Obituaries

SALEM ? Salem City Council members will tackle some business tonight (Tuesday) that was tabled last month.Tentative agenda items include a back-up city maintenance position, computer software upgrade for the city clerk and possible tractor and lawn mower purchase.Council members meet at the Community Center at 7 p.m.

Salem Fire and Rescue will be holding a soup supper on Saturday, March 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Salem Community Building.The meal will be a free-will donation with an auction to follow.Money is being raised to cover the expenses to send six people to EMT class.

Henry County?s Relay for Life hosted one of its largest fund-raisers of the year Feb. 23 with the Daddy-Daughter Dance at the E3 Center in Mt. Pleasant. Shawn Elder, right in photo, returned to Mt. Pleasant from Tulsa, Okla., to take his daughter, Hallie, 7, to the dance. Elder is attending school in Oklahoma.

Editor?s note: As part of the nation?s 150-year anniversary of the Civil War, the Henry County Civil War Sesquicentennial Task Force will be publishing a monthly column, written by Henry County historians. The research for the articles comes from Henry County newspapers published between 1861-1865, as well as diaries, journals and letters written by Henry County Civil War soldiers and their families. By MIKAYLA ...

Members of the Henry County Historic Preservation Commission will meet Wednesday, March 6, at 11:30 a.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Pizza Ranch.Tentative agenda items include the budget report, transporation book, historic school maps, Lowell signs and ideas for National Historic Preservation Month in May.

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsIf at first you don?t succeed, you try again.Mt. Pleasant?s City Council is putting that advice to use, passing the first reading Wednesday night of a proposed abandoned and junk vehicle ordinance.This is the second attempt at implementing an ordinance that will help rid the city of junked vehicles and vehicle parts.An ordinance with similar intent was defeated on its second ...

The Polishville Community Center has announced its events planned in March.A dance with Ned Francis of Mt. Sterling is set for Sunday, March 3. Food will be available for purchase at 4:30 p.m., and dancing will be from 6-9 p.m.Bingo is set for March 4, with food available at 4:30 p.m., and games beginning at 5:45 p.m.A dance with Jerry Beauchamp of Eldora is set for March 17. Food will be available for ...

They say the third time is a charm. What about the fourth time? How about outstanding? The Mt. Pleasant Panthers will defend their state Class 3A title next week, qualifying for their fourth straight state tournament berth. Mt. Pleasant overcame a sluggish first half to limit Solon to just nine points in the final half en route to a 51-33 triumph in the substate contest at Iowa City West. Mt. Pleasant, 19-5 on ...

DEAR ABBY: My two adult granddaughters have rejected me, their doting grandfather. Their father gave me this explanation: ?They are uncomfortable with the way you rub their shoulders and necks.?These girls and both parents have misinterpreted my innocent expressions of affection, which haven?t changed since the girls were little. The only change is in their perception of my actions.I am devastated. I asked ...

Army National Guard Pvt. Hunter S. Counts has graduated from basic combat training at Ft. Jackson, Columbia, S.C.During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed ...