Community

Sacha Club met Sept. 22 at the Ainsworth Community Church with eight members present. President Karen Megchelsen opened the meeting with a reading. The secretary's and treasurer's reports were given.Roll call was do you mind getting older.Committee reports included announcing that the book fair will be Oct. 18. The craft show will be Nov. 1. at the Ainsworth Elementary School from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Chairman ...

Clarence Wenger of Wayland will be celebrating his 90th birthday on Oct. 10. In honor of his special day, his family is hosting a card shower.Cards and wishes may be mailed to him at 2470 320th St., Wayland, IA 52654.

In spite of the many activities that were taking place the afternoon of Sept. 14, the annual Keokuk County open house had a nice group of people tour the building.Great interest by the men took place in the Military Room downstairs, while the women enjoyed looking at the 30 quilts on display in the church sanctuary.Margaret Hollingsworth of Sigourney was the winner of the raffle quilt. Carolyn Kerkove of ...

Mekenzie Bean-Scarff of Washington has been named to the Honor Roll at AIB College of Business for the 2014 Summer Term.To qualify for the Honor Roll, Bean-Scarff attained a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.49 for the term. Bean-Scarff is earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at AIB.

A baby shower was held for Nolan and Kelli Symmonds of Kalona on Sept. 13, at a church in Iowa City, sponsored by other members. Special guests attending were his mother, Jane Symmonds of Fairfield, his sister, Rachael with Coraline of Nevada, and his grandmother, Winifred Fritz of Brighton.Joel and Mary Boatright with Bridget Hollingsworth of Fairfield enjoyed the afternoon and evening of Sept. 14 with her ...

Washington native Heather Youngquist makes a special guest appearance on Oct. 3, at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts in ?An Evening of Opera? presented by ConcertIA.ConcertIA is an exciting new musical venture for Iowa artists. Founded as a chamber orchestra, ConcertIA will showcase Iowans in the performing arts. Orchestral musicians, singers, actors and dancers will produce symphony concerts, ...

Wednesday Study Club met at the United Church of Crawfordsville on Sept. 18, 2014, at 6 p.m. for a salad supper. The committee for the evening, who furnished the main dish, drink and rolls were co-hostesses Marilyn Rees, Helen Lease and Joan Anderson. Salads were furnished by members of the losing team in the previous year's reading contest.Booklets for the 2014-15 club year were distributed and discussed.A ...

The Washington Community Theater will host Alive After 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the main entrance of the Washington Community Center, 2227 250th St., Washington. Alive After 5 is a Washington Chamber of Commerce event. Meet the new manager.

Representatives from the Rotary Club of Washington were proud to present a check for $5,000 to the Washington Community School District for the water wall installed in the garden atrium of Washington High School on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. The garden area is a work in progress that still needs more community support and donations, but the water wall is a tranquil and relaxing addition to the school.From left ...

The E911 Services Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, in the former public library building at 120 E. Main St. in Washington.Items on the agenda include approval of the minutes of the last meeting, approval of claims and wireless carryover grant.

Pictured is an interior of the former Dublin Store. A Dublin Store exhibit is one of three exhibits that can be seen from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, at Conger House in Washington.

Join Habitat for Humanity's Volunteer Day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at 515 W. Jefferson in Washington. Join Habitat in giving back to a community volunteer by re-siding her home. All experience levels welcome. Come for as much as your schedule allows. Habitat offers a hand up, not a hand out, helping neighbors obtain and maintain home ownership. For more information, call 319-383-3221.