The Jefferson BPO DOES #196 held a silent basket auction at the courthouse Family. The Does raised $4,100 with the project. Baskets donated by businesses raised a total of $1900. The highest price paid was a pie basket donated by Doe Ann Frederick, who will make the high bidder six pies during the year. That basket brought in $185. There were…
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TLC continues Fellowship series
Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson is continuing its Community Fellowship programs Wednesday afternoons. Social time begins at 3 pm, with a speaker at about 4 and a light supper at 5:30 pm. All ages are welcome; there is no charge.
Read MoreCourthouse employees donate to food pantry
Employees at the Greene County courthouse marked the holidays by making a donation of $312 and five boxes of groceries to the Greene County Christian Action Resource Center food pantry. Pictured is food pantry coordinator Dianne Blackmer (left) accepting a check from county treasurer Donna Lawson.
Read MoreIowa law changes for Iowa’s teen drivers effective Jan. 1
ANKENY – Motor vehicle crashes kill more teenagers than anything else. With parents’ help, two changes to Iowa’s graduated driver’s license system taking effect Jan. 1, 2014, are tools that can be used to keep kids safe behind the wheel and work to save their lives. Longer instruction time behind the wheel: Statistics show that increased supervised experience behind the…
Read MoreJPRD tells upcoming programs
The Jefferson park and recreation department announces three upcoming programs. The popular winter mini cheerleading program led by Ann Ostendorf and the Ram cheerleaders will be held Tuesday, Jan. 14, and Thursday, Jan. 16, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Jefferson-Scranton elementary.
Read MoreChristmas dinner at the Elks lodge
The Jefferson Elks and Does partnered to provide Christmas dinners for about 225 area residents on Christmas Day. The menu included turkey with all the trimmings. Does provided the turkeys and pumpkin pies, while the Elks took care of the rest. Many people ate at the Elks lodge and enjoyed bingo after dinner. Carry-out meals were also available. This is…
Read MoreChurdan library tells winners of December drawings
The Churdan Public Library was a busy place in December. The kick-off of the library’s “Expanding Our World” fundraiser for the library building fund was Dec. 14.
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending Dec. 20
In Greene County district court Nastassia Chanel Goff, 28, of Grand Junction was sentenced Dec. 20 on a charge of unlawful use of a credit card-aggravated. She was sentenced to two years in prison; the prison term was suspended and she was placed on probation for two years. She was fined $625 with a $218.75 surcharge and a $125 Law…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending Dec. 20
In Greene County magistrate court judgments were entered Dec. 18 against Frederick James Lonsdale of Jefferson in three separate cases involving thefts at Don’s Ace Hardware. Two of the cases were initiated in district court as charges of theft-fourth degree; the third was initiated in magistrate court as a charge of theft-fifth degree. Judgments were entered for a $65 fine…
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Schroeder– Evan Schroeder of Jefferson will tour with the Dordt College jazz band during the school’s winter break. He is a sophomore majoring in music with an emphasis in performance and pedagogy. He also has a minor in the Kuyper Scholars program. Schroeder plays piano with the college’s jazz band. Touring through Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, the jazz band and chamber orchestra…
Read MoreChristmas in Iowa
I remember Iowa Christmas in photographs. I was too young to articulate the beauty, the sounds, the vastness so different from where I lived in San Diego. The pictures in albums are stories of what I grew to learn of my parents’ life in Jefferson: a smalltown square with welcoming folk; was there really a parade for every occasion?
Read MoreA Judy Marie night
The year must have been 1953 or 1954. As I lay in my bed trying so hard to go to sleep I heard the bells… THE bells! Jingle, jingle, jingle. My heart was pounding with excitement. Santa was here! I jumped out of bed and ran to the window. I remember the night was crisp and clear. So crisp and…
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