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JULY 17, 2023 • MONDAY
Golf tourney request for $3,000
is rejected — it gets $5,000 instead
BY TOM LAWRENCE
Staff writer
LE MARS — The organizers
of a college golf tournament
requested $3,000 from the Le
Mars City Council, but that
was rejected during the Thursday,
July 6, meeting.
Instead, they got $5,000.
Nancy Thoma, the secretary-treasurer
of Junior Golf
of Northwest Iowa and deputy
tournament director of
the Northwest Iowa National
Invitational College Golf Tournament,
made the request.
Thoma wrote an email to
Finance Officer Jacob Widman
and then made an appeal to the
council during the meeting.
The problem was, Mayor
Rob Bixenman explained, the
request came in well after the
deadline for funds. That’s why
the Convention and Visitors
Bureau Advisory Board, which
he serves on, reluctantly voted
not to recommend the funds.
Bixenman said the city
always gets more requests than
it has money, so some have
to be rejected. Since this was
made outside of the timeline,
it could not be granted, he said.
“My personal take is this,
and I would say it’s the same
for the entire board, CVB
board, that this event is wonderful,”
said the mayor, an
avid golfer. “We want it to
succeed. It’s been great for our
golf course. It’s been great for
our community. And so, it’s a
dilemma for us.”
Councilman Clark Goodchild
said while he agreed with
sticking with the rules on providing
funding through CVB,
there were other options,
including from the hotel-motel
tax fund.
“I called Jacob yesterday,
and I said there’s no way I will
say no to finding you some
money,” Goodchild said.
He called the tournament
“phenomenal” and said it has
produced nothing but posi-
SEE GOLF PAGE 2
2023 collectible fair truck
honors Primebank, TTT
BY BEVERLY VAN BUSKIRK
Lifestyles Editor
LE MARS — The 24th edition
of the Plymouth County
Fair collectible truck recognizes
groups and organizations
who are part of the fair.
The truck is designed and
produced by Albert Schulz, of
the Le Mars Toy Store.
The 2023 edition of the
Plymouth County Fair Truck
salutes Primebank and the TTT
organization.
The driver’s side of the trailer
features a picture of Primebank
employees from Le Mars.
Primebank has been a fair supporter
and sponsor for many
years.
The passenger side of the
trailer features members of the
TTT, an organization which
SEE TRUCK PAGE 2
(SENTINEL PHOTOS BY BEVERLY VAN BUSKIRK)
Members of the TTT organization, which runs a food stand each year at the Plymouth County
Fair, are featured on the passenger side of the 2023 Fair Truck trailer.
Primebank employees are featured on the driver’s side of 2023 Fair Truck trailer. The bank is one
of many sponsors at the Plymouth County Fair.
50th RAGBRAI to pedal
through Kingsley July 23
BY PAM CLARK
Staff writer
KINGSLEY — On Sunday,
July 23, the town of
Kingsley will be hosting
approximately 70,000
bicyclists for Iowa’s annual
RAGBRAI.
This is the 50th anniversary
of the RAGBRAI event,
first held in 1973.
Kingsley will be the
cyclists’ first stop after leaving
Leeds and traveling D12
to Hwy. 140 and then up to
Kingsley’s Main Street to
3rd Street and then on to
Washta and Quimby before
stopping overnight in Storm
Lake.
Kingsley’s Main Street
will be closed to local traffic
beginning at 4 p.m., Saturday.
Motorists should plan
to use alternative routes into
town.
Twenty-two vendors have
plans to serve food such as
smoothies, coffee, breakfast
burritos and burgers in the
center parking area of Main
Street. There will also be a
waffle breakfast at the Community
Center. Vendors
will shut down at 1 p.m. on
Sunday to encourage cyclists
to continue on their way to
Storm Lake to make it by
nightfall.
Kingsley is expecting
some of the first riders to
spend Saturday night in
Kingsley and then those
starting in Leeds will show
up at Kingsley about 6:30
a.m. This will be the 5th
time that Kingsley has hosted
RAGBRAI beginning in
1973, 2001, 2008, 2015, and
now 2023.
Brothers Rick and Keith
Bohle are co-chairing the
planning committee. They
need all the volunteers
they can get to help with
trash removal, toilet paper
SEE RAGBRAI PAGE 2
Municipal Band sets final summer concert
(SENTINEL PHOTOS BY BEVERLY VAN BUSKIRK)
Members of the 2023 Le Mars Municipal Band low brass section are, from left, Brett Staab, Beau
Pravecek, Corbet Butler and David Moore.
Members of the 2023 Le Mars Municipal Band trombone section are, from left, Dusty Basten,
Dalton Glawe, Spencer Schnetzer, Vance Shoemaker and Ethan Feikema.
LE MARS — The Le Mars Municipal
Band will present its final concert
of the summer on Wednesday,
July 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Foster Park.
Admission is free. Concert-goers are
encouraged to bring their lawn chairs
and blankets.
Jerry Bertrand will conduct
the band, and Riley Peterson will
announce the concert.
The band will open the concert
with “Golden Friendships,” a march
by Henry Fillmore. The band will
then play “Eternal Father, Strong to
Save” (The Navy Hymn) by Claude
T. Smith.
Featured soloist for this concert
will be Dr. Amy Laursen, horn.
Laursen is the Associate Professor of
Horn and Theory at the University
of South Dakota. She completed her
DMA in horn performance in 2015 at
the University of North Texas. Currently,
Laursen performs with the
USD Chamber Winds and Faculty
Brass Quintet; orchestras in Sioux
City and Sioux Center, and Billings,
Montana; and she plays natural horn
with the Orchestra of New Spain in
SEE BAND PAGE 2
(SENTINEL FILE PHOTO)
Dr. Amy Laursen
Members of the 2023 Le Mars Municipal Band horn section are, from left, Michael
Prichard, Logan Gerdes and Mike Berger.
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Band: Moore will direct his composition ‘Billy Boy’
Dallas, Texas.
She is the horn player in the
low brass trio, Trio di Velluto.
The trio has commissioned
and performed new works for
the ensemble. The trio has performed
at numerous regional
and international conferences,
and has given regional tours in
Michigan, Arkansas, Missouri,
South Dakota, Nebraska, and
Wyoming. Additionally, Laursen
and her husband, Dr. Todd
Cranson, released “Landscapes,”
a recording of newly-commissioned
music for horn and tuba.
Prior to teaching at USD,
Laursen taught horn, theory,
and music education courses at
Henderson State University in
Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Additionally,
she taught elementary
music, band, and orchestra
in Gillette, Wyoming, and
enjoys her role training future
elementary music educators.
She has taught private lessons
in the Dallas-Fort Worth area,
in Arkansas, Iowa, and South
Dakota. She enjoys camping,
gardening, yoga, cooking, and
taking her little dog, Joey, on
walks.
Laursen will be performing
“Mystic Dance” by Rick
DeJonge.
The band will continue the
concert with “Billy Boy” by
David Moore.
Moore received his Bachelor
of Music Education degree from
Drake University in 1992. He
has taught instrumental music
in Le Mars; Homer, Nebraska;
and at Marcus. He is now in his
30th year as a member of both
the Sioux City and Le Mars
municipal bands and is honored
to have not missed a single
performance of this band in that
time, now appearing in nearly
200 consecutive concerts.
As a composer and arranger,
Moore has had nine of his
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compositions for concert band
and several others for smaller
ensembles published and performed
internationally. His
arrangement of “The Star-Spangled
Banner” is also performed
by the Le Mars Municipal Band
each week.
His wife, Kathy, plays flute
and piccolo in the band. They
and their four cats reside in Le
Mars.
“Billy Boy” is based on
an American folk song and
is divided into three movements:
“Dance,” “Ballad,” and
“March.” Moore will conduct
his composition.
Next on the concert will be
“Albanian Dance” by Shelley
Hanson from the Twin Cities,
Minnesota.
The band will then play a
medley of songs from Andrew
Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom
of the Opera”: “Think of
Me,” “Angel of Music,” “The
Phantom of the Opera,” “All I
Ask of You,” “The Point of No
Return,” and “The Music of the
Night.”
Next on the program will be
“The Neddermeyer Triumphal
March” by Iowa’s March King,
Karl L. King.
