Mt. Pleasant News

DEAR ABBY: Do you think every American child should get a four-year college degree? I keep meeting students who have a real talent and passion for other jobs -- military, cosmetology or skilled trades, such as Internet technology and carpentry -- but whose parents are furious at the suggestion they might not graduate from a four-year college.It's a little-known fact that there is actually a shortage of skilled ...

At the same time Washington High School students will enter a new building next year, they will each receive a laptop computer to be used throughout their high school career.On Wednesday, the Washington School Board approved a $695,000 expenditure to lease 575 MacBook computers for ninth through 12th grade students. According to the district?s ?1 to 1? plan, each student will be issued a computer when entering ...

Editor?s note: Emily Robinson, a Creston eighth grader, won first place in a statewide essay contest, sponsored by the Iowa Department of Human Rights, the Iowa Department of Education and the State Historical Society. Robinson won her award in the Science and Engineering for 8-9 grade divisions. The contest is called ?Write Women Back into History? and Robinson?s essay was on Barb Welander, Mt. Pleasant. ...

Members of the board of directors of the Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the utilities offices for their monthly meeting.Agenda items include updates on the street lighting and water main installation projects, and a review and approval of the final draft of the proposed collective bargaining agreement between the utilities and the local bargaining unit.

Hey gardeners, are you ready to plant potatoes and onions? The Hillsboro Public Library has a nice selection of gardening books to get you ready for a vegetable garden, flower garden or the dreaded weeds. These books can be found in the featured books section.New on the shelf:Adult nonfiction: Dressing and Cooking Wild Game by Teresa Marrone gives the reader a perspective from field to table of big game, small ...

There will be an AARP driver safety class held in Mt. Pleasant on Thursday, March 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a break for lunch.This is a refresher course and there will be no written or driving tests.Please register by March 26 by calling 319-208-5375.Attendees are asked to bring their driver?s license and AARP card, if they are a member. There is a fee for the class, with a discount for AARP members.The ...

We have all said it at one time or another ? ?It?s nice to go away but it?s nice to return home.?Returning is a ritual. We do it everyday ? whether we?re returning from work, school or just picking up the groceries. We return to our place of comfort ? home.In 2 Samuel we see a little verse where King David is returning after fleeing for his life from his kingdom. His son Absalom conspired to take the throne ...

If you can help identify the people, what the occasion is and the date of this photo, contact Pat White at 319-385-4983, email pwhite6024@aol.com, or check out the Henry County Heritage Trust on Facebook. Look for results of this week?s photo in next week?s Mt. Pleasant News.

DAVENPORT ? A Winfield man was sentenced Thursday to 50 months of imprisonment stemming from his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.Charles Thomas Petro, 58, was sentenced to the term in U.S. District Court by U.S. District Judge John A. Jarvey. Petrol was also sentenced to three years of supervised release following imprisonment and ordered to pay $100 to the Crime Victim?s ...

Mt. Pleasant Christian School will be holding its kindergarten round-up on Tuesday, March 20 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.The round-up will be held in the multi-purpose room of Mt. Pleasant Christian School. There will be information available and screening will be done for upcoming kindergarteners.

This past weekend, Mt. Pleasant Community Theatre presented ?Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical,? a comedic look at aging. A collection of scenes and songs covered topics such as harrowing trips to the doctor, biological clocks, memory loss, empty nests and watching parents grow old.In the song Weekend Warriors, the men in the cast showed an attempt to hang onto their youth and showed off their basketball skills. Cast ...

Henry County Democrats will host their county convention Saturday, March 10, at the Mt. Pleasant Middle School Cafeteria, North Adams Street, Mt. Pleasant.Delegates and alternates to the county convention were elected during the January caucuses. Delegates will be selected at the county convention for the district convention April 28 in Ft. Madison and the state convention in June.County convention attendees ...