Area youngsters were afforded free airplane rides Saturday at the Mt. Pleasant Municipal Airport as part of the Young Eagles program. Alli Humphreys, 7, Winfield, is buckled in and waiting to ride shotgun in pilot Dave Camp?s Cessna.
Members of the Mt. Pleasant Historic Preservation Commission will discuss current projects during their monthly meeting today (Tuesday) at 5 p.m. at Jerry?s Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant.Other agenda items include discussion of the 2013 budget, discussion of education of commission members and an open forum.The meeting is open to the public.
Iowa farmers have the opportunity to win $2,500 awards for their favorite nonprofit organization. The awards are available through Monsanto Fund?s America?s Farmers Grow Communities program.The America?s Farmers Grow Communities program is intended to benefit non-profit community groups such as youth organizations, schools and other civic groups important to America?s farmers.Farmers can apply online at ...
Southeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging will be providing details about the congregate senior meal program during an enrollment session from 7 to 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Hy-Vee, 1700 E. Washington Street in Mt. Pleasant. Representatives from the agency will be available to register people for the program.In order to be eligible for this program, a person needs to be 60 years of age or older or the spouse of ...
DEAR ABBY: I work in a professional office where nearly all my co-workers are married and live rather uneventful lifestyles. I was divorced a few years ago and have not remarried.I have dated a lot of women, and it has become an issue with my co-workers. They insist on hearing about the dates I go on and ask for the details of what took place, and I usually oblige them.Lately, there has been more and more ...
The Mt. Pleasant Public Library is presenting its first-ever Teen Read Week. Teen Read Week is a week-long celebration that encourage teens to read and to visit their local libraries for programming and teen literature. It was created through the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) in 1998 and libraries all across the world take part in this week.The library will celebrate this year?s theme, ?It ...
Fred Parsons, Class of 1957, back-row left in top photo, and Fred Jacobeit, Class of 1950, back-row right, were inducted into the IWC Athletic Hall of Fame Friday. They are pictured Saturday morning with their wives, from left, Sheila Parsons, Class of 1986, and Barbara (Henderson) Jacobeit, Class of x1951. Barbara is wearing her husband?s letter sweater from 1947.
Homecoming royalty at Iowa Wesleyan College included, from left, Princess Emily McVey, junior, Corydon; Prince Jamarco Clark, junior, Conley, Ga.; Queen Allison Houston, senior, West Point; King Tarvis Gordon, senior, Sanford, Fla.
Henry County Health Center will begin preparation for the Surgery Department construction this week. Patients and visitors will be impacted in the following ways:? Beginning today (Oct. 8) at 5 p.m. the Frontage Road (the street that runs between the health center and the parking lot) will be closed and barricades will be set up on Tuesday. This means that all street parking from the corner of West Warren Street ...
By TRISHA PHELPSMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? The Wayland City Council isn?t cutting corners when it comes to revising their dog ordinance.At Wednesday night?s council meeting, it was decided to continue to gather and review information regarding non-breed specific animal ordinances before making any decisions about their own.?We want the best.? said Wayland Mayor Bradley Roth.The council was given packets of ...
By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsSWEDESBURG ? Something old, something new.WACO?s 4 +1 innovative calendar honchos toured the district Thursday, meeting with patrons in Swedesburg, Olds, Crawfordsville and Wayland to discuss the district?s four-day innovative school calendar, which begins with the 2013-14 school year.Superintendent of Schools Pat Coen, calendar committee chairman Tom Ferguson and vice-chair ...
Henry and Washington counties hosted their first Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour last week with the grand finale being the tour from New London to Brighton Saturday. In the photo, one of the vehicles needed a little push in New London to get going (the vehicle was unable to complete the tour).
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