The band will conclude the
concert and the 2023 season
with “Good Night” from the
Lawrence Welk Show.
Sponsor for this concert is
PrimeBank. PrimeBank will
also be providing water and
lemonade. Personnel from the
bank will also be assisting with
the Bomb Pop Fundraiser postponed
from July 4. The Bomb
Pops are courtesy of the Le Mars
Walmart Store. A donation of $1
per Bomb Pop is requested.
The band is continuing to
accept donations for future concerts.
Donations may be given
to director Bertrand, announcer
Peterson, or any band member.
Truck: Salute volunteers
has operated a food stand on
the fair grounds for many
years.
Each year Schulz takes
photos at the fair and coordinates
the design and production.
In all the years of producing
the truck, no group
has ever been duplicated.
The collectible truck is a
1/64 scale die-cast Peterbilt
tractor and decorated trailer.
This year’s tractor has a
black cab with the words
“Plymouth County Fair”
and the year 2023 printed on
the top of the tractor and on
the sides.
The white trailer has black
and tan markings, with words
stating, “Plymouth County
Fair, 2023, July 26-July 31,
2023” and “82nd Annual, Le
Mars, Iowa,” in addition to
identifying the photos.
The limited edition trucks
are numbered from 1 to 150
and labeled as 24th in a series
on the rear of the trailer.
The No. 1 and No. 2 trucks
will be sold at the fair’s auction
on Sunday, July 30, in
Pioneer Village. Proceeds
from the sale of those two
trucks will go to the Plymouth
County Fair.
Schulz said a very limited
number of trucks are still
available to purchase. Cost
is $75.
Store hours are 9:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, (one hour
off at noon) and 10 a.m. to
2 p.m., Saturday, or call the
RAGBRAI: Kingsley
prepared for 70,000 visitors
stocking, town clean-up, etc.
Because it’s so difficult to
get volunteers, the Kingsley
businesses have each kicked
in $200, that will be divided
between whatever non-profit
groups the volunteers are
representing.
The Fire and Police
Departments will be on hand
to handle traffic control. Just
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store at 546-4305.
The Le Mars Toy Store
trailer will be at the fair this
year near the clock tower and
will open at 5 p.m. each evening
of the fair.
“Our trucks are sold out
every year,” Schulz said.
“We’re the only county fair,
I know in Iowa, and I think
in the nation, that does this,
the longest for sure. These
trucks are really a history of
the fair.”
Schulz has attended the
Plymouth County Fair since
he was a child and calls it a
community.
“What a wonderful thing
we have in this community.
I can sit out there and watch
the young families come in.
It’s a social event, too, as people
who don’t see each other
but once a year, sit at a picnic
table and visit,” he said.
Schulz has watched the
Plymouth County Fair grow
while some other county fairs
have not.
“It all goes back to volunteers
and participation,” he
said. “A lot of times, people
don’t get acknowledged as
much for what they’ve done
as they should. We need to
say ‘thank you’ to all those
volunteers for all they do to
make the fair a success.”
He said he’s glad to help
out with the fair trucks,
donating No. 1 and No. 2, to
the auction, as well as happy
to purchase something at the
auction every year.
one aspect the committee
has had to consider is how
to provide bathroom facilities
for 70,000 people. The
committee has rented out 90
Port-a-Pots to be placed on
East and West 2nd Street at a
cost of $13,000.
RAGBRAI will reimburse
the city for only $5,000 of that
cost.
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Golf: Council approves Hotel/Motel funds for event
tive buzz. It brings people to
Le Mars and spreads the city’s
name across the country.
“I mean, this is a no-brainer,”
Goodchild said. The other
councilmen agreed, voting 5-0
to approve the funding.
Widman explained to The
Le Mars Sentinel that the hotel/
motel tax is a 5-percent assessment
on the gross receipts
from rented sleeping rooms,
apartments or sleeping quarters
in any hotel, motel, inn,
public lodging house, rooming
house, tourist court, bed-andbreakfast
or in any place where
sleeping accommodations are
furnished to transient guests
here in Le Mars.
He said the city funding
is predicated on the annual
event being held. The fund has
a balance of about $100,000 in
uncommitted funds.
“The check will not be issued
until the event occurs and they
provide documentation of how
the funds were spent,” Widman
said.
Thoma said players, coaches,
fans and volunteers stay in
local hotels and motels and
spend money in restaurants
and at other businesses. In
2023, a meal voucher program
involved nine Le Mars
restaurants and they reported
$13,994 was spent by people
affiliated with the tournament.
This will be the fifth annual
tourney. It will be played
Sept. 17-19 at Willow Creek
Golf Club. Thoma said it has
become known as a prestigious
event, luring top NAIA college
men’s and women’s teams.
“Many things make this
tournament unique and create
a national tournament
RAGBRAI bike blessing offered
SIOUX CITY — Bishop
Walker Nickless of the Diocese
of Sioux City will kick off
the spiritual element of the
2023 50th anniversary RAG-
BRAI event by presiding at a
welcome Mass Saturday, July
22, at 4 p.m. at St. Boniface
Church, 703 W. Fifth St., in
Sioux City. All are welcome
to participate in the Mass.
To kick off a safe ride across
Iowa, there will be a blessing of
the bikes offered at 3:45 p.m.
outside of St. Boniface Church
right before the 4 p.m. Mass.
Other Masses and Catholic
highlights for the 2023 RAG-
BRAI event:
• Sunday, July 23 – Mass at
Storm Lake St. Mary Church
at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. (Spanish)
with the Rev. Brent Lingle.
• Monday, July 24 – Mass at
Storm Lake St. Mary Church
at 7 a.m. with the Rev. Brent
Lingle. Mass at 3 p.m. at St.
Lawrence Church in Carroll
with the Rev. Patrick Behm.
• Tuesday, July 25 – Mass at
5 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas
Church in Ames with the Rev.
Kyle Digmann.
• Wednesday, July 26 – 5
p.m. Mass at St. Ambrose
Cathedral in Des Moines with
Bishop William Joensen.
For those taking the century
loop off of Highway #210, St.
Malachy Church, Ascension
Parish in Madrid will have a
Mass at 8 a.m. with the Rev.
Tim Johnson.
• Thursday, July 27 – Mass
will be held at 4:30 p.m. at St.
Patrick Church in Tama with
the Rev. Michael McAndrew.
• Friday July 28 – 6:15 p.m.
Mass at St. Thomas More Parish
in Coralville with Davenport
Bishop Thomas Zinkula
as celebrant.
More information regarding
Catholic-sponsored
events and Masses is available
at umenmedia.org/ragbrai-2023.
Riders are invited to
post their RAGBRAI photos
using the hashtag #4DiocesesCycling4Christ,
especially if
they are participating in Catholic
events or are at churches
along the route.
Agritourism bus tour planned
for Aug. 28 in central Iowa
AMES — Building on the
success of last year’s inaugural
agritourism bus tour, the Visit
Iowa Farms Program with Iowa
State University Extension
and Outreach will host a second
“Exploring Iowa Agritourism
Ventures” tour on Monday,
Aug. 28.
Five agritourism locations in
central Iowa will be featured,
including a flower farm, produce
farms, livestock farm, and
farms that host on-farm events.
The tour bus will depart
from Ames at 8:30 a.m. and
return to Ames at 4:30 p.m.
The tour is free and includes
lunch, although registration is
required.
The stops and presenters are:
• Willow Flower Farm,
Amanda Septer (Prole).
• Kaysen Family Farm, Tara
Kaysen (St. Charles).
• Lone Oaks Farm, Luann Gilman
(Winterset).
• Speckled Hens Farm, Kris
Miler (Winterset).
• Rinehart’s Family Farm,
Gary Rinehart (Boone).
“We are excited to host a
second Exploring Iowa Agritourism
Ventures Bus Tour
featuring these five agritourism
destinations in central Iowa,”
said Kendra Meyer, agriculture
and natural resources extension
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(SENTINEL PHOTO BY ALLEN HAMIL)
A sign for the Northwest Iowa National Invitational was positioned outside the clubhouse of Willow
Creek Golf Course in Le Mars for the 2022 tournament as people in golf carts lined the course to
watch the college players in action. This year’s tournament is scheduled for Sept. 17-19.
unmatched by any other college
tournament,” she wrote
in her letter to Widman. “We
hosted over 200 golfers and
coaches from across the USA
and from 24 countries at the
tournament.”
