What's Up - July 29

Thursday, July 29

• Benefit dinner to be held for liver cancer survivor

   After a 19-month battle with liver cancer Lanie Martinek may soon be able to return home, but her medical bills have continued to pile up.

• Buick car club to visit Clarinda Aug. 2-3

  Wouldn’t you really rather have a Buick?

Cardinals hit roadblock in substate

Clarinda’s remarkable drive to the state baseball tournament hit a roadblock in the form of a familiar foe on Tuesday, July 20, in the Class 2A Substate 7 finals.

• Hit, Run and Throw Contest held for youth

  The Clarinda youth baseball and softball leagues concluded their seasons with the annual Hit, Run and Throw Contest.

• Parks, Rec Department holds tennis tournaments

  The Clarinda Parks and Recreation Department recently held its 2010 tennis tournaments.

Caregiver charged in tot's drowning in hotel pool

The Omahan turns herself in on a manslaughter warrant.

• Man running across country places a flag every mile for deaths in Iraq

  WOOD RIVER " Stuck in the ground at the foot of a mountain near Jack's Crossing, Colo., is a small American flag. Handwritten on a yellow ribbon attached to the flag is the name, service, rank, age and hometown of Jeff Hansen of Cairo.

• Volunteers needed for block party

  Vanessa Ward needs a few good men. And women. And teenagers. And church or community groups.

Common Sense: Coach taught me a lot more than just how to play the game of baseball

 A few days ago, I got word that my high school baseball coach, Jerry Lister, passed away.

• An Ode to Writer’s Block

   Since I can’t come up with a subject for my column this week – even with the assistance of our publisher, Barb Trimble, I am going to share with my one or two readers out there my Top 5 lists of 5. 

• Common Sense: Coach taught me a lot more than just how to play the game of baseball

   A few days ago, I got word that my high school baseball coach, Jerry Lister, passed away.