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Guthrie County Deputy Sheriff Blake Michelsen reported a two-vehicle accident occurring on June 3 east of Fig Avenue on Highway 141 at 9:56 a.m. Thomas Eugene Darveau, 63, of Manning, was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS and attempted to pass a 2023 Nissan Rogue driven by Abigail Mary Platt and hydroplaned, spinning around. Both vehicles bounced off each other and landed in opposite ditches. According to the report, there was heavy rain at the time of the collision, and neither driver showed signs of impairment or intoxication.  Estimated damage is $2,500 to the Camaro and $2,500 to the Rogue.  A no passing zone sign was also damaged with an estimated replacement cost of $1,000. 

When I eat fruit, it is usually a banana. I am not sure why. They are easy and convenient, and they are apparently good for you, too. 

Bananas are rich in nutrients with a fair amount of fiber and several antioxidants including flavonoids and amines and other things I can’t spell. They are also a great source of potassium, a mineral that’s vital for heart health, blood pressure management and healthy kidney function. And with only 100 or so calories, they are also quite filling. 

But what does it mean to “go bananas,” and where did that phrase come from? When we use the phrase, we typically mean someone has lost his or her mind, or, in a kinder sense, has become excited or angry. I prefer “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs,” but that’s just me. 

Some of you may recall the 1987 movie, “Going Bananas,” starring David Mendenhall, Dom DeLuise and Jimmie Walker. The plot involved these three trying to save a talking chimp named Bonzo from the bad guys. If you missed it, don’t worry; you didn’t miss much. 

I read a magazine as a kid in the 1970s called Bananas, which was published by Scholastic, Inc. as an attempt to cash in on the teen magazine craze of the time and featured stars from “Three’s Company,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Welcome Back, Kotter” “Starsky & Hutch” and more. I loved it.

The “going bananas” phrase and modern meaning likely stem from 1960s American college campuses. The phase is believed to have evolved from the then-popular phrase “going ape,” which also meant “to go crazy, to explode with anger or to erupt with enthusiasm.”

Dan Koeppel, author of the book “Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World,” wrote that “going bananas” might have arisen from the collegiate myth that one could get high by smoking banana peels.

No bananas with this one, and certainly not exploding with anger, but Neil Sedaka even sang about “going ape” a few years earlier in his 1959 single, “I Go Ape.”

“Going bananas” was meant to be funny, but it also apparently had a dark and unflattering usage in the 1930s when the expression was used to refer to perverted individuals.

Now you know. Go bananas. Or not. 

Have a fantastic Friday, and thanks for reading.

Shane Goodman
Editor and Publisher
Times Vedette digital editions
shane@gctimesnews.com
641-332-2707

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette

During the June 3 meeting of the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors, Health Service Director Jotham Arber addressed the supervisors regarding the use of opioid funds from state and national settlements with companies over lawsuits stemming from the opioid crisis. He told of the need for EMS services to have naloxone for use with patients experiencing opioid addiction. Arber also explained Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), in which a patient is given another medication to replace the dangerous drug the patient is addicted to.

Arber explained that he is a strong believer in making sure that resources are available in this county, because many patients will not follow through on appointments further away due to transportation or time constraints.

Arber explained his thinking in targeting youth education.

“Another huge area is developing youth prevention programs and service navigation,” Arber said. “We’ve talked with all three of the schools, and we’re going to be having some pretty in-depth conversations over the next three months about the needs that they have in the social work space. I think we can avoid some things going forward. It’s that ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure methodology.”

Sheriff Matt Harmann spoke to the supervisors about planned vehicle purchases. Supervisors Chair Maggie Armstrong said she appreciates the information even though the purchases planned are already in the budget, so no board action was needed.

The supervisors discussed the county’s employee evaluation process and possible improvements. The discussion included the inherent challenges of evaluations being done by the five supervisors, meaning that employees essentially have five “bosses” who each will see things differently. There was also a suggestion to have a six-month “check-in” to review if annual goals are progressing. After discussion, Supervisor Steve Smith said he will work on creating a first draft of an amended format for the supervisors to review at an upcoming meeting.

The supervisors meet regularly on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. The public is welcome to attend in person or via remote technology. To join remotely, call 323-792-6123, then use meeting code 547029216#.

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2024-25 Panorama Secondary School Honor Roll, Grades 6-12. All Terms 1, 2, 3, 4. Honor Roll students have a 3.0 grade point average, and students with all A’s have an asterisk.

