Stories from Friday, May 17, 2013

Health experts have always insisted that we need to eat vegetables if we want to have a real healthy diet, and there are five key veggies that top the list as the healthiest: *Spinach -- Popeye was right. Spinach is an excellent source of Vitamin K, Vitamin A, manganese, folate, magnesium, iron, Vitamin C, Vitamin B2, calcium, potassium and Vitamin B6. It's also a good source of fiber, copper, protein, phosphorous, zinc, Vitamin E, omega 3 fatty acids, niacin and anti-oxidants...

Members of the Cherokee Middle School 8th grade girls track and field team this season include, front row, left to right, Clare Conley, Chandler Hohbach, Olivia Dagel. Back, coach Dianne Klinker, Samantha Conley, Jordyn Bingham, Fran Conley, MaKenna Carver, Madison Hodgdon. Photo contributed...

Members of the Cherokee Middle School 7th grade girls track and field team this season are, front row, left to right, McKayla Benson, Whitney Wiemold, Jayden Wiltgen, Brianna Sleezer, Kylie Mongan, Apryl Mesler, Lindsay Williams, Jen Barritt. Back, Katrina Carlson, Alayne Graybill, Kenzie Walker, Kylee Nipper, Olivia Kruse, Addisyn Jensen, Emily Westphal, Emily Schlenger, Allie Driggs, Kristien Stowater, coach Sue Ann Johnson. Photo contributed...

On April 29th , the Cherokee Parks and Recreation Department hosted the annual Hershey Track meet. This is the 22nd year the Parks & Recreation Department has sponsored this meet at George Hicks Field in Cherokee. Over 100 youth from 14 communities participated again this year. ...

The family of Melvin Mayer recently donated new farming books and DVDs to the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Primary Library in Marcus in Melvin's memory. Melvin passed away this past December and was a life-time farmer in Marcus. He also served on the Marcus School Board for six years. He love of farming and belief in a good education make the books and DVDs featuring farming and John Deere tractors a fitting memorial in his honor...

Viola Allen will celebrate her 90th birthday on May 25th with an Open House from 1:30-4 p.m,, with a short program at 2:30 p.m., at the Aurelia Community Center, 235 Main Street n Aurelia. Cards may be sent to her at P.O. Box 35, Aurelia, Iowa 51005...

DES MOINES - Megan Carlson of Cherokee Washington High School, and Derek Simonsen of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, were among senior high school students who were recently recognized by Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kimberly Reynolds for oustanding academic achievement at the 11th annual Governor's Scholar Recognition Ceremony in Des Moines...

As part of National Nursing Home Week, Country Side Estates in Cherokee held an Old Fashioned Carnival on Monday. In this photo, Sharon Nicholson helps Ann McKenzie pick her favorite duck during the Carnival. Photo contributed

AURELIA - At their monthly meeting in Aurelia Monday, the Alta and Aurelia Boards of Education heard from soccer coach Will Dible and several of his team members about the success of the program in its first two years and Dible's hope to establish a youth soccer program to teach fundamentals of the game and increase interest in the game among younger students...

The 47th Annual Cherokee Chamber PRCA Rodeo is just around the corner, May 30, 31 and June 1. Now you can show your support for the rodeo with new, Cherokee PRCA Rodeo apparel. Rodeo t-shirt and hooded sweatshirts are available now through the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce...

One of Cherokee's most popular traditions is the annual fly-in breakfast held at the Cherokee Airport. Many may remember the event as the Flight Breakfast but the event was changed last year to what organizers are calling "Wings and Wheels Breakfast" and will include not just an airplane show, but automobiles, motorcycles, tractors and a helicopter, plus airplane rides, for $20 weather permitting...

"Scenic Impressions On A Farmer's Mind Sioux Valley Beautiful In Her Spring Dress Observations of a Cherokee County Farmer On Conditions in Little Sioux and Missouri Valley" Council Bluffs, Ia., May 14, 1913. A.S. Crabb Cherokee, Iowa Riding down the valley of the Little Sioux at this time of year a farmer of receptive mind records many impressions. One notices that the season has been too wet for farm work to progress as rapidly as usual...