Stories from Friday, December 23, 2016

There will be no Chronicle Times on Monday because of the Christmas holiday. The Area Advertiser will be published on Tuesday, as usual, and the next edition of The Chronicle Times will be published on Wednesday December 28th. Merry Christmas to our subscribers!...

Hayley Heims of North Star Community Credit Union was named the 2016 Cherokee Celebrity Scrooge earlier this month, a title she won by raising the most money for the Cherokee area food pantries. Our scrooge was all smiles this week as she handed checks to the food pantires at Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc., Christian Action Program, and Trinity Lutheran Church...

There was debate between school and city officials at the Dec. 19 Cherokee School Board meeting as to whether a water line serving the high school, armory and bus barn is a city main or a service line, owned by the school district. The water line has been repaired several times by the city , and it continues to be in bad shape...

The Cherokee School Board, at its Dec. 19 meeting, reviewed preliminary schematic designs from FEH Design for district facility projects. Superintendent Kim Lingenfelter noted that these estimates are not bids. They include contingency fees, so they are likely higher than the actual costs will be...

Roosevelt Elementary students and staff provided nonperishable food and hygiene products to be donated to a local food pantry, and their donations built a wall that was as tall as Principal Valery Fuhrman.

Although they never could totally shake them loose, the Cherokee Braves came up with enough stuff when they needed it to turn back a pesky Emmetsburg squad, 64-51 in Lakes Conference boys basketball action here Tuesday night. The Braves clung to narrow leads hrough three quarters before outscoring the E-Hawks 15-6 in the final frame and nab the victory going away...

The undefeated, 4th-ranked Cherokee Washington High girls demolished Emmetsburg 73-37 in Lakes Conference basketball action here Tuesday night. Cherokee rode a three-pronged scoring attack and a stifling defense to run away early after posting an 18-2 ead after the first quarter, and 57-23 after three frames...

HUMBOLDT - The Alta-Aurelia wrestlers faced some stiff competition here Tuesday as they had duals with Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, New Hampton and host Humboldt. The Warriors lost all three duals, with a lot of the opponents’ points coming on forfeits, with A-A not having a wrestler at a particular weight...

HARTLEY - Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn / Remsen Union and Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn played a close War Eagle Conference basketball game here Tuesday, but the difference in the contest proved to be HMS’ 14-6 margin in the 2nd quarter, as the Hawks won by a 37-33 final margin...

HARTLEY - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen Union boys traveled to Hartley Tuesday for a War Eagle Conference basketball game with host Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, and it proved to be a long night for the Royals, who scored less than 10 points in each quarter as they fell to the Hawks by a final score of 70-35...

Before he grew up and moved on, my youngest son and his neighborhood buddies shot hoops just about every night and every weekend at the basket in our driveway. The basket is on the side of our concrete driveway directly across from my neighbor’s basket and adjoining concrete driveway, so they face each other and formed a nifty full-court basketball floor. Needless to say, this was quite popular with the kids who played there...

CORRECTIONVILLE - The River Valley boys dropped a 61-50 game to visiting Charter Oak-Ute here last week after trailing 28-21 at halftime. Tucker Zahnley led the host Wolverines with 23 points and 15 rebounds for an energetic double-double performance, while Matthew Sniderhan notched 15 points...

CORRECTIONVILLE - The River Valley girls outscored visiting Charter Oak-Ute 13-7 in a pivotal fourth quarter to abscond with a thrilling 44-43 basketball win here last week. Makenna Thomas scored 20 points and Alycen Knaack tallied 12 to pace the Wolverines. Sydney Zahnley pocketed eight rebounds to lead the RV girls on the boards, while Taylor Knaack grabbed seven, and Alycen Knaack five...

HOLSTEIN - The Ridge View basketball team played a pair of games over the weekend. On Friday, the Raptors dropped an exciting Western Valley Conference game to Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove by a two-point margin, 59-57, and Monday they tripped up Manson NW Webster, 59-56...

The holidays upon us should be a time filled with joy and love, yet for some it can be a season of great sadness and regret. Perhaps these timely reminders will help those struggling this time of year. •Leave the ghosts of holidays passed in the past.  Certainly, many of us have unhappy memories from childhood or adult disappointments  and losses during the holidays. ...

The term commonly used is “faithless elector,” a term with such a negative connotation that articles sometimes use quotation marks around the term throughout the article. I’ll use the term “rebel elector,” a less emotionally charged term, for electoral college electors who vote for someone who did not win the general election in their state. I’ll drop the quotation marks in subsequent references...

The Good Times Place Invites everyone to a party on the Upper Level of the Cherokee Community Center on New Year’s Eve. At 6 p.m. that evening, a meal of taverns, beans, chips, brownies and a drink will be available for just $5. At 7 p.m. Elaine Peacock and Isabel Trobaugh will provide entertainment, and from 9 p.m. - ????, there will be games, cards and snacks for all...