SIOUX CITY -- The Rev. Judith “Judy” Ann Campbell Piper, 68, Sioux City, died August 4 at St. Luke’s Hospital.    Services will be held Friday, Aug. 12 at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Friday from 9-11 a.m.

    AVOCA -- Esther M. Dea, 99, Avoca, died Monday, Aug. 8 in Avoca.    Services will be held Friday, Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  A prayer service was held Thursday, Aug. 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the church.  Friends were asked to call Thursday from 4-8 p.m.

    STORY CITY -- Jay Kenyon Bell, 90, Story City, died Saturday, Aug. 6 at Bethany Manor in Story City.    Funeral services will be held Saturday, Aug. 13 at 11 a.m.

    CENTERVILLE -- Dorothy (Butcher) Sievers, 66, Centerville, died August 7 at her home.    Services were held Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 11 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Phillip and Jennifer Perkins of Harlan announce the engagement of their daughter, Bethany Kay to Matthew Aaron Colvin both of Austin, TX. Matthew is the son of Sam and Shari Colvin, Hutchinson, MN.    Bethany and Matthew will marry on September 3 at First Baptist Church in Harlan.

    IRWIN -- For Hope Ohara and Steve Studer there are two seasons: sailing season and surgery season.    Accustomed to nontraditional living, the two own a boat on the ocean near Grenada in the West Indies. It wasn’t long for the sea legs to find land as they grew older.

    HARLAN – A review of assessment data at Harlan Community Schools shows that students K-12 continue to perform above state and regional average on math and reading tests designed to assess student knowledge in those areas.    HCS Board of Education members discussed the data with school administration during a summer board retreat last week, and said they were happy with nearly all scores being higher than average.    “The principals and te

    The three-day anniversary celebrating the 90th anniversary of Bauer’s Shoes store and the City-Wide Anniversary Celebration hosted great crowds and even better bargains that combined with the state-wide sales tax holiday. 

The Redwoods will be performing from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 at  The Beach Box at Pauley’s Pub in Panama.  The blues band is from Omaha, but features musicians with tiesfrom the area including Nathan Bjoin of Harlan on drums; Olivia Klein on vocals and Henry Tomsu on bass, bothwho have family from this area.
Food is available for purchase from 5-7:30 p.m. — prime rib sandwich and pulled pork sandwich as specials.