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May 2, 2016
The Rippey Lions Club will meet May 5 with a potluck meal.
Mary Weaver honored: Mary Weaver, president of the Friends of Rippey, was honored Sunday, May 1, with the Greene County Impact Award. Many friends and neighbors from the Rippey area attended the ceremony in the rotunda of the courthouse in Jefferson. Read more under the News tab at GreeneCountyNewsOnline
Rippey public library: Librarian, Katrina Buttler; phone: 515.436.7714; website: www.rippey.lib.ia.us; E-mail: rippeyli@windstream.net
HOURS: Monday 1-6 pm; Tuesday 2-6 pm; Wednesday 3-6 pm; Thursday 2-7 pm; Friday 3-6 pm.
During regular library hours the week of May 2-6 library patrons will be able to make special Mother’s Day cards for all the moms in their lives.
Rippey United Methodist Church: PO Box 286, 103 West Main St. Rippey, IA 50235. Pastor: Paul Burrow. Phone: 515-436-7731
Adult Sunday school at 9:45 am. Worship service at 11 am. Every Tuesday: quilters 9 am, coffee and fellowship 10 am – everyone welcome.
Thursday, May 5 – 9:30 am, Rippey Ladies Aid Guest Day. This year’s theme will be a tribute to mothers.
Sunday, May 8 – Mother’s Day! 5 pm – SPLASH middle school youth at Grand Junction; 6:30 pm – THUG high school youth at Rippey.
News in and around Rippey: Recently, Nancy and Dale Hanaman visited in the home of Jane Gibb in Fort Dodge. Jane was a classmate of Nancy and Dale’s at Simpson College. Nancy met Jane recently at a United Methodist Church meeting in Fort Dodge, renewing their friendship from 45 years ago.
Dale and Nancy Hanaman traveled to Superior to help rebuild the deck at the home of their daughter Sarah and Benji Pearson, Steven, Elizabeth and Andrea. Their son Matthew also came to help. On Sunday, May 1, the family joined to celebrate Dale’s birthday with many candles on his cake.
