Poetry

LCHS, Gehlen students take I's at State Individual Speech Contest (03/03/09)
Students from Gehlen Catholic and Le Mars Community High School took home a bundle of Division I ratings from the Individual Events (IE) Speech District contest Feb. 28 at Woodbury Central School in Moville. Le Mars Community students competed in 46 events, with 36 performers earning Division I (excellent) ratings and the opportunity to advance to the state contest March 14 in Fort Dodge...

Teachings of Westmar grad, poet now in print (02/20/09)
Spiritual guides and teachers don't usually tell you something straight out. Instead, they might use a story or illustration to point you in the direction you are looking. That was the living philosophy of the Rev. Gary Frahm, a 1959 Westmar graduate who is the center of a new book written by Dr. Dan Burow called "Rebels, Poets, and Mystics: Challenging the Truth of a Spiritual Life."...

Fallen soldier inspires Kinglsey woman's award-winning poem (08/25/08)
"Parents without a child, Sisters without a brother, Friends without friends, A country without a soldier." Those words from a poem entitled "Brave Warrior," written by Jayne R. Vondrak, of Kingsley, won second place in the National/World Events category in the 2008 Iowa Poetry Association Contest...

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