Greene County High School juniors and their parents have spent the last several weeks planning and preparing for next Saturday’s junior-senior prom. The prom committee has been creating decorations to transform the Elks lodge into and underwater adventure with an “Under the Sea” theme. Decorations will include a large underwater mural as a picture backdrop, a three-masted sunken ship, an octopus…
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Good news, bad news and wishes at Early Learning Center
This week, during the Week of the Young Child, the Greene County Early Learning Center invites all area residents to help fulfill its classrooms’ wish lists. The ELC also has good news and bad news. The good news is that it’s full! The bad news is…. it’s full. First the wish lists! On those lists are bibs and cloth diapers…
Read MoreSummer bodies…
…are made in the spring Central Christian Church invites all area residents to a six week session of the Insanity total body conditioning program. Laura Nelson will lead participants through high intensity anaerobic interval training designed with athletic drills and modifications to accommodate various fitness levels. The Insanity program delivers big results for those who put in some effort. Classes…
Read MorePresbyterians planning plenty
Two of the county’s Presbyterian churches are planning fundraisers next weekend. Members of the Grand Junction Presbyterian Church will hold a garage sale at the church next Friday, April 11, from 2 to 7 pm and Saturday, April 12, from 9 to 11 am. All proceeds will benefit church projects. The church is located at 12th St and Hager St.
Read MoreBiggest Toddler Fest yet!
Greene County librarians were pleased with the number of excited children and happy adults who attended the ninth annual Toddler Fest Saturday at the Greene County Community Center. The librarians and 63 volunteers hosted 113 children and 103 adults for a variety of activities. According to Terry Clark, children’s librarian in Jefferson, the turnout was the biggest they’ve had for the…
Read MoreStudents do well at Iowa Central business competition
A group of nine Greene County and Paton-Churdan high school students competed in the 23rd annual Iowa Central Business Competition Day April 2 in Fort Dodge. A total of 230 students from 17 schools competed. Local students took the first three places in the office calculators competition, with Hannah Onken placing first, Stephen Molle placing second and Jordan Hostetler placing third. Onken…
Read MorePartnerships 4 Families uses libraries to reach young families
Partnerships 4 Families, early childhood service providers and the libraries of Greene, Audubon, Carroll and Guthrie Counties have joined together for an outreach project that will get early childhood information into the hands of parents who visit their library.
Read MoreHistorical Society kicks off “Telling our stories” theme
~Listen to audio links below The Greene County Historical Society featured the storytelling of retired newspaper publisher Rick Morain at its first meeting of the year April 4 in Cooper. The Society’s theme this year is “Telling our stories.”
Read MoreGreene County poets and GCNO celebrate National Poetry Month
GreeneCountyNewsOnline is celebrating April as National Poetry Month with original poetry by readers every Sunday this month. All reader/poets are welcome to submit original work for posting. Pastor Deb Griffin wrote “The undoing of Psalm 23” as a re-write of Psalm 23 from the perspective of someone who is their own shepherd. “This is what life can feel like when we don’t let…
Read MoreSpring?
The scene would be much prettier if it weren’t April 4, and since it’s National Poetry Month, read Nancy Hanaman’s take on the April weather here: https://greenecountynewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Think-Spring-or-A-Cold-Wind-Doth-Blow.pdf
Read MoreWhat’s a little whipped cream in the face…
…if it gets kids to read? The second grade teachers at Jefferson-Scranton elementary have been creative in their efforts this school year to get their students reading not only in school, but at home, too. Each month they’ve offered an extra incentive for students who spend a set amount of time at home reading and studying spelling. One month students…
Read MoreCommunity Foundation Grant Awards Night March 31
The Greene County Community Foundation will hold its annual Grant Awards Night Monday, March 31, at 7 pm at the First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall in Jefferson. The Community Foundation will award $121,000 in grants to 27 recipients. A total of 37 grant applications seeing $256,800 were reviewed in February by about two dozen board members from all over the…
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