The $5,000 donation recently presented by Marie Moran (left) on behalf of the Grand Junction Women’s Club to the Grand Junction Community Center project represents proceeds from a chili supper last fall and a lot of rummage, laughter and canasta. Larry Pote (right), a member of the Community Center finance committee accepted the check as mayor Jerry Herrick looked on.
Read MoreDay: May 11, 2014
Thanks from Rubab and Rahaf…
From Rubab Malik… My name is Rubab Malik and I am an exchange student from Pakistan. I have spent the 2013-14 school year living in Jefferson, Iowa and I am going to Greene County High School. I am on a scholarship with Iowa Resource for International Service (IRIS) through the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program. The YES Program was…
Read MoreFourth graders enjoy annual farm tour
For many years, Greene County Farm Bureau board members Tim and Vickie Robbins have hosted a farm tour for all fourth grade students in the county to educate them about the care and raising of farm animals, farm safety, and everyday by-products that we get from animals and crops. This year’s farm tour was held Friday, April 25 with 89…
Read MoreMarket to Market fun for all
Intermittent sprinkles of rain didn’t dampen the high spirits of 2,200 runners who were in Jefferson Saturday morning to start the Market to Market Relay Iowa. The 300 teams, many in costumes, provided a lot to see for anyone looking for Saturday morning entertainment. The starting point was set up in front of the Lincoln statue on the south side…
Read MoreHive boxes are artistic creations
Greene County high school students are proving that any place is a good place for art. At the invitation of Cail Calder, owner of Bee Mindful in Scranton, art students painted nine hive boxes in designs of their choosing. Calder’s hope is that eventually FFA students will learn about beekeeping by maintaining a few of the hives, with the honey…
Read MoreConner Gunn wins conservation poster contest
Conner Gunn (pictured), a sixth grader at Greene County Intermediate School in Grand Junction, created the winning poster in the Greene County soil and water conservation district’s annual poster contest. Conner is the son of Charles and Robin Gunn of Grand Junction. Greene SWCD state secretary Amber Kenan presented Conner with a certificate and prize of $25 in Greene County Chamber…
Read MoreYoung students serve their communities
Student at East Greene elementary and Greene County Intermediate School in Grand Junction made their communities their classrooms Friday morning as they learned the satisfaction of volunteer service. Students all year have talked about being safe, respectful and responsible as being the “keys to success.” The school-wide service project was to show students that responsible citizens make positive contributions to…
Read MoreMarty Brenden honored on his approaching retirement from teaching
Graduating seniors weren’t the only ones celebrated at the Greene County High School Awards Concert May 6. Marty Brenden, who is closing out a long career as a school music director, the last 15 years of which have been in the Jefferson-Scranton district. For the majority of those years, Brenden was assistant director and did not conduct bands in public, meaning that…
Read MoreGenealogical Society donates to replacement platform lift
The Greene County Genealogical Society, represented by Valerie Ogren (right), recently donated $106 to the Jefferson public library. The donation will go toward the replacement of the platform wheelchair lift. The Genealogical Society maintains its reference room on the lower (basement) level of the library. The platform wheelchair lift, which was installed in 1991, provides access to the lower level,…
Read MoreFirst Full Moon Ride of the summer is Wednesday
The Cyclists of Greene will have its first Full Moon Ride of the year this Wednesday, May 14. The rides are scheduled to catch twilight outbound from Jefferson and return by the light of a full moon. All COG bicycle rides originate at the Milwaukee depot on E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson, the trailhead of the Raccoon River Valley Trail.…
Read MoreEighth graders assist tree committee, learn the right way to plant trees
Gerry Stein’s eighth grade science classes got their hands dirty last Tuesday, May 6, helping the Jefferson tree committee plant trees. This is the 10th year Stein has called on the expertise of Trees Forever field coordinator Brad Riphagen to teach students the correct way to plant trees. The students, “practicing,” have planted hundreds of trees over the years at…
Read MoreMay is Beef Month!
Area cattlemen and the Iowa Beef Industry Council invite Iowans to celebrate May as Beef Month! In many families, ground beef is the “go-to” beef selection, and finding a variety of recipes to utilize ground beef can be a challenge. GreeneCountyNewsOnline shares a family-tested recipe for Porcupine Meatballs. No, they’re not made of ground porcupine meat, but rice mixed in…
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