KILJ — Savana Walls won 8-2 in No. 1 singles, but Keokuk ripped off five straight wins to earn a 7-2 victory over Mount Pleasant.
The Panthers next win came in No. 1 doubles with Walls collaborating with Melanie Olivas.
The loss dropped Mount Pleasant to 0-6.
The team will take on Burlington Notre Dame next Tuesday.
Irene J. Park Glover, 89, of Mt. Pleasant and formerly of Knoxville, IA, died Monday, April 18, 2022 at Park Place Elder Living in Mt. Pleasant.
A memorial funeral mass will be celebrated at 1:00 PM on Friday, April 29 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 1202 Woodland Drive, Knoxville, IA. The Reverend Kevin Anstey, Pastor, will celebrate the mass. Inurnment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville. The Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 N. Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, is assisting Irene’s family with the arrangements.
Irene Jane Timmermans was born December 5, 1932 in Klondike, South Dakota. She was the daughter of John and Gertrude (ter Wee) Timmermans. She graduated as the Valedictorian from the Inwood (IA) High School in 1950. She then graduated from the Sioux Valley School of Nursing in Sioux Falls, SD. Irene was united in marriage to Clifford Park who precedes her in death. She then married Joe Glover in Texas. Mr. Glover precedes in death as well.
For many years, Irene was a Registered Nurse in the at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Knoxville. Irene was gifted with many talents. Some of her favorites, though, included sewing and crocheting. Bridge was important to Irene, as she was a devoted Bridge player. She also enjoyed baking Dutch treats. For a number of years, Irene was an organist at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Knoxville.
Those thankful for sharing in Irene’s life include her son and his wife, Steve and Linda Park of Mt. Pleasant; 2 granddaughters – Stephanie (Albert) Schinstock and Lindsay (Wade) Cornick; 3 great grandchildren – McKayla, Noah and Isaiah; a brother Ron (Barbara Zimmer) Timmermans of Orlando, FL and a sister-in-law, Deanna Jackson of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina;
Her parents, husbands and a brother, John Timmermans, precede Irene in death.
Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation. Memorials can be made at the foundation’s website – www.dbafoundation.org
Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfuneralhome.com.
The City of Mount Pleasant will hold annual Spring Clean Up during the week of April 25, 2022 – April 28, 2022. Spring Clean Up is a one-week opportunity for residents of Mount Pleasant to rid your home of those unusual or large items that are too big to fit into a garbage bag for your regular garbage collection day. The collection work is done by WEMIGA WASTE. Spring Clean Up will be picked up on your normal garbage day. Please do not place items curbside until the week before Spring Clean Up.
WHAT CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE PICKED UP:
THINGS THEY WATCH FOR:
Leave the lids off your paint cans. If you have old paint cans and the paint is dry, we can take them. No wet paint of any kind will be picked up.
All kinds of carpet will be picked up. Carpet must be tightly rolled and tied to be collected.
GARBAGE STICKERS:
Please adhere stickers no earlier than the morning of your pickup date to ensure scavengers don’t take the adhered to item. Pile size limited to equivalent to unit 6′ wide x 8′ long x 4′ tall, excludes separated metal pile. You are required to use a minimum of six stickers for your entire pile.
QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION: If you have any questions about the 2017 Spring Clean Up, please contact Public Works at 385 1480 – Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Prep Track: Panther Girls Win, Boys Fourth at Demon Relays
The Mount Pleasant girls’ track team scored 151, winning the 10-team Demon Relays yesterday at Case Field in Washington.
Kenna Lamm, Jadan Brumbaugh and the 4×100 shuttle hurdle team were all winners.
Lamm won the 200m dash in 26.97, Brumbaugh’s winning heave of 43 feet, 9.5 inches was earth shattering again, while Lamm, Allie Westercamp, Abby Blint and Jenna Gilmore ran 1.08.92 for first in the hurdle relay.
On the boys’ side, Washington won their home invite with Fort Madison checking in third.
Mount Pleasant, with 96 points placed fourth.
The Panthers got winning times from Bryce Wilson in the 110m hurdles in 15.63 seconds and Avin Truong in the long jump, clearing 20 feet, 4.75 inches.
Prep Track: New London Wins Boys; Danville Girls Claim Victory at WMU
New London’s boys’ won the team title while the Danville girls’ won it all at Winfield-Mount Union yesterday.
The Tigers scored 132 team points, Notre Dame finished second with Danville, Winfield-Mount Union and Lone Tree rounding out the top five.
