Stories from Monday, April 21, 2014

Shayla Droegmiller and Trent Kirchner of Correctionville are happy to announce the birth of their baby boy, born at 9:29 a.m. on April 13, 2014. Jaxon Oliver Kirchner weighed 8 lb. 14 oz. and measured 21 1/2 inches long. He was welcomed home by his big sister, Emma Nichole Kirchner...

Mallory Meylor and Patrick Mohning are happy to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Mallory is the daughter of Kay Meylor and the late James Meylor of Cherokee. She graduated from Washington High School in Cherokee in 2006 and from Iowa State University in 2010. ...

The Cherokee Symphony, under the direction of Ted Hallberg, will present its "Young Artist Concert" at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Cherokee Community Center. The program features three musicians who were winners of Auditions held in Cherokee in March...

The Cherokee Community Theater proudly presents "On Golden Pond" by Ernest Thompson. The CCT invites you to join them for this humorous and sentimental drama in a warm and intimate venue. The play will run from April 25 & April 26; May 2 & May 3 at 7 p.m. and two matinée performances on April 26 and May 4 at 2 p.m. All performances of "On Golden Pond" will be held the The Gathering Place, located at 207 W. Main Street in downtown Cherokee...

Progress continues in the Doherty addition, with construction starting recently on three more spec. homes at 847 Amber, 858 Amber and 910 Amber. With the frost out of the ground, digging has begun on the foundations and cement will be poured soon. ...

At the end of March, Alta-Aurelia High School students Matthew Swanson, Meri Kestel, Kaity Brake and Chayce Glienke, accompanied by Alta-Aurelia High School science instructor Will Dible, went to Texas to compete in the Space Settlement Design Competition...

Shirley Conley Schroeder, 81, passed away at her home in Iowa City on Thursday, April 10, 2014. Shirley, daughter of Freeman and Ruth (Mongan) Conley, was born June 3, 1932 on a farm near Cherokee, and graduated from Wilson High School in Cherokee in l952...

Young Ethen Allen of Sutherland, discovered the Gold Egg in this year's Chronicle Times Seventh Annual Great Easter Egg Hunt. For discovery, his family won $1,000 worth of the furniture of their choice from Carey's Furniture in Cherokee. Allen found the egg in the RR Creek bed south of Fareway on Friday. ...