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The United Presbyterian Women met at the church on Dec. 4 for their Christmas Tea. Jane Fehr, moderator, welcomed 18 members as Betty Colby lit the Christ Candle. The group read the Purpose of Presbyterian Women. Circle I served cookies, tea and coffee. Jane led the dedication of the Fellowship of the Least Coin.Betty gave a thoughtful Christmas program. She used Scripture and hymns to share the story of ...

Elizabeth Carver and Donavon Greiner, both of Des Moines, are engaged to be married.Parents of the couple are Tom and Linda Carver of Storm Lake, and Fred and Donna Greiner of Washington.Elizabeth graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in December 2013 with her master's in special education. She is teaching in the Des Moines area.Donavon is a second-year graduate student at Des Moines University, where ...

The building on the dock in the pond near Thomas Marr Lake in Marr Park has recently been completed, with railings installed for safety reasons. The building was added to the project that drained the pond earlier this year and reconstructed the bottom. A peninsula was built, and the pond will be cleaned of weeds and recontoured. The project cost about $110,000. No property tax money went into the project, with ...

The Washington County Regional Center of Kirkwood Community College is in the lead for one of The Journal's Top 10 Stories of 2013. Readers have one more day to get their Top 10 Stories ballots to The Journal. They can be dropped off at The Journal or faxed to 319-653-7524. Tomorrow, Dec. 31, is the deadline.Work on the $9 million project continues indoors, this winter. The facility is expected to open for the ...

Destiny Moyer turns 5 today, Dec. 27. She is the daughter of Britni and Tim Moyer.The Washington Evening Journal counts down the days of December by taking pictures of children who have birthdays in December and who will be 5 years old or younger. Children accompanied by an adult may come to The Journal from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. A reporter will take a picture of the child by our Christmas ...

Register from now until Jan. 10 for the free library program, Discovering the Story of Your Old House! The program will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 14, in the Nicola Stoufer Room at the Washington Public Library.Washington's Historic Preservation Commission will share research methods used to discover the history of historic buildings. Commissioners will show participants where to look, what to look ...

Ten-point pitch will be played again this year in the Brighton Community building beginning Jan. 14. Players will start at 7 p.m. and play until 10 games have been played. Everyone is welcome to attend. The games will be played every Tuesday.Rita Berry with Megan and friend Melissa of Bates City, Mo., arrived at the home of her mother Winifred Fritz on Dec. 21.Tim Berry with Isaac arrived on Dec. 24.They ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) ? Pope Francis offered Christmas wishes Wednesday for a better world, praying for protection for Christians under attack, battered women and trafficked children, peace in the Middle East and Africa, and dignity for refugees fleeing misery and conflict around the globe.Francis delivered the traditional ?Urbi et Orbi? (Latin for ?to the city and to the world?) speech from the central balcony of ...

Enjoying an early Christmas on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, at the home of their parents, Scott and Jeanne Davis, were Ryan and Carman Davis and Peyton and Marcus and Brittany Davis and Makinley, all of Wayland, Angela Davis of Cedar Rapids and Amber Davis of Hesston, Kan.Visiting Thursday through Sunday with his mother, Lennis and Eldon Beichter, and grandmother Julia Bletscher were Mitch Moore and sons Isaac and ...

The only information provided for this photo is that it includes Sidney Smith and T.R. Phillips with a 1916 Franklin touring car.

The Tuesday Coffee Club met Dec. 17 at the community center in Washington with 10 members present.The program was provided by a foreign exchange student, Salome, from the country of Georgia. She was accompanied by Connie Goodwin. A country of 5 million people, Georgia is situated between Russia and Turkey. The speaker used her electronic tablet to show pictures of her country as she explained them. She also ...

(From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, Dec. 26, 2003)10 YEARS AGOMembers of five Washington County school districts put a toe in the water at a school infrastructure local option (SILO) sales tax informational session last night, as they began a process to determine whether the special half-cent or 1-cent tax would be appropriate for Washington County.Longtime real estate broker Jean Swift is retiring ...