Weather 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…

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Letter 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…

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In 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,…

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Things 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…

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Greene 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.

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Summer 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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