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J-POG, Just Peace Outreach Group, is pleased to host Joy Lapp, teacher of religion at Iowa Wesleyan University, speaking on ?Hope for the Holy Land: Seeking a Just Peace? on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. Lapp has a long history of firsthand experiences with the situation in Israel and Palestine.Lapp?s presentation will begin with a brief historical overview of the circumstances that have led to the current conflict ...

Robert E. Thomas will celebrate his 97th birthday on Tuesday, Oct. 20.Thomas worked at the post office for 33 years in Washington.He has three children: Vicki and Jim Dempsey, Robert C. Thomas of Washington, and Greg and Chris Thomas of Lincoln, Nebraska.He has three grandsons and three great-grandchildren.Cards will reach him at 930 South Third Avenue, Washington, Iowa 52353.

Chapter MX, P.E.O. met Monday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Norma Wright. Twelve members were present. Chaplain Kathleen Almelien gave devotions. Treasurer Barbara Liebe gave the financial report. President Marjorie Lins conducted the business meeting. Committee reports were given. Marjorie Lins has finalized her plans to attend the International Convention in Indianapolis. The group voted to nominate a ...

The Green Acres 4-H Club was awarded a $420 DuPont Pioneer Grant to help off set the cost of the interior paint to repaint the Old Schoolhouse/Open Class Exhibit Building on the Washington County Fairgrounds. 4-H'ers scraped all of the old paint off the walls and ceiling. They primed the walls and now will finish with painting the walls and ceiling. We will work with Donna Palmer, Open Class new superintendent, ...

The Grace C. Mae Advocate Center celebrated its fifth year of service with a Washington Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting on Oct. 13. The center is located in the Washington Hospital Building with an entrance at 420 East Polk St.

The Blair House Players presented a three-act play called ?Why Wives Worry,? written in the early 1920s was performed at the community theater during the county fair in 1977.The plot involved two young couples and a case of mistaken identity. A gossiping neighbor and her henpecked husband add to the comedy.This is a picture of the cast rehearsing at Blair House.Pictured to the left are cast members standing up ...

The Washington High School Marching Band led the way for this year?s fifth annual Healthiest State Walk held on Oct. 7. There were 15 team members and 35 Halcyon residents who were honored this year to walk with the Washington Community High School and faculty in a joint effort for the state of Iowa in the one-kilometer walk. What a beautiful day it was and certainly a sight to behold as 550 people took to the ...

Post 29 American Legion met at regular session on Oct.13 with Wayne Kaufman commanding. Reports were heard from Adjutant Jim Peterson on membership and finance, Mike Worley on military funerals the organization provides, and Dan McClure on Boys State.One new member, Gene Wallerich, was welcomed. Gene is a Vietnam-era Navy veteran. The All Veterans Dinner will be held Nov. 11 at the Presbyterian Church and ...

Just Us Girls will present their eighth Annual Dinner Show on Saturday, Oct. 24. Just Us Girls is a vocal group of 12 women who love to sing. The evening will include an elegant four-course meal and musical entertainment.There is a fee for tickets and is by reservation only. Profits will support their annual scholarship. It will be held at the West Chester Heritage Association (West Chester School) in West ...

Post 29 American Legion met at regular session with Wayne Kaufman commanding. Reports were heard from Adjutant Jim Peterson on membership and finance, Mike Worley on military funerals which we provide, and Dan McClure on Boys State.One new member, Gene Wallerich, was welcomed. Gene is a Vietnam-era Navy veteran. The All Veterans Dinner will be held Nov. 11 at the Presbyterian Church and members are urged to help ...

Edward ?Ed? and Pauline Jarrard will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 23.Pauline Amenell and Edward Jarrard were married Oct. 23, 1955, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Mediapolis.They are the parents of Diane (Bill) McKenzie of Madison, Wisconsin; Carol (Doug) Enfield of Crawfordsville; Brian (Ty) Jarrard of Torrance, California; and Andy (Pam) Jarrard of Marion.They have seven grandchildren.The...

Walnut Women?s Club met Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, at the home of JoAnn Roth, with eight members present.Vice President Mary Ann Pacha conducted the business meeting. Roll call was answered with ?a new product you have tried.? Members brought a recipe and the finished product to share with other members.The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 5, 2015 (please note date change), with a soup supper at the home of ...