Stories from Thursday, September 19, 2013

LAWTON - The 9th - ranked Ridge View volleyball team faced a tough opponent on Tuesday, but the Raptors pulled through to beat Western Valley Conference foe Lawton Bronson, three sets to one. Game scores were 25-17, 25-22, 16-25. 25-19. The Raptors took on another Western Valley Conference foe, River Valley, in a second match, and the Raptors swept the Wolverines in three sets, by scores of 25-11, 25-21, 25-16...

SPENCER - The improving Cherokee Washington High volleyball team won two matches and lost three at the tough Spencer Invitational Tournament Saturday. Cherokee lost 19-21, 15-21 to #10 Algona; lost 23-21, 17-21, 11-15 to Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto; defeated Spencer 18-21, 21-14, 16-14; beat Carroll 21-19, 21-15; and lost to Humboldt21-23, 15-21...

I just paid a big bill for the Cherokee Public Library. Although that's not unusual, I want to highlight this expenditure. It's for a gigantic database, EBSCO, which is intended to help all the residents of Cherokee County. We provide access to it through a contract with the State Library of Iowa and use county funding to cover the cost. ...

As newly-elected school board members are being sworn in this month, we would be remiss if we didn't pause to recognize all of our area school board members who serve so diligently and unselfishly. Our volunteer school board members spend thousands of hours each year doing everything from hashing out budgets and making sometimes unpopular decisions to keep those budgets in line, to advocating for new programs in order to ensure every Iowa student receives an excellent education, the likes of which is valued and envied throughout the country.. ...

Historic restored barns, throughout Iowa, will be opened to the public during the Iowa Barn Foundation's free, self-guided, all-state barn tour Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Most barns on tour have been restored with matching grants from the Iowa Barn Foundation. Other property owners received awards of distinction from the foundation for restorations they undertook themselves...

Iowa State University offensive lineman,former Cherokee All-Stater Brock Dagel (72), got his first start for the Cyclones in Saturday's narrow 27-21 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes before a sold-out crowd in Ames. Here, Dagel blocks a blitzing Hawkeye linebacker while protecting his QB Sam Richardson. Photo by Julie Todd...

The Ridge View Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned at Coronation Festivities in Holstein tonight, with the Homecoming game on tap Friday night, when the Raptors take on Sioux Central. Queen Candidates left to right,are Emily Kenny - daughter of Keith Kenny & Mary Hamilton, Rachel Boyle - daughter of Marty & Martha Boyle, Lauren Yearous - daughter of Jackie Yearous, McKinley Schubert - daughter of Jon & Kristi Schubert, Lexi Johnson - daughter of Mike & Nancy Johnson. ...

The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. An hour on a bike in fall weather is nothing compared to what individuals with breast cancer undergo during the diagnosis and treatment of this terrible disease...

At its weekly meeting on Tuesday, the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors heard from Dwight Lang and Judi Meyer of Siouxland Interstate Metropolitan Council (SIMPCO) concerning a new Regional Housing Trust Fund for which which counties in Western Iowa are eligible. ...

This week's Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be held at Cherokee County Work Services, 322 S. Lake St. The coffee begins at 9:30 a.m. on Friday.

The Alta-Aurelia middle school and high school music students will be having a "Just Donate Night" on Tuesday, September 24th, to help raise funds to purchase new band and choir uniforms and some upgraded instruments, Groups of students, each accompanied by an adult, will canvass both the Alta and Aurelia communities from 6:30 - 8 p.m. that evening. Cash or checks, made out to the Alta-Aurelia Music Boosters, will be accepted, and any amount will be greatly appreciated...

Adriane Dorr of St. Louis, Missouri and Christopher Heins of Higginsville, Missouri are happy to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Adriane, the daughter of Jonathan and Gail Dorr of Marcus, is a 2002 graduate of Unity Christian High School in Orange City, who earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin in 2005, and a Master of Arts in Religion from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2010. ...

Nicole Barry and Justin Cave were united in marriage at Meriden Evangelical Free Church on June 1, 2013. Eric Staveness officiated. A reception was held at the Western Iowa Tech Convention Center in Cherokee. Parents of the couple are Mike and Caryn Barry and Robert and Sue Cave, all of Marcus...