The event received $3,000
from the CVB last year, Thoma
said. But she failed to submit
a request this year, in part
because Thoma and Dan Gray,
president and program manager
of Junior Golf of Northwest
Iowa, spend part of each winter
in Yuma, Arizona, and did not
submit the form in time.
“Yeah, we missed the deadline
and I acknowledge that,”
Thoma said.
But they decided to make a
request anyway. The council
was clearly in favor of supporting
it, and Gray said that was a
pleasant development.
“We were quite pleased how
things turned out,” he told The
Le Mars Sentinel.
He said he was not aware
there is a permanent request
list for CVB funding, and will
make sure the golf tournament
is on it from now on.
The funds will be used to
purchase golf items and souvenirs
that carry the name Le
Mars. Gray displayed some
items for the council. Thoma
said the items are carefully
selected to ensure they are used
and displayed in the communities
and college campuses
of the teams who come to
Le Mars.
The 2023 tourney will feature
12 men’s teams and 12
specialist with ISU Extension
and Outreach. “Whether you
currently have a farm or you are
just interested in learning more
about agritourism, this tour
will provide a great outlook at
the opportunities in agritourism
and the benefits of diversifying
your operation.”
Topics will include financial
sustainability through on-farm
business and marketing,
on-farm conservation practices,
community engagement and
risk management best practices.
Attendees will have the
chance to interact with small
farm specialists from ISU Extension
and Outreach, during the
women’s teams. This year,
nationally known trick-shot
artist Dan Boever, a world
long-drive champion, will perform
during the tournament.
Thoma said the youth golf
program is doing well, with
lessons and competitions for
eight weeks. This summer,
110 kids are taking part, learning
the game along with golf
values and etiquette.
More kids are playing golf
in Le Mars now, she said, and
that’s a good sign as well.
The Northwest Iowa Junior
Tour makes eight stops, with
the 66th annual Le Mars Junior
Tournament set for Tuesday,
July 18. A large indoor hitting
facility, staffed by volunteers,
is free for kids to use during
the year.
bus ride between stops.
Seating is limited to one bus,
so participants should register
as soon as possible by visiting
https://www.visitiowafarms.
org/register.
For more information, contact
Christa Hartsook, small
farms program coordinator
with ISU Extension and Outreach,
at 515-294-4430 or
hartc@iastate.edu
The bus tour is based on
work that is supported by the
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, through a grant
received through the North
Central Region SARE program.

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FOR THE RECORD/LIFESTYLES
OBITUARIES
Diana Clark
Diana Clark, 76, of Des
Moines, formerly of Merrill,
passed away Wednesday,
July 12, 2023, at Iowa Methodist
Medical Center in Des
Moines.
Arrangements are pending
with the Rexwinkel Funeral
Home in Le Mars.
Expressions of sympathy
can be extended to the family
through www.rexwinkelfh.
com.
Christopher Davis
Christopher Michael Davis,
36, of Granby, Missouri, formerly
of Le Mars, passed away
on Sunday, July 9, 2023, while
working in South Bend, Indiana.
Mass of Christian Burial
will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday,
July 19, at All Saints Catholic
Parish-St. Joseph Church in
Le Mars. The Rev. Doug Klein
will officiate. Burial will follow
at Calvary Cemetery in Le
Mars. Visitation will be one
hour before the Mass.
The Mauer – Johnson
Funeral Home in Le Mars, is
assisting Christopher’s family
with arrangements.
Expressions of sympathy
may be directed through
mauerjohnsonfh.com.
Supervisors
meet Tuesday
LE MARS — The Plymouth
County Board of
Supervisors will meet at 9:30
a.m., Tuesday, July 18, in the
Supervisors Meeting Room
at the Plymouth County
Courthouse.
The board will open with
approval of the agenda, followed
by approval of the July
11 board minutes and claims
and payroll.
The board will then review
mail/correspondence and
hold an open public forum
for information.
At 10 a.m., the board will
conduct a public hearing for
Hinton Drainage Dist. No. 1
Amendment and take action.
At 10:15 a.m., Brian Pearson
and Jenny Anderson,
from SIMPCO will meet
with the supervisors to discuss
SRTS & Housing Trust
Fund.
At 10:40 a.m., Plymouth
County Sheriff Jeff TeBrink,
will present quarterly reports
for the Sheriff, Jail and Communication
Center.
At 10:55 a.m., Plymouth
County Recorder Jolynn
Goodchild, will present the
recorder’s office quarterly
report.
At 11:05 a.m., Plymouth
County Treasurer Shelly
Sitzmann, will present the
Plymouth County semiannual
settlement of funds.
At 11:15 a.m., Plymouth
County Engineer Tom Rohe,
will give updates on construction
projects. Action
items will be available Monday,
July 17.
LE MARS — The Le Mars City
Council will meet at noon Tuesday,
July 18, in council chambers at city
hall. The council will have a time for
citizen input and its “Thumbs Up”
award.
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Youth mental health first aid training offered as new school year begins
SPENCER — Iowa State
University Extension and
Outreach will provide
Youth Mental Health First
Aid for Clay County and
surrounding community
members on Wednesday,
Aug. 16 in Spencer.
“Research from the
National Alliance for Mental
Illness shows that 1 in 5
teens and young adults live
with a mental health condition,”
said Demi Johnson,
behavioral health program
specialist. “Additionally,
Protecting swine
building curtains
from grasshoppers
KRIS KOHL, PH.D., P.E.
Ag Engineering Specialist,
Iowa State University
Extension and Outreach
AMES — In the pioneer
days, early settlers
recorded years of
drought with grasshopper
plagues. The hoppers
in their last stage as
adults grow wings and
fly where they wish and
will chew on anything.
The pioneers reported
how they even chewed
the paint off the houses
and outbuildings.
Grasshoppers are
not much of a problem
today in tilled fields
that disturb the eggs
in the fall and winter.
The grassy areas around
our livestock buildings,
however, are ideal for
them because they are
undisturbed and provide
the grass and other
vegetation they eat.
Grasshoppers are general
feeders and will eat
anything that is green.
I have observed them
chewing up swine curtains,
putting holes
in them that must be
patched or replaced.
This year is the third
year in a row with favorable
hatching conditions
in grassy areas, and I
Armistead graduates
with Masters Degree
from Missouri State
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.
— Missouri State University
awarded 2,953
degrees to students in
spring 2023. The commencement
ceremonies
took place May 19, 2023,
at Great Southern Bank
Arena.
Kendra Armistead, of
Merrill, graduated with
a Master of Social Work.
Students who graduated
with honors completed
at least 30 credit
hours with a minimum
cumulative GPA of 3.5.
City Council meets Tuesday
Listed under consent items for
approval are the July 6, 2023, regular
meeting minutes; list of bills for
period ending July 14; monthly
financial statement for June 2023;
renewal of liquor license (Casey’s,
Cork It); certified list of qualified
Civil Service examinees; PlyWood
Trail Phase 1B Change Order #1;
request to close street- Le Mars
PD; Urban Revitalization Tax
Exemption Request; certification
of municipal utility liens (resolution
- roll call).
There are two action items
• Parks and Recreation Committee
• Council meeting days and time.
That will be followed by discussion
from the city administrator,
finance director, council members
and mayor.
have observed a very
large number of grasshoppers
around our
swine finisher buildings.
I am concerned that
they will chew holes in
them in August, when
they get wings and are
just waiting for the last
stage of their life.
When mowing around
your building, observe
the number of grasshoppers
that are jumping
out of your way. Then
decide if you need to
treat to kill them before
they grow wings and
start putting random
holes in the curtains.
Donald Lewis, ISU
Extension entomologist,
says the insecticides
that control grasshoppers
include pyrethroids
such as bifenthrin, permethrin,
cypermethrin,
cyfluthrin and lambdacyhalothrin,
and Sevin
or malathion. Check
the label for turf grass
application and treat the
area.
Be sure to shut the
curtains once a week
to make sure that mice
are also out of them as
they also like to chew
holes. A little prevention
will protect your curtain
investment this year.
