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Rippey public library activities: September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month. Sign up for a card in September and receive a prize. Check out cake pans at the library. Photos of the pans are on the library’s Facebook page.
- Sept. 24: Type your handwritten recipes at the library. Build a recipe book for your family. 5 p. m. – 8 p. m. Come and go. Don’t forget your recipes!
- Oct. 1: 3:30 pm – Adult book discussion, The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. Pick up a copy at the library.
- Oct. 4: 1 pm – Young adult book discussion, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Pick up a copy at the library.
Sarah Kilgore, librarian. Phone: 515.436.7714; Website: www.rippey.lib.ia.us E-mail: rippeyli@windstream.net. Hours: Monday 1-6 pm, Tuesday 1:30-5:30 pm; Wednesday 3-8 pm; Thursday 10am-2pm; Saturday 1-3 pm.
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. 17: Rippey nominations, 6 pm; choir practice, 7 pm
- Sept. 20: Rippey work day at the ARC in Jefferson, 10 am.
Rippey News:
Ben and Midge Vannatta went to a Labor Day party at Doug and Pam Grow’s home on Sunday, Aug. 30. Others attending were Jeff Grow, Bryan and Tami Grow, and their children Bryna and Kora; Jason and Lindsey Grow and their children Jaxon and Kamsen; Pat and Steve McPherson, and Lorna Grow of Dallas Center. The big family croquet game was played and Midge won! Lots of hors d’oeuvres and supper was eaten. The kids all had a big water fight, along with their grandpa and uncles. As soon as it got dark, fireworks were enjoyed by all. On Labor Day, Doug, Pam, Jason and Lindsey canned salsa for their respective pantries.
Connie Neese and Doris Brown joined Hollie Hanalon of Perry on Thursday to listen to the Al Walsh Orchestra perform at Spring Valley. Marlene Radebaugh of Rippey is a long time member of the orchestra.
Visitors in church on Sunday, Sept. 14, were Pastor and Mrs. Bruce and Tanya Smith and their children Caitlin, Danielle, Isaac, Noah, and 3-week old Micah. Pastor Bruce was on vacation from his parish at Macedonia, Henderson, and Wheeler Grove and the family decided to attend church where their friend, Pastor Enna Antunez, was preaching.
The First United Coven of Greene County presented a program, Poetry Out Loud, at the Greene County Historical Museum on Sunday. Nancy Hanaman read her poems as part of this event, a tribute to Velda DeMoss, “Mouse in the House,” and “Corn Cathedral.”
Doris Brown was treated to a birthday dinner on Sunday, Sept. 14. Ron and Kathy Brown drove Doris to Des Moines where they met Jim Brown and Mandy Heenan at the Cracker Barrel. They all enjoyed the food and special birthday cake that was provided by the restaurant.
Warren Mount will be celebrating his 100th birthday on Sept. 27. He resides at Regency Park Nursing and Rehab Center in Jefferson.
