NEOLA (April 16) -- The AHSTW girls soccer team scored an early goal but was blanked by Tri-Center the rest of the way Tuesday in a 6-1 defeat. The Vikings dropped to 1-2 on the season while the Trojans improved to 4-3. Tri-Center took a 3-1 lead into halftime and quickly made it 4-1 on Miranda Ring’s header goal in the first 40 seconds of the second half.

 EARLHAM (April 13) -- The Harlan Community boys soccer team played two more matches that went to a penalty kick shootout last Saturday, going 1-1 and placing third at the Winterset Tournament held in Earlham. Both HCHS matches were scoreless through regulation. The Cyclones fell to 12th-ranked (2A) Gilbert 1-0 in the first round after losing the shootout 4-2. In the third-place match vs.

  COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Avery Charles Stevenson, 21, Colorado Springs, CO, died April 16.    Services will be held Tuesday, April 23 at 11 a.m. at West Lawn Funeral Home with interment at the West Lawn Cemetery immediately following the service.  Visitation was Monday, April 22 from 6-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Jeffrey Stokes, 63, Harlan, died Sunday, April 21 at the Veteran’s Medical Center in Omaha, NE.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

    AVOCA -- Leora L. Torres, 103, Avoca, died April 17 at Avoca Specialty Care.    Services will be held Tuesday, April 23 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Family will greet friends Tuesday from 10-11 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Senator Chuck Grassley made a special stop at Myrtue Medical Center during his visit to Shelby County on April 16.

    HARLAN -- Approximately 150 Harlan Community High School students spent Thursday morning, April 18 volunteering for Community Service Day projects throughout Harlan and the communities in the Harlan Community School District.    There were more than 55 projects in the community available for the volunteers who worked on a day off from school.  

    HARLAN -- The re-roofing hospital and clinic project at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan will begin on May 1 with substantial completion expected by November 1.  MMC Board of Trustees approved the low bid of $253,750 from McCoy Roofing, Omaha, for the roofing project at the March board meeting.

COUNTY -- Shelby County Emergency Management Director Alex Londo said this week that personnel with the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) will be out in Shelby County going door to door to get people who were affected by the floods to register to receive assistance.    All of the people going around will have identification on them to show that they work for FEMA. The crews will be out over the next week to two weeks.