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(From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, April 15, 2005)10 YEARS AGOWashington High School now has a new principal. The school board last night voted unanimously to hire Shane Ehresman, the candidate nominated by superintendent Dave Schmitt and the nominating committee.Washington area farmers will sponsor a study to determine whether it would be feasible to construct a biodiesel fuel plant in Washington ...

Kenneth Wagner, Kristine Storr and Karen Macdonald, children of Thelma Wagner, hosted a small open house Saturday, April 11, at the Campus Center to celebrate Thelma?s 95th birthday. Guests traveled from Michigan, Chicago, Ames, Harlan, Forest City, and included residents in the Washington area as well. Coffee, punch, cookies and homemade ice cream were served. A PowerPoint slide show included photos spanning ...

The Washington County Board of Health will meet at noon Wednesday, April 22, in the fifth-floor conference room at Federation Bank.Items on the Environmental Health's portion of the agenda include: financial report, bed bug meeting update, Eco-Flo peat moss meeting update, and rabies protocol updated.Items on the Public Health include: financial report, DIA survey update, contract approval, policy approval, ...

The Immanuel Lutheran Church in Washington will hold Vacation Bible School day camp this year on June 22-26. All community children from kindergarten through fifth grade are welcome.The camp theme is A Love That Never Ends. The hours are from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. until noon on Friday. Counselors are from Camp EWALU.There is a fee. Registration deadline is May 15. A registratio...

The Ambassadors visited the Hawkeye 76 gas station sometime in the distant past. In the front row from left are Hazel Sitler and Yvonne and Elmo Kern. In the back row from left are Charlotte Pencil, Keith Vetter, Rick Peoples, Craig Paul, Phil Kneen, Bill Burns, Norm Schoonover, Kathy Schreiber, Edith Goff, Chuck Gibson and Brad Kiesey.

The Kiwanis AMers recently honored members who have perfect attendance.In the front row from left are Kevin Erpelding (3 years), Holly Mueller (5 years), Curt Mayer (3 years), and Herbert Iles (7 years).In the back row are Charlie Thompson (40 years), Matt Brown (4 years), Jim Rosien (41 years), Pat Smith (24 years), and Lonny Milligan (25 years).Not pictured: Bill Tweeton (12 years).

The Washington YMCA swimming pool has been down for repairs since April 11. The pool will not be open by April 19 as previously thought. The Y has had a functional pool for 90 years, but the pool is down until further notice. The Y hopes the pool will be repaired in the next few weeks.

For the first time without Lawrence Eyre as head coach, the Pioneer boys? tennis team earned a trip to the Class 1A state team tournament with a pair of victories over Grinnell and Pella Saturday at the M.U.M. tennis courts in Fairfield.The Maharishi School boys handled Grinnell 5-0 in the substate semifinal and took care of Pella 5-2 in the final to advance to the state tournament for a record ninth consecutive ...

Felisto Guezimane is well aware of the history between Fairfield and Keokuk on the pitch. He?s also familiar with the old saying, ?It?s hard to beat a team three times in one season.?So, after defeating Keokuk twice in the regular season, the fourth-year head coach wasn?t about to take any chances going into Monday?s substate first-round game vs. the Chiefs at Trojan Stadium.Neither, it appeared, were his ...

OSKALOOSA ? The Fairfield girls? golf team shot its best 18-hole round of the season Monday, finishing eighth out of 12 at a regional tournament on Edmundson Golf Course in Oskaloosa.Led by freshman Lindsey Repp?s 95, the peaking Trojans scored a 437 to end their season on a high note. Fairfield, which was extremely consistent with a 219 on the front nine and 218 on the back, also had scores from freshman ...

Ida Short of Kalona is among 12 Goshen College senior art majors to showcase work in the Music Center's Hershberger Art Gallery between March 8 and April 26. Ida attends West Union Mennonite Church.Ida is showing her various intaglio-type prints around themes of miscommunication or non-communication. These works were inspired through her Study-Service Term experience in Tanzania as well as her experience with ...

Come help Doyle Brown celebrate his 95th birthday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m., May 2, 2015, at 400 East Polk in Washington (Washington County Hospital old entrance).Doyle requests no gifts, just your presence. Cards can reach him at 910 East Adams, Apt. 4B, Washington, IA 52353