According to Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity associate director Jeff Lamoureux, the John Deere Foundation has shown that the company’s tagline, “Nothing runs like a Deere,” could also be “No one gives like a Deere.”
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The ‘Yerson Effect’ comes to Greene Co HS
October is Bullying Prevention month, and at Greene County High School teachers have been wearing unique neck ties every day during the month to raise awareness. Staff thanked sophomore Yerson Salvin for creating the “Yerson Effect.” Anyone who has “unique ties” at home or in Grandpa’s closet is invited to drop them off at the high school office. “We will…
Read More2017 FFA Greenhands go to Atlantic
Twenty Greene County FFA members started their FFA careers at a Greenhand fire-up event at Atlantic High School Wednesday. Students learned about opportunities in FFA and met members from other chapters.
Read MoreTrinity Lutheran helps Houston family in hurricane recovery
Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson made relief efforts after Hurricane Hugo more personal, “adopting” a young couple who are teachers at Lutheran South Academy to help. The couple had major losses in the flooding after Hurricane Hugo. The Jefferson congregation sent a semi load of appliances, household items and more to the couple, with delivery this past Thursday.
Read MoreGCYAA team dedicating season to Nat’l Guard unit
The Greene County Youth Athletic Association’s tackle football team (fifth and sixth graders) are honoring the two local Iowa National Guardsmen who have been deployed to Puerto Rico for the relief effort following Hurricane Maria.
Read MoreClassroom-raised butterflies on their way to Mexico
Third graders at Greene County Elementary had a memorable lesson on the lifecycle of butterflies as participants in a monarch eggs pilot project. Lynne Campbell, the Prairie Lakes AEA science/STEM consultant through Iowa State University, and the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, brought the project to the school.
Read MoreVeterans serving chicken & noodles
Supper will be served by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and the American Legion on Friday, Oct. 13, Friday evening at the VFW Hall in Jefferson.
Read MoreHops native to Greene County?
Since interest has increased in home brewing beer, more people in Iowa are talking about hops, one of the more “specialized” ingredients in beer. Barb Brooker shared a post from her blog, Barb and Butch’s Big Adventure, that includes a picture of hops growing along the Raccoon River Valley Trail south of Jefferson between the trestle bridge and Winkleman Switch.
Read MoreHealthiest State Walk on Wednesday
The seventh annual Healthiest State Walk was Wednesday, with less fanfare locally than other years. There wasn’t a community walk planned in Jefferson, but Greene County Elementary had a walk and Paton-Churdan had it’s annual walk that included the entire school and members of the community.
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Rippey News October 3, 2017 Please send your news to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Happy birthday to a good friend, Myron Rinker, who will be celebrating his 80th birthday on Oct. 6.
Read MoreFarm Credit Services donates books to Churdan library
Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica), a customer-owned financial cooperative, presented recently provided books about agriculture to the Churdan public library. As part of the Community Involvement efforts of the Carroll FCSAmerica office, Farm Credit Services of America donated $500 books valued at $500 to the library.
Read More9-Square-in-the-Air at Webb House
Harry Ahrenholtz (center) of Jefferson was introduced to 9-Square-in-the-Air at the Webb House Wednesday afternoon. 9-Square-in-the-Air is a new active game that’s a hybrid of 4-Square and volleyball. Players work their way from the “1” square on an outside corner to the center “9” square by accurately hitting the ball over the horizontal bar and into another player’s square. If…
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