Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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• May 16, 1946 John W. Harold was hired as superintendent of the Hartley Public Schools. He was coming to Hartley highly recommended from Oakland, Iowa, where he had been superintendent for six years. He previously was the principal at Oakland for three years. Hartley’s newest grocery store was opening on the familiar corner where Swanson’s Grocery had been located. The new owners were Herm Fick, who owned the building, and Ed Guse, formerly of Hartley. The store was operating under the name Ed and Herm’s Grocery. Orlie Schlarbaum purchas...
The Willow Creek course at LeMars proved to be the toughest foe for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in a War Eagle Conference golf meet with Gehlen Catholic on May 4. The H-M-S girls fell to Gehlen Catholic, 212-263. The venue was a contributor to the Hawks’ struggles against the home team. “The LeMars course proved to be our toughest challenge of the year. We got in trouble too often with the water,” Hawk coach Cheryl Kroese said. Elise Haack’s 59 was the best round of the day for H-M-S. Other varsity results were Kinsey Schirmer 64, Emily Sindt 6...
Track and field athletes and golfers from Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn are entering a busy stretch of postseason competition. The track teams will compete in the Class 1A coed state qualifying meet at Lawton on Thursday, May 13. Field events begin at 4 p.m., followed by running events at 4:30. Athletes from 14 schools will be competing. The top place winner in each event plus the next 14 best performances statewide from qualifying meet place winners will advance to the state track and field meet, May 20-22, in Des Moines. Spectators wishing to...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn did not have any champions but three individuals contributed runner-up performances during the War Eagle Conference track and field meet. The Hawk boys finished fifth in the meet that was held in Hartley on May 4. Connor Dodd placed second in the 100 meter dash (:11.27), Kooper Ebel was second in the 400 meter dash (:52.85) and Noah Adams was second in the long jump (20'4"). Other individual place finishers for H-M-S were Ethan Diehm, long jump, fourth (19'2.5"); Dodd,...
A school record was among the highlights of performances last week by the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' track and field team. The Hawks hosted the War Eagle Conference meet on May 3 and traveled to Paullina on May 6 for the South O'Brien Wolverine Relays. At the War Eagle meet, Jasmine Lux broke the school record in the 400 meter dash. She ran 1:00.57, which broke the previous record of 1:00.86 by Shanna Vetter. Although Lux finished third in the race, it was an extremely competitive field, acco...
• May 9, 1946 Ivan Maxson, former Hartley school principal who had been superintendent at Battle Creek for two years, was hired as superintendent of the Excelsior Township Consolidated School. His wife would also be on the faculty as a grade teacher. One of the most beautiful ceremonies ever held in Hartley occurred in the Masonic Hall, when the Order of the Rainbow for girls was instituted and 35 girls were initiated. The girls were daughters of Masons or Stars, and their friends. Louis E. Potter, a former Hartley resident and a registered p...
What is hoped to be a tradition began last Wednesday, when two Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School students were presented with the inaugural "Hardest Working Athlete" awards. The announcement of the award and the initial recipients were made during the athletic banquet held in the high school gym. The first two athletes to be recognized with the award are senior Taya Mason and junior Connor Dodd. The plaques they received state the award is given "for an outstanding demonstration of dedication t...
Like their female counterparts, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' golfers found themselves in an unusual tie with MMCRU when their War Eagle Conference meet ended. Both teams finished play last Friday at Marcus with identical 180 team scores. But unlike the H-M-S girls, the boys didn't find the tiebreaker to be as friendly. Their fifth score was one stroke higher than MMCRU's, giving the hosts the meet win. "We played better, but we had too many penalty strokes," Hawk coach Mark Japenga said....
Individual success in a team environment resulted in favorable outcomes for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn at the Okoboji Relays. As a team, the Hawk boys finished fifth overall with 67 points. But with Class 2A schools such as Spirit Lake (125 points), Sioux Center (124) and Okoboji (117) at the top of the standings of the meet held April 26, Hawk coach Kyle Borchers was not disappointed with the results. "I thought that it was the best meet we had up to date," Borchers said. "We used that meet to see...
After working all season to earn their first win, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' golf team had to wait a little longer to determine the outcome of their meet with MMCRU on April 30. Both teams finished the dual at Marcus with identical scores of 229. To determine the tiebreaker, the fifth-lowest score of each team was used. The advantage went to the Hawks, which gave them their first win in seven War Eagle Conference meets. "I'm proud of the ladies for getting the win," said Hawk coach...
Jasmine Lux's placing in four events was among the highlights for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' track and field team at the Okoboji Relays, held on April 26 at Milford. Lux was the runner-up in the 400 meter dash (1:01.89), placed fifth in the 200 meter dash (:27.57), was part of the sprint medley team that placed fourth and was part of the 4x100 meter relay team that came in sixth. Other members of the sprint medley were Anna Vander Veen, Lydia Harders and Abigail Otto (1:58.64). Also...
A total of 162 game officials were honored by the Iowa High School Athletic Association for the 2021 edition of its annual officials’ awards program. Through 2019, the IHSAA presented the awards at an annual banquet in Des Moines. The ceremony has not been held the last two years due to COVID-19 considerations, and award-winning officials will receive their honors through mailings from the IHSAA. “We’re always proud of how our officials serve their communities, students and sports, but especially so in this 2020-21 school year as they have...
• May 2, 1946 Dr. C.E. Radcliffe, who had been discharged from the Armed Forces after serving as a surgeon, was joining the staff of the Hand Hospital. His family would join him as soon as living quarters could be secured. O.E. Lester officially tendered his resignation as superintendent of the Hartley Public Schools. He had headed the educational facilities of the community since 1941. He expressed a desire to locate in a drier climate because of his daughter’s health. The federal works agency announced that $2,650 had been advanced to Har...
