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…
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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…
Read MoreGood news at the gas pump…
…and it’s supposed to get better! Those who remember getting service at a filling station – the sort that was talked about at the Deep Rock station earlier this week – shake their heads at the idea that $3 gasoline is Good News, but it is! And according to the newsroom at AAA of Minnesota, the price of gasoline is going…
Read MoreDomestic abuse topic of Wednesday fellowship
This week’s Community Fellowship at Trinity Lutheran Church will feature as speaker Alicia Van Cannon of ACCESS, Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support. ACCESS serves Greene, Boone and Story counties with services for those in domestic or sexual assault situations. VanCannon is knowledgeable about the prevalence of domestic abuse in Greene County, the work of the Greene County Coalition…
Read MoreFund drive under way for Adopt-A-Family project
The Greene County Christian Action Resource Center (ARC) food pantry and Adopt-A-Family will partner again this year to help needy families with basic food over the holiday school vacation and a special Christmas meal. The ARC plans to purchase food from the Food Bank of Iowa and SHARE because it is much cheaper than what can be purchased anywhere else…
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Rippey News October 6, 2014 Please send your news items to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net The week-end of Sept. 26-28 was a busy one for the Neese family. Friday, Emily Neese and Grandma Connie Neese drove to Mankato, MN, for the rehearsal dinner of Carrie Wilson and Tyler LaVern Neese, son of Deanna and Steve Neese. The wedding was held…
Read MoreName plate, bricks, and a time capsule saved at Rippey school
Time capsule reclaimed; will be opened at the next reunion ~by Mary Weaver special to GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Rippey Consolidated School building, erected in 1921, has been demolished. The saving grace of the demolition was discovered Tuesday, Sept. 30, as the 1920 date plaque near the front door was removed. Graduates and children attending elementary classes in the building will remember it…
Read MoreMedical center construction delayed, but will continue through the winter
Video shows September progress While the prefabricated walls on the new Hy-Vee grocery store seemed to sprout almost overnight, progress on the new construction at Greene County Medical Center – an entirely different construction method – is a much different story. Medical center CEO Carl Behne told the board of trustees at its regular September meeting that the new construction,…
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