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Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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Members of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn school board could not reach consensus on a district facemask mandate or how it would be implemented during a meeting on Nov. 5. Board Member David Vander Broek made a motion to require grades 5-12 to wear masks during school hours whenever social distancing could not be achieved. No other board member seconded the motion, so it was not brought to a vote. Board Vice President Scott Vollink asked if the mandate would apply to activities outside the school...
Gale Vetter's signature laugh and warm presence will be greatly missed by members of Hartley's ambulance team. "You knew Gale was around when you could hear him," said Jake Moermond, an EMT on the squad. "He'd start laughing, and it was like oh, Gale's here!" Vetter lost his battle with COVID-19 on Nov. 4 after a two-week fight. His death left members of the Hartley Emergency Ambulance Response Team (H.E.A.R.T.) reeling, as it marked the third time since 2017 they lost one of their own. "It's...
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday announced new COVID-19 mitigation protocols that include a facemask mandate under certain circumstances. The rules require individuals in groups of more than 25 people gathering indoors to wear masks. Exceptions are granted to children under the age of 2, and to people who are eating or drinking. Reynolds has pushed back against a facemask mandate since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming they are unenforceable. Several states have mandates in public...
The Hartley City Council dusted their brief meeting Monday with discussion about snow ordinance enforcement prior to Tuesday's storm. Council Member Mary Westphalen broached the topic last month after an unseasonably early snowstorm passed through the area. Though accumulation melted within a day or two, Westphalen received complaints from residents who said their neighbors didn't remove snow from their sidewalks, creating a hazard for pedestrians. Westphalen supported adding a date to Hartley's...
Janet Prins is trying to bring some old-fashioned, two-wheeled fun to the physical education curriculum at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary. The longtime PE teacher is working to bring the All Kids Bike Kindergarten PE Program to the elementary school. The program equips schools with everything they need to teach children how to ride a bicycle, which would be new territory for Prins. "This would be something that's totally different for the kids and for me," she said. "I think they would love...
• Traffic Nikki Day Mortimore, Des Moines, Speeding. Anali Cazares, Sanborn, Speeding. Lukas Peter Bakker, Granville, Permitting Minor Possession/Consumption Alcohol. Steven Haines Roselli, Jr., Spencer, Speeding. Ethan Allen Lewis, Jefferson, S.D., Speeding. Raymond John Atsma, Hospers, Seatbelt Violation. Adam Larry Timmerman, Cherokee, Speeding. Heather Lynne DeJong, Ankeny, Speeding. Brett Michael Engelkes, Sheldon, Minor Using Tobacco. Alinoor Abdi Adam, South Sioux City, Neb., Speeding. Bradly Robert Kremer, Sheldon, Registration Violatio...
I’m a little obsessed with the German notion of schadenfreude. It describes a feeling of pleasure someone derives from another’s misfortune. It sounds especially unkind as a concept, but is rampant in daily life. It can be sparked by an embarrassing loss from a despised sports rival, or as a spectator of celebrity divorce, or as witness of the guy in the brand new BMW getting pulled over for failing to signal. As a logical flipside to this unfortunate trait of human nature, it seems like it...
To the editor: Fact 1: Kids in Pre-K and elementary school seldom catch COVID-19 and are generally low shedders of the virus. High school students and adults can easily catch the virus and can spread it rapidly when contact with other people occurs, especially when no masks or social distancing is practiced. Fact 2: If two or more people in any of the above age groups meet together without social distancing, no masks are worn and one person is spreading the virus, the chance of spreading the virus is very high. If both of the people are...
To the editor: I am painfully aware of the ways in which limited access to quality care can lead people to distrust the medical community; it is one of the reasons I chose to focus my practice in underserved and rural populations. Most physicians and scientists that I know are in the business of learning, constantly striving for greater understanding. A global pandemic, especially with the current ease of travel, is new and challenging for everyone. My husband and I moved back to raise our family somewhere safe, where our children would be...
The COVID-19 pandemic may have canceled the Valero Texas Open, but it didn't stop the tournament's legacy of giving back. Business partners, sponsors and individual donors of the tournament and related events, including the Valero Benefit for Children, still contributed more than $14 million in net proceeds for charitable organizations across the United States, including those in northwest Iowa. The Valero Hartley ethanol plant distributed $20,000 to local charities with funds raised through...
Caring Rose Week is Nov. 9-14 Jackie’s Floral Center in Hartley has a special deal on roses now through Saturday, Nov. 14. Anyone who donates two cans of food for the hungry will receive a dozen roses for only $10. The special is being held as part of the 22nd Annual Caring Rose Week. Nuts sale to be conducted via phone Due to an increase in local COVID-19 infections, the Pleasant View Cemetery Chapel Committee’s annual nut sale will be conducted via telephone only this year. Walnuts, pecans, salted pecans and sliced almonds are being sol...
Correction The letter to the editor included in last week's paper submitted by Kathy Wacker erroneously stated Arthur Kirchhoff American Legion Post 288, the American Legion of Hartley sponsors the annual Veterans Day breakfasts in Hartley. The actual sponsor is Arthur Kirchhoff Unit No. 288, the American Legion Auxiliary of Hartley. The error was the newspaper's fault and not the author's. The Sentinel-News regrets the error. Subsoil moisture levels raise concerns for 2021 crop production Iowa...
Already home to the Eternal Flame and Blue Star Memorial, Royal's Triangle Park now also has a freshly-poured sidewalk. The addition is thanks to Phase 2 of Royal Visioning Board's Royal Trail Project. Royal Lions Club and Royal Telephone Company donated time, manpower and funds to help see this community project through. Here, Royal Lions Club and community volunteers pour cement to initiate Phase 2 of the Royal Trail Project....
