Please send Rippey news to jeanb@iowatelecom.net Sept. 17, 2018 A special unified service will be held Sunday, Sept. 23, at 10:30 am at Perry First UMC. Pastor Lee Schott from Women at the Well UMC at Mitchellville will preach. A special offering for Women at the Well will be received.
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Century, Heritage Farms honored at State Fair
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig recognized Century and Heritage Farm families during a ceremony at the State Fair. To qualify, a family must have owned at least 40 acres for 100 years or more in the case of Century Farms and 150 years or more for a Heritage Farm. This year 359 Century Farms and 148 Heritage Farms were…
Read MoreScranton class of 1966 holds reunion
The Scranton High School Class of 1966 met for a reunion on Aug. 11 at Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson.
Read MoreFredericks receive Environmental Leader award
Al and Ann Frederick and Bill and Melissa Frederick were among 66 Iowa farm families to be presented with the Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award during a ceremony at the Iowa State Fair Aug. 15. Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa Sec. of Agriculture Mike Naig and acting Iowa Department of Natural Resources director Bruce Trautman presented the awards.
Read More4-H news
Greenbrier 4-H Club – The Greenbrier 4-H club met at Landus Cooperative on Sept. 10. Nehemiah Hoyt was introduced as a new member. As members arrived thank you cards were written to New Cooperative, Tom and Sue Wind, Heartland Co-op of Rippey, Greene County Environmental Habitat Corp., Hawn Farms, and Rueter’s Red Power for their generous support of the 4-H program.
Read MoreIn the neighborhood
Please send your Rippey news to jeanb@iowatelecom.net RIPPEY LIBRARY – Reminder: The Rippey library will be open Monday – Friday from 2 to 5 pm until further notice. Thank you for your patience while the volunteers continue to help keep the library open until a new librarian is hired.
Read More‘Webb House kids’ spend half day as volunteer melon pickers
A crew of four middle school students who regularly spend time at the Webb House answered a call for help last Saturday and spent the morning harvesting cantaloupe for the Food Bank of Iowa. Webb House director Jim North explained that Tracy Blackmer of Madrid has an 11-acre garden devoted to raising produce for the Iowa Gardening for Good project.…
Read MorePublic health starts flu shot clinics
It’s that time of year to remind people that a needle poke of prevention is worth days of feeling crummy and risking making loved one sick. Greene County public health is hosting a community flu shot clinic Monday, Sept. 10, from 9 am to 4 pm at its offices on Level B at Greene County Medical Center.
Read MoreAmerican Heart Association talks about grandparenting
Special reminders on Grandparents Day How much time grandparents and grandchildren spend with one another runs the gamut from infrequent visits to the role of primary caregiver. Regardless of the amount of time together, there are opportunities to foster a special bond between the generations.
Read MoreACS spending $25 million on research of childhood cancer
September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, raising awareness of the second leading cause of death in children, and the leading disease-related cause of death for children ages 1-19.
Read MoreRecord number of farmers participate in Water Quality Initiative cost share
1,000+ new participants in the program DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced Wednesday that a record number of Iowa farmers again signed up to install nutrient reduction practices on their farm through the Iowa Water Quality Initiative’s statewide cost share program. More than 2,800 farmers from all 99 Iowa counties signed up to try cover crops,…
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Please send Rippey news to jeanb@iowatelecom.net Sept. 5, 2018 The Rippey library board of trustees held an open house Thursday, Aug. 30, in the community room for Shawneene Kenan, departing librarian. The board furnished the goodies, and the room and library were decorated in fall colors by Maralynn Rinker.
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