Archive - Jul 2012

Joseph “Joe” Herbert Turkal, 83, of Solon, died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at the Solon Nursing Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Thursday, July 26, at Brosh Chapel in Solon. Private family burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Solon.
Joe was born Dec. 3, 1928, in Solon, the son of Carl and Lotus (Randall) Turkal. He married Marjorie Fulton on June 7, 1952, at the Solon United Methodist Church.

Pamela Mary Finlow Stewart died Friday, July 13, 2012.
She was born Aug. 8, 1927, in London to Gladys Mummery Finlow and Percy Finlow, but she called Sandbach, Cheshire, home. Pamela married Mark Armstrong Stewart on March 19, 1955, and emigrated to America in 1957.
Local survivors include her daughter Sarah (Dennis) Tallman of North Liberty and she was a proud grandmother to Nick Tallman (Krystin), Daniel Tallman, Christopher Heffner (Kathryn), all of North Liberty.

Herbert B. Howard 86, of Muscatine, passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at Lutheran Homes. Funeral services were held on Saturday, July 21, with the Rev. John Brown officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Fruitland Baptist Church Benevolent Fund in Herbert’s name. Sympathy notes may be left for the family at www.lewisfuneralhomes.com.

(Note: This is one of a series about our recent trip to the southwest.)

An ancient Pueblo community exists a mile outside of Taos much as it has for the past thousand years.

FT. DODGE– The Lady Spartans needed that first run.
It turned out to be the only one of the game.
Emily Bransky doubled in the bottom of the first inning to begin Solon’s Class 3A semifinal and Alyssa Rickels singled the run home against No. 5 Estherville Lincoln Central Thursday afternoon in Ft. Dodge.
The rest of the game was a pitcher’s duel, with Arran Weeces striking out five and scattering three hits in a 1-0 shut-out that landed the Lady Spartans in the 3A championship game for the first time.