Stories from Thursday, October 23, 2014

'My main hope is to keep it going, so it can help a lot of people'

Betty Ann Carlson, age 76, of Spencer, and formerly of Marathon, died on Monday, October 20, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, S.D. Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 25, at 10:30 a.m. at the Grace Lutheran Church in Marathon. Burial will follow in the Poland Township Cemetery in Marathon. Visitation will take place Friday, October 24, from 5-7 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is in charge of the arrangements...

Larry "Cordo" Corderman, age 59, of Sac City, formerly of Lytton, passed away suddenly at his home in Sac City on Monday, October 20. On November 11, 1954, Larry was born in Sac City, to Martin Alvin and Zola Corinne (Olson) Corderman. He was baptized and a member of the First Christian Church in Sac City. ...

Tracy Allen Lane was born December 12, 1974 at Ida Grove, to Robert and Carol (Neville) Lane. He spent his youth in the Storm Lake area, graduating from Storm Lake High School. He spent the next four years living in Storm Lake where he met Jana Rose Steffen of Varina, Iowa. They were married on June 23, 2001...

The Alta-Aurelia Middle School and High School Vocal students performed at the Alta-Aurelia High School on Monday night. Top: The 7th and 8th grade students were under the direction of Deb Peterson and sang songs like "Fun, Fun, Fun by Jeff Funk," "I Will Sing by Roger Emerson," and "Pizza by Kirby Shaw." Bottom left: The High School Choir students were under the direction of Rebecca Elemond and performed songs like "For the Beauty of the Earth" by John Rutter, "Festival Hosanna" by Mary Lynn Lightfoot, and "Seize the Day" by Roger Emerson. ...

The Alta-Aurelia Community School District will be holding a Scholastic Book Fair October 27 to October 31 at the library in Alta. School librarian Julie Langer said that the book fair has been going on in Alta for at least 20 years. This year, the library will also be holding a coin challenge through an effort called All for Books from Scholastic, Inc. Every cent that is collected will help build and refresh classroom libraries with new books that students want to read...

A former Storm Lake man spearheading a campaign to preserve the venerable Cobblestone Ballroom desperately needed someone in local leadership to say they would support the fledgling project. He got that, if cautiously, in the form of Lakeside City Council members during a city meeting Tuesday night...

Photos by Hugh Perry