Lost Lake Tribune January 2009 Edition

World News Polls Close in Iraq with Few Problems. - Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdrawals. There were no reports of major violence. Polls closed an hour later than planned, after millions of voters cast ballots for influential regional councils around most of Iraq. Although the voting was generally peaceful, a shooting occurred in Baghdad's Sadr City district. Shiite lawmaker Ghufran al-Saidi said a military officer opened fire and injured two people after voters chanted slogans at a polling station. But Iraq's military spokesman, Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, told Al-Arabiya television that the shooting occurred after some people tried to carry mobile phones through security cordons. One person was killed and one injured, he said. In Tikrit, about 80 miles north of Baghdad, three mortar shells exploded near a polling station, but caused no casualties, said police, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media. A bomb found near a Tikrit voting center was defused, police added. Hundreds of Iraqi Kurds stormed an election office in the disputed northern city of Khanaqin after claiming many of them were not on voting lists. There were no reports of serious injuries. The incident was part of lingering disputes between Kurds and the Arab-run central government over control of the city near the Iranian border. More than 14,000 candidates, including about 3,900 women, are running for 440 seats on the influential councils in all of Iraq's provinces except for the autonomous Kurdish region in the north and the province that includes oil-rich Kirkuk, where ethnic groups were unable to reach a power-sharing formula. Information compiled from: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,486164,00.html IOWA News Faith Loses to Wartburg.- 1/24/08 (Waverly, IA) Faith faced their 7th NCAA / NAIA opponent of the year this past Saturday when they matched up with Wartburg College. Faith fell 46-105. The Eagles played well early on, matching baskets with Wartburg for the first 5 minutes of the game. With 15 minutes to play, Faith trailed by 1, 10-11. That was as close as the Eagles would be the rest of the game, as Wartburg would outscore the Eagles 45-11 to end the half. Faith played their entire squad throughout the game, with similar results in the second half. Erik Nilius had 13 points for the Eagles, while Tyler Terlouw recorded his second double double in as many games, scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Information copied from http://www.faith.edu/athletics/mens/basketball/index.html Minnesota News Homicide in St. Paul May Already Be Solved. - A 44-year-old St. Paul man was shot and killed early this morning, possibly during a robbery attempt, St. Paul police say. Police were called to the 900 block of Concordia Avenue where they found Jeffery Lamont Logan wounded and lying in an alley behind the American Legion Hall at 976 Concordia Avenue. Logan was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul where he died, police say.Witnesses told police they had seen a vehicle leaving the scene, and officers later caught up with it on southbound St. Albans Street. When officers tried to stop the vehicle, the driver continued driving for a short distance and crashed into a planter at Laurel Avenue and St. Albans Street. One man was arrested at the scene and two others were captured after a short search, police said. All three men were booked at the Ramsey County jail for homicide. Information copied from the Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/local/38747092.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU Crossroads Will Have Tough Week to Start February.- The Crossroads College Knights basketball team will face three tough opponents in the first week of February. First, crossroads travels to Ankeny, IA to face the Faith Eagles on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Then the Knights travel to Minneapolis to play at the North Central Rams. Finally the Knights host Oak Hills twice to end the week. This will be a tough week for the Knights but if they can win two or more games it will be obvious that they are a very competitive team that can win big games. Marcus Troy, Brent Courtney and Patrick Porras. Their coach is Pillsbury grad Brad Vaught in his second year. North Central Loses to St. Scholastica. - The North Central Rams lost 79-68 at St. Scholastica. The Rams made twelve baskets in both halves and shot just over fifty per cent. The CSS lead reached 20 points with 14 minutes to play in the game, but the Rams did not give up as they cut the lead down to six on a couple of occasions. However, the Saints did not let them get any closer as CSS went on to win 79-68. The