Stories from Friday, February 18, 2011

Cherokee Courthouse receives Constitution copy (02/18/11)
The Cherokee County Board of Supervisors, with honored guests from the Cherokee VFW and the Cherokee American Legion, was presented with a framed copy of a digitally reproduced 1934 Constitution lithograph on Tuesday. The framed Constitution was presented by Gary Stephenson of Fort Dodge and will hang in the entrance of the Cherokee Courthouse...

Batter up! (02/18/11)
In 2008, a St. Paul's United Methodist Church adult Sunday School class discussion about Easter and Lent traditions cooked up an intriguing Cherokee event that for the last two years promised and delivered both immense fun and celebration in conjunction with the Lenten Season...

Times Gone By (02/18/11)
George Schee, of Primghar, has given $12,500 to equip the 487 rural schools of Mahaska, Marion and Kellogg counties with American flags, 4x6 feet in size. Mr. Schee was a member of the 33rd Iowa regiment, recruited in these three counties. The flags are staffs are to cost $2,500, and the $10,000 is to be placed at interest, the income to be used in replacing the flags and staffs when worn out...

MMC's Pearson wins opening match (02/18/11)
DES MOINES - Jacob Pearson of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn was the lone area wrestler to win his opening match at the Iowa State Wrestling Championships here Wednesday. Pearson, a junior and one of eight area grapplers earning a State berth this year, beat sophomore Nate Aitchison of West Hancock Britt 13-11 in an exciting donnybrook at 171 pounds in Class 1A. Pearson wrestled in the second-round Championship bracket later Thursday...

MMC girls handle R-A in tourney (02/18/11)
MARCUS - The essence of team play was evident all over the place again here Tuesday night when the 17-5 Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn girls rocked a feisty Ruthven-Ayrshire club 63-45 in second-round Class 1A Regional Tournament basketball action. MMC's Erica Dreckman, despite sitting much of the first half with foul troubles, led the Eagles to the victory with 24 points and another masterful job of running the point guard position and setting up the offense. ...

American Legion baseball tryouts (02/18/11)
SIOUX CITY - The Sioux City Bancrofts American Legion baseball team from Edward H. Monahan Post 64 in Sioux City will be holding open tryouts for their 2011 spring team on Sunday, February 27 and Sunday, March 6. Both day's tryouts will be at the Long Lines Family Rec Center (the old Auditorium at 401 Gordon Drive in Sioux City) from 3-5 p.m.; and then at the S.P. Hitting Zone (2924 Robinson Street in Sioux City) from 5:30-6 p.m...