ELK HORN (Jan.

 AREA -- Boys basketball district assignments for Class 2A and 1A were released last Friday by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. AHSTW, ranked second in the latest 2A rankings by the Associated Press, will be part of a 12-team Substate 8. IKM-Manning and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton will be bracketed in separate districts of Class 1A, Substate 8. Postseason competition will begin with Class 1A preliminary round games on Friday, Feb.

    OMAHA -- Former Neola resident Mary Edith (Grote) Martin of Omaha will celebrate her 100th birthday on February 15. Her family is requesting a card shower in her honor. Cards will reach her if sent to 900 N.

    EARLING -- Harold and Pearl Schulte of Earling will mark their 65th wedding anniversary on February 6. Their family is planning a card shower in their honor.

     HARLAN -- The year was 2006, and Leasa Stark Brouillard and her family moved back to Harlan, to care for her father who had cancer. After his passing, Brouillard thought, “oh boy, now what?”    It had been years since the Harlan resident had practiced pottery, but an initiation by fire, as she called it, pushed her to buy a potter’s wheel and kiln.

    HARLAN – Shelby County Catholic School, along with other Catholic schools across the nation, will celebrate Catholic Schools Week January 31-February 6.    Catholic Schools Week is an annual observance meant to highlight the value of Catholic education and its contributions to communities and the nation.    The theme for this year and through 2025 is Catholic Schools: Faith, Excellence, Service.  Catholic schools have a specific purpose to

 ATLANTIC (Jan.

 ATLANTIC (Jan.

 CARROLL (Jan. 21) -- Eight Harlan Community wrestlers went 3-0 on the night as the Cyclones swept Thursday’s quad at Kuemper Catholic. HCHS picked up Hawkeye Ten wins over Kuemper (60-10) and Red Oak (60-18) while also beating AHSTW (63-12), improving to 14-6 overall and 6-2 in the conference. AHSTW, which had just six wrestlers competing, finished 0-3 in the meet and is now 11-4 in duals.