Stories from Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Smith secures razor-thin nomination for House District 6 (06/09/10)
The longtime banker had a close set of numbers to add up and the recent college graduate had a lesson in election night suspense Tuesday night.

Leupold, Carlstrom clear winners in county's contested Republican races (06/09/10)
Spirit Lake-based private practice attorney Jason Carlstrom defeated current assistant county attorney Melanie Summers Bauler in the Republican race for the County Attorney nod

Lease finalized, Oak Haven now 'Pride Group at Okoboji' (06/09/10)
The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors and a Le Mars-based residential care service provider have finalized an agreement to keep the doors of the county home open for the next decade.

Paul Braunschweig, Jr. (06/09/10)
Services were held Thursday, June 3 at First Lutheran Church in West Okoboji for Paul Braunschweig, Jr., who passed away May 31, 2010

Three SL-O netters finish in top eight at state (06/09/10)
Three Spirit Lake-Okoboji girls tennis players finished with top eight performances at the Class 1A state tennis tournament this past Thursday and Friday in Iowa City. The duo of Alli Gerking and Aubry Kolegraff became two-time state place winners, finishing fifth overall with a 4-1 record at the state meet...

SL girls tally third straight top six showing (06/09/10)
Despite the fact that Spirit Lake had played in the Class 3A state girls golf tournament the past two years, a change of venue gave the event a drastically different look than what the Indians were used to. Spirit Lake still managed a decent amount of success, finishing sixth in the team standings in the two-day tournament held last Tuesday and Wednesday at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny. The event was held at Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown the previous two years...

Heser, Friedrichsen pick up wins at Jackson (06/09/10)
Casey Heser picked up that elusive first Jackson Speedway win Friday, June 4, in the Forbes Fine Meats 360 Sprints. Although he started on the front row, he had his hands full as toward the end of the race Chad Meyer, aboard the Sandvig 1wx, was giving him everything he had. ...

Late power surge lifts Indians past Hawks (06/09/10)
Trailing by two runs midway through the game, the Indians rallied for five runs in the final two innings to cap off a come-from-behind 7-4 victory over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Thursday, June 3 in non-conference play. Home runs by Nik Erickson and Dalton Kelley highlighted a three-run sixth for the Indians, who were extremely aggressive at the plate after the first time through the lineup...

Wildcats spoil Pioneers' Siouxland win streak (06/09/10)
The Okoboji softball team continued its troubles in Larchwood, getting its 17-game Siouxland Conference winning streak snapped by West Lyon in a 5-4 weather shortened contest on Thursday, June 3. After finishing 14-0 in league play last year and capturing three decisive wins already this season, the Pioneers dominance came to a close at a field that has given them all kinds of problems recently. ...

Indian golfers cap off another successful season (06/09/10)

'Boji girls fall one spot short of state (06/09/10)

Indians hang tough with No. 2 E'Hawks (06/09/10)
The Spirit Lake softball team looked like a completely different team than the previous night, but still couldn't string together enough hits to upset Class 2A No. 2 Emmetsburg, faltering by a 5-0 margin Thursday, June 3 on the road. The Indians dropped a 10-0 Lakes Conference contest to Western Christian a day earlier at home...

Vierkant, Tolan compete well at state level (06/09/10)

Good enough to post: Drawing inspiration from his career, retired teacher pens 'Good Fences' (06/09/10)
When Robert Frost penned the words to his poem "Mending Wall," he likely had no clue they would inspire a retired teacher residing in Spirit Lake to craft a murder-mystery romance nearly a century later.

Grand Funk Railroad headlines 'Boatstock 2010' (06/09/10)
Mau Marine will host Boatstock 2010 Music & Boat Festival on Saturday, June 19 at Preservation Plaza in Arnolds Park.

Thomas Paul Swain (06/09/10)
Thomas Paul Swain, 81, passed away May 31, 2010, with his family by his side.

Jacquelyn V. (Sammons) Graves (06/09/10)
Jacquelyn V. (Sammons) Graves, age 80, of Council Bluffs, passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010 at Mercy Hospital after a long illness.

Elfriede Gerstandt (06/09/10)
Services were held Thursday, June 3, for Elfriede Gerstandt, who passed away May 31, 2010. Elfriede Gerstandt was born April 5, 1928 in Paullina, the daughter of Elsie (Brandt) and Herman Ploen. She continued her education and graduated from Iowa State Teacher's College.

Duane Douglas Prill (06/09/10)
Duane D. Prill, 79, passed away June 1, 2010 at Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake. He was born on May 5, 1931 in Carroll County, Iowa, to Herman and Hazel (Parsons) Prill. The family resided in Glidden, Iowa, where Duane graduated from high school.

Hansons celebrate 60th anniversary (06/09/10)
A card shower will be held for Nels and Lorraine Hanson

Herberts celebrate 60 years (06/09/10)
Bob and Sally Herbert of Lake Park will celebrate their 60th Anniversary on June 11.

Are we there yet?! Family vacations offer case study in sunburns, solidarity (06/09/10)
Ah, family vacations. I got to be reminded of the unrivaled bliss of being packed into a cargo holder with your own flesh and blood for hours at a time to watch the anthropological experiment/ticking time bomb that can only be described as "quality family time" for a brief interlude this past weekend.