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Clarke Community High School’s concert band received a “I - superior” rating at the Worlds of Fun Concert Band Festival Saturday, May 2, in Kansas City, Mo. They also received the second place trophy in their class.
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Teacher spotlight Clarke’s McFarland makes history ‘come alive’ to sixth-graders By AMY HANSEN
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The road you first start on might not be the road you end up traveling. This is true for Scott McFarland, a sixthgrade teacher at Clarke Community Elementary School. When McFarland first went to school, he was going to be a Methodist minister, so he went to Cornell College in Mount Vernon. As time went by, he married, had children and worked various jobs across southwestern Iowa. While working at Fansteel Wellman Dynamics in Creston, McFarland decided he wanted to teach children. Even though it wasn’t the ministry, he was still administering and helping youths. “I made a conscious decision not to go into secondary education through high school,” McFarland said. “I like working with the younger kids. I especially like sixth grade.” McFarland received an associate degree through
Southwestern Community College and bachelor’s degree through Buena Vista University. At Clarke He has worked at Clarke for 24 years and started teaching when he was 34. Having the ability to have “adult-like” conversations is one thing McFarland enjoys about teaching sixth grade. “Of course, the challenges are they can be very active and very hormonal. You know, they’re very controlled by their feelings,” McFarland said with a chuckle. “They let those spill out a lot. Those are the challenging things, but those are the good things, as well.” This was the first year Clarke departmentalized its sixth grade classes, so McFarland is specializing in teaching social studies, instead of all the school subjects. When McFarland was asked if there’s a certain section of the history curriculum he likes to teach the Please see MCFARLAND, Page 9
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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at Osceola Hy-Vee Friday, May 1.
Market makeover Osceola Hy-Vee debuts store’s new amenities By AMY HANSEN
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Osceola Hy-Vee has been upgraded. After many months of construction at the store, a ribbon cutting was held Friday, May 1, to showcase the business’ new amenities. “In the end, we get a brand new modern facility that rivals anything that you see up in the metro areas, on a smaller scale, obviously,” said Osceola store director Lonnie Smith. Smith said it was a long winter for both customers and employees with constant construction going on throughout the business. “With the bridges over and trenches in the store, all the noise, dirt, dust and cleaning every day, working around all that. So, these guys deserve all the credit,” Smith said. “They worked hard and their people worked hard. Taking care of customers through all of what they were having to deal with is testament to how good these guys really are.” What’s new? This is a list of Osceola Hy-Vee’s new amenities • In-store pharmacy • Market Café with full-service restaurant and bar
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Scott McFarland is pictured by his history board in his classroom at Clarke Community Elementary School.
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Pictured is the entrance to Osceola Hy-Vee’s Market Café.
SWCC Shooters place sixth in nation, have strong season finish By AMY HANSEN
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You could call them the big shots, because they were on their marks. The Southwestern Community College (SWCC) sports shooting team placed sixth in the nation in trap shooting during the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Collegiate Clay Target Championships March 24-29. “Overall the team performed very well for only our second season of having a team,” said head coach Charlie Mundy. There were approximateSINGLE COPY PRICE: 75¢
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ly 630 student-athletes from 75 colleges competing in the event. Students from across the nation came from schools such as Harvard, Yale, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Texas A and M, Texas, Tennessee, United States Military Academy, Alabama, Missouri, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Virginia, Wichita State, Iowa State and many others. “Some names you may have heard of,” Mundy said. The SWCC sports shooting team had 15 sports shooting athletes, divided into three squads, who competed. During the finals, the
SWCC team shot 479 of 500. Individually, the Spartans had three individuals place. Mundy said the Spartan athletes placed “pretty well.” Three ‘Shooters’ Shelby Woods, freshman from Madison, Mo., shot 97 of 100, giving her a ninth place finish in the women’s division. By shooting a score of 95 or better, she receives the opportunity to apply for the United States Olympic training camp. Once selected, she will be invited to train for five days at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., in June. Please see SWCC SHOOTERS, Page 9
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