Day: April 6, 2014

For the second year, participants in the Relay for Life of Greene County will receive a T-shirt unique to the local Relay. American Athletic Inc/Spalding, along with Fruit of the Loom, is again sponsoring the participant T-shirts. The T-shirts not only have the Relay for Life logo, but also feature a custom design by AAI/Spalding’s senior graphic designer John Sigler.…

Greene County Medical Center patients’ records easily available elsewhere Greene County Medical Center spent the last weekend in March switching over to a new electronic medical records system, EPIC.   At 3 pm on Saturday, March 29, all systems were switched over.  While the switchover took place at a specific time, the actual changeover will take place with each patient registration…

The Cyclists of Greene recently donated $1,400 to the Greene County conservation board toward the cost of paving the 11 gravel road crossings of the Raccoon River Valley Trail in the county. According to Greene County conservation director Dan Towers, the crossings at gravel roads are hazardous for bicyclists as they maneuver through the gravel. There are 11 unpaved crossings between Jefferson…

Greene County High School juniors and their parents have spent the last several weeks planning and preparing for next Saturday’s junior-senior prom. The prom committee has been creating decorations to transform the Elks lodge into and underwater adventure with an “Under the Sea” theme. Decorations will include a large underwater mural as a picture backdrop, a three-masted sunken ship, an octopus…

This week, during the Week of the Young Child, the Greene County Early Learning Center invites all area residents to help fulfill its classrooms’ wish lists. The ELC also has good news and bad news. The good news is that it’s full! The bad news is…. it’s full. First the wish lists! On those lists are bibs and cloth diapers…

…are made in the spring Central Christian Church invites all area residents to a six week session of the Insanity total body conditioning program. Laura Nelson will lead participants through high intensity anaerobic interval training designed with athletic drills and modifications to accommodate various fitness levels. The Insanity program delivers big results for those who put in some effort. Classes…

Two of the county’s Presbyterian churches are planning fundraisers next weekend. Members of the Grand Junction Presbyterian Church will hold a garage sale at the church next Friday, April 11, from 2 to 7 pm and Saturday, April 12, from 9 to 11 am. All proceeds will benefit church projects. The church is located at 12th St and Hager St.

Greene County librarians were pleased with the number of excited children and happy adults who attended the ninth annual Toddler Fest Saturday at the Greene County Community Center. The librarians and 63 volunteers hosted 113 children and 103 adults for a variety of activities. According to Terry Clark, children’s librarian in Jefferson, the turnout was the biggest they’ve had for the…

A group of nine Greene County and Paton-Churdan high school students competed in the 23rd annual Iowa Central Business Competition Day April 2 in Fort Dodge. A total of 230 students from 17 schools competed. Local students took the first three places in the office calculators competition, with Hannah Onken placing first, Stephen Molle placing second and Jordan Hostetler placing third. Onken…

Partnerships 4 Families, early childhood service providers and the libraries of Greene, Audubon, Carroll and Guthrie Counties have joined together for an outreach project that will get early childhood information into the hands of parents who visit their library.