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The Washington County Hospital and Clinics Board of Trustees will meet at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 28, in the Robert Nicola Conference Room at the hospital. Items on the agenda include: finance, personnel/credentials, QHR Trustee Webinar report, patient satisfaction report, quality report, growth and management.The board will hold two closed sessions as follows:Peer Review ? State of Iowa Code Chapter 21.5(1)(l) ...

Harold and Lela Miller of Wayland will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with their family on June 6 at the Wayland Community Room in Wayland.They were united in marriage at the Salem Mennonite Church in Shickley, Neb., on June 10, 1945.They are the parents of two daughters and two sons, Lila Benedict (deceased in 2002) and son-in-law Tom and Jeanette Benedict of Osceola, Ind., Sheila Fort and husband ...

Trevor Lynn of WACO School, son of David and Wendy Lynn of Brighton, has won the 2015 Hixson Opportunity Award for Washington County.This award is a half-tuition grant for four years at Iowa State University. Only 100 high school seniors from across the state receive this award.Trevor will attend Iowa State University next fall. He will major in history and political science, and plans to become certified for ...

The Washington High School Library will be open this summer for the use of current WHS students. The library will be open on Wednesdays starting June 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is scheduled around the summer lunch program for students wanting to do both. For every 10 books read by a student, Mr. Buchholz is offering a free scoop of ice cream from the Korner Kremery. There will also be a couple of days with ...

Mary Sue Woods had a surprise visit from a dear friend who lives in Grand Rapids, Mich. She was also presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Ann Gillette was also in the area to attend a graduation in Mount Pleasant.Isy Flander enjoyed the company of her daughter, Melinda, and granddaughter Brianna Holden from Manley. They spent the night and discussed the excitement of the Florida-bound trip and Brianna ...

The students pictured attended School No. 4 that was located just east of the Washington Airport. It was taken in 1935. In the front row from left are Mike Wheelan, Dick Harvey, Everett Miller and Virginia McLaughlin. In the back row are Bob McLaughlin, Russell Miller, Charles Simmering, Julia Harvey and Roberta Wheelan.

Marjorie Fullerton celebrated her 100th birthday over the weekend surrounded by family and friends. Marjorie?s children, Jocelyn and Butch Morgan, Bebe and Richard McFarland, and Ron Fullerton hosted an open house Saturday afternoon in honor of the milestone event. They all joined Marjorie for supper in the evening and overnight guests were still talking about the wonderful celebration over breakfast on Sunday ...

A benefit fund has been set up at both the People?s and the Pilot Grove banks in Winfield to aid the family of Megan Moser of Winfield. She was killed in a two-vehicle accident Sunday evening near Oskaloosa. Besides her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Randy Moser and a brother Ryan, Megan also leaves behind two small children, MacKenzie, 5 months, and Mason, 3 years. Checks can be made out to Rev. and Mrs. Randy Moser.

Pastor Bob Wollenberg, United Presbyterian ChurchEvery now and then, a bunch of statistics can change the way I think about something or at least give me a bit of a jolt. Here?s a few:? There are 300,000 items in the average American home.? The average American home has nearly tripled in size over the past 50 years.? 32 percent of people with two-car garages only have room to put one vehicle in it; 25 percent ...

Keota High School Academic Awards were presented to top five seniors earning a cumulative GPA of 3.92. From left are Maggie Baker, Grant Hill, Sierra Lyle, Brooke Sieren, and Madison Sieren.

Kathleen Kennedy of Washington, Iowa, was awarded her pin at the 2015 Nursing Pinning Ceremony at Luther College on May 23.Kennedy, the daughter of James and Cynthia Kennedy of Washington, has completed the nursing program at Luther College. She is a 2011 graduate of Washington High School.

The Washington Public Library is looking for readers! The library will be hosting Read-Around-The-Square again this year on Friday, June 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stop in the library and sign up for your bench and your half-hour time slot. You can read anything you want (and no, you do not have to read aloud) and sign up for as many time slots as you would like. Sign up with your whole family if you like. Let's ...