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Iowa cemetery staff shares ad on Facebook to find ‘life partner’ for widowed goose
Employees at a burial website in Iowa took to Fb final month to seek for a accomplice for a resident goose whose vital different had died.
On Feb. 10, the Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown, Iowa, posted the “private advert” on behalf of Blossom – a “lonely, widowed home goose,” who was searching for a “life accomplice.”
In August 2022, Blossom’s former accomplice, Bud, had been killed by a wild animal, the cemetery employees wrote in a put up.
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Since Bud’s loss of life, these at Riverside Cemetery observed Blossom’s habits change, so that they determined to assist her discover a new feathered buddy.
Blossom is pictured on this picture, observing her reflection in a shiny headstone. “Come share life with me at Riverside Cemetery, the place you may get pleasure from swimming within the beautiful lake, good meals, quite a few mates, and peeking within the door of the workplace constructing on the unusual however type people there, who feed us plenty of goodies,” Blossom’s private advert, which was posted to Fb acknowledged. (Riverside Cemetery)
“I am youthful, adventurous and vigorous, and I have been informed I am stunning,” the private advert learn.
Three days later, employees discovered Blossom a brand new home goose accomplice.
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Frankie, a “lonely, widowed male goose” was looking for a brand new house, after his earlier household had moved out of acknowledged, cemetery employees shared on Fb.
“We’re so blissful that Blossom and Frankie are now not alone and lonely. And we’re amazed at how far their story has unfold!” a Riverside Cemetery consultant informed Fox Information Digital.
“Some of the frequent responses we have heard is that this story brightens the day for folks, and that makes us blissful, too,” the rep continued. “Individuals are hungry for blissful information tales to stability out all the unhealthy information we hear every day. This story appears to fill an actual want.”
Blossom and Frankie (pictured right here) have discovered love on the grounds of Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown, Iowa. (Riverside Cemetery)
Frankie arrived at Riverside Cemetery on Valentine’s Day, and was launched to Blossom the following day, in accordance with Fb.
“We let Frankie unfastened proper in entrance of Blossom,” a Fb put up learn. “She was excited and flapped her wings and known as out. He was rather less enthusiastic…Since then, although, they have been collectively as Frankie explores his new house. Possibly love is starting to blossom.”
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Riverside Cemetery staff seem to have be preserving their followers up-to-date on the connection between the geese.
One reader commented, “I am so blissful for her hope he treats her effectively.”
“Geese will usually do finest if they’re able to stay with a minimum of one different goose,” in accordance with the web site, The Open Santuary Mission – a useful resource for farmed animal sanctuary operation. (Riverside Cemetery/iStock)
One other particular person wrote, “[I] am so blissful Blossom has a brand new beau.”
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It was an important date around the state for volleyball teams in Iowa, as the latest rankings were released and regional pairings in all five classes were revealed.
The two come into play once regionals reach the championship round, as the higher-ranked team will serve as the host for those games.
All five No. 1 squads remained the same, as Ankeny Centennial (Class 5A), Cedar Rapids Xavier (4A), Mount Vernon (3A), Denver (2A) and Ankeny Christian (1A) held serve.
New teams to the Top-15 include Iowa City West in 5A, Ballard in 4A, Wapsie Valley in 2A and Stanton in 1A. The entire 3A poll remained the same while Sidney made one of the biggest climbs, moving to ninth from 12th in 1A.
Regional play for 1A and 2A begins Oct. 21 with 3A, 4A and 5A starting Oct. 22. The state tournament is scheduled for Nov. 4-7 in Coralville from the Xtream Arena. Complete regional pairings can be found on Bound.
Class 5A
1. Ankeny Centennial; 2. Pleasant Valley; 3. Ankeny; 4. West Des Moines Dowling; 5. Indianola; 6. Waukee Northwest; 7. Cedar Falls; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 9. Waukee; 10. Iowa City Liberty; 11. West Des Moines Valley; 12. Sioux City East; 13. Iowa City West; 14. Iowa City High; 15. Linn-Mar.
Class 4A
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier; 2. Sioux City Bishop Heelan; 3. North Scott; 4. Clear Creek-Amana; 5. Lewis Central; 6. Pella; 7. Glenwood; 8. Carlisle; 9. Marion; 10. Adel-ADM; 11. Norwalk; 12. Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 13. MOC-Floyd Valley; 14. Ballard; 15. Grinnell.
Class 3A
1. Mount Vernon; 2. Western Christian; 3. West Delaware; 4. Dubuque Wahlert; 5. Davenport Assumption; 6. Sioux Center; 7. Carroll Kuemper; 8. Mid-Prairie; 9. Cherokee; 10. Wilton; 11. Solon; 12. Anamosa; 13. Roland-Story; 14. Clarinda; 15. Nevada.
Class 2A
1. Denver; 2. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; 3. Dyersville Beckman; 4. Dike-New Hartford; 5. Aplington-Parkersburg; 6. South Hardin; 7. Boyden-Hull; 8. Pella Christian; 9. Iowa City Regina; 10. Hinton; 11. Grundy Center; 12. Sumner-Fredericksburg; 13. Wapsie Valley; 14. West Burlington; 15. Shenandoah.
Class 1A
1. Ankeny Christian; 2. Holy Trinity; 3. Saint Ansgar; 4. Riverside; 5. BCLUW; 6. Janesville; 7. North Tama; 8. Don Bosco; 9. Sidney; 10. River Valley; 11. Akron-Westfield; 12. Stanton; 13. Fremont-Mills; 14. Southwest Valley; 15. Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
Week 6 of the 2024 Iowa high school football season has wrapped up, and High School on SI is continuing its weekly computer rankings for the season.
The Dowling Maroons kept their top five placing in this week’s 5A Iowa computer rankings after a thrilling 41-35 victory over Ankeny Centennial. They face a strong Urbandale team on Friday, to keep their momentum going.
The top of the 5A computer rankings stay the same this week as the Bettendorf Bulldogs take home another win, this time defeating Kennedy 33-14. The Bulldogs look forward to Friday, where they will travel to Davenport Central in hopes to hold their place in the standings.
SBLive’s formula was created using its linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.
- FAQ: SBLive High School Football Computer Rankings
Here are SBLive’s latest Iowa football computer rankings, as of Oct. 7, 2024:
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS
CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A
CLASS 3A | CLASS 2A
CLASS 1A | CLASS A
CLASS 8 MAN
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JELD-WEN, a manufacturer of windows and doors in Grinnell, has announced it will be laying off 152 workers effective Nov. 7.
The announcement was made on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) site.
The company, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, was founded in 1960 and has 18,000 employees, with operating facilities in 16 countries in North America and Europe with 2023 sales of $4.3 billion, according to the company’s website.
JELD-WEN did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Earlier this year, JELD-WEN announced the closing of its Hawkins, Wisconsin facility, affecting 338 employees, and in Vista, California, resulting in the loss of 110 jobs.
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