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Charger baseball bows out of substate in close loss to Woodbine, 5-3

Jul 11, 2025 | Sports

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC baseball team (10-14) lost in the second round of substate at Woodbine (16-6) on Tuesday, July 8. Despite the loss, ACGC outhit the Tigers, 10 to seven.

Frustratingly for the Chargers, all of their 10 hits were singles. Seniors Taytum Bates and Noah Kading did their best to keep ACGC in the game, as Bates had two RBIs and Kading had one. Tommy Skram pitched the entire game for the Chargers, throwing six strikeouts and walking only one batter.

First year head coach Nick McCool shared his thoughts on the Chargers on social media: “I can’t thank our seniors and players enough for all they did this season. Also need to give a big, huge thank you to our parents who were absolutely amazing this year. Thank you for all the support you brought to our program. Losing is never easy, but our guys handle it with class. I’m excited about the future of ACGC baseball and where it can go,” McCool said. 

Before McCool took over, ACGC won two games and finished at the bottom of the West Central Activities Conference. This season, ACGC won double-digit games, finished seventh in the conference, and won a playoff game.

Panther softball falls in second round to East Marshall, 9-1

Jul 11, 2025 | Sports

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama softball team (9-21) lost its second round regional playoff game at East Marshall (25-9) on Wednesday, July 9. Panorama’s lone run came in the sixth inning. Head coach Ismael Galvan had kind words to share about his team’s performance during the game and throughout the season.

“Our girls came ready to go and accepted the challenge ahead of them. My girls played tough and made some plays to keep it close game through the first four innings. East Marshall’s pitcher did a good job of keeping us off balance through the night, but we had great approaches at the plate,” Galvan said. “It’s sad to see the season end, but I am so proud of the girls for keeping the energy and focus up throughout the season. It’s tough for my seniors in (Arilyan) Steenblock and (Bridgette) Ewing for their high school careers to come to a close, but I know they will do great things in their next chapter in life. They are two great kids who gave a lot to the program over the last five years, and I wish them nothing but the best. We are a young team overall, and this Panther team will get back to work this off season and look forward to next season with what Panorama has coming back.”

Yester Years

Jul 10, 2025 | Yester Years

10 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, July 16, 2015

PANORAMA BOYS PLAY FOR DALLAS STARS. Four Panorama boys played on the South Dallas Stars All-Star team this season, including (from left) Avery Norman, Preston Walker, Cooper Andersen and Dominic Walker. Cory Norman, also from Panorama, was the head coach for the South Dallas All Stars. The team went 1-3 with their win over the Marshalltown All-Stars.

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20 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, July 13, 2005

HISTORICAL GIFT. The Batschelet family has donated the 120-year-old Batschelet and Thompson law office in Guthrie Center to the Guthrie County Historical Village Foundation to be moved to the museum complex in Panora. Monday, Margaret Batschelet handed over the keys to Alex Krueger, Foundation president. From left, village curator Kristine Jorgensen, foundation treasurer Janice Vandevanter, Krueger, Cheryl and Bob Batschelet (rear) of Rock Port, Missouri, Margaret Batschelet, King’s sister Beth Batschelet, and Gary and Carol (Batschelet) Brotherson of Burlington. Inset shows King Batschelet.

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30 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, July 12, 1995

STILL THERE? Katie Lloyd (Bill) checks to see the bait is still on the line before she casts at a farm pond last weekend. The fish weren’t biting, but it didn’t much matter to the beginning fisherman.

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40 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, July 11, 1985

FROGGER. Bring on the warts, says Leah Hutchins, 3, of Linden as she gets a firm grasp on a pet frog. The hopper was the girl’s Fourth of July playmate and showed signs of stress from the attention of his owner and the hot windy conditions. Leah is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave, Hutchins.

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50 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, July 16, 1975

ONE MORE PINT. Linda Dorr, medical technician at Guthrie County Hospital, gives moral support to donor Juanita Smith of Guthrie Center. A crew of nurses from Des Moines drew the blood for the Guthrie County Hospital Blood Bank Club.

The old chairs

Jul 10, 2025 | Mailbag

“I loved your column on the old chairs (Not ready for the woodpile yet, July 8, 2025). Too many times, people say just throw it out and get new ones, but there’s something special about the old things. Like you said, the memories that went along with them and just the satisfaction that you did it yourself. Good job! – Kris Laidley

One more paint job, and I may change my mind. – Shane

Little Library pops up in Adair 

Jul 10, 2025 | News

Henri Barnett, Regina Barnett, Tasha Flug and Jentry Hise proudly show the little library they brought to reality.

Henri Barnett puts items into the little library for all to enjoy.

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette

Thanks to three employees at the Guthrie County Hospital Clinic in Adair, there is a new “little library” in the Adair city park. The concept of little libraries has caught on globally with many civic groups and individuals deciding to build and stock a little library so that anyone can come take a book and/or leave a book.

GCH staff Regina Barnett, Tasha Flug and Jentry Hise came up with the idea of creating a free library in Adair’s city park, and they worked together to build, install and stock the little library near the park’s shelter house.

“We wanted a high traffic area for it,” Flug said.

Since opening May 30, the new resource has been used frequently.

“We check it weekly to make sure everything is good. Most of the books we put in have left, and there are new materials in there, which is great,” Flug said. “So, it looks like the turnover rate is really high.”

Flug added that Adair’s new little library is registered on the website (littlefreelibrary.com) that includes all of the registered little libraries on Earth so users can check for little libraries when traveling.