The Jefferson public library will host Michigan author Bill Jamerson on Saturday, May 14, at 10:30 am at the First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson. Jamerson will present a music and storytelling program about the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The program is free and open to the public.
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Dinner at the Elks lodge Thursday
The public is invited to dinner at the Elks lodge Thursday, May 12, at 6:30 pm. The Elks will serve fettuccine Alfredo with shrimp, salad and dessert. Tickets are $12. Reservations are requested; please call 515-386-2106 by May 11. The lodge is handicap accessible.
Read MoreAnother Market to Market visits Jefferson
How long does it take a relay team to run from Jefferson to Des Moines? The answer Saturday was anywhere between 7 hours, 21 minutes, 5 seconds and 14 hours, 11 minutes, 10 seconds, as demonstrated by about 2,500 runners who ran the Market to Market Relay Iowa down the Raccoon River Trail.
Read MoreWeather data, week ending May 6
Jefferson received 1.8 inches of rain during the week that ended Friday, May 6, with most of it falling April 30. KCCI’s SchoolNet Jefferson site reported a high temperature of 89 degrees and the end of the week and an overnight low of 42 degrees.
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net May 2, 2016 The Rippey Lions Club will meet May 5 with a potluck meal. Mary Weaver honored: Mary Weaver, president of the Friends of Rippey, was honored Sunday, May 1, with the Greene County Impact Award. Many friends and neighbors from the Rippey area attended the ceremony in the…
Read MoreFIFTY Fest T-shirts now available
Bell Tower Festival T-shirts are now available. The 37th annual Bell Tower Festival, FIFTY FEST, in recognition of the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower’s 50th anniversary, is slated for June 10-12. Angie Pedersen, tourism and events coordinator for the Greene County Chamber of Commerce, announced Friday that commemorative T-shirts are now available for purchase at the Greene County Chamber of Commerce…
Read MoreMedical center auxiliary garage sale is this week
The Greene County Medical Center auxiliary will hold its annual garage sale this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Clover Hall at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson. One of the auxiliary’s bigger fundraising sales every year, it relies on donations from the community as well as from auxiliary members.
Read MoreTeacher Appreciation Week is May 2-6
Who wouldn’t enjoy a cart full of breakfast items appearing at their work station with an invitation to pick somethin, no charge, to start the day? That’s what teachers at Greene County High School will have this Friday compliments of the student council as part of Teacher Appreciation Week, May 2-6.
Read MoreStudents learn how to plant trees from a pro
Greene County eighth graders learned the correct way to plant trees Tuesday as they helped the Jefferson tree committee plant 30 trees on S. Maple St and W. Madison St. Brad Riphagen, a field coordinator for Trees Forever and a longtime Jefferson resident, of led each eighth grade science class through the correct way to plant trees as he provided a…
Read MoreChild Care Provider Appreciation Day is Friday
~Child Care Resource and Referral Friday, May 6 is Provider Appreciation Day. This special day recognizes providers and teachers of young children everywhere. It is celebrated each year on the Friday before Mother’s Day.
Read More“Yet” – a word the community should embrace with young people
Greene County elementary principal Scott Johnson wants to change the mindset of the community to include the word “yet.” Johnson briefed the Greene County Schools board at its April meeting about a book study elementary teachers have done on Mary Cay Ricci’s “Mindset in the Classroom.”
Read MoreFarm Bureau tells scholarship winners
Greene County Farm Bureau has announced Paton-Churdan senior Noah Juergensen and Greene County senior Lakota Larson as scholarship recipients for the class of 2016.
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