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Panorama Little League results and standings

May 15, 2026 | Sports

Special to the Times Vedette

Following are the results from the South Dallas Little League (SDLL) that Panorama Little League baseball and softball compete in, along with the team standings so far for the season.

Majors Baseball

	Home	Home Score	Away	Away Score	Date	Time	Location	Field
1	Adel Padres	11	Adel Phillies	0	April 21	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
1	Panorama Yankees	16	Adel Rockies	17	April 21	6 PM	Panora	Panorama
1	Adel A’s	9	Panorama Red Sox	11	April 21	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
1	VM Dodgers	8	Earlham Cards	20	April 21	6 PM	Van Meter	B1
1	VM Braves	11	WCV Padres	15	April 21	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
2	Adel Rockies	9	Adel Phillies	8	April 24	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
2	Adel Padres	13	Adel A’s	10	April 24	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
2	VM Dodgers	9	Panorama Yankees	10	April 24	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
2	Panorama Red Sox	11	VM Braves	17	April 25	6 PM	Panora	Panorama
2	Earlham Cards	14	WCV Padres	4	April 24	6 PM	Earlham	EF2
3	Adel Phillies	7	Adel A’s	20	April 28	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
3	Adel Rockies	2	VM Dodgers	12	April 28	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
3	VM Braves	8	Adel Padres	8	April 28	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
3	Panorama Yankees	3	WCV Padres	13	April 28	6 PM	Panora	Panorama
3	Earlham Cards	9	Panorama Red Sox	5	April 28	6 PM	Earlham	EF2
4	Adel Phillies	16	Panorama Yankees	11	May 1	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
4	Panorama Red Sox	7	Adel Padres	14	May 1	6 PM	Panora	Panorama
4	Adel Rockies	12	Earlham Cards	9	May 1	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
4	WCV Padres	6	Adel A’s	5	May 1	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield
4	VM Braves	13	VM Dodgers	6	May 1	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
5	Adel Phillies	12	VM Dodgers	7	May 5	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
5	VM Braves	7	Adel A’s	6	May 5	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
5	Adel Rockies	10	WCV Padres	11	May 5	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
5	Earlham Cards	2	Adel Padres	9	May 5	6 PM	Earlham	EF2
5	Panorama Yankees	8	Panorama Red Sox	8	May 5	6 PM	Panora	Panorama
6	WCV Padres	8	Adel Phillies	14	May 8	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield
6	Earlham Cards	14	VM Braves	20	May 8	6 PM	Earlham	EF2
6	VM Dodgers	3	Panorama Red Sox	8	May 8	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
6	Panorama Yankees	2	Adel A’s	17	May 8	6 PM	Panora	Panorama
6	Adel Rockies	7	Adel Padres	12	May 8	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle

Current Standings			Win%
1st	Adel Padres	6-0-1	0.923
2nd	VM Braves	5-1-1	0.769
3rd	Adel Phillies	4-3-0	0.571
4th	WCV Padres	4-3-0	0.571
5th	Adel Rockies	3-3-1	0.462
6th	Panorama Red Sox	3-3-1	0.462
7th	Earlham Cards	3-4-0	0.429
8th	Adel A’s	2-4-1	0.308
9th	Panorama Yankees	1-5-1	0.154
10th	VM Dodgers	1-6-0	0.143

