Mt. Pleasant News

Harmony Bible Church, of Danville, will be holding an all-men?s event, ?Cars, Shooting and Barbecue? on Saturday, April 30.Activities will start at 10 a.m., and last until 3 p.m. There will be a barbecue lunch around noon. Participants are free to come when they can and leave when they want. There will be testimonies given about how to grow spiritually as a man.The following activities are also being planned ...

Dorothy Wenger, of Wayland, will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Friday, April 29.In honor of her special day, her family is hosting a card shower. Cards and well-wishes can be mailed to 2470 320th St., Wayland, Iowa 52654.

Community guests at the 10th anniversary open house of the Mt. Pleasant congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be hosted by ?Nauvoo on the Road?, a group of living history reenactors, who bring to life Nauvoo, Ill., in the 1840?s.The celebration open house, marking the establishment of the local congregation in 2006, will be held on Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the ...

Mt. Pleasant High School will present a production of "Legally Blonde: The Musical" on April 21-23, at 7:30 p.m., and on April 24, at 2 p.m., at the Heatilator Performing Arts Center, in Mt. Pleasant.Tickets are available at Brown's Shoes and at the door.

Henry County Health Center (HCHC) invites all individuals with a chronic disease to a free program ?Coffee with Katie and Laura? on Thursday, April 28, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.This will be held in the Diabetes Education Center, located in Suite 24 at HCHC.Join Katie Westphal, RN, BSN, and Laura Williams, RN, CDE, for a social hour, light refreshments and a discussion on the topic of "Picking Healthy Snacks".The ...

Mt. Pleasant High School Class of 1971 has their class reunion scheduled for Oct. 14 and Oct. 15, 2016. A myriad of activities are being planned.Those on the planning committee ask that classmates email their contact information to MPHS1971@yahoo.com, leave a message at 866-207-8048, or mail their contact information to Cathy Weigert at 11410 East Paradise Lane, Scottsdale, Arizona 85255.Classmates are asked to ...

DEAR ABBY: I'm 17 and have been in a relationship since I was 13 with the same person on and off. I have been with him since my parents divorced, so you might say he's been my crutch for a long time.He makes it clear that without him, I am an emotional mess. I spend every day isolated from friends and family, while he spends his time with his friends. (I'm not allowed to be with them.) If I'm out with a friend, ...

Main Street Mt. Pleasant is looking for interested entrepreneurs who could use $28,000 to launch or grow their business idea within the Mt. Pleasant Main Street district.The Open 4 Business contest, launched in 2015, is an opportunity for businesses located within a state-designated Main Street district to compete for a chance to win up to $28,000 in grant funds to assist with a business development or expansion ...

Ronald and Donna Bruner, of Batavia, will observe their 40th wedding anniversary on Sunday.The couple were married on April 17, 1976, at the First United Methodist Church, in Fairfield, with Rev. Wayne L. Bartruff officiating. Donald Schiedel was best man, and the late Vicki Schiedel was their maid of honor.Ronald is a semi-retired salesman with Harper Brush Works. Donna is a semi-retired substitute kitchen ...

During Holy Week this year, I had the privilege of being in Cuba. I was able to worship in Latin America on Easter, meet the extraordinarily friendly Cuban people, and preach legally on a religious visa. What could be better!From house to house and person to person, I was asked to share a two minute message of how I came to know God as a friend. Here it is:At 13 years old someone told me, ?When you get to the ...

Happy birthday!Betty Jennings, Pam Ibbotson, Hayden Stoops, William Morehouse, Benjamin Olson, Zach Anderson and Doug WestercampHappy anniversary!Tammay and Randy Corbisier

On Tuesday, April 12, the Mt. Pleasant Public Library will be holding an all-day story hour.Being held from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., local volunteers and library staff will be on hand to read aloud to local children of all ages.The library is still in need of some volunteers to read. Adults that would like to volunteer as a reader for a 30-minute session should contact Brittany, the Mt. Pleasant Library Youth ...