AVOCA (Nov. 27) -- Treynor outscored the AHSTW boys 44-21 during the second and third quarters Tuesday night, handing the Vikings a 67-47 home loss in Western Iowa Conference action. Ethan Hoepner led AHSTW with 10 points, followed by Blake Osbahr with nine, Clayton Akers eight, Brody Langer six and Sam Porter five. Treynor, which shot just 4-of-25 from three-point range, got 17 points and 14 rebounds from 6-foot-8 junior Jon Schwarte.

 AREA -- Eight teams will be taking part in the 2018-2019 Town Team basketball league, with games scheduled on Wednesdays and Sundays from December 5 to January 30. This year’s teams include Portsmouth, Panama, Walnut, Harlan, Audubon, Manilla, Irwin and Earling. Community members are urged to come out and show their support. A complete season schedule is listed below. Two games will be held at two sites each night.

 AVOCA (Nov. 20) -- CAM used a big second quarter to pull away from the AHSTW girls basketball team last Tuesday, then held off a second-half rally to beat the Lady Vikes 64-56.

    HARLAN -- Leona Graves, 90, Harlan, died Saturday, Dec. 1 in Moville.    Survivors include her children Janet (Byron) Linden of Moville, Lauree (John) James of Perkins, OK, Rachel (Kurt) Vollers of Central City, NE, Philip (Janet) Graves of Bovill, ID, and Paul (Harriet) Graves of Lowell, MI; 17 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and other family members.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

    HARLAN -- Frances M. Johansen, 98, Harlan, died December 1 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Saturday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery at Kimballton.  Family will greet friends Friday, Dec. 7 from 5-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Urban Bernard Henscheid, 91, Harlan, died November 28 at Elm Crest Assisted Living.    Services were held Saturday, Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia at a later date.  A rosary was held Friday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Family greeted friends Friday from 5-7:30 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Harlan Community school patrons will head to the polls Tuesday, Dec. 11 to cast ballots on a number of issues, including a proposed $28.5 million bond issue as well as renewal votes for the district’s physical plant and equipment levy and instructional support levy.    Polls will be open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at the C.G. Therkildsen Ctr.

    COUNTY -- The red kettles are showing up all around Shelby County for the 2018 Salvation Army (SA) Bell Ringing Campaign.  Officials are asking local residents to please don’t pass them by.  Every time you toss your loose change into a counter kettle, or stuff a few bills into a red Salvation Army bucket as you enter Shopko or HyVee, you’re helping someone in your own home county, they say.  Ninety percent of all funds collected in Shelby