Stories from Saturday, January 17, 2009

The 25 "additional" budget packages being offered for consideration by community residents at 7 p.m. Monday night (See "2009-10 Spencer School Additional Budget Packages" on Page 2) total a potential $823,000 worth of staff positions and programs which could be trimmed from Spencer school district's 2009-10 budget...

Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Meelhause, 83 of Hartley will be held at 10:30 a.m., today, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at Trinity United Church of Christ in Hartley. Rev. Jeff Filkins will officiate the service. Interment will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, following the lunch at the church, at Riverside Cemetery in Spencer...

Dorothy Boyle, formerly of Spencer, passed away on Jan. 12, 2009 at the Carson Convalescence Center in Carson City, Nevada . Dorothy Mary Boyle was born July 9, 1924 near Hazleton. She graduated from Randalia High School in 1941 and married Earl Snyder in 1942. To this union two children were born: Allen and Patricia. After a divorce in 1965, Dorothy married Howard Boyle in 1967. In 1980 they moved to Gardnerville, Nevada...

Funeral services for Harry Vern Warren, 100 of Spencer will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Spencer. Rev. Tom Steele will officiate the service. Visitation will begin after 3 p.m. Sunday with the family present from 3-5 p.m. at the Warner Funeral Home of Spencer...

Funeral services for Lela Andersen, 87 of Spencer, formerly of Webb, will be held at 2:30 p.m., today, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Webb. Rev. Don Andrews will officiate the service. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the funeral at the church...

Clay County Sheriff Randy Krukow confirmed a change in the upper management at the Clay County Sheriff's Office on Friday. Sgt. Brad Hawley has been promoted to the position of chief deputy. Hawley replaces Duane Bates, who is no longer with the department...

Four area students will compete for the title of Flagfest 2009 Youth Ambassador beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18 at the Spencer High School Little Theater. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Students participating in the competition include: Brittany Sikora, daughter of Jim and Mary Sikora. ...

Tuesday night marks the return of the Spencer High School Tiger Pas to the hardwood for the second straight year. Coach Tammy Higgins (below) has her group of approximately 30 dancers - comprised of past and present Spencer student fathers - ready to perform some of the favorite moves from recent decades during halftime of the boys and girls varsity basketball games with Estherville-Lincoln Central. ...

Elizabeth Kressin, a Spencer Republican was one of nine interim appointments made Friday by Iowa Gov. Chet Culver to serve on a variety of boards and commissions. Kressin was asked to fill a vacancy on the state Board of Health. Her term will begin immediately and end on June 30, 2011...

The Tigers put their potential on display Friday at the Fieldhouse, running and gunning their way to a third straight victory in one of their best performances of the year, which saw three players score in double figures, led by a career-high 30 from Kyle Fitch...

Another night. Another win. Another typical Spencer Tiger performance. The No. 9 Tigers' unblemished season has gotten to be a bit of a broken record through their nine games. "We're playing very well right now," said Spencer head coach Don Martindale. "We were very good again defensively and we spread the ball around very nicely again. It's really been a total team concept through the first nine games of the year."...