Archive for August, 2012

Blazer

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 10:19 am

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Wednesday, August 29

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 8:11 am

Birthday Winner: Albert Pleima
Anniversary Winner: Richard & Shirley Kingery

Re-Normed Tests Cause Drops in Proficiency Scores Throughout Iowa

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:30 am

A change in the way testing was done meant lower standardized test scores across Iowa, including in Knoxville.

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Pella Police Taking Extra Steps to Stop Drunk Driving

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:29 am

The Pella Police Department will be participating in the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau sTEP program during the Labor Day weekend.

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Archer Tells Republican Delegation America Can Do Better

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:28 am

Republican US Congressional candidate John Archer thinks Americans can do better.

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Reception Today for Art Gallery at Central

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:27 am

Mills Gallery at Central College has a new exhibit that features faculty members.

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Knoxville Alumni Association Hosts Afternoon Cleanup

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:26 am

With the Knoxville Panthers getting ready for their first home football game of the year this Friday, the Knoxville Alumni Association will doing their traditional stadium cleanup this afternoon.

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Endorsements for Iowa House Candidates

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:24 am

With Election Day almost two months away, Iowa House candidates Greg Heartsill and Megan Suhr have both received a number of endorsements.

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Opera House Prepares to Announce Schedule at Member Event

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:23 am

The Pella Opera House will hold its annual membership appreciation event on Thursday evening.

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Knoxville National Parade Winners

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:22 am

The Knoxville Chamber of Commerce recently released the winners of awards during the Knoxville Nationals parade.

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Growing Process Continues for Pella High Volleyball in Home Quad

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:01 am

The Pella High volleyball team went 1-2 Tuesday night in a home quad.

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Pella High Football Coach Looking Forward to Again Facing Long-Time Foe

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:00 am

A familiar early-season opponent is back on the schedule this fall for the Pella High football team, as the Little Dutch are spending this week preparing to face Washington.

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Knoxville Expecting A Strong Newton Running Game On Friday

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:00 am

Defense was a key in Knoxville’s win over P-C-M last Friday night.

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Pella Christian Sophomore Filling Key Spot on Special Teams

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:00 am

The offense and defense of the Pella Christian football team looked very good for much of last Friday’s season-opening win over Lynnville-Sully, but an aspect that cannot be overlooked for the Eagles is that of special teams.

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Melcher-Dallas Defense Trying to Improve Against Throwing Game

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 5:58 am

Following a pair of hard-earned wins to open their season, the coaching staff of the Melcher-Dallas football team is continuing to identify ways to make their players better prepared for their next match-up.

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Twin Cedars Football Team Placing Emphasis on Defense, Conditioning This Week

Posted: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 5:58 am

The Twin Cedars football team entered practice this week encouraged by their performance against Melcher-Dallas last week, but fully recognizing areas that needed improvement as well.

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Waunita Stebbeds

Posted: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 at 4:16 pm

A graveside service for Waunita Stebbeds, age 90 of Knoxville, will be held on Saturday, September 1st at 1:00 PM at the Bass Pointe Cemetery in rural Boone, Iowa.

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IN DEPTH: The Kids are Back-Back to School. Learning Another Language

Posted: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 at 2:00 pm

Paloma Soria, Spanish instructor at the Pella High School arrived in Pella 25 years ago from Madrid, Spain when her husband obtained a position at Central College. She spoke no English at the time. She learned english, and eventually graduated from Central College with a teaching degree. She knows a lot about the importance of learning another language. Here are some of the points I learned from our interview.

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Let’s Talk Knoxville – Superintendent Dr. Randy Flack

Posted: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 at 1:00 pm

On today’s Let’s Talk Knoxville, Aaron Gernes talks with Knoxville Superintendent Dr. Randy Flack about some of the issues discussed at last night’s school board meeting, including a talk about the future of Knoxville’s conference affiliation with the Little Hawkeye Conference

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Let’s Talk Pella – Lawn Care

Posted: Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 at 12:59 pm

Sheryl Nunnikhoven at Dutch Meadows in Pella talks about sewing new grass seeds in lawns that were damaged by the drought.

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