Mt. Pleasant News

A Blessing of the Animals will be held at First United Methodist Church on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 2 to 4 p.m., on the south lawn. If weather does not permit for outdoor services, proceedings will be held in the church garage.Rev. Deborah Stowers, of First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant, will offer a blessing to any pet that is brought. Snakes may receive their blessing from afar. Pet owners who are not ...

Henry County Health Center's Diabetes Team will be offering an annual follow-up class Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. The class will be conducted from 2 to 4 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 Laura Williams, RN, CDE, CCP, at 319-385-6518 by noon on Sept. 30 to sign up.The ...

DEAR ABBY: Your advice to "Poor Birth Mother in Georgia"- "Because the college loan agreement with your daughter was verbal and wasn't put in writing, you don't have a legal means to force her to assume the loan payments"-was wrong!Verbal agreements are enforced if they can be proven to be true. Even if the daughter didn't promise to make the payments, she may be held liable for them because money provided for ...

If you have diabetes, you probably are checking blood sugar levels several times a day. This information is important to make adjustments to your treatment plan.When blood sugar is checked on a home blood sugar meter, a ?snapshot? of what is going on at that moment is obtained. Although that is good information, it is impossible to tell from a single number if the blood sugar level is rising or falling, or what ...

Henry County Girl Scouts troops are gearing up for the new year of Girl Scouts.Henry County troops are located in Mt Pleasant, Winfield, New London, Salem and Hillsboro. The Henry County Service Unit leader this year is Dawn Hixson, who may bt contacted at gsserviceunit940@gmail.com.Scouting events are being planned throughout the year, including A Very Best Christmas to be held in December. Plans are also ...

Art and Beverly (Brown) Hamm will be celebrating their 60th anniversary on Oct. 3, 2015. The couple was married on Oct. 2, 1955, in Salem.They are the parents of Glenn (Maria) Hamm, of Fairfield; Julie (Bill) Menke, of Algonquin, Ill.; Karen (Tim) Ackles, of Mt. Pleasant; and Ed (Trisha) Hamm, of West Burlington.The couple have nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.Those wishing to send cards and ...

September 24John Woodruff, Lee Benjamin, Matt Christner, Steve Dovenspike, Savannah Rice, John Hollingsworth, Darrel Ridenour and Gabrielle Wilson

Happy birthday!Cole Burns, Nelly Latta,Joe Miller, Jody Olson, Dianne Roth,Molli Wilson and Amy PrattHappy anniversary!Mike and Doris DickeyRobert and Margaret Dowling

Iowa Wesleyan University (IWU) will be holding their homecoming parade on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 10:30 a.m.The university is inviting community members to submit a float in this year?s parade. Floats will meet at 9:30 a.m., at the Howe Student Activity Center.IWU?s homecoming will will be held from Monday, Sept. 21 to Saturday, Sept. 26.To sign up your business or organization to participate in the parade, ...

DEAR ABBY: Today was my high school reunion. I was the most notable student for all the wrong reasons. I was born with some birth defects and learning disabilities. I overcame them, but it was hard. While working blue-collar jobs, I lived in my car for a few years.On a cold winter night several years ago, I met Dr. X in the emergency room. He was a former classmate of mine, and we pretended not to know one ...

Happy birthday!Deanna PetersenGary HelterbranLorraine SuterJohn Siegel Happy anniversary!Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Loving

The 4th Annual Grape Stomp at Cedar Valley Winery, in Batavia, will be held this Saturday, Sept. 19, from 1 to 8 p.m.Grape stomps will be held at 2 p.m., 3 p.m., and 4 p.m., with prizes for the winners.Food by Little City Pizza will be available as well as a selection of wine, beer, sangria, pop and water. Music by Jeffrey Hedquist will also be featured from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.Admission is free. For more ...