South Bend first baseman Josiah Hartshorn and right-hander Mason McGwire were named to the Futures Game roster.
Iowa
Iowa City School Board President discusses retirement of Hills Elementary
HILLS, Iowa (KCRG) – Iowa City’s School Board President told TV9 that closing its elementary school in Hills may help avoid other districtwide cuts.
The district is looking to make $7 million in cuts over the next 2-years. It blames the cuts on a lack of growth in student populations and the implementation of a statewide private school voucher program that went into effect this school year.
Hills Elementary School is in the town of Hills, about 15 miles south of Iowa City. It’s the district’s smallest school that has a majority enrollment of minority students but also costs the district the most money per student.
“My son is going to be sad because he made a lot of friends here,” said Elena Ramirez of Iowa City.
Ramirez drives her 5-year-old son the 15 minutes to Hill from Iowa City because she said it had helped him to better learn English.
“Now, he can speak more English and spell the alphabet,” she said.
Hills Elementary may be the smallest elementary in the district, but it’s also unique. Of the 140 students enrolled, 43% are Hispanic. That’s three times the district average.
“That’s why we like the school, they help him,” said Elena.
The needs of families like the Ramirez’s aren’t lost to School Board President Ruthina Malone.
“It’s not a decision that any board member signs up to make, to close down a school,” said Malone.
Malone said each student has had access to the districtwide “Student Family Advocates” which offers transportation support, mental health resources, school supplies, and more. She said if they close Hills Elementary, those students will receive the same level of care at whatever elementary they attend.
“If they decide that if Hills gets closed and they want to stay with ICCSD and go to the new home school, transportation will be provided to get them there,” she said.
Malone said she was still undecided about the fate of this school. Fellow board members are already considering millions of dollars in cuts that impact teacher incentives, purchases, an administrative position, and canceling a professional learning day. She said keeping Hills open could leave lasting impacts by potentially cutting 43 teacher positions districtwide.
“We already see some large class sizes throughout our buildings, we are going to see even larger class sizes throughout our buildings if we have to let go,” said Malone.
Malone said there were still a lot of questions they were working through if they were to close Hills Elementary: what the student-to-teacher ratio would be, what students would open enroll into other schools, and what school would the students attend, but Ramirez hoped her son would continue to grow.
“If I have to change his school, maybe he can make more friends,” said Ramirez.
The board will vote on March 26th.
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Right-hander Kenten Egbert went back from Triple-A Iowa to High-A South Bend.
Right-hander Eduarniel Núñez, whom the Cubs designated for assignment last week, cleared waivers and was assigned to Iowa.
The Cubs signed third baseman Michael Hallquist from the Milwaukee Milkmen of the independent American Association and assigned him to South Benc.
Everyone lost tonight. That stinks.
The Iowa Cubs were chicken against the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 7-4.
Starter Doug Nikhazy didn’t make it out of the first inning. Nikhazy got pummeled for five runs on two hits and four walks while just retiring one batter. At least that one out was a strikeout.
Aaron Bummer made his Cubs debut in this game, pitching the sixth inning. Bummer faced four batters and retired three of them. The other one hit a solo home run. Bummer did not have a strikeout.
Liam Hendriks made his Cubs debut in the bottom of the seventh. He allowed a single and a walk, but no runs in his one inning of work. Hendriks struck out two.
Left fielder BJ Murray hit his tenth home run of the year with the bases empty in the sixth inning. Murray went 1 for 3 with a walk. He scored twice.
Right fielder Ben Cowles was 3 for 4 with a steal. He singled home Murray in the fourth innning.
Second baseman Owen Miller went 2 for 4 with a double and two steals, one of which was a steal of home as part of a double steal with Cowles. He drove in one with an RBI groundout. Miller also scored one run.
The double steal of second and home.
The Knoxville Smokies got squeezed by the Columbus Clingstones (Braves), 8-3.
Brooks Caple gave the Smokies a good start, but he ended up getting the loss anyways. Caple allowed two runs on three hits over five innings. He walked two and struck out three.
This game 2-1 Columbus until Frankie Scalzo Jr. gave up six runs in the top of the ninth.
Center fielder Andy Garriola hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth, his 17th on the season. Garriola went 1 for 4.
First baseman Edgar Alvarez was a perfect 3 for 3 with two doubles and a walk. He drove in one run.
