Stories from Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Continual inclement weather all spring has ballooned the cost of the renovation project planned for the Cherokee School District's George Hicks Field by an extra $34,000. Approved by the Cherokee Board of Education last fall, the original $60,000 project will be funded from the District's PPEL revenues, with the $34,000 extra now required. delivering a crippling blow to the District's PPEL Fund...

Here is the list of vendors and the items they will have available for sale during the Cherokee Area Farmers Market under the canopy at the depot from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. this Thursday, June 13. This will be the second market of the 2013 season. Wayne Nafe will have radishes, kale, and collards...

Graveside memorial services for Mary Thelma Dawson Kludas will be held on Friday, June 14th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. Rev. Ethan Sayler will officiate. Mrs. Kludas, a former Cherokee resident, passed away on May 21, 2013 in Bloomington, Illinois.The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee is in charge of the arrangements...

Farmers are unique -- particularly as there isn't a distinct moment when they just walk out the workplace door to retirement as someone in a regular wage-earning job might do. Rather, farm families often need to think about how to transition the farm business to the next generation during lifetime, as well as having an estate plan in place...

The Cherokee Chamber of Commerce invites teams to join them for the 9th Annual Chamber Golf Outing on Tuesday, June 25 at the Cherokee Golf Course. The golf outing is the main fundraiser for the Chamber Promotions Account and helps fund many of the promotions held throughout the year. The Four Person Best Ball will Tee off at 10 a.m. with a Shot Gun Start...

Themistoklis Pavlis of Cherokee has received the WITCC TRiO-Student Support Services Achiever of the Month Award for June. This award recognizes Western Iowa Tech TRIO students for demonstrating qualities of leadership and citizenship while achieving collegiate academic success. ...

Catherine R. Wendt of Marcus, 92, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Funeral services took place at 10:30 a.m. today at Peace Lutheran Church in Marcus,. Rev. Kevin Roop officiated. Burial followed at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Marcus, Iowa. ...

Arlen H. Tucker, 88, of Washta, passed away Friday afternoon, June 7, 2013, in the Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, June 11th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Washta United Methodist Church. Rev. Carolyn Hollar will officiate. ...

Dorothy Rienfeld, age 84, of Cherokee passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center.. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 10, 2013, at Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee. Pastor Tom Lewis officiated. ...

A father is not a buddy or a pal. Rather, he is a loving companion, near when needed, available when requested. A father is not a confidant for secrets of the young. But he is a counselor who will listen, discuss and talk out problems, gently leading toward reasonable conclusions...

The busy Cherokee Braves baseball team dropped three recent games, losing 13-3 to Hull Western Christian in Cherokee, and falling twice on the road, 10-0 at Storm Lake, and 8-7 in an extra-inning nailbiter at Alta-Aurelia in Alta. Zac Smith took the pitching loss against HWC, allowing four earned runs on eight hits and five walks in six innings of work, while striking out five. ...

The Cherokee Washington High softball team went 1-2 against three tough Lakes Conference opponents last week, falling 9-0 to Hull Western Christian in Cherokee, winning 14-1 in five innings at Storm Lake, and losing 13-3 in five frames at Emmetsburg...

EVERLY - The Alta-Aurelia girls improved their season record to 9-3 with a 6-2 non-conference win over Clay Central-Everly here on Thursday. Jenna Snyder picked up the win in the pitcher's circle,, giving up two earned runs on seven hits in a complete game, seven inning performance . Snyder walked one batter and k'ed four...

SIOUX CITY - Kate Mathes, a 2013 graduate of Ridge View High School, was one of 15 recruits announced by Morningside College head track and cross country coach David Nash this week. Mathes, a distance runner, had a season's best of 6:11.50 in the 1500-meters this past season...

A well-preserved foursome of current and former Cherokee senior citizens continues to excel on the golf course in admirable fashion, including a recent succesful appearance at the Siouxland Senior Open at Two Rivers Golf Club in Dakota Dunes, S.D. The group will be back in action individually this weekend at the 79th annual Sioux Valley Amateur Men's Match-Play Golf Tournament at the beautiful Cherokee Golf Course...

Qualifying for the 2013 Sioux Valley Amateur Men's Match-Play Golf Tournament began Saturday and steady heavy rains much of the day washed out the field. However, golfers have had Sunday and all this week to qualify and those atop the leader board through Tuesday afternoon include Emmetsburg native Tom Thompson of Hartley, who paces the field with a 67 to lead the Medalist race...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former Cherokee Washington prep all-stater Cody Ege earned his first career save by striking out Mike Yastrzemski with runners on the corners to send the Louisville Cardinals to the College World Series in Omaha. Big East Conference pitcher of the year Jeff Thompson started on the mond for Louisville, and he surrendered one run in seven strong innings to make two early runs stand up in the Cardinals' 2-1 victory over No. ...