MARNE -- Elleen Wheatley’s words of wisdom as she nears 103 years old are “appreciate and enjoy every day.” Wheatley of Marne will mark her 103rd birthday on Wednesday, Aug. 26.    She has the honor of being recognized as Iowa’s Oldest Living Woman Marine. A Leslie, IA native, Wheatley entered the Marine Corps in 1942 when she was 25 years old.

    HARLAN -- The Shelby County Catholic School welcomes two new staff members to the school for the 2020-21 school year, which began yesterday, Monday, Aug. 24.

    COUNTY – Shelby County and Harlan are applying for reimbursement monies from federal/state CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act funding to help offset costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.    Shelby County is allotted approximately $125,000 in reimbursable funds, while Harlan can be reimbursed up to $113,271.45.

    STATE -- Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is distributing personal protective equipment (PPE) and more than $2 million in funds to Iowa counties, including Shelby County, to utilize for the November 3 general election.    The PPE includes face shields, masks, gloves, hand sanitizer and social distancing markers for use at the polls on Election Day.

    COUNTY – Shelby County has authorized the purchase of an election ballot counting machine that will provide proven security, reliability and faster calculation of absentee ballots for the 2020 general election.    The county’s board of supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday, Aug. 18 to purchase the $7,850 machine, and training for election officials was expected to begin as early as last week.

    HARLAN -- The State Library of Iowa has announced that the Harlan Community Library has met the conditions for state accreditation as outlined in “In Service to Iowa: Public Library Standards Sixth Edition.”    Achieving accreditation requires a significant, ongoing local commitment to high quality library services.

FMCTC will have available the game on their Cable Channels 48 or 448HD on their Cable System.
Below is the direct link to their streamer for Harlan. They will also be showing the volleyball quad on Saturday FYI.
https://video.fmctc.com/plugin/Live/?c=HCHS+Videos

 STATE (Aug. 13) -- The Iowa Girls Coaches Association released its 2020 All-State Softball teams on Thursday, recognizing two players from Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and one from Harlan Community. Exira-EHK sophomore pitcher Macy Emgarten was named second team All-State in Class 1A while senior first baseman Kami Waymire was a third-team selection.

 MANNING -- Will Jorgensen, a 2020 graduate of IKM-Manning, was recently selected to the second team of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association’s 34th Academic All-State Baseball teams. Jorgensen was a senior for the 2020 IKM-Manning Wolves. The IHSBCA named 20 players to the first team and 22 players to the second team.