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A proposed ban on tobacco use at the Sunnyside Park skateboard area in Atlantic was snuffed out by the City’s Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors, because it was too narrow in scope, and because the proposal came from an outside group, and not from the skateboarders themselves, who have been tasked with policing the area to keep it clean and free from vandalism.
The proposal was made by Cass County Community Hospital Tobacco Prevention/Cessation Specialist Karla Akers and Circles for Success Coordinator, Melissa Stark, in coordination with students with the Atlantic Middle School and other, local groups. Akers said while there may be a perception of skateboard enthusiasts being smokers in other parts of the country, she admitted she doesn’t know if there is a problem with smoking at skate park in Atlantic.
Akers gave some reasons why they think the skate park should be tobacco free. One the reasons, is it makes for a healthier place for kids to play. She says it reduces the toxic litter, and helps prevent younger kids from playing with discarded cigarette butts. It would eliminate the danger of second-hand smoke, and allow kids to have fun without tobacco products. She said they’d like the park to be a model for healthy behavior to the citizens of, and visitors to Atlantic.
Atlantic Parks and Rec Director Roger Herring said the proposal is too narrow in focus, and doesn’t give those who use the skate park a say in what the policies are. He says he would rather the proposal be made by the skate park users themselves, for one thing, as opposed to an outside group dictating their behavior. He says it boils down his personal philosophy of “You have to police your own.” The Park Board agreed, they needed more input from the skate park users and from the Middle School “Builders Club,” before discussing the matter further and taking any action.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Marco Scutaro bounced back from Matt Holliday’s hard slide by delivering a big hit of his own that helped the San Francisco Giants get their first home win this postseason, 7-1 over St. Louis on Monday night that tied the NL championship series at 1-all. The game got off to a testy start when Holliday barreled into Scutaro at second base to break up a potential double play in the first inning. The play riled up a crowd that had seen three straight losses by the Giants so far in the playoffs.
There was plenty to cheer all night for the Giants. Ryan Vogelsong pitched seven strong innings, Angel Pagan hit a leadoff homer and Scutaro hit a two-run single off Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter that broke the game open in a four-run fourth. Scutaro left after five innings because of an injured left hip, and was going for X-rays.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy still isn’t sure who the Cowboys’ starting quarterback will be against Iowa State. Gundy said Monday that Wes Lunt, who suffered a knee injury on Sept. 15, is “day-to-day” but has started working with the Cowboys’ starters in practice. Backup J.W. Walsh, who’s started three games in Lunt’s absence, also is getting work in with Oklahoma State’s first team. Gundy says Iowa State (4-2, 1-2 Big 12 Conference) will have to prepare for both quarterbacks.
Whoever start Saturday, Oklahoma State (3-2, 1-1) is looking to improve upon an anemic performance in a 20-14 win over Kansas, in which the Cowboys managed just 371 yards of offense.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are staggering into their bye week. Their latest debacle was Sunday’s 38-10 rout at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that dropped their record to 1-5. It was their fourth blowout loss in six games, and it came one week after tackle Eric Winston chided fans for cheering after quarterback Matt Cassel suffered a head injury.
Fans and columnists are calling for the firing of coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli. Some are vowing to boycott the Chiefs until changes are made. The team will practice Monday through Wednesday before taking off the rest of the week.
The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2012 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
| Class 4A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Ankeny (16) | 8-0 | 169 | 1 |
| 2. Iowa City West (1) | 8-0 | 148 | 2 |
| 3. Cedar Rapids Xavier | 8-0 | 131 | 4 |
| 4. Pleasant Valley | 8-0 | 130 | 3 |
| 5. West Des Moines Dowling | 6-2 | 83 | 6 |
| 6. Sioux City East | 7-1 | 75 | 7 |
| 7. Southeast Polk | 6-2 | 68 | 8 |
| 8. Cedar Falls | 7-1 | 55 | 5 |
| 9. West Des Moines Valley | 6-2 | 45 | 10 |
| 10. Urbandale | 6-2 | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Marshalltown 8. 12, Davenport Assumption 4. 12, Waukee 4. 14, Dubuque Senior 3.
| Class 3A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Decorah (17) | 8-0 | 170 | 1 |
| 2. Sioux City Heelan | 8-0 | 150 | 2 |
| 3. Grinnell | 8-0 | 137 | 3 |
| 4. Creston-Orient-Macksburg | 7-1 | 104 | 4 |
| 5. Harlan | 7-1 | 87 | 5 |
| 6. Williamsburg | 7-1 | 76 | 6 |
| 7. Marion | 7-1 | 64 | 7 |
| 7. Tama South Tama | 7-1 | 64 | 8 |
| 9. Pella | 6-2 | 25 | NR |
| 10. Norwalk | 7-1 | 15 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Council Bluffs Lewis Central 13. 12, Boone 8. 13, Adel ADM 6. 14, Manchester West Delaware 5. 14, Solon 5. 16, Newton 3. 17, Washington 2. 18, Clear Lake 1.
