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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 ...

Study after study has found no link between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine ? or any vaccine for that matter. Yet many parents still refuse or delay vaccinations for their young children based on misplaced fear of ASD, which can be traced back to a small 1998 study that?s since been debunked and retracted [1]. Such decisions can have a major negative impact on public ...

Nine members of The Tuesday Coffee Club met at the Central Park Center on May 19. Judy Donaldson was the hostess and served a variety of delicious cookies she had made.Jean Cousins shared a story about Mother's Day with the group. Sharon Niffenegger presented an article on the history of Memorial Day followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Bess Llewellyn thanked the group for the remembrance given honoring ...

The meet was at Lake Fisher in Bloomfield.Girls- Team1. Davis County 292. Albia 713. Centerville 744. Van Buren 985. Wayne 128 Individual Van Buren Stats- Girls6. Unity Daugherty 17:5013. Sydney Atwood 19:02 Boys- Team1. Albia 282. Davis County 323. Van Buren 964. Centerville 1085. Clark County 1236. Wayne 144 Individual Van Buren Stats- Boys11. Thomas Fitzsimmons 19:2019. Nolan Lydolph ...

The Washington Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution met at 1:30 p.m., Monday, May 4, at Halcyon House in Washington. Fourteen members, two pending members and one guest attended the meeting.Regent Julie Mangold called the meeting to order. Chaplain Dorothy Miller read from 2 Samuel 22:33 and led in the Ritual and Pledge of Allegiance.Vice Regent Nancy Anderson read excerpts from the President ...

The U.C.W. of the United Church of Crawfordsville met Tuesday, May 12, at 2 p.m. with 10 ladies presentWilma McAllister gave the meditation, "Spring Cleaning for Heart and Soul."President Debbie Lowe called the business meeting to order and everyone read the Opening Creed in unison. The secretary read the minutes of the April 14, meeting which were approved as read and the treasurer's report was given and will ...

The Fairfield JV girls defeated Washington 25-23, 25-21 Thursday.Mackenzi Harwood had five aces and Mackenzie Flattery had four. Harwood also had three kills and seven digs.Mikaela Amendt, Allie Deao and Delaney Neil each had two kills.The freshmen team beat Washington by the score of 25-14, 25-8.Haley Beard went 10-11 serving with five aces. She also had three kills and six digs.Paige Buch went 10-10 on ...