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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~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.
Read More2019 Bell Tower of Fame honors entrepreneur and philanthropist
When you see the Medicap logo on the pharmacy storefront in Jefferson, Charlie Porter, a former Jeffersonian, gets the credit for building the franchise that has spanned the nation. A 1965 graduate of Jefferson High School, Porter will be honored as the 2019 Bell Tower of Fame Award recipient during opening ceremonies of the Bell Tower Festival Friday, June 7,…
Read MoreGutierrez named to All-Iowa Elite soccer team by Register
~by Noah Rohlfing for The Scranton Journal The accolades have arrived for Greene County’s stellar junior attacking midfielder Junior Gutierrez. The Rams’ talisman has been named to the Des Moines Register’s All-Iowa Elite soccer team following a season in which he led the Rams to a Class 1A state tournament berth in just the second season of soccer in boys’…
Read MoreGreene County Class of 2019 scholarships, awards told
The Greene County Class of 2019 is the first class that can boast that every student received a scholarship. Greene County Foundational Scholarships in the amount of $500 were awarded to every graduating senior, regardless of his or her future plans. The scholarships represent the interest drawn from a bequest of more than $900,000 from the estate of Floyd Dunlop…
Read MoreImpact Award presented to Jerry Roberts
For the past nine years Jerry Roberts has served as emcee and presenter of the Greene County Impact Award. Sunday it was Roberts’ turn to listen and then stand up to receive the 2019 Impact Award from stand-in emcee Chuck Offenburger. The Impact Award was initiated to honor someone for his or her volunteer efforts that have touched the entire…
Read MoreFarmers market senior coupons now available
Sign-up and distribution of farmers’ market senior coupons will take place Tuesday, June 11, and Wednesday, June 12, from 8:30 to 10:30 am at the Greenewood Community Center at 401 West Greenewood Road in Jefferson. The program is available to persons age 60 and older (MUST be 60 or older) who are single with a yearly income less than $23,107…
Read MoreRam softball team still winless after B-F tourney
~by Noah Rohlfing for The Scranton Journal The Greene County softball team’s rough start to the season continued on Saturday, as the Rams lost both games they played in the Bondurant-Farrar tournament.
Read MoreVeterans memorial dedicated in Churdan
The names of 202 military veterans are etched on two large, black granite stones at the Highland Township Cemetery. Those stones, along with a third bearing the emblems of the five branches of the U.S. military, comprise a Veterans Memorial that was dedicated on Memorial Day. Lighted American flags flank the memorial.
Read More‘Chews Jefferson’
Lunch on Wednesdays will be a special time in Jefferson’s downtown, with an added attraction to the daily Tower Tunes Live concerts at the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower. Each Wednesday in June, a different downtown restaurant will offer a $5 box lunch special. The lunch will need to be ordered after 11 am and will be available to pick up…
Read MoreSign up now for JPL’s summer reading program
The theme for the 2019 summer reading program is “A Universe of Stories”. The Jefferson public library staff invites children ages 4 years through the 5th grade to begin registering this week for the free program. Everyone can begin reading June 12 and participate in activities throughout the months of June and July. There will be a “Where In the…
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