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This photo sums up the great day the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk Marching Band had at the Wilton Festival of Bands on Saturday. Competing against nine other bands in Class 2A, Mid-Prairie placed fourth and brought home awards for outstanding horn line, drum line, drum majors, and marching execution. Next Saturday, Oct. 18, the Golden Hawk Marching Band will perform at state marching band contest at Pella High School. ...

The Mid-Prairie School Board will meet at 7 p.m. today in the high school library.Items on the agenda include: consent items, high school and middle school technology planning and programs, elementary early literacy process, second reading of school board policy 507.9 ? wellness, building improvement projects update and administrative reports.

The Blair House in Washington will be open to the public from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 and Sunday, Oct. 12, affording the public a chance to visit this historic landmark of Washington County, which was built in 1880.Blair House is located prominently on the corner of East Washington Street and Second Avenue in Washington. It is the "little sister" of Terrace Hill, the Iowa governor's residence in Des ...

(From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, Oct. 8, 2004)10 YEARS AGOLast night?s Washington City Council regular meeting was tranquil compared to the live demonstration of the Safety Center?s SWAT team during last week?s work session. The council members quickly took care of a short agenda and made plans for a few council committee meetings during the next few weeks.The ongoing issue of the subdivision ...

The public is invited to an informational meeting about the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) and learn about the invasive pest that is killing Iowa?s ash trees. The meeting will cover the EAB basics, what it means for our ash trees, management options and what tree species you should consider planting.The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at the Washington County Extension Office. There is no charge to ...

Helen Slechta hosted Chapter MX, P.E.O. in her home on Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. Fourteen members attended. Marj Lins conducted the business meeting. Chaplain Kathleen Almelien gave devotions. Treasurer Barbara Liebe gave the financial report. Reports of committees were given.Julia Gamon informed the chapter that October is National Domestic Violence Awareness month. Plans were discussed for a social meeting in ...

Gene and Judy Driscoll spent a long weekend in Middledury, Vt., visiting daughter Darcy, her husband, Andy, and grandchildren Tucker, 7, and Maggy 5. A special attraction was viewing the fall leaves which were spectacular.Marjorie Fullerton entertained company over the weekend. Marjorie?s son, Ron Fullerton from Hastings, Neb., visited Thursday through Sunday. On Friday they went to Davenport to visit a nephew ...

It was windy and brisk, but that didn?t bother the diehard Demon resident fans who gathered and enjoyed the Homecoming parade. What an honor for all the candidates who were nominated for the Homecoming Court and special congratulations to our Halcyon staff member, Alex Gonzales for receiving the King?s crown.Dick and Melinda Meeks were here recently from Mountain Home, Ark., to spend five days with Mary Meeks.Ed...

Washington Public Health staff were out and about the downtown businesses offering flu shots Wednesday during the Flu Stomp. Lynn Fisher and Kim Vogel from Public Health made a visit to the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning and visited Welcome Center volunteer, Fred Stark.

Max See celebrated his 97th birthday Thursday morning with the morning coffee club at Coffee Corner. The morning coffee club hung up the ?Birthday Today? sign from Winga?s Cafe, which See is standing in front of in the picture above, and presented him with a tennis racket wishing him many more birthdays.

The monthly meeting of Central Park Community Center was held, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Eleven members were present.A blood drive will be held from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 16.On Oct. 31, Halloween candy will be given to children, starting at 6 p.m. Coffee, hot chocolate and desserts will be for sale inside.Optimist Club meets at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesdays at the Center.Bingo begins at 6:30 p.m. every ...

The Washington Public Library will host the Healthy Relationships Summit on Tuesday, Oct. 14, in response to October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.Mayor Sandra Johnson said the idea for the summit grew out of a conversation she had with staff from Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) in Iowa City. In that discussion, she said that domestic violence is misunderstood and people who report domestic ...