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Relay team members Kelsey Pacha, Delaney Breen, Yana Gaskell and Danielle Breen of Fairfield placed fourth in the 4x100 relay at the State Hershey Track Meet in June. The meet was held in Marshalltown. Sixteen teams competed in this event.

Resident Jim Bennett found humor in the Rev. Herb Yoder?s recent Evensong message. Yoder spoke about miracles and how God created the heavens and the earth and everything in it. He explained how miracles can be large or small and that recently his wife prepared him a nice meal and he referred to it a miracle. Everyone in the congregation laughed except maybe his wife, Dorothy.George Grove celebrated his 95th ...

Chelsey Lampe is a senior at Highland High School and a member of the Riverside Ramblers and Riverside Enterprisers 4-H clubs. She is the daughter of Dennis and Ann Lampe, and she has three siblings, Brittney, Rebecca, and Brad.As a 4-H'er, Lampe has worked in the project areas of market and breeding beef, home improvement, photography, foods, and sewing. She has been a member of County Council.The water fights ...

Kailey Martin is a senior at Washington High School and a member of Horse and Pony Club and Bows and Bullets Club. She is the daughter of Angela Sprouse and Danny Martin.Her 4-H activities include horses, making a bird house out of a guitar, shooting clinics, county fair, state fair and local 4-H horse shows.The state fair is the highlight of 4-H, along with the water fights at the horse barn. Another special ...

WACO School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 18, at the WACO Junior/Senior High School.

Landen Schafer competed in the State Hersey Track Meet on June 15. Schafer earned third place in the 400 meter, and his 4x100 relay team placed fourth.

The WHS La Onda Multicultural Group spent time cleaning and spreading mulch at Sunset Park in the afternoon on Wednesday, May 13.La Onda Multicultural Group is open to all high school students and has four core values: to unite all cultures, to be recognized as a group that helps the community, to strengthen communication between different groups, and to have fun as a school group.Wednesday's parks cleanup ...

Immanuel Lutheran Church is planning a Vacation Bible School Day Camp from June 22-26 at the church. The theme is "A Love That Never Ends." The day camp is for children who are currently in kindergarten through fifth grade. The camp will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday.Each child will need to bring a sack lunch daily. Activities will include Bible study, ...

Help Betty Stephens celebrate her 95th birthday on May 21 with a card shower. Happy birthday wishes will reach her at the United Presbyterian Home, 1201 E. Washington St., Washington, IA 52353.

Volunteer members of the Washington County Genealogical Society were busy on Monday morning unloading historic books given to the Society from the Washington County Courthouse. Books donated included land tax records and registers from 1860 through 1930. The books will be available as part of the Genealogical Society?s collection, which is housed in the lower level of the Washington Public Library and is open to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ? An Australian baseball player out for a jog in an Oklahoma neighborhood was shot and killed by three ?bored? teenagers who decided to kill someone for fun, police said.Christopher Lane, who was visiting the town of Duncan, where his girlfriend and her family live, had passed a home where the boys were staying and that apparently led to him being gunned down at random, Police Chief Danny Ford ...

St. James fourth-grade class collected the most money for Miles of Pennies project for the Optimist Club. Pictured is Emily Baumert's fourth-grade class.