MANNING -- Down two starters and facing an undefeated rival, IKM-Manning gave 13th-ranked Treynor all it could handle last Friday night, but the Cardinal girls had just a little bit more down the stretch. Finishing the game on an 8-2 surge - all on free throws - after IKM-M knotted the score at 47 with 1:57 to play, Treynor escaped with a 55-49 victory to improve to 9-0 overall (8-0 in the Western Iowa Conference). The Wolves, meanwhile, suff

 MANNING -- The same perimeter shots that triggered IKM-Manning’s first-half rally refused to fall when the Wolves needed them again late versus Treynor. The untimely cold snap proved costly as IKM-M was outscored 13-7 in the fourth quarter of last Friday’s 63-55 home loss to the Cardinals. The matchup of top-five ranked, undefeated rivals was as competitive as usual - featuring five ties and four lead changes after the Wolves erased an early

    HARLAN -- Kenneth Alvin Kuster, 91, Harlan, died January 19 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 23 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Saturday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Larry Allen Patten, 74, Harlan, died January 14 in Tavares, FL.    Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 22 from 5-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Arlene Ann Reinig, 92, Harlan, died January 18 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Friday, Jan. 22 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth.  A rosary was held Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation was Thursday from noon-4 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan, and from 5-8 p.m.

    WOODBINE -- Rhonda Lee Wendt, 57, Woodbine, died January 16 at Rose Vista Home, Inc.    Services were held Thursday, Jan. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Portsmouth with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.    Wendt is survived by her husband, Larry Wendt, Sr. of Portsmouth; sons Larry (Jill) Wendt, Jr.

    SHELBY -- Emma Caroline McLaughlin, 99, Shelby, died January 17 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 10 a.m.

    PANAMA -- Alice Kwapiszeski of Panama will celebrate her 95th birthday with an open house on Sunday, January 24 from 1-4 p.m. at the St. Mary’s Parish Center in Panama. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.    Alice has four children: Jeanne and Gary Anderson, Omaha; Tom and Becky Kwapiszeski, Yukon, OK; Peggy and Bill Kolm, Omaha; and Jerry Kwapiszeski, Mustang, OK.

    MANILLA -- Helen Van Asselt’s family is requesting a card shower in honor of her 94th birthday on January 28.      Cards will reach her if sent to the Manilla Manor, Room 118A,   PO Box 490, Manilla, Iowa 51454.