Stories from Friday, June 15, 2018

Each year at Sioux Valley Golf Tournament time, I’m reminded of my memorable match against Billy Spindler back in the 1970s or early 80s. Neither one of us can exactly recall the year. Billy and his stepson Jason Spooner promote and run the Sioux Valley Am - Iowa’s oldest match-play tourney - and have done so superbly for several years in the Cherokee Classic’s 84 years of existence...

We were taken to task recently by a concerned mother questioning our policy on publishing the names of college and university Academic Honor Roll and Dean’s List students. She accused us of picking and choosing who to leave in and who to leave out, saying, “These kids work hard for their grades and deserve the same recognition as others.”...

Allison Harris of Cherokee announces the birth of her daughter, Sally Mae Harris, who was born at 1:01 p.m. on June 8, 2018. Sally weighed 8 lb. 12 oz. and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Glenn Harris and Donna Harris, both of Cherokee.

Dana and Kyle Meyer of Holstein are happy to announce the birth of their baby girl, who was born on June 7, 2018. Adalyn Kate Meyer was born at 4:33 p.m., weighed 7 lb. 9 oz., and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Kevin and Vickie Heck and Kurt and Cheryl Meyer, all of Holstein, and Tim and Julie Phillips of Ida Grove...

Tiffany Updike of Cherokee and Roger McChesney of Albert City announce the birth of their daughter , Berkley Nicole, on June 6, 2018. Berkley was born at 1:04 p.m., weighed 5 lbs., and measured 18 1/2 inches long. Dawn Updike of Aurelia is Berkley’s grandmother...

Eugene Raymond Rupp, age 54, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at the Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical Center in Broken Bow, Nebraska Funeral services will be Saturday, June 16, 2018, at the Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow at 11 a.m., with Pastor Tim Peterson officiating. Visitation at Govier Brothers Mortuary will be held Friday, June 15, 2018, from 6 to 8 p.m. Govier Brothers are in charge of arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.govierbrothers.com...

David Paul Van Dyke of Marcus, Iowa, 96, formerly of rural Meriden, passed away on June 12, 2018 at the Heartland Care Center in Marcus, Iowa. Funeral services were held at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa on Thursday, June 14, 2018, with Pastor Jonathan Caldwell officiating, and  burial was at the Liberty Township Cemetery in rural Meriden. Military rites were perfomed at the graveside by L.A. ...

Cherokee was the set of ABATE of Iowa Rider Education this past weekend. ABATE of Iowa, Inc. is a proud sponsor of Iowa's quality Motorcycle Rider Education (BRC) program administered by the Office of Driver Services of the Department of Transportation. ...

The Cherokee City Council Tuesday night failed to scratch the itch of a proposed mosquito spraying program after meeting with an exterminator and exploring costs, time frame, and considering the fact nothing had been budgeted for such a program. After much discussion about the pros and cons of spraying in the City, a motion was made to proceed with a contract with Triple C Pest Control for mosquito spraying this summer; however, there was no second and Mayor Craig Schmidt ultimately declared the motion dead for lack of a second.. ...

The total project cost for the proposed 2018 City Street Improvement Project is estimated at $480,958, and of that, $142,847.77 is assessable to adjacent property owners for new curb and gutter. Preliminary assessments are figured at $67.22 per linear foot of street frontage. Assessments range from $2,924.32 to $11,428.36 per property...

The Cherokee County Conservation Board, Clay County, Buena Vista County, and O’Brien County Conservation Boards are partnering together to provide you with a unique opportunity to paddle the Little Sioux River with four naturalists on July 6th! Enjoy this leisurely float down the Little Sioux River while stopping at various sandbars along the way. For those looking for plant and animal identification on their float, four naturalists will be helping with bird, mussel, and turtle identification...

Cherokee Regional Medical Center will host free child car seat safety checks on Thursday, June 21 from 5:30-8:00 p.m. in the east side of the CRMC parking lot in the vicinity of the Hospice Garden. CRMC’s certified technicians will give your child's car seat or booster seat a free inspection and examine it for correct use and installation. Free activity books will be provided to children...

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

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia girls scored a run in the bottom of the 8th inning here Tuesday to edge Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove, 2-1, in a non conference softball game. A-A’s runs were driven in by Lily Peterson and Jessica Larson. Pitcher Abby Kraemer went the distance in the pitcher’s circle for the Warriors, allowing one unearned run on four hits in seven innings of work. ...

ALTA - Alta-Aurelia scored nine runs in the bottom of the 5th inning to pulll away and post a 12-2, five inning win over Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove in non conference baseball action here Tuesday. TJ Walter led A-A at the plate, going 4-4 with two RBI, including the game-winner.  Kaleb Sleezer had three hits and two RBI and Aric Stephan also drove in a pair of runs...

On June 4th the South O’Brien girls traveled to Hinton and came away with a 9-7 conference win. The 4th inning turned out to be South O’Brien’s big inning as they scored five runs on four hits, a walk, and an error. Skye Rehder, Kaylee Jacobs, Struve and Hintz each recorded base hits that inning to make the score 7-5 in the Wolverines’ favor and to turn the momentum of the game. ...

MARCUS - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Remsen Union baseball team has been very busy lately, competing in six games in six days. On Wednesday June 6th, the Royals played two games with Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. In the first game of the double header, MMCRU had a strong offensive showing by the entire lineup. ...

The Ridge View baseball team lost a pair of Western Valley Conference games on June 7th and 8th. The Raptors played at Sloan on Thursday, and they scored first with a run in the 1st inning, but they weren’t able to score again in the game.  Westwood scored two runs in the 4th inning, and that's all they needed for a 2-1 win. Jake Mitchell pitched well for the Raptors in the loss.  Mitchell, Logan Gross, Caleb Kistenmacher and Logan Cuthrell each had two hits for the Raptors...

The Cherokee varsity softball team traveled to LeMars last Friday to play two games in their tournament. The Braves played tough competition in Heelan and Akron-Westfield, and came up short in both games. In the first matchup with Heelan, both teams were strong in the circle, but Bishop Heelan Catholic was just a little bit stronger at the plate in a 2-1 victory over the Braves. ...

The Cherokee varsity softball team took on conference opponent LeMars on Monday, coming from behind to win, 6-5.  The Braves took an early lead in the second inning when Sarah Kach led off by being hit by a pitch, Alexus Jones sacrificed her to second, and JeMae Nichols doubled to bring in Kach.  The Braves scored again in the third when Payton Slaughter hit a leadoff double and scored on Kassidy Pingel’s single to right field. ...

The young Cherokee baseball team hosted another tough Lakes Conference opponent here Wednesday night as Spencer came to tow, and the Tigers were able to take advantage of free bases from the Braves and picked up a 15-4 victory over the Braves. Spencer got the scoring started early, grabbing a 2-0 lead right away in the first inning and they followed that up with a five run second to take a 7-0 lead going into the bottom half of the second...