Page Six N/Warren Town and County News Thursday, February 21, 2019
Norwalk Students Swim at, State Meet
Submitted by Angela Bennett
Norwalk High School students, Logan Neifert (1 lth grade), Will Bennett (10th
grade), and Shaun Slycord (10th grade), participated at the High School Men's
State Championship Swim Meet on February 9th, 2019, in Iowa City,
representing the Lincoln Rails Swim Team. Derek Webster (NHS 10th grader)
attended as a relay alternate.
State race results for the Norwalk swimmers are as follows:
200 Yard Freestyle Relay - (1:30.17)placed 15th & NEW SCHOOL RECORD
Will Bennett (21.77)
Shaun Slycord (23.02)
Logan Neifert (22.52)
400 Yard Freestyle Relay- (3:20.13) placed 18th
Will Bennett (48.37)
Shaun Slycord (50.78)
The State meet concludes a successful season that included Norwalk swimmers
contributing to a 2nd place finish in the CIML Metro Conference and a new
school record in the 200 Freestyle Relay. For more information about Lincoln
High School Swimming, visit the team website, www.railswimming.com.
Pictured above are Norwalk High School students participating at the State
Swim Meet: from left to right, Shaun Slycord, Will Bennett, Logan Neifert, and
Derek Webster.
Iowa State Patrol to Partner with Iowa ABD
The Iowa State Patrol has taken a pledge to keep tobacco, alternative nicotine,
and vapor products out of the hands of youth.
Known as I-PLEDGE, the program is a partnership with the Iowa Alcoholic
Beverages Division (ABD) to educate local retailers and to enforce Iowa's tobacco,
alternative nicotine, and vapor product laws. Since the program's inception in
2000, the statewide tobacco compliance rate has grown to 91%. By participating
in the program, the Iowa State Patrol has committed to do its part to increase
the compliance rate even more this year.
I-PLEDGE places emphasis on retailer training. Clerks who successfully
complete an online training course and then pass an exam will become I-PLEDGE
certified. This allows a retail establishment to use an affirmative defense against
a civil penalty if the certified clerk makes an illegal sale.
Troopers will also be conducting compliance checks on local establishments
as part of the I-PLEDGE program. Underage customers, under the supervision
of law enforcement officials, will enter establishments and attempt to buy tobacco,
alternative nicotine, and vapor products. Clerks who make the illegal sale will
be cited on the spot.
Criminal penalties for selling tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products
to a minor include a $100 fine for first offense, a $250 fine for a second offense,
and a $500 fine for third and subsequent offenses. However, handing out citations
is not the intent of the I-PLEDGE program.
To take the I-PLEDGE training or search certification records, go to https://
abd.iowa.gov/.
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INEIGHBORHOOD NOTESI
Des Moines Area
Community College
(DMACC) President Rob
Denson recently released
the names of students
eligible for the Fall
Semester President's
List. To be eligible, a
student must have
completed a minimum of
6 credits and earned a 4.0
grade point average for
that semester. Michelle
Agan, Paralegal; Aman-
da Atkinson, Liberal
Arts; Matthew Black-
ford, Business Admini-
stration; Sarah Davis,
Early Childhood
Education; Kiara Fish,
Liberal Arts; Blake
Glenn, Liberal Arts;
Ashley Harvey, En-
vironmental Science;
Shelby Rheinschmidt,
Pre-Health Occupations;
Karen Safris, Culinary
Arts; Arica Siglin,
Liberal Arts; Alaina
Tingwald, Health
Information Technology;
all of Norwalk; and
Mariah Seuss, Business
Administration; and
Angel Melvin, Medical
Assistant, both of Prole.
