Day: May 4, 2014

Local Habitat for Humanity volunteers are gearing up for another year of repairing homes across Greene County through the Helping Hands program. Several more low-income homeowners in Greene County will receive assistance this summer.

Greene County High School students stepped out of their regular routines Friday for Healthy Kids Day with special activities planned by students in the Skills for Healthy Living classes. During morning classes, students were all treated to a healthy Energy Bite snack. Following a recipe of flax seed, coconut, oatmeal, peanut butter and chocolate chips, members of the class had made…

The National Arbor Day Foundation and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources ­ Forestry Bureau announced that the city of Jefferson received the 2013 Tree City USA award  at the 24th annual Community Forestry Awards luncheon, held in Des Moines  April 3.

Exterior work on the new Marchant Memorial Library in Scranton is near completion. David Lewis (pictured), an employee of Brincks Exteriors, recently installed the soffit on the west side of the building. The front of the building is awaiting the installation of bricks on the ground level. There is still work to be completed on the interior, but barring unforeseen…

Greene County eighth grade science teacher Gerry Stein got to step back and watch someone else teach last Tuesday as Jefferson veterinarian Mark Peters did the culminating lesson of a unit on vertebrates. As he has for the past three years, Peters dissected a piglet for the classes. The piglet had died in transport to a local producer; the producer saved…

Stefan Sandberg, NW Lions Club district governor, was a guest at a recent Rippey Lions Club meeting and presented awards to the club and three members. Club president Harlan DeBest (left) accepted a certificate from Sandberg honoring the Lions Club for 70 years as a local organization, with the first meeting in 1944. In addition to this presentation, he also…

Cyclists of Greene start weekly rides All bicyclists under the age of 18 are invited to take their bikes for a free safety check at All Ability Cycles in Jefferson today, Sunday, from 1 to 5 pm. The safety checks are offered as a service by All Ability Cycles owner John Brunow and the Cyclists of Greene club. Bikes will…

Youngsters in the Crazy 4 Christ program at First United Methodist Church in Jefferson will present a children’s musical, “Heroes of the Faith,” Wednesday, May 7, at 6:30 pm in the church’s Fellowship Hall. The public is cordially invited.

Members of the Jefferson Garden Club held a work bee April 21 at the Memorial Garden across from the depot and the Raccoon River Valley Trail head on E. Lincoln Way. The club’s mission is to beautify Jefferson personally and to encourage other residents to do the same.

There was good news and not so good news for farmers on the weather front for April. The good news is that Jefferson received about 3/4ths of an inch more rain than normal, with 4.1 inches of the wet stuff. In a drought cycle, that’s almost like gold.

Items for Greene County Medical Center auxiliary’s annual garage sale will pack Clover Hall at the Greene County Fairgrounds by the end of the week. Shoppers can get a sneak peak and have the first chance to purchase by paying a $3 entry fee Thursday, May 8, from 5 to 7 pm.