College Recruiting: Area athletes

07/12/11 BASEBALL   Dylan Van Fleet, Illini West catcher/pitcher (Quincy Herald-Whig Player of the Year, Journal Star all-area honorable mention, batted .491 with 11 homers and 42 RBIs, went 9-2 with a 2.53 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 53 innings), signed with Illinois Central College.

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JS Swim Meet: Metamora swimmer has golden touch

07/16/11 It was an effort legends are made of. At least 9-year-old legends. Justin Alderson, who will enter fourth grade this fall at Germantown Hills Middle School, dove into the water Saturday with his relay team just hanging on to third in the final event of the 68th annual Journal Star Swim Meet at Central Park Pool. But in Michael Phelps-like fashion, Alderson, the anchor of the Metamora Area Swim ...

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Excerpts from recent Nebraska editorials

07/19/11 The Associated Press Lincoln Journal Star. July 19, 2011 Unity needed on Missouri River Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's attempt to persuade downstream states to pull out of the Missouri River Association of States and Tribes doesn't seem to be generating much enthusiasm. Good. Branstad's approach would just make management of the river more difficult. Under his proposal, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and ...

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