Sioux City Journal from Sioux City, Iowa • A5

DESIGNER: jaSoN.hEtzEl@NwI.com siouxcityjournal.com sunday, october 21, 2012 a5 DAVE DREESZEN SIOUX CITY The long- term forecast for KCAU- Weather Ball looks good. The familiar sphere, which turns colors to re- flect changing weather conditions, will remain atop the Ho-Chunk Cen- tre, say the new owners of the downtown Sioux City building. Ho-Chunk Inc. and oth- er investors recently pur- chased the 10-story office tower at 600 Fourth St. Long known as the Terra Centre, the building was the headquarters for Terra Industries, which was ac- quired by rival fertilizer maker CF Industries in a hostile takeover in 2010.

The glass-clad struc- ture was renamed for Ho- Chunk, the Winnebago Tribe of eco- nomic development cor- poration. At a recent news con- ference where the name change was publicly un- veiled, Ho-Chunk CEO Lance Morgan offered as- surances the weather ball would stay put. was told nothing can happen to the weather Morgan quipped to the audience. high-definition skycam also will continue streaming video from high atop the building, said Mary Ann Johnson, general manager for the ABC affili- ate. The weather ball, which instantly shows if precipi- tation is expected, whether it will be warmer or colder, or if there is no change in sight, has been part of Sioux skyline for de- cades.

In the 1960s, KVTV, a forerunner to KCAU, put the sphere atop the Badge- row Building. The ball was taken down sometime during the 1970s, but KCAU resurrected it in 1995 on the Terra Centre. The station developed rhyming jingles to let view- ers know what weather conditions to expect when the ball changed colors. The sayings are as fol- lows: Red as fire the tem- perature is going higher. Changes to blue colder weather will ensue.

Glowing white pre- cipitation is in sight. Emerald green fore- cast says no change in scene. Weather ball staying put on downtown Sioux City building jim lee, sioux city journal the weather ball on top of the Ho-chunk centre is shown saturday night in downtown sioux city. SIOUX CITY LOCATION: Interstate 29 at U.S. 20 PROjECT: Traffic is detoured through the Singing Hills Boulevard interchange until construction of the southbound I-29 bridge at Singing Hills is completed.

Traffic is one lane in each direction in northbound lanes. LOCATION: I-29 at Floyd River PROjECT: Lane closures between Floyd River and Bacon Creek through Nov. 1 for construction of retaining wall. LOCATION: I-29 at U.S. Highway 77 PROjECT: Traffic is one way in each direction on the east bridge at the Wesley Parkway interchange as part of ongoing I-29 improvements.

Detours are posted. Larsen Park Road is closed at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center through October. LOCATION: West 19th Street PROjECT: Closed between Center and Helmer streets through November for asphalt resurfacing. LOCATION: John Street PROjECT: Closed between West 14th Street and Villa Avenue through November for John Street reconstruc- tion. LOCATION: 13th Street PROjECT: Closed between Perry Creek and Summit Street through October for paving and utility recon- struction.

LOCATION: Andrew Avenue PROjECT: Closed from 225th Street to Sully Road through mid-November for construction of a sanitary sewer lift station. SOUTH SIOUX CITY LOCATION: West 15th Street PROjECT: Closed between First and Fifth avenues into October for utility work and concrete reconstruction. TRI-STATE ROAD PROjECTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4th 1 6 2 3 4 5 7 8 SIOUX CITY Repub- i a i presidential a i a Paul Ryan is to appear in Sioux City on Sunday. The event is planned at on The River, 1110 Larsen Park Road. Doors will open at 1:15 p.m.

and the event will start at 3:45 p.m. Tickets are available at the door or online at mittromney.com. Ryan, a Wisconsin con- gressman, will to have an event at the Bass Pro Shop in Council Bluffs earlier in the day on Sunday. In Sioux City, Ryan will be joined by country singer Mark Wills, who will per- form before Ryan comes on to speak. It will be first ap- pearance in Sioux City.

He participated in a bus tour across eastern Iowa on Oct. 3 and 4. Running mate Mitt Rom- ney spoke in Orange City, Iowa, on Sept. 7. President Barack Obama attended a Sioux City rally in Sep- tember.

Paul Ryan will speak Sunday in Sioux City ryan ASSOCIATED PRESS CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa Officials in Cedar Rapids are making a renewed push to identify and punish nui- sance rental properties, in- cluding those where crimes occur. The plan is modeled af- ter ones in cities such as Davenport, Iowa City and Dubuque and would allow officials to assess fees and pull rental licenses from landlords who have repeat violations and agree to remedy them. believe in prop- erty rights, but we also believe in the rights of City Coun- cilwoman Monica Vernon said. property own- ers be subjected to nuisance The City Council is ex- pected to vote on the plan in December. A central reporting sys- tem would keep track of and assess points for each problem that arises at rental properties, including police calls and violations of city housing, zoning or animal ordinances.

A nuisance abatement coordinator would work with landlords to come up with ways to fix problems. Cedar Rapids looks to take on problem landlords BOE FORUM THE CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES AT AUGUSTANA COLLEGE PRESENTS THE ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS Jared Cohen Former advisor to Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton, author, member of the Council on Foreign Relations and director of Google Ideas. Named by Vanity Fair as a member of the one of six American by the The Washington Post and Kennedy School of Government; and listed as one of the 100 Global by Foreign Policy. Learn more about Cohen at augie.edu/boe. Featuring Discussing United States Foreign Policy and the Technological Revolution 7 p.m.

Thursday, November 8 Elmen Center, Augustana Campus Open to the Public Free tickets available at augietickets.com.