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Students in grades kindergarten through six are invited to come and support the fight against cancer by participating in a free cheer clinic sponsored by the Washington cheerleaders. The clinic will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, on the square at the stage. A dance and cheers will be taught. A performance is planned for 5 p.m. Students are encouraged to wear their school colors whether they are from Washington...

The Mid-Prairie School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25, in the high school library.Items on the tentative agenda include consent items, fuel bids, board development and inservice activities, and announcments and suggestions for the next agenda.The board will also tour the Alternative Learning Center, Kalona Elementary and the Middle School during a work session.

A congregate meal will be offered from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 28, at St. Joseph Cabrini Church in East Pleasant Plain.The menu includes ham balls, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, bread, beverage, salad bar, pie and cream puffs. Bingo will be played after the meal. All ages are welcome, and an elevator is available.Reservations are appreciated. Please call Caryl Smith at 319-694-2242, or ...

he Washington County Board of Health learned that there may be as much as $365,000 available as local matching funds that could be used to seek grant funding for a new facility during its monthly meeting on Aug. 14.Public Health Administrator Danielle Pettit-Majewski said that she discussed the potential for local matching funds with other county officials including Treasurer Jeff Garrett, Auditor Dan Widmer, ...

More than 4.3 million women with limited access to health care received breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services in the first 20 years of the CDC?s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).From 1991 to 2011, 56,662 breast cancer, 3,206 cervical cancers, and 152,470 precancerous cervical lesions were detected. More than 90 percent of these women received appropriate...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rapidly increasing its ongoing efforts to curb the expanding West African Ebola outbreak and deploying staff to four African nations currently affected: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria.The outbreak began in March 2014 in Guinea and spread to the neighboring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone. It recently spread to Nigeria through a traveler ...

Shelly Palmer of Keota won second place in the Vegetable Crops First Year Exhibitor competition judged Tuesday at the 2014 Iowa State Fair.This special class of competition is open only to persons who have never entered the Open Vegetable Contests at the Iowa State Fair. Entries consisted of one tomato, one green pepper and two other types of vegetables as chosen by the contestant.

The biggest, longest and heaviest competed in the Jumbo Apple, Jumbo Tomato and Jumbo Exhibits divisions of the Vegetable Crops and Fruit Crops contests judged Tuesday at the 2014 Iowa State Fair.David Miller of Riverside came in sixth place in the Jumbo Tomato class, third in the watermelon class, first in pumpkin, fourth in the longest green bean, first in longest gourd, second in squash, third in onion, and ...

Local teacher, artist and photographer Erin Almelien was accepted into the Photograph Salon at the 2014 State Fair. Almelien lives in Washington.She teaches art at Pekin Community School and teaches aqua zumba for the YMCA indoors and outdoors. She also works at the front desk of the Washington Y.The Photography Committee announced that out of 9,000 photos entered this year, only 500 artists were in the state ...

Mumps is a contagious disease caused by a virus. Infected people can spread mumps when they breathe, cough and sneeze. They can also spread it by sharing items such as cups and eating utensils, and touching surfaces that are then touched by others. There is no treatment for mumps, and it can cause long-term health problems. People in the United States still get mumps, and outbreaks continue to occur.Mumps ...

The family of Florence Gilliand will host a card shower in honor of her upcoming birthday on Aug. 27. Cards will reach her at 2890 192nd St., Ainsworth, IA 52201.

Shirley Pfeifer of Washington and her brother, Mark Soeth, attended the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Tuesday, Aug. 12, to receive a sign and certificates recognizing their grandparents? farm as a Century Farm.To receive this award, the farm must contain at least 40 acres which have been in the same family for 100 years. This 160-acre farm is located in Emmet County and was bought by M.L. Soeth in 1912. The ...