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Dana College Weekly Recap for April 15th
Dana softballers split with Doane
The Viking softball team hosted Doane College this past Wednesday. Dana took the first game 5-1, before falling 3-0 in the nightcap.
Paige Brune went a perfect three for three in game-one with three runs batted in and scored two runs. She also hit her first two career home runs. TJ Beeman went one for two with a run scored and an RBI. Cassie pitched a complete game, three-hitter. Lager struck out eight batters in the win.
Game two saw the Viking bats go silent in a 3-0 nightcap loss. Dana managed just six hits, and left eight runners on base. Maggie Downs led Dana with a two-for-four effort. Mindy Schoop pitched five and a third innings and suffered the loss, allowing eight hits and three runs.
“I was very pleased with how our team played on Wednesday,” commented Coach Marcy Roff. “We did not come away with two wins, but we certainly did everything in our power to make that attempt. Doane is a good team and we have to tip our hats to them because they simply beat us the second game. Great things are to come out of this team!”
The Vikings currently sit in sixth place in the GPAC standings with a 7-5 record, 12-11 overall. The games against Dakota Wesleyan on April 12th were postponed due to snow in Mitchell, S.D. The makeup date will be Sunday, April 27th at 1:00 in Mitchell.
Vikings fall to nationally-ranked Bruins
The Dana College baseball team travelled south on Wednesday for a non-conference game against Bellevue University in Omaha. The 18th-ranked Bruins dealt the Vikings a 13-6 defeat.
Dana starting pitcher Robert Riggs and reliever Charlie Kimble combined to pitch the first four innings, allowing a combined 10 runs on 11 hits.

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“CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF”: 8 p.m. April 20, Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams. Story of a couple poised to inherit the largest plantation in the Mississippi Delta. He is confined, by injury, to the bedroom of his family estate. His bride is determined to win the family fortune. Tickets: $32.50, $37.50, $42.50 at 630-896-6666 or www.paramountarts.com.
“CLOSER”: through May 10, Riverfront Playhouse, 11-13 S. Water Street Mall, Aurora. Patrick Marber’s controversial and provocative play about love and sex in the 21st Century. Not appropriate for younger or more sensitive audience members. Schedule: 8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 seniors and students at 630-897-9496 or www.riverfrontplayhouse.com.
“DROOD”: through April 12, Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage Theater, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. Family-friendly mystery by Rupert Holmes. Presented by Noble Fool Theatricals. John Jasper, the “Jekyll-and-Hyde” choirmaster, is in love with his student, Rosa Bud, who is engaged to Jasper’s nephew, Edwin Drood. When Drood is discovered missing, suspicions surface as to whether Drood has been murdered. The audience will help determine the story ending. Schedule: 8 p.m. Friday, 5 & 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets: $27, $38. Dinner show packages: $49, $60. Tickets and information: 630-584-6342; any Ticketmaster location or www.ticketmaster.com.
“LATE NITE CATECHISM”: through May 31, Preservation Hall Studio Theater at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. Noble Fool theatricals comedy presentation featuring Lisa Braatz as Sister, the wisecracking, lovable nun. Schedule: 6 p.m. Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $27 with dinner packages from $49. Tickets and information: 630-584-6342; any Ticketmaster location or www.ticketmaster.com.
“THE MUSIC MAN”: 7:30 p.m. April 17-19, Dundee-Crown High School auditorium, 1 Charger Country Drive, Carpentersville. Story of the con man salesman, Harold Hill, who fools everybody but the intelligent town librarian, Marian Paroo. Tickets: $7 adults, $6 seniors and students available at the door. Tickets and information: 847-275-6995.

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Bolt’s Antique Tool Museum will conduct a program on The Great American Dust Bowl, “History in Your Hands,” on Saturdays, April 12, 19 and 26. The programs run from 10 a.m. to approximately noon and is $2 per person; limited to 20 people each day. List of books and Internet sources will be discussed and available. The museum is located at 1650 Broderick St. Please call to reserve seats. 538-2528 or 533-3096.
Greater Oroville Community Outreach and meeting
A Board meeting and Bring and Buy sale will be held April 8, 10-11:30 a.m. (sale 10-10:30 a.m.) at the new site, 2185 Baldwin Ave. Free coffee, snacks and a tour of the site. For information: Lynndee, 533-0780 or Irene, 533-3321.
An Oroville Friends of the Library book sale will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 12, in the library conference room, 1820 Mitchell Ave.
Northern California Band Association’s Drum Line and Winter Guard Championships
Championships will be held April 12, in the Las Plumas High School gyms, on Las Plumas Avenue, bordered by Autrey Lane and Monte Vista Avenue. Starts at 8:15 a.m. and ends with the 8:30 p.m. awards ceremony. Food, snacks, drinks and souvenirs will be offered for sale on the campus and cost is $10 at the door. The wristband is good for all events.
Co-sponsors for this event are the Las Plumas/Oroville Alliance Marching Band and color Guard Band Boosters and the Oroville Union High School District. For more
information, call Janice Taylor, 534-9475.
Meet and greet Supervisor Bill Connelly
Starts at 4 p.m. April 12, at the El Medio Fire Department, 3515 Myers St. Cost is $5 per person with refreshments served.
The Lake Oroville Area Garden Club will meet April 10, at Trinity Presbyteriain Church, 2350 Foothill Boulevard. The program will be on flower arranging. Visitors are welcome. For direction or information, call 589-0346 or 589-6967.

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DENVER, Colo. - Colorado Crush QB John Dutton will continue to cheer for his sister-in-law and American Idol hopeful, Kristy Lee Cook tonight as she will perform once again on the hit show as one of the final nine contestants.
Cook, a country singer, impressed judges last week with her rendition of “God Bless The U.S.A.” and will be right at home this week as Idol welcomes country superstar Dolly Parton to the show.
“She is country through and through,” Dutton said of Cook. “She will be totally in her element this week and we are excited to watch her perform once again.”
Cook, a 24-year-old singer from Selma, OR, auditioned for the show at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, home to the Philadelphia Soul, last August. Cook will perform on Tuesday, April 1, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on FOX.
Watch American Idol and vote for Kristy via text message or phone with the information provided during the telecast.
Season and group tickets for the 2008 season are now on sale. Contact a Crush account executive at (720) 258-3400 to reserve your seats today. Individual game tickets can be purchased at the Pepsi Center Ticket Office, all Colo rado Ticketmaster locations and on line at ticketmaster.com.
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