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BUFFALO CENTER: The third oldest Iowan, Ruth Kelly, celebrated her 111th birthday...
HAMPTON: R.G. Wolf is an 81-year-old decathlete who recently competed...
OSAGE: The Osage High School homecoming dance was cancelled...
BUFFALO CENTER: The third oldest Iowan, Ruth Kelly, celebrated her 111th birthday at the Timely Mission Nursing Home. Ruth's favorite color is red, and so the staff presented her with a cake decorated in red frosting flowers, and her grandson sent two dozen red roses. Ruth is the 49th oldest person living in the world.
NORTHWOOD: The fourth through sixth grade classes at Northwood-Kensett held a bicycle decorating contest for homecoming. The winner decked out his bike in N-K Viking banners and shiny garland.
GARNER: Thanks to federal stimulus money, the timetable for building a new $3.3 million wastewater treatment plant has been accelerated. The contract will be awarded next month in order to meet stimulus deadlines.
HAMPTON: R.G. Wolf is an 81-year-old decathlete who recently competed at the Senior Olympics in California. He won a bronze medal in the high jump and was sixth in the long jump and 400 meter dash. Wolf is a native of Sheffield who lived much of his life in Hampton where he worked as an engineer for Maytag and sold insurance. He now lives in Cleveland, TN.
HUMBOLDT: The school board hired an architect to draw up plans for a new $9.4 million middle school. It has not been decided if the new facility will be built at the current middle school location, or near the high school.
OSAGE: The Osage High School homecoming dance was cancelled after administrators made good on a threat to stop the dance if some students did not stop toilet-papering homes. The superintendent said students knew the consequences that would result. "It is not something we wanted to do. But we did the right thing." The toilet-papering began a full week before homecoming and homes of administrators and teachers were targeted.
GARNER: The Garner-Hayfield school board agreed to add co-ed soccer to the list of spring sports offered in 2011. The board discussed the issue for over an hour, and questioned whether having a soccer team would hurt the boys' and girls' track programs. One person in favor of the new sport said, "If we had a soccer program, it could be the deciding factor for a family to come to Garner-Hayfield." The sport's start-up costs were estimated at $5,000 to $6,000.
OSAGE: Osage high school and middle school took part in an international art and literacy project called Pinwheels for Peace. The youth planted pinwheels with messages of peace on the west side lawn of the middle school building along South Seventh Street. The students wrote or drew thoughts about "war and peace/tolerance/living in harmony with others" on one side. On the other side, they decorated the pinwheels to visually express their feelings.
ACKLEY: The airport hosted five power parachuters - also called paramotorists - who take trips over Iowa's countryside from 150 feet in the air going 30 miles per hour. The pilots take photos on their trips and post them at www.iowaflight.com. The website includes photos of 2008 flooding in eastern Iowa and the aftermath of the Parkersburg and New Hartford tornado.
RADCLIFFE: A time capsule containing photos and memorabilia from 1915 was found during the demolition of the school. "The items look as good as new," the current Hubbard-Radcliffe superintendent said. The time capsule was found in a cornerstone on the second floor of the building. The items will be given to the local museum.
HAMPTON: Dozens of students from Hampton-Dumont High School recently spent a Friday in Dumont painting picnic tables and cleaning up the city's park. The activity was part of Service Learning Day.
CLEAR LAKE: A Clear Lake native who has lived in California for the past 30 years has returned to his hometown to find castmembers, crew and to film his TV movie. Bob Sherman, whose family has owned the Lake Theater for many years, has written a script about the rescue of Ward Krenz from the icy waters of Clear Lake in 1993. Krenz was snowmobiling along the east shore with friends late at night when his machine plunged into open water. After several minutes, his helmet was spotted in the water, and he was pulled from the lake. Krenz was declared clinically dead, but a transfusion procedure which warmed his blood was successful and Krenz made a full recovery. Sherman has worked in more than 500 Hollywood projects, ranging from films to TV commercials.
GARNER: Members of the Garner ambulance crew spent two days training for wind turbine rescues. On the second day of training, crew members were outfitted with equipment and climbed up the 220-foot tower. Platforms are located about every 60 feet in the tower where rescuers could step off the ladder to take a break.
CLARION: The ribbon was cut to open the expanded and renovated public library. The interior keeps the historic feel of the building (including original tin ceilings and etched glass windows) while adding a larger circulation desk, more office space for staff, more shelving for books, a community meeting room, kitchen, and genealogy area. Almost $1 million was raised in donations for the project.
HUMBOLDT: A sheriff's deputy went to a Dakota City house to speak to a subject about leaving the scene of an accident in Webster County. During a search of the property, the deputy found six mature marijuana plants. The homeowner had consented to the search.
CLARION: The home of Jim and Arloene Yungclas has become the 11th residence in Wright County to be recognized as a 100-year family dwelling. Arloene's grandparents originally homesteaded the property in 1892, and built in 1908. Arloene has the original blueprints framed in her pantry. The house is located on Highway 17 in Liberty Township.
EAGLE GROVE: Two Eagle Grove dentists were among the 1,200 volunteers who participated in the Iowa Mission of Mercy free dental in Newton last month. Dr. James Pollard worked for six hours, and said he pulled more than 100 teeth. Dr. Michael Moffitt worked 24 hours over the two days and completed 110 partial plates.
NORTHWOOD: Five members of the high school trap shooting team qualified for the Scholastic Clay Target Program national championships in July. The team placed 45th out of 72 teams.
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