Stories from Monday, April 18, 2016

Leading off the Tues., April 12, 2016 O'Brien County Board of Supervisors meeting agenda was the discussion and approval of a contract between O'Brien County and ISG Field Services LLC. ISG will inspect construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) when that 30-inch diameter, 450,000 barrel per day pipeline project kicks off...

The Cherokee Zone of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League will hold its annual Spring Rally on Tuesday, April 26th at Zion Lutheran Church in Paullina. The featured speakers will be Rev. Don and Gayleen Meyer of Marcus, who will present detailed information and photos from their recent trip to Israel...

AMES - The Peace Corps has selected Iowa State University as a training site to help students from across campus prepare for service in other countries. The Peace Corps Prep Program is offered at 50 universities and colleges throughout the United States. Iowa State was one of 20 schools selected last year to hold this certification. Iowa State currently is the only university in Iowa offering a Peace Crops Prep Program...

Cherokee Specialty Care celebrated its volunteers Wednesday, April 13, 2016, with brunch to show their great appreciation for all of their volunteers. Pictured are front row: Dolores VanNatta, JoAnn Christensen, Erma Bush, Dollie Morton, Karen Thomsen, Corrine Malzer, Claudeen Bugh, second row: Donna Godberson, Darlene Agnitsch, Koreen Anderson, Wilma Starkey, Coleen Truxell, Mavis Yunge, Paula Burch, Third row: Laura Lafleur, Mary Scott, Janet Eberly, Arlene Hultman, Carl Nielsen, Butch Glover, Andrea Urban, Susan Reinert.. ...

Donald L. Meyer of Quimby, 66, passed away Thursday morning, April 14, 2016 at Cherokee Specialty Care .Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 18th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Quimby, with Pastor Donald J. Meyer officiating, and burial will be in the Grandview Cemetery in Quimby at a later date. Military rites by Lyle Barnes Post #398 of the American Legion and L.A. Wescott Post #2253 of the V.F.W. will follow the church services...

April 16 - Joan Anderson of Cherokee April 18 - Pierce Green of Cherokee

Spencer - The Clay County Fair is excited to announce that rock powerhouse Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform in the U.S. Cellular Grandstand onSunday, Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. "Classic rock fans should be excited to have one of the top-selling acts of all time at the Fair this year," said CCF Manager Jeremy Parsons. "This show will be a powerful end to the 2016 Fair."...

A Light the Night DEC Glow 5k Run will take place on Friday, April 22, at the MHI Campus in Cherokee West Cedar Loop with 5k or 1 mile route options available. This family friendly event is a fundraiser for Drug Endangered Children in Cherokee and Ida Counties...

AKRON - The South O'Brien girls got some practice golf here Thursday, as they played while Akron-Westfield and Remsen St. Mary's held a dual meet. The Wolverines have just three golfers, so they didn't compete as a team in the meet, South O'Brien's Carly Lundquist and Danielle Nelson each shot a round of 60 Thursday, with teammate Ally Sweeney one stroke behind with a 61...

It was a very sunny and warm afternoon Thursday, but the winds were strong and increased as the South O'Brien boys' golf team's dual with Akron-Westfield. went on. The Wolverines had their lowest meet score of the year thus far with a team total of 197. Brian Haden placed second with a 47 and Andrew Cullison also shot a 47 and came in 3rd after a card playoff with Haden...

NEWELL - The Ridge View boys defeated Newell-Fonda Thursday in a golf dual here, totaling 188 team strokes for the win. Garret Lamp led the Raptors with a score of 44, while Gus Leonard had a 47, Braden Else 48 and Colton Wandrey 49. Other scores for the Ridge View varsity were Jack Mentzer 55 and Evan Else 61. Playing for the Ridge View JV were Colton Wunschel, who shot a 49, Devin Mentzer 57 and Brant Price 60...

AURELIA - The Alta-Aurelia boys hosted Sioux Central in a golf dual here Thursday, and the Warriors scored a 178-202 win over their guests. Alta-Aurelia took Medalist and Runner-Up Medalist honors, with Alex Snyder shooting a 40 and Jack Glienke 43. Other scores for the Alta-Aurelia varsity included Parker Meier 47 and Jacob Hull 48. Nick O'Bannon (52) and Keaton Mork (58) also played for the Warrior varsity team...

AURELIA - The Alta-Aurelia girls continued their wnning ways on the golf course Thursday with a 182-245 victory over Sioux Central on the Aurelia course. The Warriors' Erin Lockin was meet medalist with a 41 and runner up medalist was Lexie Patton, who shot a 43...

MANSON - The Alta-Aurelia girls took second place in the Team Standings at Thursday's Brad Kruse Co Ed Relays here behind the powerful Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon girls, and Warriors' coach Tim Galvin had this to say about his team's showing, "We finally got a nice night to work with, and our team benefited. It was nice to see several personal and season bests set. We continue to push and support each other as a team."...

Today's Chronicle Times has a public service announcement regarding city-wide clean-up in Cherokee on Monday and Tuesday. Unfortunately, this is too late for Monday pickup of items by Sanitary Services. Sometimes, we get announcements too late to include in a timely manner, but that was not the case here. We got the email notification from the city on Wednesday for Friday's paper, but we messed up and let it get by us...