Parents and families looking for something fun to do this summer have a resource in an Alternative Activity Directory updated by New Opportunities’ prevention department. Alternative Activities promote skills or knowledge that might cause participants to refrain from future alcohol and drug use. They occupy free time that may otherwise be idle or unstructured. Typically, alternative activities can provide meaningful…
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4-H news
Greenbrier 4-H club – At their June 14 meeting the Greenbrier 4-H club began preparations for the 2021 Greene County Fair. Conner Allender led her final Greenbrier meeting by explaining how important it is to fill out fair documents carefully. During the meeting various forms for livestock and static projects going to the fair were discussed and handed out. Also,…
Read MoreYour Life Iowa helps Iowans get through tough times
New Opportunities is introducing a free, confidential resource available through the Iowa Department of Public Health for all Iowans facing a difficult time or situation. Your Life Iowa is a one stop shop when it comes to finding help for substance use, problem gambling, suicide prevention, and mental health support. There is no judgment, only help. Your Life Iowa can…
Read MoreCelebrate a child’s first fish
Iowans are invited to preserve the memory of their child or grandchild hooking their first fish this summer with a special certificate. The Iowa Department of Natural Resource has a certificate persons can print from an electronic file posted online or request a printed certificate. Apply for a first fish certificate online at www.iowadnr.gov/firstfish. It’s easy and free to participate. There…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
June 23, 2021 Hanaman Happenings – We returned from Wisconsin on Monday to view a large limb that had blown onto our garage. There was some damage to the roof but the limb missed the window on the north side of the garage. Since it was across the sidewalk to the house, we had to carefully step over it or…
Read MoreNicole Murphy wins $20,000 with scratch off lottery ticket
A Greene County woman bought a ticket in a new lottery game and won a $20,000 prize. “I just couldn’t breathe. I was shaking. It was an experience I had never had before,” Nicole Murphy, 46, of Jefferson told officials as she claimed her prize on June 14. “I’m guessing people who jump out of airplanes maybe get that experience,…
Read MoreGrCoHS tells honor roll for third trimester
Greene County High School has released the honor rolls for the third trimester of the 2020-21 school year. Students named to the regular honor roll with a grade point average of 3.00-3.49 are: 9th grade: Emma Acton, Alex Blasnitz, Chase Buttler, Landon Carstens, Carson Ceverny, Noah Cornell, Gabe Ebersole, Carter Fecher, Trinity Hart, Paige Kokenge, Rylan Larsen, Alannah Menz, Savanna…
Read MoreGreene County middle school tells honor roll
Greene County middle school principal Shawn Zanders congratulated the following students for earning honor roll recognition for the spring trimester: High honor roll – Grade point average 3.67 or higher and no grade lower than a C- 8th grade – Elise Badger, Gavin Bellinghausen, Bailey Biggart, Ava Binkley, Devin Burke, Makayla Byerly, Hailey Carman, Crew Conner, Charles Cooklin, Emma Ewalt,…
Read MoreGCNO asked to help solve a mystery
A recently retired Greene County first grade teacher is hoping to learn who placed a small “door frame” and bird bath with a bird sitting on it along the Raccoon River Valley Trail at the end of E. Wilcoxway in Jefferson. The teacher wrote the following to GreeneCountyNewsOnline: “Last fall my class and I took a walk down the bike…
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Rippey News, June 7, 2021 Lions Club Guest Night – Rippey Lions Club members and guests enjoyed a meal with roast beef sandwiches, baked beans, salad and cookies on the menu. Frank Nation, Ogden, and Rick Fazel were special guests. Door prize winners were Frank Nation and Rick Liebich, Rippey 150th baseball caps; Myron Rinker, Rippey 150th plate; and Mary Liebich,…
Read MoreGarden Club Yard of the Month to Magills on Riverside Drive
A search of more than 100 Iowa places brought Tim and Kay Magill to Jefferson where they chose to retire. Their imaginative garden at 1200 Riverside, their home since 2015, is the June 2021 Yard of the Month chosen by the Jefferson Garden Club. A focal point at the corner of the front of the yard is a perennial garden encircled…
Read More‘Reading COLORS Your World’ at the Jefferson public library this summer
“Orange” you glad it’s time for the summer reading program at the Jefferson public library? No, it’s not a “pigment” of your imagination! It really is time for the 2021 summer reading program: “Reading COLORS Your World!” Children 4 years old through 5th grade are invited to participate in this free program. There will also be a special reading program…
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