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The Washington School Board will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in Conference Room 12 at the middle school.Items on the agenda include bullying data updates and MS principals, consent items, Schedule C contract changes, support staff contract changes, budget projections, board committee reports, curriculum report, and the superintendent's report.

Ten Members of the Log Cabin Questers met with Sandy Weller in Washington on March 6, 2014.Sandy gave everyone a quiz on ?Button Trivia" and Billie Nickolan was the winner. Sandy Weller presented a program on the ?The ABCs of Buttons? by showing a button or buttons representing each letter of the alphabet. Many different kinds of buttons can be found!Sheila Gerot presided over the business meeting. Dues were ...

Lester and Marion Jones of Crawfordsville will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on March 19. The family is requesting a card shower in their honor. Cards will reach them at 3291 Willow Ave., Crawfordsville, IA 52621. An open house is being planned for June.

The Wyman Community Club met Monday, March 3, for lunch at the Ainsworth Four Corners.Ten people were present including Pat Jones, John Wittring, and Laura McPhail of Winfield; Pauline Richardson, Ruth Erwin and Frieda Finke of Crawfordsville and Jane Kaczinski, Audrey Finke and Al and Adeline Sents of Washington.Audrey, Pat and Jane served yellow cake as their treat for their March birthdays.The group will ...

Chapter J, P.E.O. met March 6 at 6 p.m. in the Campbell of the United Presbyterian Home. Addy Sents and Maxine Martin were co-hostesses.Marde McConnell presided as president and opened the meeting in due form. Betty Colby served as chaplain and read Scripture from Matthew 16:21-23 followed by prayer. Bette Turnipseed served as treasurer. Eleven members responded to roll call. Lynn Loula presented the slate of ...

The California Guitar Trio (CGT) and the Montreal Guitar Trio (MCT) will appear at the Washington Iowa Community Theater on Friday, March 21. Together they represent four countries and 40 years of performing experience. The CGT's steel stringed guitars blend naturally with MG3's nylon stringed guitars. Their program will feature new arrangements of jazz, classical, world and progressive rock music. The concert ...

These Washington Middle School students have been recognized by their teachers for having a positive event or a positive outcome in school. They are being honored for the month of February.In the front row from left are Dalton Myers, German Ramirez, Adan Reyes, Maggie Smith and Anthony Torres.In the middle row are Angelina Hahn, Brady Knutson, Brandon Marthers, and Cierra Miller.In the back row are Kayla ...

The movie ?Tugboat Annie? advertised on the State Theater marquee was made in 1933.This photo originally ran in The Journal on Nov. 26, 2010, and was submitted by Lois Ayers. She said her brother Don helped build a marquee when he was in high school in 1951 or 1952.

Indian Hills Community College has released the names of the students who were on the college?s academic Honor Roll for the 2013-14 Winter Term. To be included on the Honor Roll, a student must be enrolled full time and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the term.Columbus Junction: Rafael Z. Cardenas, Elise N. MaederKalona: Adam R. HerschRichland: Joni L. Hesseltine, Dillon J. Hinshaw, Rachel N. ...

Courtney Shalla is a senior at Mid-Prairie High School and a member of the Riverside Enterprisers and Riverside Ramblers 4-H clubs. She is the daughter of Doug and Connie Shalla, and she has three siblings Nic, Jason and Stefaney.She has worked in the project areas of cattle and photography, and she has served as president of her clubs.A special 4-H memory was when one of her photos got into the Top 20 in Iowa. ...

The following students were recognized as members of the dean's list for the fall semester at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va.Nicole Yoder of Wellman is a junior and majors in mathematics. She is the daughter of Gloria and Galen Yoder of Wellman.To qualify for the dean's list a student must achieve a semester grade point average of at least 3.750 or above and complete at least 12 semester hours ...

The Washington County Genealogical Society met at the Washington Public Library March 4 with 14 members and guests present. Fred Stark, the ?Iowa trivia king,? was the speaker. His program covered some interesting facts about Iowa towns. He used a large state map as he told about ethnic settlers, where they settled and how their towns reflected their homelands. Towns on rail lines or chosen for county seats are ...