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The Washington High School agriculture education department will be holding a Washington FFA Alumni meeting at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18, in the high school agriculture classroom.The Iowa FFA Alumni and local alumni affiliates play a very important part in keeping agricultural education programs active and successful in our local schools. The mission statement of the Iowa FFA Alumni is to secure the promise ...

South East Iowa Bandmasters Association Honor Band tryouts were held in Fairfield Saturday, Jan. 7. Five Washington Middle School and High School students earned honors and will perform at the Concert Festival in Iowa City on Saturday, Jan. 21, at University of Iowa School of Music in Iowa City.Two Middle School Students selected to the honor band were Evan Miller, trumpet, and Chloe McGuire, flute.Five other ...

The new 4-H STEM Club filled every chair in the Lincoln Library after school Jan. 10 for the first meeting to learn about Go Green Engineering. The 30 participants defined technology in a new way, saw the large recycling and reusing nature of Senegal through a video, built their own recycled wheel and axle systems, tested them and started designing their own recycled race cars. This 4-H STEM Club will meet again ...

The 2017 Officers of the Bows and Bullets 4-H Shooting Sports Club were installed by County Council President Roman Kiefer at the January meeting. These officer positions will provide leadership for the 28 Bows and Bullets members.Officers include: photographer - Gannon Callahan, treasurer - Zane Fisher, vice president - Jacob Leonard, president - Amanda Pfeifer, and secretary - Curtis Stender. Not pictured is ...

The Washington High School Class of 1960 will meet at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Panda Palace in Washington.All classmates, spouses and friends of the class are encouraged to attend.

On Tuesday, Jan. 10, residents from Avalon and Independent Living enjoyed a wonderful presentation from Rosemary Pacha on ?Tea at the White House.? She had an incredible visual display of photos and books illustrating U.S. presidents and their first ladies? tea sets that were unique to each of their administrations. She even had a personally signed letter sent to her from First Lady Michelle Obama and a photo of ...

The Jan. 8 meeting of the Franklin Cubs was called to order by vice president Jameson Bell. The roll call was: ?Tell the Group how your project is coming along?? The secretary?s report was given and approved and the treasurer report was given and approved. Old business included the upcoming field trip to Cedar Falls and Waterloo. The Iowa Pork youth team is looking for people to join open to all ages from ninth ...

The DHLW Early Childhood Area board will meet at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the conference room on the second floor of the Washington Public Library.Items on the agenda include: consider approval of new board members, consider approval of new officers, consider approval of Nov. 15, 2016 meeting minutes, revisions to the bylaws, financial report given by Stan Stoops and Tasha Beghtol, program presentations, ...

Post 29 American Legion met Jan. 9 in a regular session with Wayne Kaufman commanding. Reports were heard from adjutant Jim Peterson on finances and membership; first district commander Alvin Miller on upcoming events in the district; Mike Worley on recent funerals; and Lonny Milligan on forthcoming events such as flower delivery and the airport breakfast.Two members have passed away since our last meeting: Don ...

Daniel and Karmell Osman of Bronxville, New York, are the proud parents of Henry Alexander, born Nov. 20. 2016. He weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 21 inches long. He was welcomed home by his brothers, Max and Abe, and sister, Emily. Dick and Cymie Wehr, of Washington, are grandparents.

AMES ? Winter is here, and the weather outside is cold and unhospitable for many plants and trees. However, it?s a great time to begin new indoor-friendly plants and trees that can benefit from warmer indoor temperatures and winter sunlight.Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticulturists can help answer queries regarding growth and care for low-maintenance indoor plants. To have additional questions ...

The Washington County Extension Office is accepting applications for the 4-H Leadership Development Program participants.To apply for the Leadership Development Program, youth must be a member of the Washington County 4-H program and be in grades 9-11. This course focuses on building leadership skills including communication, team building, problem solving and event planning. Completion is a requirement to apply ...