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Washington County Extension and Outreach will be hosting a Beginning Young Farmer meeting on March 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Washington County Extension office. The Extension office is located at 2223 250th St., in Washington.The focus for this meeting will be on livestock opportunities within agriculture that beginning farmers might be interested in. The meeting will feature the following topics and ...

Love and Appreciation Sunday was held Feb. 4 in honor of Shirley Van Dee's 10 years of service to St. Joseph and Mother Cabrini Parish. During the service, Father Damien presented Shirley with a certificate from Bishop Zinkula, of Davenport. Kathryn Dickinson told a little of the parish history and read a very fitting poem, ?On the Sixth Day, God Created Woman.? The Altar and Rosary Committee gave Shirley a gift ...

Makenna Rich, of Washington, is the daughter of Matt and Maryjo Rich.She attends Washington High School and is a member of the Washington Go-Getters.Her projects include:photography and goats.Her 4-H activity is being secretary of Go-Getters 4-H Club.Makenna's special memory/highlight is fair week.?Fair week will be a week I will always remember,? Makenna said. ?I loved spending my entire week at the fair, ...

Yaro and Mary Chmelar donate hardcover dictionaries to third-grade students in Mrs. Sheetz's class at St. James this week.

The regular meeting of Chapter L of the National T.T.T. Society was held Monday, Feb. 26, at the Olds United Church of Christ. President Barb Shelman called the meeting to order and opened the meeting with the group singing the ?Sword of Gold.?New programs were handed out for the upcoming year.Lisa Kempf provided meditations with a reading from a book called ?Laugh Out Loud.?Fourteen members answered roll call ...

The 2017 Be A Star Award winners were announced this week and a group picture taken. Residents who attend exercise classes or use the Fitness Center 150 times or more per year qualify as an award winner and earned a logoed cinched backpack for their efforts toward health and wellness. Residents recognized for this honor include Betty Beenblossom, Esther Bordwell, Jackie Bower, Richard Colby, Esther Fickel, Betty ...

The weekly church service was provided The Rev. Maureen Howard representing the Immanuel Lutheran Church. The sermon was titled ?In the Wilderness with Us.? Scripture from First Mark 1:9-15 was shared with those in attendance in the Epworth Chapel. Beth Janecek shared her talents on the piano.To honor the Washington Monument's being dedicated in 1885, residents gathered for ?Cranium Crunch? and trivia was shared ...

The Fairfield girls' track team traveled to Eddyville to take on E-B-F and nine other schools, including Forest City who finished first and SEC rivals Washington and Keokuk who finished second and third, respectively, ahead of the fourth place Trojans.Junior Ashley Bloomquist continued to set the pace in the long distances for Fairfield with victories in the 1500 and 3000 meter races while Julia Fritz won the ...

AMES ? Cabbage is a ?cole crop,? a general term used to describe several vegetables in the mustard family, including broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale and kohlrabi. All cole crops are cultivated varieties of the species Brassica oleracea. They are cool-season vegetables that prefer 60 to 70 degress Fahrenheit temperatures for optimal growth and can withstand light frosts without ...

The Dollar General opened a store in Brighton in February with a ribbon cutting. Pictured from left are Brighton City Council member Chuck Emry, Tyler Leppert and Freda Howell.

FAIRFIELD ? Join Jefferson County Extension for the third ?Ag Lunch and Learn? on March 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.The topic for this lunch and learn will focus on genetically modified organisms or GMOs. Dr. Ruth MacDonald, the former chair of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and newly appointed interim senior associate dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will be the key ...

The first meeting of the season for Tuesday Coffee Club will be held at 11:30 a.m., March 6, at Pizza Ranch. with Rosemary Worley as hostess.Winter months were not scheduled and members are hoping March 6 will be a nice day to start the meetings up again.