Masons meet for regular affairs
The Masonic Lodge Nodaway 470 will gather at 7:30 pm, Monday, September 2 at the lodge in Maryville.
Church gives away bread, sweets
The Pickering Christian Church is conducting an outreach mission. Free bread and sweets may be picked up from 2 to 4 pm, Monday, September 2 at the east basement door.
Parnell AL to hold breakfast
The Parnell American Legion Post 528 will hold a fundraiser pancake breakfast from 8 am to noon, Sunday, September 1 at the Legion Hall. Free will donation.
Rodeo takes place at Sisk Arena
The seventh annual Jake Marriott Memorial Ranch Rodeo and Barrel Run will start at 5 pm, Saturday, August 31 at the Dakota Bronc Sisk Memorial Arena, three miles east of Highway 71 on Highway A. The event is sponsored by Barnyard Boutique and Jake Marriott Memorial Ranch Rodeo.
Donald Christensen
Donald Allen Christensen, 38, Maryville, died Friday, August 23, 2019, at his home. Services will be at 6 pm, Thursday, August 29 at the First Baptist Church, Maryville. Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be made in care of the funeral home to assist with funeral
Dale Oliver
Dale Oliver, 95, Guilford, died Saturday, August 24, 2019, at Pineview Manor, Stanberry. Services were held Tuesday, August 27 at the Guilford United Methodist Church, Guilford. Burial was in the Weathermon Cemetery, Guilford. Memorials may be made to the Weathermon Cemetery and/or Pineview Manor Christmas Store in care of Roberson Funeral Home, PO Box 153,
Earl Seipel
Earl Edward Seipel, 94, Maryville, died Thursday, August 22, 2019, at the University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS. Services were held Tuesday, August 27 at St. Gregory’s Barbarigo Catholic Church. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Maryville. Memorials may be made to St. Gregory’s Catholic School. Online condolences may be left at pricefuneralhomemaryville.com.
Junior core to lead young Bluejay softball team
By Jacki Wood The Northeast Nodaway softball team returns a slew of juniors to a fairly young team in 2019. Third-year head coach Mandy Adwell said she is hopeful as the season approaches. “We have a young team coming in so I am hopeful that the older students can teach the younger ones the ropes
Hard work, communication key to success for Platte Valley softball
By Jacki Wood The Platte Valley softball co-op between Jefferson and South Nodaway enters its fourth season. And the tradition they have built will remain the same. “We always want to improve from the year before,” Coach Shelly Deen said, who is in her ninth year as head coach. She will be assisted by Adam
Spoofhound softball will combine experience, youth to continue upward climb
By Jacki Wood Slowly, but surely, the Maryville Spoofhound softball team has turned things around over the last five years since head coach Chandra DeMott took over the program. After going 3-19 the year before she arrived, the Hounds finished 3-17 in 2015, 7-16 in 2016, 8-16 in 2017, and last year, they went 12-9.
