Jefferson residents diverted 1,491 pounds of hazardous waste from landfills at the collection event held Aug. 15 at the Greene County Fairgrounds. The collection netted 309 pounds of pesticides, 290 pounds of oil based paint, 248 pounds of used motor oil, 127 pounds of bases, 100 pounds of paint-related material, 92 pounds of aerosols, 88 pounds of antifreeze, 82 pounds…
Read MoreMonth: August 2015
Regency Park tells Employee of the Month
Amy Maguire (second from left) was recognized as employee of the month for August at Regency Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Jefferson. She is pictured with dietary manager Melissa Smith (left), administrator Randy Downey, and director of nursing Beverly Mentzer (right).
Read MoreWeather data, week ending Aug. 28
The first week of school was a comfortable one for students in Greene County’s school districts. Volunteer weather observer reports a high temperature of 80 degrees over the weekend, but a high of only 74 degrees once school started Monday. Low temperature for the week was 49 degrees on three nights. Beltz reports .6 inches of rain Friday before 6…
Read MoreChampion baker Marianne Carlson to share stories at Historical Society meeting
Marianne Carlson, the Jefferson baker who has won Iowa State Fair championships with her cinnamon rolls, pies, cakes, cookies and more, will talk about “how I get ready for the fair” at a Greene County Historical Society program on Friday, Sept. 4, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Cedar Township. The 1 pm program at the historic church, located five…
Read MoreRams win season gridiron open on strength of fourth quarter
Edited Sept. 1, 11:30 pm – stats added at bottom The Greene County Rams and the South Central Calhoun Titans played a half of even-up football before the Titans established themselves as rulers on their home field in Lake City during the third quarter of the season opener Saturday evening. The Titans’ reign was short-lived, as the 3A Rams scored…
Read MoreRam cross country teams opens season
The Greene County Ram cross country teams opened their 2015 season Thursday at the Gilbert Invitational on the Iowa State University cross country course in Ames. The boys team finished 12th of 12 teams and the girls team finished ninth of nine teams.
Read MoreLetter to the editor – Karen Lawton
To the editor, I would like to share my support for the upcoming bond initiative for the Greene County School District. As a former board member, I am a huge supporter of consolidating our facilities into two locations and decreasing the amount of busing we are currently doing. We were told by school consultants several years ago that this was…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Aug. 24, 2015 News in and around Rippey: Bye Bye Blues meet – Doris Brown hosted the members of Bye Bye Blues and their guests Thursday, Aug. 20. The group enjoyed visiting and reminiscing during the morning brunch. Attending were Marilyn Pentico and her two great-granddaughters and a grandson,…
Read MoreThis frugal taxpayer supports the school bond issue
Thirty years from now as my children discuss what to have inscribed on my tombstone, one of them may well suggest “You can only spend each dollar one time,” to be put in small letters as a tagline at the bottom of a small tombstone. “You can only spend each dollar one time” is my budgeting mantra. That’s why I…
Read MoreThings fall apart
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Last Saturday, the combined fire departments of the county burned down a Jefferson house. Most firefighters are sworn to prevent and put out fires, but they also must have lessons in how to do this. So, once in a while, they practice on a condemned building, in this instance, an old house in Jefferson at…
Read MoreGreene County 4-H picnic is this Saturday
RSVP by close of business Wednesday Greene County 4-H members, families, and volunteers are invited to a countywide Greene County 4-H picnic at Spring Lake, to be held Saturday, Aug. 29, beginning with activities at 6 pm and the meal starting at 6:30 pm. Also invited are youth and families interested in joining or learning more about 4-H.
Read MoreSummer reading program wraps up with final party
More than 70 children read a combined total of 70,195 minutes during the Jefferson public library’s free summer reading program. According to children’s librarian Terry Clark, “each child who participated was a winner.” The statewide theme this year was “Every Hero Has a Story.” In keeping with the theme, children earned superhero symbol tokens and spent them at the “Super…
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