Chapter NZ of the P.E.O. Sisterhood met for their regular meeting on Monday, April 25, 2016, at the Union Block meeting room with Elizabeth Garrels, Brenda McCabe, Jan Lange, Chris Prellwitz and Christine Broeg serving as co-hostesses.Garrels shared that in June of 1869, five of the P.E.O. founders graduated from Iowa Wesleyan University on the third floor of the Union Block building.President Betty Lowe ...
Main Street Mt. Pleasant has conducted extensive research to develop a list of ?top prospects? for expansion or recruitment in Downtown Mt. Pleasant.Main Street is now asking for the community?s help to identify what might be the ?best of the best? and to fine-tune local business development strategies. The survey should only take about three minutes or less to complete.To take the survey, go to the Mt. ...
DEAR ABBY: I'm a hypochondriac. I am currently waiting on the biopsy results for a mole I had removed. I'm worried and miserable. I feel guilty for what I'm putting my husband through. I want to get therapy, but doing that feels like admitting I'm too weak to handle my problems. My husband feels bad because he can't help me.This isn't the first time I have worked myself up over a medical condition, and it won't ...
I recently attended a play and was reading the program to see a person was attributed the role of tapper. This raised my interest; turning to the person on my left, I inquired what was a tapper? It took me several days to discover that a tapper is the person who keeps the beat for all to follow.Another word that we sometimes stumble with the meaning is the word extol. The psalmist uses this word in celebration ...
Crooked Creek Christian Camp will be hosting the third annual Color-Me-Fun 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, May 14, at 10:30 a.m.A barbecue lunch, live music and family-friendly activities will also be held in conjunction with the 5K.Register online or print off the registration form for the times and information at www.crookedcreekcamp.org. Registration is not required for the free will donation lunch and free ...
Happy birthday!April 29Patricia Breazeale, Jeff Dotson, Alekzander Harvey, Lois Roth, Virgil Fedler and Seth IrelandApril 30Sherri McPheronMay 1Carol Deao, Gary Frisbie, Jackson Bell, Rosemary Marley, Mary Peterson and Laura Roth Happy anniversary!May 1Mr. and Mrs. Dave CallenMr. and Mrs. Trae Kite
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Polishville Community Center will have two dances and one lunch and bingo event in the month of May.The first dance is scheduled for Sunday, May 8, with Lyle Beaver, of Iowa City, 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 held on Wednesday, May 11. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with bingo starting at 12:30 ...
WACO High School musicians recently performed and competed in the Iowa High School Solo and Ensemble Contest held at Danville High School.Directors and musicians select technically appropriate music to perform during the contest. Musicians are judged on the performance of the piece. The judges rating scale is numbered one through four, with a ?I? score being the highest.WACO awards are as follows:?Toben ...
The next Des Moines County Genealogical Society meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at the Burlington Public Library, at 7 p.m.Theresa Liewer will present a program.Email dmcgs@dmcgs.org or call 319-572-9290 with questions. The public is welcome to attend.
Virgil Fedler, of West Point, will celebrate his 95th birthday on Friday, April 29.He will be celebrating with his family at a family dinner and gathering. He and his wife, Marge, have been married for 69 years. The couple have four children, Gary (Becky) Fedler; David (Chris) Fedler; Gordon (Susan) Fedler; and Caryl (Ron) Abolt. They also have 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.Cards and well-wishes...
As a complement to the ?First in the Nation? exhibit at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, a traveling display will be on exhibit in Iowa Wesleyan?s Chadwick Library through May 7.?First in the Nation? explores the history of the Iowa caucuses from 1972 to 2012. It traces candidates? journeys from early visits to the state, to declaring a presidential bid and organizing an Iowa campaign, to caucus day and ...
The Wednesday, April 20, meeting of the Henry County Historic Preservation Commission (HCHPC) was held at the Henry County Courthouse at 2 p.m., with nine members and one guest in attendance.Routine business was taken care of and information of upcoming meetings and workshops was given.The Wayland survey is on schedule and consultant, Rebecca McCarley, will have the first draft ready in June. She requested ...
Happy birthday!April 22Sam Beatty, Landon Lair,Kenneth Hummell, Linda Rowe,Luke Ryon and Jearol SorrelsApril 23Scott Augsburger, Mary Bixler,Sharon Davis, Lori Johnson-Vick,Mark Kimzey, Judy Kinney,John Klopfenstein, Jan Roach,Cody Briggs and Jamie LudwigApril 24Morgan Griffin andMatthew Millspaugh Happy anniversary!April 24Brian and Darla Morris
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