Minors Baseball

	Home	Home Score	Away	Away Score	Date	Time	Location	Field
1	Adel Pirates	10	Adel Angels	13	April 20	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
1	Adel Rockies	15	Panorama Yankees	0	April 20	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
1	Adel Tigers	3	Earlham Cubs	11	April 20	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel South
1	Earlham Cards	16	VM Dodgers	7	April 20	6 PM	Earlham	EF2
1	VM Blue Jays	8	WCV Brewers	13	April 20	6 PM	Van Meter	B1
1	WCV Padres	10	VM Braves	12	April 20	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield
1	VM Orioles	13	VM Reds	9	April 20	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
2	Adel Angels		Adel Rockies		April 23	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
2	Adel Twins		Adel Tigers		April 23	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
2	Adel Pirates		VM Dodgers		April 23	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel South
2	VM Braves		Panorama Yankees		April 23	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
2	Earlham Cubs		VM Reds		April 23	6 PM	Earlham	EF2
2	VM Orioles	15	Earlham Cards	15	April 23	6 PM	Van Meter	B1
2	WCV Brewers	7	WCV Padres	17	April 28	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield
3	VM Blue Jays	15	Adel Angels	11	April 27	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
3	VM Dodgers	9	VM Braves	9	April 27	6 PM	Van Meter	B1
3	Adel Tigers	13	VM Reds	12	April 27	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
3	Adel Rockies	13	VM Orioles	5	April 27	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
3	WCV Padres	15	Adel Twins	12	May 6	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield
3	Adel Pirates		WCV Brewers		May 16	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel South
3	Earlham Cubs		Panorama Yankees		April 27	6 PM	Earlham	EF2
4	Adel Angels	6	VM Braves	15	April 30	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
4	VM Reds		VM Blue Jays		April 30	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
4	VM Dodgers	12	VM Orioles	14	April 30	6 PM	Van Meter	B1
4	Adel Tigers	11	WCV Padres	15	April 30	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
4	WCV Brewers	5	Adel Rockies	11	April 30	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield
4	Earlham Cards	4	Adel Twins	3	April 30	6 PM	Earlham	EF2
4	Adel Pirates	10	Earlham Cubs	12	April 30	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel South
5	Adel Angels	5	Adel Tigers	12	May 4	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel South
5	Adel Rockies	9	VM Dodgers	4	May 4	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
5	Adel Twins	7	VM Blue Jays	5	May 4	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
5	VM Braves	15	Adel Pirates	10	May 4	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
5	Panorama Yankees	7	VM Orioles	15	May 4	6 PM	Panora	Panorama
5	Earlham Cubs	13	WCV Padres	15	May 4	6 PM	Earlham	EF2
5	WCV Brewers	1	Earlham Cards	11	May 4	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield
6	VM Dodgers	14	Adel Angels	3	May 7	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
6	Adel Tigers	18	VM Blue Jays	11	May 7	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
6	Adel Rockies	7	VM Braves	8	May 7	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
6	VM Reds		Adel Twins		May 7	6 PM	Van Meter	B1
6	Adel Pirates	3	VM Orioles	12	May 7	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel South
7	Panorama Yankees		Adel Pirates		May 11	6 PM	Panora	Panorama
7	Adel Twins	12	Earlham Cubs	11	May 11	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel Middle
7	Earlham Cards	10	Adel Rockies	0	May 11	6 PM	Earlham	EF2
7	Adel Tigers	13	WCV Brewers	12	May 11	6 PM	Adel Baseball	Adel North
7	WCV Padres	13	VM Dodgers	6	May 11	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield
7	VM Orioles	11	VM Blue Jays	14	May 11	6 PM	Van Meter	B2
7	VM Reds	17	VM Braves	7	May 11	6 PM	Van Meter	B1

Current Standings			Win%
1st	Earlham Cards	5-0-1	0.909
2nd	WCV Padres	5-1-0	0.833
3rd	VM Braves	4-1-1	0.727
4th	Adel Rockies	4-2-0	0.667
5th	Adel Tigers	4-2-0	0.667
6th	VM Orioles	4-2-1	0.615
7th	Adel Twins	3-2-0	0.600
8th	VM Blue Jays	2-3-0	0.400
9th	Earlham Cubs	2-3-0	0.400
10th	WCV Brewers	2-4-0	0.333
11th	VM Reds	1-3-0	0.250
12th	Adel Angels	1-4-0	0.200
13th	VM Dodgers	1-4-1	0.182
14th	Adel Pirates	0-4-0	0.000
15th	Panorama Yankees	0-3-0	0.000

Majors Softball

	Home	Home Score	Away	Away Score	Date	Time	Location	Field
1	Adel	13	Earlham Red	14	April 21	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 1
1	Van Meter	5	Perry Black	11	April 21	6 PM	Van Meter	S1
1	Perry White	20	WCV	10	April 21	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
1	Panorama	7	Perry Blue	14	April 21	6 PM	Panorama	Panorama SB
2	Adel	12	Earlham Black	13	April 24	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 1
2	Earlham Red	16	Van Meter	12	April 24	6 PM	Earlham	EF1
2	Panorama	15	Perry Black	23	April 24	6 PM	Panorama	Panorama SB
2	Perry White	8	Perry Blue	11	April 24	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
3	Van Meter	12	Adel	12	April 28	6 PM	Van Meter	S1
3	Earlham Black		WCV	WCV postponed	April 28	6 PM	Earlham	EF1
3	Panorama	18	Earlham Red	16	April 28	6 PM	Panorama	Panorama SB
3	Perry Black	7	Perry White	7	April 28	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
4	WCV	6	Adel	20	May 1	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield East
4	Van Meter	15	Panorama	20	May 1	6 PM	Van Meter	S1
4	Perry Blue	10	Earlham Black	2	May 1	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
4	Earlham Red	12	Perry White	18	May 1	6 PM	Earlham	EF1
5	Panorama	11	Adel	14	May 5	6 PM	Panorama	Panorama SB
5	Perry Blue	17	WCV	5	May 5	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
5	Van Meter	6	Perry White	11	May 5	6 PM	Van Meter	S1
5	Earlham Black	3	Perry Black	19	May 5	6 PM	Earlham	EF1
6	Perry Blue	12	Adel	6	May 8	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
6	Panorama	11	Perry White	17	May 8	6 PM	Panorama	Panorama SB
6	WCV	2	Perry Black	20	May 8	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield East
6	Earlham Black		Earlham Red		May 8	6 PM	Earlham	EF1

