Stories from Monday, March 8, 2010

Iowans are known throughout the land as being understanding and receptive to their fellow man, to charities and to good causes. However, this warm humanitarianism is too often taken advantage of by outright scams that pocket charitable donations, or by professional fund-raisers that devour as much as 80-90 percent of the donations in "fund-raising expenses."...

The other day I read in the paper about a 17 year old boy and a 13 year old girl caught having sex at 2:45 a.m. The article was drawing attention to this incident as whether it is an occurrence more of late or one that has been going on for years. I laid in bed thinking about this situation and wondered what was going wrong for things like this to happen and decided that one can not pin-point one incident...

The Northwest Conference has released the Girls Basketball All-Conference teams recently selected by conference coaches. Two Aurelia Bulldog juniors, Meghan Glawe and Audrey Winterhof, received votes for the honor. Glawe, the Bulldogs' leading scorer and rebounder, who recorded nine "double-doubles" this season, was named to the Second Team All-Conference, while Winterhof received Honorable Mention honors...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The Morningside College Women's Distance Medley team was the sixth fastest qualifier Friday for Saturday's final at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships here. Morningside's relay unit of Erin Keitges, Deidre Hinkeldey (an Alta High School alum), Jessica Hudelson, and anchor Kara Nelson, a Cherokee Washington alum, ran the race in 12:21.50, breaking a school record which had stood since 1991...

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Wednesday's Sermon a la Carte at the Cherokee Memorial Presbyterian Church will be delivered by Father Armand Bertrand of the Immaculate Conception Church in Cherokee. Based on John 14:1-6 and Matthew 7:13-14, the theme is "One-Way : God's Way or the Highway."...

The 15th Annual Cherokee County Recognition Banquet will be held Saturday at the Western Iowa Tech Community College Conference Center in Cherokee. The night will be filled with entertainment starting at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour that will feature the music of Cherokee singer/songwriter Charlie Leissler. ...

The Early Childhood Learning Center (ECLC) is now accepting applications for the 2010-2011 school year. If your child will be four-years-old by Sept. 15 they will be eligible to receive free preschool programming provided through the Cherokee Community School District...

MARCUS - As you may remember from Winter 2007, the Greater Marcus Area Troop (GMAT) 113 of the Boy Scouts of America dug an 8-man snow cave into a drift next to the farm drive at the Hoefling Family farm south of town and camped overnight inside it. Everyone involved never once thought we could come up with something as fantastic as that in the dead of winter in Iowa again...

MARCUS - The local PEO group has decided to repeat last year's fundraiser to come up with money for their annual scholarship to be presented to a Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn graduate in May. Last year's brunch and raffling off of various purses was quite a success so the group decided to pursue the adventure once more...

The Cherokee Fire Department will be holding their 128th Anniversary Dance at the VFW Club from 8 p.m.to midnight on April 24. Playing at this year's dance will be the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Senders. Pictured is Cherokee County Sheriff Dave Scott, left, who purchased the first ticket from CFD members Roger Frisbie and Doug Gochenour...

Amber Wright and Michael Bates are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Deshaun David Michael Wright, at 9:31 a.m. on February 23, 2010. Deshaun weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. and measured 20 1/2 inches long and has a sister, Mikaela Bates. Grandparents are Sue Driesen and Bob Wright of Cherokee. Great-grandparents are Lori Sullivan and Audrey Underwood, both of Cherokee; Vernon Van Roekel of Gladstone, Mo.; and the late Bob Sullivan and Margie Van Roekel...