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The Washington Area Ministerial Association invites you to participate in its annual Cross Walk being held Friday, April 14.This year the Cross Walk will be held in Central Park in Washington. It will begin at 12 p.m. at the bandshell.Participants will walk to different stations in the park instead of walking around the square.

Praise God! What a wonderful time of the year, ?Spring,? when we celebrate the newness of life. Flowers and grass springing up, birds coming back, animals bringing forth their new young ones. A time when we come out of the coldness and darkness of winter into the time of a new season, a new beginning, new life, new hope! Summertime! Joyous time!This coming week we will celebrate the wonders and love of our ...

There are several Easter egg hunts scheduled in the county in the next two weeks.These are a listing of the Easter egg hunts The Journal was notified about.On Saturday, April 8, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. an Easter Egg Hunt will be held at the Crawfordsville Ball field Crawfordsville.On Sunday, April 9, at 1:30 p.m., West Chester will have their Easter Egg hunt at the West Chester Community Center.In Washington ...

The regular meeting of the Crawfordsville Lions Club was held Monday evening, March 27, at the Crawfordsville Community Room with 13 members present.Lion President Billie Jo Rose opened the meeting by leading the Pledge to the Flag and Lion Loree Stogdill gave the invocation.Minutes of the March 13, meeting were read by secretary pro-tem Lion Randy Finke in the absence of Lion secretary Nancy Love. They were ...

The Fairfield girls? tennis team defeated host Mt. Pleasant on Thursday, 7-2.Among highlights for Fairfield, Anatta Charoenkul defeated Meagan Sutherland (8-1), Dayna Price defeated Thuan Tran (8-2), Cami Schaefer defeated Quin Whaley (9-7), Hermela Gebremariam defeated Kylie Sourwine (8-6) and Ashley Pool beat Sheyanne Walter (8-6).In doubles, Charoenkul-Gebremariam and Anna Beasley-Pool won their matches.In ...

The Pekin Panthers won their own meet, the Panther relays, on Monday with 218 points.Davis County was runner-up (160), followed by Cardinal (128) and Tri-County (57). Among the highlights for Pekin, Dayne Eckley won gold in the 100 (11.82) and 200 (23.5), Chandler Eckley finished first in the 800 (2:07.25) and Ryan Millikin captured the gold in the 1,600 (4:51.08). Panther Levi Long won gold in the 400-meter ...

The Washington High School Class of 1956 will meet at 9 a.m., Thursday, April 6 at Dodici Shop.All classmates, spouses and friends are welcome to come.

The American Legion Auxiliary County meeting will be held Tuesday, April 11, at the Washington County Ambulance Center. The meeting will start at 7 p.m.A memorial service will be conducted by the Washington unit for deceased members of Wellman and Washington units. Annual reports will be presented.All members of the Legion Auxiliary units of Washington and Wellman are urged to attend. Members welcome anyone ...

PELLA ? Central College women?s basketball forward Jessica Butters (senior, Kalona, Mid-Prairie High School) has received the 2017 Gary Dirksen Achievement Award.Butters, a 5-foot-7 forward, averaged 1.8 points per game in 2016-17. She had a career-high nine points on senior day against Simpson on Feb. 11. A three-time academic all-Iowa Conference honoree, she was also named the program?s teammate of the year in ...

The Krony Krew Club met March 29 at the home of Shirley Schooley. Bridge was played at one table. The club will meet again on April 12 at the home of Rose Jaynes.St. Joseph-Cabrini Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain and Richland held their weekly Station of the Cross and soup supper on Wednesday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m. in East Pleasant Plain. They alternate between the two churches. On April 5, it will be ...

Painful, swollen, and stiff joints can be a sign of arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most common forms. The pain and stiffness can interfere with your life at home and at work. For some people, the disease is mild, but for others it can be disabling. Scientists continue to search for the cause of this disease and for ways to improve treatment.Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints. There are ...

The Little Hawk Clover Kid Club was busy at their March meeting with paint, robots, tin and more. Members rotated to several different hands-on project workshops. They could select from abstract canvas painting, tin can windsocks, recyclable robot, and a wood bank .4-H?ers Averi Kron and Gibson Lowenburg assisted the younger members at the hands-on stations. Clover Kids also had the opportunity to visit with ...