Obituaries

DEAR ABBY: I work in customer service and was helping a guest. During my eight- to 10-minute chat with her, she showed me her phone. The wallpaper on her phone was a picture of the guest and her boyfriend in Times Square. Without mentioning it to the guest, I recognized her boyfriend as the husband of a friend of mine I'll call Julie.Julie and her husband have two young children. Part of me wants to confront ...

Over the years, I have always been attracted to humor and comedy teams like ?Larry, Moe and Curly? or ?Groucho, Harpo and Chico?. I myself had a comedy band of country bumpkins named Fred, Moe and Zeke.Recently, I read a passage of scripture in Genesis 4 about a man named Lamech. Lamech was seventh generation from Adam. He had three sons named Jabel, Jubal and Tubal. The names attracted my comical side, but ...

Iowa Wesleyan University (IWU) is pleased to announce students who have earned the honor of being included in the Dean?s List for the fall 2016 semester.Criteria to be a part of the Dean?s List include degree-seeking students taking 12 or more hours per semester with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.?Obtaining a higher education degree is vital to a strong and healthy workforce,? stated IWU President Steve Titus. ?We are ...

The following Henry County students are among the students named to the Fall 2016 semester Dean's List at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI).To be included on the list, a student must have earned a grade point of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, while taking at least 12 hours of graded work during the semester.Lockridge-Randy AndermannMt. Pleasant-Lydia Allen-Allie Liechty-Allison Maxwell-Kaylee Parker-Me...

Happy birthday!January 27Veda Graber, Lesia Glickand Mansel BeaversJanuary 28Derek Hudson, Justin Millerand Sandy AndersonJanuary 29Debra Sammons Happy anniversary!January 29Mr. and Mrs. Terry French

Great River Diabetes Education Program offers four-week group diabetes classes every month.The next afternoon series will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Mondays, beginning on Feb. 6. Morning classes are from 10 a.m. to noon, on Thursdays, beginning on Feb. 16.Group diabetes classes are for people newly diagnosed, making a change in treatment, or having complications or concerns. A physician referral for ...

January 25George Kennedy and Shiela McKenzie

Hattie Liechty, daughter of Tim and Julie Liechty, of Mt. Pleasant, was named to the Dean?s List at Simpson College, in Indianola, for the fall semester.To be named to the Dean?s List, a student must have a GPA of 3.70 ? 3.99.

The Des Moines County Genealogical Society will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at the court house in Burlington.It will begin at 6 p.m. The recorder's office will be open so members will be able to do research after a short business meeting.Questions may be directed to dmcgs@dmcgs.org or to 319-572-9290.

Pleasant Manor Care Center is pleased to announce the completion of forming its new Nursing Management Team, as well as an upcoming open house.Shannon Schneider, BSN, is now serving as the new Director of Nursing. Schneider grew up in a small town east of Cedar Rapids. She moved to Mt. Pleasant in 1989 to attend Iowa Wesleyan College. Her nursing career started at Pleasant Manor as a C.N.A. while she was ...