The Bill Riley Talent Search capped an afternoon of free entertainment on the Plaza Stage during the Bell Tower Festival in Jefferson Saturday. The local contest was sponsored by Greene County Farm Bureau, as in the past several years, but the organization was handled by volunteer Nicole Friess Schilling. 4-H members Regan, Cassie and Kirsten Lamoureux, Julia Saul and Annie…
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Paton Fun Day organizers plan a full schedule
Paton will showcase the best of small town life at Paton Fun Day Saturday, June 27. All area residents are invited to participate in a wide variety of activities. The Loren Shriver Community Center and the adjacent city park will be the scene for most events.
Read MoreSpelling champions named
The Greene County Historical Society’s spelling bee wasn’t the biggest spelling bee ever, but it was an entertaining part of the Bell Tower Big Top Saturday afternoon at the Greene County Community Center.
Read MoreFree Google Chrome class starts June 29
The Jefferson public library will host a free computer class, “Using Google Chrome,” Mondays from 6 to 8 pm. The six-week course was originally slated to begin June 15 but has been delayed to begin June 29. Barb Brooker, whose particular expertise is teaching folks who think they’re too old to learn how to use technology, will teach the class.
Read MoreBell Tower Big Top draws big number of vendors
The days of the courthouse square being packed with vendors for the Bell Tower Festival have returned. Angie Pedersen, Bell Tower Festival coordinator, reports that carnival rides by Amusement Associates will take up the east side of the square, and vendors will fill the other three sides.
Read More‘Tour The Raccoon’ bringing cyclists from six states
Overnight in Jefferson during the Bell Tower Festival ~by Chuck Offenburger for the Raccoon River Valley Trail Association Bicycle riders from six states have pre-registered for the seventh annual “Tour The Raccoon” ride on the Raccoon River Valley Trail, set for this Saturday and Sunday, June 13-14. They’ll be in Jefferson Saturday night, with most of them camping at the…
Read MoreB.I.G. selects logo, T-shirt design
“I’d rather be ME than a BULLY” is the slogan selected by the steering committee of the Bully Project in Greene County (BIG). The slogan, suggested by 14-year-old Jasmine Blumberg of Grand Junction, will be lettered in blue on the back of orange T-shirts. The front of the shirts will feature the organization’s name. Orange and blue are the colors…
Read MoreOld Scranton elevator demolition under way
Workers from Murphy Construction are progressing with the demolition of the old Scranton wooden elevator. West Central Coop is razing the building located on Main Street near the railroad tracks. The old feed mill is no longer used. It was announced in March that the Scranton fire department would burn the building as a training exercise with neighboring departments. However,…
Read MoreRippey alum creating school monument as a labor of love
He helped build the gym; now he’s building a monument ~by Mary Weaver, special to GreeneCountyNewsOnline Keith Devilbiss of Rippey knows how to turn a lemon situation into sweet palatable lemonade! He is pictured here completing one of his life’s passions, working as a mason, this time making a memorial for the Rippey School from the bricks used to erect…
Read MoreMilitary honors provided for Civil War veteran
A small but appreciative group gathered at the Junction Township Cemetery May 30 to witness the offering of military honors at the grave of Sergeant Isaac Ford. Ford served in Company I, 2nd Iowa Cavalry in the Civil War. He moved from Jones County after the Civil War and died at Grand Junction in 1906. Ford’s grave was previously unmarked…
Read MoreSign up for farmers market senior coupons June 4, 5
Sign-up and distribution of coupons for the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program will take place Thursday and Friday, June 4 and June 5, from 8 am to 1 pm at the Greenewood Community Center on Greenewood Road in Jefferson. The program is available to persons age 60 and older who are single with a yearly income less than $21,775 or…
Read MoreFinal salute to retiring teachers
Congratulations to retiring Greene County Community School District staff This is the third and last segment in a series of questions and answers with the 11 staff retiring from the Greene County Community School District (GCCSD). ~ by Lora Koch, The Scranton Journal MICHELE HARDIN: Elementary Title I reading teacher Michele Hardin began her 33-year career with the district before she…
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