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May 7, 2008 What's Happening? Rezoning Forum The Save Union County Ballot Question Committee is extending an invitation to Akron, Alcester, and Beresford area residents for a free lunch served from 11 am to 1 pm, Saturday, May 10, 2008, accompanied by an informational forum presented by those opposed to the rezoning issue on the June 3 ballot. Experts with knowledge of the proposed refinery and the IGCC power plant will be available to answer your questions and will have a series of presentations for the public from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Beresford Senior Center. 2003 reunion The Akron-Westfield Class of 2003 is holding a reunion May 16. Bowling meeting The Akron Men’s Bowling Association Meeting is May 13. Siren testing The City of Akron will be testing the sirens the first Monday of each month at noon through the month of September. There are two sirens: one at Ridgewood and one at the six-plex. Note this is an outside warning system, you may not be able to hear the siren inside. There is an emergency booklet available at City Hall free of charge while supply lasts. Upcoming events • May 11 Baccalaureate Service, 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Akron. • May 11 - Mother’s Day • May 18 - A-W graduation • May 26 - American Legion Memorial Day activities
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With only four days left before Akron-Westfield Community School’s prom, community members perform a tragic accident rescue. It’s in an effort to save students’ lives during Prom Night activities. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for 15 to 20 year olds, according to Event Coordinator Brent James of Akron. In 2006, there were 3,490 drivers killed and another 272,000 people in this age group nationwide received injuries. Twenty-fi ve percent of those drivers killed had blood-alcohol-content levels of 0.08g/dL or greater, and 77 percent of those killed were not wearing seat belts. In nonalcohol related automobile accidents, the A-W community lost one Class of 2007 boy last May, and one senior girl and one sophomore boy were injured in separate automobile accidents in the past two months.
A-W students perform well at the state History Day contest Twenty-five Iowa students who competed in the National History Day in Iowa contest April 28 have earned a trip to the NHD National Contest June 15-19, 2008, at the University of Maryland. The 25 students joined 440 other Iowa students in grades 6-8 in the National History Day in Iowa Junior Division contest at the State Historical Building in Des Moines. National History Day is an academic-enrichment program that helps students learn about historical issues, ideas, people and events. The year-long academic adventure fosters students’ enthusiasm for learning and encourages them to use primary, secondary, community and statewide resources on a subject of their choice related to an annual theme. The theme for 2008 is “Conflict & Compromise in History.” Congratulations to the Akron-Westfield Junior Division State History Day Team. They competed in Des Moines April 28 and brought home the 2008 Iowa History Day School of the Year Award. Here are the results: Jessica Webster, Kylee Reed, Katie Coyle—Group Exhibit—Alternate to Nationals Emily Meerdink—Individual Performance—Women in Science and Engineering Award which includes a $100 prize - special recognition for connection to topic Mariah Grimm, Katie Black, Sarah Schroeder, Kayla Tindall, Dana Hedlund— Group Performance— Finalists/special recognition for costumes and research Zach Tindall, Monica Harvey, Mitch Hedlund— Group Documentary—Finalists Jaclyn Smith, Katlyn Mace—Group Documentary— National Qualifier/2nd Place Women in History Award Kaitlin Armstrong, Jayde Ostermyer, Haley Coyle, Emily Miller— Group Performance--National Qualifer Maggi Liebetrau— Individual Performance— National Qualifier Chet Willer, Spencer Frankl—Website—National Qualifier History Day School of the Year is determined by the number of national qualifiers, alternates to Nationals, and finalists. LeMars Community placed second and Johnston placed third. National qualifiers will travel to College Park, Maryland to compete June 15-20. The senior division competed Monday, May 5.
Golfers go against West Sioux by Ben Banks The Akron-Westfield boys and girls golf teams went up against the West Sioux Falcons golf teams Monday April 28 in Hawarden. Both teams fell to the Falcons in conference action: boys 168-177, girls 205-242 The leader for the boys’ team was Justin Smith with 42 strokes on the round. Smith was one of three golfers to post a 42 to compete for runner-up honors. Unfortunately Smith missed out on the runner-up honors. Backing Smith up was Justin Koch with a 44 stroke round, followed by Ben Brown with a 45 and Kyle Hughes with a 46. Non counting scores came from Andrew Allard with a 49 and Cale Banks with a 60. For the girls, West Sioux golfer Karly Kruid posted a 48 to take the medal. For the Westerners Kaitlan Klemme had a 52 stroke game, Kaylee Hughes added a 58 stroke game, followed by Charlene Martin with a 60, and Krystal Toben with a 62. The non counting score came from Marissa Harvey with a 64.
Running between tornados by Ben Banks On May 1 the boys and girls track teams ran at the West Sioux Coed Relays in a very windy situation. The girls finished first in six events. Karly groon took first in the high jump with a jump of 5’6’’. Shelby Johnson took first place in the discus with a throw of 110’10’’. Laura Willer took first place in the shot put with a throw of 32’4’’. The shuttle hurdle relay team took first with a time of 1:11.03. The team was made up of Karly Groon, Kristin Martin, Tasha DeRocher, Jordan Harris. Jordan Harris also took first place in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:10. The girls team had 11 other top five places in the meet. For the boys team Kyle Groon took first in both the High Jump with a jump of 6’8’’ tying his own record and in the long jump with a jump of 21’3’’. He also took first in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.5. He was the only member to finish first in events for the boys. The boy’s team had 16 other top five finishes. Over all on the night the girls took second place behind Hinton in the meet and the boys took first place with 131 points.
Westerners bring home third, fifth places at WEC meet by Ben Banks On April 29 the
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Golfers compete against Hinton The Akron-Westfield golf teams faced Hinton April 29 at home in a War Eagle Conference match-up. Hinton’s girls claimed their third WEC title by defeating the Westerners, 199-238, and Hinton’s boys defeated the Westerners, 164-180. For the girls, Marissa Harvey led the way with a 55 followed by Krystal Toben with a 56, Kaitlan Klemme with a 58, and Kaylee Hughes with a 59. The non counting score came from Charlene Martin with a 69. For the boys, Kyle Hughes led the way with a 43, followed by Justin Koch with a 44, Andrew Allard with a 46, and Ben Brown with a 47. Non counting scores came from Justin Smith with a 49 and Cale Banks with a 50. |
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teams had their conference meet. For the boys team Kyle Groon took first
in both the high jump and the long jump with jumps of 6’2’’, and 21’3’’.
Taking first for the girls was Shelby Johnson in the discus with a throw
of 116’. Taking second for the boys was the 4x400 Relay team with a time
of 3:43.19 the team is made up of Cody Reed, Christopher Carlson, Anthony
Miller, Kyle Groon. Taking second for the girls was the shuttle hurdle
relay with a time of 1:11.31 the team consists of Lauren Blinde, Tasha
Johnson, Jordan Harris, Karly Groon. Over all the teams did very well at
the meet and the boys took third place with 66 points. And the girls took
fifth place at the meet.