New London claimed seven titles.
The day started off hot with Rylan Martin winning the 800m and Seth Bailey winning the mile with a terrific run of 4:29.54.
Josh Catala earned first in the 200m dash in 22.4.
The 4×100 team of Boden Pickle, Joel Lacy, Reean Seberg, and Josh Catala set a new school record, breaking the one set in 1990 with a winning time of 44.28.
Kade Benjamin’s high jumping prowess continues to improve with the bouncy junior clearing 6 feet, 9 inches last night.
In throws, Carter Allen won the shot put and discus.
Iowa football recruit and Winfield-Mount Union sophomore Cam Buffingotn won the long jump. The springy Buffington leapt 20 feet, 3 inches.
On the girls’ side Danville won six events. Kamryn Sherwood and Alexis Dietsch won individual titles in the 800m and 400m hurdles, respectively.
Four Danville relay teams were champions, as well.
Winfield-Mount Union won the 100m hurdles with Keetyn Townsley going 16.97.
Jobey Malone earned shot put honors with a throw of 38 feet, 11 inches.
Boys’ Soccer: No. 12 Bloodhounds Roll Mount Pleasant
No. 12 Fort Madison got four goals from Xander Wellman as the Bloodhounds picked up an 11-0 win over Mount Pleasant.
Henry Graham and Leif Boeding both scored twice as well.
Mitchell Pothitakis had six assists.
Fort Madison is now 6-3 and 5-0 in Southeast Conference play.
Mount Pleasant dropped to 2-7 and remain winless in five fixtures in league play.
Girls’ Soccer: Randolph Leads Fort Madison Past Panthers
A hat trick from Natalie Randolph was all Fort Madison needed to beat Mount Pleasant yesterday, 5-3 at East Lake Park.
Elly Manning had two goals and an assist, while Abby West scored once as well.
Charice Auwerda had an assist.
Evelyn Escobar had three saves in the pipes.
Fort Madison is now 4-2 and 4-1 in conference play.
Mount Pleasant fell to 4-3.
Boys’ Tennis: Mount Pleasant Sweeps Chiefs
Owen Vansickel started the meet with a strong win in No. 1 singles as the Mount Pleasant boys’ tennis team brought out the brooms to sweep Keokuk last night.
Vansickel and Jake Ensminger rolled in No. 1 doubles with the teams of Levi Graber and Tim Cam and Elliot Cook and Lou Schimmelpfennig following suit.
Mount Pleasant improved to 4-1 with the win.
Girls’ Tennis: Panthers Fall to Keokuk
Savana Walls won 8-2 in No. 1 singles, but Keokuk ripped off five straight wins to earn a 7-2 victory over Mount Pleasant.
The Panthers next win came in No. 1 doubles with Walls collaborating with Melanie Olivas.
The loss dropped Mount Pleasant to 0-6.
The team will take on Burlington Notre Dame next Tuesday.
Wednesday, 4/20/2022, at about 3:15 pm numerous calls were coming into the LeeComm 911 Center reporting a two vehicle crash at the intersection of Hwy 218/27 and 200th Street also known as Franklin Road. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded along with Donnellson Fire and Rescue to find a passenger in one of the vehicles dead at the scene. The passenger was identified as 69 year old Steven K. Brownlee of Warsaw, Illinois. The investigation is ongoing and no further information has been released.
Mount Pleasant — The Iowa Wesleyan athletic department will host the Wesley’s tonight — their student-athlete awards ceremony — which will be held in the Chapel of Iowa Wesleyan’s campus at 7:00 p.m.
The awards presented this year include Male and Female Honor Athlete of the Year, Male and Female Athlete of the Year, Male and Female Newcomer of the Year, the Wesley Award, Men’s and Women’s Team of the Year, Men’s and Women’s Academic Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, Lori Williams Wright Award, and Best Dressed.
Members of the coaching staff and athletic department nominated student-athletes for each of the awards and narrowed down the finalists.
Award winners are chosen based on voting by the athletic department.
Cedar Falls — Northern Iowa guard A.J. Green has entered the transfer portal.
Green, who was the reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year — averaged 18.8 points per game while shooting 41% from the field for the regular season champion Panthers.
Along with entering the portal, Green will also dip his toes into the NBA Draft waters.
Green’s father, Kyle, is an assistant on T.J. Otzelberger’s staff at Iowa State sparking speculation that he could be headed to Ames.
It’s expected that Green have several high-major and blue blood programs courting him should he return to college basketball next year.
