The work of three Greene County women who are landowners is included in a community photo exhibit, “River Stories: Views from an Iowa Watershed”. The exhibit will be open to the public Sunday, June 12, at the Town/Craft Center at 1122 Willis Ave, Perry.
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FIFTY Fest art show seeking entries
All area artists are reminded that it’s time to select art of any media – paintings, sculpture, pottery, fabric, photography and mixed media – for the Bell Tower Festival art show. Art lovers who want to share favorites from their private collections are also invited to display those items during the show.
Read MoreThe tradition continues at Pleasant Hill
A decades-long tradition continued at Pleasant Hill Church in Grant Township with the Memorial Service last Sunday and a meeting of the board of directors of the Pleasant Hill Memorial Chapel Corporation. The service, as in more years than most people can remember, featured Wallace Teagarden reciting Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
Read MoreWeather data, week ending June 3
Last Monday, Memorial Day, was the first 90-degree day in Jefferson this summer. According to KCCI’s SchoolNet website, the high temperature for the week ending June 3 was 91 degrees on Monday. Low temperature was 59 degrees on June 2. Jefferson received .61 inch of rain, with much of it being daytime rain that changed plans for class picnics on…
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~by Valerie Ogren for the Greene County Genealogical Society Meeting notice: The Greene County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, June 4, at 10 am in the basement meeting room of the Jefferson public library. Elaine Deluhery will tell about her “First Ancestor in Iowa”.
Read MoreNew general manager named at Wild Rose Casino
His roots are in Iowa farming Travis Dvorak, a graduate of North Tama Community Schools and a Marine Corps veteran, was introduced Wednesday as the new general manager of Wild Rose Jefferson. Dvorak is the casino’s second general manager. Mike Couch, who was hired in December 2014 and saw the casino to its opening last July, left Wild Rose employment…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net May 30, 2016 Pictured is the defibrillator the city of Rippey purchased in 2015 with funding assistance from the Greene County Community Foundation in the amount of $1,575. The defibrillator is housed in the Rippey Community room and available to anyone living in the community. The request was written by…
Read MorePAWS tells date for annual garage sale fundraiser
PAWS – People for Animal Welfare Society – is holding this year’s annual garage sale in Clover Hall at the Greene County Fairgrounds Friday, June 24, from 8 am to 6 pm and Saturday, June 25, from 8 to 11 am. For a small fee, shoppers can take a “sneak peek” to buy on Thursday, June 23, from 6 to…
Read MoreSlip ‘n’ slide kickball joins other JPRD activities at Bell Tower Festival
A new event, slip ‘n’ slide kickball, will be part of the Bell Tower Festival this year.` Slip ‘n’ slide kickball is a lot like regular kickball, but the bases are children’s swimming pools and the base paths are tarps.
Read More1950s theme for Churdan library event
Area residents are invited to “cruise over” to the Churdan public library for an evening saluting the Fabulous ’50s Sunday, June 5, from 6 to 8 pm.
Read MorePaton-Churdan honors academic achievement
Paton-Churdan held its first high school academic breakfast Wednesday, May 25. High School freshmen, sophomores and juniors with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher were honored with breakfast.
Read MoreSummer webinar series offered for Master Gardeners
Three part series provides information on shade, trees and native garden insects The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Master Gardener program will host a summer webinar series in 2016. Master Gardeners will gain educational hours while learning about benefits of shade in landscape, tree problems and native garden insects. Two-hour webinars are scheduled at the ISU Extension and Outreach…
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