Category: Good News

Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Nov. 21, 2016 Phyllis (Adamson) Gannon will be 90 years old on Nov. 23, 2016.  Cards may be sent to her at 2147 260th St., Grand Junction, IA  50107.

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The spacious new lobby/corridor at Greene County Medical Center has allowed a seasonal favorite, the medical center auxiliary’s “Holiday of Lights” to grow. This year’s silent auction includes 50 wreaths, Christmas trees, porch decorations and table centerpieces, about 10 more than in previous years.

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Runners and walkers will own the streets of Paton for the sixth annual Gobble Gobble 5K Run/Walk  Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, starting at 8:30 am at the Loren Shriver Community Building in Paton. The registration fee is three canned items per runner, with all items being donated to the Action Resource Center (ARC) food pantry. The registration for T-shirts is past.

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Jungle Into Junction, Holiday of Trees as fundraisers for pool fund A Festival of Trees will kick off at Jingle Into Junction today, Nov. 20, at the Grand Junction Community Center. Jingle Into Junction will feature a soup supper from 5 to 7 pm. Also, bidding in a silent auction of gift baskets, holiday décor and other items will conclude at 6:30.…

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Does Drove No. 196 made donations to a pair of worthy projects recently. The Does presented a check for $1,000 to Adopt-a-Family for the Christmas basket project. The money was from proceeds from the Election Day soup luncheon.

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The Greene County Medical Center Foundation is once again celebrating the lives of those we have loved and lost by offering the “Tree of Life.” With a $25 gift, the loved one’s name will be attached to a special ornament and placed on the tree. All donations will go to the medical center’s oncology department for equipment purchases. The “Tree…

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Greene County residents were reminded how quickly the weather can change. Thursday was a day for short sleeves or light jackets, and by Friday people were grabbing their winter coats. High temperature in Jefferson for the week was 74 degrees according to KCCI’s SchoolNet 8. Low temperature was 28 degrees. Jefferson received just .03 inch of precipitation during the week that ended…

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Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Nov. 14, 2016 Rippey relatives and Rippey alumni class members of 1962 were notified of the death of John Douglas Johnson of Panora on Nov. 4, 2016.

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Bella Linberg (left) and Sadie Gilbertson, sixth graders at Greene County Intermediate School, visited Greene County Medical Center last week to make a $314 donation. They presented a check to Aleah Ferguson (right), a chemotherapy nurse. Ferguson will use the money to purchase “celebration gifts” for patients having their last chemotherapy treatments.

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The Greene County Ministerial Association will host an ecumenical Thanksgiving service this Sunday, Nov. 20, at 6 pm at Central Christian Church in Jefferson. Pastor Devin Wolters of the First Baptist Church of Jefferson will share the message. The Greene County Singers and a mass choir will provide music.

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All area residents are invited to “Jingle Into Junction” next Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Grand Junction Community Center. Grand Junction Horizons will serve a soup supper from 5 to 7 pm, and there will be festive tree lighting ceremony at 6:30. There will be a silent auction of holiday and other items; bids will close at 6:30. The items…

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Greene County teens are invited to a special premier showing of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Friday, Nov. 18. There is no charge for the first 200 teens (grades 6-12) who pre-register at their local library. Along with free admission, students will get a free bag of popcorn or a coupon for $2 off at the concession stand.…

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