Stories from Friday, April 29, 2011

Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Brock, 89, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 2, 2011, at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly. John Jensen will officiate the service. Visitation will begin after 2 p.m. Sunday, with the family present from 2-4 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Everly...

Funeral services for Dr. Roger Larson, 77, of Spencer, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 2, 2011, at First Congregational Church in Spencer. Rev. Thomas Van Tassell will officiate. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the family present from 2-4 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home in Spencer...

Mary Cummings Kelly died peacefully in Roanoke, Va. on April 15, 2011. She was born on March 5, 1921, to Jules Metzger and James Alexander Cummings. She grew up in Spencer, Ia., attended Stephens College in Columbus, Mo. and graduated from the University of Wisconsin. She lived most of her married life in Beaumont, Texas. She was an active member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the Magnolia Garden Club, and Beaumont Art Museum...

Funeral services for Charlotte L. Meyer, 79, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2011, at United Methodist Church in Ruthven. Rev. Roger Maize will officiate the service. Interment will take place at Crown Hill Cemetery in Ruthven. Charlotte Lorraine Meyer, daughter of Archie and Myrtle (Taylor) Umbrell, was born Jan. 20, 1932, north of Ayrshire, Ia. She attended Silver Lake Consolidated High School. Charlotte was employed in Spencer for a few years before her marriage...

The message was simple. Don't put your parents and your classmates through this ordeal. Family, students and faculty bid farewell to two Okoboji High School classmates, Mikkinzie Peschong and Kiley Wermersen, in a mock funeral to conclude the 24-hour long scenario that is "Every 15 Minutes." Wednesday morning, students and staff watched as emergency workers attempted unsuccessfully to save the two juniors involved in a two-car drunk diving collision scene in the high school's parking lot. ...

Much of the funding for the Habitat for Humanity build in Everly has been secured, and the local chapter of the national entity is pleased to see progress begin on the home. In order to see the project through to completion, about $20,000 in additional funding will be needed. A Saturday morning auction and raffle starting at 10 a.m., followed by a free-will-donation lunch, will be hosted at the Hap Ketelsen Community Center in Everly...

After being raised as a child of the woods in the some European snowscape, "Hanna" is unleashed on the world. Trained by her father, Erik (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA operative, Hanna (Saoirse Ronan)can kill to eat and survive if necessary. She spends her days tracking animals with a bow-and-arrow, cutting and gutting the prey for the family table; her afternoons training in stealth maneuvers and hand-to-hand combat with her dad; and her nights receiving a worldview education. ...

Saturday, Spencer Hy-Noon Kiwanis, Positively Spencer Youth, Spencer Police Department and Clay County Sheriff's Office will partner for "Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet." The event will be held at the Webb Community Center from 8-9 a.m., Royal Community Center from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon at the Everly Fire Station. A collection site will be held at the Spencer Hy-Vee parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Spencer used a first-half goal by Jimi Anderson and 17 saves by Whitney Armstrong to shut out visiting Spirit Lake Park-Okoboji Thursday night, 1-0. It was the second time Spencer beat SLP-O this year, the first coming in the season's first match on April 5 with a score of 3-1...

The Tigers defeated ELC 9-0 for the second time in a month to improve to 3-1 on the year. Results Spencer 9, ELC 0 Singles Michael Gabhart (S) def. Brad Olsen (ELC), 6-0. 6-0 Morgan Kramer (S) def. Riley Edwards (ELC), 6-0, 6-0 Eric Maassen def. John Reisner, 6-0, 6-1...

Sara Van Kley won the only match for the Spencer girls tennis team Thursday night at Estherville Lincoln Central as the Tigers fell 8-1. Van Kley's win came at No. 2 singles over Corin Swalve, 10-7. "We're so close to getting over the hump and having a ton of things go our way, but it just didn't happen tonight," Spencer coach Brett Groen said. "The obvious bright spot for the team tonight was Sara's win. She played by far her best tennis of the year."...

Spencer dropped Thursday's match to SLP-O 1-0. The Tigers had defeated the Indians by the same score in the first match of the season. Spencer is now 5-2 on the year.

Spencer finished third in the team standings at the Sheldon Invitational Thursday night. MOC-Floyd Valley won the meet. Individual winners for the Tigers included freshman Cierra Guerrero in the 1500- and 3000-meter runs, and sophomore Taylor Glover in the open 400. Relay winners were the distance medley and sprint medley...

The Sioux Central girls golf team edged Harris-Lake Park by one stroke Thursday night, 242-243. The Rebels' Presley Herrig took runner-up honors with a 56. Sioux Central scores Presley Herrig 56 Jessica Mills 60 Hallie Ehlers 69 Jessica Johnson 57...