Mt. Pleasant News

Making healthy meal choices for yourself or a loved one with diabetes can often be a daunting task. Do you find yourself reading labels at the grocery store, searching for good choices? Here are some quick tips to keep in mind when struggling to eat healthy for your diabetes:1. Focus on eating from all the food groups. You don't have to buy "special" diabetes foods.2. Switch to whole grains. Check the ...

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I divorced after she had a year-long affair with a co-worker, whom she eventually married. Early in our marriage I suspected she was having an affair with a relative, which she finally admitted to after our divorce.Now that our youngest son, "Douglas," has become an adult, he is beginning to strongly resemble his "Uncle Joel." I don't know if other members of our large family have ...

On Saturday, March 12, Kids Against Hunger held a meal-packaging event in memory of Angie Beasley Thomas. With the money donated at her memorial, friends and family were able to package 22,248 meals to be sent to orphanages in Albania. Anyone wishing to know more about Kids Against Hunger may contact Don Fields at 319-461-3305. Pictured are Claire Overton, Josie Thomas, Nella Thomas, Faye Thomas, Jack Thomas, ...

We will enter the month of April later this week, and next week will be the school children?s spring break, so we are moving right along into warmer months. My husband, Joe, also doesn?t have work next week, so the whole family will be home. After spring break, there will only be 9 weeks of school left for the term. Time sure has a way of slipping by too fast.My sister, Emma, her husband, Jacob, and family ...

During the month of April, you will see blue ribbons scattered throughout Henry County and the Mt. Pleasant town square. Each blue ribbon recognizes the importance of preventing child abuse in the community and homes. To kick off this month of awareness, the Community Partnerships for Protecting Children (CPPC) will be hosting ArtAttack, a children's art event, on March 31, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Mt. ...

DEAR ABBY: Please reprint the list of signs of an abuser. I lost the list I had, but I think my husband is one. He calls me names like "stupid" and "slut." He tells me what clothes to wear, and if I refuse he threatens to cut them up. When we argue, he threatens to call 911 and have me locked up. He says everything that goes wrong is my fault.We have been married 31 years. The stress is ruining my health. I ...

Everyone wants a fulfilled life. The last time I wrote for this column, I reminded that Jesus said the greatest and most important thing a person can do is to love God wholly. Jesus didn?t stop there, by the way. In Matthew 22:39, He continued, ?and a second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.?That?s the second part of a fulfilled life. It is as impossible to fulfill the first part if you are ...

Note: All meals served with milk.Mt. Pleasant Community SchoolsMONDAY: March 28: Breakfast taco, potato rounds, orange wedge, blueberry muffinTUESDAY: March 29: Macaroni and cheese, peas, apple slices, oatmeal chip cookiesWEDNESDAY: March 30: Popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, bread/margarine, bananaTHURSDAY: March 31: Mozzie sticks/sauce, lettuce salad/dressing, strawberries, juice cupFRIDAY: ...

On March 14, the Henry County Sheriff?s Office, in conjunction with the Iowa Governor?s Traffic Safety Bureau grant, conducted two seatbelt surveys.One survey was conducted west of exit 229 on Highway 34 west of Mt. Pleasant and the other one was conducted north of Exit 45 on Highway 218/ US 27 north of Mt. Pleasant.Both seatbelt surveys showed over 99 percent of Henry County motorists were using seatbelts....

Back in a former life while writing sports in northwest Iowa, I had the privilege of covering Bancroft St. John High School. Don?t bother looking for it on a map, Bancroft is still there but the school has been reduced to an elementary school.In the pre-1990s, St. John was Norway?s baseball equivalent without all the publicity.That is probably because Bancroft was not near a large metropolitan area, akin Norway?s

These horses along Franklin Ave. north of Salem have had some pretty cold lunches this month. With temperatures hovering around zero and a windchill well below zero, it doesn?t appear their meals will be warming up anytime soon.

Mt. Pleasant?s Pleasant Hill neighborhood southeast of town has a rich history of military service.In documents, supplied by local historian Donald Young, it is stated, ?Immediately on the firing of Ft. Sumpter, a company of Home Guards, numbering sixty, were organized?In the midst of the wheat harvest when news came that the rebels were entering Iowa, one lieutenant?actually dropped his scythe in the field and?By