The Greene County Rams ended the football season with a District 2 loss to the Carroll Tigers in Carroll Friday evening. The Rams caged the Tigers in the first half, keeping their offense in check while it rained. The rain was finished for the second half and the Tigers roared, scoring 28 points, 21 of them in the fourth quarter. Final…
Read MoreYear: 2015
Cross country season ends for Greene County
The state cross country meet will go on without representation by the Greene County Rams. At the state qualifying meet held Thursday in Glenwood, the first Ram across the finish line, junior Olivia Hansen, was four places and 16.7 seconds away from qualifying.
Read MoreHarvey, Thacker qualify for state Special Olympics bowling
Area high school students competed in the North Central Area Special Olympic bowling competition on Oct. 22 at Ridgewood Lanes in Fort Dodge. First place winner was Tosha Harvey. She will advance to state level competition in Des Moines in November. Paton-Churdan student Kourtlin Thacker placed first in his division and will also advance to state competition. Ian Jensen and Kelly…
Read MoreSheriff’s office pledges to enforce tobacco laws
The Greene County sheriff’s office has taken a pledge to keep tobacco, alternative nicotine and vapor products out of the hands of Greene County youngsters. Known as I-PLEDGE, the program is a partnership with the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) to educate local retailers and to enforce Iowa’s tobacco, alternative nicotine and vapor product laws. Since the program’s inception in…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Oct. 19, 2015 Community calendar: Friday, Oct. 30: Flu shot linic at the Rippey library from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Saturday, Oct. 31: Beggars Night in Rippey, 5 to 7 pm. Rippey public library: Librarian Andrea Williams. Phone: 515.436.7714; Website: www.rippey.lib.ia.us; E-mail: rippeyli@windstream.net HOURS: Monday 1-6 pm; Tuesday 1:40-5:30 pm; Wednesday…
Read MoreP-C’s one-runner eighth grade X-country team has success
Paton-Churdan eighth grader Jon Thede finished first on the team at every cross country meet this season. He also finished last, as he comprised the entire team. He was not only a standout on the team, he was a standout at meets. Thede won the middle school boys race at the South Central Calhoun meet in Lake City Oct. 6…
Read MoreP-C falls in Region 4 volleyball play
The Paton-Churdan volleyball team closed out its 2015 season with a loss in the first round of Class 1A Region 4 play to Adair-Casey in Adair Oct. 20. Scores were 12-25, 24-26, 23-25. “A great deal of our slow start in the first set seemed to be due to slow reactions to plays and a lack of movement in defense.…
Read MoreJefferson Friends of the Library name Friends of the Year
The Friends of the Jefferson Public Library honored four individuals as the library’s “Friends of the Year” for 2015: Vern Foje, Cassie Dozier, Joyce Allender and Conner Allender each received a certificate and thank you gift at a reception held in their honor on Monday, Oct. 12.
Read MoreLegends of journalists shared at Historical Society program
A trio of journalists told stories of Greene County journalists they consider to be “legendary” for about 30 persons at a Greene County Historical Society program Sunday afternoon at the museum in Jefferson. Chuck Offenburger and Denise O’Brien Van, both former Des Moines Register journalists, and Alan Robinson, who worked for New York City magazines before returning to his home…
Read MoreAttention grown-ups: It’s time to color
The Churdan public library will host an “after hours” adult coloring party Monday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 pm at the library. Coloring pages and a limited number of colored pencils available, but participants are welcome to bring their own favorite “colors.” “Relax, de-stress and enjoy the latest craze with us,” a library spokesperson said.
Read MoreMoving along, generation to generation
~a column by Colleen O’Brien As the new technology zooms along, I make periodic half-hearted stabs at figuring it out. I have no intuition about it or what to do with most of it; the explanations on how to work the latest gizmo confuse, and the names of things are letters and numbers that are way too reminiscent of algebra…
Read MoreBranstad praises economic development efforts in Greene County
The Jefferson city council last week approved moving forward with the application for a $1 million loan from the Iowa Finance Authority to facilitate construction of rental housing without a making a decision to accept the loan should it be approved. If comments Gov Terry Branstad made at a town hall meeting in Jefferson Tuesday are an indicator, the council…
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