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Warrior boys see pair of wins

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-12-29 10:55

 

Brennan Holthaus hauls down a rebound for the Warriors in recent basketball action. The junior big man helped the team achieve a 2-1 record last week, which included wins over Mabel-Canton (Minnesota) and Postville. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

Warrior boys see pair of wins

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

In a busy week ahead of the holiday break, the Warrior boys’ basketball team took care of business by picking up a pair of wins.

Monday evening, Dec. 19, South Winneshiek traveled to Luther College in Decorah for a make-up game against Mabel-Canton (Minnesota). In a tightly contested border battle, the Warriors represented the state of Iowa well by emerging with a 53-50 win.

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Dec

SW girls looking for first win

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-12-29 10:50

 

Junior post Jaden Schweinefus plays strong defense during recent Warrior girls’ basketball action. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

SW girls looking for first win

 

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

The South Winneshiek girls’ basketball team continued its season last week with a tough stretch of games.

Monday, the Warriors traveled to Decorah to take on Spring Grove (Minnesota) in a border battle contest.

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Dec

Janice Yauslin

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-12-29 10:45

Janice Yauslin

 

 

Janice Yauslin, 75, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota died Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at her home in Sioux Falls. Vera Janice was born on February 6, 1941 to Herman and Grace (Malone) Hearn in Marseilles, Illinois. She graduated from Leland High School in 1959 and Rockford School of Business in 1962.

 

Janice was united in marriage with Leslie Yauslin on October 13, 1963 at Suydam Methodist Church in Leland, Illinois. Two sons were born to this union. She worked for the American Red Cross in Rockford, Illinois for twenty -four years and Catholic Charities for seventeen years before retiring in 2006.  Janice and Les then moved to Sioux Falls to be closer to their family.  Her grandson Derek, was very important in Janice’s life and she never missed an activity he was involved with.

 

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Dec

Butikofer finalist for Rural Hospital Leadership Award

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-12-29 10:39

Dr. Lon Butikofer

 

Butikofer finalist for Rural Hospital leadership Award

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

Valley alumnus Dr. Lon Butikofer was selected as a finalist for the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Rural Hospital Leadership Award.

The current chief executive officer of Regional Medical Center in Manchester didn’t win the award, but just being selected as a finalist was praise enough for the small independent hospital’s leader.

“It is just an opportunity to show that rural hospitals can do interesting things and be successful,” Butikofer said. “It’s hard to survive in the very challenging environment of today. The staff submitted my name and promoted the idea. I am proud of the profession I work in, and I am proud to lead a quality institution like we have.”

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29
Dec

The gift of volunteering

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-12-29 10:34

 

North Fayette Valley senior Jordan Weber (right) offers the gift of volunteering as the student is involved with numerous school organizations and still completes 25 hours of community service a year. In the winter, Weber will shovel his neighbor Marjorie Phillips’ (right) driveway and sidewalks, so she can go get her coffee and newspaper in the morning. Chris DeBack

 

The gift of volunteering

 

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@fayettepublishing.com

 

Millennials (people born between the mid ‘80s and mid ‘00s) are often viewed as lazy, technology-dependent people by older generations.

It is often said that millennials don’t know what hard work is and expect everything to be spoon-fed to them.

Several students at North Fayette Valley HIgh School break that perception every day, and one of those is senior Jordan Weber.

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29
Dec

West Central heads into break an improved team

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-12-29 10:27

 

Lauren Fink brings the ball up the floor against the Edgewood-Colesburg Vikings on Tuesday, Dec. 20. She hit her second 3-pointer of the season in the game. Chris DeBack photo

 

West Central heads into break an improved team

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

 

The West Central Blue Devils girls’ basketball team heads into Christmas break with back-to-back road losses against Central City, 97-58, on Monday, Dec. 19, and Edgewood-Colesburg, 62-44, the following night.

Despite the 1-6 start, there are plenty of positives for the girls to pull from. They are improving, plain and simple. It is easy to see in their play. They have already tied the number of wins they had last year and are scoring more points. In fact, the girls are scoring 7.6 more points per game (42.6) so far this year than they did a year ago (35).

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Dec

Blue Devils show grit in loss to Vikings

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-12-29 10:22

 

West Central's Decker Wirtz puts a shot off the glass in a loss to Edgewood-Colesburg on Tuesday, Dec. 20 (Chris DeBack photo)

 

Blue Devils show grit in loss to Vikings

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

Despite a 68-14 loss to the Edgewood-Colesburg Vikings on Tuesday night, Dec. 20, West Central’s head coach Darrin Lockard says there are always positives to take away from a game.

“Coming into this game, we felt like we had a couple of good practices and had players beginning to be more aggressive,” Lockard noted.

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Dec

White sees bright future for Fayette County Fair

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-12-29 10:13

Jerm White, Fayette County Fair Board member

 

White sees bright future for Fayette County Fair

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

New Fayette County Fair Board member Jerem White sees big things in the Fayette County Fair's future. He nominated himself for the board the year because he wants to have an impact on that bright future.

White would like to see the Fayette County Fair become the next “Country on the River” in Prairie du Chien or the next Jones County Fair. He has been excited by the two big-name concert acts, Eric Paslay and Easton Corbin, that the Fair has been able to draw the last two years. He feels the more big names the fair can get, the bigger the it will grow.

“I would love to see us become one of the next up-and-coming concert [venues],” White said. “Getting the big acts and having them Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights with concerts starting at 6, 8 and 10 p.m.

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Dec

West Central principal receives IMEA recognition

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-12-29 10:07

Catherine Timmerman, West Central Community School PreK-8th principal

 

West Central principal receives IMEA recognition

 

 

 

 

West Central Community School District’s preschool-eighth grade principal, Catherine Timmerman, was recently recognized by the Iowa Music Educators Association (IMEA) for her service and dedication to music education throughout her career of 32 years.  

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Dec

Susan Mitts

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2016-12-29 09:35

Susan Mitts

 

 

Susan Beth (Christopherson) Mitts, 52, formerly of Sumner, IA, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at her home in Deer River, MN.

Susan was born October 27, 1964, to Lynas and Dorthy Christopherson Bartels, in Sumner, Iowa and was baptized at Crane Creek Lutheran Church, Tripoli, Iowa. She grew up on a farm north of Sumner.

She attended Sunday school, church and was then confirmed at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Richfield. Later Susan became a member at St. John Lutheran Church, Sumner. 

She attended Sumner Community School, graduating in 1983.

On May 12, 1984, she married Robert Mitts at St. John Lutheran Church, Sumner. To this union, three children were born. Andrew and Laura Mitts, Indianola, Iowa; Megan and Jason Martindale, Boise, Idaho and Whitley Mitts, Sumner, Iowa.

Susan resided in Sumner, West Union and Goshen, Indiana.

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