Month: May 2014

LifeServe Blood Center is honoring a total of 274 seniors 2014 Gallon Grads. The everyday heroes include four Greene County graduates: Gabe Bardole, Kyle Bettey, Crystal McEntire and Camron Roath. The Gallon Grad program encourages high school students ages 16 and older to donate one gallon of blood before graduating from high school.  This year’s  274 Gallon Grads come from 56 counties in the LifeServe Blood…

Focus is on pioneer cemeteries ~by Mary Weaver Gov Branstad proclaimed May as Cemetery Appreciation Month in Iowa, and with 27 cemeteries in Greene County we have plenty to appreciate. Every township with the exception of Hardin has a cemetery; nine of those 27 are designated pioneer cemeteries, defined as 12 or fewer burials in the past 50 years. Even…

East Greene elementary students presented the children’s musical Bugz by John Higgins and John Jacobson for their families and friends Tuesday evening in Grand Junction. Lady bugs, butterflies, bees, army ants and even a maggot planned their own garden picnic. Listen to “Things Change” from Bugz. East Greene elementary music teacher is Brenda Roberts. Pictured is the entire cast.

With recent cool weather it’s easy to forget that we’ve already had a 90-degree day in Greene County and that summer will soon come to stay. Staff at the Jefferson park and recreation department hasn’t forgotten. They’ve forged ahead getting the pool ready to open, with new filters installed and lifeguards fully trained.

Students in art classes at Greene County High School displayed their art earlier this month in the school foyer. Art by select students is also on display at Home State Bank in Jefferson. Students can select from a variety of classes in all media. Art teacher is Diane Kunzler. (Click on the art to enlarge in a new screen.) Art…

The Churdan public library held an open house throughout National Library Week last month. Winners of door prizes were Joyce Winkelman, Jenny Fisher, Larry Sims, Alisa Olson, Dezetta Thompson, Tyler Lightner, Ethan Nygaard, Lauren Oakes and Emmett Minnehan. The week ended with an Easter egg hunt. The library board of trustees and staff thanked all the businesses and individuals who donated to the Easter egg…

Jefferson Telecom partnered with Jefferson-Scranton elementary school to facilitate the Catch-A-Sketch program again this year. The Catch-A-Sketch program provides area third graders an opportunity to design artwork depicting Jefferson that will be proudly displayed in the upcoming telephone directory’s yellow pages. While presenting the project to the third graders, Jefferson Telecom also gave all students their own personal copy of…

The Greene County High School band and choir presented its annual awards concert May 6, performing the same music they performed at the Iowa High School Music Association’s large group contest at Gilbert High School on May 9. The following recordings are from the concert in Jefferson. The concert band performed Variations on a Korean Folk Song by John Barnes…

The Hardin Happy Hustlers 4-H Club  gathered Sunday, May 4,  for its semi-annual ditch clean up along a two-mile stretch of Highway 4 just north of Jefferson. After the work the club reconvened at Dairy Queen in Jefferson. Pictured are club members (from left) Lucas Fisher, Logan Woodruff, Jared Marshall, Sadie Reedy, Ben Bravard, Sam Naberhause, Caden Wilden, Dalton Ostrander, Zachary…