January Area Happenings

Roosevelt Readers - Malorie VandeLune, left, is pictured reading to Kelsey Kohn during a recent activity at Cherokee Roosevelt Elementary School where members of the third grade class spent time reading to members of the school's kindergarten and first grade classes... (Photo contributed)

... Pictured here are Katelyn Pitts, Amelia Brown, Aurora Northcutt... (Photo contributed)

... Pictured here are Rubi Leeds, Sydney Lauck and Emma Patterson, during the Roosevelt School's day of reading to younger students... (Photo contributed)

... Hailyn Gomez, right, is pictured here, reading to Talyor Lockwood... (Photo contributed)

... Pictured here are Ethan Westeen and Riley Schwartz... (Photo contributed)

... Cale Wood learns what his book is all about from reader Trapper Rogge during a recent reading activity held at Cherokee Roosevelt School... (Photo contributed)

... Kyler Ducommun, right, points out what he is reading to an enthralled Dale Billam ... (Photo contributed)

... Elise Anderson (kneeling) is pictured reading to Kiersen Carlson (seated) during a recent activity where third grade students read to members of the kindergarden and first grade classes... (Photo contributed)

... Pictured is Katlyne Pitts, whose reading holds Cheyenne Weiland's attention. (Photo contributed)

Tea Time Stitching - Tristan Jansen, left, and Kendra Husman,right, are shown meticulously stitching up tote bags made from tea towels at a 4-H workshop held over the Christmas holiday school break at the ISU Extension office. (Photo by Nancy Nelson)

Bacon Love - A recital for River Valley Speech and Drama students was held at the River Valley High School in Correctionville in mid-January. Members of the RV Varsity Choral reading are shown here reading "Bacon Love." District Speech and Drama competition was held at Sioux City East High School on January 19th. (Photo by Joleen Smith)

The Family Vacation - River Valley 9th Grade speech students participated in a mid-January recital at the school, and for their Choral Reading the group read "The Family Vacation." (Photo by Joleen Smith)

Physical Fitness - The River Valley 9B Mime Group presented "Physical Fitness". with Carre Stevenson, Taylor Goettsch, and Payton Goettsch, at the Speech team recital. (Photo by Joleen Smith)

Slumber Party - Pictured here is the River Valley Varsity Mime Group (Mckenna Peterson, Ashley Hunwardsen, and Morrgan Reusch), who presented "Slumber Party" at a mid-January recital. Last week. a Speech and Drama Recital was held at River Valley High School. Photo by Joleen Smith (Photo by Joleen Smith)

Game Show Contestant Interview - Pictured are members of the River Valley Varsity Group Improv, than Brown and Josh Pansegrau. who at a recent recital presented "Game Show Contestant Interview." (Photo by Joleen Smith)

The Duet Show - Olivia Goettsch, left, and Kennedy Zahnley are members of the River Valley Varsity Ensemble Acting, and the pair presented "The Duet Show" at a January recital at the school. (Photo by Joleen Smith)

Elevator Games - Pictured, left to right, are Ethan Brown, Mary Foley, and Alysa Georgopolous. The trio are members of the River Valley Varsity Ensemble Acting, and they presented "Elevator Games" at a mid-January recital at the River Valley High School in Correctionville (Photo by Joleen Smith)

Evil Queen and Magic Mirror - The River Valley Varsity Reader's Theatre presented "Snow White and the Seven Dudes" at its mid-January recital.Featured were the Evil Queen (Cheyanne Porter) and Magic Mirror (Kristin O'Connell) (Photo by Joleen Smith)

Snow White and the Seven Dudes - Pictured are the members of the River Valley Varsity Reader's Theatre presenting "Snow White and the Seven Dudes" at a January recital. (Photo by Joleen Smith)

