Rippey News March 30, 2015
Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net
Note change of day: The Rippey city council will meet Tuesday, April 7, at 7 pm in the community room.
Rippey United Methodist Church: PO Box 286, 103 West Main St. Rippey, IA 50235. Pastors: Enna Antunez and Paul Burrow. Phone: 515-436-7731
Adult Sunday school at 9 am; worship service at 10:30 am. Every Tuesday: Quilters 9 am, coffee and fellowship 10 am – everyone welcome!
Every Tuesday: Quilters 9 am – Coffee and fellowship 10 am – everyone welcome.
Wednesday, April 1: Practice for Maundy Thursday services at 6:30 pm. Choir practice at 7:30.
Thursday, April 2: Maundy Thursday services – 7 pm at Rippey.
Easter Sunrise service will begin at 8 am with a breakfast served afterwards. The regular Easter service will begin at 10:30 am.
Rippey Public Library: Librarian, Andrea Williams. Phone: 515.436.7714; Website: www.rippey.lib.ia.us; E-mail: rippeyli@windstream.net
NEW HOURS: Monday 1-6 pm; Tuesday 1:40-5:30 pm; Wednesday 3 to 8 pm; Thursday 12-6 pm.
Greene County Reads: Copies of Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline, are available at the Rippey public library. This book was selected by the Greene County librarians for their 2015 Greene County Reads. All six county libraries have copies and discussions will be held Thursday, April 16 at these libraries:
- 9 am at the Churdan public library
- 2 pm at the Rippey public library,
- 7 pm at the Scranton public library.
Jan Scharingson will once again lead the discussions. Everyone is welcome to attend any or all the sessions and is free to all readers. Greene County Reads is a cooperative project of the Greene County Library Association and the Greene County board of supervisors.
Rippey Lions Club plans completed for Mother-Daughter Banquet on April 9: The Rippey Lions met and enjoyed a potluck on Mar. 26. Plans were completed for the Mother-Daughter Banquet on April 9 at the Rippey United Methodist Church. Banquet tickets are available from Lions Club members and at the two banks. Kevin and Mary Hick will head up the cooking crew for this event and the Washington Winners 4-H Club and others will help serve the meal.
The evening’s entertainment will be Toby the Kid Clown. He is an internationally known entertainer from Ogden and has performed for the International Clown Hall of Fame as well as stand-up comedy in hundreds of clubs across the nation. Doors open at pm with the meal at 6:30.
A thank you note was received from the Leader Dog Program which provides training free of charge for the dogs and persons needing the dogs. Work will resume at Osborn Park, including work around the monument stone and painting playground equipment. Keith Devilbiss has repaired the picnic table for the park. John Mills presented the program about with pictures of his recent trip to Colorado, including time at the General Palmer’s Castle.
The second meeting in April will be on April 16 with the meal being prepared by DeAnn Thompson and Phyllis Bardole. Dale and Nancy Hanaman are in charge of the program.
News in and around Rippey:
Jeff and Laura Spartz of Eagan, MN were house guests of his sister Connie Neese. They were also spending their weekend traveling on to Missouri Valley to see the display of the ship BERTRAND artifacts. Laura’s friend is the curator of this project and was recently featured in the Sunday Des Moines Register and a copy of the article was found. The ladies also belong to a “Jane Austin” society. The Spartzes then traveled on to Lincoln, NE, to visit family.
Ben and Midge Vannatta attended a birthday party for their two great-granddaughters, Rylee, age 6, and Nora, age 3, daughters of Kyle and Jaimee Mower of Rippey. The color pink was prevalent for these two “princesses!” Dinner was served and a beautiful pink cake was served with ice cream. The presents were opened and the girls received pink bicycles with training wheels. Rylee’s had a pink basket on the handles and Nora’s had a basket behind the seat to hold a Barbie doll. Grandparents Gary and Kathi Hoskins of Jefferson and Bryan and Teresa Mower of Guthrie Center, great-grandparents Wendell and Darlene Hoskins of Jefferson, and also Uncle Jake and Aunt Becci Butcher and baby Will of Rochester, IL, attended the festivities.
