A final fundraising effort for furnishings for the new Community Center in Grand Junction is underway. The Committee for a New Community Center is seeking donations to supply the facility with new tables, chairs, dishes, silverware, pots, pans, kitchen utensils and other service items. Funds are also needed for a new sound system.
Read MoreDay: September 23, 2015
Vets donate Ecklund memorial to Avenue of Flags
Jim Andrew (left) and Donna (Ecklund) Sutton on Tuesday presented a check for $1,390 to the city of Jefferson to complete the fundraising for new flags at for the Avenue of Flags. Vicky Lautner (right), who oversees the city’s cemeteries as director of the park and recreation department, accepted the check. The money was memorial gifts made in honor of Bill…
Read MoreRe-dedication of Civil War monument Oct. 3
To mark the end of the Civil War sesquicentennial this year, the uniformed auxiliary, Company B, 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Sons Veteran Reserve, is carrying out five re-dedication ceremonies of Civil War monuments in western Iowa. A re-dedication ceremony will be held at the Jefferson Municipal Cemetery Saturday, Oct. 3, at 10 am. The public is cordially invited. The ceremony…
Read MoreMedical center auxiliary’s Table Talk luncheon slated
People who always wanted to decorate with flair and those who want to try something daring and different in table design will have those opportunities at the 13th annual Table Talk salad luncheon, sponsored by the Greene County Medical Center auxiliary.
Read MoreMural at medical center depicts where we live
There are many pieces of art the viewer has to study and think about. The large mural installed Monday afternoon in the new outpatient waiting area at Greene County Medical Center isn’t one of them.
Read MoreQuestion all famous folk
~a column by Colleen O’Brien Because we live in Iowa, home of the first caucus in a Presidential election year, we get all the candidates sometime in the two years prior to the vote; in this case, November of 2016. They’re flocking to Iowa already, in case you haven’t noticed, and it is indeed a privilege, for they come here…
Read MoreGOP holds fundraiser, reps of seven presidential candidates on hand
The Greene County Republicans’ annual fall fundraiser included the announcement of candidacy by Kirk Hammer for county sheriff. According to GOP party chair Roger Olhausen, Democrat sheriff Steve Haupert has already announced he will not run for re-election in 2016. Republican chief deputy Jack Williams, who ran against Haupert in the last election, has already announced that he also is…
Read MoreVolleyball team plans ‘Blocking Out Cancer’ fundraiser
The 2015 Ram volleyball team is “Blocking Out Cancer” at its home match Oct. 8 against North Polk. Order forms for the special “Blocking Out Cancer” T-shirts, made by ShineOn Designs, are available at Peoples Trust & Savings Bank, Home State Bank and the Greene County Community Center.
Read MoreLocal Dems hold fundraiser, meet King challenger
Greene County Democrats had their first opportunity to meet Kim Weaver of Sheldon, an Iowa Democratic state committee member and an announced candidate to run against Steve King in the Fourth Congressional District. Weaver attended the Greene County Democrats’ fall fundraiser dinner and pie auction at the Greenewood Center in Jefferson Sept. 19. About 40 persons attended the dinner. Weaver…
Read MoreGreene County school board talks about failed bond proposal
The Greene County Community Schools board of education at its regular meeting Sept. 16 organized for the 2015-16 year, with incumbent Ashley Johnston and new member John McConnell taking their oaths of office, but before that was done, the “old” board’s last item of discussion was the $20 million bond proposal that was on the Sept. 8 ballot. The proposal…
Read MorePlaque tour brings notable persons to life
About 50 persons learned more about the people who shaped Greene County in its early years, and the people residents like to boast about, at a historic plaque tour last Sunday hosted by the Greene County Historical Society and Jefferson Matters: Main Street. Volunteers in costumes, some of them borrowed from the Historical Society, were near the informative plaques around the…
Read MoreBell tower quiet while new strikers are installed
The Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower has been quiet this week and yellow caution tape has encircled the base of the tower as a two-man crew from Verdin Company works at the top of the tower, about 160 feet up. The crew is replacing the strikers in the five functioning bells. The striker hangs inside the bell, anchored by the same…
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