The beat goes on - Students in Jan Brown's fourth grade class at Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Elementary School in Cleghorn are studying the human body systems. Christie Kamphoff, who is a nurse, spoke to the fourth graders about the circulatory system. As a demonstration, students used a stethoscope to listen to their heart beat. Pictured are, left to right, Mariah Johnson, Matthew Wahl, Braeden Kamphoff, Tyler Rueter, and Taylor Florine. Christie Kamphoff is pictured in the back. (Photo contributed)

Learning to use multiple senses - Fourth graders at Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn experienced first-hand a look at fur animals using vertebrate as a basis. Cory Bouchard presented a topic well-known to him. Bouchard has ventured with his father, Steve Bouchard, on safari hunting-trips to Alaska, Africa and this spring to South America. Students listened to Bouchard and then examined the bones and fur of various animals. Pictured are, left to right, Braeden Kamphoff, Mariah Johnson, Brynn Jones, Cory Bouchard, Noah Bouchard, Anthony Corero, and Isabelle Bush. (Photo contributed)

The 2013 Knights Of Columbus Spelling Bee for all area students in grades 4-7 was held on Sunday Jan. 27th at the Cherokee Immaculate Conception School. The first and second place contestants in each grade level advanced to regional competition. Winners are, left to right, Jaden Frazier, Evan Appleby, Carter Jacobson, and Emma Jensen, also pictured at the right is Grand Knight Jeremy Jensen. (Photo contributed)

Legos and robots - Various members of Cherokee County 4-H participated in a day long event which involved putting teams together, building robots with Legos, then programming the robots to do specific tasks. The event was held at the Sanford Museum and sponsored by Cherokee ISU Extension Youth Coordinator, Brenda Medick. Pictured, L to R, are Cale Pingel, Levi Pingel, and Tristan Jansen... (Photo by Nancy Nelson)

Good form - ... Evan Appleby, right, and Taylor Koreleski, left, are members of the 4-H Cherokee County Outdoorsmen. They are working on developing their form for archery which is important for successful shooting in the sport ... (Photo by Nancy Nelson)

Learning to take aim - ... Andrew Babcock, left and Katie Claussen right take aim at their targets while 4-H Archery Instructor, Barry Nelson looks on to evaluate how well they are learning at a recent 4-H Cherokee County Outdoorsmen club meeting held at the Full Draw Archery Club in Cherokee... (Photo by Nancy Nelson)

Retrieving arrows - ... Members of the 4-H Cherokee County Outdoorsmen club retrieve their arrows from their targets at a recent meeting held at the Full Draw Archery Club indoor range. Pictured left to right, Annalie Nelson, Andrew Babcock, Katie Claussen, Evan Appleby, and Taylor Koreleski. (Photo by Nancy Nelson)

Beating the winter blahs - Third graders at Cherokee Roosevelt Elementary School beat the winter blahs by doing science experiments. The kids worked on making volcanoes, to develop a better understanding of how they are formed. Pictured, left to right, are, Tanner Woodall, Emma Good, and Alexis Pingel. (Photo contributed)

Making volcanoes - These third graders at Cherokee Roosevelt Elementary School recently did some science experiments that included making volcanoes to develop a better understanding of how they are formed. Picture are, left to right, Jacob Hodgdon, Joe Benson, and Sara Williams. (Photo contributed)

Experimenting with science - Third grade students at Cherokee Roosevelt Elementary School beat the winter blahs by doing some science experiments. The kids worked on making volcanoes to develop a better understanding of how they are formed. Pictured are, left to right, Ty Westphal, Cassady Curtis, and Kurtis Kerns. (Photo contributed)

WHS Honor Choir - Students from Cherokee Washington High School participated in the Northwest Iowa Choral Director's Association High School Honor Choir on January 21 at Dordt College in Sioux Center. Students from about 30 area schools spent the day working with Dr. David Holdhusen of the University of South Dakota and then presented a concert that evening in the B. J. Haan Chapel. Pictured are, left to right, Paige Reinert, Jacob Fry, Sadie Brown, Josh Haupert, Samantha Hirschman, Colby Nelson, Kaitlan Kennebeck and Blake Halverson. (Photo contributed)