About Missouri State
University
Missouri State University
is a public, comprehensive
university
system with a mission
in public affairs. Our
purpose is to develop
fully educated persons
with a focus on ethical
leadership, cultural
competence and community
engagement.
For more information
about MSU, visit www.
missouristate.edu.
over 64 percent of youth living
with major depression
do not receive any mental
health treatment according
to recent data from Mental
Health America.”
Iowa State University
Extension and Outreach
has responded to these
alarming statistics by offering
Youth Mental Health
First Aid. This program
provides adults with tools
they can use to identify
when a youth (ages 6-18)
in their life might be struggling
with a mental health
and/or substance use problem.
Participants will also
learn how to connect youth
to appropriate support and
resources when necessary.
A five-step action plan will
be taught to guide participants
through the process
of reaching out and offering
appropriate support.
“Everyone can benefit
from taking a mental
health first aid course, from
coaches and faith leaders
I-29 Moo University co-hosting a forage
field day Aug. 7 near Beresford
ORANGE CITY —
I-29 Moo University,
South Dakota State University
Extension, the
University of Nebraska-
Lincoln Extension, and
the Northern Plains
Forage Association will
co-host a Forage Field
Day from 9:30 a.m. to
3:45 p.m. CST on Aug.
7 at the SDSU Southeast
Research Farm located
at 29974 University Rd.,
Beresford, South Dakota.
The field day will
focus on forage sorghum
(a warm-season
annual grass), and on
forage equipment.
The day will include
talks from commodity
experts, including Brent
Bean, the agronomy
director of the United
Sorghum Checkoff Program;
Jeff Jackson, an
alfalfa and forage specialist
with Croplan;
Dan Funke, a forage
producer in northeastern
Iowa; Andrew
DeJong, a hay and forage
product specialist with
New Holland; Jim Salfer,
a University of Minnesota
dairy Extension
educator; and Fred Hall,
an Iowa State University
Extension and Outreach
dairy specialist.
There will also be a
plot tour of a sorghum
variety trial, including
a male sterile sugar sorghum
line; a panel discussion
with local forage
growers, moderated
by Fieldstone Consulting
Nutrition and forage
specialist Jim Paulsen;
discussions about onsite
equipment; and an
ice cream social.
An optional farm tour
will be hosted after the
3:45 p.m. adjournment.
“Forages are an
unsung hero in the Midwest,
and sorghum is
especially overlooked,”
said Sara Bauder, SDSU
Extension Forage Field
Specialist. “Interest in
warm season forage
to teachers, parents, and
caregivers. Learning more
about mental health can
help reduce the stigma
associated with behavioral
health problems. When we
can recognize signs of trouble,
we can help people get
the assistance they need,”
Johnson said.
ISU Extension and Outreach
will offer Youth Mental
Health First Aid on Aug.
16 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
at the Clay County Fairgrounds
in the 4-H auditorium.
The program is being
offered at no charge to
participants, with all registered
participants receiving
a complimentary catered
lunch.
Spots are limited and
pre-registration is required
by Aug. 2. To register, go
to https://www.extension.
iastate.edu/humansciences/
MHFA.
For more information,
contact Demi Johnson at
demij@iastate.edu
grasses has increased
over the past couple
of years when drought
has become a concern
for many in the region,
and this field day provides
resources to new
and experienced forage
growers.”
The forage equipment
industry is constantly
changing, and the field
day will give attendees
a hands-on look at new
equipment, settings,
safety, and emerging
technologies.
Registration is free for
students and Northern
Plains Forage Association
members, including
memberships purchased
on-site, and $20
for non-members.
To register, visit extension.sdstate.edu/events
and search “Forage”.
For free registration
or more information,
contact Sara Bauder,
SDSU Extension Forage
Field Specialist, at Sara.
Bauder@sdstate.edu.
South Dakota State University
announces spring 2023 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. —
The following area students
graduated after
the spring 2023 semester
at South Dakota State
University. More than
1,400 students completed
all requirements for
a degree and/or certificate
program, and those
requirements have been
verified by the appropriate
college.
Overall, students from
27 states and 20 nations
graduated following the
spring 2023 semester.
More than 50 students
received two or more
degrees or certificates
from a college.
Brendan Kroksh, of
Akron, graduated with a
Bachelor of Science from
SDSU’s College of Agriculture,
Food and Environmental
Sciences.
Ashley Beitelspacher,
of Le Mars, graduated
with a Bachelor of Science
from SDSU’s College
of Agriculture, Food
and Environmental Sciences.
Arlinna Bowen, of Le
Mars, graduated Cum
Laude with a Bachelor
of Science from SDSU’s
College of Agriculture,
Food and Environmental
Sciences.
Riley Oetken, of Le
Mars, graduated with a
Bachelor of Science from
SDSU’s Jerome J. Lohr
College of Engineering.
Mitchell Schilmoeller,
of Le Mars, graduated
with an Associate of Science
from SDSU’s College
of Agriculture, Food
and Environmental Sciences.
McKenna Van Eldik,
of Westfield, graduated
with a Bachelor of Science
from SDSU’s College
of Arts, Humanities
and Social Sciences.
About South Dakota
State University
Founded in 1881,
South Dakota State
University is the state’s
Morrill Act land-grant
institution as well as its
largest, most comprehensive
school of higher
education. SDSU confers
degrees from seven
different colleges representing
more than 200
majors, minors and specializations.
The institution
also offers 39 master’s
degree programs, 16
Ph.D. and two professional
programs.
The work of the university
is carried out on
a residential campus in
Brookings, at sites in
Sioux Falls, Pierre and
Rapid City, and through
Extension offices and
Agricultural Experiment
Station research sites
across the state. SDSU’s
research expenditures
for the 2022 fiscal year
were more than $59 million.
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SPORTS
Making history: Three Plymouth County teams to play in 1A baseball tourney
BY JERRY GIESE
Sports writer
Call it history, something
which could someday be
exhibited in the Plymouth
County Historical Museum.
For the first time ever, Plymouth
County has three teams
in the Class 1A state baseball
tournament.
Top-seeded Kingsley-Pierson
(27-2), second-seeded
Remsen St. Mary’s (29-2)
and sixth-seeded Gehlen
Catholic (23-5) will begin
their respective quests for
state championships Monday
at Merchants Park in
Carroll.
Kingsley-Pierson begins
with an 11 a.m. matchup
against eighth-seeded South
Winneshiek (24-11). Remsen
St. Mary’s will face seventhseeded
Saint Ansgar (26-7)
at 4:30 p.m. while Gehlen
Catholic will play third-seeded
Lynnville-Sully (28-1) at 7
p.m. Combined, these three
Plymouth County schools
have 29 state tournament
appearances and six state
championships.
All three teams were in the
Iowa High School Baseball
Coaches Association’s state
rankings throughout the
summer. Largely because of
this reason, the Iowa High
School Athletic Association
chose to place the three
schools in different substate
brackets in its quest to find
the best possible eight teams
to battle for the state championship.
“For the state to split us,
it was definitely the right
move,” said Kingsley-Pierson
Coach Taylor Doeschot.
“I’m happy with the way
Plymouth County is represented
in Carroll this year.
It has been a long time coming.
Everybody made it with
Coach (Loi) Kraft and Coach
(Dean) Harpenau. I’m happy
for all of them. It’s definitely
a good thing for Plymouth
County, that’s for sure.”
A year ago, Kingsley-Pierson
and Remsen St. Mary’s
were placed in different substates
and both qualified.
Remsen St. Mary’s, which
defeated a 21-10 Gehlen
Catholic squad 2-1 in the
district finals, beat Kingsley-
Pierson 10-0 in the state
semifinals and capped a 35-1
campaign with an 8-7 loss to
Lisbon in the title game.
Kingsley-Pierson’s 15-0
start of the 2023 season
included a 7-4 win over then
No. 1-ranked Remsen St.
Mary’s at the Marv Thelen
Memorial Tournament in
Remsen on May 27. Three
days later, Gehlen Catholic
upset the Hawks 5-3 in the
War Eagle Conference counter
at the Riverview Complex,
part of an 11-1 start
of the season in Kraft’s first
season as head coach.
