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LifeServe Blood Center will hold a community blood drive Tuesday, May 9, from 12:30 to 5:30 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson.

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The sixth annual Scranton Kids Fishing Day will be “keepim’ it reel” Saturday, June 3, at 9 am, at Scranton’s Lost Lagoon. Sign-up sheets are available now at the Marchant Memorial Library and Peoples Trust & Savings Bank in Scranton. Contact Ashley Squibb for more information and also to register. 

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All those interested in flowers, food, and having fun are invited to join Greene County Master Gardeners on Saturday, June 3, as they spend the traveling through Warren County. Scheduled stops include Edge of the Woods Raspberry Farm, Central Iowa Organic Fertilizer (The Worm Farm!), Flying Frog Farms, Busy Bee Garden Center, The Garden Barn, and Ted Lare Garden Center.…

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The importance of a welcoming attitude and the abundance of “things to see” in Greene County was highlighted at a customer service and hospitality training provided by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach on Tuesday, April 25, at the Historical Society Museum. Twenty-nine persons from several Greene County towns attended.

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It looks like the cold rainy weather is breaking just in time for the weekend when state park campgrounds will celebrate Camping Kickoff, Saturday, May 6. State park campgrounds will feature special hikes, demonstrations, fishing clinics and much more to celebrate the start of the season. A full schedule of programs is available at www.iowadnr.gov/campingkickoff. Campers will also receive a free May/June issue of Iowa Outdoors magazine.

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Tim and Vickie Robbins hosted the Greene County Farm Bureau’s annual farm tour for all county fourth grade students at their rural Scranton farm Thursday, April 20. Approximately 110 Greene County and Paton-Churdan students spent the morning at nine hands-on learning stations set up by volunteers, Horn O’Plenty FFA members, and Farm Bureau board members.

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RSVP of Greene County is partnering with Greene County employees and mayors in county towns to mark Mayor and County Recognition Day for National Service with a “kid-friendly” food drive.

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Julie Porter, a Christian counselor with TEAM Restoration Ministries, will speak Wednesday, May 3, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson. Her program, “Destination Praise: Joy from Sorrow,” will discuss how people react during times of loss and ways to navigate the ups and downs of life.

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Physical, occupational and speech therapy are the topic of the Community Conversation Thursday, May 4, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson. Amy Eisenbacher, director of rehabilitation at Regency Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, will be the guest speaker.

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The Jefferson United Methodist Women will hold their annual rummage, plant and bake sale Friday from 5 to 7 pm and Saturday from 8 to 11 am in the church basement at 207 S. Wilson in Jefferson.

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The Grand Junction Lions Club will host a pancake brunch Sunday, April 30, from 8 am to 1 pm at the Grand Junction Community Center. The menu features pancakes with fruit and/or syrup, whole hog sausage and beverages. A free will donation will be accepted, with proceeds going to community projects.

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Students in the middle school special education classroom of Mrs Blumberg, called the Awesome Room by the students, visited kindergarten classes earlier this month. The older students read their own re-writes of their favorite Dr Seuss stories. One of the students is pictured in a kindergarten classroom. Nathan Hubbs read his story, “One Worm, Two Worms, Night Worms, Slimy Worms”…

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