Grade 6

Mya Baudler 1, 4
Emerson Bendickson 1,2*,3*,4*
Bradley Brittain 1,2,4
Neal Buckner 1,2,3,4
Braydin Cooper 1,4
Mason Crees 1,2,3,4
Fara Edginton 4
Lexi Ford 1,2,3,4
Nora Grove 1,2*,3*,4*
Robert Heady 1,3,4
Jessa Hellman 1,2,3,4*
Tinsley Hodges 1,2*,3,4*
Brennan Irwin 3
Clint Isom 1,2,4
Lyle Jacobsen 1,2,3,4
Zoey Kepple 1,2*,3,4*
Khloe Kile 1
Lexia Leone 1,2,3*,4*
Elizabeth Lopez 1,2,3,4
Harper Lovell 4
Alyssa Prescott 1*,2*,3,4*
Adley Ratcliff *1*,2*,3*,4*
Kale Reha 4
Lyvia Reising 1,2,4
Sofie Reising 1,2,3,4
Kyler Robotham 2
Charlotte Rockwell 1*,2*,3,4*
Julianna Schroeder 1*,2*,3*,4*
Bryson Scott 1,3,4
Kenslea Scott 1*,2*,3*,4*
Edwin Solorzano 1,4
Spencer Clark 1,3,4
Sophie Stalter 2
Isabella Stein 1*,2*,3*,4*
Khloe Sweet 3
Jax Uhlman 1,2,3,4
Madi White 1,2,3,4
Lilly Yeager 2,3,4

Grade 7

Avery Allen *1*,2*,3*,4*
Brennen Bell 2
Makiya Boblett 1,2,3,4
Willow Boblett 1,2,3,4
Adelyn Brewster 1,2,3,4
Caden Crandall 1,2*,3,4
Jace Denham 1,2,3,4
Conner Dorr 1,3
Kamron Easter 1,4
Adalynn Godwin 1,2*,3*,4*
Jace Hitchcock 1,2,3,4
Madelyn Huitt 1,2,3,4
Liffy Kempf 1,2*,3,4
Kashley Klein 1,2,3*,4*
Tessa Knapp 1,2,3,4
Aleah Knode 1,2,3,4
Natalya Lombard 1*,2,3,4*
Liam Mahlstedt 1,3,4
Cash Ocker 2
Madeline Olson 1,2,3*,4
Alice Patten 1*,2*,3*,4
Dakota Pierce 1,2,3,4
Mackenzie Ponstein 1,2,3*,4*
Caden Ratcliff 1,2,3,4
Tinleigh Schwartz 1,2,3,4*
Natalie Solorzano 4
Aubrey Smith 1,2
Aria Stanley 1,2*,3*,4*
Eli Tripple 1,2,3,4
Isabelle Tripple 1,2,3*
William Walker 1,2,3,4
Vivien Way 1,2,3,4
Bryna Wearmouth 1,2,3,4
Lillian Wile 1,4
Josiah Williams 2,3,4
Emma Zaruba 1*,2,3,4*

Grade 8

Avery Ambrose 1*,2*,3*,4*
Olivia Beadut 1*,2*,3*,4*
Mason Cates 1*,2*,3,4
Madeiline Davis 1*,2*,3*,4
Alexia Galvan 1*,2*,3*,4*
Taelyn Gerth 1*,2,4
Ines Gimeno-Perez 1*,2*,3*,4*
Jorge Gimeno-Perez 1,2,3,4
Jacey Glade 1*,2*.3*,4
Alyssa Hall 1,2,3,4
Ella Hall 1
Hanna Hellman 1,2*,3,4*
Hunter Hines 1
Audrey Kepple 3
Evan Losee 1,2,3
Quinlan Mckee 1,2,3,4
Libby Miller 1*,2*,3*,4*
Bentley Nelson 1*,2*,3
Emma Nolan 1,4
Alexis Olesen 1
Madielynn Olson 1*,2*,3,4
Caleb Prescott 3
Anabel Pudenz 1*,2*,3*,4*
Ty Ratcliff 1,2,3
April Reising 1*,2*,3*,4*
Caleb Sanders 1,2,3
Lillian Schaefer 1,2,3,4
Graysen Shaffer 1,2,3,4
EmaLee Slater 1
Olyvia Smith 1,2
Jordin Sparks 1,3
Rhaica Spencer 1,2,3,4
Alyssa Stanley 1*,2*,3*,4*
Tatem Starr 1,2,4
Kain Storesund 1,2,3,4
Jordin Sweet 1,2,3
Tanner Thompson 1,2,4
Addison Wagner 1*,2*,3,4*
Kaylynn Walker 1,2*,3,4
Abbey Waltz 3
Maddox Wirt 1,2,3

