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Jon and Becky Litwiller celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. The are the parents of three children, Jason, Jacayla andJustin.

The Lincoln LEGO LEADERS team competed recently in the Ottumwa regional tournament. This year they addressed the problem of student success in school and the link it has with students feeling connected and welcomed within their schools.The LEADERS created a series of posters using QR codes that connected students to classroom blogs, school Web links and even the lunch menu. The team scored well on the bot course ...

Local crop producers are invited to attend a grain marketing and crop insurance informational meeting on Monday, Jan. 12, featuring Iowa State University Economist, Dr. Chad Hart. The meeting will be held at the Washington County Fairgrounds in the basement of the Extension Office.Dr. Hart will share his thoughts about the commodity market direction. Crop insurance updates will also be provided as well as ...

ELDON ? The Cardinal boys continued their undefeated 2013 with a 59-45 win over conference foe Central Lee Tuesday.Dakota Showman and Kaleb Durflinger led the way on offense with 18 and 15 points, respectively, as the Comets improved to 2-0 after the holiday break. Cardinal also handled Moravia last Thursday.The Comets opened Tuesday?s home game taking a 13-12 advantage and leading 26-24 at halftime. They ...

DANVILLE ? The Fairfield JV boys? basketball team dropped a 66-31 road game against Danville Saturday.A trio of freshmen led the Trojans in scoring. Trevor Drish and Alex Crile totaled seven points apiece, and Jordan Reid scored six.Alex Simpson contributed five points and Landen Greiner had three assists, two blocks and a pair of steals. Tanner Deao also snagged two steals.The Trojans continue their season ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? A cold start was the beginning of a long night for Maharishi School, which dropped a 51-16 road game to West Burlington on Tuesday.Falling behind 13-0 after the first quarter, the Pioneers played even with West Burlington in the second quarter but still trailed 21-7 at the intermission. They then scored the first basket of the second half to narrow the deficit to 12, but it was all West ...

Carrying out family traditions takes effort, but these rituals make families stronger. Human sciences specialists offer tips for creating family memories during the holidays and throughout the year in the Science of Parenting blog from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.?Holidays are good times for families to celebrate annual rituals, like serving special foods, telling favorite stories and putting ...

The Highland Community Schools Board of Directors will hold a work session at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, in the high school boardroom.The board will discuss the school board convention and receive a report from the superintendent.

Macy Marek of Washington received the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) Rising Star Award at the ISA 50th Anniversary Symposium and Recognition Banquet on the evening of Dec. 18.The Rising Star Award, sponsored by Farm Credit Services of America, recognizes an ISA member?s son or daughter who?s active at the local, state and national level and preparing to continue ag studies in college.Tom Oswald, ISA president, ...

Enjoying the evening meal of Dec. 14 at the home of Winifred Fritz were her children, Tony Fritz of Brighton with friend Lynn of North Liberty, and Mary and Joel Boatright of Fairfield. Also present were Mary?s children, Bridget Hollingsworth of Fairfield and J.D. Hollingsworth of Packwood.Corey Smith with son Cameron of Minnesota visited his mother, Caryl Smith. They arrived on Dec. 11 and returned home Dec. ...

Three circles of United Presbyterian Women met during December. Circle III met at the church on Dec. 9 at 9:30 a.m. Seven members attended. Leader Jane Fehr opened the meeting with prayer. Thelma Wagner led Lesson Four with the Biblical focus from Second Corinthians 4:7 to 5:10.Marilyn Johnston presented devotions. She will be the group leader for the next three months. She will try to change the meeting place ...

Bridget Nebel of Washington has been named to the Honor Roll at AIB College of Business for the 2014 Fall Term.To qualify for the Honor Roll, Nebel attained a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.49 for the term. Nebel is earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting at AIB.Bailey Graber of Crawfordsville has been named to the Honor Roll at AIB College of Business for the 2014 Fall Term.To qualify for the ...