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Parent/Teacher conferences will be held at Lincoln Elementary from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, and Thursday, Jan. 30. Parents are encouraged to attend conferences and talk with their student's teachers about his or her progress at school. Lincoln looks forward to seeing parents on these two evenings. If you have questions, please call the Lincoln office at 653-3691.

Betty Albright of Wellman, formerly of Washington, will celebrate her 90th birthday on Feb. 8, 2014.Her family will honor her with an open house that day, Feb. 8, from 1 to 3 p.m., at the Goodwin Senior Dining Center in Wellman.All family and friends who have been touched by Betty's life are invited to stop in. If unable to greet her personally, feel encouraged to send a card or note of a memory or memories ...

Helen Dallmeyer?s family hosted an open house for residents in honor of Helen?s 90th birthday on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in the Main Dining Room. Helen?s husband, Carl, and children, Kent and Jane Dallmeyer of Washington, and Russ and Dae Underwood of Johnston were present for the celebration. The family continued to celebrate on Sunday with a brunch at Iowa River and Power Company in Iowa City.Tom Tanner has ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Math and reading scores have dropped for Iowa?s fourth- and eighth-grade students.The Des Moines Register reports (http://dmreg.co/1d9w3jM ) that fourth- and eighth-grade reading scores declined by 5.4 percentage points and 8.5 percentage points, respectively, from the 2009-11 period to the 2011-13 period.The Iowa Education Department said Wednesday that scores in both subjects had risen for ...

Upper Iowa University names its 2013 Fall Dean's List. To be honored, the undergraduate must have earned a minimum 3.50 GPA for the semester and be enrolled as a full-time student. The following area students are: Cody Duwa of Washington, Jennifer Duwa of Washington, Natalie Rempel of Kalona, Hannah Miller of Wellman, and Cameron Vinsand of Riverside.

Scientists have uncovered new details about what happens in the brain after a concussion. The findings point to possible ways to reduce the harmful effects of these injuries.Concussions are a mild type of brain injury. They can arise after a swift blow to the head. Concussions are rarely life-threatening, but they can have serious and lasting effects.NIH researchers have been studying people who suffered a ...

I have been labeled by many people as the eternal optimist. I have a way of seeing the possibility of something good coming out of whatever is going on. The glass is always half full not half empty. Some of these attitudes, I imagine, come from being a follower of Christ. He offered hope to anyone and everyone who would follow Him. I haven?t always been a follower of Christ. I spend the first 30 years of my life ...

The monthly meeting of Central Park Community Center was held Jan. 14, 2014.Dorothy Grim gave the treasurer?s report. Twenty-five people played Bingo last week.SHARE Iowa will be at the Center on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 9 a.m.The Center is open for cards (maneuvers, pinochle, pepper), cribbage, parties, meetings, reunions, showers, visiting.The Optimist Club meets at the Center every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m.

(From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, Jan. 16, 2004)10 YEARS AGOThe late December BSE, or ?mad cow disease,? case in Washington state has had the Iowa Cattlemen?s Association and other beef-related organizations scrambling to keep up with the latest information coming from the USDA, so that it can relay that information to county producers.The man who jumped off the roof of a two-story house in ...

The following students were named to the fall 2013 Central College dean's list:Kelci Eakins of Keota, majoring in English, is the daughter of Brian and Luann EakinsBridget Miller of Kalona, majoring in psychology, is the daughter of Cheri MillerAimee Moberly of Kalona, majoring in elemetary education, is the daughter of Jamie Knutson and Lisa SchmidtThe honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 ...

Nicholas Stern Wollenburg of Washington was named to the Truman State University Fall 2013 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs List. To qualify for this list, an undergraduate student must attain a semester 3.50-3.99 grade point average and must complete 12 semester hours of credit. He is studying music and Pre-Education/Secondary.

At Iowa State University's winter commencement ceremonies, 1,821 students received degrees. Iowa State awarded 1,515 undergraduate degrees, 198 master's degrees, and 108 doctor of philosophy degrees.Of the students receiving bachelor's degrees, 297 graduated "With Distinction" (cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude). Twenty-one students graduated "With Distinction" and as members of the Honors Program.Lo...