The Town and Country Band will perform a pair of Christmas concerts this weekend. The first performance of a mini tour slated for Dec. 2 was cancelled due to road conditions. The band will perform Saturday, Dec. 15, at 7 pm at the First Baptist Church in Churdan, and on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 1:30 pm at the United Methodist…
Read MoreDay: December 12, 2018
Reminder: Community Players auditions this week
The Community Players of Greene County will hold auditions for a production of “Death by Dessert” by Nathan Hartwick. Auditions will be held Friday, Dec. 14, at 7 pm and Saturday, Dec. 15, at 1 pm in the Greene County High School classroom of Darren Jackson. Enter the school through the west door.
Read MoreNativity Festival brings 200 together for Habitat
The annual Nativity Festival held Sunday drew dozens of nativity sets for display and an audience of 200 for a concert, of which 140 stayed for a soup supper and pie auction. The event netted $7,912 for the Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity. The nativity display was coordinated by Jill Lamoureux. It was the seventh Nativity Festival, but the…
Read MoreBlood drive in Scranton Dec. 18
While you’re checking things off of your Christmas list, don’t forget the most important gift to give: the gift of life. Blood donation only takes about an hour and has a huge impact in your community. One blood donor can save the lives of three people with a standard donation.
Read MoreFund drive for new food pantry three-fourths complete
The fundraising committee of the Greene County Christian Action Resource Center has raised close to three-fourths of its goal for the purchase of the former Clark Heating & Plumbing location on N. Elm St in Jefferson. Pastor Julie Poulsen, chair of the Action Resource Center board, announced that as of Wednesday, the building account totals $73,027. That will cover the…
Read MoreThe Big Boys come to join some big boys and girls of our own
~a column by Colleen O’Brien The news in Jefferson for several months – a start-up may be coming to town. At least it’s something starting that hasn’t been here before. It is a place – a more than century-old building just off the Square – in which to learn how to invent one’s own start-up. Once rehabbed, at about $1.7…
Read MoreJPD adding incentives to hire, keep new officers
Even as Jefferson police chief Mark Clouse was creating an incentive plan to keep young JPD officers in the department, an officer with two years on the force “jumped ship” for the Greene County sheriff’s office. When Clouse first presented his recruitment/retention incentive plan to the council four weeks ago, he anticipated the departure of two or three young officers.…
Read MoreCounty promotes secondary roads employees, hires JPD officer
The Greene County supervisors approved resolutions for personnel matters at its regular meeting Dec. 10. County engineer Wade Weiss had previously discussed changing the job classifications of three secondary roads employees. The supervisors okayed a resolution changing Tanner Stauffer’s classification to assistant to the engineer at an annual salary of $62,000; changing Ryan Baugh’s classification to shop superintendent at an…
Read MoreAlley Cat Allies visits with council about community cats
The Jefferson city council got an education about trap-neuter-return (TNR) as a method of dealing with un-homed cats. Education, said Alice Burton of the national Alley Cat Allies organization, is the biggest part of the effort. Burton traveled from Bethesda, MD, to meet with the city council and with Josh Colvin, director of animal control services for the Animal Rescue…
Read MoreHabitat, Historical Society make budget requests
Habitat now partnering with USDA in housing projects Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity is expanding its efforts beyond home repair and construction to become a resource for all county residents who need help keeping their homes safe and functional. Assistant director Jeff Lamoureux shared that news as he made his annual budget request at the county supervisors’ meeting Monday.
Read MoreAnimal shelter fundraising drive now in grant-writing stage
A team of grant writers is ready to start writing applications for funds for the new Greene County animal shelter. Don Orris, who is coordinating the animal shelter project, has experienced grant writers Mary Weaver, Beth Vander Wilt and Sue Richardson on board. They visited the current animal shelter recently to take photos to bolster their grant applications. “I’m very…
Read MoreGreene County grapplers post 3-2 day at Ogden dual tourney
~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County wrestlers dropped two dual matches at Gilbert Thursday. They lost 54-27 to Adel-DeSoto-Minburn and were edged out of a win by Gilbert 39-37. Greene County went 3-2 Saturday at the Ogden dual meet tournament. They began with a close loss to East Sac County 41-39, then won the next three: 72-12 over…
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