Thomas Jefferson Gardens board members invite all to “take a peek inside our greenhouse” on Friday, June 11 from 5-7 pm. The first 100 visitors will receive a free plant started from seed in the new greenhouse. In March of 2021 the new greenhouse was delivered to Thomas Jefferson Gardens at 201 E. Lincoln Way in Jefferson after a trip…
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Garden Club Yard of the Month to Magills on Riverside Drive
A search of more than 100 Iowa places brought Tim and Kay Magill to Jefferson where they chose to retire. Their imaginative garden at 1200 Riverside, their home since 2015, is the June 2021 Yard of the Month chosen by the Jefferson Garden Club. A focal point at the corner of the front of the yard is a perennial garden encircled…
Read More‘Reading COLORS Your World’ at the Jefferson public library this summer
“Orange” you glad it’s time for the summer reading program at the Jefferson public library? No, it’s not a “pigment” of your imagination! It really is time for the 2021 summer reading program: “Reading COLORS Your World!” Children 4 years old through 5th grade are invited to participate in this free program. There will also be a special reading program…
Read MoreChurdan library tells summer reading plans
The Churdan public library staff has announced plans for the 2021 summer reading program. Story Time will be Wednesdays, June 9 – July 21, as follows: 9:15-9:30 am – Rubber Ducky program for children birth to 2 years old. 9:30 -10:30 am – Story time activities will be geared for a preschool audience. Any child may attend, but activities will…
Read MorePeoples Bank donates to GC Early Learning Center
A gift of $15,000 from the Peoples Bank will help ensure that “Growth Happens Here” at the Greene County Early Learning Center (GCELC), a nonprofit childcare center serving children and families from throughout Greene county. An early supporter of the project, the Peoples Banks are supporting the construction of a new building for the center in Jefferson that will…
Read MoreNew pet ordinance would mandate TNR
The Jefferson city council will once again discuss the issue of unowned cats. On the agenda for the June 8 meeting is discussion of a proposed addition dealing with feral cats to the city’s animal protection and control ordinance. The ordinance would mandate participating in a trap-neuter-return (TNR) program. The ordinance defines “feral” as “wild or untamed.” It specifies that…
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