For many years Velda DeMoss briefed everyone in Greene County on the news and events of her neighbors in Rippey with the weekly Rippey News in the Jefferson Herald. Velda lost her battle with cancer earlier this week. Nancy Hanaman provides a poetic tribute to her. “Velda has known me for all of my 68-1/2 years and went to high…
Read MoreCategory: Good News
Exhibits selected for State Fair show 4-H members’ best work
The exhibits 4-H members take to the Greene County Fair show what they have learned working in various project areas during the 4-H year. Judges select the exhibits they consider the best in the project areas to be displayed at the Iowa State Fair, where they are once again judged. For a list of all the exhibits selected for the…
Read MoreNorthey visits the fair
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey visited the Greene County Fair Thursday afternoon so he can “let people know that county fairs are alive and well in Iowa,” he said. He started his day at the Wright County Fair in Eagle Grove, then stopped at the Webster County Fair in Fort Dodge and the Calhoun County Fair in Rockwell City…
Read MoreElks provide pedestal for moldboard plow
Elks Lodge 2306 of Jefferson recently provided $1,000 for the pedestal on which the replica moldboard plow sits in the Thomas Jefferson Gardens. The funds came from the Elks National Foundation Gratitude Grant program, which is available to lodges that meet per capita goals of financial support for the foundation. Pictured are (from left) Elks exalted ruler Hollie Roberts, past…
Read MoreFast moving entertainment at the fair
Entertainment on the grounds during the Greene County Fair is just that: entertaining! Poppin’ Penelope has a long line of children waiting for her balloon creations whether she’s in the bus barn or at Clover Hall. As she twists and ties balloons into fanciful creations her hands move so fast they’re hard to see. Tate Minnihan of Wisconsin let Penelope…
Read MoreJuly is Donor Awareness Month in Greene County
The Greene County board of supervisors in May proclaimed July as Donor Awareness Month in Greene County. The action was at the request of MeLinda Madison (center) of Jefferson, who has advocated for increased awareness of the need for organ and marrow donors for many years. A year ago she and her brother donated several of their mother’s organs when she passed…
Read MoreWork progressing at the bottom of a big hole
The work being done on the Greene County Medical Center isn’t really top secret…. it just can’t be seen from the street. The medical center communications team – Carla Offenburger and Emily Brewer – updates the medical center Facebook page frequently with photos that show exactly what’s happening at the bottom of a very large hole. Rebar dowels are placed…
Read MoreFriends raising funds for Tanner and Amber Lawton
It’s clean fun at a dunk tank at the Greene County Fair, with $1 a pitch to dunk ducky folks who are raising money to help Tanner and Amber Lawton. Pictured is Tim Tucker making sport of harassing the folks who would knock the seat out from under him to plunge him in the water. The Lawton’s son Tate was…
Read MoreThe prettiest things at the Fair? Check out the chickens!
In the pecking order of creatures, chickens are closer to the bottom than the top when it comes to beauty…. unless you’re visiting the Greene County Fair. The chicken barn was musical, too, when these photos were taken, with roosters crowing duets with the nearby sheep. Not all the poultry is pictured here… Lucas Fisher, Hardin Happy Hustlers Barred rock…
Read MoreThe products of smart, creative, hard-working and nice 4-H members
GreeneCountyNewsOnline columnist Colleen O’Brien shares the following in her column posted Wednesday: The Greene County Fair was once a carnival with cows. It’s now cows, no carney. Although the glitz is gone, the fair remains, and it’s worth a stroll through Clover Hall and the barns – the whole 4-H scene – because these 4-H’ers are smart, creative, hard-working and…
Read MoreOpen exhibits, a County Fair tradition
The tradition of showing off your best cabbage, potatoes, hostas, bread, pie, quilts, photos, genealogy projects, crafts……and more continues at the Greene County Fair. The open class exhibits are located on the east end of Clover Hall.
Read MoreSundaes on Sunday at the fair
Sunday afternoon at the Greene County Fair will be a little sweeter with a Sundaes on Sunday ice cream social at the Roger Nailor Shelter House on the west side of the fairgrounds. Serving will be from 2 to 4 pm. A free will donation will be accepted for the Roger Nailor Memorial Fund.
Read More