The team scores were not low enough to earn a win, but there were noteworthy individual accomplishments for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' golf team in a pair of War Eagle Conference golf meets. H-M-S lost to South O'Brien, 219-233, in a meet played on April 22 at Primghar. Individually, Elise Haack topped the leader board in a three-way tie with Kaeley Einck and Whitney Einck of South O'Brien. All three finished with rounds of 52. "Elise is doing a great job playing consistent golf night...
Five first-place finishes highlighted the performance of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' track and field team at the 2021 edition of the Hawk Relays, on April 23 at Peterson Field. Connor Dodd swept the 100 and 200 meter dash titles, running the former in :11.22 while finishing the latter in a time of :23.09. Noah Adams also earned a first-place finish in the long jump with his leap of 19'11.25". H-M-S also swept the 4x100 and 4x200 relays in times of :45.68 and 1:35.46, respectively. In the...
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' track and field team continues to show improvement, finishing fourth of nine teams at their own Hawk Relays on April 23 in Hartley. The Hawks scored 65 points. Cherokee won the girls' division with 157, with Okoboji in second with 110. Sibley-Ocheyedan was third with 81. The Hawks were in fourth, followed by Remsen St. Mary's with 63, George-Little Rock with 40, Akron-Westfield with 25, Storm Lake St. Mary's with 20 and Trinity Christian with 15. H-M-S started...
The little things are starting to pay off in a big way for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in War Eagle Conference boys' golf play. H-M-S earned its second straight conference meet win by edging South O'Brien, 189-192, on April 22 at Primghar. Two H-M-S golfers topped the medalist list. Ben Haack finished with the low round of the day (42) while Samuel Heyn was three strokes back at 45. Other competitors were Wyatt Borden 50, Lucas Kroese 52, Keith DeBoer 54 and Spencer McCarter 58. "The kids are making...
Refunding of previously-issued bonds for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn facilities project was authorized during the school board meeting on April 19. School Infrastructure Sales, Services and Use Tax Revenue Bonds sold in 2019 will be refunded by the new issue. The district has the right to call for prepayment of the original bonds in whole or in part on or after June 1, 2021. The amount to be issued is $4,090,000. Principal payments begin in 2022 and continue through 2030. Interest rates are 3.0...
The Royal City Council approved one project during its meeting on April 14, but after lengthy discussion, decided not to move forward with another. Rather than replacing ballasts for outdated lighting in the community building, the council voted to replace it with LED lights. According to discussion, replacing all lighting in the building will cost approximately $1,500. Refitting the entire building depends on whether the city qualifies for a rebate through Alliant Energy. “If there is an Alliant rebate, it would make sense to do them all at on...
• April 25, 1946 The Hartley athletic field was tiled, bladed and seeded. More new lights had been ordered along with other equipment that would be needed to put the field in condition for handling three sports. The school board was also discussing plans for fencing the field. John Stoterau, formerly of Sheldon, purchased the Henning Oil Co., which had been operated by Ted Henning. The station located just off Main Street on Highway 18 was to be called the Stoterau Oil Co. L.G. and Warren Newel purchased the Ford agency at Rock Rapids. W...
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' golf team recorded its second-lowest score of the season during a War Eagle Conference meet with West Sioux on April 15. West Sioux won the meet played at the Hawarden course by a score of 210-222. Megan Ten Kley and Kinsey Schirmer finished among the Top 4 individuals for the first time in a meet. Ten Kley was second with a 51 and Schirmer took fourth with a 54. Other scores for H-M-S were Elise Haack 58, Emily Sindt 59, Darby Mastbergen 60, and Elle...
With three players topping the leader board, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn defeated West Sioux, 197-217, to earn its first War Eagle Conference boys' golf meet win on April 15 at Hawarden. Leading the way were Samuel Heyn with a 45, Ben Haack with a 49 and Wyatt Borden with a 50. Keith DeBoer rounded out the team scoring with a 53. The rest of the varsity lineup included Spencer McCarter with a 55 and Lucas Kroese with a 57. West Sioux's only medalist was Chris Schmidt who fired a 50. Hawk JV scores...
Members of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys’ track and field team finished among the best in the region during the Sioux City Relays on April 17. Connor Dodd finished second in the Class C 100 meter dash, recording a time of :11.71. He was just four-hundredths of a second behind Keaton Bonderson, of Gehlen Catholic. Noah Adams, Kooper Ebel, Dawson Schiphoff and Dodd combined for second-place finishes in the Class C 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay. Their time of :45.36 in the 4x100 was only topped by Pierce, Neb. They ran the 4x200 in 1:34.66, f...
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' track and field team competed twice last week, at the Unity Christian Coed Invitational on April 12 at Northwestern College in Orange City, and at the Spencer Girls' Invitational on April 16 at Spencer. At Unity Christian, the Hawks began the meet with a win in the sprint medley relay. The team of Emily Mutombo, Anna Vander Veen, Abby Otto and Jasmine Lux took first place in a time of 2:01.02. In addition, the Hawks recorded four runner-up finishes....
Sometimes the best isn't quite good enough. Case in point – Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's 4x100 relay squad which bettered the Unity Christian Invitational meet record, but didn't win the race. Noah Adams, Kooper Ebel, Dawson Schiphoff and Connor Dodd ran a time of :45.62, which bettered the old meet record. But they had to settle for second place, as Unity Christian ran a time of :43.84 to set a new meet record. Adams, Ebel, Schiphoff and Dodd also finished second in the 4x200 (1:36.46), but lost a...
