Stories from Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The 47th Annual Cherokee Chamber of Commerce PRCA Rodeo, featuring stock provided by Barnes Ranch of Peterson, is on tap for Thursday through Saturday, May 30 - June 1 at the Cherokee County Fairgrounds. Thousands of rodeo enthusiasts travel to Cherokee every summer for the Cherokee Chamber PRCA Rodeo. This annual event takes place the weekend after Memorial Day...

The Cherokee Middle School Spring Variety Show featuring members of the seventh and eighth grade classes will be held on Thursday at the Cherokee Washington High School Auditorium at 7 p.m. The show will consist of mixed chorus, various small groups and a couple dances. The theme of the concert is Songs from Movies. This will be the final concert of the school year...

HOLSTEIN - Events and activities are beginning to take shape for the 2013 Holstein Kinderfest Celebration June 14-15. Friday evening the Lohff-Schumann Recreation center is hosting a fundraising meal. Along with the meal there will be a cutie baby contest, car/tractor show, Old School House ice cream social and other activities in the downtown Holstein area...

DES MOINES - Area State qualifiers for the Class 1A and 2A Boys Iowa State Track & Filed Championships starting Thursday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines include several athletes from the Chronicle Times coverage area. In 1A, the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn boys qualified in three events, with Reece Jackson making State in the 110 meter hurdles in a time of 15.74; the Eagle 4x200 relay clocked in 3:36.6; and the shuttle hurdle relay timed in 1:02.9...

MARCUS - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn girls defeated Newell-Fonda 434-445 to win a Class 1A Regional Golf Meet here Monday. Newell-Fonda's Jada Hess was medalist with a 93, followed by runner-up medalists Kayla Theisen of MMC and River Valley's Jenna Knaack, each with a 99...

DES MOINES - Area State qualifiers for the Class 1A and 2A Girls Iowa State Track & Filed Championships starting Thursday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines include several athletes from the Chronicle Times coverage area. In Class 1A, Nicki Schwarz of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn made State in the 3000 meters after clocking 11:24 last week in the Laurens-Marathon Regional...

ORANGE CITY - Four Chronicle Times - area teams played in the Boys' Class 2A Sectional Golf Tournament Friday on the Landsmeer Golf Course at Orange City, but unfortunately. none of them will advance to the next round of play in the District Tournament...

HINTON - The Alta-Aurelia girls golf team scored an impressive 21-stroke win over runner-up Hinton Monday in the Class 2A Girls Regional Golf Tournament played on the Deer Run course here. Alta-Aurelia, which used 360 team strokes, and Hinton, 381, will both advance to the next tournament, which will be played at Pocahontas on Monday May 20th...

J.J. Nitz, right, is shown accepting an Alpha Delta Kappa Scholarship from Joyce Goodrich, Scholarship Chairperson of this teacher's sorority. Nitz will be teaching Science in Holstein in the fall. He is a graduate of Cherokee Washington High School and Morningside College. Photo contributed...

With the school year entering its final days, a new, young work force will emerge as seasonal employees for employers in need of such part-time help. The requirements for these positions may be different than full-time employees, but the following checklist will help lead potential employers down the right path...

Susie M. DeYoung, 88, of Cherokee, formerly of Meriden, passed away Sunday morning, May 12, 2013 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Memorial services will be held at a later date. The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee is assisting the family with the arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com...

Jean A. Cook died May 12 , 2013, at her home in Cherokee. She was 92. Her services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 17, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee, with Rev. Magrey deVega presiding. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. ...

This awesome group of 4th Grade Cherokee Roosevelt Elementary students gave up their recess time to help Amy Wood, Elementary School Counselor, organize and implement a 'giving back to the community' activity. They are calling their activity "Make A Change For Others."...

This week is National Nursing Home Week, and the Cherokee Villa, Careage Hills, and Country Side Estates all have special activities scheduled. National Nursing Home Week recognizes residents in long-term care settings who live life to the fullest, and the dedicated staff who care for them...

Walter Slota, 95, of Washta, passed Thursday, May 9, 2013, at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 13, 2013, at St. Michael Catholic Church in Kingsley, with Rev. Mark Stoll and Rev. Tom Topf officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Sunset View Cemetery, Washta...

'The Bucket List' is one of my favorite movies. For the few of you who may not have seen the film, it deals with two men who are both terminally ill (played wonderfully by Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman) and each makes a "bucket list" of things they would like to do before they die (i.e., "kick the bucket"), and they proceed to do these things...