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May 19 • 10 years ago in 2009 Evan Dempewolf and Grant Greazel, both 5-year-olds, were the envy of their friends after their mothers each bid $350 at the Night of Stars fundraiser to get them a ride to school in a Marshalltown Fire Department truck. • 25 years ago in 1994 East Marshall senior Melanie Ferneau prepared for her senior piano recital in which she would be accompanied by clarinetist Manon Bryant and trumpeter Emily Reese. • 40 years ago in 1979 Kent Rhodes, a sophomore at Marshalltown High School, impressed the judges at the state and international science ...

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May 12 • 10 years ago in 2009 Miller Middle School Science Olympias team placed fourth at the State Science Olympiad with first place finishes coming from Ian Ingram and Ryan McFarlin in the Bio Process Lab. • 25 years ago in 1994 Marshalltown High School girls tennis team ran its dual meet record to 6-3 with the 7-4 victory over Newton as MHS got singles wins from Hayley Hickman, Lindsey Kosinski and Mandy Billman. • 40 years ago in 1979 A local Junior Achievement Company called PROS chaired by President Joanne Koscielski and Vice President of Personnel Scott Fortmann ...

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May 5 • 10 years ago in 2009 BCLUW girls track repeated as North Iowa Cedar League West conference champs as they scored 144 points with Nicole Fisher winning two events: 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash and Kelsey Feltz repeated as the 800 meter champion in a photo finish with Jamie Fisher. • 25 years ago in 1994 East Marshall girls captured the BCLUW Comet Relays with 125 points as Kiffany Dunham won the high jump and teamed with Kathi Eggleston, Megan Rhinehart and April Zesch to take the 4x800 relay; Jenny Weitzell won the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash with ...

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April 28 • 10 years ago in 2009 Alicia Borton, 17 and a student at West Marshall, took best of show honors with an oil painting of a pair of mallards at the 2009 Iowa Junior Duck Stamp Competition being selected the best out of 365 entries. • 25 years ago in 1994 YMCA swim team awarded swimmers who broke team records during the season: Sarah Allen (10 and under) 50 yard breaststroke; Dan Christenson, 50 backstroke; Elizabeth Tyler, 50 butterfly; Kelly Hopp, 50 backstroke and Whitney Sondall (11-12 years) 50 backstroke and 100 backstroke. • 40 years ago in ...

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April 21 • 10 years ago in 2009 The Marshalltown High School girls’ tennis team defeated the Newton Cardinals 10-1 as Krissy Lankelma and Kalli Hannam won 8-3 in the No. 1 spot; Danielle Eberline and Michelle Kriegel scored a 8-5 victory in the No. 2 spot and Wendy Tan and Katie Allison teamed for an 8-4 win in the No. 3 spot. • 25 years ago in 1994 MHS produced these winners at the 48th Annual State Leadership Conference: Tonia Wanschel, Michelle Johnson, Monica Atcher, Karin Guthrie and Jennifer Hart. • 40 years ago in 1979 LeaAnn Randall, of Gilman, a senior at ...

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April 14 • 10 years ago in 2009 West Marshall senior Joe Disney set the school record in the discus with a throw of 161 feet, 8 inches as the Trojan boys’ track and field powered to the team championship at South Hamilton. • 25 years ago in 1994 The East Marshall girls won four of the seven relays at the GMG Relays to capture the title: Megan Rhinehart, Kathi Eggleston, April Zesch and Amanda Bailey won the 4x800 relay; Angie Strain, Stephanie Beane, Nicole Nicholson and Kiffany Dunham, the distance medley relay; Jenny Weitzell, Beane, Nicholson and Eggleston, the sprint ...