Community

The regular meeting of Chapter L of the National T.T.T. Society was held Monday, Nov. 20, at the Olds United Church of Christ. President Barb Shelman called the meeting to order and opened the meeting with the group singing Sword of Gold. Louise Unkrich was honored and celebrated for her 70 years of service with T.T.T.Eighteen answered roll call by telling their favorite thing that happened this year.Minutes of ...

Tuesday Coffee Club met at HyVee for a nice warm breakfast on a cold morning. Twelve members gathered for a time of friendship, visiting, and food. The Dec. 5 meeting was hosted by Mary Jane Shaffer.Betty Flynn is the hostess for the next meeting which will be held on Monday not the normal day of Tuesday, Dec. 18. Members will meet at Pizza Hut at 11:30 a.m. for lunch.Thanksgiving travels and family gatherings ...

Sasha Club members met at the Washington United Presbyterian Home to tour its new Wellness Center. The new area includes an indoor walking track, therapy pool, plus cardio and strengthening equipment. They offer membership options and personal training sessions. The tour included the new private patient rooms for the Health Unit with its own dining and lounge area. After this tour, the group traveled to the ...

We are drawing closer and closer to Christmas with less than a week left! Around this time is when a lot of books get checked out that have a storyline during the Christmas holiday. On our new shelf, we have some of these books, so I decided to spread the word about the different plots.The first book is The Christmas Blessing by Melody Carlson. The book takes place in the 1940s. The main character, Amelia ...

The Washington 4-H County Council will host a 4-H Skating Party on Sunday, Jan. 21, from 1 ? 3 p.m. at the Wellman Skating Rink. The Skating Party is open to all 4-H'ers, families, and friends. All 4-H'ers, Clover Kids, volunteers, family and friends are welcome to this countywide event. There is a cost to skate. Come, have fun movin' and groovin' for winter exercise, play games, and meet new friends at the 4-H ...

The Washington Community Schools received a grant of $27,000 from the Riverboat Foundation for Lincoln Safety and Accessibility. The grant is for updating the bus lane at Lincoln Elementary.

Post 29 American Legion met in regular session Dec. 12 with Mike York commanding. A report on membership and finance was heard from Adjutant Jim Peterson. Lonny Milligan, fundraising chair suggested ways to disburse the equipment used in the food stand which they no longer need. It was moved that The Legion purchase another large quantity of stocking caps, gloves, socks and underwear for patients at the VA and a ...

The Washington United Methodist Women met on Dec. 8 with 27 members and guest Linda Hoy present. Dessert was served by Sharon Wagner and Sharon Hough.The program was given by Marilyn Whitenack, with the assistance of Linda Soukup and Maurine Roberts. The theme was ?Holding the Baby Jesus.? Linda led the members in singing the Purpose of the United Methodist Women. Ilene Schnicker gave the Spiritual Growth ...

Usually, the wall of the abdomen is strong. The muscles keep your intestine in place. But if there's a weak spot, the intestine can push through and form a hernia. A person may be born with a weakness there, or the weakness may develop over time later in life.?It's like when you look at an old tire on a car and you see kind of a bulge on the sidewall of the tire. That's because there's a weakness in the wall of ...

The Wyman Community Club met for lunch at 11:30 a.m., Monday, Dec. 4, at the Ainsworth Four Corners.Attending were Ruth Erwin, Margaret Patterson and Billie Jo Rose, of Crawfordsville; John Wittrig and Laura Wittrig, of Winfield; Wilma Vosburg of Grinnell; Jane Kaczinski of Washington, Robert Davis, of Wayland and his daughter and granddaughter, Mary Rickard and Zhanna, of Mount Union.The group celebrated ...

Pat Remington of Brighton with daughter Brandy Poli of Waukee left Nov. 28 for Tennessee. They visited Pat's son Travis and Jamie of Cosby. They also made several trips to Knoxville to visit Pat's granddaughter Coraline at the University of Tennessee Hospital.On Nov. 30, Pat and Brandy went to North Carolina to view the Biltmore Mansion. They were joined on Dec. 1 and 2 by Pat's sister Pam and Bill Mogensen of ...

The Mid-Prairie Community School District received a grant of $95,188 for its high school library transformation project from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation last Wednesday.