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The Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at 1:30 p.m., Monday, April 7, at the Brighton home of Nancy Anderson. Eight members and one pending member attended the meeting.A check in the amount of $50 was presented to the chapter on behalf of Lexi Marek. Lexi was the recipient of a Questers Award at the Iowa State Fair for her 4-H history project. She would like the funds to be used ...

Sometimes, I look at the shelves of the library and I have to remind myself that we don?t own every book in the world. It?s hard to imagine that there could possibly be more. We have so many that it can get overwhelming to even think about reading them all.The thing about all of those books is that they?re all unique. Each has a different set of characters who encounter a different problem, and find a different ...

The Washington, Iowa Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) met Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at Building No. 1 of the Orchard Hill complex with 12 members and one guest in attendance. Alice Edgin was welcomed as a new member with Jennine Wolf, Lynn Fisher and Julia Gamon as hostesses for the evening.The very informative program was presented by RenElla Crawford, Washington County operations ...

The Wyman Club met Monday, April 7, 2014, for an 11:30 a.m. luncheon at the Ainsworth Four Corners with 16 present.Attending were Robert and Lucille Humphreys , John Wittrig, Laura Mc Phail and Lorrine Frame, of Winfield; Ruth Erwin, Pauline Richardson, Frieda Finke and Fern Clang of Crawfordsville; Wilma Vosburg of Grinnell; Ruth Johnston of Ainsworth; and Audrey Finke, Jane Kaczinski, Joann Love, and Al and ...

The Mid-Prairie School Board will meet at 7 p.m. today, April 28, in the high school library.Items on the agenda include consent items, high school career and technical education programs, FFA graduation cords, district art program, Shive-Hattery contract, audit report, MPEA settlement, board development and inservice activities, and suggestions for the next agenda.

The Washington High School Class of 1957 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 2, at Pizza Ranch.

People who think the winter of 2014 is over might be interested to know that snow fell in the city of Washington on May 23, 1882. The photograph is credited to "Sam'l Armstrong."

The Kiwanis AMers held the weekly meeting on April 11, at the Washington Y. Twenty members and 10 guests were present.President-elect Curt Mayer presided over the meeting. He reminded the club about the scheduled board meeting at 7 a.m. April 12, at HyVee.A signup sheet for programs was passed. Curt presented a $200 check to Cathy Fields for Boy Scout Troop 242.The Prayer Breakfast was scheduled for April 18. ...

Inside a chapel on the edge of Rome, a nun uses a key to open a wooden wall panel, revealing a hidden niche. Behind glass and stitched loosely to supporting backing hangs a relic of holy suffering: the bullet-pocked, bloodstained undershirt that John Paul II was wearing when a gunman shot him in the stomach in St. Peter's Square.The short-sleeved garment bears the initials "JP," sewn in red cotton thread on the ...

(From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, April 23, 2004)10 YEARS AGOSoldiers who remained in Kuwait from the Headquarters and Support Company, and Company A of the Iowa Army National Guard?s 109th Area Support Medical Battalion (ASMB) based in Iowa City are completing their demobilization processing from federal active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and are scheduled to return to the Iowa City ...

On behalf of Chapter OC, P.E.O., of Washington, Emily Rusthoven has been granted an award from the P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education. The P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education is a grant program providing financial assistance to women whose education has been interrupted and who find it necessary to return to school to support themselves and their families. For over 40 years, P.E.O has helped thousands of ...

The Highland Community Schools Board of Directors meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 28, in the Highland Board Room.Items on the tentative agenda include a report from Jane O'Leary, GWAEA Induction Consortium Agreement for 2014-15, discussion on reporting portion of Board Policy 503.4R1-Good Conduct Rules, personnel, and report of board and administration.