Stories from Friday, June 12, 2015

Holzhauer Motors of Cherokee is teaming up with the Cherokee Youth Summer Ball Association (CYSBA) from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the CYSBA Fields on East Indian Street to raise money for the kids' summer ball program. Those attending will have the opportunity to test drive a new Chevrolet vehicle and for every test drive, Holzhauer will make a donation to CYSBA on behalf of the customer...

The 11th annual Cherokee Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing will be Tuesday, June 23rd at the Cherokee Golf and Country Club. The golf outing is the main fundraiser for the Cherokee Promotions Account, and helps fund many of the promotions held throughout the year...

Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Directors of the Independent School District of New Cherokee, Iowa, for the construction of a high school building in said city. The plans and specifications may be secured at the office of the architects, Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson, Des Moines, Iowa, or may be seen at the office of the secretary of the board at Cherokee...

Private family graveside services were held at Oak Hill Cemetery on Thursday, June 11, for Lavonne Paslay, who passed away on December 8, 2014. Pastor Gregg Johnson officiated. Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee assisted the family with the arrangements, and a complete obituary can be viewed and online condolences to the family may offered at www.greenwoodfuneral.com...

AURELIA - The Aurelia Golf Course is hosting a Couples' Open this Sunday, with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Cost is $40 per couple, and a meal is included. The Golf Course is also hosting a Father's Day Brunch Sunday, June 21 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a free will donation...

Scott and Christy Carlson of Marcus are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Ashley to Neil Cedar, son of Donna Cedar of Cherokee and the late Gene Cedar. Ashley, a 2007 graduate of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, earned an Associate of Arts and Practical Nursing diploma from Northwest Iowa Community College in 2013, and she will graduate from Iowa Central Community College in December with an Associate degree in nursing. ...

One of the items on Monday night's agenda at the joint Alta and Aurelia school board meeting was the resignation of elementary teacher Jeannie Henningsen from the Alta Elementary school. After this was approved by the Alta Board, Henningsen didn't remain unemployed for long, though, as the Aurelia board approved offering her a contract for the positions of Alta-Aurelia Middle School and Aurelia Elementary Principal. ...

War in the Middle East appears to be perpetual. It has been going on with little letup throughout history. The question for the United States is do we want to invest national treasure and lives to, based on overwhelming evidence, make the situation worse...

A June 9 article in the New York Times, "Marco Rubio's career bedeviled by financial struggles," was a failed attempt at an expose of poor personal financial decisions of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R, Fla.), a declared presidential candidate. The closest thing to a real scandal in the article was contained in a paragraph buried in the middle of the article, "As he rose in politics, he sometimes intermingled personal and political money, using a state Republican Party credit card years ago to pay for a paving project at his home and for travel to a family reunion, and putting his relatives on campaign payrolls.". ...

Each year the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce raises the funds necessary to purchase fireworks, and the display is set off by the Cherokee Volunteer Fire Department. This year's display will be held at dusk on Saturday, July 4. The Cherokee Chamber of Commerce has set a goal to raise $4,500 for this year's display and are partnering with KCHE to hold an annual Fireworks Fundraiser on Tuesday, June 16. ...

Dennis Radke has engaged in several occupations. He has worked in a hog confinement and in a chicken confinement, worked 18 years in a body shop, and was employed by a landscaping company. Radke was born in Storm Lake in 1948, grew up on a farm, and currently lives in an apartment in Cherokee. He has endured a failed marriage and some health problems, including a stroke...

Developing and building large diameter pipelines are long- term investments that only the largest energy companies take on. The proposed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) 30-inch crude oil pipeline is one of two major systems under consideration in the Midwest. TransCanada Pipeline Company's 36-inch Keystone XL is the other...

The group of 4H kids who helped clean up the Pioneer Cemetery posed at the Cherokee Fire Station before heading out. NOTE: The group photo that appeared in the Wednesday Chronicle Times was taken without one of the boys who had to leave early. Pictured here are - left to right: Wyatt Pingel, Dustin Kohn, Nathan Mallory, Quinton Olson, Evan Appleby, Mikey Burkhart, Levi Pingel (front), Andrew Creel, and James Creel...