1A STATE BASEBALL
SEEDS AND THEIR
CORRESPONDING
LOCATION ON THE
MAP
1. Kingsley-Pierson
2. Remsen St. Mary’s
3. Lynnville-Sully
4. Burlington Notre Dame
5. Lisbon
6. Gehlen Catholic
7. Saint Ansgar
8. South Winneshiek
Harpenau’s RSM squad
hasn’t been defeated since
and takes a 23-game winning
streak to the game
which follows the 1:30 quarterfinal
between Burlington
Notre Dame (26-6) and Lisbon
(25-4). It’s the eighth
straight state appearance for
one of the state’s most traditional
programs (16 summer
appearances, four summer
championships), which is
looking for its first state title
since 2016, the year the streak
began.
“I think that finally, the
state has given the best
teams a chance to make
the state tournament,” said
Harpenau, who has connections
to all three Plymouth
County teams at state. He
was an assistant coach for the
Gehlen state championship
teams in the 1990s and led
K-P to state in 2002. “I think
we proved our point to the
state that they can mix up the
districts to get the best teams
to state. This should be a fun
tournament for all.”
Gehlen Catholic has a 9-4
record in its previous six
state appearances, the most
recent in 2014. Marty Kurth
coached all of those teams,
highlighted by the 1995 and
1999 title squads. Like Remsen
St. Mary’s and Kingsley-
Pierson, Gehlen Catholic has
a senior-dominated squad.
The Jays beat two straight
20-plus win teams to reach
state, Plymouth County’s
own Akron-Westfield (21-9)
1-0 in the district final, then
held on for a 9-6 win over
No. 7 West Harrison (23-4)
in the Substate 8 final.
“This speaks volumes
about the quality of baseball
in Plymouth County,” said
Kraft. “Then, you look at
the War Eagle Conference.
At one point, I believe there
were six War Eagle Conference
schools battling for district
titles. You can’t look past
any team in the War Eagle.”
Plymouth County’s three
1A state tournament teams
draws an excitement comparison
to the 2016 1A
state final when Remsen St.
Mary’s clipped fellow WEC
rival West Sioux 8-5. That
same year, Hinton reached
the 2A state semifinals while
a year later, Akron-Westfield
and Remsen St. Mary’s
dropped 1A state semifinal
games. Could there be two
Plymouth County schools in
the 1A state finals? Possibly.
After all, Kingsley-Pierson is
the No. 1 seed and Remsen
St. Mary’s is second. Don’t
count Gehlen Catholic out as
this program has reached at
least the semifinals in all but
one of its previous appearances.
“I don’t think anybody,
us, St. Mary’s or Gehlen are
going to overlook anybody,”
said Doeschot. “We have to
take it one game at a time,
first and foremost. If we
could get a Plymouth County
matchup in the state championship
game, that would
be great. Our eyes are set
on that first game Monday
morning.”
Kingsley-Pierson looks to strike early at state baseball
(SENTINEL PHOTO BY ALLEN HAMIL)
Evan Neumann reacts after making it to third base on a triple
earlier this season. Neumann is 9-0 with a 0.51 ERA on
the mound and hitting over .400 for the Panthers this year.
BY JERRY GIESE
Sports writer
No. 1 seed Kingsley-Pierson
(27-2) vs. No. 8 seed South
Winneshiek (24-11) 11 a.m.,
Monday, July 17
This summer, Kingsley-Pierson’s
baseball team had a 24-1
record when scoring first. Of
course, that included the Class
1A Substate 1 title game against
Newell-Fonda in Cherokee
when Coach Taylor Doeschot’s
squad snapped a scoreless tie in
top of the seventh inning.
Leadoff batter Connor Beelner
reached on an infield single
and was on third base with two
outs when Boston Doeschot
doubled, while the son of the
seventh-year head coach crossed
home plate on Beau Bubke’s
single.
The Western Valley Conference
champions outscored
opponents 73-4 in the first
inning this season and return
five athletes from last year’s
squad which reached the Class
1A state tournament semifinals.
Scoring first and setting the
tone, according to Coach Doeschot,
will be the key as the No.
1-seeded Panthers will take on
South Winneshiek at Merchants
Park in Carroll.
South Winneshiek definitely
has the Panthers’ attention,
based on Tuesday night’s 10-0,
5-inning rout over No. 6-ranked
North Linn in the 1A Substate 3
title game at Waverly. The Warriors
have scored first in three of
their four post-season games.
“They will try to score first and
we will try to score first,” said
Coach Doeschot. “I think that’s
going to be a big key in the game,
getting out to that early lead. I’m
assuming their coach has the
same mentality. The team that
puts up a few runs early settles
in and gets comfortable. Scoring
first takes a lot of pressure
off your pitcher.”
Ellsworth Community College
recruit Boston Doeschot
is among four Panthers batting
.400 or better on a team which
has a collective .381 batting
average. Doeschot, who went
2-for-3 in the substate final, was
the squad’s Triple Crown winner,
with team-highs in batting
(.516), home runs (4), triples (5)
and RBIs (48).
The first five Panthers in the
batting order are each state tournament
veterans. Leadoff batter
Beelner (.456, 19 RBIs), who
went 3-for-4 against Newell-
Fonda, paces Kingsley-Pierson
in runs (51), stolen bases (44)
and hit by pitches (8).
Batting second is Emerson
Pratt (.392, 26 RBIs), the squad’s
leader with 33 walks. Evan Neumann
(.402, 1 HR, 41 RBIs) is
followed in the order by Doeschot
and Beau Bubke (.427,
27 RBIs). Meanwhile, Tyler
Orzechowski (.418, 24 RBIs),
the sixth batter, has a team-high
10 doubles.
“Our bats have come a long
ways from the beginning of the
year to where we can hit good
pitching like we saw (against
Newell-Fonda),” Doeschot said.
Neumann (9-0, 0.51 ERA),
who pitched a four-hitter and
struck out six in the substate
final, has a 37-3 career record.
Junior Jackson Nissen (6-0, 0.89
ERA), Doeschot (5-1, 0.93 ERA)
and sophomore Kevin Wright
(4-0, 2.39 ERA) are also part of
a pitching staff which has a collective
1.38 ERA.
“Our pitching depth has been
great all year,” Doeschot said.
“We have five or six guys who
I trust in any situation that they
will get the job done.”
South Winneshiek, who lost
to Remsen St. Mary’s 6-0 in last
year’s state quarterfinal round
as the eight seed, went 16-2
while winning the Upper Iowa
Conference. The Warriors have
three batters over .300 – Keagan
Streeter (.389, 17 RBIs), Jamie
Kuennen (.318, 2 HR, 23 RBIs)
and Carson Wenthold (.309, 14
RBIs). Kuennen has a 7-1 pitching
record with a 0.62 ERA.
South Winneshiek also has quality
mound starters in Streeter
(5-3, 1.55 ERA) and freshman
Braiden Todd (6-1, 3.15 ERA).
“They will play a lot of smallball,”
said Coach Doeschot.
“They will try to get guys moved
over, whether it is being aggressive
on the basepaths or just
playing small-ball with the bunt.
They will definitely try to manufacture
a few runs early on us.”
Remsen St. Mary’s baseball turns to prior experience at state
BY ALLEN HAMIL
Sports Editor
No. 2 seed Remsen St.
Mary’s (29-2) vs. No. 7
seed Saint Ansgar (26-7)
4:30 p.m., Monday, July
17
The Remsen St. Mary’s
baseball team will look to
use their experience to their
advantage at the state tournament,
beginning what
they hope to be a weeklong
stay in Carroll with a game
against a less experienced
Saint Ansgar team with just
three seniors.
The Hawks have eight
seniors on their roster with
many playing key roles
during the last few years
of RSM’s string of eight
straight appearances at state.
Add on some experience
at other state tournament
venues and Remsen St.
Mary’s Head Coach Dean
Harpenau doesn’t believe
the bright lights will get into
the eyes of his players.
“You feel more relaxed
because they’ve been in
these tight situations,
they’ve been at all these venues
for the state tournament
and in my mind, they’re not
going to crumble when it
gets tense,” Harpenau said.
On the other side, Saint
Ansgar is making just their
third trip to state in baseball
and first since 2008.
The Saints lost in the 2A
quarterfinals their first trip
in 2006. They made it to the
semifinal round in 2A two
years later. For the Hawks,
it’s their 16th overall state
appearance in the summer
season.
