Mt. Pleasant News

Great River Health Systems is offering a free infant and child CPR class from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 5. It is open to parents, grandparents, older siblings and baby-sitters.The goal of this class is to ensure adequate instruction and practice so class members can calmly and effectively react when a baby or young child requires emergency care for breathing problems or choking.The class includes demonstratio...

Whether you?re heading to a campground or a resort, don?t forget to pack nutritious snacks for the road.Keep your backseat treats safe with these easy tips:Choose Carefully? Pack easy-to-transport, shelf-stable foods. Good choices include cereal, trail mix, popcorn, single-serve applesauce, cans of tuna, peanut butter sandwiches, fresh fruit, carrots or celery.Clean Up? Wash hands with soap and water during ...

Henry County Health Center will offer ?Better Choices, Better Health,?a workshop series designed to teach adults how to effectively become active self-managers of their chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, pain and anxiety.Led by trained leaders, the workshops will:? Introduce techniques to deal with frustration, fatigue, pain and depression.? Help participants improve and ...

Throughout the centuries, herbs have been used to liven up the flavor of many meals. Herbs are a great way to replace fat and salt in dishes but still retain the taste.A frequent question is how to cook with herbs and what foods to pair with them. Below is a list of some common types of herbs and how to use them.Basil is used in Mediterranean and Asian cuisine. Add fresh or dried basil to salads and pasta ...

Kristin Mathews of Salem has graduated from Central College with a degree in sociology.She also was named to the spring 2012 dean?s list. Dean?s list students achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester.Mathews is the daughter of Carl and Robin Mathews.

Various youths volunteered May 25 to place flags in the veterans? graveside markers at area cemeteries. Placing a flag in this photo are Ashley and Piper De Kraai on their great-great-grandfather Bill Bruggemeyer?s graveside marker. Bruggemeyer served in the Army in World War I.

Johnny Siegel of New London has earned a bachelor of arts degree in business administration with an economics minor from Coe College in Cedar Rapids.He is the son of John and Becky Siegel.

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsThe Henry County Board of Supervisors had a light agenda after the long holiday weekend, with an update from County Engineer Bill Belzer and the third reading of an amendment to the county?s rural solid waste/trash ordinance as the only scheduled agenda items.During his update, Belzer informed the supervisors that the county will be receiving $1,336,000 in funds for the ...

Olds Lions meetOlds Lions Club held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 8. Lion Fred Roth provided the main entrée of turkey tenderloins for the potluck dinner.Following the dinner, President Lion Ray Meth called the meeting to order. Agenda items included recruitment of new members, renewing the contract with the IDOT for highway cleanup, determining a date for the spring highway cleanup, reports on ...

We just arrived home from Jacob and Emma's house awhile ago. We were over there so that my husband Joe could help Jacob unload hay in their barn. Meanwhile, daughters Elizabeth and Susan just arrived home from a wedding supper they attended. Tomorrow evening the youth are invited to another wedding supper. Weddings are still in full swing in this community.Everyone else is in bed already. Everything seems out of ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a retired New York City police officer and a resource officer at two high schools in Brooklyn. I must comment on the letter you printed from ?Worried About My Boy in Tulsa? (March 29), whose 7-year-old is bullied. If a child hits another child so hard that medical attention is required, it is an assault. The police should have been notified and appropriate law enforcement action taken.The school ...

Head StartMONDAY: NO CLASSESTUESDAY: NO CLASSESWEDNESDAY: Breakfast: Multi-Grain Cheerios, bananas; a.m. snack: whipped sweet potatoes, graham crackers, pineapple juice; Lunch: hamburger, baked beans, pineapple; p.m. snack: hard boiled egg, wheat crackersTHURSDAY: Breakfast: pancakes, strawberries; a.m. snack: cheese slices, wheat bread; Lunch: pork roast, mashed potatoes, peaches, wheat tea roll; p.m. snack: ...