Mt. Pleasant News

Sierra Wyse, freshman, was named to the dean?s list for the fall semester at Hesston College in Hesston, Kansas.To be named to the dean?s list, a student must be enrolled full-time and earn a GPA of 3.90 to 4.00.Wyse is the daughter of Ron and Susan Wyse.

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I run a restaurant in a small town. Recently, my wife came home on my day off and told me that during the lunch hour, one of our servers had come into the kitchen and announced that they?d need extra sanitizer on table 29 because a mother was changing her baby on it!What has happened in our society that people don?t understand that this is unsanitary and rude? Had I been there, I don?t ...

Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? intersection of Washington and Walnut streets, Jan. 3.Suspicious person, activity, vehicle ? 300 block of East Henry, Jan. 3.Harassment/threats ? 1700 block of East Washington, Jan. 3.Harassment/threats ? 100 block of South Jefferson, Jan. 3.Animal complaint ? 600 block of North Lombardy, Jan. 4.

A support program for people who have experienced the loss of a loved one is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, at Great River Hospice House, 1306 S. Washington Road, West Burlington.?First Friday Share? will include a short presentation followed by a potluck dinner, and visiting and sharing with others. This month, Great River Hospice social worker Melissa Claassen will present the program. First Friday ...

Henry County Health Center will be holding a free program, ?Coffee with Laura,? for all individuals with a chronic disease on Thursday, Jan. 10, from 8 to 9 a.m. in Conference Room B at HCHC.Join Laura Williams, RN, CDE, CCP, for coffee and a discussion of ?Our Goals and Resolutions for 2013.?The self-care group is offered for anyone with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, ...

Shanna Laughton, the new administrator for Pleasant Manor Care Center, Mt. Pleasant, left west Texas to return to be close to family.Also the administrator for West Point Care Center, Laughton comes here after 14 months as an administrator in Muleshoe, Texas, near the New Mexico border. A nursing home administrator for 14 years, she was born in Albert Lea, Minn., and graduated from Wartburg College of Waverly.La...

Those concerned with mental health and disability services redesign are welcome to attend a short presentation and open discussion focusing on how redesign will impact people with disabilities in their community.The Iowans with Disability in Action (ID Action) Community Conversation will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Washington Public Libarary, located at 115 West Washington Street, ...

The Mt. Pleasant Public Library is now taking registrations for its Winter/Spring Preschool and Toddler Time Storyhours.Both programs are free and will be held in the children?s programming room at the library. These programs will begin in February.Preschool Storyhour is a 10-week program for children ages three to five. The storyhour features songs, fingerplays, stories and crafts.The library will host two ...

By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant News?It probably won?t come to fruition, but our instructors wanted to make a project as true to life as possible,? described Ashley Olson of Mt. Pleasant, a senior at Iowa Sate University, about her interior design entry for the International Interior Design Association?s 2012 Student sustainable Design Competition.Olson and her design partner Erica Riha, Cresco, won the People?s ...

I hope everyone had a blessed and healthy Christmas Day. I?ve been struck with the same flu that has been going around this household. Hopefully I?ll be on the mend soon.With Joe off this week and the kids home from school, the house has been full.We?ve had snow and cold the past few days, perfect weather for some soups or stews. I thought I?d share recipes for a couple of our favorites.WINTER?S DAY SOUP1 ...

Chapter NZ of the PEO Sisterhood held its regular November meeting in the PEO Memory Rooms located in Old Main on the Iowa Wesleyan College campus. Sally Anderson and Carole Lauger were hostesses.Kathy Schimmelpfennig stated that sales of PEO tote bags had been successful. Joyce Dennison brought news of her bed and breakfast. Betty Lowe reported several members arrived at the Halloween luncheon in costume.Presid...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsLori Meyer walked into an elementary classroom, observed, left and never returned.Today, the Oelwein native is Dr. Lori Meyer and she recently joined the staff at Cox Chiropractic Clinic in Mt. Pleasant.?I wanted to be an elementary (school) teacher,? she reflected. ?I worked with a (elementary school) teacher and discovered I didn?t want to do it.?So, after attending school ...