Still, a lack of experience
hasn’t stopped the Saints
so far. The team rattled off
three consecutive shutouts
before edging their Top of
Iowa East conference rival
Mason City Newman Catholic,
the top-ranked team in
Class 1A, by a 2-1 score in
the substate round.
Cael Ortmann and
Jaxon Bunkers pace the
RSM offense which leads
the state, all classes, with
a .385 team batting average.
Ortmann is hitting
.500 for the year with 18 of
his 47 hits going for extra
bases. Bunkers isn’t too far
behind with a .475 batting
average. His 21 doubles are
five more than anyone else
has in Class 1A and second
among all classes.
Landon Waldschmitt and
Alex Schroeder are batting
just over .400 while Hunter
Pick is just under that
threshold. Power hitter Collin
Homan is batting .375
with 11 doubles and seven
home runs compared to just
12 singles. Homan’s seven
homers are tied for second
in Class 1A this season.
Harpenau feels his team’s
offense will be helped by a
spacious Merchants Park.
“We’ve got to put the ball
in play, can’t strike out. The
ball goes in play, that puts
a lot of pressure on their
defense to make plays,”
Harpenau said. “There’s a
lot of territory there over at
Merchants Park where one
play could open something
up for us.”
On the other side, Saint
Ansgar bats .317 as a team
and they don’t hit for a ton
of power with 44 doubles,
(PHOTO COURTESY OF SADIE REGNIER)
Landon Waldschmitt, Collin Homan and Hunter Pick jump on top of their teammates in the
beginning of the dogpile celebration after winning the substate game. The Hawks hope
their state tournament experience will help them bring home a 1A title.
four triples and just one
home run on the season.
Sophomore Jayce Schwiesow
leads the Saints with a
.451 batting average and 32
RBIs. Connor Mullenbach
bats .375 while Drew Powers
(.345) and Tate Mayer
(.337) are next on the team.
While the Saints don’t
get a lot of extra-base hits,
they will put the pressure
on to get baserunners into
scoring position once reaching
first base. The team has
212 stolen bases this season,
most in all of Class 1A.
Powers leads the team with
49 steals while eight others
have upwards of a dozen
stolen bases.
Mayer and Schwiesow are
the team’s top two pitch-
SEE RSM BASEBALL PAGE 5

LE MARS SENTINEL
SPORTS july 17, 2023 • monday Page 5
Gehlen Catholic baseball ready to return to state tournament stage
BY ALLEN HAMIL
Sports Editor
BY CHARLIE HILDEBRAND
childebrand@nwestiowa.com
No. 6 seed Gehlen Catholic
(23-5) vs. No. 3 seed Lynnville-Sully
(28-1) 7 p.m.,
Monday, July 17
The senior class at Gehlen
Catholic finally punched
through, earning a trip to the
Class 1A state baseball tournament.
“It was due. We got close
in every single sport. We’ve
always been together,” said
senior David Begnoche.
“We’ve been really close and
we finally got it done.”
Keaton Logan, another
senior, said the last five years
with his teammates has been
a joy.
“Especially this group of
seniors and this baseball team
in particular, this year we are
so close as a team,” he said.
“To finally make the hard
work pay off, it’s a feeling you
can’t describe.”
This season is the seventh
time the Jays have qualified for
state and first since 2014. The
1995 and 1999 teams went on
to win the state title.
Gehlen Catholic won 10 of
its first 11 games this season,
including a 5-3 victory over
then Class 1A top-ranked
Remsen St. Mary’s on May 30.
The Jays then split a pair
of one-run games with West
Lyon, a Class 2A state-qualifying
team, before winning their
next five games to improve to
16-2.
Gehlen Catholic went 3-3 to
close the regular season with
two of those losses against
Plymouth County teams in
Akron-Westfield and RSM.
“Plymouth County, northwest
Iowa baseball is alive
and well,” said Jays’ coach Loi
Kraft. “On any given night,
no matter who it is, you better
come ready to play. You can’t
overlook anybody.”
After throttling Siouxland
Christian 15-0 in the first
round of the district tournament,
Gehlen Catholic topped
Lawton-Bronson 14-7 in the
semifinals. The Jays won the
rubber match against Akron-
Westfield with a 1-0 victory
in the district title game, then
rallied to beat seventh-ranked
West Harrison 9-6 and earned
a spot in the state tournament.
The 10th-ranked Jays are
one of three Plymouth County
teams to reach the Class 1A
state tournament along with
second-ranked Kingsley-Pierson
and third-ranked RSM.
No. 5 seed Remsen St.
Mary’s (25-1) vs. No. 4 seed
Wayne (21-8)
5:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 18
The Remsen St. Mary’s
softball team made it to state
in 2021 and 2022, but left
empty-handed. The Lady
Hawks lost their state quarterfinal
round games both
years as well as their consolation
matchups.
“We said it last year, but
we really want to win down
there,” RSM Head Coach
Monte Harpenau said.
Last year, the Hawks fell
7-1 to Southeast Warren in
the 4-vs-5 matchup. In this
year’s game between the two
middle seeds, the Hawks will
face Wayne, the team RSM
lost to 7-2 as the No. 7 seed in
2021. Wayne and Southeast
Warren are both members of
the Pride of Iowa Conference
and will be joined by league
compatriot Martensdale-St.
Marys in the Class 1A field.
Martensdale-St. Marys is the
top seed in the bracket while
Southeast Warren earned the
No. 3 seed.
Remsen St. Mary’s returns
five starters from when the
two teams met last while the
Falcons have just two full
time starters remaining from
that 2021 team.
One of the returning players
for the Hawks is pitcher
Marina Cronin. While Cronin
gave up seven runs on
11 hits, two walks and a hit
batter when the two teams
met in 2021, Harpenau said
she has grown a lot since that
freshman appearance.
“I feel like Marina’s a different
pitcher this year. I
think that she’ll be able to
keep us more into the game
until our offense can get
going,” Harpenau said.
Indeed, Cronin’s numbers
have improved substantially.
In 129 1/3 innings in 2021,
Cronin gave up 46 earned
runs. This season, Cronin
(21-1) has given up just 14
total runs, nine earned, in
119 2/3 innings. She issued
75 walks in 2021. This season
she’s only given up 25
free passes.
Wayne will counter with
sophomore Izzie Moore in
the circle. Moore did play as
an eighth grader on the team
that beat the Hawks, but she
spent her time at shortstop
in that contest. Moore (21-
7) has 212 strikeouts in 157
2/3 innings pitched, but has
also given up 71 runs, 41 of
which are earned. Of the
eight Class 1A state tournament
pitchers with at least
100 innings thrown, Moore
has the worst WHIP of 0.98.
Cronin is third with a WHIP
of 0.68.
“When you talk about the
power of schedule up here,
you’ve got to go through a
gauntlet to end up where us
three ended up,” coach Kraft
said. “I’m happy for them. I’m
happy for baseball in Plymouth
County.”
Gehlen Catholic earned the
six seed and will play thirdseeded
and fourth-ranked
Lynnville-Sully in the quarterfinal
round of the state tournament
at 7 p.m. on Monday
at Merchants Park in Carroll.
The Hawks, the champions
of the South Iowa Cedar
Conference, are 28-1 with
their lone loss an 8-3 setback
to Hudson on June 20.
On the mound, Lynnville-
Sully senior Conner Maston
is 9-0 over 53 innings pitched
with an earned run average of
0.66 and allowed 0.85 walks
and hits per inning pitched.
He has 109 strikeouts compared
to 28 walks and allows
opponents to bat just .081
against him. Sophomore Carson
Maston is 5-0 over 42 1/3
innings pitched with an ERA
of 1.48 and a WHIP of 1.15.
He has 55 strikeouts compared
to 27 walks and allowed
opponents to bat .121.
Offensively, Conner Maston
bats .519 with 11 doubles,
two triples, five home runs
and 35 RBIs. Corder Noun
Harder, a junior, bats .473
with 16 doubles, four triples,
three home runs and 24
RBIs. Sophomore Lannon
Montgomery hits .398 with
nine doubles, one triple, one
homer and 31 RBIs. Senior
Bryce Richard bats .375 with
seven doubles, two triples, two
home runs and 38 RBIs.
