Photos by Kerry Jacobsen
The Panorama Yankees Majors baseball team played the majority of their game in the rain Wednesday night against the Earlham Cardinals. Most of the spectators watched the game from the shelter, but a few braved the rain drops on the bleachers. Panorama lost the contest to Earlham, 8-4.
I made mention of an upcoming Veterans Salute in a column I wrote in our March 29 digital edition. I explained how we were in the process of collecting photos of Guthrie County veterans for a special section that we will publish in October, and that we hoped to have it packed with pictures.
Many of you responded, and I thank you. We now have 74 photos of local veterans including William Warren Bailey, David Beidelman, Robert Embrey, Merl Goff and more. The number of veteran photos continues to grow each week, and we hope to surpass 100 soon. You can see what we have so far at https://gctimesnews.com/veterans.
You can submit a photo of your veteran at that same website, too. We make it easy. Simply fill in the blanks for the veteran’s name, the dates of service and the branch of service. Then upload a photo.
There is no cost to do this, and we welcome submissions for any and all veterans, alive or deceased, who have ties to Guthrie County.
We realize that locating of photo of your veteran may be the most difficult challenge, and, unfortunately, we can’t help you with that part of the process. We do know, however, that you will appreciate the process in searching through photo albums to find one, and we encourage you to do so. Photos of veterans in uniform are ideal, but don’t hesitate to send any photo, as we want to recognize as many people as possible.
If scanning a photo is a challenge for you, please know that you can also bring the photo to our office in Panora at 111 E. Main St., and we will scan and return it to you immediately. Or you (or someone you know) can use a smart phone to take a photo of the photo and save it.
Our plan is to publish all the photos and information, along with details on Veterans Day, in our printed editions of Panora Times, Guthrie Center Times, Lake Panorama Times and this digital edition prior to Nov. 11.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. I truly look forward to honoring our local veterans with this special section.
Have a fantastic Friday, and thanks for reading.
Shane Goodman
Editor and Publisher
Times Vedette digital editions
shane@dmcityview.com
641-755-2115
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On May 8, a total of 16 players participated. Robert Klever had two 16s; Rhonda Titus had a 20, a 16, a 17, a 20 a 16 and an 18; Dennis Betts had a 17; Lela Schwartz had a 17 and a 16; Dan Webb had a 16- and a 21; Jane Bakus had three 16s; Dave Kading had a 16 and a 20; and Richard Ellis had a 16.
The Guthrie Center cribbage players meet at Guthrie Center Library on Mondays at 8 a.m., at the assisted living rec room at 8 a.m. on Wednesdays, and at the Guthrie Center Activity Center at 1 p.m. on Fridays. Organizers say there is always room for more, and they will be glad to teach you how to play. They play for quarters on Wednesday and Friday. For more information, email 58chevy@netins.net.
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The Iowa Communications Alliance (ICA) has selected Mia Waddle as the recipient of the 2024 ICA Scholarship.
Waddle is a senior at Panorama High School and plans to attend Iowa State University in the fall to study kinesiology/pre-PT. Mia’s mother, Jaime, is the administrative and customer service director at Panora Fiber.
To be eligible for the ICA Scholarship, the individual must be either a graduating high school senior or a current fulltime undergraduate student who will be continuing undergraduate education in the 2024-2025 academic year. Students must also have a parent or guardian currently employed by or serving as a director at an ICA telecommunications provider member company.
Waddle will receive a $2,500 scholarship to support her education in the 2024-2025 school year.
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Senior Tea was hosted by the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Guthrie Center on Friday, April 19. A style show was presented by Sarah Carstens and Chelsea Schwartz, owners of “Tribe” in Panora. Ilana Baumert, Mallory Schreck and Cadence Petersen from the ACGC freshman class modeled the clothing.
Flowers from Panorama Garden, created to resemble ice cream sundaes, adorned the tables and real ice cream from Casey Creamery was served to 21 senior girls and 18 guests along with homemade cookies from a local baker.
Teresa Kent served as chairman with the help of LWML members Jennine Maas, Cheryl Wichtendahl, Joni Carstens, Sharon Wedemeyer, Carol Hansen, Bev Menefee, Marcia Priestley and Tammy Booth.
The senior girls honored were, back row: Destany Fairchild, Layla Greene, Haedyn Grasty, Sofia Brown, Isabelle Rouse, Natalie Kent, Macy Schreck, Jenna Rowley, Anaston Benson, Hayden Coffman, Carley Fagan and Presley Buttler. Front row: Katelyn Schafer, Kelsey Carlson, Victoria Soto, Mersadez Richter, Hauper Bireline-Huss, Megan Kirkham, Reagan Carney and Emerson Van Meter.