FORT DODGE -- Former IKM-Manning softball pitcher Peyton Gross was honored at the State Softball Tournament Thursday night (July 25) for being a 100-game winner during her prep career. Gross, the daughter of Paul and Joy Gross, Manilla, was recognized prior to the Class 2A championship game as a new member of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s 100-win club.

    AVOCA -- Raleigh Ernest Woltmann, 95, Avoca, died July 25 at Avoca Specialty Care.    Services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 11 a.m. at United Church of Avoca with burial in the Shelby Cemetery.  Visitation is Monday, Aug. 5 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    HARLAN – Tickets are still available for Harlan Community Theatre’s presentation of The Music Man this weekend at Harlan Community High School.    Director Kayla Weis said the 60-plus member cast has been working hard over the summer in rehearsals and is ready for showtimes this Friday-Sunday.   

    STATE --  The annual Iowa Sales Tax Holiday will take place this weekend on Friday, August 2 to Saturday, August 3.    Shoppers will be exempt from the seven percent sales tax within stores throughout the entire state of Iowa these days, thanks to a sponsorship from the Iowa Department of Revenue.    Sales of a single item with a price that is less than $100 only qualify for the exemption, but items that sell for more than that do not.    

    REGIONAL -- Thanks to a nagging pain in her shoulder, Shelby resident Deb Bladt is a cancer survivor.    Along with the other three recipients of the Methodist Jennie Edmundson Foundation 2019 Spirit of Courage awards – Dr.

    PANAMA -- Ralph Schwery of Panama marked his 80th birthday on July 29. A card shower is planned in his honor. Cards will reach him if sent to 1801 Cedar Road, Panama, IA 51562.

    HARLAN -- Wayne “Stormy” and Kay Randolph of Harlan will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house on Saturday, August 3 from 1-4 p.m. at the Therkildsen Activity Center in Harlan. Friends and relatives are invited. 

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Eileen Elenor Pauley, 76, died Saturday, July 20 at Myrtue Medical Center, attaining the age of 76 years, two months and 21 days.Eileen, the daughter of Anthony and Elenor (Thraen) Schleimer, was born on a farm in Panama on April 29, 1943. She attended country school and St. Mary’s High School in Panama, graduating with the class of 1960. After high school, Eileen was employed at the A.S.C.S.