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COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Claudia Sloat didn?t score 11 seconds into the game like she did last time out, but the Trojan junior once again made her presence felt in Tuesday?s non-conference tilt in Columbus Junction.Sloat finished with three goals Tuesday and the Trojans earned their fourth straight win, topping Columbus 5-0 on a cold night more suited for American football than soccer.Huma Liptak scored one goal to ...

Sometimes the bigger they are, the easier they fall.Just ask the Pioneer boys? tennis team, which hasn?t often had much trouble knocking the much larger schools down a peg or two. On Tuesday, the Pioneers claimed another of their large school victims, and they did it with their most dominant performance to date.The Pioneers not only won every set they played against visiting Burlington, but they rarely even ...

Do you love watching the flames of a fire crackle in the wind? Are you interested in Iowa?s natural history? Have you considered maintaining a prairie on your own property and need management ideas? Or do you just need something different to do on a Friday night with the family? If you answered yes to any of these, then come to Marr Park?s annual Night Prairie Burn to watch the flames leap.On Friday, April 10, ...

The Limelights 4-H Club met on Friday, March 20, for their special club retreat held overnight at Crooked Creek Camp. Seventeen members joined in the fun of making supper together, competing in minute-to-win-it games, making pretzels for warm snacks during movies and completing several community service projects.Members filled over 2,000 Easter eggs for the West Chester Easter Egg Hunt, made flannel baby ...

Aaliyah Brown is a senior at WACO High School and a member of the Crooked Creek 4-H Club. She is the daughter of Trudy Brown and the late Sal Brown. She has two siblings, Samiyyah and Nadiyah.As a 4-H'er, Brown has had cattle projects. She has been the treasurer and vice president of her club. Highlights of her 4-H years include playing dodge ball and going rollerskating?I learned the leadership it takes to be ...

KEOSAUQUA ? In their final meet prior to the Drake Relays Monday, the Pekin girls looked like a team on a mission competing at the Van Buren Invitational in Keosauqua.The undefeated Panthers amassed 153 points en route to their fifth straight meet title outdoors. Among their seven event victories Monday were individual wins from sisters Samantha Wright (400-hurdles) and Gwynne Wright (1500-run).The Panthers ...

Three circles of United Presbyterian Women met during March. Circle III met Tuesday, March 10 , at 9:30 a.m. at the church. Five members attended.Marilyn Johnston led the meeting in the absence of leader Jane Fehr. Marilyn opened the meeting with prayer followed by prayers of joys and concerns. Members volunteered to supply cake and punch for the Health Center birthday party on March 18.Marilyn led devotions ...

Several events are planned during April at the Polishville Community Center.A lunch, with bingo, is planned April 8. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Bingo will start at 12:30 p.m. Lunch and bingo events are planned the second Wednesday of each month.A dance, with Ned Francis of Mt. Sterling providing the music, is planned April 12. Food will be available for purchase at 4:30 p.m., and the ...

FORT MADISON ? Michael Fritz doubled up in the throwing events with two victories, and the Fairfield eighth-grade track and field team placed third out of seven teams at Monday?s meet in Fort Madison.Fritz had a winning launch of 145-feet, 6-inches in the discus, and his throw of 38-feet, 5.5-inches in the shot put was also a meet best.Cam Baumann was six feet short of Fritz? winning mark in the discus, ...

Eleven members of Wednesday Study Club met at the home of Wilma McAllister at 2 p.m. March 18, 2015.President Cathy Williams conducted the business meeting which opened with the usual flag salute, club collect, book briefs and the the reading of the minutes and treasurer's report.Election of officers for the club year 2015-16 was with officers of the present year unanimously elected to continue in the same ...

BURLINGTON ? Jordan Reid picked up a win in the high jump and was also on the winning sprint medley relay team Monday at the 27th annual freshman-sophomore Ralph White Relays in Burlington.The freshman led the Trojans with a leap of 5-feet, 2-inches in the high jump, and he teamed up with Jacob Unkrich, Narendra Martin and Zach Martin in the sprint medley for a winning time of 4:01.60.Also for Fairfield, ...

(From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, March 25, 2005)10 YEARS AGOLake Darling State Park will receive a $225,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund grant to help improve the park?s water and sewer systems, it was announced, yesterday afternoon, in Washington, D.C.The construction option to be taken at Washington High School ? building new or renovation ? may soon lie in the hands of the voting public. It ...