Mt. Pleasant News

The Hillsboro Public Library is doing a second annual Back-to-School Eye Spy.This is a way for the local school kids to save money and earn school supplies. There will be six opportunities for them to earn school supplies, starting Aug. 8, and ending Aug. 19, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The library is needing donations of school supplies such as crayons, rulers, colored pencils, ...

In the next few days, we will again celebrate our nation?s independence with picnics, barbeques and fireworks. This is an exciting time of the year for all Americans. It is particularly important to those with religious beliefs as our country is the result of our ancestors who were searching for freedom to practice their beliefs.Today, there are those who seek to deprive us of many of our religious freedoms. I ...

Locals are invited to learn more about how to use the ?Spend Smart, Eat Smart? website.Tutorials on the website and all that it offers to help people live and eat healthy will be held on July 5, 2016, at the Fellowship Cup, in Mt. Pleasant. The class will begin at 5:30 p.m.This workshop is free and open to all.Call 319-385-3242 to sign up for the class.

Happy birthday!David Mixon, Connie Bridger, JoAnn Corell and Skye LovingHappy anniversary!Bill and Cindy DorrellRegan and Katie StoopsMr. and Mrs. Mark HunterMr. and Mrs. Will Whitaker

Members of Chapter Iowa J, Wayland, of the National T.T.T. Society met June 28, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at Sassy?s Café, in Wayland.The Founders Service was conducted by officers and members. Following this service, members ate dinner and enjoyed a time of fellowship.President Georgia Fort called the meeting to order. Roll call was taken and the minutes of the May meeting were read. Treasurer Diann Miller gave her ...

Steve and Joy Wilson will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on July 9, 2016.Friends and family of the couple are invited to attend a reception from noon to 3:30 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.Cake and refreshments will be provided.

Polishville Community Center will have two dances and one lunch and bingo event in July.The first dance is scheduled for July 10, with Jerry Beauchamp, of Eldora, providing the music. Food will be sold beginning at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6 to 9 p.m.The lunch and bingo will be July 13. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with bingo starting at 12:30 p.m. Plans are for the lunch and ...

The following are the names of the Mt. Pleasant Middle School students named to the second semester 2015-2016 honor roll:6th gradePrincipal Scholars (4.0)Tyler Gardner, Jenna Gilmore and Tina TranA Honor Roll (3.5 to 3.99)Melissa Alexander, Jessi Andrew, Bailey Bain, Kole Becker, Zoe Bentler, Abigail Blint, Payton Boughner, Katarina Carlson, Eneida Carrillo, Dalton Church, Tristen Davis, Christopher Dyar, ...

Deb Sinclair, delegate from Chapter Original A; Betty Lowe, delegate from Chapter NZ; and Janice Jones, delegate from Chapter OX attended the 124th Convention of Iowa State Chapter P.E.O. Sisterhood held June 4 and June 5, in Des Moines.With the theme, ?Wild About P.E.O.?, Kathy Wilke, Chapter DS, Odebolt, presided over the 700 delegates and visitors.Attendees participated in workshops and heard from recipients ...

Henry County Health Center's Diabetes Team will be offering a Diabetes Review Course on Thursday, July 14, 2016.The class will be conducted from 1 to 3 p.m., and will be held in the Health Education Center at HCHC. On the day of the class, register at the HCHC Registration Desk before proceeding to the Health Education Center.Call the HCHC Diabetes Education Center, at 319-385-6518 by noon on July 13 to sign ...

DEAR ABBY: I have fought obesity all of my adult life, and my weight has yo-yoed over the years. My problem is, when I go to the doctor's office and I am taken to the exam area, the scale is right out in the open where other patients come and go as well as all the office personnel.Mind you, I don't care if I am weighed in the presence of people walking around - if they don't peek. However, when the medical ...

Warren Barton and Charlie Kramer is sponsoring a fish fry in support of the Salem Veterans Memorial on Saturday, July 9, 2016.The fish fry will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m., at Salem Park.Free-will donations will be accepted and music will be performed by The Troubadors. Those wishing to attend should bring their own lawn chairs.