Mt. Pleasant News

Happy birthday!October 21Rachel Lane, Anthony Blint, Debbie Graber and Melissa Welcher-FiedlerOctober 22Jennifer Thompson and Richard PaulOctober 23Wanda Miller, Kathy Ita,Mike Shelangoski, Tom Hutchinsonand Nancy Stevens Happy anniversary!October 23Maurie and Mallie Campbell

?I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord?? -The Apostle Paul, Philippians 3:8Figuring out what really counts in life is an accounting problem worth solving. The Apostle Paul adds up the columns like this in Philippians 3:4-11.In the debits column, Paul first lists his ancestry or heritage.Paul writes, ?If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put ...

As part of the ?God's Work, Our Hands Day? project, the Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church Luther League provided and served meals to the Olds Fire Department and the Henry County Sheriff's office on Sept. 27. Above, members of the church?s league pose for a photo with various members of the Henry County Sheriff?s Office.

Seniors looking to review or make changes to their Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part D (prescription drug) plans for 2017 may do so beginning Oct. 15. The Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.The AEP is the only time of year when all seniors already on Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part D plans can make adjustments or enroll in new plans for the following year.?The ...

Seymour Foot and Ankle Center joined Great River Health Systems Monday, Oct. 3. The Mt. Pleasant clinic has been renamed Great River Orthopaedic Specialists.The clinic?s providers are podiatrists Micki Gerdes-Boelens, D.P.M., and Tiffany Hauptman, D.P.M. Dr. Hauptman has been on the health system?s medical staff since 2001. Dr. Gerdes-Boelens joined in 2006.Great River Orthopaedic Specialists? main clinic ...

Chapter Original A met on Oct. 5, 2016, in the home of Jean Reschly, with Lesa Fitzpatrick and Lois Roth serving as co-hostesses. Twenty-two members were present.President Deb Sinclair conducted the business meeting. Through the process of transfer, Janey Lauer, Rose Lauer, Linda McGohan, Nancy McGohan and Robyn Willham were welcomed as members transferring to Chapter Original A.Chapter Original A is participati...

DEAR ABBY: My husband is very political, and around election time he becomes engrossed in news shows. He has a habit of showing his favorite political news clips to friends when they visit.I am uncomfortable with this, as I feel our friends are too polite to decline, and they allow my husband to preach politics to them out of courtesy to the host. They are like-minded, politically speaking, and the few who ...

Henry County Conservation?s annual Night Hike begins in front of the Oakland Mills Nature Center on Monday, Oct. 24, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.The Land of Oz is this year?s theme. Participants will have the chance to meet familiar Oz characters such as Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, the Witches, and even the Wizard will teach about recycling and natural resources.Six short skits by costumed actors will be ...

Fall is in the air and that means Girl Scouts of Henry County have geared up for their fall product sale program.Girl Scouts will begin selling nuts, candy and magazines - just in time for the upcoming holiday season. The fall product sale program runs through Oct. 23. The fall product sale program provides a jumpstart at the beginning of the Girl Scout year for girls to work toward reaching the goals they have ...

?Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.? Proverbs 14:34Did you know that from the beginning of the United States of America up until the 1950s, election sermons were given? At the beginning of each legislative session, civil leaders ? the governor, lieutenant governor, and members of the House and Senate would gather with religious leaders from across the state, and a minister would ...

Members of the Wyman Community Club met on Monday, Oct. 3, at the Ainsworth Four Corners.Attending the 11:30 a.m. luncheon were Frieda Finke, Ruth Erwin and Billie Jo Rose, from Crawfordsville; John Wittrig and Laura Wittrig, from Winfield; Wilma Vosburg, from Grinnell; Al and Adeline Sents and Jane Kaczinski, from Washington.The group will meet again on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, at Ainsworth Four Corners.Mary ...

DEAR ABBY: I am having to part ways with someone I have known for 15 years. This person has done many good things for me. On the other hand, he has also thrown more insults at me than anyone else in my lifetime. At the snap of a finger, this normally good-hearted person has insulted me, insisted I was wrong (when I wasn't) or dumped cold water on something I was enthusiastic about.A week ago, I approached him ...