OMAHA -- Suzie Schult and Chris Schwery both of Omaha plan to wed on July 15 at The Pella at Blackstone in Omaha.    Parents of the couple are Doug and Jody Schult, Fort Collins, CO and John and LuAnn Schwery, Panama. 

CARMEL, CA -- Virginia L. Mitchell and Zachary P. Ahrenholtz both of Napa, CA exchanged marriage vows on April 29, 2017 in Carmel.    Parents of the couple are David and Ann Mitchell, Roseville, CA; and Russ and Marcia Ahrenholtz, Breckenridge, CO. 

    LIVINGSTON, TX -- Rosalie Ann (Shupe) Powers, 74, Livingston, TX, was killed in a traffic accident near Hawthorne, NV on June 3.    Powers was a former Harlan and Kirkman area resident.    She is survived by her husband, Paul Powers; mother Verlee Shupe, a resident of Elm Crest Assisted Living in Harlan; sister Karen Wells of Jefferson, OR; and brother David Shupe of St.

 SIOUX CITY -- Harlan Community’s unbeaten start to 2017 and its 24-game winning streak overall came to an end last Wednesday (June 21) as Sioux City East split a doubleheader with the Cyclone baseball team. The Black Raiders won 4-2 in game one before HCHS took the night cap 12-4 in a game shortened to six innings. The loss was Harlan’s first since a 6-3 setback vs. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson in last year’s regular-season finale.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Down to its last out - then its final strike - the Harlan Community baseball team found a way to stay unbeaten one more time Tuesday night at Lewis Central. Trailing 6-5 in the top of the seventh, HCHS senior Joshua Cheek drew a two-out walk and stole second base - on a bang-bang play - with Nick Foss at the plate.

 HARLAN -- Wednesday night was just what the doctor ordered for a Harlan Community softball team staggering a bit from the stress of a nine-game losing streak over eight days. Starting seven eighth-graders in the field - only one more than usual - the Cyclones increased their run production in each inning and got a three-hitter from Emily Brouse to trounce Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 12-1 in five innings at H.

 DENISON -- Kyle Schmitz pitched three hitless innings for his fourth win and later belted a three-run homer, leading Harlan Community to a 12-0, six-inning baseball win at Denison-Schleswig Monday night (June 19) and a season sweep of the Monarchs. Schmitz (4-0) allowed just three base runners in his 35-pitch stint, issuing a walk in the second inning and hitting two batters in the third.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- The Harlan Community softball team lost its ninth consecutive game on Tuesday night (June 20), falling 9-1 at Council Bluffs Lewis Central. The Titans (20-7-1 overall) took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first on Ashtyn Miller’s RBI single and Alea Binkley’s RBI double.

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW softball team rallied back to tie the score twice against Underwood Monday night (June 19) but couldn’t put the brakes on the Eagle offense in a 7-3 home loss.