Rippey News October 19, 2014 Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Reid Lewis of Polk City celebrated his second birthday recently. His parents Erin and Brett Lewis and sister Cambrie hosted a party for him using a tractor theme, which included a John Deere cake made by his mom. Attending were Dennis and Sharon Ulrich, Andy…
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Put on your Big Top thinking caps
The theme for the 2015 Bell Tower Festival has been announced – Bell Tower Big Top – so all area organizations have plenty of time to consider how they might like to be part of the fun. With this much time to plan, many things are possible. Organizers hope to incorporate all the fun of a circus in the county’s…
Read MoreJefferson fire dept adds grain rescue equipment
The Jefferson fire department is still tweaking the grain bin rescue equipment it purchased late in the summer. The modular tube has been powder coated to reduce friction as it’s pushed down into corn, and the firemen are considering how to push it down mechanically without also increasing pressure on the person they’re trying to rescue.
Read MoreWater line extension a quick job
Work on extending water service to sites north of Highway 30 at Highway 4 in preparation for Wild Rose Jefferson is nearly complete, city engineer John Milligan told the Jefferson city council last week. The project was done with minimal disruption to travel on Highway 30, as boring was done under the road to install the water mains. The city…
Read MoreColoring contest winners told
Winners in the Jefferson park and recreation department’s fall coloring contest are (from left) Bella Lindberg, Taylor Ross and Becca Anderson. They each won a coupon for a large pizza, compliments of Breadeaux Pizza, and a Sierra Community Theatre gift card, compliments of the Jefferson Kiwanis Club. With the winners are Reid Lamoureux (left),representing Breadeaux Pizza, and Vicky Lautner of…
Read MoreThe Gardens is raising funds for Relay for Life
The Relay for Life team at The Gardens isn’t waiting to start fundraising for the 2015 Relay. The team will host a soup supper Thursday, Oct. 23, from 5 to 6:30 at The Gardens, 1000 W. Washington, in Jefferson. The menu includes chili, chicken noodle soup and cheesy potato soup, with ham and cheese or turkey and cheese sandwiches and homemade pie.
Read MoreJPRD to offer Tae Kwon Do class
After a hiatus of several years, the Jefferson park and recreation department is once again offering a Tae Kwon Do class. The class, for ages 6 and older, will be offered Sundays beginning Nov. 2 at the Greene County Community Center. Tae Kwon Do (TKD) is an opportunity for participants to learn discipline, respect, confidence and the basic self-defense principles…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Rippey News October 12, 2014 Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net Sunday, Oct. 5, Jason and Denise Doerhoff hosted a birthday party for their 2-year-old son Declan. The party was held at GRIFF’S R.V. park club house near Altoona. Declan has the distinction of having seven grandmothers and five were at the party, including Great-Grandma Connie…
Read MoreRock the ARC to raise funds for food pantry
All area residents are invited to Rock the ARC at an afternoon of entertainment and fellowship next Sunday, Oct. 19, at 2 pm at RVP~1875/History Boy Theatre Co at 115 S. Wilson, Jefferson. The afternoon features an array of local talent, including Bill Riley Talent Search sprout winner Ava Schilling, dancers from Prairie Blue, original poetry by Essie Kowaleski, Colleen O’Brien,…
Read MoreJPRD plans Halloween fun
In cooperation with the Greene County Chamber and the Jefferson public library, several Halloween related activities will be available for youth ages 2 years to 5th grade to enjoy Thursday, Oct. 30. Halloween party: The fun begins at the at the Greene County Community Center. A free party with Halloween games and crafts, and treats, will be held from 4…
Read MoreBrassieres take the spotlight at medical center
Once again, brassieres are celebrated as works or art, or at least as the foundation of a craft project, in the outpatient lobby at Greene County Medical Center. To help promote October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to promote mammograms, the medical center’s radiology department invited other departments to push up bras to places where no bras have gone…
Read MoreWalls at Wild Rose
After what has seemed like a very long time moving dirt around at the site of the coming Wild Rose Jefferson, walls finally started going up late this week. Area residents saw in September how quickly prefabricated walls go up as they watched construction of a new Hy-Vee grocery store three blocks north of the bell tower. The casino will…
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