Saints were able to keep their lead large enough by hitting seventeen of twenty-two second half free throws, including hitting nine of their last twelve from the charity stripe. Chris Hickox led the Rams with 16 while Phil Johnson and Daniel Young both scored 14. Information gained from http://www.csssaints.com/News/mbball/2009/1/27/12709northcentralmen.asp?path=mbball&tab=mens In other news, the Fourth Baptist Christian School had a very successful week. The Varsity girls and boys teams both went 2-0. The varsity girls defeated Prior Lake on Tuesday after allowing a 34-20 lead with 6 minutes to go to be cut to a 34-28 lead. The lady Warriors then scored the last ten points to win 44-28. Then the girls won by a similar score over Woodcrest as their 6' 1" center Emily Nystrom easily scored several baskets and dominated the offensive glass. The boys defeated Owatonna Christian by 30 on Tuesday 1/27. In the second half the Warriors enlarged their 17 point lead by letting Josh Henderson, their 6' 4" center score 12 points in less than 9 minutes. Henderson was at it again on Friday when he scored 25 in a 68-48 victory over Woodcrest. Isaac Meredith added 11 points on 3 of 5 from the 3-point line. The Junior Varsity Boys lost a tough 52-45 decision on Tuesday while shooting 30 per cent on layups and shooting less than 50 per cent on free throws. The eighth grade boys won on Friday. The JV girls blew a 30-25 lead on Tuesday and had to play the last two minutes without a point guard after their best player Deborah Nystrom fouled out with the score 30-28. The JV girls lost 33-30 but redeemed themselves on Friday with an easy win in which they balanced their scoring and practiced several minutes playing without Nystrom. Wisconsin News Small Plane Crashes in Western Wisconsin City. - Dunn County officials say a small plane has crashed north on Menomonie, killing all on board. Dunn County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Paul Gunness would not say how many people were on board. KSTP-TV in St. Paul, Minn., reports three people were on the plane, which was going from Sheboygan to New Richmond. Menomonie is 30 miles west of Eau Claire, WI. Gunness says the department received a call about 9:45 p.m. Friday about a possible plane crash and small fire. He says deputies found the plane in a wooded field with debris scattered over 5 to 10 acres. A sheriff's office spokeswoman says it will not release more information until Saturday Afternoon. Information gained from WSAW http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/38748192.html In other Wisconsin news, the Neillsville Lady Warriors improved to 15-0 after defeating Augusta 60-21 on Friday 1/30, and defeating Loyal 65-22 earlier on Tuesday 1/27. Also, Pastor Mark Fugate, his wife, Sara and their younger son, Aaron will be attending the Butler Bulldogs game at the UW Green Bay Phoenix on Feb. 2 at 7 PM. Aaron Fugate will be contributing an article about the game in the next edition of the LLT. http://uwgbathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/wigb-m-baskbl-sched.html EDITORIAL. - Al Gore must be right after all! After 30 days of January in Minnesota with below freezing temps, now Albert Lea is a balmy 39 degrees Fahrenheit! http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KAEL.html Al Gore must be a genius, he predicted global warming and it has finally come to the Northern Star State. With temperature rises like this, Minnesota will be in the eighties in March! We Minnesotans better stop driving cars and polluting the sky before we melt off the earth! We had better stop ruining the earth or there will be no one left to say "ya shore!". I was not a believer in Al Gore's theory until today but now I am a follower. Okay, I am just kidding! But it is true that Minnesota did not get above freezing this month until the 31st day. That is a lot of days with little or no melting. This month included several days with temps below -20 F (-29 C) and wind chills in the -30s F (-33 C). I certainly hated to go outside while working but I had to even if it was for just five minutes. Meanwhile in the lower Midwest and upper South, 24 people died because of snow and ice storms in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, Kentucky and Arkansas. Global climate change is a phenomenon that cannot be controlled by man. Some years are cold and some are hot. Some decades have long winters and others have long summers. Ice melts in the Arctic and Ice builds in the Antarctic. Some dyas will be cold and others will be hot and others will be moderate, we cannot do anything about it. So just live a responsible life and follow the teachings of Scripture. This is the opinion of Benjamin Fugate, editor to give YOUR opinion email me at benfugate2005@yahoo.com