Stories from Monday, July 1, 2019

The USAF Band of Mid-America’s Liberty Winds will present a concert at the Cherokee Community Center, 530 W. Bluff St, Cherokee, IA on Thursday, July 4 at 4:00 pm. Admission to the concert is free and tickets are not required. Presented in partnership with the City of Cherokee, this is a family-friendly, all-ages event. ...

The issues presented by mental health concerns in area schools can be as different as each individual student and as diverse as each community represented by its students. With these diverse needs, challenges unique to each building arise within school districts such as Storm Lake, Okoboji, Spencer and Spirit Lake. There is, however, a common goal of assisting children navigate the emotional turmoil of youth and develop healthy coping strategies spanning into adulthood...

Chad and Scott Reinert, owners of the Past Time Bar and Richard and Peggy Hinkhouse, owners of the Brightside Lounge hosted a dance “Party in the Parking Lot” on June 1st to raise funds for a worthy cause, which happened to be the Mentoring Program at CMS. From left to right are Richard Hinkhouse, CMS Principal Scot Aden and Chad Reinert. A check for $500 from each establishment was donated to the mentoring program...

Jane Marie Jarratt Harer passed away on June 20, 2019 after battling ALS. Janie was born on May 5, 1959 in Cherokee, Iowa to Dr. Charles and Beverly Jarratt. After graduating from Washington High School in Cherokee, Janie graduated from the University of South Dakota and began her career as a speech therapist and audiologist in Dickinson, North Dakota. ...

We give short shrift to anonymous emails/letters we receive, whether critical or in praise of our opinion pieces. If you care enough to have an opinion, put your name on it and send ‘er in! If you request anonymity you’ll get it. If you want your message to stay confidential, it will. No big whoop...

EGG ON MY FACE I’m terribly embarrassed to learn we published the wrong photo in last week’s Wednesday edition of our “Prep of the Week.” We inadvertently published a photo of Ridge View’s talented Kennedy Mason instead of teammate Kara Richard, who was nominated by her coach and selected for the weekly honor...

The throw to Cherokee catcher Nick Clark was late as a Western Christian player slides home safe in prep baseball play last week. Backing up the play for Cherokee is senior Dane Jurgenson. (Photo By Denny Holton)