Gehlen Catholic is 23-5
and finished 9-1 atop the
War Eagle Conference. Senior
Zayne Weiland is 7-1 over 40
innings pitched with an ERA
of 0.70 and a WHIP of 0.93.
He has 36 strikeouts compared
to 12 walks and allowed
teams to bat .149 against him.
Begnoche is 7-1 over 38
innings with an ERA of 2.95
and a WHIP of 1.13. He’s
fanned 38 batters compared to
nine walks and allows opponents
to bat .211.
Connor Kraft, another
senior, is 3-1 over 30 innings
with an ERA of 1.87 and a
WHIP of 1.07. He has 45
strikeouts compared to 12
walks and allows opponents
to hit .159.
Defensively, Wayne has
the second-worst fielding
percentage (.939) of the 1A
field while RSM (.959) is second-best.
That comes even
as RSM has shuffled players
around the infield like a deck
of cards this season.
Harpenau also believes this
year’s team has a much better
offense than the past two
years which is backed up by
the team’s batting average of
.388 compared to .344 last
year and .315 in 2021.
“I really think offensively,
we’re a different team right
now. We’ve worked on a lot
of things,” Harpenau said.
“Claire has always done well
with just her tapping, but
now she’s got the swing, she
can slap hard. Mya, I don’t
think she’s afraid of any
pitcher right now. You just
get that going and then you
have Halle who’s batting .500
and Jacie who has stepped in
the three spot. Marina, Octavia,
you just go down the line
and they have all just come
through in games.”
Mya Bunkers (.533), Claire
Schroeder (.505) and Halle
Galles (.500) are among the
seven 1A hitters at state to be
batting .500 or better with at
least 50 at-bats. Bunkers leads
the 1A field in slugging, going
1.033 with as many extrabase
hits as she has singles
this season. She has 10 doubles,
seven triples and seven
home runs on the year.
Hallie Bunkers and Cronin
are batting just over .400
for the season while Jacie
Homan, Octavia Galles and
Gracyn Schroeder are all batting
over .300.
Wayne has the lowest OBP
(.382) and second-lowest
batting average (.322) of
the 1A state qualifiers. Their
batting order is definitely top
heavy with three in the .400
range, one in the .300 range
and the rest of the team batting
under .300.
Sophomore Allie Jo Fortune,
the other Wayne holdover
from when the teams
last met, leads the team with
a .476 batting average.
Eighth grader Ella Whitney
bats .456. Mostly a singles
hitter, she leads the Falcons
with 39 stolen bases. The
Falcons have 132 total stolen
bases this season, 20 behind
the Hawks. The two teams
are third and fourth among
the 1A state qualifiers in stolen
bases.
Pitcher Moore helps out
her own cause with a .438
batting average and leads the
team with 11 home runs and
Offensively, Logan bats
.468 for the Jays with seven
doubles and 21 RBIs. Senior
Carter Kellen hits .345 with
seven doubles, one triple and
25 RBIs. Ryan Augustine,
another senior, bats .312 with
two doubles, two triples, one
home run and 23 RBIs.
“We’ve got three more
games to go,” Begnoche said.
“We’re going to finish it out.
We’re going to ball out and
we’re going to have each other’s
back.”
If Gehlen Catholic wins
on Monday, it would play
the winner of second-seeded
Remsen St. Mary’s and seventh-seeded
Saint Ansgar in
the semifinals on Wednesday
at 4:30 p.m. The championship
game is scheduled for
noon on Friday.
“Every team down there
will be a really good opponent.
I think we’re just going
to focus on playing our game,”
Logan said. “It’s more that we
think that if we play our game,
we do what we do and don’t
try to do what they’re doing
that we can win the game since
we think we’re a really nice ball
team.”
Coach Kraft said he would
try to keep things business as
usual after winning the substate
title game.
“We’re not going to reinvent
the wheel,” he said.
“We’re going to go and try
to get a little bit better than
what we were the day before.
Everybody’s got a little goal
or something to work on and
that’s what they do. They’ll
come in and tweak a few
things, but we’ll put the work
in and get ready for Monday.”
Remsen St. Mary’s softball looks for first round win at state
ers. Mayer (7-2), a senior
lefty, has 100 strikeouts in
52 innings with a 0.81 ERA.
He has given up 18 runs, six
earned, while walking 11.
“I know we’re probably
going to see a left-hander
which is kind of ironic
because we saw a left-hander
against Woodbury Central
that threw in the 80s so, that
kind of helps us in preparation,
but we’ll see if that’s
going to pay out. He looks
like he has a good breaking
ball,” Harpenau said.
Right-hander Schwiesow
(9-0) has a 0.72 ERA with
seven runs allowed, five
earned, in 48 1/3 innings. He
has walked 18 and struck out
78 this season.
(SENTINEL PHOTO BY ALLEN HAMIL)
The Gehlen Catholic baseball team celebrates after receiving their state qualifying banner. The Jays return to state for the
first time since 2014 and hope to keep their memorable season going with a win against Lynnville-Sully on Monday.
RSM Baseball: Pitching has 1A’s best ERA
FROM PAGE 4
Schwiesow’s dad, Devin,
is head coach for the Saints
and knows a thing or two
about War Eagle Conference
baseball.
“Their coach Schwiesow
is from West Sioux, Hawarden,
so he’s from this neck
of the woods. I’m sure they’d
be a little bit familiar with us
as well,” Harpenau said.
RSM counters with a
pitching staff which has
thrown seven no-hitters this
season, most recently in the
team’s win over Alta-Aurelia
in the district final.
The team ERA of 1.09 is
best in 1A, as is their WHIP
of 0.92.
Bunkers (7-1) has thrown
the most innings for the
Hawks this season and has
the most strikeouts, 63 in 49
1/3 innings. He has an ERA
of 1.28.
Isaiah Gerrietts (6-0)
has a 1.39 ERA with 58
Ks. Homan (7-0) boasts a
minuscule 0.17 ERA with
just three runs allowed, one
of which was earned, in 41
innings this season. The
sophomore has fanned 55
batters.
Ortmann has seen most
of his work come out of the
bullpen with four starts in 12
appearances. He has struck
out 56 in 26 1/3 innings.
He has an ERA of 1.59 this
season.
Harpenau likes his chances
if the team can get past
(SENTINEL PHOTO BY ALLEN HAMIL)
The Remsen St. Mary’s softball team celebrates after collecting their state qualifying banner.
The Lady Hawks have gone winless in their last two years at state, but hope to change
that as they take on Wayne on Tuesday in Fort Dodge.
their first game at state as he
believes his team’s pitching
depth is pretty good.
“Everybody’s got an
ace, so who can get the job
done in the first round,”
Harpenau said. “If you get
the first round done, guess
what, the second round
you’re going to see the No.
2s and 3s, so that makes it a
little bit easier.”
While the Hawks might
appear to be the better overall
team on paper, Harpenau
said the outcome still has to
be decided on the field.
“It’s going to take execution,
a little bit of luck
and some of our guys are
going to have to step up,”
Harpenau said.
37 RBIs. Ava Whitney bats
.363 and has some pop in
her bat with 13 of her 33 hits
going for extra bases. After
that, the offense drops off to
those batting under .280.
With another year of experience,
Claire Schroeder
believes this year’s team is
up to the task.
“I feel like we’ve been
down there twice. We have
the experience down there.
We know what the field is
like,” Schroeder said. “We’re
going to work on a lot of stuff
in our practices so we’re
going to be ready to play.”
Le Mars Sportsman’s Club
trapshooting scores
Week 6
Team score Team Handicap
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488/82 Snickers 26
485/76 Exit Realty Midwest 25
484/84 Mink Creek Honey 24
480/85 Desperados 23
479/84 Nobody’s 22
477/86 Fab Five 21
473/79 Orange Crushers 20
472/74 County Line 19
469/77 Dr. Jeneary 18
463/77 Clay Busters 17
459/85 Walter & The Worm Stompers 16
Shooting 25s
Carson Feeney, Lonny Willer
Shooting 24s
Monte Onken, Lynn Brehm, Carson Feeney
Shooting 23s
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BY ALLEN HAMIL
Sports Editor
(IGHSAU) was formed to
oversee the administration
LE MARS — Girls in of girls sports throughout
Iowa had the opportunity
to play sports in high However, opportunities
the state.
school for many years. The to go on to play competitive
sports collegiately
first state girls basketball
tournament was held in lagged behind. That began
Des Moines in 1920. After to change in the 1960s
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School Athletic Association
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SEE WESTMAR PAGE 4
It’s Farmers Market season
BY SARAH
LABRUNE-JONGELING
Staff writer
LE MARS — The Le Mars
Farmers Market opened for
the 2023 season on Saturday,
May 6.
