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Drew Van Winkle, son of Duane and Linda Van Winkle of Washington, earned an educational specialist degree in school psychology from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz.

This photo was taken in the backyard of 1120 E. Washington St. in 1950. Pictured from left are Darlene Snyder, Marilyn Anderson, Shirley Owens, Judy Arthur, Rita Ahrens, Mary Lou Marston, Dorothy Kos, and Sybel Bagge.

Paige Dieleman of Washington was among the 543 students to graduate with Bachelor of Arts degrees from Gustavus Adolphus College during the school's annual commencement exercises on Sunday, June 1. She majored in chemistry.

Five area residents have been awarded Indian Hills Community College scholarships for the 2014-2015 academic year.Derek Miller has received the IHCC Foundation Lancil Levere Hadley Estate Memorial Scholarship. Miller is a 2014 Washington High School graduate and is enrolled in the Diesel Power Technology program. Jonathan McArtor will receive the Computer Software Development Club Scholarship. McArtor is a 2014 ...

The Beinke-Luers family reunion is Sunday, June 22, at Bethel Methodist Church fellowship hall in rural Sigourney. The cooperative dinner is at 12:30 p.m. Bring dates of births, weddings and deaths to update family tree information.

Megan Wollenberg, from Washington, was named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2014 semester at Buena Vista University. Students named to the Dean's List must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the semester, based on a 4.0 grade point system, and must have taken at least 12 hours of coursework.

Staff named two recipients of the David Driscoll Award from St. James fifth-grade class.They are Brynn Beenblossom, daughter of Marty and Teresa Beenblossom, and Anna Miller, daughter of Matt and Wendy Miller.Two students are chosen each year by staff at St. James School who consistently honor courtesy, citizenship, Christian concern and consideration.

Highland Community School Seniors Olivia Reschly and Colton Bean are taking part in Hawkeye Girls? and Boys? State government training programs, respectively, on the Iowa State University campus in Ames, and at Camp Dodge in Johnston, June 15-20. The two have been selected by Ainsworth?s James Harlan Thoma American Legion Post 351 to take part in the nationwide American Legion and Legion Auxiliary leadership ...

The monthly meeting of Central Park Community Center was held June 10. Max Cousins conducted the meeting and gave the treasurer?s report. Thanks were extended for all who helped with the 175th anniversary celebration of Washington.Jackie Knupp will clean and clip toenails at her business, Serenity, by appointment, for a fee. Bingo will start again on June 12. SHARE Iowa will be at the Center at 9 a.m., Saturday, ...

The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) released its final academic award winners for the 2013-14 school year. The league announced the first-year players that were named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and earned the MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award, and all of the players who earned the MIAA Academic Excellence Award.Maddie Bohr of Washington was among those recently honored for continuing her ...

J.D. Hollingsworth of Packwood visited his grandmother, Winifred Fritz, in the afternoon and evening of June 1. They were joined that evening by J.D.?s mother and sister, Mary Stecker with fiancé Joel, and Bridget Hollingsworth, all of Fairfield.Ginny Brinton visited her brother Fritz and Nancy Gowey and family of Milan, Ill., May 30 through June 2.The Krony Krew Bridge Club met May 28 at the home of Liz Gegner ...

(From The Washington Evening Journal, week ending Friday, June 11, 2004)10 YEARS AGOHunter McGee, an eighth-grade student at Washington Junior High School, recently participated in the State Geography Bee. He was the seventh WJHS student to participate in the state level bee.He won the school bee and finished in the top 100 in Iowa on an objective test to advance to the state bee at Drake University in Des ...