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Month: June 2019

Bell Tower Festival, ‘Retro with a Twist’

The 40th Bell Tower Festival this weekend is themed “Retro with a Twist” for good reason. The festival has been planned not by Greene County Chamber and Tourism, but by a committee of volunteers headed by Pete Russell. Starting with nothing but good ideas, the committee solicited donations for start-up funds, hoping the 2019 festival will be profitable and provide…

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P-C holds Academic Achievement Breakfast

Paton-Churdan held its fourth annual Academic Achievement Breakfast Wednesday, May 29. Students in grades 9-11 with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher were invited for a breakfast and recognition. This year 24 students attended the breakfast, which was sponsored by Sparky’s (Churdan), Jefferson Fareway and Jefferson HyVee.

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Brick work under way at career academy

The beginnings of Greene County Schools’ new career academy are above ground despite the wetter than normal May. Last week masons began laying brick that will be the interior walls of the career academy. As of the weekend, the interior wall footings were poured and work had begun on the footings for the exterior walls.

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GrCoHS students spend time ‘adulting’

Greene County High School students in grades 9-11 were treated to some “adulting” for an afternoon on May 29. Volunteers from the community came to the high school to offer sessions that will help prepare students for life after high school. Students were able to choose from 20 different sessions. Topics covered in these sessions were basic home repair, gardening,…

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Supes approve $30K to GCDC for land purchase

~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline Kick-starting the development of new work-force level housing in Greene County was on the agenda for the board of supervisors at their regular meeting Monday, June 3. There was spirited discussion among the supervisors concerning a request by Greene County Development Corporation for $30,000 of county money which would enable GCDC to purchase land east…

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Farm safety stressed in handling cattle, calves

~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Farming is one of the most dangerous occupations there is. That fact was illustrated recently with the death of a Guthrie Center farmer. According to Guthrie County Sheriff Marty Arganbright, Jack I Larson, 70, of Guthrie Center suffered fatal injuries on Friday, April 12. Larson was working with a newborn calf, securing it in the…

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‘Cram the Cab’ for the ARC next week

Greene County Farm Bureau will be holding a Cram the Cab event at the Jefferson Fareway store June 10 – 15. The Greene County Christian Action Resources Center reports seeing an increased demand during the summer months due to schools not being in session. Customers shopping at the store will be able to round up their grocery purchases to the…

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Tax sale set for June 17

The county treasurer’s annual tax sale will be held Monday, June 17, at 9 am in the board room on the second floor of the courthouse in Jefferson. At that time, all real estate property on which the 2018 taxes have not been paid will be sold for the cost of the unpaid taxes. Owners whose property is sold can…

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Days of stamps and letters

~a column by Colleen O’Brien When the current President of the U.S. was elected in November of 2016, sales of the 1949 novel Nineteen-Eighty-Four by George Orwell skyrocketed by 20 percent according to the Washington Post. It was in the top ten on Amazon’s book list, according to Amazon.

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