Stories from Monday, March 11, 2019

Blow out the candles, all 60 of them! This year, R.J. Thomas Mfg. Company, Inc., a family owned Cherokee business, is celebrating 60 years of producing high quality park, streetscape and campsite products distributed worldwide. You can be grilling hot dogs in Lake Havasu, Arizona, relaxing on a park bench in Knebel, Denmark, or just enjoying a family picnic in your own backyard and there’s a good likelihood you’ll see the brand, Pilot Rock, stamped on the side of a grill, bench or fire pit...

Cherokee Regional Medical Center (CRMC), an affiliate of UnityPoint Health- St. Luke’s, has once again been named one of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States. Regarded as one of the industry’s most significant designations of performance excellence, the annual Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals award is based upon the results of the Hospital Strength INDEX® from iVantage Health Analytics. This is the sixth consecutive year that CRMC has earned this designation...

Dawn Henke, at risk coordinator at Cherokee Washington High School, is starting a new project to help out students at WHS with basic needs. To get this project running to it full potential, she is looking to the community for your help. If you would like to donate items or make a donation, please contact Dawn Henke at WHS 225-6755 or cell 2297408 or email her at dehnke@ccsd.k12.ia.us...

Lacy Clark and Austin Leight, Cherokee, would like to announce the birth of their son, August Noah Leight was born at Cherokee Regional Medical Hospital on March 5, 2019 at 10:50 PM. He weighed 8 pounds 0 ounces and weighed 20.5 pounds. He is welcomed at home by his brother Khysen Leight...

We wish organizers well in their plans to tweak the format for the annual Cherokee Jazz & Blues Festival that has attracted hundreds of music lovers each January for the past 19 years. According to committee members, festival goers can expect some changes for next year’s 20th annual bash and in the future. In a recent meeting, the committee voted to rename the festival, although at this time no name has been announced...

t’s time. It’s time for a shot clock. I’m begging’ ya, please. First quarter and even some halftime scores in the single digits are unbearable. Are you kidding me? We’re addressing the ever growing debate as to whether or not our high school basketball game should have a shot clock similar to that of both the collegiate and pro levels of the game...