Obituaries

By LINDA WENGERGolden Triangle News ServiceWASHINGTON ? When Supervisor Stan Stoops realized he had voted the wrong way Tuesday on a motion to end the Regional Utility Service Systems? (RUSS) involvement in the Rubio sanitary sewer project and said he wanted to do the motion again, Washington County Attorney Larry Brock said, ?You need to pay attention to what?s going on and understand the motion.?Stoops, who ...

The American Legion Post 29 in Washington is hosting a free public screening of the award-winning documentary ?The Invisible War? at the Washington Public Library on Thursday April 25, at 6:30 p.m.A groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of our country?s most shameful and best-kept secrets, ?The Invisible War? reveals the epidemic of rape within the U.S. Military.Tracing the powerfully emotional ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsDue to budget cuts, Henry County?s lead program may see up to a 67 percent reduction in funding for the upcoming fiscal year.Community Health Director Travis Johnson told the Henry County Board of Health on Thursday that in the best-case scenario, grant funding for the lead program will drop from its current $7,500 to $6,800. However, it is also possible that the county could ...

Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church raised $6,200 at its annual smorgasbord in 2012, which has been distributed to various charities.A total of $3,450 has been distributed in Henry County and in Burlington. Local recipients include Community Action, Family Connection, Fellowship Cup, Friendship House, Habitat for Humanity, Hope Haven Development Center (both in Burlington and Mt Pleasant), OC Food Pantry, ...

The Iowa Wesleyan College Choir and Mt. Pleasant Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Bradley Miller, will present their annual spring choral concert Sunday, April 21, at 3 p.m. the at First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant.Highlights include performances of Bach?s Cantata 140, Wachet auf! and John Rutter?s Gloria, as well as several other works. Vocal soloists are Mt. Pleasant natives Aani Brown Bourassa, ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsNEW LONDON ? With no comments from the public at Thursday night?s public hearing, the New London Community School District approved a fiscal year 2014 budget with a drop of $2.39 per $1,000 taxable valuation in property taxes.The 2014 budget shows a tax rate of $14.83527 per $1,000 in taxable valuation. This is a decrease of $2.38651 from the fiscal year 2013 rate of $17.22178 ...

By ANDY HALLMANGolden Triangle News ServiceFAIRFIELD ? Tyler Webster took the stand in his own defense Monday morning inside the Jefferson County Courthouse.Webster, 33, is accused of murdering Buddy Frisbie on Aug. 25 near Fairfield.Webster testified to his background in the army and the training in weapons and he received there. He testified to his relationship to Frisbie, with whom he had been close ...

DEAR ABBY: I was raised that a person?s birthday is his or her day to do whatever he or she wants, but my wishes are being ignored by a close friend I?ll call Wade.For the last 10 years I have ignored my birthday and tried to avoid all celebrations. I?ll take a vacation alone and have a great time. My family understands how I feel and gives me no grief.I met Wade five years ago. He?s a co-worker who has become ...

Lincoln Elementary School students and their families got the chance to attend a carnival Friday night, playing games and winning treats at Cottrell Gym in Mt. Pleasant. The event was held to raise money for new playground equipment.Kenna Smith is all smiles in the photo as she prepares to give Maggie Cristoforo, right, a face full of whipped cream in the pie toss.

DEAR ABBY: I am writing in response to your answer to ?Bi in the Deep South? (Jan. 2), the woman who is happily married to a man, but who now realizes she is bisexual and wants to come out.My wife is an out bisexual woman. You were correct that it is possible to be bisexual without having acted on it, as people are not defined solely by the partner they have. Precisely for that reason, some individuals feel that ...