Prairie View Care Center Administrator Kayla Chaussee presented Rozella DeVries with her Century Club certificate recently.
Rozella DeVries celebrated her 103rd birthday on July 9. Her family held an open house birthday party for her on Sunday at PVCC. Prairie View Care Center has three Century Club members, including Anna Roberts, 106, and Gladys Kruse, 101.
SCHLICHT CLEARS a hurdle during the Region 8 Junior Olympic meet in Aberdeen.
Rex Schlicht, a freshman at Woonsocket High School, has qualified for the National Junior Olympic Track and Field meet in Greensboro, N.C. at the end of July.
Rex competed at the South Dakota Junior Olympic meet in Aberdeen on June 8. He qualified for advancement to regionals in the 400-meter hurdles, 400-meter dash and the 1500-meter run.
The Region 8 Junior Olympic meet was held July 4-7. Rex placed within the top five in the 400-meter hurdles, which qualifies him for the national meet in North Carolina at the end of July. He also placed sixth in the 1500-meter run.
CHASE DRISKELL urges his turtle to the finish line, finishing in third place in his division. Chase is the son of Tim and Kristen (Hagman) Driskell of Canton, Ill.
Fifty-seven participants lined up at the starting line with their turtles in hand for the annual turtle races held during the Woonsocket Water Festival.
There were children of all ages entered and turtles of all sizes raced to the finish line. Prizes were awarded to all.
Winners were as follows in each division: age 0-6 – first, Jared LaVine, second, Chase Driskell, third, Bryce Larson; age 7-10 – first, Brayden Eagle, second, Brandon Westendorf, third, Xavier Baysinger; age 11-14 – first, Kaylee White, second, Sarah Zell, third, Cage Boschee.
A run-off for Grand Champion was held for the top three in each age group. Jared LaVine won first, Brayden Eagle, second, and Kaylee White came in third.
