Mt. Pleasant News

Great River Diabetes Education Program offers four-week group diabetes classes every month.The next afternoon series will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Mondays, beginning on Feb. 6. Morning classes are from 10 a.m. to noon, on Thursdays, beginning on Feb. 16.Group diabetes classes are for people newly diagnosed, making a change in treatment, or having complications or concerns. A physician referral for ...

January 25George Kennedy and Shiela McKenzie

Hattie Liechty, daughter of Tim and Julie Liechty, of Mt. Pleasant, was named to the Dean?s List at Simpson College, in Indianola, for the fall semester.To be named to the Dean?s List, a student must have a GPA of 3.70 ? 3.99.

The Des Moines County Genealogical Society will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at the court house in Burlington.It will begin at 6 p.m. The recorder's office will be open so members will be able to do research after a short business meeting.Questions may be directed to dmcgs@dmcgs.org or to 319-572-9290.

Pleasant Manor Care Center is pleased to announce the completion of forming its new Nursing Management Team, as well as an upcoming open house.Shannon Schneider, BSN, is now serving as the new Director of Nursing. Schneider grew up in a small town east of Cedar Rapids. She moved to Mt. Pleasant in 1989 to attend Iowa Wesleyan College. Her nursing career started at Pleasant Manor as a C.N.A. while she was ...

DEAR ABBY: Many of your published letters come from unhappy married women. Some of them seem unable to get objective advice that would make themselves and their marriages happier. I'm fortunate to be happily married (33 years) to a wonderful woman who has a clear perspective.Three pearls of wisdom she could share:1. Don't sulk because your husband can't read your mind. Trust him; he'd like to help. And listen ...

The Henry County Conservation Department will soon begin their 2017 At the Park series.This year?s theme is ?Explore Your Inner Pioneer?. Taxidermy 101 is the first sequence of classes presented by taxidermist Tony Brown, on BROTON Taxidermy, on the following dates:-Tuesday, Jan. 24, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Oakland Mills Nature Center: introduction, skinning, fleshing, drying-Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 6:30 to ...

?My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?? -King David, Psalm 22:1Among Old Testament believers in God, the first person I think of when innocent suffering comes to mind is Job. Through no fault of his own, Job lost possessions, children, and his health. He could have easily cried out the lament from Psalm 22.Joseph surely did not deserve to be sold into Egyptian slavery by his brothers. He surely could relate ...

Happy birthday!January 20Felicia Weaver, Travis Davis,Gail Kindig, Joan Panosand Manaysha MinnerJanuary 21Richard FranklinJanuary 22Greg Prevett and Frances Magdefrau Happy anniversary!January 20Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reinier

January 19Joe Nelson and David (Farmer) Lohman

(Editor?s note: The term Iron Curtain is a bit dated, but this charity was founded by New Order Amish during the height of the Cold War to aid children and needy in Soviet bloc countries. Their mission has since expanded to aid the needy anywhere but they remain active in former countries ?behind the Iron Curtain?)It?s cold these days. It?s windy and down-right cold.I don?t do as well with cold weather as my ...

The Southeastern Community College (SCC) Foundation is now accepting applications for scholarships for students who plan to attend SCC in the fall.Applications will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. CDT, on March 1, 2017.SCC Foundation Executive Director Becky Rump says thanks to the many cash donations, memorials, planned gifts and bequests from individuals and businesses, more than 300 scholarships totaling nearly ...