Month: March 2014

…if it gets kids to read? The second grade teachers at Jefferson-Scranton elementary have been creative in their efforts this school year to get their students reading not only in school, but at home, too. Each month they’ve offered an extra incentive for students who spend a set amount of time at home reading and studying spelling. One month students…

The Greene County Community Foundation will hold its annual Grant Awards Night Monday, March 31, at 7 pm at the First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall in Jefferson. The Community Foundation will award $121,000 in grants to 27 recipients. A total of 37 grant applications seeing $256,800 were reviewed in February by about two dozen board members from all over the…

When Ann Frederick realized there was an unmet need for caps and hats for local cancer patients, she initiated a project to meet that need. Frederick serves as chairman of the survivorship committee for Greene County Relay for Life . It is she who contacts area survivors and makes arrangements for the survivor reception and photo and the always emotionally moving…

All children ages 2-5 and their families are invited to “bee readers” and to attend the 9th annual Toddler Fest Saturday, April 5, from 10 am to noon at the Greene County Community Center in Jefferson. Although the event is scheduled till noon, families are encouraged to arrive in time to enjoy the come-and-go activities at their child’s pace.

Greene County Farm Bureau board members Mark Naberhaus of Scranton and Barry Anderson of Paton recently made book presentations on behalf of Greene County Farm Bureau to the Scranton and Paton public libraries. The book, The Beeman, was selected by the American Farm Bureau as its Book of the Year.  Written by Laurie Krebs of Virginia, the book introduces young…

Generations of students who attended the Rippey school have created a virtual all-school reunion with a Facebook open group – Remembering the Rippey School (Rippey, Iowa). Already, Remembering the Rippey School includes photos from when the school was brand new in the 1920s to the most recent decade, with 1940s school buses and leisure suits in between. In just two…

The ceremonial groundbreaking for the Greene County Medical Center addition/renovation project is slated for Thursday at 3 pm, but the very first small part of the project is already finished. The new construction will be on the east end of the campus, right where the employee parking lot is located. In preparation for tearing up the parking lot, a new…

Roses are red. Violets are blue.                                                      Submit your own poems, And we’ll post them for you. Since 1996, the Academy of American Poets has celebrated April as National Poetry Month. GreeneCountyNewsOnline will mark the month by posting readers’ original poetry as part of the Good News Sunday updates throughout the month. Among the goals of the Academy  in…

Proceeds benefit school music programs, including Greene County ~See video below The Happiness Express Chorus will host the award winning barbershop quartets Crossroads and Perfect Timing in its 50th anniversary show Saturday, April 12, at 7 pm at the Denison Fine Arts Center at Denison High School. The show is the group’s annual fundraiser, with proceeds benefiting the school music…

Memorial Day will be here before you know it! All those who tend or decorate graves at the Jefferson Municipal Cemetery or St Joseph Catholic Cemetery are reminded to remove any non-permanent items before the first week in April. The Jefferson park and recreation department takes care of the cemeteries. Park and recreation director Vicky Lautner explains that now is…