Stories from Friday, March 4, 2016

Thomas V. "Tom" Samuelson of Quimby, 69, formerly of Washta, passed away Wednesday afternoon March 2, 2016 at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his family, Memorial services will be held at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee on Monday, March 7th, at 10:30 a.m., with Pastor Barb Dinelli officiating, and burial will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. ...

The Washington High School Pops Concert, originally scheduled for Thursday March 3rd, has been rescheduled due to the WHS girls' State Tournament basketball game Thursday. The concert will now be presented at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8th, in the WHS Auditorium...

Justin Pritts, Cherokee County emergency management coordinator, presented a request on behalf of the Aurelia fire chief to the Cherokee County Board of Supervisors to have a section of Highway 7 closed on Sunday April 17. The supervisors approved the request at their March 1 meeting...

Six students from Cherokee Washington High School will be competing in the Space Settlement Design Competition in Houston, Texas this week. They will be joining nearly 100 other students from Northwest Iowa and heading down in three charter buses. The competition will challenge the students in the areas of engineering, physics, and physiology...

Cherokee Washington High Principal Scott Aden, front left, was among the WHS student body throng who were cheering passionately for the Braves during their 62-57 conquest of Osage in Tuesday's quarterfinal game in Class 3A of the Iowa State Girls Basketball Tournament in Des Moines...

Ann Marie McTaggart is the Artist of the Month for March at the Sanford Museum. "As a visual artist and a woman, there are many issues of the feminine persona that are relevant within my compositions," says McTaggart. "Along with this is the opportunity I have had to work in the field of oncology nursing for 30 years. Together, these experiences have greatly affected the content that centers upon man's courage and his ability to transcend obstacles towards a higher consciousness."...

Carla DeYoung of Cherokee has received the WITCC TRIO-Student Support Services Achiever of the Month Award for March. This award recognizes Western Iowa Tech TRIO students for demonstrating qualities of leadership and citizenship while achieving collegiate academic success...

The Cherokee County Conservation Board invites women to take the opportunity to socialize, enjoy the outdoors, learn something new, and have fun at Martin's Access May 20-21! Join us on Friday evening and stay overnight in one of our modern cabins. Feel free to bring your camper or your tent at no extra charge! Can't stay the night? You can join us for the day on Saturday morning...

March 3- Alan Julius of Cherokee March 4 - Mary Bierman of Cherokee

Roger and Opal Rupp of Cherokee announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Lynn Rupp, to Nathaniel Ray Harstine, son of Stan and Deb Harstine of Towanda, Kansas. The future bride graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor of arts degree in English literature, as she is employed as a non-profit ministry coordinator with Helping International Students in Manhattan, Kansas...

Lobbyists funded by the fossil fuel industry have been conducting a concerted effort since the beginning of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to portray ethanol as bad for the environment. This effort was stepped up prior to the Iowa caucuses. A combination of these attacks and falling fossil fuel prices will quite likely doom the RFS in the future...

Ben Carson is the latest Republican presidential candidate to indicate that he will no longer compete for the nomination. The retired neurosurgeon realistically acknowledged there is "no path forward." Should John Kasich, governor of Ohio, make the same conclusion about his distant fourth place candidacy?...

(accompanying photos by Roy Tucker) DES MOINES - Cherokee's precocious guards - freshman Payton Slaughter and sophomore Paityn Hagberg - registered timely and critical steals in the closing seconds, resulting in game-winning points to lead the Washington High girls to a resounding 62-57 victory in Class 3A Girls State Basketball Tournament action against Osage here Tuesday afternoon...

DES MOINES - The Boys State Basketball Tournament takes over Wells Fargo Arena here on Monday, and area representative South O'Brien will play at 2 p.m. that afternoon, when the Wolverines (22-3) take on Grand View Christian (25-1) in Class 1A action...

Amherst Township - All persons wishing the honors gained as holders of office are notified to be presnt at the several school houses in Amherst Monday March 6, that they may be elected as school directors. It is wished all voters, especially those sending children, should be present, we suppose to make the election unanimous...