September 2019

Small but mighty GCHS Class of 2015 smiles all the way to diplomas

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    GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy Center High School Class of 2015 will go down as one of the smallest classes in school history with just 37 members. Those 37 individuals accomplished remarkable things, however, and they did it with a smile on their faces. Sunday the students celebrated their accomplishments along with family and friends during 2015 commencement ceremonies.
    “We did it — we made it through this long journey together and now we’re going out into the real world,” Class of 2015 president Melanie Homeister said.

Gen. ‘Curley’ Hultman delivers Grundy Center Memorial Day address

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    GRUNDY CENTER — Retired Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Evan ‘Curley’ Hultman spoke of preparing for the next generation of war during Grundy Center’s annual Memorial Day service at Rose Hill Cemetery.
    Hultman said war has changed because the enemy is different.
    “War was against nations,” he said. “Today it is different because ISIS doesn’t necessarily wear a uniform. We don’t know who the enemy is.
    “We must gear ourselves again to fight this treacherous enemy which is probably the worst enemy we have ever known,” he said.

Reluctant star Willms enters IGHSAU T & F Hall of Fame

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    DES MOINES — Former Dike-New Hartford track and field star Hannah Willms knew what she wanted to do in college from a young age. She loved playing volleyball … that was her sport. Now five years after graduating from high school, Willms finds her home in the hall of fame for a very different sport.
    Willms was one of three individuals inducted into the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union Hall of Fame Saturday on the final day of the state track and field meet.

Grundy Center boys dig deep, earn return trip to state golf tourney

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OSKALOOSA – Despite what longtime Grundy Center boys’ golf coach Dennis Dirks describes as a dismal front nine on a tough Oskaloosa course, a late round surge landed the Spartan boys in the runner-up spot at the Class 1A district meet Thursday. The second place finish meant the realization of the number one goal for this year’s Spartan team - returning to the state meet after a second place finish in last year’s state championship. The Spartans finished the day with a team score of 341, 10 strokes behind district champ New London.

Season-best performances highlight state track and field meet

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DES MOINES — Several season-best performances were not enough to lead area athletes to gold medals at the state track and field meet last week at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.
Area athletes turned in no fewer than 12 season bests and placed in the top eight in 13 events but failed to win an event for the first time in three years. Each area school that qualified athletes for the state meet scored this year, though only one came home in the top 10.

Leroy Kuper

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Leroy Kuper age 71 of Ackley died on May 20, 2015 at the Franklin General Hospital in Hampton. Funeral services were May 23 at the Faith Presbyterian Church in Ackley with burial in the West Friesland Cemetery. The Sietsema Funeral Home of Ackley is in charge of arrangements.
 
A complete obituary is printed in the May 28 Grundy Register.

Torri Arends Hennig

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Torri Lyn Arends Hennig, 34, of Lake Mills, WI, formerly of Dike, died May 22, 2015, at Agrace Hospice Care Center, Janesville, WI. Services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday May 29 at Colfax Presbyterian Church, 18935 K Ave, Holland. Visitation luncheon will follow the memorial service.
 
A complete obituary is printed in the May 28 Grundy Register.

Larry L. Benson

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Larry Benson passed away at the Iowa River Hospice in Marshalltown, Iowa, on Monday, May 18, 2015, at age 75 from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. A Family Visitation will be held on Friday, May 29 from 7-9 pm at the Minerva Wesley Chapel.  A Memorial Service will be held at the Chapel on Saturday, May 30 at 1 p.m. with a private interment of his ashes at the Reinbeck Cemetery later.

Grundy Register, May 28, 2015

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Senior honored for faith, family, football accomplishments

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DIKE — Dike-New Hartford senior Zach Nicholson knew he had a chance for some very nice awards at Tuesday’s senior awards assembly. The first one he received may have the most meaning.
Nicholson was surprised with the first award at Tuesday morning’s ceremony, the Iowa Football Coaches’ Assocaition’s Ed Thomas Faith, Family Football Award.
“I was very surprised, I did not expect this,” Nicholson said after receiving the award from IFCA President-Elect Steve Milder. “It was a very nice award and I was honored to receive it.”

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