We accidentally placed the wrong name with a photo in our April 30 digital edition of the Guthrie County Times Vedette. The Panorama boys soccer athlete in the photo was AJ Draper, not Maddox Nunn. The change was made with the correct name on the website and can be seen here. We apologize for the error.
1937-2024
Duane L Clark was born July 11, 1937, to Clarence and Florence (Otto) Clark at their rural Lake City home. He passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at the New Homestead in Guthrie Center. Duane was baptized at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Lake City and grew up on the family farm south of town. He attended school in Lake City, graduating in 1955. Duane loved the farm and helped his dad and brothers with everything. He was especially fond of the horses and that fondness was with him his entire life.
In November 1960, Duane married Susan McCrea. They had five children, Matthew, Michael, Jennifer, Scott and Chadd. Duane and Susan later divorced, and Duane moved to the Guthrie Center area. This is where he met and married Janet Nickel. Duane and Janet had one daughter, Cassandra.
Duane worked for farmers before he found his perfect job. He worked 25-plus years at St. Thomas Moore Catholic Youth Camp at Lake Panorama. Besides being the all-around maintenance man, he gave horse rides three days a week. This he enjoyed very much, and so did the campers. He and several camp counselors became close friends. Those friendships have lasted several years. Duane retired from St. Thomas Moore in 2011. He continued to give horse rides for another five years and fully retired in 2016. He kept the horse herd until 2022.
Duane is survived by his wife, Janet; children, Matt (Angie) Clark of Glidden; Jennifer (Scott) Helle of Rockwell City; Scott (Linda) Clark of Early; Chadd (Kirstin) Clark of Park Rapids, Minnesota; Cassandra (Matthew) Fronapfel of Guthrie Center; stepchildren, Alicia (Richard) Ciesielski of Guthrie Center and Curtis Nickel of Thailand. Duane had 17 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death are his parents, Clarence and Florence; infant son, Michael; daughter-in-law, Linda Clark; son-in-law, Scott Helle; and grandson, Anthony Clark.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, May 3, 2024, at Twigg Funeral Home in Guthrie Center. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Guthrie Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Lake City. Online condolences may be left at wwwtwiggfuneralhome.com.
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Buena Vista junior Evan Taylor was recognized by the American Rivers Conference on Monday, Apr. 29, by being named the A-R-C Baseball Position Player of the Week for the period ending, Apr. 28.
Taylor had a big week for BVU, tying for the team lead with 10 hits and driving in a team-best 13 runs in five games played.
During game one of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Duhawks, the Panorama High School graduate gave the Beavers the lead for good with a bases clearing three-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning that made it 7-4. He finished that game with a season-high five RBI. In the series finale on Sunday, he extended the team’s lead to 7-2 in the bottom of the sixth with an opposite field 2-run home run. He also doubled in that game and currently leads the A-R-C with 18 doubles this season.
This marks the third time Taylor has received such recognition in his career.
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The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reported incoming revenue of $29,770 from processing of out-of-county inmates at the jail during April. A total of 73 inmates were processed through the facility during the month including 30 from out of the county. The Department of Corrections had two inmates for 53 days with charges of $2,650, Greene County had nine inmates for 211 days with charges of $12,660, Polk County had 10 inmates for 175 days with $10,500, and Webster County had nine inmates for 66 days with $3,960.
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Central College hosted a Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry event to showcase the many projects by Central students during the 2023-2024 academic year. The event included in-person honors and senior presentations, poster sessions, performances and exhibits.
Participating in the CURIE was: Eli Kading of Casey. Presentation title/s: Expanding the March Madness Tournament.
Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private, four-year college known for its academic rigor, engaged citizenship and character formation, experiential learning, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), athletics and service. For more information about Central College, visit central.edu.