DENISON (Sept. 25) -- The Harlan Community girls won their sixth consecutive team title and the Cyclone boys (second) earned their best finish of the year at last Tuesday’s Monarch Cross Country Invite in Denison. Five Cyclone girls placed between fifth and 10th with a spread time of just 38 seconds, resulting in a winning score of 37.

    HARLAN -- Marion North, 91, Harlan, died Sunday, Oct. 7 at her home.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    North is survived by her children William North of Wheaton, IL, John North of Harlan, Daniel North of Harlan, David North of Harlan, Andrew North of Harlan and Ruth Klindt of Gramby, CO.

    BOONE -- Steven Bradley Beckman, 57, Boone, died October 2.    Family greeted friends Monday, Oct. 8 from 1-3 p.m.

    WALNUT -- Shirley LaVon Bladt, 83, Walnut, died October 3 at the Nebraska Medical Center.    Services were held Sunday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m.

    HARLAN – Pride, Dedication and Excellence is the motto of this year’s Harlan Community High School Marching Band, and no one student exemplifies what it means to be a Cyclone more than Allen Fries, who in an exciting move has decided to participate in both the band and varsity football team on football Friday nights.    Fries, a junior at HCHS, loves both football and music, and actually has participated in both since his freshman year of

    HARLAN --”Shelby County 911 where is your emergency?”    “Where are you, that is the most important thing you have to tell me,” Susan Cooper said.    “Don’t start telling everything else, tell me where you are; that way I can get you help as quickly as possible.  Then it’s the what. What is the emergency.

COUNTY -- The Shelby County Emergency Management Commission, Executive Committee, announced last week that Alex Londo will be replacing retiring EMA Coordinator Bob Seivert.    Alex is a current employee with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and two  years experience as a 911 dispatcher.    He is a four-year volunteer with the Harlan Fire Department.   His duties as the EMA Coordinator began October 1. 

    HARLAN -- The Shelby County Historical Museum is excited to announce their newest exhibit: Voting in Shelby County.    To kick off the opening of this exhibit, the Shelby County Historical Museum will be holding a viewing party of the first gubernatorial debate on Wednesday, October 10, at 6:30 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Volunteers are needed to check bulbs on Christmas lights that will be installed throughout town this holiday season!    Meet at the old water plant behind the former Harlan Municipal Utilities building at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14.