bureau was $60,000 and that’s because they’re all game fish.” The National Weather Service says Lee County is under a Flood Warning, but he says it doesn’t appear that this 16-acre pond was affected by sewage, manure or chemicals that might’ve washed in with flood water.

“There isn’t any flooding that I’m aware of in this particular location,” Ostwinkle says. “Now, the Mississippi River is high and some of our other rivers, but it’s not impacting this site here.” The D.N.R. is taking water samples and other steps to trace the cause of the fishkill. If a responsible party is found, Ostwinkle says there may be penalties and restitution.

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Congressman Loebsack part of hearing on Arlington National Cemetery mismanagement

June 30, 2010 By

Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack questioned how the headstone of an Iowan buried at Arlington National Cemetery ended up in an overgrown field in Maryland today during a hearing by the House Armed Services Committee. Army Secretary John McHugh today testified before the committee about mismanagement at the cemetery where more than 330,000 military veterans are buried.

Loebsack, a Democrat from Mount Vernon, pointed to a photo in the Washington Post that showed the grave marker of Army Private George Bihrer, an Iowan who died in 1918. The headstone was found in a remote area that was once part of Fort Meade. “It hit me hard and I was quite dismayed. And again there doesn’t seem to be any explanation for how that headstone came to be there. I guess that’s even more upsetting,” Loebsack told the Army Secretary.

Secretary McHugh told Loebsack the old marker should have been properly ground up and disposed. Army officials say Private Bihrer is still buried at Arlington with a new headstone. The Congressional committee is trying to get to the bottom of how administrators at Arlington mislabeled more than 200 grave sites.

See more from Loebsack in the video below:

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Class 4A: Kayla Gaunt, Muscatine

June 30, 2010 By

The junior pitcher had a 4-0 record on the mound and in 24innings of work gave up only three earned runs and struck out 12. She also earned a save and at the plate batted .625 with a home run, 11 RBI and scored six runs. Gaunt tossed a complete game in a victory over Iowa City West and finished four-for-four with a double and three RBI.

Filed Under: INS Player of the Week, Sports

Class 3A: Jordan Johnson, Sioux City Heelan

June 30, 2010 By

The senior pitcher earned her 100th career victory on the mound in an extra inning win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson. Johnson pitched eight innings and gave up only one earned run and six hits. She also helped her own cause at the plate by registering a pair of hits with an RBI and scored a run. She batted .368 during the week.

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Class 2A: Cassandra Darrah, Wayne (Corydon)

June 30, 2010 By

 

The senior pitcher was dominant on the mound and at the plate. Darrah was 6-0 and in 37 innings gave up only one earned run,13 hits and struck out 79 batters. She also batted .632 with five home runs, five doubles and scored 11 runs. Darrah tossed a complete game two hitter, struck out 16 batters and clubbed a grand slam home run in a victory over East Union. She gave up only two hits, struck out 16 and hit her second grand slam of the week in a win over Clarke of Osceola.

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