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Panorama West Women’s League weeks 1 and 2 results

May 15, 2026 | Sports

Special to the Times Vedette

On May 5, a total of 47 women played in the Panorama West Women’s League.

In the A group, Carrie Hansen was the low scratch winner with 34. The second low scratch winner was Carla Fitzgerald with 36. Phyllis Davis and Carrie Hansen were the HDCP winners with 28. The special event was most 5’s, and Janet Luing was the winner with seven. Carla Fitzgerald had the fewest putts with 14.

In the B group, Colleen Arneson was the low scratch winner with 40. The second low scratch winner was Beth Muenzenberger with 41. Colleen Arneson was the HDCP winner with 24. The special event was most 5’s, and Kathy Feilmeyer and Diane Pieper won with 5 each. Lori VanKirk had the fewest putts with 15.

Patti Kliegl had the only chip in.

On May 12, a total of 50 women played in the Panorama West Women’s League.

In the A group, Amy Block was the low scratch winner with 34. The second low scratch winner was Emily Spradling with 36. Amy Block was the HDCP winner with 25. Sharon Wedemeyer had the fewest putts with 13.

In the B group, Tami Kuta was the low scratch winner. The second low scratch winners were Jane Harris and Toni Wright with 42 each. Deb Schumacher had the fewest putts with 15.

Kelli Koeningberg and Tami Kuta each had one birdie.

Patti Kliegl, Mary Kay O’Grady, Deb Schumacher, and Cheryl Howard each had one chip in.

Sliced bread changed America… and ruined knifing skills

May 15, 2026 | Publisher's Column

“The best thing since sliced bread.” You have heard the phrase. You may have even used it. My retired neighbor, Ron, told me he remembered when sliced bread first appeared in stores in his Nebraska hometown.

“It was a game changer,” he said.

My daughter Sara and I immediately had questions. When did sliced bread become mainstream? Who decided Americans could no longer be trusted with a bread knife? I promised I would investigate.

First, a little history, courtesy of History.com: Humans have baked bread in one form or another for 30,000 years. Yet sliced bread did not arrive until 1928, when Iowa-born Otto Rohwedder invented the bread-slicing machine. Humanity survived the Stone Age, the Roman Empire and powdered wigs before deciding, “You know what? This loaf is too complicated.”

The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune gushed that the average housewife could expect “a thrill of pleasure” upon seeing perfectly identical slices. The newspaper praised the bread as “so neat and precise” that nobody could match it with a hand knife. In other words, perfectionists everywhere were living their best lives.

Wonder Bread quickly embraced sliced bread, and sales exploded. Not surprising. The loaves were perfectly shaped, evenly cut and soft enough to make you believe chewing was optional.

Thinking about sliced bread led me down a rabbit hole of other sliced foods. Pizza. Cake. Pie. Deli meat. Cheese. Fruit. Americans apparently looked at an entire watermelon and thought, “Absolutely not. Somebody else handle this.”

And it is not just food. We slice golf balls into the woods, slice budgets in city hall and, in the 1980s, I even drank a soft drink called Slice. That is a lot of slicing for one civilization.

So, have we become too lazy to cut our own food? I am not sure. But I do know that many of us have lost the art of slicing bread by hand. I certainly have. Every time I attack a loaf, it ends up looking like it lost a bar fight. My dinner guests openly mock me. I usually recover by claiming I am “breaking bread” like Jesus did.

Meanwhile, I have learned that slicing bread properly requires patience, technique and a quality bread knife — which, I am told, is the best thing since sliced bread.

Sorry. I had to.

Have a fantastic Friday, and thanks for reading. 

Shane Goodman
Editor and Publisher
Times Vedette digital newsletter
shane@gctimesnews.com
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Karen Jane Robinson 

May 14, 2026 | Obituaries

1945-2026

Karen Jane Robinson of Lawrence, Kansas, passed away Friday, May 8, 2026. Karen was born on July 21, 1945, to Bennie and Freda L. Sheeder. She enjoyed her time on the farm, such as playing in the timber on wooden horses. Also, she attended a one-room school, similar to the school that she enjoyed reading about in the Laura Ingalls Wilder “Little House” series. She had a passion of reading all her life.

In 1963, Karen graduated from Guthrie Center High and then moved to Des Moines to work for a time. She attended Omaha Baptist Bible College, in 1964, and spent several summers working with missionaries in Illinois. In the summer of 1965, she returned to Des Moines and began working at the “Hob Nob,” a coffee shop at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. She was able to do her dream job as an “elevator operator,” something she had wanted to do since a child. She then got a job as a telephone operator with Bell Telephone and continued working for them for 31 years in Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas, offices.

On Oct. 11, 1970, Karen married Steve Robinson. Seven years later, two special Christmas presents came to them on Dec. 24, 1977. They adopted Philip, age 4, and Nathan, age 3, from the Philippines. Her family now complete, she then devoted herself to them.

Karen spent many years as a VBS director and teacher ministering to children and adults.  Another special calling was helping with church camp ministry as a cook and teacher. Also, she actively decorated the church for every season and occasion. She wanted to share the gospel whether at home, work, church or at camp. Karen also had a catering business for many years, which was a family affair. She loved traveling with her husband on cruises, which included Israel, Italy, Hawaii, Alaska and the Caribbean Islands.

After her husband, Steve, passed, Karen moved to assisted living where she could enjoy her passions of reading and crafting. She loved playing bingo two times a week. They catered to her needs, and she felt like a princess, especially at her 80th birthday party.

Karen received her glorified body on May 8, 2026. She was preceded in death by her husband, Steve; parents, Bennie and Freda Sheeder; sister, Sandra Sorensen; and brothers, Gary and Lyle Sheeder. Left to mourn Karen are her two sons, Philip and wife Krysten Robinson and Nathan Robinson; eight grandchildren, Stephen, Inez, Mia, Nathan, Simn, Pilar, Anevey and Philip Theodore, Jr.; a sister, Sherry, and her husband, Warren Gardner; as well as numerous cherished nieces, nephews and a host of friends who held a special place in her heart.

Graveside Service will be held 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at Union Cemetery, 1305 North St., Guthrie Center, Iowa 50115.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made payable to Amazing Grace Baptist Camp, 4214 Eisenhower Road, Ottawa, Kansas 66067.

Full details may be found at www.dengelmortuary.com.

Panorama boys golf places 9th at Larry Clark Kuemper Invitational

May 12, 2026 | Sports

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama boys golf team shot a 341 at the Larry Clark Kuemper Invitational on Saturday, May 9. Spencer won the meet, shooting a 314. The medalist was Hamburg’s Cade Birdsell, who shot a 68. Panorama’s best score came from Mason Cates, who shot an 81.

Other Panorama scores were Brayden Galvan, 85; Cole Carstens, 86; Jaxson Stauffer, 89; Latyn Ashworth, 92; and Bryce Dawes, 94. The boys next meet is the 2A IHSAA Sectional Meet at Clarinda on Wednesday, May 13. Panorama will face Central Decatur, Clarinda, Grand View Christian, Interstate 35, Nodaway Valley, Van Meter and West Central Valley. Panorama needs to place within the top three to advance to districts.