Category: Good News

Paton-Churdan middle school students had a morning Skype session with the owner and creator of Matchstick Marvels Museum, Pat Acton. Patrick Acton was born in Greene County and raised on his family’s farm near Rippey.  After he graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 1977, he moved to Gladbrook with his wife April, and soon began experimenting with matchstick…

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Sisters Becca and Bailey Jo Anderson repeated as winners in the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual poster contest. This year’s theme was “Healthy Soils Are Full of Life”. Becca, a Paton-Churdan third grader, won in the lower age division. Bailey Ho, a P-C sixth grader, won in the upper age division. Both Becca and Bailey Jo are…

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Greene County Farm Bureau will award scholarships to Kasey Lane, a 2016 Paton-Churdan graduate, and Chase Juergensen, a 2017 P-C graduate. Both students’ scholarship applications have been forwarded to the Iowa Farm Buruea for consideration for one of 54 $1,000 scholarships that will be awarded across the state.

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Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey on Friday reminded eligible farm owners that the deadline to apply for the 2017 Century and Heritage Farm Program is June 1, 2017.  The program recognizes families who have owned their farm for 100 years in the case of Century Farms and 150 years for Heritage Farms.

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Students at Greene County Middle School were recognized at an assembly last Monday for achievements during the winter trimester, which ran from November through March.

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Greene County High School was represented by six students at Iowa State University’s annual “Taking the Road Less Traveled: STEM Careers for Women” conference e April 27.

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More than 60 county residents participated in the Greene County Reads book discussions held April 20. Host libraries were Churdan, Rippey and Scranton. Jan Scharingson, retired East Greene English teacher, once again led the discussions. Selected this year was “Fates and Traitors,” a historical novel set during the Civil War and centering on John Wilkes Booth.

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The Jefferson parks and recreation department hosted a local Live Healthy Iowa track and field meet last Thursday for children ages 5-14. The meet was held at Linduska Field at Greene County High School and was the culmination of JPRD’s mini track program.

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A group of Greene County elementary teachers started their school day at 6:30 am on Wednesdays in April to make time for a study of the book “Transforming School Culture” by Anthony Muhammad. Through the book study, teachers learned a framework for understanding how school cultures operate and how staff can continue to grow relationships and create a positive atmosphere for all,…

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DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey on Friday highlighted Soil and Water Conservation Week, which runs from April 30 to May 7. The week is an opportunity to recognize the important conservation practices placed on Iowa’s landscape and bring attention to the ongoing work by farmers, landowners and urban residents to protect the state’s soil and water resources.

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Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net April 24, 2017 Rippey library: Librarian Shawneene Kenan; 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.

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More than 350 people attended the Relay for Life of Greene County Saturday, celebrating all who are surviving cancer, remembering those who died of cancer, and raising funds to fight back against cancer. As of the close of the Relay, $33,400 was raised for the American Cancer Society. That total will grow, as not all teams of the 18 teams have…

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