In the neighborhood

Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Sept. 26, 2016 Rippey public library:  Librarian, Katrina Buttler; phone: 515.436.7714; website: www.rippey.lib.ia.us; E-mail: rippeyli@windstream.net HOURS: Monday 1-6 pm; Tuesday 2-6 pm; Wednesday 3-6 pm; Thursday 2-7 pm; Friday 3-6 pm. Friday, Sept. 30, there will be a “Movie in the Grass” starting at 8:15 pm. Bring blankets and family-friendly…

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Qualities for the times

~a column by Colleen O’Brien “ . . . I find that nothing in life counts more than the happiness we can give others, the good that we can do. This is what we must teach our children, to think of others more than they think of themselves for it is in this way they will find the most satisfaction…

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Anniversary celebration slated at Pleasant Hill

The Pleasant Hill Memorial  Corporation is celebrating the 50th year anniversary of its incorporation and 135th anniversary of the church building Sunday, Oct. 9, starting at 2 pm. Pleasant Hill, located in Grant Township, was built in 1881 with authorization of the Methodist Conference. The wood frame church was used until dwindling membership led to its closure in 1952. The…

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