Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday night!

 DES MOINES -- Each time the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls tied up Turkey Valley at crunch time Thursday, the Trojans had an answer. And so it went: fourth quarter ties at 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42; another deadlock at 44 in overtime. The Spartans knotted the score seven times in all, and only once - in the final seconds of regulation - did the Trojans not score on their very next possession. When this virtual tug-of-war finally ended in the

DES MOINES -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton junior Sophia Peppers was one of six girls named to the Class 1-A All-Tournament Team at the Girls State Basketball Tournament in Des Moines last Friday night. In two state tournament games, Peppers ranked third in the 1-A field with 43 points while also grabbing 17 rebounds. She shot 57.6 percent from the field (19-of-33) in helping the Spartans reach the 1-A semifinals.

COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Mary Louise Hansen, 97, Council Bluffs, died March 7 at Bethany Lutheran Home.    Services will be held Saturday, March 11 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Walnut with burial in the St. Patrick’s Cemetery at Walnut.  A prayer service will be held Friday, March 10 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.  Visitation is Friday from 5-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Ursula Bruck will celebrate her 85th birthday on March 9. Her family is requesting a card shower in her honor.    Cards can be sent to Elm Crest Retirement Home, Ursula Bruck, 2104 12th St. Rm# 241B, Harlan, IA 51537.  Ursula was married to the late Michael Bruck. 

    HARLAN -- Harlan Community Schools elementary students had fun this week participating in Read Across America Week, celebrated in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday March 2.      Students had fun dressing up in character and reading during the week. 

    HARLAN – Twenty-one Harlan Community High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) students have qualified for the national conference to be held in Orlando, FL May 10-14.    The 2017 national leadership conference, Spread Your Wings, will welcome more than 5,000 conference delegates from across the nation to participate in national level business skills competitions, workshops, general sessions, and the national officer candidate ca

    HARLAN -- Following no verbal or written comments or objections at the public hearing Tuesday, the Myrtue Medical Center Board of Trustees approved the tax levy rate of $1.22 per thousand taxable evaluation for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.

    AVOCA --     The AHSTW Community School District is hoping to grow its endowment fund, recently reaching out to district patrons seeking tax deductible contributions to the fund, established back in 2009.    School district officials said this week the goal is to increase the fund so students have a forever resource of funds outside the traditional general tax funding source used to fund school districts.    Any donation amount is welcome,