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The Keota School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 in the elementary school library.Items on the agenda include: consent items, first reading of school board policies series 200 and 300, DE site visit, second reading of board policy on student wellness, first reading of policies on student transportation for extracurricular activities and use of motor vehicles, 2013-14 treasurer's report, allowable ...

Derick Sandburg and Dakota Longbine, members of the Highlanders 4-H Club, gathered Oct. 5 to kick off National 4-H Week by hanging a 4-H flag in Ainsworth for all the community to see. Sandburg is the son of Rich and Angie, Longbine is the daughter of Jason and Rachel.National 4-H Week is a time of 4-H celebration from Oct. 5-11 with festivities scheduled all week by the Washington County Extension Office. 4-H ...

The Washington United Methodist Women met at 11:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, in the Fellowship Hall at the church. Twenty-two members and one guest, Pastor Jim Stiles, were present. A delicious potluck dinner was served. Hostesses were Oma Munn, Virginia Tschantz and Gerry Schmidt. Ilene Schnicker gave a blessing before the dinner.The secretary?s report for the last meeting, in May, was written by Margaret ...

Chapter J , P.E.O. met Oct. 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the home of Marde McConnell. Katie Lujan was the co-hostess.Mary Chmelar conducted the business meeting.The P.E.O. STAR Scholarship committee is working with an applicant.Debbie Leith will host the Nov. 6 meeting at 6:30 p.m.Chapter J members contributed items for a MAKE IT, BAKE IT, FAKE IT silent auction. The proceeds help fund P.E.O. projects.

Thursday evening Highland High School held BOOM NIGHT and announced the 2014 Homecoming King and Queen. Pictured from left are Highland High School?s Homecoming Queen Nicole Miller, daughter of Dwight and Michelle Miller, and Zach Kleopfer, son of Dan and Lori Kleopfer.

(From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, Oct. 1, 2004)10 YEARS AGOURBANDALE ? Caryl Leopold Smith, Brighton, has been named an Iowa Master Farm Homemaker by Wallace?s Farmer magazine. She joined three other farm homemakers who were recognized during ceremonies in Des Moines earlier this month.Smith is a niece of Aldo Leopold, the father of natural resource conservation in this country. With a land ethic ...

The Washington School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the central office.Items on the agenda include the organizational meeting, consent items, transportation report, nutrition report, activity report, district finance report, IASB convention, superintendent search, board committee reports, curriculum report, superintendent's report, and AP English questions and answers-Kerrie Willis.

The Garden Department of the Fortnightly Club met Sept. 16 at the home of Linda Varney in Washington. The 10 members present brought salads for the salad supper, and enjoyed a great variety of salads.The roll call was ?What I did to perk up my garden.? The program was given by Linda Varney and was titled ?Making It Through the Summer.?Yearly dues were due, and the anniversary luncheon tickets were available to ...

Mary Boatright with Bridget Hollingsworth of Fairfield visited her mother, Winifred Fritz, on Sept. 29.Sarah Dogard of San Diego, Calif., visited her grandmother, Caryl Smith, for several days recently.

The Washington County Conservation Board will hold the monthly meeting at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 at the Conservation Education Center in Marr Park.Items on the agenda include: financial report, security camera, discuss the center and center coordinator position hours, project updates, review of employee monthly reports, and discussion and approval of monthly bills.

The Washington County Board of Health will hold its monthly meeting at 12 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in the fifth-floor conference room at Federation Bank.The Environmental Health report will include the financial report, food fees, bedbug outreach meeting and new vehicle.The Public Health Report includes the financial report, fiscal year 2014 third quarter MCH statistics, building update, strategic planning, TFC ...

Formerly the old Everson opera house, this building for more than half a century provided store and office facilities at the northwest corner of Washington's square. The Masonic bodies used the third floor. On Jan. 19, 1930, a bitter below-zero morning, the building was destroyed by fire.Bob Kennedy will give a presentation, ?The Masonic History,? at the meeting of the Washington County Genealogical Society, at ...