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(From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, April 1, 2005)10 YEARS AGOElizabeth Burns knew there was something missing during her freshman year at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. The 2003 graduate of Washington High School said, ?I was there at school just hanging out. I didn?t have anything I was passionate about. I didn?t know what I wanted to do.? Instead of returning to college last September, ...

FORT MADISON ? Maharishi School wrapped up its perfect dual season with a 9-0 victory over Fort Madison on Tuesday.The clean sweep handed the Pioneers their eighth straight dual victory, and only the No. 4 singles match was close Tuesday.No. 2 player Solaris Nite and No. 5 Chandre Morales had the Pioneers? biggest victories in singles play. Nite earned a 6-0, 6-0 win and Morales won 6-0, 6-1. Sam Stickels ...

The family of Thelma Wagner is planning a card shower in honor of her 95th birthday on April 21. Her children and their spouses are Ken Wagner of Washington, Kris and Steve Storr of Muscatine, and Karen and Jim Macdonald of Ames. She has five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Thelma enjoyed celebrating her birthday with family earlier in the month.Jack and Thelma Wagner farmed north of Washington while ...

Michael Ed Althaus and Alice Marie Forinash were married April 15, 1965, at Chapel in the Canyon in Chatsworth, Calif.They lived in Canoga Park, Inglewood and Van Nuys, Calif., where Mike worked for Air Research and Ralph?s as a meat cutter, and Alice worked at the USPS. They have two daughters, Ronda Pech and husband Mario of Knoxville, Iowa, and Michelle (Shelley) Hume and husband Jeff of Edgerton, Mo. They ...

Esther Bordwell hosted the Creative Living Department of Fortnightly for lunch last Thursday in the Main Dining Room with her daughter and son-in-law, Bob and Millie Youngquist, as guests. Millie and Bob are retired music teachers from the WACO and Washington school districts respectively and have moved on to other endeavors. The duo graciously presented an afternoon vocal music concert for Fortnightly members ...

FORT MADISON ? Maharishi School girls? tennis earned a 9-0 sweep against host Holy Trinity on Thursday in Fort Madison.The Pioneers? Dia Huggins won an 8-2 match at No. 1 singles, and Jacqueline Leete won 8-4 at No. 2. Pioneer No. 3 Alina Knight earned an 8-6 victory, Flower Shreck won 8-2 at No. 4, and No. 5 player Isabel Reed claimed an 8-1 victory. Kadie Roberts capped singles play with an 8-1 win at the No. ...

On a day when its top golfers didn?t have their best stuff, the Trojan boys? golf team got some big contributions from the bottom of its lineup to finish second at Saturday?s Fairfield Invitational.Alex Shier and Gabe Hull, the Trojans? Nos. 5 and 6 golfers, respectively, turned in a pair of 80s to lead the Trojans against a field of seven other squads. Fairfield ended up with a tally of 322, well ahead of ...

Martha Washington Questers 1032 met at the home of Vicki Ealy on March 27, 2015. The meeting was called to order by acting president Vicki Ealy, and the Questers Invocation was recited by seven members, who then answered roll call. The secretary?s report and the treasurer?s report were given. A motion was made by Vicki and seconded by Pat Johnson to accept the reports as given.A card was signed and sent to Gerry ...

At 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, in the Genealogy Department of the Washington Free Public Library, Candice Boulton of Wayland will share her experiences of 14 years living and teaching English in South Korea. Come and hear about the culture and interesting sites to visit in the "Land of the Morning Calm."

First-graders at Stewart have been taking more healthy bites these past three weeks through the Pick a Better Snack program. Last week's focus was on exercise and broccoli.This program is designed to motivate children to eat more fruits and vegetables and to be more physically active. Each week Amy Green, 4-H/youth coordinator, visits the first-grade classrooms to talk about making healthy food choices. They ...

The Rubio Music Jam will be held at the Community Building in Rubio, this Saturday night, April 4. Sandwiches, pie and drinks will be available starting at 5 p.m. The music starts at 6 p.m. All are invited, including musicians who would like to join the fun.

Due to inclement and cold weather predicted later this week, the Southeast Conference track meet, which Washington will be hosting at Case Field, has been moved up from Thursday to Tuesday. The meet will begin at 5 p.m.The Fairfield-hosted Brookhart-Crew Relays are still on as scheduled today at Trojan Stadium. The meet includes one class of boys and one class of girls.