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By Gary Simmons, Sr.
POSTVILLE - The Pirates hosted Upper Iowa Conference leader Clayton Ridge (3-0, 9-1) and would need a big upset to break their 10 game losing streak.
The Pirates didn't make it easy as they played tough all night, but a big third quarter for the Eagles gave them a 14 point victory 50-36 over the winless Pirates.
The Eagles held a four point lead after the first quarter and only a six point lead at the break, 22-16 as the Pirates just wouldn't go away.

By Gary Simmons, Sr.
POSTVILLE - Last Tuesday's (January 18th ) Upper Iowa Conference game between the Lady Pirates and Clayton Ridge was threatened by bad weather but the game tipped-off as scheduled. Postville remained undefeated in conference play knocking off the Eagles by a score of 51-31.
Clayton Ridge got off to a terrible start defensively and never really threatened in the game. To compound the Eagles' problems the Lady Pirates were a step ahead of their usual breakneck-pace as they jumped out to a 14-2 first quarter lead.

Wednesday Coffeebreakers League
For Bowling Week 19 - 1/19/05
Suckow Dairy 22-10
Postville State Bank 20-12
Country Garden 20-12
L&S Marketing 20-12
SCI 10-22
HTG: Suckow Dairy 807
HTS: Postville State Bank 2324
HIG: Tari Wheeler 264
HIS: Tari Wheeler 655

Wednesday Early Couples
January 19, 2005
Martindales 11 - 5
Deb & Joyce 9 - 7
Hartleys 8 - 8
Ohloffs 7 - 9
Geislers 6 - 6
Leemans 3 - 9

By Lindsay Mueller

POSTVILLE: The Postville Pirates hosted a dual meet here last Thursday night against South Winn and MFL-MarMac.  The Pirates started out wrestling the Warriors of South Winn.
Kollin Berg (112) wrestled Schwan from South Winn and won by the score of 10-7.  Zach Burns (215) won by forfeit and Bryan Mueller (275) won by the score of 6-2.  Asa Waters (145), David Pfister (152), and Ethan Snitker (160) were all pinned in the second period by their South Winn opponents.

(Jackson, MN) Jim Grove, Jackson Campus CEO, has announced the Fall Semester 2004 Dean's List for Minnesota West Community & Technical College-Jackson Campus.
Students must be enrolled in at least 12 credits and earn a minimum 3.5 grade point average to be eligible for Dean's List Honors.
Dean's List Honors were extended to Jed Dean, a student from the Jackson Campus of Minnesota West.
Jed, a Postville High School graduate, is the son of Judy and Glen Dean.

(Editor's Note: The Postville High School FCCLA received this note from Kevin Schierholz, PHS 1990, after he received a "care" package from the group in December. FCCLA advisor CiCi Mueller is sharing his letter with our readers.)
Dear FCCLA,
Happy New Year from Forward Operating Base (F.O.B.)Chazni, Afghanistan! I want to thank you all for the care package and the letter you sent me. It was very thoughtful and greatly appreciated. The package arrived just before we kicked-out for our final missions before Christmas. So the items came in real handy.

Bipartisan Group Examines Government Structure
At the urging of Governor Tom Vilsack, Legislative leaders have appointed a bipartisan working group to examine the structure of government in Iowa.
The group also agreed on the following mission statement: "The mission is to craft consensus legislation that creates an opportunity for citizens to form cooperative governance which provides efficient, accountable, accessible public services in the context of a modern equitable tax system."
4% Growth In School Funding

As a result of the Martin Luther King holiday, this was a short week. In spite of that, it was full of telephone calls and emails regarding the proposed tax increase on cigarettes sold in this state. It seems that there is no middle ground on this issue. I will address both sides of the controversy in this week's newsletter.

The regular meeting of the West Post Project Club was held Jan. 19, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Darlene Lange. President JoAnne Bodley called the meeting to order. Darlene gave the thought for the day. The pledge of allegiance was said.
Roll call was a trip you would like to take and was answered by 8 members.
The secretary-treasurer's report was read and approved.
For old business, JoAnne reported that the tree at the Postville State Bank had over 100 caps and mitten on it.

Edward H. Boske, age 80, LaCresent, MN, a former Postville resident, died Friday, January 21, 2005, in Gundersen-Lutheran Health Center, LaCrosse, WI, after a brief illness.
His wife is the former Gwendolyn Rekow. Survivors include, besides his wife and children, a brother-in-law, Leigh (Gwen) Rekow, Postville, sisters-in-law, Karen (David) Schutte, all of Postville, and Sherrill (Leslie) Heckman, Mountain Home, AR.