January 2023

Marceline Stretched Wins Streak to Four During Milan Tourney

Boys netted first win with OT triumph last Friday MILAN — Marceline High School’s basketball Lady Tigers extended the winning streak they began the week before in the Salisbury Invitational to four by advancing to the championship game of last week’s Milan Invitational tournament, while the boys finally discovered the right combination to victory. The Lady Tigers, seeded third, took down second-seeded host Milan 5044 in last Wednesday’s semifinals after handling Novinger 58-43 in the opening round Jan.

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BHS Girls Barely Escaped First-Round Upset

Bulldogs picked up third win of year in semis MILAN — The top-seeded Brookfield High School Lady Bulldogs’ trip to the title tilt of last week’s Milan Invitational basketball tournament nearly took a wrong turn before it really got underway. Entering the tourney already with the program’s first twin-digits wins total since the middle of last decade already a fait accompli, the Lady ’Dogs never could shake Brashear off their tail, but managed to have their pug nose barely in front at the final horn, winning 46-45 in the tourney’s opening round a week ago yesterday.

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Marceline Mat Girls Take Kinen Classic Crown at Chillicothe

Boys fourth in tourney after pair of dual wins last Thursday In the aftermath of their losses to county rival Brookfield Jan. 10 (see story on page B1), Marceline High School’s wrestling teams experienced some continued highs and lows the rest of last week, the zenith of the highs coming last Saturday at Chillicothe when the Lady Tigers handily outdistanced a fairly small field of opponents to earn the team championship of the Dave Kinen Classic tournament.

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Tough Week for Class 1 Basketball Teams Except Meadville

Three of the four county or adjoining schools that play Class 1 high school basketball had tough weeks last week. While Meadville’s powerhouse girls were crushing two more foes and their male counterparts were extending their more-modest winning streak to three, Linn County R-1’s teams were prevailing only once in six tries in the Milan Invitational tournament, Bucklin/Macon County R-4 was having mixed resultss in three outings, and Mendon: Northwestern was dropping three of four conference contests.

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‘Get Cozy with Quilts’

Cultural Corner Art Guild and Gallery invites the public to 'Get Cozy with Quilts' during the month of January. Currently, dozens of quilts are on display for public viewing. The exhibit is quite diverse, including both heirloom quilts and recently crafted quilts in many styles and patterns. Several of the quilts are over 100 years old and show intricate and exquisite handwork. Two of the more recently made quilts, by quilter Cyndi Johnson make use of hand-dyed fabrics collected over a number of years. The stories behind many of the quilts are quite interesting and are posted for the public to read. The exhibit can be viewed between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday and 1 - 4 p.m., on Saturday. Cultural Corner is located at 424 Locust in Chillicothe.

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Pesticide safety awareness

Pesticides are chemicals designed to kill or repel living things that are considered by humans to be pests. Pesticides include insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides and fungicides. If not handled properly, pesticides may cause harm to other organisms including pets, livestock, wildlife, and people.

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West Linn News

Karen Evans and Michael Schiller were married Saturday, December 17, in Liberty. Among those attending a wedding reception for them in Marceline on Saturday, January 14, were Joy Wade, Sandra Conklin, Byron Zell, Debby and Amy Surber, Joyce Surber and Eudora Fitzpatrick.

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