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May 8, 1991
LAUREL - A dance recital was presented at the Wayne High School April 13 under the direction of Sue Scott, instructor.
Performers from the Laurel area were Emily Olson, daughter of Mike and Caroline Olson; Stephanie Volker, daughter of Keith and Jody Volker; Ellie Gannon, daughter of Bill and Ann Gannon; Joan Clarkson, daughter of Bob and Deb Clarkson of Concord; Melissa Mursick, daughter of Rev. Ron and Deb Mursick and Deb Kavanaugh, daughter of Janet and Gary Kavanaugh.
May 1, 1991
LAUREL - The Laurel-Concord speech team, which consists of Jennifer Fritz and Melissa Mursick, seniors; Stacy Nixon and Wendy Carstensen, juniors and Courtney Thomas, sophomore, participated in the district History Day competition at Wayne State College on March 17 where they tied for first place enabling them to go to the state competition at Wesleyan in Lincoln April 20.
May 1, 1991
LAUREL - Amy Adkins of Laurel was honored as one of ten Notable Freshmen students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during Ivy Day ceremonies Saturday at the Sheldon Art Gallery auditorium.
May 8, 1991
LAUREL - Diane Olson, a Concord sophomore at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, was recognized at the college’s Honors Convocation Tuesday, April 30. Olson was one of three students receiving the Eva Porter Hart Scholarship which is given to students who excel in Christian leadership and academic achievement. She was one of 17 students receiving Alumni Association Scholarships.
Olson is a Christian education major. She is a member of the Drama Ministries Ensemble and participated in a Spring Service missions project.
Affiliated with the Reformed Church in America, Northwestern College is a Christian liberal arts college of 1,050 students.
May 2, 2001
HARTINGTON — Cedar County will once again have a county attorney on the payroll as of May 1.
The county commissioners have offered the position to Edward Matney of South Sioux City.
The deputy county attorney, John Thomas, of Knox County has been filling in after the March 1 resignation of Matt Dreesen.
Matney is originally from South Sioux City and graduated from Sioux City East High School. He attended the University of Nebraska, but graduated from Iowa State University and went on to graduate from Baylor Law School.
Matney has been chief deputy county attorney in Dakota County since 1997. He took one year off to work in a business in Texas and returned last year.
Matney said he became interested in the Cedar County position because it is a part-time position that would also give him time to have a private practice. He indicated he isn’t certain if that practice will be out of Hartington or in the Sioux City area.
His Dakota County position has given him the opportunity to work with several judges who he will also be working with in Cedar County. Matney said they spoke highly of this area and the available position here.
His plans are to relocate to Cedar County. He is single and has two younger sisters and one younger brother in South Sioux City, along with his father.
In other business, commissioners awarded the contract for the wireless security system at the courthouse to Hartington Telecommunications.
The bids of 15 panic buttons, control panel and keypad in the sheriff’s office were within $7 of each other, the lower bid being that of Hartington Telecommunications.
