Students and staff at Paton-Churdan schools and employees at John Deere in Paton partnered in the Caring Christmas collection for the Greene County Christian Action Resource Center. All donations of food and personal care items will be distributed to persons in need in the county.
Read MoreDay: December 17, 2017
Construction class project moving along
The students in the construction class at Greene County High School met their goal of having this year’s class project, a 1,280-square-foot house on E. Wilcox Way entirely enclosed before cold weather.
Read MoreWinners named in Chamber drawing
Winners of gift certificates have been named in the second Hometown Christmas drawing. Winners of the drawing held Dec. 11 are Don Yepsen of Jefferson, who registered at Royal Jewelers, Kris McPherson of Jefferson, who registered at Addie’s, and Trisha Emery, who registered at Don’s Ace Hardware.
Read MoreMiddle schoolers have food drive
The Greene County Middle School student council conducted a food drive Dec. 7-15 and collected 395 items for the Greene County Christian Action Resource Center food pantry. They delivered the items to the ARC the same day. The students and student council advisor Betsey Wiederin thank all who helped with the food drive.
Read MoreStudents help at Nativity Festival
High school students demonstrated collaboration last Sunday when members of the Interact Club at the Greene County chapter of National Honor Society worked with Habitat for Humanity at the annual Nativity Festival. Students greeted attendees and later helped serve the soup that followed a community concert.
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The monthly meeting on the Hardin Happy Hustlers was held Nov. 12 in Clover Hall at the Greene County fairgrounds, with the annual family potluck. Twenty members and their guests were present.
Read MoreAnnual winter bird survey Dec. 14 -Jan. 5
The annual Christmas bird count is underway across Iowa with volunteers working with count coordinators from the Iowa Ornithologists Union to identify one day between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5 to count every bird – seen or heard – in their designated area.
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