10 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, April 7, 2016

NO FOOLING. Linda Wendl, president of Women For Panora’s Future, welcomes guests to the club’s April Fool’s Day dinner.

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20 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, April 5, 2006

ACTING UP. Standing on a chair, Jared Calvert acts the part of a harpy eagle during state Odyssey of the Mind competition at Guthrie Center Saturday. Other elementary team members who resolved the problem, The Jungle Bloke, are, from left, Ryan Black, who was a black jaguar; Therese Frels; Eddie Halbur; and Madison Crowder.

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30 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, April 3, 1996

SING ALONG. An elementary version of karaoke kept things lively in the gymnasium. Elementary marshal Jolene Sheeder (school secretary) harmonizes with Julie Larson, left, April Buttler, center, and Bethany Benton.

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40 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, April 3, 1986

THIS PICTURE TELLS THE STORY. It’s the second story at Panora’s newest business, Brill’s Country Inn, where carpenters are replacing windows.

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50 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, April 7, 1976

IT’S SPRING. Birds aren’t the only ones that build in trees in the spring. Craig Schultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Schultz, sits atop his roost in a favorite tree.

10 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, March 31, 2016

THERE IT IS! Dave Arganbright gives a little help to grandson Hank Harney during Saturday’s Easter egg hunt in Panora.

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20 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 29, 2006

REEL IT IN. DNR Conservation officer George Hemmen provided individual instruction to Guthrie Center elementary students during a CastingKids competition. Here, he’s shown with Leigan Laughery.

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30 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 27, 1996

RAFFLE BUCKS. Rosie Barrett, Guthrie Center Chamber of Commerce president, hands two $50 chamber bucks certificates to Libby Benton, elementary student council president. The chamber bucks will be raffled off 5-8 p.m. Saturday at the Elementary Carnival.

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40 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, March 27, 1986

THEY ‘OTTER’ BE IN PICTURES. A couple of playful otters perform on the banks of the Middle Raccoon River for several of the hundreds of spectators who were on hand Wednesday morning when 20 otters were released by the Iowa Conservation Commission near the boat launch at Springbrook State Park. School kids from Bayard, Guthrie Center, Panora-Linden and YJB were on hand to see the otters introduced to their new Iowa habitat. The Conservation Commission initially announced the otters would be released south of Panora. The otters were obtained from Kentucky, which buys them from Louisiana and then trades them to Iowa for wild turkeys. The otters are described as nomadic.

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50 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 31, 1976

PREPARING TO MOVE. Casey third-grader Theresa Foster was one of several hundred school children at the Casey and Adair grade centers who spent part of the week preparing to move to the new A-C elementary building.

10 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, March 24, 2016

MARCH MATH MADNESS. Tyme Boettcher (left) and Brady Wells (right) look over their brackets in their fourth-grade class this week. Kyler Kudart has incorporated the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, providing some March Madness in his classroom, by using the event to teach his students math.

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20 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 22, 2006

FUTURE FARMERS? Gage Buttler, Guthrie Center, and Heidi Kipp, Yale, provided lots of entertainment at Buttler Agronomy’s Open House last week.

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30 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 27, 1996

WRESTLERS CITED. Recipients of top wrestling awards were from left, Russ Love, state qualifier at 189 pounds, Kaleb McCarty, fourth place 103 pounds at state, and Troy Steensen. Love and McCarty shared the most valuable wrestler award while Steensen was judged most improved.

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40 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, March 20, 1986

SCIENCE WINNERS. David Andresen and Travis Burchfield, left, and Brett Hodges captured first-place awards at the West Central 8 Conference Science Fair at Stuart last week. Andresen and Burchfield, sophomores, and Hodges, a seventh grader, will take their winning projects to West Des Moines next month for the state Hawkeye Science Fair.

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50 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 24, 1976

CONTEST WINNER. Joe Sheeder, a seventh grader, accepts a check from Valerie Vant Hoff, president of the Guthrie Center Education Association, in recognition of his winning effort in the GCEA sponsored creative Bicentennial contest. A poem submitted by Sheeder was judged the overall winner and was forwarded for state competition.

10 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, March 17, 2016

PANTHER PRODUCTIONS. The Panther Productions Journalism class at the KCCI news desk (front row, from left) Trevor Babcock, Grace Arganbright and KC Gafkjen, (back row) Baylee Gymer, Emily Housten, Miranda Mleynek, Bryn Steffen, Jensen Wilke, Michelle Mleynek, Grace Arganbright, Christin Koch, Dalee Rogers and Dylan Perez. Missing is Skylar Vogel.

