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4-H?ers interested in the Dog Project are strongly encouraged to attend an informational meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 11, at the Washington County Extension Office. The department superintendent will discuss deadlines, records, scoring training suggestions and dog workout schedules. The 4-H Dog Project has an obedience division and agility division. Parents are encourage to attend. No dogs are needed for ...

Anne Buckwalter, daughter of Tom and Paula Buckwalter and an Iowa Mennonite School senior, will present a recital featuring piano, clarinet and vocal works this coming Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m. in Celebration Hall. She will be assisted by family and friends on works by Haydn, Chopin, Gershwin, Liszt, Weber, and others. Anne was the recent winner of the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra Young Artist competition. ...

Noah Whitten earned runner-up medalist honors in the Van Buren boys? golf team?s home opener Friday vs. Davis County and Clark County (Mo.).Whitten shot a 43 to lead the Warriors to a 191 team score. The host team came up 11 shots short against Davis County (180) but handled Clark County (222) in the triangular.Meet medalist honors went to Davis County?s Sam McClure.

Lois Watson will be celebrating her 90th birthday on March 21. Her family wishes to honor her with a card shower. Birthday greetings will reach her at 301 W. 3rd St., Apt. A4, Wayland, IA 52654.Lois has two children, Rick (Lori) Watson of Richland, and Cindy (Danny) Guy of Brighton. She is blessed with two grandsons.

The Washington County Emergency Management Commission (WCEMC) will meet at 6 p.m. March 18, at Washington County Emergency Management, Building 3, 2181 Lexington Blvd. in Washington.Items on the agenda include: Alert Iowa, WCEMC bylaws, Shelter project/WCRF grant application, Cert team update, coordinator's report, and public input.

Yard waste will be collected weekly west of Second Avenue on Tuesdays and east of Second Avenue on Thursdays. The routes will begin in the spring and come to a close on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. If a holiday lands on a Tuesday or Thursday, the yard waste will be picked up that week accordingly.A) Bags: Any organic mixed yard waste, such as grass, leaves, twigs and garden waste will be collected in ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Drake Relays director Brian Brown says Des Moines native Lolo Jones has committed to run in her hometown meet later this month.Jones won the 100-meter hurdles every year from 2005-08 at Drake. She then lost three straight before pulling out in 2012, an Olympic year, because of poor weather conditions.Jones will compete against rival Kellie Wells and Dawn Harper for a $50,000 purse, the largest ...

Iowa Learning Farms, along with the Iowa Cover Crop Working Group and Washington County Farm Bureau, will host a field day Wednesday, March 25, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Steve and Dennis Berger farm in rural Wellman.Speaking at the field day is host farmer Steve Berger, who will talk about his experiences using cereal rye cover crop with his no-till system. Also speaking are Iowa State University Extension and ...

The American Cancer Society Washington County Relay For Life is a couple of months away, but organizers say it?s not too early to start planning.They are hosting a Relay For Life Kickoff event at 6 p.m. Friday, March 13, at Lebowski?s Rock-n-Bowl in Washington. Relay For Life is Saturday, June 13. The goal of the evening is for last year?s participants to gather together again and for those in the county who are ...

Everyone is invited to a program of praise and worship at Bethel Mennonite Church on Sunday, March 15, at 6:30 p.m. with "The Elim Arrival." This is a worship team from The Well, a church currently meeting at the Coralville Rec Center in Coralville.Pastor Ajai Prakash will also speak. He was born in India and has come as a missionary to the United States. Youth are encouraged to attend. A free-will offering will ...

The Washington County 4-H County Council held a 4-H Dodgeball Tournament on Sunday, March 8, at Washington High School for almost 80 4-H'ers.The double elimination dodgeball tournament kept 4-H?ers on the their toes and ready for the next competition. In the Intermediate/Senior division, first place went to the Riverside Ramblers and second place went to Jackson Jets. In the Junior division, first place went to ...

The WACO School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, at WACO Elementary Media Center in Crawfordsville. The board will hold a public hearing on the budget for fiscal year 2016 and hold the regular meeting.Items on the agenda include recognition of visitors, a public hearing concerning the 2016 school budget, consent agenda, public forum, review of board policies, approval of the 2016 budget, a budget ...