The Le Mars Farmers Market
runs from May through
September in the parking lot
of Cork It! at 769 Prospect St.
S.W. If it is raining, vendors
are allowed to set up under
the outdoor patio of Cork It!
The months of May and
SEE FARMERS MARKET PAGE 3
Plymouth County website updated
to make access ‘cleaner and easier’
BY TOM LAWRENCE
Staff writer
was to allow a cleaner and April 25, but it is being updated
easier-to-use website for both on a regular basis, Olson said.
LE MARS — Plymouth computers and mobile devices “The IT Department is adding
information that is request-
County’s website has been like phone and tablets,” he said.
evolving in recent months. The change started in 2022, ed by the county departments
Plymouth County Director Olson said.
daily,” he said. It is getting more
of Information Technology “We had migrated to www. notice, too.
Shawn Olson is in charge of the plymouthcountyiowa.gov over “We do over 1,000 unique
website. Olson said as devices a year ago to comply with a state users a week, with 10 percent
change, it was important to of Iowa regulation change to a growth each week as people
update the website.
.gov domain name,” he said.
“The need for the change The new website went live on
PAGE 5 SPORTS
Le Mars wins doubleheaders
(SENTINEL PHOTOS BY SARAH LABRUNE JONGELING)
Brothers Jeremy, 8, and Caleb, 5, Brouwer, of Le Mars each had a table
with homemade items for sale at the Le Mars Farmers Market. Jeremy had
melty bead creations and Caleb made two kinds of cookies with his mom.
Customers perused the plants for sale by Nate’s Farm of
Hinton at the Le Mars Farmers Market during the opening
weekend May 6. The plants ranged from summer squash to
tomatoes to zucchini.
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Teri Sosin and her one-year-old daughter,
Rose, watched the honey bees
brought to the Le Mars Farmer’s Market
by Adavi le Honey Co. of Merri l.
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BY BEVERLY VAN BUSKIRK
Lifestyles Editor
LE MARS — After 34 years
in the teaching profession at
Le Mars Community Schools,
Cliff Collins is retiring from
the classroom.
An opportunity to work
outside the field of education
led to his decision to retire
at the end of the 2022-2023
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JUNE 5, 2023 • MONDAY
(PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED)
Above, Bev Nelson (41) and
Gwen Hoekstra (33) converge
on the basketba l in a game
against Dordt Co lege.
The 1973 Westmar women’s basketba
l team included, front row
(from left): Head Coach Sara Jane
Hauff, Rhonda Kern, Nancy Gelhaus,
Gwen Hoekstra, Lynnette Johnson.
Second row: Jeralyn Dunn, Marilyn
Hardersen, Deb Bork, Jane Hansen.
Third row: Sherri Chamberlin, Carol
Wiegert, Jackie Jones. Fourth row:
Beverly Nelson, Ede Breitmeier.
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Collins retires to
change of pace
Cliff Collins
Iowa homeowners 65 and over
eligible for homestead tax exemption
LE MARS—Iowa residents
may already be receiving, eligible
claimants who own the
who are 65 or older are eligible
for a homestead tax exemp-
home they live in AND who
tion, according to Plymouth
are 65 years of age or older
County Assessor Jill Renken.
on or before Jan. 1 the assessment
year are now eligible for
On May 4, Gov. Kim Reynolds
signed House File 718,
a homestead tax exemption.
establishing a homestead tax
For the assessment year
exemption for claimants 65
that began on Jan. 1, 2023,
years of age or older. In addi-
claimants need to have been
tion to the homestead tax
credit that property owners
BY TOM LAWRENCE
Staff writer
SEE HOMESTEAD TAX PAGE 3
CPA firm gives Plymouth County
passing grade in annual audit
2021-22. The report said
the county collected $48.9
LE MARS — Plymouth million in property taxes
County’s finances are in and another $24.8 million
good shape, according to in revenue from various
an annual report delivered departments, an increase of
to the Board of Supervisors
at its Tuesday, June 13 ous fiscal year.
1.7 percent from the previ-
meeting.
Jacobsma said county
Justin Jacobsma of Williams
& Co. handed out
expenditures totaled $22.3
an audit for fiscal year
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BY TOM T
LAWRENCE)
Anitra Larsen operates Blue
Lake Websites, and helped
Plymouth County Director of Information Technology Shawn
build the New Plymouth Coun-
Olson said every day presents new and unique challenges. Olson
ty website.
said he works with all county departments to meet their IT needs.
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‘Clear the Shelter’ event
BY BEVERLY VAN BUSKIRK
Lifestyles Editor
Ice Cream Days
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filled with sweet treats
A foam party was one of the new events at Ice Cream Days. These girls enjoy the foam
during the Library’s Kids FunFest on Friday afternoon.
Dancers from Central Dance Academy didn’t let the rain stop them from dancing down
Central Avenue in the Ice Cream Days Festival parade Saturday morning, even if it meant
carrying an umbrella or wearing a plastic cape. People along the parade route tried to keep
dry under colorful umbrellas.
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“Wet-Nose Rescue is full
of healthy, happy, and highly
adoptable cats, kittens and
LE MARS — Wet-Nose
Rescue in Le Mars is holding
a “Clear the Shelter” president of Wet-Nose Res-
dogs,” said Angel Anderson,
adoption event from June cue.
21 through July 1, from 3-6 “During the ‘Clear the
p.m., Monday through Saturday.
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BY TOM LAWRENCE
Staff writer
LE MARS — You can now
purchase fireworks in Le Mars,
but you’d better not shoot them
off yet.
The city allows sales from
June 12 to July 8 but they can
only be shot off for three days
— July 3-5. Fire Chief Dave
Schipper offered a brief tutorial
on proper fireworks use during
the June 6 Le Mars City Council
meeting, emphasizing the brief
period when celebratory explosions
are allowed.
“That’s it,” Schipper said.
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BY TOM LAWRENCE
Staff writer
JUNE 21, 2023 • WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY
PHOTOS BY ALLEN HAMIL AND SARAH LABRUNE-JONGELING)
Leon, 10, and Isabella, 11, Hughes of Le Mars were excited to taste
their ice cream on Thursday night at the Primebank Ice Cream Social.
Bubbles kept the young ones entertained as one of the many activities at the Olson Cultural
Events Center during Ice Cream Days on Friday.
Fire chief, police chief say fireworks
add to problems for their departments
Fireworks wi l be available for purchase at It’s Lit, at three tents set up for temporary sales, and at
Walmart, according to Fire Chief Dave Schipper, who is not a big fan of the Independence Day tradition.
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first case of West Nile virus
DES MOINES — The State Hygienic Lab.
Iowa Department Health Warm summer weather
and Human Services (HHS) means Iowans are spending
more time outside
announces the first case
of West Nile virus (WNV) which increases the risk
infection reported in 2023 of mosquito bites. Bites
in an older adult (61-80 from infected mosquitos
years) from Plymouth are the primary method
County. The case was confirmed
through a test at the
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The county paved a quarter-mile
stretch of County
LE MARS — A citizen com-
Road C-60 east of Hinton.
plaint about a road project near That section of the road passes
Hinton was met with surprise by three homes, and Bertrand
and some resistance during the said all were inconvenienced by
Plymouth County Board of the paving.
Supervisors meeting on Tuesday,
June 13.
said of the completed project.
“It looks awesome,” he
Joel Bertrand told the supervisors
he felt there was a lack But he said residents had
“That’s great.”
of communication between difficulty getting out of their
the county, the firm doing the home because the road was
work and three households being worked on. He blamed
impacted by the work during a lack of communication with
the first week of June. Bertrand the county and a representative
said it was “absolutely horrendous,”
and asked that it never
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first week of June. His complaint at the June 13 meeting of the
Plymouth County Board of Supervisors was met with some
pushback.
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