Stories from Thursday, April 5, 2007

Quilters and "quilter-wannabes" of Cherokee, rejoice! You will no longer have to go out-of-town to purchase your supplies. As of this (Monday) morning, a new store which should satisfy your needs has opened on East Main Street . Quilt-N-Kaboodle is located at 109 East Main Street, the former home of The Bookseller. Kim Barrett and Ginny Bunt are renting their new shop from Denny and Donna Henrich, former owner-operators of The Bookseller...

Around the good state of Iowa, we take recycling fairly seriously as well as cleaning up after ourselves. Not so with all of this great country of ours. It sometimes makes me wonder what kind of a people are we. I have concluded that too many people act according to how they think they are perceived or noticed. They may talk a good game but in private they may act quite differently...

The Barnes/MJM Rodeo stock returned to Cherokee County after successful February rodeos in Florida and Georgia. The bucking bulls saw action at the Florida State Fair in Tampa, followed by Barnes/MJM bucking horses being leased to the Silver Spurs in a rodeo in Kissimmee...

The Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants (ISCPA) has named Glenn J. Edwards Jr. recipient of a 2007 Outstanding Accounting Student Award. Edwards, a resident of Washta, and a second-year accounting specialist student at Western Iowa Tech Community College, was honored for accounting excellence, dedication, responsibility and ability to work well with others...

Anne Tolzin and John Holmes, both of Havertown, Pa. are pleased to announce their marriage on March 18, 2007 at the Stratosphere Hotel's Chapel in the Clouds in Las Vegas, Neb. Parents of the couple are Chuck and Julie Tolzin of Cherokee and Mary Ellen and Robert Holmes of Havertown, Pa. Anne is the granddaughter of Monica Tolzin of Aurelia and Betty Krause of Cherokee...

Cody and Beck Klaschen of Washta are please to announce the birth of the daughter Baylee Jean Klaschen. Born on March 26, 2007 at 11:32 a.m. she weighed 6 lbs. and 2 oz. and measured 18 1/2 inches long. Welcoming her home was her brother Carter Keith Klaschen...

The Family Table, the popular eatery on Highway 59 North, is undergoing a complete remodeling these days, and as a result , they have been closed for business this week. The tentative date to re-open is April 4th, depending, of course, on the remodeling being completed...