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20 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 15, 2006

IN OR OUT? Shooter Bryce Paterson thinks it’s good while Landon Walker stands ready to rebound while the boys were shooting hoops on N. Third Street.

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30 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 20, 1996

THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT. Based on criteria such as initiative, citizenship, integrity and spirit, the following Guthrie Center High Schoolers were named as the February Students of the Month (Irk senior Tawnia Sheeder, junior Maria Feilmeyer, sophomore Jim Terwilliger and freshman Abbey Brown.

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40 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, March 13, 1986

CONFERENCE CO-CHAMPS. Members of Panora-Linden’s West Central 8 Conference co-champs are: front row, left to right, Doug Ratcliff, Matt Rivas, Mike Safley, Todd Winter, Steve Baird and David Ashton. Back row, Coach Bob Sandquist, Tim Pote, Mark Knapp, Treffie Cole, Mark Hennick, Doug Pittman, Bryan Richey and assistant coach Tom Braun.

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50 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 17, 1976

50-YEAR MEMBERS. Six women were cited at the Guthrie County convention of Women’s Clubs Monday for their 50-year membership in the organization. Seated, from left, Mrs.

Everett Cornish, Florence Jones and Helen Schauf, Bayard. Back row, Ruth Thornburg, Menlo, county president, Elva Hill, Guthrie Center, Mrs. E.A. McDonald, Menlo, and Wilma Gillespie, Guthrie Center. The convention was held at the Guthrie Center United Methodist Church.

50-year members not present for the picture were Nora Blackman, Panora; Mrs. Ralph Chapman, Bagley; and Mrs. Charles Peters, Mrs. G.F. Hidlebaugh and Mrs. Flossie Hawkins, Bayard.

10 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, March 10, 2016

ALL-IOWA HONOR DANCE TEAM. Three members of the Panorama Dance Team were selected for the 2016 All-Iowa Honor dance team. They are (from left) Skye Vogel, Kate Wingert and Christin Koch.

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20 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 8, 2006

CHOW TIME. Melvin and Helen Clark of Yale were among the 349 persons who went through the food line at Farmers State Bank’s open house Saturday. Bank director Dave Whiton served sausage during the 85th birthday celebration.

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30 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 13, 1996

DUCK-HOME SWEET DUCK-HOME. Guthrie County Conservation Board aide Jerome Wiskus sets up a new duck house near Wichita. The Conservation Board, headquartered at the Turn of the Century Museum in Panora, has created many duck and goose nests for the returning water fowl.

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40 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, March 6, 1986

HAPPY HAWKETTES. The Panora-Linden bench reacts to a foul called against Clarinda in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s 40-35 victory that vaulted the Hawkettes into the state tournament field for the first time in 19 years. From left, Cozy Nelsen, Melinda Frankhouser, Darnell Shook, Tami Wilcoxson, Cheryl Ostby, Kristi Jorgensen and Theresa Mills.

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50 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 10, 1976

JELLY WEEK. Guthrie Center Jaycees will be canvassing the town Sunday afternoon on their annual jelly sales project. Proceeds from the sales go to the Guthrie County Association for Retarded Citizens. Making the first sale is Mike Hamling, left, who collects a dollar from mayor John Gilson.

10 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, March 3, 2016

STILL SHINING. Members of the Sunshine Club say faith, friendship and food keep the group together. The club has been in existence for 61 years.

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20 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 1, 2006

IT SAYS SO RIGHT HERE. Lauren Hansen and her father, Lance, visited the Book Fair in the elementary media center during the Celebration of Learning Feb. 20.

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30 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, Feb. 28, 1996

GONZALES ON DUTCH TRACK TEAM. Sunny Gonzales of Guthrie Center is a member of the Central College women’s track team. A freshman, Gonzales is high jumping and running sprints and hurdles for the Dutch who had four indoor meets in February. They open the outdoor season March 30.

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40 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie County Vedette, Feb. 27, 1986

ALL’S WELL. Except for an apparent nervous bubble gum bubble, Panora-Linden assistant coach Deanna Yilek appears as cool, calm and collected as her boss coach Bud McCrea during Tuesday night’s semi-final girls regional game at Valley West Des Moines. For doubters, that actually is McCrea sitting on the bench with hands folded.

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50 years ago

From the archives of The Guthrie Center Times, March 3, 1976

CALENDAR GIRLS. A warm companion helps brighten a gray March afternoon for Laura Hoyt, Guthrie Center, who poses with her female German Shepherd, Cinder.