Stories from Thursday, October 10, 2013

This week's Cherokee Chamber Coffee will be hosted by the ISU Extension/ 4-H at the Sanford Museum beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday.

Rob and Jill Byers of Cedar Rapids are happy to announce the birth of their first child, a boy, born at 1:19 p.m. on August 27, 2013. Blake Robert Byers weighed 7 lb. 15 oz. and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Greg and Robin Byers of Marion and John and Marcia Smith of Aurelia. Great-grandparents are Donald Smith of Aurelia and Jesse Lefebure of Cedar Rapids...

Madison Harman and Roger Cooper of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, born at 2:02 p.m. on October 3, 2013. Roman James Cooper weighed 9 lb. 1 oz. and measured 21 inches long.

Jeff and Susan Roemen of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their son on October 2, 2013. Frank Robert Roemen was born at 6:39 a.m., weighed 7 lb. 3 oz. and measured 20 1/2 inches. Grandparents are Kay Krueger of Primghar, Robert Roemen of Larchwood and Mary Jo Roemen of Sioux Falls...

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

The recently completed Bomgaars Conference Center, a part of the Cherokee County 4-H Expo Center complex on the Cherokee County Fairgrounds, is now available for rent. The 31' x 27' meeting room, kitchen area and handicapped-accessible restrooms will rent for $50 a day. A damage/cleaning deposit of $50 will also be collected...

REMSEN - Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc. will be hosting a basketball game at Remsen St. Mary's High School gymnasium on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 7 p.m. It will be a family event, with a unique brand of Harlem-style basketball featuring high-flying slam dunks, dazzling ball-handling tricks and hilarious comedy routines. The Harlem Ambassadors are a team of talented male and female basketball players who are drug-free and have college degrees...

There are races shaping up in three of eight Cherokee County communities for the Nov. 5 City Elections, including Cherokee, Marcus, and Aurelia. The others, including Meriden, Larrabee, and Washta, have full ballots that will be filled out by incumbents or new candidates seeking election...

The Cherokee County Conservation Board (CCCB) is hosting a Halloween Hike on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Silver Sioux Recreation Area. The night will be filled with activities for everyone from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The evening will begin with trick-or-treating in the campground. ...

At its weekly meeting Tuesday, the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors received a proposal for a new postage machine for the county from Mark Sohn of Claritus. He reported that employees from the county departments which make the most use of the current postage machine were present recently for a demonstration of the machine, and all liked the features of the new machine. ...

Two of the best 8-player football teams in Iowa will clash Friday night in Correctionville, when the 6-0 and 7th-ranked River Valley Wolverines host the 5-1 Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Eagles,the defending State Champions, who are ranked #11 this season. Two acclaimed senior quarterbacks - Dylan Spieler of MMC,left, and Brennan Riedemann of RV, will lead their teams into this pivotal District 1 battle. Read all about it in next week's Chronicle Times. Photos contributed...

Many hallmarks of Halloween -- lit jack-o-lanterns, candle decorations and billowing costumes -- all pose fire safety hazards. As kids and families select costumes and decorate their homes for the season, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) encourages everyone to implement simple safety precautions...

MARCUS - Storm Lake St. Mary's clipped Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 3-0 in three highly competitive volleyball games here last week, claiming game scores of 25-23, 27-25, 25-18. Sarah Dreckman paced the Eagles in hitting with a 19-25 effort and three kils, followed by Haley Moser 16-18 and nine kills, Alison Meehan 15-18 and seven kills, and Liz Henke 8-12 and two kills...

The Cherokee Washington High volleyball team stayed on its modest victory roll this season with a 3-0 sweep of Storm Lake here last week, claiming game scores of 25-3, 25-12, 25-18. Sara Ramirez paced Cherokee's serving effort, converting 24-25 and four aces, followed by Maddy Woodall 15-18 and four aces, Alexia Gerdes 9-10 and two aces, Kaely Hummel 7-8 and one ace, Ariana Smith 6-7 and one ace, and Emily Haselhoff 4-4...

SIOUX CITY -- Matt Young, a senior from Kingsley, and Matt Pitts, a senior from Cherokee, led the Morningside College men's golf team to a second- place finish at the Morningside Invitational, held Tuesday at Whispering Creek Golf Club. Morningside posted a team score of 316 to finish second behind a 298 total by Northwestern College. The Mustangs finished with a 17-stroke cushion over Concordia University for runner-up honors in the seven-team field...

STORM LAKE-The Storm Lake Girls Swim Team won one and lost one in a double- dual format swim meet here on Thursday Oct. 3rd. In their only home meet of the season, the team beat Algona 61-33 and lost to Spencer 32-62. Storm Lake coach Jodi Mongan said, "There were some great swims and it was fun to compete in front of a home crowd."...

KINGSLEY - Three runners from Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn were among 59 boys and 52 girls who braved the strong winds Tuesday to successfully complete the varsity cross country races here. The Lady Eagles' Kayla Brady posted the first top ten finish of her career fn the Varsity Girls race, finishing 7th with her time of 18:33 over the 4k course. ...

SCHALLER - The Ridge View JV and JVR volleyball teams played very well in their matches against Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove here on Tuesday, with both teams posting 3 -0 wins. Ridge View coach Scott Mitchell had hopes this solid play would carry over to the varsity match, but the #9-ranked Raptors varsity "struggled throughout" their match, getting out-hustled and outworked by OABCIG in the coach's opinion...

ALTA - The football game between Alta-Aurelia and #1- ranked West Lyon was originally scheduled for Friday night but was postponed until Monday due to severe weather, which caused some damage at the Alta-Aurelia High School and the High School baseball complex in Alta...

Careage Hills Rehabilitation & Healthcare is hosting its Seventh Annual Festival Of Tables fundraiser on Oct. 25 at the Cherokee Community Center. The event will begin at 6 p.m. and tickets are $15 if purchased by Oct. 18 or $20 at the door. The fundraiser will include a meal and an evening of entertainment with Jill Miller and Band, from Sioux City...