Beta Tau Delta donates to HS music department

Beta Tau Delta, Jefferson’s champion of children sorority, has donated $1,000 to the Greene County High School music department. The sorority made the donation in appreciation of the efforts of band director Becky Greiner and vocal director David Heupel to assist with making the vocal quintet Five By Design’s Club Swing performance last year such a success for young people…

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Sprucing up the bike trail

Greene County conservation director Dan Towers began his work week last week cleaning up the wildflower beds at the trail head of the Raccoon River Valley Trail at the old Milwaukee Road depot in Jefferson. According to Towers, the beds feature about 30 different species of native prairie flowers. The flowers won’t be in bloom yet when runners in  the…

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Everyone wins a chocolate bar at Hershey track meet

Turnout was good for the Hershey track meet April 22 at Linduska Field in Jefferson, with 58 youngsters age 5-14 competing in age-appropriate races. The free event was hosted by the Jefferson park and recreation department.  All participants received a Hershey candy bar at the end of the meet and ribbons were given to the top three finishers in each event.  First…

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Intermediate 4-H members visit Minneapolis

A group of ten Greene County youngsters attended the Region 12 4-H Intermediate Bus Trip to Minneapolis on Friday, April 4 through Sunday, April 6.  The trip for intermediate 4-H members (seventh and eighth grades) was jointly planned by the six county Extension offices in Region 12, including Greene, Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Guthrie, and Shelby counties.

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Wrapping up National Poetry Month

GreeneCountyNewsOnline finishes its salute to April as National Poetry Month with two more poems. Kathy Hankel of Jefferson lets her mind wander during the winter that lasted too long about a surprise visit from the American Monk Burk Goldman. Read her thoughts here: https://greenecountynewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Enlightenment1.pdf To read what Victoria Riley thinks about the dog that sleeps next to her bed, click…

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Spring is here!

We’ve all heard how many words a picture is worth. The phrase “Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words” first appeared in a 1911 article quoting newspaper editor Arthur Brisbane, editor of The New York Journal, as he discussed journalism and publicity. Spring has arrived in Greene County!

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Muffin Monday

Guilt-free because they include oatmeal, which everyone knows is nutritious, and apples, which everyone knows “keep the doctor away,” these Apple Oatmeal Muffins will give anyone’s work week a great start. For the recipe, click here: https://greenecountynewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Apple-Oat-Muffins.pdf

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