Stories from Thursday, October 31, 2013

PAULLINA - South O'Brien rolled to an opening round 28-0 win over Sioux Central in the opening round of Class 1A football playoffs here on Wednesday. The Wolverines' defense played a big part in their win, causing four turnovers (two interceptions and two fumble recoveries), and a balanced SOS offense accounted for 278 yards (104 passing and 174 rushing) and three touchdowns...

The 14th annual Cherokee Friends of the Library Holiday Book Basket project is almost here, with the book baskets to be put on display beginning Monday, Nov. 4. The Friends of the Library is an organization committed to assisting the Cherokee Library in purchasing items necessary to enhance the library services in our community. The Holiday Book Basket project is their major fundraising project each year...

The Cherokee Washington High School's Drama Department presents the play "Ten Little Dunces" Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the WHS Auditorium. The story concerns ten dim-witted people who have been invited to an old house on Dunce Island with the ultimate purpose, unbeknownst to them, to be murdered...

MARCUS --Little Sioux Corn Processors (LSCP) is offering financial assistance to Iowa retailers who install blender pumps. The LSCP board of directors is making $75,000 available to retailers to offset the cost of blender pump installations. LSCP is a 110 million gallon per-year capacity ethanol refinery located in Marcus...

Members of the Citizens Advisory Board met for the group's Quarterly Meeting at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute last week, and they heard reports from MHI/CCUSO Business Manger Chris Tofteberg and Plant Maintenance representative John Montgomery about the $1.6 million the facility had received for major maintenance projects, and the projects which are either in the process of being done now or will be started within the next year...

Don't forget to set your clocks back when you go to bed Saturday night, as Daylight Savings Time comes to an end at 2 a.m. Sunday morning.

At its regularly scheduled meeting last week, the Cherokee City Council unanimously approved the third and final reading of three presentations of an ordinance amending provisions pertaining to No Parking zones as follows: No parking on the north side of Clark Street from Cornelius Street to Park Avenue; no parking on the north side of Spruce Street from 1st Street to 2nd Street; no parking on the west side of Arrow Street from Bow Drive to end of cul-de-sac; no parking on either side of Webster Street.. ...

This week's Cherokee Chamber of Commerce's Coffee will be hosted by Careage Home Care, 212 W. Bluff St., at 9:30 a.m. on Friday.

George Johnson and Hannah Weier of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, born on October 24, 2013. Vayda Jo Johnson was born at 10:19 p.m., weighed 9 lb. 14 oz. and measured 22 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big brothers, Jaxon Weier and Payton Johnson and her big sisters, Lilly Weier and Lennie Johnson. Her grandparents are Pam Rus of Sutherland, Bob Rus of Paullina and Jackie Decker of Peterson...

Ramsey and Cassie Johnson of Cushing are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, born on October 25, 2013. The baby, whose name was not given, was born at 10:04 p.m., weighed 8 lb. 8 oz. and measured 20 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Cheryll Johnson of Cushing and Lisa and Randy Johnson of Winchester, Kentucky. Shirlene Johnson of Cushing is his Great-grandmother...

Halloween used to be such a simple occasion. Kids dressed up in their favorite costumes and embarked on a night of trick-or-treating. They then spent the rest of the night gorging on sugar-filled candy. It wasn't really a "holiday" because no one got off work or school. It was just a fun event...

Happy Halloween, Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays! Sometimes I feel like it all runs together. This week I am trying to come up with a costume, make the November staff schedule and help with the Friends basket auction which has a distinct holiday flair. Jack-o-lanterns, turkeys and Christmas trees are all mixed up in my head...

HUMBOLDT - The impressive Cherokee Washington High volleyball season ended with a thump against a high quality Humboldt squad here Monday night, as the Wildcats swept a 3-0 Class 3A District Tournament match by game scores of 25-17, 25-20, 25-20. "We came across a tough opponent tonight," correctly surmised Cherokee coach Julie Hummel. "Humboldt is a quality team that is very scrappy. They kept the ball alive well and ran their middle quicks very effectively...

HINTON - The successful season of the South O'Brien volleyball team came to a sudden end here on Tuesday when the Wolverines fell, three sets to none, in a Class 2A Regional Quarterfinal match to the host Hinton Blackhawk team (24-7). Game scores were 15-25,14-25,21-25...

SCHALLER - The Ridge View volleyball team rolled to its 33rd win of the year on Tuesday, defeating a tough Manson - Northwest Webster team (26-12) in three sets, in a Class 2A quarterfinal Regional volleyball tournament match here. Game scores were 25-20, 25-16, 25-14...

1. Carroll Kuemper (13); 2. Albia ; 3. New Hampton; 4. Mediapolis; 5. Boyden-Hull-RV; 6. Waukon; 7. Spirit Lake; 8. State Center West Marshall;9. Sioux Center; 10. Alleman North Polk 1. Iowa City Regina (13); 2 (tie) Dike-New Hartford, Council Bluffs St. Albert; 4. Fort Dodge St. Edmond;5.Delhi Maquoketa Valley;6. Wilton;7. Van Meter;8. West Union North Fayette;9. South O'Brien;10. Ogden;(13, Ridge View)...