Grade 9

Bennett Allen 1,2,3,4
Meredith Arganbright 1,2,3,4
Braden Bahrenfuss 1,2,3*,4*
Blake Buckner 1*,2,3,4
Leah Carstens 2
Wilson Clark 1*,2*,3*,4*
Heaven Copeland 2,3,4
Ashley Crees 1,2,3,4
Isabelle Davidson 1,2,3,4
Connor Deardorf 1,2,3,4
Corbin Deardorf 1,2,3,4
Hannah Dishman 3,4
Ruth Fett 1*,2*,3*,4*
Sam Hansen 1,2,3*,4
Chris Hayden 3
Marlee Herring 1*,2*,3*,4*
Jackson Hitchcock 2
Malia Jacobsen 1,2*,3*,4
Emma Johnson 1,2, 3,4
Leah Kastner 1,2,3*,4
Hunter Kline 4
Andrea Knode 1,2,3,4
Calista Knudsen 1,2,3*,4
Eliot Lund 1,2,3,4
Mason Meinecke 1,2,3*,4
Kaylee Michaelson 3,4
Xiamara Monrroy Nunez 1,3,4
Miley Nolan 1,3,4
Elle Reynolds 1,2,3,4
Sara Rivas1*,2*,3,4
Ruth Ayden 1,2,3,4
Berkley Schwartz 1,2,3,4
Nolan Sheehy 1,2,3,4
Miyah Small 1*,2*,3*,4
Evynn Stagg 1,2,3,4
Cruz Stanley 1,2*,3,4*
Brody Steenblock 1,2,3,4
Ava Thorn 1,2,3,4
Grace Tripple 1*,2,3*,4*
Court Vogel 1,2,4
Jaxon Vogel 1,2,3,4
Alexis Wachter 1,2,3,4
Baylee Walker 2,3,4
Emma Walker 1,2,3,4
Bladyn Wearmouth 1,2,3,4

Grade 10

Maci Bauer 1,2,34
Luke Brinker-Owen 1*,2*,3,4
Hayden Byerly 1
Cole Carstens 1,2,3,4
Xavier Clark 1,2,4
Eli Cooper 1,3,4
Crandall Cruz 1,2,3,4
Pluto Dugan 1,2,4
Laci Fiscus 1,2
Hadley Fitch 1,2,3,4
Naomi Flinn 1,2,3,4
Jamie Fronapfel 1,2,3
Huber Galicia 1*,2*,3*,4*
Devin Gall 1,2,3
Nerea Gimeno-Perez *1*,2*,3,4*
Piper Godwin 1*,2*,3,4
Isaak Greenlee 1,2,3,4
Lillian Greenlee 1*,2*,3*,4*
Blake Heckman 1
Hailey Hellman1*,2*,3*,4
Sabrina Huitt 2,3,4
Danica Isom 1*,2,3*,4*
Henry Kalhoff 1,2,3,4
Bella Kelly 4*
Hunter Kempf 1,2,3,4
Serenity Kepple 1,2,3,4
Ella King 3
Jadyn Lawrence 1*,2*,3*,4
Paula N. Lopez 1,2*3*,4*
Zander Lopez 1,2,4
Morgan Lutz 1,2,3*,4*
Navira Martin 1,2,3,4
Holiday Mertens 1*,2*,3*,4*
Parker Meyer 1,2,3,4
Alex Morris 3
Alexis Olson 1,2,3,4
Isabelle Peasley 1*,2*,3*,4*
Nolan Ponstein 1*,2,3,4
Brayden Prescott 1,3
Jessica Randol 1*,2*,3*,4*
Trey Ratcliff 1,2,3
Gracie Recker 1,2,3,4
Kylie Rochholz 1*,2*,3*,4*
Ian Schnathorst 1,2
Elijah Sebern 1,2*,3*,4
Blake Smith 1,2,3,4
Jaxson Stauffer 1,3,4
Natalie Waltz *1*,2*,3*,4*
Riley Wasson 1,2,3,4
Bridget White 1,2,3,4
Neele Wirths 1,2*,3*,4

