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The Washington School Board will meet at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, at the central office.Items on the agenda include: setting public hearing date for the 2018-19 fiscal year budget for April 11, 2018-19 school calendar, 2018-19 operational sharing agreements, board committee reports, curriculum report and superintendent's report.

The regular meeting of the Washington go-Getters 4-H Club was held on Feb. 11, in the downstairs portion of the Extension office building, hosted by Evanses, Wagners, and Ava Wulf.The meeting was called to order by president Leah Evans at 6:32 p.m. Roll call for the meeting was ?If you have a nickname, what is it? If you don't, what's a nickname you would like to have?? Treasurer Hailey Shultz reported on the ...

Tuesday Coffee Club met at The Pizza Ranch March 6, with Rosemary Worley serving as hostess.Ten members were present to enjoy the bountiful lunch. Following lunch a time of visiting and catching up was enjoyed as the club's last meeting was held in December. After taking the winter months off it was good to spend time together again. Some members were absent and not back from their winter home. Several commented ...

The weekly church service was provided by Pastor Jason Collier representing the Ainsworth Community Church. The sermon was titled ?Peter Betrays.? Scripture from John 18:12-27 was shared with those in attendance in the Epworth Chapel. The Collier Kids: Lexi, Jessup, Jeremy, and Izzy were special guest in attendance.Halcyon House residents are ramping up the exercise minutes this week due to the Route 66 Wellness ...

Chapter MX P.E.O. met on March 5, at the home of Rebecca Widmer. Eight members attended. The budget for the 2018-19 year was approved as prepared by Barbara Liebe, Shirley Pfeifer and Julia Gamon. Shirley also reported that the audit of the treasurer's books was completed. Members were reminded of the Reciprocity Social to be held on April 27, at 7:30 p.m. The following officers were elected and installed: ...

The Wyman Community Club met Monday, March 5, at Ainsworth Four Corners for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Ten members were in attendance. Present were Ruth Erwin, Margaret Patterson, Frieda Finke, Pauline Richardson. Carol Steele and Billie Jo Rose from Crawfordsville; Robert Davis from Wayland Jane Kaczinski from Washington and Ray and Shirley Hendrickson from Iowa City.The group will meet again on Monday, April 2, at ...

Quinn Wubbena, son of Grant and Diana Wubbena, received the overall Outstanding Soloist award for Small Class Jr. High for his solo work on piano and drums at the SEIBA Jazzfest at West High School in Iowa City on Saturday, March 3.

The Washington Middle School Jazz Band performed at the SEIBA Jazzfest at West High School in Iowa City on Saturday, March 3, 2018 and placed second in the Small Class Jr. High (class 1A-3A middle schools) out of 10 bands.Quinn Wubbena, son of Grant and Diana Wubbena, received the over-all Outstanding Soloist award for Small Class Jr. High for his solo work on piano and drums.The Jazz band also had 10 students ...

Twenty-three 4-H'ers involved in the bucket bottle project gathered on March 5 to kick off their project season. Bucket Bottle calf projects can be born between Jan. 1 and April 30, so some of the 4-H'ers have already started their projects.Members heard from 4-H volunteer project leaders, Bob Spenner and Nancy Adrian, on the rules, important dates, and health and feeding tips. Senior bucket bottle showman, ...

Don Hughes directs fifth-grade band students during the all-school band concert Tuesday evening at Washington High School.

The Central Park Community Center held its monthly meeting on March 6.President Max Cousins called the meeting to order, with the reading of the January minutes, which were approved. Barb Nelson, treasurer, gave the financial report. A report on bingo was given, and there had been 18 to 20 players.

AMES ? The ties between Iowa farmers and China continue to grow. Currently, one in every four rows of soybean grown in the United States is exported to China while Iowa's former governor, Terry Branstad, is now the U.S. ambassador to the country.This growing partnership is the focus of ??Navigating the Chinese agricultural economy through the lens of Iowa?? by Wendong Zhang, assistant professor and extension ...