Community

The annual John A. Rees Reunion will be held at noon, Saturday, June 20, at Marr Park west of Ainsworth. We will meet in the first shelter for a potluck meal.Officers are: President Sarah Mayo, Vice-President John Evans, and Secretary-Treasurer Sharon Rees.Drink Committee will be Mindi Rees, Chair, Jeanne Davis and Dee Anne Vincent.

Martha Washington Questers 1032 met on May 21, 2015, at the home of Jane Fehr. President Linda Newlon led the group in the Questers Invocation. Attendance included 10 members and a new member, Sharon Hough. Two members were absent.Linda, who will serve as the new historian, has the historian books from past historian Gerry Schmidt.Janet Peterson had made arrangements for a trip to Centerville on Friday, June ...

The Washington School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, at Brighton City Hall.Items on the agenda include: consent items, facility plan, auditorium bids, discussion and reviewing goals for 2014-15, board committee reports, curriculum report and superintendent's report.

The Wyman Community Club met Monday, June 1, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. for lunch at the Ainsworth Four Corners with 18 in attendance.Those present were: Robert and Lucille Humphreys, Frieda Finke, Pauline Richardson, Billie Jo Rose, Ruth Erwin and Margaret Patterson of Crawfordsville; John Wittrig, Laura McPhail, and Lorrine Frame of Winfield; Al and Adeline Sents, Audrey Finke, Jane Kaczinski and Peggy Buffington of ...

Chapter AQ, P.E.O. met June 2 at the home of Dorothy Miller. Fourteen members were present. Joyce Wilson, president, presided over the meeting. She gave the report on the state convention. The convention was held May 29-31 at the Marriott Hotel in Des Moines. Joyce Wilson was their delegate at the convention, and Marcella Loeffler was a guard. Chapter AQ Sisters attending the convention included Shirley Schooley, ...

The Mid-Prairie School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, June 8, in high school library.Items on the agenda include: consent items, student learning annual report, changes to student/parent handbooks, 2015-16 HSAP salaries and benefits, WCRF mini-grant resolutions, district internal auditor, update on district construction projects, administrative reports and board development and inservice activities.

As I drive the roads in the country, it is so good to see the corn and beans sprouting up so quickly. It is hard to believe that in four or five short months those crops will be mature and harvested and the fields will be bare once again. There is a short window of opportunity to plant the seed to ensure a mature and abundant harvest.Jesus told a parable in Luke 8 of a man who sowed a crop of seeds. Jesus ...

Members of Chapter AQ, P.E.O., of Brighton represented their chapter at the 123rd annual Convention of Iowa State Chapter P.E.O. Sisterhood, May 30-31 in Des Moines. Attending were Joyce Wilson, delegate, and Marcella Loeffler, guard, accompanied by Ginny Brinton, Shirley Schooley, Joyce Dunbar and Phyllis Scheeler. During the Saturday afternoon business meeting, they performed the Period of Instruction skit.

The Washington County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 9, at the courthouse.Items on the agenda include: a public hearing at 9:30 a.m. on an animal confinement feed operation at Brenneman Pork, resolution regarding monetary support for the legal defense of Buena Vista, Calhoun and Sac counties, avian influenza update, acknowledgment of animal confinement feeding operation at Brenneman ...

First Assembly of God located at 1602 E. Washington St. in Washington, will have Vacation Bible School June 22-26 from 6 to 8 p.m.The age for this VBS is 4-year-olds through fifth-graders. There is no charge, and it is open to anyone.For more information or to register please call 319-653-3749.

The United Presbyterian Home celebrated Senior Prom with a Wild Safari theme on Thursday evening in the Main Dining Room accessible only after making their way past a jungle of wild animals. Residents dressed in costumes of leopard print and khaki style clothing, accessorizing with binoculars and straw hats, and mingled among the elephants, lions, and giraffes. Best dressed for the evening may have been Herb ...

The Highland School Board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 8, in the Highland Board Room.Items on the agenda include: consent agenda, discussion and action regarding a sharing agreement with Danville Schools, discussion and action on summer projects, discussion and action on board policy 704.2R1, discussion and action on raising student lunch prices for 2015-16, personnel, report from board and administration, a ...