Stories from Monday, September 15, 2014

The Iowa State University Extension recently announced that Cherokee County placed second in their list of top ten counties in Iowa for volunteer hours in its Master Gardener program. The six volunteers logged in a total of 393.50 hours with an average of 65.58 hours per person. Mary Tuttle from the Cherokee County ISU Extension revived the Master Gardener Program earlier this year. The small but enthusiastic group reflects the giving nature of many within Cherokee County...

SCHALLER - Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn dropped a hard-fought 1-2 decision to East Sac County at the Ridge View Volleyball Tournament in Schaller Saturday, with game scors of 21-18, 13-21, 9-15. Alison Meehan paced the MMC hitters with a 16-19 effort and three kills, while Sarah Dreckman was 15-16 and three kills, and Haley Moser 5-7 and one kill...

Nicole Funck of Dell Rapids, South Dakota and Nate O'Bryan of Pipestone, Minnesota became engaged on May 14, 2013. Nicole is the daughter of Joseph and Shari Funck of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, and she graduated from Dakota Valley High School in North Sioux City, S.D. ...

SUTHERLAND - Gerald Lange and the former Phyllis Puhrmann were united in marriage at Zion Lutheran Church in Paullina fifty years ago. The couple now have two children - Debra (Mark) Shriver of Sutherland and Diana (Tom) Winn of Jacksonville, Florida, and three grandchildren - Bethany (Jeremy) Burdt and Briana (Andrew) Wetrick, both of Prairie City, Iowa, and Bianca Shriver of Sutherland...

Jim Leonard, Physical Education teacher at Roosevelt Elementary, accepted a check on behalf of the school from Christi Carstens, member of the Ben Carstens family, which gave a check in the amount of $2,850 to the school on Thursday, funds from the recent Uncle Ben Fun Run. Leonard stated that the funds will go towards roller skates and tumbling mats to keep his students stay physically active...

Pilot Rock NSDAR Chapter recognized 25 -year members at a recent meeting. Pictured, left to right, are 25-year member Carol Berkler, Chapter Regent Roberta Klingborg, and 25-year member Nancy Parrott. Photo contributed

Several members of the Cherokee Wilson High School Class of 1949 recently got together to celebrate the class' 65th reunion. Those attending were, front row, left to right - George Williams, Ila Joyce (Hoeppner) Magnussen, Betty (Beck) Stewart, and Maxine (Roggow) Pitham. Second row - Karl Kludas, Sally (Perrin) Corrington, Beverly (Vannatta) Heschke, and Jane Ann (Steele) Bigbee. Back row - June (Bunny) Dilocker, Conrad Lundsgaard, and Roger Frisbie...

Cherokee's City Council last week approved the first reading of a proposed ordinance that would allow limited bow huunting in the City limits; and accepted a bid from Lundell Construction of Cherokee totaling $65,386 for storm sewer improvements south of Victory Drive and east of Greta Street in the Lundsgaard Addition...

GALVA - Quad County Corn Processors recently gave area residents their first look at cellulosic ethanol production. The ethanol plant hosted a grand opening where the public could tour the ethanol plant's new "bolt-on" refinery that turns corn kernel fibers into cellulosic ethanol...

This Wednesday, September 17th, begins the national celebration of Constitution Week. Please join Pilot Rock NSDAR Chapter in celebrating Constitution Week. At their September meeting, Nancy Parrott presented a program about the constitution for members. Other activities include community messages on electronic sign boards, posting flyers, and preparing school activity packets for the four county schools...

Robert F. Lockwood of rural Cherokee, 83, passed away Thursday morning, September 11, 2014 at his home northeast of Cherokee. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, September 20th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Norman Prather, Hospice Chaplain, will officiate. ...

Charles L. Weber of Cherokee, 90, passed away Thursday afternoon,September 11, 2014 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee.

Several members of the Cherokee Wilson High School Class of 1949 recently got together to celebrate the class' 65th anniversary of their graduation. Those attending included, front row, left to right, George Williams, Ila Joyce (Hoeppner) Magnussen, Betty (Beck) Stewart, and Maxine (Roggow) Pitham. Second row, Karl Kludas, Sally (Perrin) Corrington, Beverly (Vannatta) Heschke, and Jane Ann (Steele) Bigbee. Back row, June (Bunny) Dilocker, Conrad Lundsgaard, and Roger Frisbie. Photo contributed...