Category: Good News
JPRD hosts free weekend at GCCC, January activities
The Jefferson park and recreation department will host its annual free weekend at the Greene County Community Center next weekend, Jan. 3-4. The community center will be open its regular weekend hours – 6 am to 6 pm Saturday and 12 to 6 pm Sunday. Guests can experience all the community center offers including cardio and weight equipment, the gym, the…
Read MoreGJ Community Center team turns to gofundme.com for help
Organizers working against the calendar to raise the last $30,000 for a new community center in Grand Junction have turned to gofundme.com. Diane Wise established a gofundme.com campaign last week. The campaign has raised $650 in a week.
Read MoreBetter Choices, Better Health starts Jan. 5
A new session of the series Better Choices, Better Health will be held Mondays, Jan. 5 to Feb . 9, from 1:30 to 4 pm at the Greene County Community Center in Jefferson. The six weeks series is being conducted by Greene County Medical Center’s public health department.
Read MoreJ-S grad to perform in London New Year’s Day parade with PMB
CEDAR FALLS – Victoria Chargo, a senior member of the Panther Marching Band at the University of Northern Iowa and a Jefferson-Scranton graduate, will appear in London’s 2015 New Year’s Day parade. Chargo is a music education major and is a mellophone section leader in the band. The Panther Marching Band (PMB) will perform in the parade with more than 200 UNI…
Read MoreWeather data, week ending Dec. 26
Jefferson had a Greene Christmas, receiving just three-tenths of an inch of snow Dec. 23 and Dec. 24. Weather data from volunteer weather observer John Beltz follows: Date High temp Low temp Precip Snowfall Dec. 20 32 27 Dec. 21 36 29 Trace Dec. 22 41 35 0.01 Dec. 23 40 32 0.3 0.1 Dec. 24 35 32 0.29 0.2…
Read MoreExtension tells how to protect landscape from deicing chemicals
~by Richard Jauron and Greg Wallace, ISU Extension & Outreach AMES — Winter has officially begun in Iowa, and with it come snow and ice. Life keeps rolling in winter, which means the application of deicing salt and other measures to keep roads open and prevent slickness and falls on hard outdoor surfaces. Unfortunately, these measures can have negative effects…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Rippey News December 22, 2014 Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Rippey United Methodist Church: PO Box 286, 103 West Main St. Rippey, IA 50235. Pastors: Enna Antunez and Paul Burrow. Phone: 515-436-7731
Read MoreOur Greene County Gallery, 2014
~December 21: GreeneCountyNewsOnline publisher Victoria Riley’s original poem, “In a Stable,” reflects on a holy birth witnessed by cows and perhaps a dog. Riley read the poem at last year’s Nativity Festival. To read the poem, click here: “In a Stable” The stable scene pictured was shared by Shelly Berger at the 2014 Nativity Festival. It is nearly identical to…
Read MoreAdopt-a-Family Christmas food basket project helps many
It takes many volunteers providing hours at all types of labor to pull together a project like Adopt-a-Family’s Christmas food basket project. Volunteers started Thursday evening assembling 165 boxes of staples and household items. Meat, including a spiral cut ham, eggs and milk were added Saturday morning before the pre-registered recipients picked up their boxes at Clover Hall in the…
Read MoreSoloists “wow” the crowd at the Nativity Festival
Enjoy audio links to soloists Petersen and Graven The First United Methodist sanctuary was full for the Community Christmas Concert that was part of Habitat for Humanity’s Nativity Festival last Sunday. Music was provided by choirs from First Presbyterian, Central Christian and First United Methodist Church. A duet of sisters Maureen Bowkowski and Angie Pedersen sang “Prayers for Home” and…
Read MoreWorking to find every dime possible
The fundraising committee for the new Grand Junction Community Center is looking in every nook and cranny for the last $30,000 needed to secure the $225,000 Vision Iowa grant. Here volunteers are removing the metal ceiling from the old building, not looking for stashed dollars, but because the vintage ceiling has been sold for repurposing.
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