Category: Good News

Activities at the Greene County Fair next Sunday offer friendly competition in three different venues. After watching experts judge livestock for four days, fair-goers of all ages are invited to try their own skills in a livestock judging contest in the show ring. Participants should be signed in by 11 am, with the competition beginning at noon. A round robin…

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A variety of activities and competitions are sure to keep fairgoers on their toes with excitement, including a cattle fitting competition, Chris Camp: The Whip Guy and the Whip Crackin’ Dare Devils, a baby contest, a watermelon eating contest, and a pair of barbecues. A cattle fitting competition will be held on Thursday at the show ring for those wanting…

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A dozen youngsters took advantage of a free tennis clinic offered last week by the Jefferson park and recreation department. They were also the first to use a new Lobster Elite tennis machine, just purchased by JPRD with memorial funds and donations from the family of the late Dr Robert Burke. The clinic was also funded in memory of Dr Burke.

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With news of hundreds of new jobs coming to the county, growth in inevitable. Greene County may, at some point in the next few years, grow to being a two traffic light county. We have temporary status as a two-light county with this portable traffic light doing traffic control duty at a resurfacing job on the bridge over Hardin Creek just…

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Heidi Fouch Bell, a Grand Junction alumni and now an optometrist in Des Moines, is lending her support to the new Grand Junction Community Center in a fun exciting way. She is the organizer of a Glo Run/Walk to be held in conjunction with the Lincoln Highway Days in Grand Junction on the evening of Saturday, July 26.  Many fun…

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Known by some as “Sewer Hill,” the hill on W. Russell St in front of the animal shelter and the wastewater treatment plant in Jefferson is a challenge for most runners. It’s the sort of hill that can make a runner feel like he’s going at a turtle’s pace. This fellow, a painted turtle 8 or so inches long, lumbered up the hill…

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The Grand Junction Community Center will hold a garage sale to end all garage sales (at the Community Center, that is) Friday, July 11, and Saturday, July 12, from 8 am to 5 pm. Everything — including tables, chairs, and even the kitchen island — must go, along with assorted “garage sale” items from the Grand Junction Women’s Club months-long…

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With temperatures a bit cooler than usual for July, why not surprise the family or your co-workers with muffins? If lemonade is a summer favorite, Lemon Pound Cake Muffins can be, too! For the recipe, click here: Lemon Pound Cake Muffins

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 The Greene County Fair is a proud supporter of youth organizations such as 4-H and FFA. The fair board is  proud to offer opportunities such as contests and shows to hone and showcase these young members’ talents and interests in agriculture. Judging of 4-H static (non-livestock) exhibits  will start the fair Tuesday, July 8. Judging will start at 8:30 am at Clover…

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The Mahanay Bell Tower made the 12 Quirky Iowa Road Trips list of blogger Zach Steele. Steele headlines his blog “Running a mile and drinking a beer in all of Iowa’s 99 counties before I turn 30.” Read his post about the Bell Tower here: rundrinkiowa.tumblr.com

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~by Jean Borgeson From the Rippey public library: Activities for the summer reading program – FIZZ, BOOM, POP – are: Wednesday, July 2: Youngsters can make a glow-in-the-dark bouncy ball at 4 pm. Tuesday, July 8: Staff from the Science Center of Iowa will be at the library at 10:30 am. Tuesday, July 15: Learn about wind energy from UNI…

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Fireworks to celebrate Independence Day will be displayed Friday, July 4, at dusk at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson.  Rain date is July 5.

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