Cherokee Fire Chief Gary Chase helped kick off the Cherokee Library's summer reading program on Wednesday. The theme this year is "Every hero has a story," and the next program will be Tuesday, June 16 at the Sanford Museum, starting at 1 p.m., when Duffy Hudson portrays actor and WWII hero Audie Murphy...

Tuesday was opening day at the Bacon Aquatic Center in Cherokee, and it couldn't have come at a better time, as the temperatures hovered in the mid-to-upper 90's.

Sara Olson is the current summer intern at the Sanford Museum and Planetarium in Cherokee, a position that is in its fifth year of benefitting the museum. Olson graduated from Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn High School in 2010, earned her Bachelor's Degree in History from Morningside College in Sioux City, and is now pursuing a Master of Arts in Public History at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. She plans on seeking a career in museum or archive work...

AURELIA - The Aurelia Golf Course is hosting a Couples Open this Sunday, with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Cost is $40 per couple and a meal is included. The Golf Course is also hosting a Father's Day Brunchon Sunday June 21 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a free will donation...

The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union softball team dropped two recent road games, falling 11-1 at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, and 14-4 at Orange City Unity Christian. Alyssa Peters took the pitching loss at HMS, allowing five earned runs on seven hits and two walks, with six strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings...

Thursday night's softball game between Cherokee and LeMars was postponed due to rain, and has been rescheduled for Thursday June 25.

Thursday night's baseball game between Cherokee Washington and Alta-Aurelia was canceled due to rain, and the game will not be rescheduled.

GALVA - The Ridge View Softball Team continues to show improvement and progress as the season goes along. Ridge View hosted a very good River Valley team here on Tuesday and came away with a 5-2 victory over the Wolverines, who had won nine games in a row. ...

EMMETSBURG - The Cherokee Braves baseball team continued to show improvement under first-year coach Cory Ege, winning four of five recent games, including Wednesday night's 10-0 demolition of Emmetsburg here. With senior ace Adam Cedar firing a two-hit shutout and striking out 11 E-Hawks, the Braves sailed to a 7-0 lead after three innings and then iced it with three runs in the sixth to end it early...

Wrestling legend and global Iowa icon Dan Gable will be in Cherokee Tuesday, June 23, for a book signing at the Bookvine at 204 W. Main St. Gable, a four-time NCAA Champion wrestler at Iowa State university and former fabled coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes, will be present from 5-7 p.m. at the Bookvine to sign his new book, "A Wrestling Life."...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia softball team bounced back from three recent losses Monday with a 12-2, six inning victory over Twin Lakes Conference rival Storm Lake St. Mary's. Winning pitcher Jenna Snyder gave up just three hits in six innings of work, while walking one and striking out one. Jacee Ahnemann was 3-4 at the plate for the Warriors and scored twice, while Annika Patton was 2-3, stole a base and drove in four runs, and Snyder helped herself with a 2-3 performance and drove in a run...

GEORGE - The Ridge View softball team traveled to George on Saturday to compete in the Sheldon Tournament. Ridge View started the day out against a very strong Boden-Hull/Rock Valley team and came out on the losing end by the score of 12-0 in five innings. Losing pitcher was Emerson Else, who threw two nnings and gave up seven hits and nine earned runs with five walks and no strike outs...

The Alta-Aurelia softball team had an atrocious night fielding, committing ten errors, in an 11-1, 6- inning loss to East Sac County on Thursday June 4th. The Warriors, on the other hand, hit the ball hard, but right at East Sac, which fielded the balls cleanly. ...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia baseball team notched three wins in four games in a four-game stretch from Friday through Monday, allowing the Warriors of Coach Dan Wendel to creep over the .500 mark for the first time this season. On Friday, the Warriors traveled to Sac City and picked up a big Twin Lakes Conference win. ...

Gerald L. "Jerry" Goodburn of Cherokee, 86 , a former resident of rural Cleghorn,, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015 at Cherokee Villa Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 15th, at 2 p.m., with Rev. Magrey deVega oficiating. ...