Community

Two dances and one lunch, with bingo, are planned during May at the Polishville Community Center. The first dance will be Sunday. Due to recent heart surgery, the regularly scheduled dance with Lyle Beaver of Iowa City has been changed. Substituting will be the Larry Goodman Band of North English. Food will be sold beginning at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6-9 p.m. A lunch, with bingo, is planned May ...

The Wayland Lions Club held its April meeting on Tuesday, April 21, at the Wayland Community Center.President Tim Egli called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Roger Roth gave the Invocation. The meeting was adjourned for a delicious meal.When the meeting was called back to order, Terry Kaufman gave the treasurer's report and secretary Carol Shumaker read the minutes. Both were approved as ...

It was a homecoming of sorts for many at the first SEIBA Elementary Honor Band which will be held annually. SEIBA (South East Iowa Bandmasters Association) held its first district-wide honor band for first- and second-year players on Saturday, April 25, at Washington High School.Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Washington was home to the SEIBA District Honor Band for Junior High and High School. Saturday, SEIBA ...

Fifteen members of Chapter DL of the National T.T.T. Society met April 13, at the home of Danielle Pettit-Majewski. Denise Chalupa served as co-hostess for the meeting.President Lea Smothers called the meeting to order with members singing Sword of Gold. Minutes were approved as read. The treasurer's report was given and approved.Members will send a donation to new chapter HC Storm Lake, to support their ...

The Optimist Club of Washington held its Youth Recognition Banquet at the Washington High School Commons. Two hundred forty-one students were invited to receive a certificate of appreciation for being recognized by a teacher during the past three quarters. A student was selected according to certain criteria.Dr. Mitchell Kelly, University of Iowa, provided a motivational presentation to the students. His ...

The Washington High School Class of 1957 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 1, at the Pizza Ranch.

The Washington County Hospital and Clinics Board of Trustees will meet at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 30, in the Nicola Conference Room at the hospital.Items on the agenda include: finance committee report, personnel and credentials, QHR trustee Webinar report, crisis management standards, building survey, quality report, orthopedic update, QHR report and CEO report.The board will also hold two closed sessions in ...

The biennial reunion of the descendents of Peter and Anna Buch Hammes will be held beginning at 12 p.m. Sunday, June 28, with a potluck dinner at the K.C. Hall in Harper.

The Fortnightly Department of Adventures in Living met at the home of hostess and co-hostess Gretta Embree on April 23 at 1:30 p.m. Ten members were present.The program was "Where Were You Born" and the roll call was a nickname you may have had growing up.Gretta made lists of all the states in the United States and then each member matched the capitol to each state.The final meeting of the year will be May 28, ...

Jareck and Heather Pozarycki will perform at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in the Morrison Center. Jareck, a Halyson employee, is from Poland. Heather is from Richmond. They met on a mission trip. The public is welcome to attend.

CENTERVILLE ? Fairfield found itself on the right side of a pair of 7-3 baseball games Wednesday evening in Centerville, though the visitors took two completely different paths to get there.Fairfield used a steady stream of offense to take a 7-3 victory in game one, then busted loose for seven runs in the three-inning nightcap, which was suspended due to rain.?We are very pleased with the play tonight. We ...

Beginning at 2 p.m. Friday, eight softball teams will be vying for the Fairfield Invitational crown.Teams in attendance include Davis County, New London, West Burlington, Wilton, Chariton, area opponent Cardinal and Southeast Conference rival Washington. Each team is guaranteed to play three games.This year?s field is packed with talent, and the invite figures to have solid matchups all three rounds. As one of ...