PPEL: On the ballot Sept. 14

There’s been talk about the Woodbine Community School’s Physical Plant and Equipment Levy, better known as PPEL – good and bad. But, according to Superintendant Tom Vint, the school depends on the levy, and programs, technology, transportation and more may suffer if it’s not renewed during the Sept. 14 election where it will appear on the ballot.

• Oliver receives State Fair 4-H Scholarship

  A $1,000 scholarship has been awarded to a Harrison County 4-H member. Carter Oliver, Woodbine, has received an Iowa State Fair 4-H Scholarship sponsored by the Iowa Foundation for Agriculture Advancement.

• Bike-A-Thon

  The 21st annual St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Woodbine Bike-A-Thon  will take place from 9:30-11 a.m. Sept. 11. A rain date has been set for Sept. 18.

Tigers lose first game of the season on the road

Woodbine: 14 8 6 0 = 28

• TeamMates Tourney

  Woodbine TeamMates held their second Golf Tournament at Shadow Valley Aug. 28. The tournament, organized by the TeamMates Board of Directors,  raised needed operating funds for the youth mentoring organization. “A diverse group of teams signed up for the tournament; some were mentors and others just supporters of the program, but everyone enjoyed a really beautiful Saturday morning. Thanks to the different teams and the community and business organizations that were ‘hole sponsors’ for making it a very successful day,” Mentoring Coordinator Maureen Allen said.                                

• Lo-Ma steamrolls over MV Big Reds with season opening score of 62-7

  You never know what to expect at a rivalry football game. Some years the teams are so well matched  it isn’t evident until the last play of the game who will win. Other years, like this one, one of the teams dominates their rival to set the bar high for the rest of the season. The Logan-Magnolia Panthers traveled to Missouri Valley Aug. 27, one of their biggest rivals in all sports, and left no one wondering who the winner really was, dominating the Big Reds 62-7.

Pilot dead in plane crash near Iowa farm show

BOONE (AP) The Federal Aviation Administration says one person is dead in the crash of small plane towing a banner near the Farm Progress Show near Boone in central Iowa.

• Potential Niobrara oil find brings need to plan ahead

  TORRINGTON, Wyo. - Parking spaces were hard to find around the Lincoln Community Complex in Torrington late Wednesday morning.

• Artist gives signed print back to Husker legend's mother

  ASHLAND, Neb. - The memory of a Husker football player lives on 14 years after his death.

Nik’s Knacks: Saved by the (non-existant) bell

I would stare at the clock. Sometimes intently. Sometimes not. Sometimes I would be just plain mad because I didn’t have time to finish what I was doing. However, I knew that when I heard that sound – I only had two minutes.

• Chamber Connection: The ‘Buzz’ on sustainable

  I’m a “word person”. . .someone who naturally thinks in the context of words and related abstract pictures rather than (yawn) numbers. (A sneaky way to admit I stink at math!) I pay attention to word usage and overusage – those words employed so much they become “buzzwords.”

• Nik’s Knacks: Saved by the (non-existant) bell

  I would stare at the clock. Sometimes intently. Sometimes not. Sometimes I would be just plain mad because I didn’t have time to finish what I was doing. However, I knew that when I heard that sound – I only had two minutes.