~bv Diane Gibson The Super Bowl and the Souper Bowl have come and gone, both setting records this year. The Broncos won and Peyton Manning set a record by being the oldest quarterback to ever win. The people of Greene County won and the Presbyterians set an all-time record colleting $357.50 and 6,374 cans of soup. Yes – that’s right-…
Read MoreMonth: February 2016
Grundon third place in district VFW essay contest
Andrea Grundon, a seventh grader at Greene County Middle School, has been recognized as having written the third place essay in the district VFW essay contest. Andrea’s essay was selected as the local chapter winner back in November. Her essay advanced to the district level competition, where she earned third place. She is pictured with Kenneth Arbuckle (left) and Don Ihnken (right).
Read MoreReminder: Presidents Day is Monday
All Greene County offices and Jefferson city offices will be closed Monday, Feb. 15, in observance of Presidents Day. In Jefferson, garbage pick-up will be on the holiday schedule, with all routes serviced one day later than usual. Water payments are due Feb. 16.
Read MoreWeather data, week ending Feb. 12
Jefferson received 2.1 inches of snow during the week ending Feb. 12 at 6 am, bringing the February total to 8.6 inches. Snow fell five days during the week. Volunteer weather observer John Beltz reports the snow equates to a total of .99 inch of precipitation this month. High temperature was 39 degrees and the low temperature was four degrees.
Read MoreChickadee Check-off continues to support wildlife conservation
Last year, roughly 7,500 out of a total 1.5 million Iowa taxpayers helped boost wildlife conservation with donations to the Fish and Wildlife Fund on their state tax form. This marks the first year in the last five where contributions and the number of contributors to the Fish and Wildlife fund have gone down. Donations to all the state tax…
Read MoreISU students to return Feb. 22
Will present their ideas for Jefferson Students from the ISU College of Design Retail Scapes studio class will return to Jefferson Monday, Feb. 22, from 2 to 4 pm at city hall. All interested persons are welcome to attend. The students visited and toured Jefferson Jan. 27, meeting with more than 40 community members as they gathered information about Jefferson.
Read MoreTrails expert Lisa Hein RRVT banquet speaker
WEST DES MOINES – Lisa Hein, who might well be called the “mother of rec trails” across Iowa, will be the featured speaker for the 9th annual banquet of the Raccoon River Valley Trail Association Saturday, Feb. 20. Hein has worked 27 years – “that’s half my life” – as one of the leading trail developers and advocates for the…
Read MoreOT win ends regular season for Rams with 10-10 record
The Greene County varsity boys basketball team finished the regular season with a razzle-dazzle 65-62 win in overtime vs the PCM Mustangs in Jefferson Feb. 12. It was the Rams’ second overtime win for the week, taking a win from Roland-Story 64-62 in Story City Tuesday. The win gave the Rams a .500 season after being 3-8 in early January. The Rams…
Read MoreMadonna Harris, 1927 – 2016
Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 12, at St Joseph Catholic Church in Jefferson for Madonna Theressa Harris, 88, of Jefferson. The Rev Jeff Schleisman, pastor of the church, celebrated Mass of the Resurrection. Rhena Lane was organist and Robert Schwarzkopf was vocalist. Casket bearers were Patrick O’Brien, Mike Coyne, Adam Coyne, Mark Thomas, John Tiffany and Mike Holden. Interment…
Read MoreState jazz contest rescheduled to Feb. 17
The IHSMA state jazz choir festival previously scheduled for Feb. 8 has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Feb. 17, at Greene County High School. Carroll Kuemper will perform at 3:30 pm, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto at 4:15, and the Greene County Jazzatonics at 5. There is an admission charge. The public is welcome.
Read MoreRockets win first game in Region 8, face G-R next
The Paton-Churdan girls basketball team advanced to the second round of Class 1A Region 8 tournament play with a 51-27 win in Coon Rapids over Coon Rapids-Bayard Feb. 11. The Rockets dominated throughout the game, taking an early lead and ending the first quarter up 14-6. The score was 21-13 at halftime and44-18 after three quarters.
Read MoreP-C girls fizzle in fourth quarter, lose to CAM 56-51
Paton-Churdan lost to CAM in girls hoops in Churdan Feb. 9, 56-51. The loss evened the season for the Rockets and the Cougars as the Rockets had won in Anita in December 50-41. “This was a difficult and frustrating loss for us as we were up 10 with seven minutes to go in the game. It was the second straight…
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