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Jeff and Trisha McClure, of Clive, are happy to announce the arrival of Asher Lee born Sept. 27, 2016, at 11:19 a.m.He weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long.Graham, 5, and Emery, 2 1/2, welcomed him home.Grandparents are Gary and Linda McClure and Jim and Julie Stepanek, all of Cedar Rapids.Great-grandparents are Marvin and Pat McClure of Washington, Deloris Biermann of Dyersville and Helen ...

The annual P. Buckley Moss show will be held Friday, Oct. 21 and Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Kalona Historical Village, 715 D Avenue, sponsored by The Village Shoppe. Moss will be available from 1 to 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 21 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22, to meet collectors and sign her work. There is an admission fee charged for the show.Moss Country Friends Chapter of the P. Buckley Moss Society is ...

The Washington High School Class of 1956 is having a "class coffee" the first Thursday of each month at 8:30 a.m., beginning Oct. 6 at Dodici Shop in Washington.All class members, spouses, former classmates and friends are invited to attend.

The next blood drive in Washington is from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 20 at the United Presbyterian Church, 209 East Washington Street in Washington.Become a new blood donor. Your blood donation can save up to nine lives. Thirty-eight percent of the population are eligible to donate blood, but only 10 percent do so. Consider becoming a donor as your personal community service project. To learn more about ...

Fairfield High School freshman Anatta Charoenkul is still alive at the state individual tennis meet. The Trojans? No. 1 player and state No. 1 seed took down Paige Edens of Camanche 6-1, 6-1 and Bronwyn Metcalf of Pella 6-0, 6-0 on Thursday. This morning, Charoenkul defeated the No. 4 seed Chelsea Poesch of Waverly-Shell Rock 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the state championship match this afternoon, where she will face ...

Ben Hanson and Brooke Paul were married June 18, 2016, at the Paul family century farm in Brighton. The bride is the daughter of Kevin Paul of Brighton and Tasha Beghtol of Washington. She is a graduate of Iowa State University with a bachelor?s degree in agricultural business. She is employed with Washington State Bank.The groom is the son of Kurt and Debra Hanson of Washington. He is employed at Syngenta Seeds ...

Tasha Lee Knerr, daughter of Trish Knerr and Ray Hill, and Larry Knerr, is pleased to announce her upcoming wedding to Daniel Joseph Smith, son of Kathy Pfeiffer, Dennie Smith and Sandy Walling, at 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29 at the West Chester Heritage Association Building in West Chester.A reception will follow the nuptials.

Pat Remington met her sister Kathy of Chariton, with friend, in Ottumwa on Sept. 22. That evening, Pat met her daughter, Angela Garmoe with Christopher of Mount Pleasant, at Tasos Steakhouse in Mount Pleasant. They met Angela?s son Jimmy afterward and took him to Subway.Walkers Welcome ? participate in the Iowa Healthy Walk on Oct. 5. Walkers will meet at the Lake Darling shelter house at noon. A 30-minute walk ...

Washington County Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4, at Washington Public Library.The program titled "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" will be done by Jo Breen and will be about her trip to Ireland and research on her Irish heritage.The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to attend.

About 15 people gathered to hear Presbyterian Church (USA) International Peacemaker, Dr. Tamar Wasoian. Dr. Wasoian is a native of Aleppo, Syria, a city where there is a high concentration of those with Armenian roots. She was in the area at the invitation of the Presbytery of East Iowa and was welcomed at the UP Home as part of an ongoing heritage of connections with places in the world where Presbyterian ...

Cade Lisk?s walkoff single sent the Trojan fans home happy, as the team?s 3-2 victory in game two secured a sweep of a Southeast Conference rival and an undefeated mark in the conference to begin the season.?They?re used to winning down in the JV program too and it?s nice for them to step in here with that expectation to play the game the right way and have fun,? said Fairfield head coach Josh Allison. ?We?ve ...

The Washington Reformed Presbyterian Church led our weekly service on Sunday. Pastor Dan Drost presented the sermon titled, ?Crying Out to God? to Halcyon House residents. The service included Scripture readings from Jonah 2:7-9.On Monday the residents went to the Timmins Dining Room to listen to the African Drumming program. It was very interesting hearing about how the people live in Africa and how they can ...