Area residents responded generously at the third annual Nativity Festival held in Jefferson on Sunday, Dec. 14, contributing more than $9,000 to help fund the projects of Habitat for Humanity in Greene County. Erich Kretzinger, executive director of Habitat in Greene and Boone Counties, said about 225 people were on hand through the late afternoon at the First United Methodist…
Read MoreMonth: December 2014
Cops/killers
~a column by colleen O’Brien My husband was a cop who came to dislike cops. I did not know this until some time after he’d become a law enforcement agent. But when we never went to the cop parties it dawned on me that something was up. I knew about them, the parties, because I knew sheriff deputies’ wives, but…
Read MoreHabitat for Humanity names associate director
Jeff Lamoureux of Jefferson has been named the first associate director for Habitat for Humanity of Boone and Greene Counties, and will soon open an office in Jefferson to support their local low-income home repair and construction efforts. Lamoureux has previously served the city of Jefferson as park and recreation director for 10 years and is coming to Habitat from…
Read MoreHollie Roberts: Someone you should know
An occasional series about people working for the betterment of Greene County by Lora Koch, The Scranton Journal If you think about the expression, “Want something done? Ask a busy person,” you could be picturing Jefferson resident Hollie Roberts. Not only is she the director of foundation development and Ever Greene Ridge for the Greene County Medical Center, but was she named…
Read MoreUSDA funds to Scranton for storm sewer study
Scranton city officials were notified last week that the city was awarded a $23,000 USDA Rural Development Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communitities and Households (SEARCH) grant to evaluate the city’s storm water needs.
Read MorePaxton updates supervisors on economic development projects
Iowa State University students could ride a shuttle to work at a part-time job in Jefferson if a project of Greene County Development Corporation comes to fruition. GCDC executive director Ken Paxton told the county board of supervisors Monday that he is working with Region XII Council of Governments to implement the shuttle service. Region XII has busses available that…
Read MoreSupervisors hear Chamber’s plans for Welcome Center
Greene County Chamber of Commerce president Ben Yoder talked with the county board of supervisors Monday to update them on the Welcome Center and to ask them to think about what role the county should play in promoting tourism as a local industry. He asked the supervisors to consider writing letters, both personally and as a board, expressing to the…
Read MoreRotary Club provides coats for dozens of children
The Rotary Club of Jefferson this fall tapped into a national Rotary program to provide new, warm coats for almost 100 students in grades K-6 in the Greene County school district. Rotary district governor John Ockenfels and his wife Deb, also a Rotarian, have adopted “Operation Warm” as their project during John’s term of office. Deb Ockenfels is pictured with…
Read MoreP-C students to complete survey on teacher performance
Paton-Churdan students will have a chance to express their views about their teachers in a survey designed by middle school students with the help of principal Annie Smith. Smith told the Paton-Churdan board of education at its regular meeting Dec. 10 that the surveys are one way to promote continuous improvement of the staff. The online survey will provide information…
Read MoreDodgeball in Scranton – good fun and a good cause
Youngsters from around the area enjoy participating in dodgeball at the Scranton Community Center on Saturday evenings during the winter. Last week, participants were offered a reduced admission price of $1 if they furnished a canned good for the Greene County Christian Action Resource Center (ARC) food pantry. Some of the youngsters posed for a photo with the pile of…
Read MoreMore winners in Christmas Certificate give-away
The third drawing in the Greene County Chamber’s Hometown Holidays Christmas Certificate give-away was held Monday, Dec. 15. Winners were (seated, from left) John Schoening, who registered at Peony Chinese Restaurant, and Kim Meyer of Jefferson, who registered at The Printer’s Box. A winner who registered at Hy-Vee Drugstore was not available for the photo. Pictured with them are (standing, from…
Read MoreBen Franklin/Radio Shack donates labor cost to JPRD
The job of updating the electronic signboard at the Greene County Community Center is easier, just in time for winter weather. Ben Franklin/Radio Shack donated the cost of labor to install a wireless network bridge, allowing Community Center staff to enter messages onto the board without going outside. Labor cost would have been about $500, according to Ben Franklin/Radio Shack…
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