PORTSMOUTH (Aug. 5) -- Ryan Doran represented Walnut with two home runs, two doubles and six RBI and Trevor Jameson (Massena) also homered as part of a 3-for-4 night as the American League defeated the National League 10-0 in eight innings here Wednesday in the Iowa Western Baseball League’s All-Star Game. Shea Patterson (Massena) won the Home Run Derby prior to the game by hitting 18 balls over the fence.

 HARLAN -- The Shelby County Speedway announced Wednesday (Aug. 5) that it has cancelled racing action for Saturday, August 8, due to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Shelby County. The track tentatively plans to resume racing on Saturday, August 15. Last week’s races were also called off due to rain.

 A total of 43 senior baseball and softball players from the Hawkeye Ten Conference, including Harlan Community's Connor Bruck, have been named to the league’s Summer Sports All-Academic Award list for 2020. All-Academic criteria includes being a senior letter winner with a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher during their high school career.

 AREA -- Six players from the Harlan Newspapers’ coverage area have been named to the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association’s 2020 All-District baseball teams. First-team selections include senior pitcher Connor Bruck and junior catcher Brenden Bartley of Harlan Community (Class 3A Southwest) and AHSTW seniors Sam Porter (first base) and Joey Cunningham (outfield) for Class 2A Southwest.

   AREA -- Forty-one baseball and softball players from Harlan Community, AHSTW, IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton were named to this year's all-conference teams for the Hawkeye Ten, Western Iowa and Rolling Valley conferences. The list of local players includes 11 first-team selections.
   All-Conference teams and final standings are as follows.
Hawkeye Ten All-Conference Baseball

    COUNTY -- Bacon Buddies, a new program that pairs people with special needs with 4-H and FFA members to show pigs, kicked off this summer and was considered a huge success.    The special needs participants had the opportunity to not only interact with livestock, but to show pigs in the main ring.

    EARLING – A cherished windmill damaged during heavy thunderstorms and straight-line winds back in 2006 is getting new life after being restored and erected last month on an Earling family farm.    On Wednesday, July 22, a crane operated by Tom Muenchrath lifted the vintage windmill into the air.  He was assisted by Gary Blum with a loader on the windmill base to prevent the legs from buckling as the 40-foot tower was raised from the ground

    SHELBY -- Marsha Hursey learned to sew by trial and error. A seamstress for more than five decades, her projects range from wedding dress alterations to making memory quilts. During the pandemic she has made more than 500 masks.    Hursey didn’t take her high school home ec teacher’s advice when she said Hursey had no talent for sewing. It just made her more determined to learn on her own.
 

    PORTSMOUTH -- Irene Lefeber of Portsmouth will mark her 80th birthday on August 16. Her family is planning a card shower in her honor. Cards will reach her if sent to P.O. Box 42, Portsmouth, IA 51565.    Her children are Tom and Janet Lefeber, Portsmouth; Jackie and Jon Harvey, LaVista, NE; Michele Lefeber and friend, Mike Gray, Harlan; Scott Lefeber, Harlan; and John and Micheal (Patzloff) Lefeber, Glendale, AZ.