Stories from Thursday, November 29, 2012

As the pages of the calendar flip and we move closer to the holiday season, pet owners should be aware of common -- but hidden -- dangers to their pets as we transform our homes for the celebrations to come. The holidays are supposed to be a time of joy for our families, but in preparing for the season, many pet owners run the risk of exposing their pets to household dangers that could present potential life-threatening hazards to their pets. ...

October and November brought the Cherokee Public Library some great book titles and our "new" shelves are brimming. I have been reading one right after another. Here are some of them. 'The Dust Bowl' by Ken Burns is a companion to his new PBS series. The pictures and personal narratives are riveting. As I turned the pages, I developed a new appreciation for Mother Nature and for the people and communities that lived through that terrible experience...

T.T.T. EZ chapter member Ruth Hayes and Fashionette owner Kurt Clabaugh recently drew the winners for their annual fundraising event. The month-long event helps fund their organization's projects, which include sending girls to camp and yearly scholarships for graduating area seniors. Each of the winners receives a $200 Fashionette gift certificate...

Roberta (Bobbi) Marie Linn, 78, of rural Correctionville, died from heart failure on Sunday, November 25, 2012, surrounded by her family. Visitation will be held Saturday, December 1 from 9-10 a.m. at Grace United Methodist Church in Correctionville. Burial will be from 10-11 a.m. in Good Hope Cemetery. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. at Grace United Methodist with Pastor Lorene Glant officiating...

The 11th District Convention for which the local club women have been planning and working for some time is now a matter of club history and the Cherokee women are being congratulated and are congratulating each other upon the success it far exceeds the attendance at any meeting in the district about 200 club women from out of town being present...

Members of the Cherokee Yacht Club Committee proudly display the fact that they reached and surpassed their goal of $400,000 for the new Koser Spring Lake Park Yacht Club, which is currently under construction. Donations are still coming in and it is not too late to take ownership in this project! There are many pending improvements coming to the Park and all donations of $1000 or more will have the donor's name listed on the Donor's Wall. ...

ALTA - The Alta Board of Education will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday December 6th to discuss the future of the old High School building. Board members will discuss the current use of the building, review past architect recommendations and findings, discuss community input from recent public meetings, and discuss and develop plans for their next steps...

Cherokee Sanitary Landfill has announced that they will remain open on Saturday Dec. 1 and Dec. 15. After those dates, the Landfill will be closed on Saturdays until April of 2013. The landfill also announced that after the holidays, the public can bring out their real Christmas trees as yard waste at no cost...

The Cherokee County Legacy Foundation has received $94,468.98 from the County Endowment Fund to be granted to local organizations for 2013. Grant applications may be picked up at the Iowa State Extension Office starting on Monday, Dec. 3. The Extension Office will also have the application on their website; www.extension.iastate.edu/cherokee/. ...

Friday's Chamber Coffee, at 9:30 a.m., will be hosted by The Gathering Place, 207 West Main Street.

How would you like to win $1,000 this Christmas Season? The Cherokee Chamber of Commerce is once again selling Holiday Raffle Tickets. The cost is just $5 for each chance and only 1,000 tickets will be sold. Santa Claus will draw two lucky winners during the lighted Christmas Parade in Downtown Cherokee on December 6. Each winner will receive $1,000, $500 of which will be in cash and the other $500 will be in Cherokee Chamber Bucks, good at any Cherokee Chamber Business...

By Mike Leckband Staff Writer On Thursday, Dec. 13 a special event is planned for area residents who have lost loved ones during the past year. The third Candlelight Service of Remembrance will be held on that date at the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Cherokee at 7 p.m...

On Tuesday, an engraved picnic table was delivered to the Grand Meadow Heritage Center in memory of longtime Chronicle Times Correspondent Ron Flewelling, who passed away earlier this year. The table was a gift from the "Friends of Ron Flewelling" to the Flewelling family as a tribute to their dearly departed friend. ...

HOLSTEIN - Alta-Aurelia triumphed over the Ridge View Raptors, 41-30, in non-conference boys basktball action here on Monday. The Warriors led at all the stops 8-7, 24-16, and 34-26, before posting the 11-point victory. Jayden Van Berkum led Alta-Aurelia with 15 points, while Ross Friedrich had eight assists, six steals and six rebounds, and Jason Van Haaftern had four rebounds, three assists and two steals. ...

HOLSTEIN - The Ridge View Raptors hosted the Alta-Aurelia Warriors in a non-conference basketball tilt here on Monday night, and the Ridge View girls came out on top in the varsity girls' game by a score of 46-38. The Raptors jumped out to a 15-8 lead at the end of the first quarter, but A-A cut the margin by two in the second frame and had a 32-31 lead heading into the 4th quarter...

MANSON - A talented Manson NW Webster girls basketball team doubled the score on the young Cherokee Washington High girls in a season opener here Monday night by the score of 58-27. Kaely Hummel led Cherokee's meager scoring output with nine points, while Emily Haselhoff and Megan Hummel each tallied six, and Jasey Stowater four...

MADISON, S.D. - Dakota State University's football team landed five players on the Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) All-Conference first-team announced this week. The Trojans had five additional players listed in the A.I.I. All-Conference Honorable Mention...

SCHALLER - The Ridge View girls dropped a non-conference basketball game against Newell-Fonda here on Tuesday night by a score of 57-22. Anna Davis led the Raptors in scoring with six points and Kaitlynn Madsen added four. Davis also grabbed seven rebounds for Ridge View, and Dana Hustedt and Nicole Snyder each had two steals for the Raptors,who are now 1-1 as they head into a Friday night game against West Monona at Onawa...

The Cherokee Braves wrestling team wrestled in a double dual meet at Maurice-Orange City/Floyd Valley on Tuesday. Read all about it in Friday's edition of the Chronicle Times.

MANSON - A 15-8 scoring run by Manson NW Webster in the third quarter propelled the Cougars to a hard-fought 50-43 season opening victory over the Cherokee Braves in boys baksetball action here Monday night. MNW led 23-19 at halftime and sustained the lead the rest of the way...

ALTA - In a double dual wrestling match here on Tuesday, Ridge View was 2-0, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 1-1 and Alta-Aurelia 0-2. Match Results: 106 - Colten Larson, AA, pinned Tyler Ehrp, 2:56; 113 - Kelby Wunschel, RV, won by forfeit; 120 - Luke Kliegl,RV, won by forfeit; 126 - Peyton Boyle, RV,won by forfeit; 132: - Cody Cameron, AA, pinned Ryan Cougill, 3:49; 138 - Jason Kenny,RV, pinned Parker Meier, 2:52; 145 - Tylar Hansen, RV, pinned Ben Stange, 2:48; 152 - Dylan Ohlson, AA, pinned Joe Kenny, 0:29 ; 160 - Dru Kenny, RV, won by forfeit; 170 - Matt Wandrey,RV, won an 8-6 decision over Jackson Rosenthal; 182 - Kyle Schiernbeck, RV,won a 9-5 decision over Manuel Murillo; 195 - Daniel Ramirez, RV, won by forfeit; 220 - Garrett Van Houten, AA, won by major decision, 10-0, over Henry Sippel; 285 - Nathan Myrice, RV, pinned Joe Rodriguez, 0:46.. ...