The 2023 Bell Tower Festival, themed “Live Your Legacy”, will fill Jefferson’s downtown with activities, entertainment and refreshments this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. A Downtown Dinner Party is again planned for under the sun shades in the 100 block of W. Lincoln Way Thursday evening. A social hour with cocktails and games will begin at 5 pm, with dinner and…
Read MoreDay: June 7, 2023
Are you any sort of virgin?
~a column by Colleen O’Brien I love a mystery. Murder mysteries are a passion with me, a little passion, an offshoot of the big passion: my real and long-lived passion is words, for they are the most mysterious of all. We make them up for our own purposes, but at the end, who uses who? I’m not more adept in…
Read MoreSupervisors briefed on progress of Grand Junction Solar construction permit
The Greene County board of adjustment will be asked to hold a public hearing in the next several weeks on an amended construction permit for Grand Junction Solar, a utility-scale solar energy project in Junction Township. Tom Karas of National Grid Renewables, project manager of Grand Junction Solar, told the Greene County supervisors Monday that he’s in the process of…
Read MoreRegister now for youth football
The Greene County Youth Athletic Association (GCYAA) reminds parents that registration for the 2023 football season is now open and will close on Aug. 4. This is for football athletes who will be entering 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades in the fall. Third and 4th graders will learn fundamentals of football through flag football. Fifth and 6th grade athletes…
Read MoreThe view from my window
American history, racism, and wokeness ~a column by Mary Weaver I was awake early this morning. I am also WOKE. Ring around the rosie / Pocket full of posies / Last one down is a _igger baby. Eena, meena, mina, mo / Catch a _igger by his toe. / If he hollers make him pay / Fifty dollars every day.…
Read More‘Ring Out for Art’ sculptures on Bell Tower Plaza
The quartet of sculptures decorating the Bell Tower Plaza were selected from 36 entries received for the eighth Ring Out for Art contest, organized by the Jefferson Matters: Main Street Tower View Team. Those who attend the annual Bell Tower Festival this weekend in downtown Jefferson can vote for their favorite, with the winner receiving the Public Choice Award. Voting…
Read MoreCorn condition already declining due to hot, dry weather
Isolated rain showers during the week led to 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 4, 2023, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Farmers were still planting some corn and soybeans this week, however nearly all planting activities are finished. There were limited reports of crop replanting in certain fields. Other field activities included cutting…
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