Year: 2017

All area veterans and motorcyclists are invited to be part of a motorcade that will escort the 9/11 Never Forget mobile exhibit to Jefferson Friday, June 30. The motorcade will form at 11 am at the parking lot at Shopko/Hy-Vee in Perry. The planned departure time is noon. The motorcade will travel west on Highway 144 and north on Highway…

All are invited to the city park in Churdan for “Tunes and Treats” Tuesday, July 4, starting at 7 pm. The Town & Country Band will provide the tunes and the Churdan public library board will provide the treats. Concert go-ers can enjoy ice cream sundaes, floats, or brownies a la mode as then enjoy music in the well-shaded park.

Almost 50 area youngsters participated in the first week of swim lessons at the Jefferson municipal pool. The first session, June 19-23, was free with sponsorship by Home State Bank. Pictured are many of the young swimmers and the 2017 pool staff.

Organizers of the inaugural Heart of Iowa HabiTour are mixing one part exercise with two parts fun and a pinch of great support as they plan a new fundraising event by Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity. With route length choices of 30, 50 or 100 miles ridden entirely on the safe and gently rolling Raccoon River Valley Trail, the…

Greene County Elementary School recognized exemplary behavior all school year by designating “Bucket Fillers” each month. Bucket Fillers are students who demonstrate “bucket filling” behaviors, spreading love and kindness almost all the time. May Bucket Fillers are (from left) Kiera Cummings, Trinity Hart, Owen Frederick, Moses Brown and Cody Taggart with Lori Subbert, manager of the Jefferson Hy-Vee store. Bucket…

Registrations are due Thursday, July 6, for the Jefferson park and recreation department’s adult co-ed slow pitch softball league. Games will be played Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 11 through Aug. 24, on the east city field in Jefferson. The schedule will be created to avoid team conflicts.