Mrs. Tierny Rutt has been teaching for 35 years, with her first year of teaching starting as a second and third grade teacher in Casper, Wyo. Marriage brought her back to Iowa, where her husband accepted a teaching position in Emmetsburg while she was hired as Everly Community School's newest 1st grade teacher. Rutt has taught both Kindergarten and first grade at CC/E. "Through the years, I have enjoyed teaching in a rural school setting," she said. "The communities have been supportive of...
LeRoy I. (Lee) Larson passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at age 80. He was born to Carl and Marjorie Larson in 1940, raised in Royal and graduated from Royal High School in 1958. He began with the Milwaukee Road in 1959 as a mail boy and was with them for 25 years. He continued with the Soo Line and CP Rail until his retirement in 1999, finishing his career as Vice President of Marketing and Sales. He married Nicole (Nikki) Roser in 1961. Their children are Wendy (Marwood) Larson-Harris,...
Visitation and fellowship to celebrate the life of Gale M. Vetter was held Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, at the Hartley Funeral Home Chapel in Hartley. Honorary pallbearers were Jim Waggoner, Dennis Ahrenstorff, Rodney Ahrenstorff, Robert Ahrenstorff, Jim Klinker and Ray Bates. A private burial will take place at a later date. Hartley Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements. Gale Marlin Vetter was born to Marlin and Ruth (Ahrenstorff) Vetter on Sept. 13, 1951, in Hartley at the Hand Hospital. The middle of three children, he was raised on a farm no...
A memorial service for James T. Wesselink was held Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at First Reformed Church in Sanborn. Pastor Phillip Westra officiated. Pallbearers were Brian Lill, Bryan Markley, Lukas Fourie, Larry Genschorck, Robert Van Dyke, John Elgersma, Ron Schott and Christopher DeBoer. Honorary pallbearers were Zayden Walbaum, Kolten Fourie, Colin Fourie, Harper Walbaum, Logan Markley and Isabelle Markley. Interment was in Roseland Cemetery at Sanborn, with military graveside rites conducted by Sanborn American Legion, Earl T. Conaway Post...
A funeral service for Agnes Van Beek was held Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, at the Cornerstone United Reformed Church in Sanborn, with Rev. Dan Donovan officiating. Pallbearers were Brian Van Beek, Kent Lode, Eric Van Beek, Jeff Van Beek, Chad Van Beek and Clint Van Beek. Interment was in Roseland Cemetery at Sanborn. Sanborn Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements. Agnes Van Beek, daughter of Cornelius and Sibea (Alkema) Kuik, was born May 13, 1925 at Orange City. She spent her youth near Sanborn where she attended Christian school through the e...
A funeral service for Edwin W. “Ed” Visser was held Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, at the Sanborn Christian Reformed Church in Sanborn. Pastor Phillip Westra officiated. Pallbearers were Troy Bouma, Paxton Bouma, Justin Hoekstra, Brian Visser, Scott Horstman and Jay Visser. Honorary pallbearers were Jim Van Dyke, Shane Davis, Lee Van Tol, Dave Hofman, Jerry Buteyn and Bob Oldenkamp, and Ed’s great-grandchildren: Kaeden Bouma, Aftyn Hoekstra, Gaige Bouma, Tucker Hoekstra, Madyx Bouma, Emrie Hoekstra and Kendyl Hoekstra. Interment was in Roseland Cemet...
• Nov. 15, 1945 C.R. Pettijohn, owner of Pettijohn’s Shoes and Furnishings store, completed an extensive four-week course at the Scholl Training School for Master Shoe Fitting Salesmanship, where he graduated with high honors. The course was under the direction of Dr. William Scholl, world-noted foot authority. Posters announcing the annual sale of Tuberculosis Christmas Seals were placed in all the downtown stores. The Hartley schools were cooperating with a more extensive Christmas Seal study than in the past in order to boost sales. O’Brien...
After one of the more successful seasons in program history, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn football team has earned several postseason honors. Ten H-M-S players were named to the 2020 Class A District 1 all-district team. The six players named to the first team are seniors Gabe Bronstad, DJ Doyle and Kayl Jacobsma, junior Connor Dodd and sophomores Lance Berends and Kooper Ebel. Junior Jesse Garcia and senior Dawson Schiphoff were named to the all-district second team, and senior Noah Adams and sop...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's 2020 volleyball season came to a close on Oct. 21, losing 3-0 to Akron-Westfield in the quarterfinal round of the Class 1A regional tournament. The Hawks finished with an overall record of 6-16, which included a 3-1 win over Harris-Lake Park in the regional opener. H-M-S's record in War Eagle Conference matches was 1-9, which tied them for 10th place with West Sioux. Team offensive statistics include 1,597 attacks, 383 kills, 322 errors and a .038 hitting efficiency....
Not even a global pandemic could keep Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn from having one of its most successful football seasons in school history. The Hawks finished 4-1 in Class A District 1, won two playoff games for the first time ever and finished with an overall record of 7-3. The 2020 team scored 356 points, which ranks it second all-time in scoring production. The defense continued its five-year string of seasons allowing fewer total points. Opponents scored 143 points, including 56 by West Hancock...
In addition to highlighting accomplishments on the field, Class A District 1 also recognizes the academic success of football players and cheerleaders from member schools. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn players named to the academic all-district team are seniors Gabe Bronstad and Sam Heyn; and juniors Jackson Albert, Wyatt Borden, Mason Brinkman, Nick Bronstad, Keith DeBoer, Connor Dodd and Brenton Thomas. Cheerleaders from H-M-S receiving academic all-district recognition are Anna Vander Veen, Cecelia Schilling, Emily Heneman, Lily Rons, Lydia...