Current Standings			Win%
1st	Perry Blue	5-0-0	1.000
2nd	Perry Black	4-0-1	0.889
3rd	Perry White	5-1-1	0.769
4th	Earlham Red	2-2-0	0.500
5th	Panorama	3-4-0	0.429
6th	Adel	2-3-1	0.364
7th	Earlham Black	1-3-0	0.250
8th	Van Meter	0-4-1	0.000
9th	WCV	0-5-0	0.000

Minors Softball

	Home	Home Score	Away	Away Score	Date	Time	Location	Field
1	Adel 1	3	Adel 2	0	April 20	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 1
1	Earlham Red	6	Van Meter	7	April 20	6 PM	Earlham	EF1
1	WCV Purple	10	Earlham Black	7	April 20	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield East
1	Panorama	6	WCV Black	4	April 20	6 PM	Panorama	Panorama SB
1	Perry White	4	Perry Blue	3	April 20	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
2	Adel 3	9	Adel 1	8	April 23	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 1
2	Adel 2		Earlham Red		April 23	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 2
2	Van Meter	2	Panorama	13	April 23	6 PM	Van Meter	S1
2	Perry Blue		WCV Purple		June 3	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
2	WCV Black	1	Perry White	0	April 28	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield East
3	Adel 1	14	Earlham Red	5	April 27	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 1
3	Earlham Black	5	Adel 3	3	April 27	6 PM	Earlham	EF1
3	Adel 2	3	Panorama	8	April 27	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 2
3	Perry White	5	Van Meter	3	April 27	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
3	WCV Purple		WCV Black		May 20	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield East
4	Earlham Black	7	Adel 1	6	April 30	6 PM	Earlham	EF1
4	Panorama	9	Earlham Red	2	April 30	6 PM	Panorama	Panorama SB
4	Adel 3	9	Perry Blue	6	April 30	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 1
4	Adel 2	2	Perry White	9	April 30	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 2
4	WCV Purple	8	Van Meter	4	April 30	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield East
5	Adel 1	1	Panorama	12	May 4	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 1
5	Perry Blue	7	Earlham Black	4	May 4	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
5	Earlham Red	10	Perry White	8	May 4	6 PM	Earlham	EF1
5	WCV Black	5	Adel 3	7	May 4	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield East
5	Adel 2	8	WCV Purple	12	May 4	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 2
6	Perry Blue	6	Adel 1	4	May 7	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
6	Panorama	7	Perry White	5	May 7	6 PM	Panorama	Panorama SB
6	WCV Black	9	Earlham Black	10	May 7	6 PM	Redfield	Redfield East
6	Earlham Red	10	WCV Purple	10	May 7	6 PM	Earlham	EF1
7	Adel	9	Perry White	7	May 11	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 2
7	Perry Blue	2	WCV Black	2	May 11	6 PM	Perry	Field 6
7	Panorama	6	WCV Purple	2	May 11	6 PM	Panorama	Panorama SB
7	Earlham Black	9	Van Meter	3	May 11	6 PM	Earlham	EF1
7	Adel 3	12	Adel 2	5	May 11	6 PM	Adel Softball	Field 1

Current Standings			Win%
1st	Panorama	7-0-0	1.000
2nd	Adel 3	4-1-0	0.800
3rd	Earlham Black	4-2-0	0.667
4th	WCV Purple	3-1-1	0.667
5th	Perry Blue	3-2-0	0.600
6th	Perry White	4-3-0	0.571
7th	Adel 1	2-5-0	0.286
8th	Earlham Red	1-3-1	0.222
9th	WCV Black	1-4-0	0.200
10th	Van Meter	1-4-0	0.200
11th	Adel 2	0-5-0	0.000

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
641-332-2707

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 80^th 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.

Panther girls golf to host Panorama 9 Hole Invite tonight

May 12, 2026 | Sports

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama girls golf team hosts the Panorama Nine Hole Invite tonight, Tuesday, May 12. The Panthers hit the links against ACGC, Des Moines Christian, North Polk and Woodward-Granger.

Panorama Little League results and standings

Panorama West Women’s League weeks 1 and 2 results

Sliced bread changed America… and ruined knifing skills

Karen Jane Robinson

Panther girls golf to host Panorama 9 Hole Invite tonight

Panora Times

Guthrie Center Times

Lake Panorama Times

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