The first Saturday of August proved to be a beautiful night for racing at the Shawano Speedway. The IMCA Modified was the first of five feature races. John Peters used a front row starting spot to his advantage to jump out to the early lead. Peters led the way for several laps as Eric Scribner, Marcus Yarie, Jason Czarapata and Jared Siefert battled behind him.

Elder Robert Koeller, 87, was called home to glory on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay surrounded by his family. Elder was born Oct. 6, 1927, to Arnold and Martha (Schwenke) Koeller in the town of Larabee in Waupaca County. He was baptized into his heavenly family on Oct. 30, 1927. Elder was raised on the family farm in rural Clintonville and graduated from Clintonville High School.

A Bowler man busted in an undercover sting over the weekend was charged Monday with three felony counts of delivery of methamphetamine. Stuart L.

Delivery of non-narcotics A Bowler woman is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday on a felony charge of delivery of non-narcotic drugs. Julie A. Kraus, 32, is accused of selling Tylenol 3 pills, which contain codeine, in exchange for Adderall.

Shawano 15, Neopit 12 (10 innings) Clint Dallas earned the win in an East-West Division game. Wade Weisnicht was three for six for Shawano. Ron Umland was two for five. Dallas added a double. Anthony Leeman took the loss and was two for five. Mequon Corn was two for three. Sasweon Waukechon was two for five. Brandon Frechette was two for five. Gresham 11, Menominee 1 Mitch Pleshek earned the win.

Esther A. Safford, of the town of Wescott, passed away Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, at the age of 91. Esther was born on Sept. 22, 1921, in Oconto Falls, the oldest of four children born to Wm. J. Kallies and Augusta Redmann. She is preceded in death by one sister, Bertha Kallies, who died at two months, and by her two brothers, August and Albert Kallies.

Jo Ann Louise (Jo) Teaford, 66, of North Port, Fla., passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013. She was born in Two Rivers on Oct. 19, 1946, to the late Raymond and Alvilda (O’Malley) Bertler and grew up in Manitowoc. Jo attended Holy Family College, graduating in 1968 with an undergraduate degree in home economics and then attended Ohio University, graduating in 1983 with a master’s degree in home economics.

The Shawano Salvation Army is in desperate need of funds to help area residents. President Stacey Cicero said the charity usually runs out of money after about 11 months of the fiscal year, but this year it ran out in nine months. “We’re out of money and it went really quick this year,” Cicero said. The group’s fiscal year is from Oct. 1 to Sept.

I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night. We all have nights like that.