Day: September 7, 2014

Friends planning benefit for Oct. 4 Fifteen years ago Karen Renslow made what she said was an easy decision. Her older brother Chuck was very sick with kidney disease and needed a transplant. “I didn’t even think about it. As soon as he told me he needed a kidney, I said ‘I want to be tested,’” she recalls. She went…

Greene County Development Corp executive director is working with a volunteer committee developing a county-wide marketing plan. It’s very likely a video will be developed as a marketing tool. Paxton explained at GCDC’s annual meeting last week that following the GCDC-sponsored town hall meeting in August, Troy Powers approached him and told him he’d like to shoot some video. Powers…

Construction at Greene County Medical Center was delayed during August by abundant rain, but according to medical center CEO Carl Behne, construction can still be completed late next spring. After the expansion portion of the project is finished, major renovation of the existing building will begin. The renovation is expected to take about a year. Behne explains that the $22.5…

Greene Count youngsters are invited to enjoy a day outdoors at the annual Youth Shoot next Saturday at Slininger Woods, located at 1430 Jordan Ave west of Jefferson. Check-in begins at 9:30 am, with activities from 10 am to 4 pm. There is no charge. The last day to register for the event is Monday, Sept. 8. Participants will be…

  This week, Sept. 7-13, has been proclaimed National Direct Support Professionals (DSP) Recognition Week. This is a week to take note of the dedicated, well-trained people who provide hands-on daily supports, training, and habilitation services to individuals with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities. This workforce is responsible for the health, safety and emotional well-being of the people they support.…

~by Noelle Gray This past year the Greene County FFA chapter received two grants. One of these was from Alliant Energy. This grant was for $1,400 and will be used to update some of our facilities, primarily the aquaculture lab, which is in need of updated equipment. Another project we will be taking on is building a new greenhouse.

By coincidence, GreeneCountyNewsOnline columnist Colleen O’Brien Clopton (left) and  her longtime friend Kathy Hankel, both of Jefferson, had cataract surgery on the same day recently at Greene County Medical Center. Neither one had to travel more than a mile to have the procedure done, and they were both back home for lunch. But, while the Cataract Cuties recover, other friends thought they…

Whiterock Conservancy near Coon Rapids invites area residents to enjoy the fall foliage season there. The yellow of elm trees and the deep red of sumacs have already started brightening the fall color palette. Whiterock Conservancy is a non-profit land trust, open to the public, which stewards 4,300 acres of rolling pastures and timber extending eight miles through the Middle…

It wasn’t a super hero practicing his rappelling skills on the Mahanay Bell Tower last Tuesday, but only a window cleaner working on the outside windows of the tower’s observation deck. This was the third time Crystal Clear Window Cleaning of Ames has been up the tower. The last time was April of 2013. The county is obliged to cover maintenance costs…

The Greene County Historical Society will host a second edition of Poetry Out Loud next Sunday, Sept. 14, at 2:30 pm at the museum. The afternoon will feature members of the local poetry group, The Coven, reading original poetry on a variety of topics. The first Poetry Out Loud was held last August at the museum. It was so well…

Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Rippey United Methodist Church:  PO Box 286, 103 West Main St. Rippey, IA 50235. Pastors:  Enna Antunez and Paul Burrow. Phone: 436-7731 Adult Sunday school at 9 am; worship service at 10:30 am. Every Tuesday: Quilters 9 am, coffee and fellowship 10 am – everyone welcome! Sept. 10: Choir practice…