Grade 11

Lillie Arganbright 1,2,3,4
Addison Astley 1,2,3,4
Lillie Bachmeyer 1,2,3,4
Easton Berhow 1,2,3,4
Dyaln Burchfield 1,2,3,4
Almiranda Burnett 4
Landon Byerly 1,3,4
Ella Carico 1*,2,3,4*
Parker Cay 1,2,3,4
Landon Clark 1*,2,3,4
Morgan Crees 1,2,3,4
Bryce Dawes 1,2,3,4
Mary Fett 1,2,3,4*
Taylor Fronapfel 1,2,3,4
Galvan Brayden 1,2,3,4*
Garcia Emily 1,2,3,4
Sara Gibson  1*2*,3,4*
Brooklyn Haines 1,2,3,4
AInsley Halamar  1,2,3,4
Zachary Hayden 1*,2*,3*,4*
Baylyn Herring 1*,2*,3*,4*
Evelyn Hummel 1,2,3,4
Lukas Johns 1,2
Evan Johnson 1*,2*,4
Nevaeh Joynes 1*,2,3,4
Cody Kastner 1,2,3,4
Joshua Kirschbaum 1,2,3*,4*
Miranda Laabs 1,2,3,4
Cody Lee 1,2,3,4
Gavin Lindstrom 1,2,3
Elaine Lund 1,2,3,4
Savannah Matthias 2
Margaret McCarthy 1,2,3,4
Jemma Meacham 1,2,3,4
Brayden Meinecke 1,2,3,4
Kasey Michaelson 2,3,4
Elah Molloy 1,2,3,4
Cristian Monrroy Nunez 1,2,3*,4
Kalreen Ploeger 1,2,3,4
Annabelle Reynolds 1,2
Aden Rochholz 1*,2*,3*,4*
Niahnna Schnathorst 1,2,3
Blake Schwartz 1,2,3,4
Jackson Shaffer 2,3
Syler Shaffer 3,4
Nathaniel Spencer 1,3
Ava Thompson 1*,2*,3*,4*
Austin Wagner 4
Peyton Walker 1,2,3,4
Alexis wasson 1*,2*,3*,4*
Taylin Woolheather 1*,2,3,4
Abigail Zaruba 1*,2,3,4

Grade 12

Reilan Boecker 1,2
Ruanne Brinker 1,2,3,4
Madelyn Carstens 1*,2*,3*,4*
Laine Christe 1*,2*,3,4
Joel Cooper 1,2,3*,4
Bridgette Ewing 1*,2,4
Gabriella Gaffney 1*,2,3
Nathan Geckler 1*,2
Mason Halling 1*,2,3
Alexander Hammerstrom 1,2,3,4*
Elijah Hammerstrom 1*,2,3*,4*
Emme Hardisty 1*,2*,3*,4*
Cayden Iredale 1,2,4
Cooper Jordan 1,2,3,4
Landon Kirtley 1,2,3,4*
Will Knapp 2,4
Kelsey Laabs 1*,2,3,4
Aubrey Lincoln 1*,2,3,4
Maddelyn Lutz 2,4
Madison Mincey 1,2,3
Hannah Nichols 1*,2,3*,4
Noah Poldberg 1*,2*,3*,4*
Jolynne Roeder 2
Sawyer Simmons 1*,2,3,4
Hanna Smith 1*,2*
Elizabeth Snyder 1*,2*,3*,4*
Kylee Solorzano 1*,2,3,4
Jaysen Stagg 1,2,3,4
Arilyan Steenblock 1*,2*,3*,4*
Gage Thorn 1,2,3*,4*
Gabriel Wagner 1*,2,3,4
Braylunn Wearmouth 1,2,3,4

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Art on State classes are held on Wednesdays beginning at 2 p.m. This last week, 17 young artists participated in a Message in the Bottle class.

Art on State is an art gallery created by the Guthrie County Arts Council as an opportunity to bring together the artists of the county, encouraging them in their talents by providing means to display and sell their work and to bring awareness of artistic endeavors to the community at large by presenting performing and visual arts programs. Art on State is located at 320 State St. in Guthrie Center. Learn more at www.guthriecountyartscouncil.org or call 641-332-2267.

George, Delainey and Remy

Lyla and Landon

George, Maddox, Nash, Henry, Remy, Caleb, Delainey, Sadee, Nola and Devoney

Lyla and Landon

Shua and Alyssia

Workers bring in the new windows for the solarium.

By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette

New windows are being installed at the Mary J Barnett (Guthrie Center) Public Library. Library Director Jerri Hawkins provided details.

The windows on the east side (solarium) and north side of the library are being replaced due to the old windows being no longer efficient, she said. The new windows were purchased through Lake Lumber with funding from the city.