| Class 2A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Boyden-Hull-RV (10) | 8-0 | 157 | 1 |
| 2. Mediapolis (5) | 8-0 | 148 | 2 |
| 3. State Center West Marshall (2) | 8-0 | 127 | 3 |
| 4. Carroll Kuemper | 8-0 | 124 | 4 |
| 5. Spirit Lake | 7-1 | 99 | 5 |
| 6. Union, La Porte City | 7-1 | 94 | 7 |
| 7. Waukon | 7-1 | 54 | 10 |
| 8. Dyersville Beckman | 7-1 | 44 | 9 |
| 9. Forest City | 7-1 | 30 | NR |
| 10. Center Point-Urbana | 7-1 | 27 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, New Hampton 13. 12, Bondurant Farrar 7. 13, Albia 5. 14, Sheldon 3. 14, Central Lyon-GLR 3.
| Class 1A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Iowa City Regina (17) | 8-0 | 170 | 1 |
| 2. Dike-New Hartford | 8-0 | 132 | 2 |
| 3. Emmetsburg | 7-1 | 122 | 3 |
| 4. IKM Manning | 8-0 | 116 | 5 |
| 5. Aplington-Parkersburg | 7-1 | 103 | 4 |
| 6. Fort Dodge St. Edmond | 7-1 | 73 | 6 |
| 7. Council Bluffs St. Albert | 7-1 | 71 | 7 |
| 8. Mount Ayr | 8-0 | 57 | 10 |
| (tie)Calmar South Winneshiek | 7-1 | 57 | 9 |
| 10. Delhi Maquoketa Valley | 7-1 | 14 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Sumner-Fredericksburg 6. 11, West Branch 6. 13, St. Ansgar 5. 14, Pella Christian 1. 14, Wilton 1. 14, Guttenberg Clayton Ridge 1.
| Class A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Woodward-Granger (11) | 8-0 | 161 | 1 |
| 2. Fairbank Wapsie Valley (5) | 8-0 | 152 | 2 |
| 3. Akron-Westfield | 8-0 | 120 | 3 |
| (tie)Britt West Hancock | 7-1 | 120 | 4 |
| 5. Traer North Tama | 7-1 | 93 | 6 |
| 6. Inwood West Lyon (1) | 7-1 | 84 | 5 |
| 7. Logan-Magnolia | 7-1 | 52 | 8 |
| 8. Lisbon | 7-1 | 49 | 7 |
| 9. Packwood Pekin | 7-1 | 26 | 10 |
| 10. Mason City Newman | 6-2 | 25 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Hinton 20. 12, Lone Tree 15. 13, Moville Woodbury Central 7. 14, Montezuma 3. 14, Brooklyn BGM 3. 16, Arlington Starmont 2. 16, Lawton-Bronson 2. 18, Belle Plaine 1.
| Class 8-Man | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Newell-Fonda (9) | 8-0 | 154 | 1 |
| 2. Murray (5) | 8-0 | 149 | 2 |
| 3. Elk Horn-Kimballton Exira (3) | 8-0 | 127 | 4 |
| 4. Gilbertville-Don Bosco | 7-0 | 125 | 3 |
| 5. Sidney | 8-0 | 101 | 5 |
| 6. HLV, Victor | 8-0 | 65 | 6 |
| 7. Marcus MMC | 8-0 | 60 | 7 |
| 8. Fremont Mills, Tabor | 7-1 | 54 | 8 |
| 9. Adair-Casey | 7-1 | 42 | 9 |
| 10. Clarksville | 8-1 | 18 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Buffalo Center North Iowa 15. 12, Preston 12. 13, Glidden-Ralston 6. 14, Melcher-Dallas 4. 15, Lenox 3.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State’s running game is scuffling, and the Cyclones have to try to fix it with their leading rusher on the sideline. The Cyclones are last in the Big 12 in rushing after managing only 65 yards on the ground in last Saturday’s 27-21 loss to Kansas State. James White, who leads the team with 264 yards rushing, missed that game and won’t play in next Saturday’s game at Oklahoma State.
Coach Paul Rhoads pounded the table twice during his weekly press conference to emphasize his point that the Cyclones have to run the ball to be successful. Iowa State (4-2, 1-2 Big 12) is 14-4 under Rhoads when rushing for at least 190 yards in a game and 8-18 when it falls below that figure.
Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call from the Trojan Bowl.
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