Stories from Wednesday, May 11, 2016

I just cannot stop talking about Summer Reading! I am so much looking forward to having the children come in, sign up, pick out their materials to read, and start earning their summer reading prizes. To top it all off, each week during June we will host be a special entertaining event at the Sanford Museum at 1:00pm. On July 15th, we will have super program by the Hanson family at the Cherokee community Center. There is so much going on just for you!...

A decision by the U.S. patent office to deny trademark registration has been challenged by the owners of the Redskins football team and seems to be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2014, the patent office canceled the Redskins' trademark registration, citing a law that prohibits trademark protection for names that "may disparage ... persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt or disrepute."...

HOLSTEIN - At the recent Iowa State FFA Convention in Ames, FFA members from across the state signed letters showing their commitment to continuing their education with the plan of becoming Ag teachers and FFA Advisors. Iowa is the first state to hold such an event, and almost forty members participated...

Larry O. Bainbridge of Cherokee, 72, formerly of Anthon, died Sunday, May 1, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. Funeral services for Larry are pending at the Armstrong Funeral Home in Anthon, Iowa. The family is receiving condolences on line at www.armstrongfuneral.com...

Betty Jean Ehrich, a lifelong resident of Cherokee, passed away at her home Sunday evening, May 8, 2016 at the age of 87, with her children by her side. Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 14th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Cherokee, with Rev. Eric Wright officiating, and burial will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. There will be a family prayer at 10:15 a.m. at the Church on Saturday...

John T. "Jack" George of Plano, Illinois, 72, formerly of Cherokee, passed away peacefully after a long illness on Saturday, April 30, 2016, with his loving family by his side. Jack was born October 17, 1943 in Cherokee, the son of Charlie and Margaret (Bunkers) George. ...

Virginia Schlinz of Holstein 84, passed away on Monday, May 02, 2016 at the Rose Vista Nursing Home in Woodbine, Iowa. A visitation at the Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home of Holstein will be held on Friday, May 13, 2016 from 5 - 7 p.m. followed by a funeral service at 7 p.m. Burial will be on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. at the Holstein Cemetery. The Nicklas D. Jensen Funeral Home of Holstein is in charge of the arrangements...

Patrick and Kalli Myron of Aurelia are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, Taylor Lynn Myron, who was born May 5, 2016 at 4:35 p.m. Taylor weighed 7 lb. 2 oz. and measured 18 inches long, and she was welcomed home by her big sister, Lynsee...

Tabitha and Edgar Castro of Cherokee are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born on May 4, 2016. Lydia Alicia Castro was born at 1:10 p.m., weighed 6 lb. 8 oz., and measured 19 3/4 inches long. She was welcomed home by her big brother Julian and big sister Adrianna. Grandparents are Tammy Aguirre of Cherokee, the late Matthew Aguirre, and Alma and Edgar Castro of Cherokee...

Maria and Zbigniew Kois of Burbank, Illinois, are happy to announce the birth of their first child, a boy. Vincent Alexander Kois was born at 5:20 p.m. on May 5, 2016 and he weighed 6 lb. 11 oz. and measured 19 inches long. Grandparents are Edward and Zofia Kois of Chicago, Illinois and Maria and Franciszek of Justice, Illinois...

Curtis Wayne Tolzin of East Jefferson Lake, Minnesota, 76, passed away at his residence on April 26, 2016. A memorial service was held on Sunday May 1, 2016 at 1 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in German Lake, Minnesota, with Pastor Van C. Miller officiating, and interment was at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Funeral arrangements were by Schoenbauer Funeral Home...

North Roosevelt Street from Jefferies to Indian Street will soon be under reconstruction, including revamping and lining up the Jeffries Street and Hayward Street intersections. A new water main will be installed and relocated from the west side of Roosevelt to the terrace on the east side. Storm sewers will be added along Sleezer Road to help prevent the back up of storm water at Sioux Valley Drive. The contractor will be putting in a temporary access road...

Dakota Access Pipeline, LLC submitted a request on May 5 to the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) for Permission to Begin Construction of its 30-inch diameter Bakken Pipeline through Iowa without delay. Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), LLC is a subsidiary of Dallas, Texas based Energy Transfer Partners...

On April 2 a group of creative problem solvers from the Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn school headed to Ames for the state Odyssey of the Mind competition on the Iowa State University campus. This year's team consists of Elspeth Hogg, daughter of Stu and Kellie Hogg; Kaden Neddermeyer, son of Jason and Jenny Neddermeyer; Emma Mahoney, daughter of Matt and Becky Mahoney; Brayden Dirks, son of Bryan and Krista Dirks; Michael Welch, son of Jon and Brenda Welch; and Colin Pick, son of Jesse and Shelly Pick. ...

The young Cherokee boys' tennis team continued their season with several matches this week. On Wednesday May 4th, the team competed in the Lakes Conference Tournament. Braves' Coach Dave Zelle commented, "The weather was perfect, but our results were not as good as we had hoped for. ...

Qualifying for the State Track Meet will take place tomorrow (Thursday). Area schools will participate at the following meet sites: Alta-Aurelia, Cherokee and MMC/RU at Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove (Ida Grove) Ridge View and River Valley at Ridge View (Holstein); South O'Brien at West Sioux (Hawarden)...

CHEROKEE - The annual Wolverine Relays, hosted by South O'Brien, but run on the all weather surface at Washington High School in Cherokee, was held on Thursday May 5th in excellent weather, and the meet came to an exciting end. With four events left, the Alta-Aurelia boys were 12 points behind Unity Christian in the team standings. ...