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Thousands of cut Christmas trees will decorate the homes of Iowans this holiday season. After the holidays, recycle or dispose of your tree in a responsible manner. Several recycling/disposal options are presented below. (Before recycling your Christmas tree, remove all ornaments, lights, and tinsel.)Place the tree in the yard or garden for use by birds and other wildlife. The branches provide shelter from ...

The Central Park Community Center held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 2, with seven members present. The meeting was conducted by president Max Cousins.Substitute secretary Barb Nelson read the minutes of the last meeting, which were approved. Members learned that bingo was down somewhat because of the holidays and the cold weather. No treasurer's report was available. There was no other discussion, and ...

A Christmas get-together was held Dec. 26 at Tasos Steakhouse in Oskaloosa. Those present included Pat Remington, of Brighton, and her daughters, Brandy Poli, of Waukee, and Angela Garmoe and sons James and Christopher, of Mount Pleasant, and Cody and Mackenzie, of Oskaloosa. Also present were Pat's sisters, Kim Babberl, of Clive, and Pam Mogensen, of Dickson, Tennessee, and their sister-in-law Jenny Babberl with ...

Riverside Emergency Services received $70,000 from the Riverboat Foundation last month to replace the fire departments airpacks.

Carolyn Love entertained her family at a 4 o'clock early Christmas dinner and gift exchange on Saturday, Dec. 23. Attending were Sonya Love-Smith, Maggie and Audrey, Wes, Kaitlyn, Lawson and Isaac Love, Jesse, Betsy and Preston Lasek and Bruce Davis.Larry and Donna Fletcher hosted the Fletcher family to a pre-Christmas dinner on Saturday, Dec. 23 in the Fellowship Hall at the United Church of Crawfordsville. In ...

The regular meeting of the Green Acres 4-H Club was held at 5 p.m. on Dec. 10. The Meeting was called to order by Ellie Bell at five o'clock. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Bailey Rees. Roll call was ?What is a bad habit you should break?? It was answered by eleven members and ten visitors were present. The secretary's report was read and approved. The treasurer's report was given and approved by Ally Rees ...

The City of Kalona received $150,000 from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation last month for its Community Center gym project. The money will go toward buying dividers for the basketball court and other items.

Farming is a complex business. More and more farm women are becoming active business partners in their operation. Annie's Project helps farm women learn more about managing today's agricultural technology and becoming an effective farm business partner.Annie's Project is a critical decision-making and information management course which begins Jan. 9 for six weeks. Topics include: financial statements and ...

ust as the warm temperatures of summer cause our patrons to crave beachy reads, cold and snow demand cozy books with the kind of stories that are most comfortably read on the couch with a blanket and a warm cup of coffee or tea.This craving for the comfort of a book almost seems to be an aspect of human nature. Even Anthony Trollope, 19th century Victorian novelist, said, ?What on earth could be more luxurious ...

Howard Dantuma representing the Marion Avenue Baptist Church presented the weekly service to Halcyon House residents on Dec. 17. The sermon was titled ?The Lamb of God.?The Jackson Jets 4-H group and some of their parents recently came to Halcyon House and played bingo with the residents. The group brought wonderful bingo prizes that were appreciated by all who attended. The Jackson Jets leaders are Julie Stout ...

Davida Fisher Nicholson will be celebrating her 100th birthday on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018.She was married to Donald Nicholson on May 27, 1946. He died March 1, 2017. Davida and Don had two children: Dean (Dianne) Nicholson and Patricia Nicholson Ryan. he has four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.Please help Davida celebrate by sending cards to her at: 1201 E. Washington St., Washington, IA 52353.

The Health Center Christmas party was held Friday morning. Day care children arrived with much Christmas spirit and helped Santa pass out presents to each resident. They joined in singing ?Jingle Bells? and ?Santa Claus is Coming to Town? before enjoying treats of cookies and juice.Many residents enjoyed the company of family and friends with holiday gatherings spread out all week long. Many attended the ...