DENISON (Sept.

 SERGEANT BLUFF (Sept. 6) -- The Harlan Community football team finished 8-3 last year with two decisive losses at Lewis Central.

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW volleyball team finished 2-2 in its home tournament on Saturday (Aug. 31), bowing out in the semifinals of the championship bracket to Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson. Seniors Kinsey Scheffler and Paige Osweiler were both named to the All-Tournament Team for the Lady Vikes, who placed second in Pool A to Denison-Schleswig. AHSTW won decisively in 2-0 pool play matches vs.

 EXIRA (Sept.

    KIRKMAN -- Albert James Carlson, 75, Kirkman, died September 6.    Services will be held Saturday, Sept. 14 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Friday, Sept. 13 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    IRWIN -- Arline Gans, 95, Irwin, died September 10 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Friday, Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Irwin.  Visitation was held Thursday, Sept. 12 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    GREENFIELD, WI -- Sister Bernice Schmitz, 94, Greenfield, WI, died September 7 at her home.    Services were held Thursday, Sept. 12 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia.    Schmitz is survived by many nieces and nephews.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan was in charge of arrangements. 

    HARLAN -- Elaine Renee Barman, 37, Harlan, died September 9 at her home.    Services will be held Monday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m. at Willard Christian Alliance Church in Willard, Ohio with burial in the Steuben Cemetery in Steuben, Ohio.  Family met friends Thursday, Sept. 12 from 6-8 p.m. at Harvest Alliance Church in Minden and again Sunday, Sept. 15 from 4-8 p.m.

    COUNTY -- Shelby County will pay $25 each for beaver tails from November 2-April 15 as part of an ongoing effort to minimize the damage the critters cause to roadways and structures throughout the county.    The county’s board of supervisors re-authorized the bounty this month, with a total dollar limit outlay of $5,000.