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Iowa J, Wayland, National T.T.T. Society, met Monday evening, Sept. 1, at 7 p.m. at the Wayland Community Center. The meeting opened with the singing of "Sword of Gold." President Lori Messer called attention to the article in the July TIDINGS regarding Membership Challenge Renewal.Georgia Fort read minutes of the July meeting and Ann Wilson gave treasurer?s report. The tip night at Mt. Pleasant restaurant was ...

The Brighton City Council will meet at 7 p.m. today in city hall.Items on the agenda include sheriff's department, maintenance update, Washington Free Public Library, nuisance update/golf carts issue, snowmobile route discussion, WCRF grant applications, building/fencing permits memorial tree placement, attorney update, Neighborhood Watch discussion, and anyone wishing to address the council.

The Washington County Master Gardeners toured two local gardens during the meeting on Aug. 26. The group started at the home of Shirley Steele in Washington. Shirley?s gardens include many perennials, including hostas and grasses, with annuals placed among them to give color and textures. She noted that her plants are chosen specifically to give a colorful display throughout the year with blooms.The group then ...

Trojan fans who like to throw around the term ?rebuilding year? should keep it to themselves ? at least when talking to Nancy Diers.Diers, who has led the Fairfield volleyball program for 26 seasons and counting, isn?t a big believer in the idea. Her disdain for the term might be why the Trojans seemingly never need to rebuild, and also why they find themselves ranked 11th in Class 4A after losing five major ...

Last season, the Panthers took one step forward and earned a postseason bid.Now, in Joe Donovan?s third year roaming the sidelines, the Panthers are looking to build off that success and take it one step further.?As a program I do feel we are moving forward,? Donovan said. ?I thought our black-and-white scrimmage [Friday] looked the best it has in the last three years, I think we?re quickly catching up to our ...

Lisa Greenig steps into a new element this fall as head coach of the Fairfield swim squad, but she should be pleased to find most of the program?s pieces already firmly in place.Two state qualifiers and school record holders from last year?s squad return, as do a wealth of upperclassmen to make an 11-member roster. The swimmers are already training anywhere from 2,500-4,000 yards per day, and some of the girls ...

Helen Lease enjoyed a visit from a nephew and two nieces, Larry Bell of West Des Moines, and Jeri Hansen of Cedar Rapids and Cheryl Stufflebeam of Manchester on Tuesday. They drove to Mount Pleasant and picked up cousin Chris Stauffer and went to lunch at Butch's River Rock Cafe at Oakland Mills. Following lunch they went back to Chris's where they enjoyed seeing her husband Rick's collection of antique cars.Scot...

Jean Rietz was happy to have her grandson, Adam Mangold, drive her to Belmond, where she and her late husband, Paul, were from. Her daughter and husband, Terry and Julie Mangold, also accompanied them on the trip. They placed flowers at Paul Rietz?s place of rest at the Belmond Cemetery. Jean enjoyed going to her United Methodist Church and sitting in the pew that she occupied on Sundays. They especially went to ...

Two dances and a lunch, with bingo games, are planned in September at Polishville Community Center.The first dance is set for Sept. 7, with Goodman/Anders of North English and Newhall providing the music. Food will be for sale at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6 to 9 p.m.Lunch and bingo is planned Sept. 10. Lunch will be 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with Bingo starting at 12:30 p.m. A lunch, with bingo, is ...

The Sunday afternoon of Sept. 14, has been selected as the date for the Historical Society's annual open house in the building at East and Elm streets in Sigourney. The doors will be open from 1 to 4 p.m.The ladies who volunteer have quilted a beautiful queen-size quilt. The chances for this are now on sale and the drawing will be held at 3:30 that afternoon. Sharon Jacobs donated the top. There will also be a ...

What do you get when you cross the defending high school champs with last season?s junior high winners?Pekin head cross country coach Davis Eidahl hopes the answer is a third straight state championship by season?s end.The Panther high school girls brought the Class 1A title to Packwood the last two seasons, and the eighth-graders did the same, repeating as junior high cross country champions after winning as ...

Ashley Bartels took over the Pekin volleyball team two years ago with one goal in mind: to lead the Panthers to the top of the Southeast Iowa Superconference.The Panthers aren?t quite there yet, but they?re headed in the right direction after showing improved records in each of their two seasons under Bartels. The Panthers went 8-17 in her first year before flipping their record to 15-10 in 2011.?It?s been a ...