Stories from Friday, October 28, 2016

SPENCER -The Storm Lake Girls’ Swim Team ended their regular season here Tuesday October 18th with a double dual meet against host Spencer and Sioux City Metro. The team split the meets, winning against Metro 61 to 33 and losing to Spencer by a similar score 28 to 66. Spencer beat Metro 73 to 21...

At first we were shocked to learn that the many and various food pantries and other similar charities across the country actually have volunteers and/or employees whose sole job is to read the expiration dates on donated food items and toss those that have expired...

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy was in Sioux City last week as a guest speaker, and I’m sure he reeled off a portion of his famous "You're probably a redneck if..." routine. I'm sure you've heard of some of Foxworthy's lines, such as, "You're probably a redneck if your home has more miles on it than you car." or ,,, "Your family tree doesn't fork," or ... "Your dog and your wallet are both on a chain."...

SCHALLER - Ridge View advanced to second round action in Class 2A Regional Volleyball action here Monday night with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over a quality Manson NW Webster team. The Raptors claimed game scores of 25-23, 17-25, 25-17, 26-24 in a thrilling, competitive match before a large crowd...

Joan Steele of Cherokee, age 90 , passed away at her home on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Memorial Presbyterian Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Eric Wrightoficiating, and a private family burial will take place at Oakhill Cemetery in Cherokee. ...

The Sanford Museum and Planetarium is holding a retirement party for the planetarium projector that first began operating in 1951. As part of a nearly $1 million renovation project that also includes an elevator, increased storage and flooring replacement, the projector will be replaced by a state of the art projector that will not only display the heavens but also details of geography and anatomy...

Area library supporters have been bringing in book basket projects for the Cherokee Friends of the Library to wrap, but there is still time to bring a book basket in! The Friends would like all baskets to be at the Library by Thursday, Nov. 3. The baskets will then be on display at the Library from Friday, Nov. 4 until Saturday, Dec. 3...

On Oct. 27 1909, Marie Clayton (then Marie Sanderson) was born on a farm in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, near Council Bluffs. At 107, the current resident of the Gardens in Cherokee is now the oldest person in Cherokee County and one of the 16 oldest people in the state...

If a “seasoned citizen” is forgetful, confused or lost, forgets about medications and appointments,struggles paying bills or buying food, feels lonely and/or depressed, is frustrated or stressed, has struggles bathing, walking or dressing, sleeps often and has less energy, has troubles cleaning their house, has changed their eating habits, falls often, is physically and emotionally exhausted and may have caregivers who are also exhausted from providing for the senior, it may be time to consider an assisted living setting for that person.. ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 2nd, Cherokee Regional Medical Center will be hosting a pair of free events open to the public. From 4:30-6:45 p.m., various departments from CRMC, Cherokee Regional Clinic, CRMC Hospice and Public Health will be holding a health fair at the CRMC Wellness Center. The health fair, will consist of a variety of booths and health screenings operated by CRMC medical professionals...

Cherokee will be hosting the girls and boys grades 5-8 Hoops Festival Jan. 21 (girls) and Jan. 28 (boys). The first six teams registered at each grade level will be accepted. More information may be obtained from Scott Koch, who can be reached at skoch@ccsd.k12.ia.us or by phoning Cherokee Washington High School at 712-225-6755...

As media indifference toward a major scandal continues, I ask myself, "Did my Sept. 30 column, 'Saudi Arabia murdered thousands of Americans' exaggerate the situation?" In that column, I described assistance that Saudi Arabian officials in the United States gave to Saudi nationals who carried out the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks. I repeated and expanded on that theme in the following week's column, 'Failures of Interventionism Whitewashed.'...

Constricted flow returning water to the filtration system at the Bacon Aquatic Center causes water to overflow into the storm sewer, according to Dave Schwartz of Water’s Edge Aquatic Design out of Lenexa, Kansas. Shwartz addressed the Cherokee City Council at the Oct. 25 meeting, presenting preliminary inspection results to the council and a proposal for a more extensive study in anticipation of corrective measures...