Day: January 25, 2017

The Paton-Churdan speech team competed in the district large group contest in Perry on Saturday. A short film created by sophomores Megan Carey, Briana Jewett, Carter Meseck, Eric Sabus, Ty Lynn Smith, Mason Sorenson and Eric Thompson, and freshman Kyla Beyers received a “I” rating and will advance to the state competition Feb. 4.

~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Scranton sesquicentennial committee is up and running. Plans are being made to celebrate the 150th birthday of Scranton on June 29, 2019. The committee is conducting a logo contest. All entries will be reviewed and prizes awarded this summer. Entries should be submitted by June 30, 2017.

The Jefferson public library will offer a pair of story times Wednesdays in February. The Just for Babies lapsit story time is for infants ages birth through 23 months. The story time will emphasize adult-child interaction with stories, movement, rhymes and songs. Just for Babies will meet from 10 to 10:45 am, with social time following until 11:30.

The Community Conversations series at Trinity Lutheran Church will continue Thursday, Feb. 2, at 5:30 pm. Leading the conversation will be Ellen Ritter, coordinator of disability services and regional QA officer. She provides the overall direction, coordination and management of county/regional mental health services for residents of Greene, Audubon and Guthrie counties, including Greene County’s mental health services management plan.

David Yepsen, a nationally-known political commentator and now host of IPTV’s “Iowa Press” show, wasted no time in crediting his home town with his successful career when he spoke to about 40 persons at the Greene County Historical Museum Sunday. Yepsen’s program was hosted by the Historical Society. Chuck Offenburger introduced Yepsen and was moderator. “I would not be here…

Bill Frederick of rural Jefferson is among the speakers at a free cover crop meeting slated for Feb. 2 at White Rock Conservancy in Coon Rapids. Frederick, of Iowa Cover Crops, will discuss cover crop selection. Other topics will include spring agronomy, cover crop pest management and more. The meeting, from 9 am to 1 pm, will include three speakers,…

Landus Cooperative invites area growers to a series of informational sessions to learn about results from the largest farmer-owned cooperative research plot in the nation. Landus Cooperative’s agronomy team will highlight four years of data from the cooperative’s 184-acre research plot in Farnhamville, as well as results from nearly 90 corn and soybean seed plots statewide.