Rippey News Nov. 26, 2014 Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Friends of Rippey reminder: There will be a Christmas breakfast on Dec. 6 from 8 to 11 am. Egg casserole, sausage, fruit, cinnamon rolls, coffee and juice will be served for a free will offering. A quilt donated by Sharon Riley will be offered for…
Read MoreDay: November 26, 2014
Well, Thank God ‘That’s Over’ and we can get on with Thanksgiving
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Try this on: You are the majority, of a particular skin color – White – in a town where everyone in charge is of a different skin color – let’s say Black. You live in a town in middle America; I’ll call it “Jefferson” – a busy little county seat. Blacks own most of the…
Read MoreValve fails as Churdan hooks to Xenia rural water
(Edited Thursday, Nov. 27) Hy-Vee donates bottled water Churdan residents are heading into Thanksgiving reliant on bottled water for drinking, but the challenge is easier thanks to generous intervention by Hy-Vee. Greene County emergency management director Dennis Morlan said he is “deeply impressed” by the help from Hy-Vee, particularly since it was offered without being asked for.
Read MoreJeff council okays purchase of lift for library
The Jefferson city council at its regular meeting Nov. 25 approved spending an amount not to exceed $35,000 to replace the platform lift at the public library. The lift provides handicap accessibility for the library’s basement meeting room and genealogical library. The present lift was installed in the early 1990s. Parts are no longer available when repair is necessary.
Read MorePaxton updates supervisors on economic development matters
Asks if an ammunition/arms manufacturer would be welcome Greene and Carroll Counties have first dibs on recruiting a potential new business to west central Iowa, but Greene County Development Corporation executive director Ken Paxton wants to know the company would be welcome. Paxton talked with the board of supervisors during his quarterly update on Monday.
Read MoreTwo-day Thanksgiving for city, county, state offices
Jefferson city offices, Greene County offices and state offices at the courthouse (clerk of court, Department of Human Services) will be closed Thursday and Friday for a two-day observance of Thanksgiving. Greene County employees forgo a paid holiday on Columbus Day to have the Friday after Thanksgiving as a paid holiday. The Jefferson public library will close at 6 pm…
Read MoreMike Couch named general manager of Wild Rose Jefferson
Wild Rose president and chief operating officer Tom Timmons on Monday introduced Mike Couch, newly-hired general manager of Wild Rose Jefferson. About 35 persons, including the Grow Greene County Gaming Corp and city and county elected officials, were at the event in the south lobby of the courthouse. Couch comes to Greene County from southern Florida, where he is director…
Read MoreAll Strings Attached to perform at St Patrick Church
St. Patrick’s Oratory, one of the few remaining country churches, will once again host a holiday musical celebration at the church west of Churdan Sunday, Dec. 7. There will be an open house from 4 to 6 pm. Then from 6 to 6:45, the Carroll symphony, known as All Strings Attached, will entertain in the intimate country setting to kick…
Read MoreDAISY Award to Laine Custer
Laine Custer (right), a longtime public health nurse at Greene County Medical Center, was presented the DAISY Award at a ceremony attended by about 75 people Thursday morning at the medical center. She was nominated for the award by co-worker Sarah Borgeson (left). Custer has been with the medical center’s public health department for 22 years both as a clinic…
Read MoreWeiss in line for presidency of state engineers’ association
Greene County engineer Wade Weiss is in the succession path for to be president of the Iowa County Engineers Association. He told the board of supervisors Monday that he has been elected as secretary of the organization for the coming year. He will be vice president in 2016 and president in 2017. He has also been nominated by the Iowa association…
Read MoreRepublished Culture Club cookbook shows Jefferson in 1900
Proceeds from sale benefit libraries In 1900 the ladies of the Jefferson Culture Club published a cookbook to raise money for a new library. Now, 114 years later, Janice Harbaugh, doing business as Raspberry Ridge Publishing, is doing the same. Harbaugh has a different spin on the project, though. She didn’t collect recipes like many women’s groups do. She republished…
Read MoreHarvest nearly complete; last crop report for 2014
Cold temperatures and snow halted most activities early in the week, but rising temperatures as the weekend neared allowed Iowa farmers 3.7 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Nov. 23, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Some tile and terrace work continued despite the colder temperatures, while warmer weather over the weekend allowed for corn harvest,…
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