Month: January 2015

Area residents are encouraged to start thinking of individuals or groups to nominate for this year’s Greene County Community Impact Award.   This is the sixth year for the award which honors those who have volunteered their time and talents to Greene County through social, educational, or cultural activities as opposed to a business operation or work through an official position.  

All area non-profit organizations are reminded that Feb. 1 is the deadline for applications for the Jefferson Rotary Club’s grant program. The application process is open to non-profit organizations whose programs or projects benefit others in the areas of peace, conflict resolution and other social issues, fighting disease and promoting health, providing clean water/environmental issues, economic and community development and…

The popular Daddy Daughter Dance will return to the Greene County Community Center Friday, Feb. 20. Girls in preschool through fifth grade are invited to bring their father, grandfather or a father figure to the dance, which is hosted by the Jefferson park and recreation department.

LifeServe Blood Center will hold community blood drives as follows: Monday, Feb. 9, from 3 to 6 pm at First Presbyterian Church in Grand Junction; and Tuesday, Feb. 10, from 12:30 to 5:30 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson “Typically during the winter months, blood donations tend to decrease simply because of the cold and flu season and treacherous…

Folks who have to budget their time carefully to include recreational reading can get a head start on the 2015 Greene County Reads selection. Greene County librarians have selected Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. The novel tells the story of Irish immigrant Vivian Daly, who was one of the thousands of abandoned children who, between 1854 and 1929, rode…

Folks longing for summer will enjoy the Churdan library’s fundraiser supper Monday, Feb. 9, at the Paton-Churdan school. The librarians, library board members and volunteers are serving a summertime picnic of grilled hamburgers and hotdogs, baked beans, chips, relishes and desserts.

The week ending Jan. 23 was warmer than we usually think of for January weather, and drier. With thawing temperatures all week, snow remains in ditches but most snow is gone from our yards and flatlands.