Postville News

COACH RANKIN PLEASED AND SURPRISED BY PIRATES EFFORT IN FIRST MEET OF THE YEAR

By Gary Simmons, Sr.

DECORAH - The Upper Iowa Conference Indoor meet kicked off the 2005 Postville Boys Track season last Monday (March 21st) night at Luther College. With 21 boys on the roster Coach Ray Rankin is looking forward to the development of this year’s team.

“We have a good variety of tracksters this year,” Coach Rankin commented. “We have some decent sprinters and distance guys. We are really young though, with only four seniors coming out this year.”

Wednesday Early Couples

March 16, 2005



Ohloffs 27 - 21

Deb & Joyce 24 - 24

Hartleys 22.5 - 21.5

Martindales 22 - 26

Leemans 21 - 23

Geislers 19.5 - 20.5



HTG: Leemans 514

Deb & Joyce 509

Deb & Joyce 485



HTS: Leemans 1426

Deb & Joyce 1394

Hartleys 1378



HMGS Bill Christofferson 272

Dean Ohloff 254

Norman Leeman 246

Road to the final four is paved

With another exciting weekend of basketball history, the Road to the Final Four has been decided. What excitement? Three overtime games (one double overtime) in the four-games as Illinois, Michigan State, Louisville and North Carolina will be vying for the National Championship in the next few days. Those of us with Big Ten Loyalites are strutting a little prouder this week as Illinois and Michigan State both fought their way to the finals and Wisconsin just missed a trip falling to North Caroline by six after being tied at halftime.

Spring arrived this past week, but that event did not improve the climate in the legislature. The optimism we began this session with has faded as the evenly divided Senate approaches gridlock. In spite of this, discussions are occurring. The important issues will be debated and a budget will be approved.

Dear friends,

I don't know if you are ever interested in articles that have been published elsewhere, but this article was sent to me by my cousin, Wayne Schams, Taiwan. He submitted the article to The New American, and it was published there. The dairy farm he refers to in his article is the Jim and Cathy Gelo farm-Postville. He gave me permission to submit it to my area newspaper, in case they would be interested in publishing it. His perspective of middle America is both heartwarming and uplifting.

Leonard Funeral Home

Monona, IA

Monona

Marilyn Cherie Blietz, 76, Monona, died Sunday, March 13, 2005, at Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon, following a sudden illness. She was born on September 9, 1928, in Lancaster, WI, to Joseph Lee and Hazel Ellen (Rice) Blackbourn.

On December 5, 1956, Marilyn was united in marriage to Charles Blietz at Cedar Rapids, IA. Three children, Terry, Vicki and Charlynn were born to this union.

FROM: Schutte Funeral and Cremation Service, Postville, Iowa

Phone: 563-864-7252

Photo attached: mthompso.jpg

On Saturday, March 5th, 2005 three members of the Postville 7th & 8th grade band participated in the Tri-State Middle School Honor Band. The festival was held in Decorah, Iowa and was hosted by the Decorah High School Band Department. Participating students were: Jacqueline Schutte, flute; Hayley Dougherty, clarinet; and Jared Szabo, alto saxophone.

The Tri-Chapter Meeting of Delta Kappa Gamma International Society of Key Women Educators was held March 5, 2005 in Decorah at the Congregational Church Parish Hall. Ten members from Beta Alpha Chapter attended. State President Audry Terpstra spoke at the meeting on the themes of Honor the Past, Build Today and Envision the Future. She emphasized the need for chapters to initiate new members and evaluate their programs to see where improvement is needed. Members were entertained by the Fourth Grade Junior Nordic Dancers following a St. Patrick’s Day themed brunch at 10:00 a.m.

Oliver and Rose Marie Doerring of Monona will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a card shower. They were married April 3, 1955 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville. They have two daughters Marsha and Kenneth Conway and Marilyn and Michael Rood; five grandchildren, Melissa and Derick Gilbreath, Mindy and Megan Conway, Christopher and Sandra Rood, and Cory Rood; and one great-grandson, Charlie Gilbreath.

Oliver and Rose Marie’s address is Box 853, Monona, Iowa, 52159.