Stories from Thursday, May 16, 2013

Patricia Engelke's 7th grade Social Studies class at the Alta-Aurelia Middle School was recently studying a unit on Africa, and Engelke brought in guest speaker Sherrie Van Berkum, who had been on a mission trip to the Shangilia Children's Orphanage in Kenya, to speak to the class...

"Inmates" Diane Otto and Chris Reed of the Chronicle Times are pictured getting prepared to start serving "misdemeanor weiners" during last Thursday's Hot Dog Days. See more photos in the "May Area Happenings" Photo Gallery. Photo by Mike Leckband

The 2013 Iowa FFA State Leadership Conference was held April 22 and 23 on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames. The Ridge View FFA had 15 members attend the conference, and those students were active in contests and many workshops, and three of them received their Iowa Degrees...

The Cherokee PRCA Rodeo committee is finalizing plans for the Rodeo Parade, scheduled for Saturday, June 1 at 4 p.m. Due to the construction on the Highway 59 bridge over the Little Sioux River in Cherokee, there will be a slight change to the parade route...

Cherokee Regional Medical Center Hospice is offering "Living with Loss," a five-week grief support program on Mondays, June 3 through July 1. The program is free of charge and is offered to anyone who has experienced a loss through death three months or more prior to attendance. This format combines grief education with peer support in a small group atmosphere...

This week's Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by the Cherokee Airport starting at 9:30 a.m.on Friday. The Airport is located at 1201 South Second St.

Funeral services for Ella Johnson, 93, of St. Peter, Minnesota, formerly of Aurelia and Storm Lake, were held today at 10:30 a.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee with Pastor Jane Johnston and Pastor Delmar Carlson officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation was held on Wednesday from 2 -7 p.m., with the family present from 5-7, at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia. A memorial fund has been established...

The following Ridge View High School athletes qualified for this weekend's State Track Meet : Long Jump - Gretchen Kistenmacher; 400 M. Hurdles - Gretchen Kistenmacher; 400 M. Dash - Sydney Kistenmacher; Distance Medley Relay - Jadyn Mohr, Rachel Hunt, Gretchen Kistenmacher, Nicole Snyder, Sydney Kistenmacher, Anna Davis; 4x400 Relay- Sydney Kistenmacher, Nicole Snyder, Anna Davis, Rachel Hunt, Gretchen Kistenmacher, Jadyn Mohr...

LAKE CITY -- The Alta-Aurelia JH boys track team won the Prairie Valley Relays here last week with a team score of 113. Second place went to Manson NW Webster, which scored 97 points. A-A Coach Grant Peckenschneider said his Warriors "ran some of our best times of the year."...

STORM LAKE - Cherokee's Brett Walker won three of four matches to finish second and earn a trip to State after competing in the Class 1A Districts here last week. Spencer won the team title in the singles and doubles competition with 20 points, followed by runner-up Spirit Lake Park 17, Cherokee 11, Le Mars 9, Denison-Schleswig 7, Storm Lake 6, Estherville-LC 5, and Sioux City Heelan 2...

OKOBOJI - Host Spirit Lake Park beat the Cherokee Braves 5-1 in Class 1A Preliminary Sub-State Team Tennis action here Saturday. The Indians advance to play Fort Dodge St. Edmonds Saturday in Fort Dodge. Alexx Maurer was the lone winner for the Braves, defeating CJ Kent of SLP 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 at #4 singles...

LE MARS - The season ended abruptly for the Cherokee Washington High girls tennis team here Saturday, with host Le Mars sweeping the visitors 6-0 in Regional Team Tennis action. With the first team gaining five matches declared the winner, the Bulldogs sealed the deal by sweeping the singles action and no doubles matches were played...

The Cherokee Washington High basketball coaches will host a fundamental basketball camp at the Cherokee Middle School Gym. The camp is open to incoming 5th grade through 9th grade boys, and will focus on teaching the fundamentals of basketball.There will be a variety of contests and fun games related to basketball where campers can develop their skills...

It's always nice to announce something new happening at the Cherokee Public Library. This week I have the pleasure of letting people know about two projects. One is finished and the other is in the works. Last week we completed the installation of automatic push button openers on the Maple Street doors. ...

Coping with the daily pressures of work, family and marriage can strain even the strongest couples and experts offer vital pointers in healthy, constructive communication between spouses. Along with the recommendations of what to do to deal with each other and any stress that befalls us, such as setting goals, negotiating, being flexible, planning time together and laughing, is a list of what NOT to do that grabbed our attention...