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Members of Highland KICK (Keep It Clean Kids) Kelsey Craig, Jaicie Grecian, Chelsey Lampe, Spencer Arnold and Jason Fulton "cupped" the fence before homecoming. KICK is a part of the Iowa Student Tobacco Education Program which encourages healthy choices and normalizes an alcohol, tobacco, and drug free lifestyle.

Tuesday Coffee Club members met on Oct. 7, at HyVee for a breakfast meeting. Maxine Klopfenstein was the hostess to the 11 members present.No business meeting was conducted but a time of fellowship and visiting was enjoyed by all. The weather was beautiful and the leaves on their way into fall. One member came dressed with BLING!!!, with a pretty display of rings on each finger she had recently been given by a ...

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held at Lincoln Elementary on Thursday, Oct. 9, and again on Monday, Oct. 13, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Teachers have scheduled conferences with parents of both third and fourth grade. Parents of fifth-graders may come in at their convenience and talk with their student's teachers. If third- or fourth-grade parents have forgotten their conference time, please feel free to call the ...

The Washington High School Marching Band performed during the Homecoming Parade on Friday afternoon. The band performed at the football game that night and competed in a contest the next day.

The Washington County History department of Fortnightly Club met on Sept. 12 at the Washington Genealogy Library. Sally Reighard presented a program about country schools in Washington County.Since this is a new department in Fortnightly, members are hoping that women interested in the history of Washington County will be interested in attending. The next meeting will be at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the Genealogy ...

The quilt shown in the picture is the result of hours of volunteer labor. Participants who were interested in creating a square for a quilt commemorating Washington?s 175th birthday gathered throughout the day of June 4 to begin working. This was the day set aside during the week long celebration of Washington?s 175th birthday celebration as ?Arts and Crafts? Day. Under the guidance of experienced quilters the ...

The City of Washington Park Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at city hall.

We?ve computerized and digitized our lives ? our working lives and our private lives ? to the point of not knowing what our extended families or our friends and neighbors are up to unless we see it on Facebook or whichever social media we check in with periodically throughout the day.Sixty years ago, you could pick up an edition of The Journal and find out that Mr. and Mrs. So and So traveled from Kansas City, ...

The Brighton Community Garden was a dream for several years as the Brighton Horizons group worked to make it a reality. This summer it all came together and the community garden grew. Brighton Horizons would like to celebrate by inviting Brighton residents to a soup supper at 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Brighton Community Center.Two kinds of soup will be served made with produce from the garden as well as relishes and ...

The Washington Preservation Commission will present a cemetery tour Sunday, Oct. 12, at Woodlawn Cemetery. The free event will be held from 2 to 4 in the afternoon.Re-enactors will include Debbie Stanton as Civil War nurse Julia Henry , Carol Ray as Civil War nurse Phebe Allen, Mike Kramme as Captain J. J. Kellogg, Mary Patterson as Mrs. Elizabeth Keck, Tim and Clyde Johnson as John and Samuel Graham, John ...

Joel Wenger and Raquel Silva are pleased to announce their recent wedding. They were married at the Marr Park Conservation Center on Aug. 2, 2014. Joel is the son of Rodney and Janice Wenger of Wayland, and the grandson of Glenn and Phyllis Hershberger of Wellman. He graduated from WACO High School in 2004 and Kirkwood Community College in 2011. He has been employed with MD Orthopaedics since 2006.Raquel is from ...

The fall cleanup for Crawfordsville will be held Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. Please have items at curb side by 7 a.m. (Please note the change in date.)Household debris should be bagged and there is a 100-pound limit. Wood needs to be bundled. Paint cans should be emptied and dried out.Tires and appliances will be picked up for a small fee. Those items will only be picked up with a sticker on them. Stickers can be ...