Information as recorded at the Cass County Courthouse, Virginia. Marriages: Rafael Alberto Sanchez Marinez, Beardstown, and Chrisnain Del Carmen Portillo, Beardstown. Divorces: Elizabeth Traylor from David Traylor.Property Transfers:Scott Edmond Thurman, Teddy J
The PORTA-AC Central boys’ basketball team’s season ended last week with a semifinal loss to the Riverton Hawks in the Athens Regional.
The Bluejays had snapped a lengthy season ending losing streak with a nice first round win over arch-rival Athens at their place to advance. The Jays could not get their offense on track in the loss to Riverton and fell by a final score of 46 to 30. They found themselves within striking distance, down 34 to 24 after three quarters but the offensive struggles continued in the fourth ending their season. PORTA-AC finished with a 13-19 record.
Three of the four Cass County seventh grade volleyball teams’ seasons ended last week in regional play.
The only surviving team did not play, as AC Central is the #1 seed in their own regional and received a bye in Saturday’s opening round. They were scheduled to play in the regional semifinal on Tuesday, February 27 against fifth seeded Springfield St. Agnes. The AC Central eighth grade team is the four seed in the Calvary Regional and open play on Saturday, March 2 at 9:00 a.m. against Jacksonville Our Savior. If they win, they play the host team later in the day at approximately 12:00 p.m.
Playing for the second time in a week, the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia boys basketball team lost again to the South County Vipers, this time ending the Trojan’s season in the regional semi-final game. The loss followed an opening round crushing of Brown County by the Trojans.
The AADM Airborne Team attended an USTA National Team Trials meet at Pana High School in Pana, on Feb. 17-18th.
This meet was an open nation-wide invitational meet, hosting 71 clubs. There were 34 athletes from the Airborne team that competed in 91 events total on tumbling, trampoline, and double mini. Twenty of those athletes competed in the national team trials where you must place top in your level against all ages. Gavin Cristman made the team by achieving first place in Beginner Trampoline. He will be representing AADM in the 2024 USTA Nationals in Louisville, KY. this summer.
The Beardstown High School freshman-sophomore and the Beardstown Middle School wrestling teams competed in Regional Tournament action last week with a host of Tiger grapplers qualifying to move on to the Sectional Tournament.
Culbertson Memorial Hospital is proud to announce Bridget Hamm has been selected as employee of the First Quarter. Bridget works as an executive assistant at Culbertson and has been a dedicated staff member for over eight years.
Young people will have the opportunity to learn about financial topics — like earning, saving, spending, sharing and budgeting — in a way that is both meaningful and fun through a new Beardstown Houston Memorial library offering. Later in 2024, you will be able to visit the library for in-person kids’ programs or take home a tablet loaded with fun games, offered through the Thinking Money for Kids program.
Severe weather events are part of a worsening national trend. The Red Cross has responded to nearly twice as many large disasters across the country as it did a decade ago. Furthermore, the climate crisis is taking a heavier toll on frontline communities, who are often left vulnerable.
Petefish, Skiles & Co. Bank has announced the election of Christopher Barrett, Scott Musch, and Patrick VanDeVelde to the bank’s Board of Directors.
“We are excited to expand Petefish, Skiles & Co. Bank’s Board of Directors with three accomplished leaders, Chris Barrett, Scott Musch, and Pat VanDeVelde.” said President and CEO, Paul Reynolds. “Their insight, expertise and unique perspective is extremely valuable to the work we do, both as a financial institution and community partner.”