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Wilma McAllister recently returned from a two week vacation in which she accompanied her daughter and husband, Steve and Chris Williams of Anamosa, to their cabin at Red Lake, Canada.The Crawfordsville Community Club and the Crawfordsville Lions are sponsoring an evening of food, live music and community fun on Saturday, July 25, at the Crawfordsville Fire Station. The meal begins at 4:30 p.m and runs until 7 ...

Sixteen 4-H'ers and eight Clover Kids participated in the Washington County Clothing Event on Wednesday, June 24, at the Washington County Extension Office.4-H members have the option of three categories to participate in $15 Challenge, Clothing Selection or Fashion Revue. In the $15 Challenge category 4-H?ers shopped for second-hand items totaling $15 or less. This excludes accessories, undergarments and shoes. ...

The H.J. Neighborhood Women?s Club met on June 18 at the home of Jan Marek. Joleen Krotz was co-hostess. Nine members were present.Jan gave the program, ?Farm Facts and the Price of Commodities and the Farmer?s Share.? She also talked about soy.It was decided that the club would donate books to local libraries in honor of two recently deceased club members, Mamie Luers, and Rita Stumpf.The next club meeting ...

Eighth grade girls win at Ottumwa-Evans The Fairfield eighth grade girl?s basketball team took its show on the road Tuesday at Ottumwa-Evans.The A team won 62-20 and outscored the Bulldogs 38-8 in the second half. Nicole Buch led the team with 25 points. Ashtyn Drish scored 11 points and Alie Kensett had seven. Sophie Allen and Kristen Daugherty each had six points.?We actually started off pretty good, but ...

The Rotary Club of Washington held its annual Awards Dinner at Marr Park on June 24, 2015, with 60 in attendance. Dinner was catered by Cafe Dodici.Club President Susan Wellington turned over the gavel to incoming 2015-16 Club President, Tsalika Rich, who was also honored with a Paul Harris Fellowship.Max Cousins was honored with the Bill Sitler Rotary Community Service Award for his four decades of service in ...

Edwin and Rita Luers, of rural Keota, will celebrate their 40th anniversary July 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. with an open house. They were married on July 5, 1975, at Prairie Flower Baptist Church.Their family includes their children Lora (Joel) Banister of Somonauk, Ill., Lisa (Will) Van Der Molen of Altoona, Lynnae (Shane) Callison of Ventura, and Will (Melissa) of Keota; and have 13 grandchildren.The open house ...

Washington County Master Gardener Dianne Nelson was hostess to a garden walk on Tuesday, June 23. Nearly 20 people enjoyed Nelson?s beautiful gardens as she spoke about the various plants and how to incorporate shade perennials into gardens.Nelson had a number of potted plants on display and spoke about each one. Many of those in attendance found plants that they were interested in adding to their own gardens.

For many the word "fear" is not a word they would choose to be around or even deal with. Just the mention of the word conjures up images and brings to mind terrifying situations that we have experienced. But, it is precisely this word that I want to reflect on today. One of many responses that a person may receive when talking about following God or serving God is this. ?why would I serve a God that I have to be ...

The family of Ruth A. Graber of Wayland is requesting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday on July 21. Her family includes children, Judy and Ardell Kliewer of Crawfordsville, Rita and Don Steiner of Harrisonburg, Va., Jerry and Mary Graber of Greenville, Ill., Randy and Shirlyn Graber of Crawfordsville and Sid and Dyann Graber of Crawfordsville, 13 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.Cards of ...

Tuesday Scores- 3AMOC-Floyd Valley 3, Independence 1Mount Vernon 3, Sheldon 0 Wednesday Games- 3ANevada vs. UnionRed Oak vs. Kuemper Catholic Tuesday Scores- 4ACharles City 3, Waverly-Shell Rock 2Davenport Assumption 3, West Delaware 2Harlan 3, LeMars 1Solon 3, Indianola 1Thursday Games- 4ACharles City vs. HarlanDavenport Assumption vs. Solon Tuesday Scores- 5ADowling Catholic 2, Ankeny 2Ankeny ...

Tune into any college basketball game over the opening weekend and one thing was clear: there were plenty of whistles.The NCAA made a major push in the offseason to have officials enforce rules more tightly this year. The goal is to improve scoring by increasing the freedom of movement and reducing physical play. It?s working so far as points are up ? and so are fouls.?I think the officials are doing what ...

The Washington County Extension Office is holding a 4-H Photo Mounting Day on Tuesday, July 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Washington County Extension Office on the fairgrounds. Photo Mounting Day is open to all Washington County 4-H?ers who want to prepare their photography exhibits for fair. Materials will be available for be purchased that day at the event only.There will be photo mounting directions and ...