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Starting annual flowers and vegetables at home can be fun and offers several advantages. Gardeners can select specific varieties, enjoy vegetables and blooming annuals earlier in the growing season and also reduce environmental hazards that can occur when seeds are sown directly in the garden.On Saturday, Feb. 14, from 9 to 11 a.m., Washington County Master Gardener Dianne Nelson will lead a free program on ...

Five generations gathered for a picture and to welcome Maxwell Loren Diller. Max?s mother is Meliah Diller of Wellman, grandmother is Jackie Marie of Washington, great-grandmother Linda Peiffer of Phoenix Ariz., and great-great-grandmother Dorothy See of Washington.

Mark and Meliah Diller of Wellman are excited to announce the birth of their son, Maxwell Loren, born Dec. 17, weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Max?s grandparents are Don and Jackie Marie of Washington, and Jeff and Rhonda Diller of Council Bluffs. Great-grandparents are Joyce Marie, Marlin and Lisette Peiffer, all of Washington; Linda Peiffer of Phoenix, Ariz.; Chuck and Mona Heitman of Council Bluffs; and Walt ...

The Washington Public Library will be showing "How to Train your Dragon 2," for Movie Madness on Wednesday, Feb. 4. The movie will run from 1:30 to 3:15 p.m. in the Nicola Stoufer Room. This event is free for grades kindergartent through 12.

The Mid-Prairie School Board will meet in special session at 7 p.m. today in the high school library. The board will hold a public hearing on the middle school addition plans and specifications and middle school addition contracts.

The Washington County Board of Health will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, in the conference room of Orchard Hill Building 2.Items on the Environmental Health report include: finance report, discussion for a line item in the budget to pay veterinarian for mandatory animal confinements, approve Environmental budget, update on Richmond and Rubio enforcement letters, and veterinarians who will ...

The Crawfordsville Lions Club met at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, at the Crawfordsville Community Room with 13 members present.President Mindy Rochwick called the meeting to order and led the Pledge to the Flag. Lion Larry Fletcher offered prayer.In the absence of the secretary, Billie Jo Rose read the minutes of the Jan. 12 meeting, which was approved as read. Treasurer's report was also given.A letter was read ...

Volunteer Mary Temple will offer another session of Microsoft Excel 2010 for Beginners class at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Washington Public Library. She will teach you the basic functions of the spreadsheet, including the math functions. Laptops will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own if you have Microsoft Excel loaded onto it. Sign-up is required and there is a limit of five people per ...

The Washington County Extension Council elected four officers during the organizational meeting Jan. 19. The nine-member council annually elects officers at the beginning of the calendar year. The council is responsible for building partnerships and providing research-based learning opportunities to improve the quality of life for people in the county.Kathy Ebert of Washington was re-elected chairperson. Ebert ...

The Washington Public Library kick offs Fiber Arts February this Friday night, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. with a Macrame Bracelets Workshop with Sandra French. She will be teaching macrame braiding techniques to create unique jewelry of your own. All supplies will be provided and the workshop is free. All ages welcome, but fifth-graders and under must be with an adult. Please stop in to sign up or call 653-2726.

This photograph was taken of the Washington Rotary Club in the mid-1940s. The first two people from left in the back row are George and Grace Kerr. In the seventh and 10th spots are Hugh McCleery and his wife, Dick and Sara McCleery. In the front row from left are Les Dunlap and wife. Betty Osincup is seated sixth from the right and Margaret Erbe is seventh.

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa struggled to put away the Big Ten?s worst team on its home floor in a game it simply had to win.The Hawkeyes survived thanks to a career night from Aaron White, a double-double from new starter Melsahn Basabe and a whole bunch of free throws.White had a career-high 27 points and Iowa beat Penn State 76-67 Thursday night, snapping a two-game losing streak.Basabe had 10 points and 10 ...