The Greene County Middle School band followed a long tradition of celebrating the last day of school at Bunker’s Dunkers. The band marches from the school to the bakery, where Randy and Phyllis Bunker treat them to donuts. During the years the kindergarten classrooms were at the south grade school, just south across the parking lot from the middle school, the kindergartners…
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Paton-Churdan graduates nine students
Paton-Churdan High School launched nine seniors into the next stage of their lives at commencement exercises last Sunday. Pictured are graduates (front, from left) Taylor Carroll, Emma Tilley, Jessica Montoya, Madison Stuaffer and Taylor Gillespie; and (back from left) Rene Guzman, Bobby Bauer, Chance Paup and Cullin Flinn. The class and its mentors were honored at a banquet May 19. See the June 2…
Read MoreArtist Joe Murray to show art in Iowa City
Artist Joe Murray of Jefferson shares his painting, “Nature’s Carpet.” “As summer is upon us, I thought it might be appropriate to do a painting of God’s flowers,” Murray said. “No, I never will get close to the beauty and intricacy of Mother nature, but just maybe I can capture the spirit and wonderment of His domain.” Murray used…
Read MoreJ-S graduate on “American Ninja Warrior”
Miriam Rasmussen Mendoza, a 2007 Jefferson-Scranton graduate, is a competitor in the sixth season of NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior.” NBC calls the show “heart-racing competition” for “ultra-athletes.” The season starts this Monday, May 26. “American Ninja Warrior” airs at 8 pm Central time. Mendoza isn’t remembered as an athlete from her high school years, but she has found a passion…
Read MoreFree matinees during Bell Tower Festival
Jefferson Telecom and the Sierra Community Theatre are partnering to show free matinees of the beloved movie The Wizard of Oz during the Bell Tower Festival. The free matinees are planned for Friday, June 13, at 3 pm and Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15, at 4 pm. The 35th anniversary Bell Tower Festival invites all to visit Iowa’s…
Read MoreCemeteries ready for Memorial Day
Iowans could debate at length which is prettier: holiday lights or Memorial Day flags? Most cemeteries in Greene County are decorated with flags honoring those who died during military service, and many families remember their loved ones with graveside visits and decorations.
Read MorePursuit of a gaming license in the home stretch
Racing and Gaming Commission to hold public hearing Thursday in Jefferson Grow Greene County and supporters of a proposed casino in Jefferson hope to roll out a green carpet for the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission Thursday. The commission will be in Jefferson to tour the town, see the proposed site at the northwest corner of Highways 4 and 30,…
Read MoreAnd here’s a competition for ultra-builders
Area residents are invited to a new world of competition that combines creativity and youthful enthusiasm. The Yellow Brick Challenge, hosted by Greene Bean Coffee and co-sponsored by GreeneCountyNewsOnline, invites persons of all ages to build original LEGO® block creations based on the Bell Tower Festival theme Iowa’s Emerald County: There’s no place like home.
Read MoreBreakfast with the band
The combined Greene County Middle School 7th and 8th grade bands will march to the square on the final day of school Thursday, May 29, for the annual Breakfast with the Band event sponsored by Bunker’s Dunkers Bakery. Band members should plan to line up on the south side of the middle school with their instruments at 8:20 am. The band…
Read MoreFirst plaques added to pillars on the square
Bronze plaques have been added to four of the 18 interpretive pillars and lamp posts on the courthouse square in Jefferson. The first plaques placed tell the stories of Guy C. Richardson, 1888-1979, a Greene County aviation pioneer and civic leader; Eva Leonard, 1898-1947, a New York song and dance entertainer from Grand Junction; Albert Head, 1938-1922, a Jefferson land…
Read MoreP.A.W.S. garage sale is this week
Dogs and cats of all sizes and temperaments will be the beneficiaries of the annual garage sale fundraiser of People for Animal Welfare Society (P.A.W.S.). People who have new or used items or good, clean, wearable clothing to donate to the sale can drop them off this Tuesday or Wednesday between 8 am and 6 pm, or Thursday from 8 am…
Read MoreClass reunion contact persons told
The 35th annual Bell Tower Festival, June 13-14, will be the scene of several Jefferson and Jefferson-Scranton class reunions. Reunion classes will have reserved tables at the Festival barbecue Friday from 5 to 7 pm at the Greene County Community Center. Most classes will ride in the parade Saturday morning, and many have other activities planned for later in the…
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