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Rita Berry of Bates City, Mo., visited her mother, Winifred Fritz, June 29- July 7. On July 2, Rita and Winifred went fishing with Winifred?s son Greg Fritz of Fairfield. Rita and Winifred went shopping in Washington on July 3.Charles and Debra Fritz of Sigourney held a celebration at their home on July 4. Enjoying the evening meal were his mother, Winifred, of Brighton, and six of his seven siblings and ...

WACO?s second graduating class, the Class of 1964, met for their 50th class reunion June 20-21, 2014.Friday night started the event with a cocktail party at the home of Sid and Wanda Brooks with 49 attending.Saturday offered many possible activities, with classmates trying to take in as many as time allowed. One group played golf while others visited the first WACO High School (originally the Olds High/Grade ...

Matthew and Janie Hahn of Keota are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Gabrielle Hahn, to Marcus Clarahan, son of Bill and Denise Clarahan of Brighton.Gabrielle works at the Farmers Coop in Keota. Marcus is employed with Slabaugh Trucking in Kalona.The couple will exchange vows on Sept. 6, 2014, at Holy Trinity Parish in Keota.

Deacon Vincent was born on Friday, July 11, 2014. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces, and was 20 inches long.The parents are Kyle and Jenny Redinger of Fairfield. Deacon was welcomed home by his older sister, Lexy Marie.Grandparents are Steve and Patti Redinger of Fairfield, and Mike and Janis Powers of Pleasant Plain. Great-grandmothers are Beatrice Blake of Fairfield, Patricia Vorhies of Lockridge, and Gertie ...

The Rotenburger Reunion will be held at the Dennis and Irma Altenhofen barn, 1705 Nutmeg Ave., Washington, on Sunday, Aug. 3. The potluck dinner, beginning at noon will be followed by bingo. Those attending are asked to bring a small item to be used as a bingo prize.

There will be a Caregivers Support Group meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 17, in the Morrison Center at Halcyon House, 1124 S. Ave. B.Everyone is welcome! The program is presented by Bonnie Boshart on Triggering Those Long-term Memories. Light refreshments will be served.For more information call Lending Hands at 319-653-2661.

The audience at the Washington County Fair Queen Contest Sunday night cheerfully sang ?Happy Birthday? to Marie Hora, led by Aly Olson, Miss Iowa. Hora was 99 years old July 10.Before singing, Miss Iowa asked Marie how many years Marie has been going to the Washington County Fair. She couldn?t come up with an answer, but The Journal archives hold a partial answer. In a story dated July 16, 2012, Marie said that ...

The Washington County Riverboat Foundation will meet at the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort Events Center at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16. This is a public meeting.Items on the tentative agenda include public comments, committee reports, set dates for 2014 fall grants, 2014 Mini Grants, and board member comments.

Marissa Madison of Washington earned selection to the honor roll at Oklahoma Christian University (OC) for the 2014 spring semester.Madison, a junior majoring in music at Oklahoma Christian, merited the honor by achieving a grade point average [GPA] on a 4.00 scale during the spring semester.

The Hugh Reed Sr. family reunion will be held at 12 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at Pizza Ranch.

The Crawfordsville Lions Club met Monday, June 30, at the Crawfordsville Ball Park.Sixteen members were present, along with two guests, Sonya Love-Smith and Karen Dennler and their girls, Audrey Smith and Zoey Denler.The focus of the gathering was to clean up the ball park in preparation for Crawfordsville Fun Day on July 5.After a picnic supper, First Vice President Mindy Rochwick called the meeting to order. ...

My wife takes care of some kids during the day. When I was home, one of them asked me, ?Opa (which is grandpa in German), can I help you do that?? I said, ?Yes? and let him help. His brother immediately came along and said, ?That is unfair that you do not let me help and do something!? He folded his arms and expressed his frustration all over his face. What he should have asked is, ?Can you let me do something ...