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At the Rotary meeting Thursday, the club was excited to donate $650 to the 9/11 Memorial that will be coming to Washington this July at the same time as the Washington County Fair.Included in the picture from the left are: Becky Patterson, Carol Horning, Michelle Redlinger, Bob Kennedy, and Terry Engelken.

Avery Blauvelt, of Wellman, is the daughter of Andy and Kim Blauvelt.She attends Iowa Mennonite School and is a member of the Limecreek Limelights.Her projects are market and breeding beef, photography, food nutrition, home improvement and clothing events.Her 4-H Activities include being an officer in her 4-H club, 4-H retreats and Iowa State Fair Awardrobe clothing event.?A favorite memory of mine is when my ...

Jillian Nafziger, of Wellman, is the daughter of Tim and Jessica Nafziger.Her sisters are Anna and Morgyn Nafziger.She attendsMid-Prairie High School and is a member of the Limecreek Limelights.Her 4-H projects include photography, food and nutrition, swine, citizenship and Bucket Bottle Calf.Her 4-H activities are ELITE Project Team, Extemporaneous Speaking and club offices.?One of my 4-H highlights is ...

The Wellman Clover Kid Club turned into engineers at the March 26 meeting. After reading Curious George Visits the Chocolate Factory, each group was challenge to design its own candy machine that would move a piece of candy 3 feet. Members designed, built, tested, measured, redesigned and loved it. Each group was excited to demonstrate how their machine worked and each of them very differently.Lots of creativity ...

Jessica Lowe of Newton, and Erik Vokes of Clive, are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.Lowe is a 2000 graduate of Washington High School and received her degree from Truman State University. She is the executive director of United Way of Jasper County in Newton.Vokes is a 1996 graduate of Valley High School in Des Moines and received his degree from Iowa State University. He is a manager ...

Snow, sleet, or ice wasn't going to stop 70 women from filling the lower level of Dallmeyer Hall at the Washington County Fairgrounds on March 24 for the second annual Women in Agriculture Conference.?The horrible weather didn't stop these Iowa women in agriculture from attending the conference. We were disappointed the weather kept away nearly 30 attendees ? but we were thrilled with the conference,? said Nancy ...

Ten Iowa youth organizations will receive funding from Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH) for a farm safety project. Since 1999, I-CASH has designated funds for Iowa youth groups to promote farm safety awareness in their local communities. The grants are awarded to the proposals that show the highest involvement by youth in the planning and carrying out of the project.According to I-CASH ...

The March meeting of Martha Washington Questers 1032 was held at the home of Janet Peterson. Six members and one new member attended. The meeting was called to order, and the Invocation was read. Minutes of the November 2017 meeting were read and approved.No one will be attending the State Day or the Questers international Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. I was mentioned that returning to a one-day event for ...

The Washington County Historical Society Executive Board met at 9 a.m., March 22, at the Washington Public Library. Ferd Marie was presiding officer. Seven members attended.Future events and projects were discussed. The annual dinner will be on April 30 at Hal Colliver's place south of West Chester. The Society will hold a yard sale in connection with the citywide garage sales, and members will be asked to ...

Larry Bean and Kathryn (Kathi Lange) were married on April 6, 1968, in Muscatine.They have four children: Brenda, Dennis, Timothy and Steven (deceased). Their two grandsons are Colotn and Carson.On April 8, the family will be hosting a 50th anniversary party for their at the Washington County Conservation Center in Marr Park just west of Ainsworth from 1 to 4 p.m.It is their hope that all friends and relatives ...

Carrie Johnson, daughter of Vernon and Kathern Johnson, welcomed the birth of a daughter. Constance Rose was born on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at 12:33 a.m. at the University of Iowa Hospitals. She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces.Ryan and Roberta S0ieren with Wyatt, of Keota, visited her father, Robert Shelangoski, on March 18.Pat Remington met her daughter Angela Garmoe with James and Christopher, of Mount ...

Amanda Pfeifer, of Riverside, is the daughter of Lee and Wanda Pfeifer.Her sister is Brittney Pfeifer.She attends Mid-Prairie High School and is a member of Bows and Bullets.?This year I will be exhibiting in Visual Arts, Outdoor Adventures, Food and Nutrition, Photography, Citizenship, and Home Improvement,? Amanda said. ?In the past I have exhibited in Photography, Outdoor Adventures, Visual Arts, Environment...