The South Bend Cubs were dropped by the Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins), 9-8 in ten innings.
Mason McGwire threw the first three innings and surrendered one run on three hits. McGwire struggled with control as he walked three and hit two batters. McGwire struck out two.
After the Cubs failed to score in the top of the tenth, Grayson Moore entered the game, trying to send the game to the 11th inning. Instead, he gave up a walk-off two-out RBI double. Moore’s final line was one run on one hit over two-thirds of an inning. The run was earned—the automatic runner was doubled off of second on a lineout. Moore did not walk anyone but he did hit a batter who turned out to be the winning run.
South Bend blew a 7-1 lead in this game after five-and-a-half innings.
In his affiliated baseball debut, second baseman Michael Hallquist hit a two-run home run in his first at-bat in the second inning. Hallquist went 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored.
Catcher Logan Poteet hit his first South Bend home run in the sixth inning with the bases empty. It was Poteet’s 15th overall home run. Poteet went 2 for 4 with a walk. He scored two runs and had two RBI.
DH Jose Escobar connected on a solo home run in the top of the seventh. It was his fourth home run with South Bend and sixth overall. Escobar went 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored.
Poteet’s round-tripper.
Jose Escobar really got a hold of this one.
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were allergic to the Hickory Crawdads (Rangers), 6-2.
David Bracho started, gave up one run in the first, three in the second and two in the third. Bracho’s final line was six runs on seven hits over three innings. He walked three and struck out two.
Yoendris Gonzalez and Anhuar Garcia then each threw three innings of no-run, no-hit baseball. Both of them struck out five. Gonzalez walked one. Garcia hit one batter. It was Garcia’s Myrtle Beach debut.
Catcher Jairo Diaz hit an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth. He was 1 for 4.
Highlights, such as they are.
Governor Kim Reynolds, her husband and five of their grandchildren stopped in Mason City this morning to get a look at the city’s new bike park.
“This is a great example of Destination Iowa funds,” Reynolds said, “I think they received $4.5 million, and the partnerships is how we get things like this done.”
Starting in 2023, Governor Reynolds used federal pandemic relief dollars to create the Destination Iowa program to invest in infrastructure, like airports, and boost locations to attract tourists and new Iowa residents and legislators have provided state tax dollars to continue the program. Reynolds said an Iowa Economic Development Authority survey shows the value of the program. “It really pointed out that when people come here from out of state and if they love the experience, they really are more likely to move here and become a resident,” Reynolds said.
The Reynolds family is making a week long tour around the state, visiting outdoor destinations and attractions to draw attention to the governor’s June 8 executive order that established an Iowa Office of Outdoor Recreation. “It’ll partner with tourism, it’ll really highlight all of the great amenities that we have in this state and really drive people to the state,” Reynolds said.
This is day three of the Reynolds’ family road trip. Yesterday they hiked in the Loess Hills and stopped at the West Bend Grotto. The governor said her grandkids were excited this morning as they drove into Mason City’s new bike park. “The whole Winnebago was full of the wow factor,” Reynolds said. “They were lined up on the windows and they were like pointing stuff out and we about tripped over each trying to get out the door so they could get out there and experience it.”
The Prairie Rock Trails Bike Park features wood boardwalks, jumps, and several single-track routes for riders of varying ages and skill levels. It connects riders to more than 20 miles of trails and 600 acres of scenic parkland.
(By Bob Fisher, KGLO, Mason City)
Iowa
New York Times/Siena Polls in Alaska, Iowa, North Carolina, and Ohio – Siena Research Institute
- Alaska: Sullivan 47% – Peltola 45%
- Iowa: Hinson 48% – Turek 46%
- North Carolina: Cooper 50% – Whatley 43%
- Ohio: Husted 50% – Brown 47%
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“The fight for control of the U.S. Senate is on. Republicans hold razor thin leads in Alaska, Iowa and Ohio while in North Carolina, the former governor holds an early 7-point advantage,” according to Siena Research Institute’s Executive Director, Don Levy. “Of the six states we polled, these four as well as Maine and Texas, all except for North Carolina are well within the margin of error.”
Contact Information:
Siena Research Institute Director, Dr. Don Levy is available starting at 8:30 AM ET Wednesday, July 1st, to discuss the findings.
Levy can be reached at (518)-284-3551 or don.levy@reconmr.com to arrange for interviews in person or via phone.
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