GLIDDEN (Jan.

 GLIDDEN (Jan. 14) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton outscored Glidden-Ralston 16-6 in the fourth quarter to rally past the Wildcats 49-43 last Tuesday and improve to 6-4. Creighton Nelson led the Spartans with 18 points and 12 rebounds while Tyler Petersen had 12 points and five assists.

 UNDERWOOD (Jan.

    POMEROY -- Bertilla A. Teyen-Mathiasen, 99, Pomeroy, formerly of Harlan, died Friday, Jan. 24 at the Good Samaritan Canter in Manson.    Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 1 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pomeroy with burial in the Union Cemetery near Pomeroy.  Visitation is Friday, Jan. 31 from 4-6 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Donna M. Bylund, 87, Avoca, died January 27 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Friday, Jan. 31 at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Walnut with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Family greeted friends Thursday, Jan. 30 from 4-7 p.m.

 CLARINDA (Jan. 16) -- Andrew Andersen bowled a 264 high game and William Funke had a 257 on Thursday, but it wasn’t enough as the Harlan Community boys bowling team lost a dual at Clarinda by the final of 2,788 to 2,663. The Cyclone girls also came up short, falling 2,257 to 2,133. Both HCHS squads are now 1-3 against Hawkeye 10 competition.

 RED OAK -- The Harlan Community girls placed first and the boys took second at the Red Oak Bowling Tournament held last Tuesday (January 14). The Cyclone girls finished with a total team score of 2,394, closely followed by Red Oak (2,362), Lewis Central (2,325) and Shenandoah (2,306). Creston came in last with 2,068 pins. Shenandoah won the boys’ half of the meet with a team score of 2,919 total pins.

    HARLAN -- Harlan Community High School hosted Pink Out activities Friday, Jan. 24 during the boy/girl doubleheader basketball game vs. Clarinda.  A number of activities were planned to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research.  Above, Sarah Strom, a breast cancer survivor, spoke to the crowd about the importance of self exams.  Here she is with her story board on display in the hallway. 

    HARLAN -- The City of Harlan will open a yard waste disposal site this spring for city residents to take their yard waste to for disposal free of charge.    The site is scheduled to be open March 15, and is for City of Harlan residents only.  The site is only available for waste from residential areas -- no dumping by any business or commercial user is allowed.    Harlan City Administrator Gene Gettys, Jr.