Nearly 700 students
graduated from the Fall
Semester from Des
Moines Area Community
College's (DMACC's)
Ankeny, Boone, Carroll,
Newton, Urban and West
Campuses. Area stu-
dents include: Caleb
Bangs, Gas Metal Arc
Welding, Production
MIG Welding and
Shielded Metal Arc
Welding; Austin Bra-
zelton, Gas Metal Arc
Welding and Shielded
Metal Arc Welding;
Dallas Fath, Environ-
mental Science; Ma-
randa Knight, Phle-
botomy; Sydney
Lundberg, Realtime
Reporting; Lillian
Sullivan, Early Child-
hood Education; Tracie
Webb, Business Ad-
ministration; all of
Norwalk; and Grant
Risbeck-Riley, Gas
Metal~Arc Weld in~ and
Gas Tungste:rt- ;Arc
Welding; Prole. /
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Des Moines Area
Community College
(DMACC) President Rob
Denson recently released
the names of students
eligible for the Fall
Semester Dean's List. To
be eligible, a student
must have completed a
minimum of six credits
and earned a 3.5 to 3.99
grade point average for
that semester. Included
from our area are:
Jessica Northwick,
Associate Degree Nur-
sing, Churchville; Caleb
Bangs, Welding; Lucas
Batten. Liberal Arts;
Alexis Beermann,
Associate Degree Nur-
sing; Jacob Boekhoff,
Liberal Arts; Thomas
Bomstad, Liberal Arts;
Austin Brazelton,
Welding; Alyssa
Burgett, Culinary Arts;
Ethan Clark, Accoun-
ting & Finance; Nathan
Cook, Liberal Arts;
Zack Cook, Liberal
Arts; Carrie Creighton,
Pre-Nursing;
Mackenzie Duffy,
Liberal Arts; Halley
Edwards, Human Ser-
vices; Grant Garner,
Liberal Arts; Mattie
George, Auto Collision
Technology; Sam
Goode, Liberal Arts;
Kali Groves, Accoun-
ting for Entrepreneurs;
Cole Hopkins, Liberal
Arts; Michelle John-
son, Pre-Health Occu-
pations; Jacob Kestel,
Liberal Arts; Yubei
Lindsay, Liberal Arts;
Jessiea Overturf, Pre-
Dental Occupations;
Nathan Phillips, Lib-
eral Arts; Matthew
Risberg, Business
Administration; Sam
Sanderson, Business
Administration; Loralei
Schooler, Pre-Ve er-
inary Technology;
Katherine Starace,
Liberal Arts; Emily
Strait, Accounting
Specialist; Carson Sup,
Liberal Arts; Alexandra
VanEssen, Animation &
Rich Media; Camri
Vivone, Liberal Arts;
Joplyn Whitehead,
Liberal Arts; and
Miranda Winters,
Financial Admin-
istration; all of Norwalk;
and Zarah Christen-
sen, Liberal Arts; and
Evan Geddes, Liberal
Arts; both of Prole.
The following students
have been named to the
honors list for the fall
2018 semester at Mercy
College of Health
Sciences in Des Moines,
Iowa. To qualify for the
Dean's List, students
must attain a grade point
average (GPA) between
3.50 and 3.749, in their
most recent semester, for
a minimum of six credit
hours. To qualify for the
President's List, students
must attain a grade point
average (GPA) of at least
3.75, in their most recent
semester, for a minimum
of six credit hours.
Kelsey Nehring,
President's List,
Cumming; Lisa Carl-
son, Dean's List;
Campbell Ferden,
President's List; Lucy
Makokha, Dean's List;
Kelly Miller, Dean's
List; Patricia Mujica,
Dean's List; Kendall
Sinclair, President's
List; and Kristin Turk,
President's List; all of
Norwalk.
The following are
among the students
named to the Fall 2018
semester Dean's List at
the University of
Northern Iowa. To be
included on the list, a
student must have
earned a grade point of
3.5 or higher on a 4.0
scale, while taking at
least 12 hours of graded
work during the
semester. On the 4.0
system, an A is worth
four points; a B, three
points; a C, two points,
and a D, one point.
Trinity Hopkey and
Katie Vryhof; both of
Cumming; Nicole Alex-
ander, Indianola; Susan
Alverio, Fidei Beattie,
Ashley Campbell,
Katelyn Campbell,
Abbey Ellis, Rachel
Fielweber, Hope Hat-
chitt, Samantha Kirk-
man, Gabrielle Mauro,
Sonny Onken, Kalei
Owens, Alisha Rey-
nolds, Darian Sleeth,
William Tuttle, Taylor
Vanderholt, Andrew
Walden, Kiley West-
hoff, Courtney West-
vold, and Elaine
Whipple; all of Norwalk;
and Emily Murphy, of
Prole.
New alumni were
added to the roster of
graduates of the
University of Northern
Iowa. Among the grad-
uates are: Kyle Trilk,
Bachelor of Arts Earth
Science, Cumming; and
Abbey Ellis, Bachelor of
Arts Computer Science,
Marketing: Global Mar-
keting, Norwalk.
The followin~g local
student is named to
Mount Mercy Uni-
versity's Fall 2018 Dean's
List. Students:with a
semester: gr .aide point
average of 3;fi~or better
and who are graded for
six or more semester
hours are eligible for
inclusion on the Dean's
List: Grace Scallon,
Nursing, of Nprwalk.
Scot :Scl~:; Luther
College vi e l shdent for
enrollmen~ ~*ai4figement,
has annot n od that
Laura S e an of
Norwalk, Iowa, !l as been
accepted for ad~mission
for the 2019-20 academic
year. Stefan has been
awarded the Dean's
Scholarship.
The following students
have been named to the
Dean's List for the Fall
2018 semester at Buena
Vista University: Noah
Schmitt, of Norwalk.
Students named to the
Dean's List must have a
minimum grade point
average of 3.5 for the
semester, based on a 4.0
grade point system, and
must have taken at least
12 hours of coursework.
