Stories from Friday, June 26, 2015

Summer lunch programs provide a worthwhile service for families during the summer school break. The federally subsidized program was not available this year in the Cherokee School District. There might have been obstacles that of which we are not aware in providing the free lunches to children in the district. We just hope that this worthwhile program resumes in future years...

Years ago, I'm thinking it must have been over a decade past, I responded to a letter to the editor critical of the use of the Confederate flag painted on a car at a local demolition derby. I'm not referring to the original flag of the Confederate States of America. ...

Barnum and Bailey's circus in Cherokee last Friday was attended by one of the largest throngs of people ever assembled in Cherokee, It would be impossible to estimate the number of automobiles which were in the city. They came from all the neighboring towns, and from places fifty and seventy- five miles distant. A fair crowd was here when the parade commenced, but the bulk of people arrived in cars after dinner...

Eight was the magic number for the Cherokee Braves in two recent baseball games as the team beat Hull Western Christian 8-4 Monday night in Hull, and handled Sheldon 8-3 in Cherokee on Tuesday night. The fast-improving Braves also demolished Storm Lake 11-1 in five innings in Cherokee Wednesday night but game statistics were not available at press time Thursday. Read all about that game in Monday's Chronicle Times...

Tedford (Ted) George Andrews, Jr. passed away at home in Seguin, Texas on June 21, 2015 at the age of 83. Ted was born in Des Moines, Iowa on February 18, 1932 to Tedford George Andrews, Sr. and Neva Brock Andrews. He graduated from Wilson High School in Cherokee, Iowa in 1950 and immediately enlisted in the Air Force and served in the Korean War...

Melinda (Ellis) Vancenbrock of Knoxville,Iowa,55, formerly of Des Moines and Cherokee, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Graveside memorial services will be held on Monday, June 29th, at 11 a.m. at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee, with Deacon LeRoy Rupp officiating. ...

Sherri (Horton) Clayton of Cherokee,51,passed away Tuesday morning, June 23, 2015 at her residence in the Autumn Park Apartments. Sherri was born to Chester and Winifred (Ploof) Horton on July 23, 20, 1963 in Oakland,California, and she finished her education by earning her G.E.D. ...

Dan and Kim Christoffer of Rochester, Minnesota are proud to announce the birth of their twins, born on May 27th, 2015. Caleb James Christoffer was born at 11:07a.m., weighed 4 lbs 15 oz., and measured 17 1/2 inches long, and Abigail Ann Christoffer was born at 11:08 a.m., weighed 5 lbs 9 oz., and measured 18 inches long. They were welcomed home by their big brother, Parker...

The Cherokee Washington High softball team split two games this week, falling 6-3 at Hull Western Christian Monday night, and defeating Sheldon 8-3 in Cherokee Tuesday night. Lindsay Williams took the pitching loss against HWC, giving up six runs on eight hits and one walk, with four strikeouts in six innings of work...

The Ridge View softball team continued to play good solid softball as they defeated a very strong Lawton-Bronson team , 3-0, at the Galva field last Friday night. Picking up the win on the mound was senior Katie Davidson, who threw seven strong innings, giving up four hits while walking one and having no strike outs...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia baseball team is getting hot at the right time, winning four games between Friday and Monday to boost their overall season record to 15-6 and their Twin Lakes Conference mark to 9-0. Last Friday, the Warriors hosted Manson Northwest Webster in a Twin Lakes Conference contest, and they got off to a 4-0 lead after 2 innings. ...

OSKALOOSA - Three Iowa Physical Educators were recently honored in front of their peers as Iowa's 2015 Physical Education Teachers of the Year at the IAHPERD State Convention in Oskaloosa. IAHPERD 2015 Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year is Bart Jones. ...

Because of work on electrical lines to the Cherokee County Law Enforcement Center - part of the upgrade of that facility - electricity had to be shut down at the courthouse on Thursday, starting at noon and lasting the rest of the business day. At Tuesday's supervisors meeting, the supervisors discussed what to do about the closure of the courthouse in terms of employees. ...

Sheriff Dave Scott, appearing at the June 23 Cherokee County Board of Supervisors meeting, proposed salary adjustments for three non-union employees beyond the 2.25 percent across-the-board salary increase to be given to union on non-union employees on July 1...

The incineration of chicken carcasses and disposal of ash at the Cherokee County Landfill will last at least another month under the current contract with Clean Harbors. Supervisor Gary Lundquist reported to the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors on the incineration project at the June 23 meeting. Lundquist represents the supervisors on the Cherokee County Landfill Commission...

The Sanford Museum Association will present an Antique Tractor Show on Saturday June 27th. Antique tractors will line East Willow Street in front of the museum. Music will be provided by Country Jammin'... The Cattlemen's Association will be grilling hamburgers. Meals are $5 for hamburger, drink, chips and bar or cookie - $6 for two hamburgers...