When the Bell Tower of Fame Award began, “There were those in our community who thought we would surely run out of people to honor. Surprise! Thanks to the efforts of many nominators, the honorees’ accomplishments have spanned the globe,” says Carole Custer, past chair of the Bell Tower Festival and chair of the selection committee. The award has honored…
Read MoreMonth: January 2021
Covid update, Jan. 20
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County is at 9.3 percent as of Wednesday morning, Jan. 20. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 720. There has been one new case in the last 24 hours, four in the last three days, 20 in the last seven days, and 37 new cases in the…
Read MoreSupes to discuss silencing the bell tower until policies are put in place
The Greene County board of supervisors’ agenda for the Thursday meeting, posted Tuesday, was amended at 8:30 Wednesday morning. Added to the agenda is consideration of temporary suspension of all music from the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower (except the quarterly chimes) until policies governing the playing of music are established.
Read MoreI finally understand what ‘stooping to conquer’ means
~a column by Colleen O’Brien On the evening of President Obama’s first inauguration, Jan. 20, 2009, leading Republicans spent four hours in a high-end DC restaurant plotting how to waylay anything they could in the new administration’s plans. The dinner was reported by Washington Post reporter Jonathan Capehart on Aug. 10, 2012, and by Frontline on Jan. 15, 2013. The…
Read MoreJunior class chili supper is Jan. 29
The Greene County junior class chili supper will be served Friday, Jan. 29, with some Covid-19 guidelines. The Ram girls and boys basketball teams will host West Marshall for a Mega Night in the high school and middle gyms that evening. The meal includes a bowl of chili, crackers, relishes, crackers, a cinnamon roll, and water. Fans who are allowed…
Read MoreLocal Cattlemen planning annual banquet for Feb. 27
The Greene County Cattlemen are making preparations for their annual banquet to be held Saturday Feb. 27, at Clover Hall on the Greene County Fairgrounds. Social hour begins at 6 pm with a New York Strip steak dinner served at 6:30. The Cattlemen will follow Covid mitigation protocols set forward by the governor and Greene County leaders. “If you are…
Read MorePatriotic bell music will mark presidential inauguration
Patriotic music will play from the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower Wednesday, Inauguration Day, at 12:15 pm. Mahanay Maestro Rick Morain’s playlist will include “The National Anthem,” “America, the Beautiful,” “America,” “This Land Is Your Land,” and “God Bless America”. The Greene County Democrat central committee was told Tuesday mid-day that their request for patriotic music would be granted after initially…
Read More‘People’s Inauguration’ set for Thursday
All interested persons are invited to participate in a “People’s Inauguration” Thursday, Jan. 21, at 12:15 pm on the south side of the courthouse in Jefferson. The event, which will be mirrored across the nation, will be an opportunity “to renew our spirits and recommit to our core values,” wrote Sikh activist, author and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project…
Read MoreSupes change their tune on bell tower music
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County supervisors changed their tune about music from the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower at their regular meeting Monday. In a sudden and complete reversal from what they said just four days earlier, the supervisors and county attorney Thomas Laehn decided at their meeting on Jan 18 that the Public Art policy is in…
Read MoreCovid positivity rate at 10.1 percent
The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in Greene County has again crossed the 10 percent mark. Greene County public health director reports the rate at 10.1 percent as of Tuesday morning, Jan. 19. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the county is 719. There have been three new cases in the last 24 hours, five in the last…
Read MoreApplications for Community Foundation grants being accepted now
Grant deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 10 Applications for the 2021 grant cycle of the Greene County Community Foundation are now available from the Foundation’s new website. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, gaming revenues were lessened this year and the amount allotted for grants by the Foundation will be reduced. Funds to be distributed are allocated by Grow Greene County Gaming…
Read MoreLetter to the editor: G. and P. Naylor on protests, democracy and farming
To the editor, As we write this on January 18, a day to collectively remember the non-violent leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the civil rights movement, we also recognize National Women Farmers Day in India where farmers are leading the largest protest in human history. Over 250 million farmers and farm workers are protesting, brought together through farmer…
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