Monie Hayes talks about the chair she decorated with Ed Kropa during ?Chair-ish the Arts? on Thursday, June 14 in Central Park. Hayes' chair was theatre themed, painted to draw awareness to the National Society for Preservation of Art, Folk and Repertoire Theatre.
Pekin and Van Buren both ran at the Albia Invitational Monday night with the Panthers finishing second on the boys side and first on the girls, while the Warriors only submitted five runners between the two groups. Boys1st Albia 432nd Pekin 723rd Knoxville 804th Wayne 1135th Centerville 125 Local finishers 1st Colten Glosser, Pekin 18:305th Brady Milikin, Pekin 19:146th Jonah Heckenberg, Van Buren ...
Every week, the Mt. Pleasant News will feature a Henry County resident in a profile snapshot. The questions will appear in bold.This week's 'Friend on the Front Page' is Emily Anderson, whom you may know from Sanity Coffee House.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant? If not, what brought you here? I live in Wayland and am originally from there.What is your favorite part of living there? The close knit community ...
By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Henry County Supervisors are again urging residents to mind Prottsman Sanitation's hours in New London lest they be ticketed.A complaint from Mike Prottsman about a New London resident leaving his garbage outside the area right before Prottsman Sanitation opened prompted Supervisors to discuss a format for how these violations should be handled.?(The trash bag) was sitting ...
Glance Back (From The Washington Evening Journal, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008)10 Years AgoAbout 45 people turned out Saturday morning at the corner of Marion Avenue and Washington Street to participate in the Main Street Washington Clean Sweep, a celebration that construction on the southwest side of the square is almost done.The Washington school board is giving interim Superintendent David Sextro a list of three ...
An Iowa State University Extension and Outreach workshop on ensuring retirement funds last has been scheduled for Oct. 30 and Nov. 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the ISU Extension and Outreach office in Henry County, 127 Main St., Mt. Pleasant.Writing Your Retirement Paycheck is designed to provide information needed by those approaching retirement within the next 10 years. The workshop outlines key factors to consider ...
The Martha Washington Questers No. 1032 met on Aug. 24, at the home of Jan Stiles. Roll was called and the minutes of May and June 2018 were read and approved. A committee was appointed to look into ways that Questers can help the City of Washington.The committee consists of Jane Fehr, Janet Peterson and Connie Pence. They will report back next month with suggestions.Leader Virginia Reighard suggested that ...
CEDAR RAPIDS ? Kirkwood Community College Athletic Director Doug Wagemester named Eric Frese as the new head softball coach of the Eagles. He is the seventh coach in program history. Frese comes to Kirkwood after spending the last 12 seasons as head baseball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. In addition, he also served as an assistant softball coach at Dubuque Hempstead High School. Frese replaces ...
The Polishville Assocciation is hosting two dances in September.The first is Sunday, Sept. 9, with Ned Francis of Mt. Sterling. The second dance will be held Sunday, Sept. 23, with Larry Fountain, of Iowa City.Food will be for sale at both events starting at 4:30 p.m. Dancing will be from 6 to 9 p.m.For more information, call Bill Peck at 319-694-3495.The location is 10 miles N.E. of Fairfield on Pleasant ...
In 1839 the town of Bentonsport was platted. It became a bustling steamboat town situated on the Des Moines River and provided transportation for people and goods. Bentonsport was the site of the first paper mill in Iowa as well as grist, saw, linseed oil and woolen mills. The approximately 1,000 residents depended on the mills to process their crops, on the river for shipping, and on the local stores to obtain ...
Editors note: This is the second in a two-part series on the Miller family and immigration. Fairfield native Leanna Miller had an eye-opening experience two years ago when she visited Nogales, Arizona, which straddles the United States-Mexico border.Miller went to Nogales in October 2016 with a group of fellow students from Beloit College in Wisconsin, where she is about to enter her senior year. The group ...
As the Midwest Old Threshers campground becomes a town of its own in the week leading up to the Old Threshers Reunion, John Reeves, with the Fairfield Kiwanis, feels like its mayor.For 30 years, Reeves has welcomed campers from near and far, veteran campers and new, to a relaxing week at the reunion. It's a place where strangers immediately become neighbors, friends and even as close as family.The atmosphere on ...
Life expectancy for Americans continues to increase, so it is more and more likely that most adults will end up caring for an elderly parent or relative or needing care themselves.?Care does not have to mean that the person lives in your home,? explains Mary Weinand, ISU Extension Family Finance Field Specialist. ?It may mean that you provide transportation or other services to a person who still lives in their ...
AMES ? The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a final rule outlining the conditions under which the USDA will pay indemnity to farms affected by highly pathogenic bird flu.The final rule, which includes updates to the interim rule issued in February, does three things:Allows indemnity payments to be split between poultry and egg owners and their contracted ...
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