A Fundraiser To Benefit Grand Junction Project
The Grand Junction Lion’s Club will host a pancake breakfast fundraiser for the City’s new community center project.
President Jody Fouch says the free-will donation meal will be served at the City Park from 8am-1pm tomorrow. The menu includes pancakes, whole hog sausage, juice and milk.
Fouch points out that the Lion’s Club has also helped with other projects such as the rehabilitation of the shelter house at the park, donating money for children to go to Camp Courageous every year in Monticello and providing hearing aids and eyeglasses for less fortunate children.
She comments that all the proceeds from the pancake fundraiser will go toward the community center project.
Poetry Program To Be At Museum In Jefferson
A local women’s poetry group called The First United Coven of Greene County will perform their original poems to the public at the Greene County Historical Museum in Jefferson this weekend.
Historical Society member Chuck Offenburger says the group last performed their original works in August of 2013 at the museum and will once again show their craft on Sunday, September 14th.
One of the founding members, Colleen O’Brien says their main directive is to read their poetry out loud by the person who wrote it so that people can get a better understanding than if they read it themselves.
The group meets twice a month and at least half of them have been published in “Lyrical Iowa” which is a 70 year-old anthology of poems that’s published annually by the Iowa Poetry Association.
The “Poetry Out Loud” event will be at 2:30pm on Sunday with free refreshments provided.
Bell Tower Changes Hours, Still Provides Free Youth Admissions
The Mahanay Bell Tower will no longer be open during the week day for the rest of the year.
Greene County Chamber Director Chris Henning says since the beginning of September, the Bell Tower will only be open on the weekends through the end of October from 10am-4pm.
Bell Tower Community Foundation President Carole Custer says all youth ages 18 and under are admitted free to the Bell Tower for the rest of this year and all of next year due to the generous donation from the Jefferson Telephone Charitable Trust. Adult admissions are still $3. She points out that if any organization or business would like to continue to sponsor free youth admissions that they can call her for more information.
The Bell Tower is also available for private tours by calling the Greene County Chamber at 386-2155.
Donations For Jefferson Library Book Sale Are Appreciated
The Friends of the Jefferson Public Library invites everyone to their annual membership drive and used book sale later this month.
President Barb Labate says their event will be from Saturday, September 20th through Saturday, September 27th in the basement of the library during the normal library hours. She states that the Friend’s mission is to support and promote the library through programs, advocacy and financial support.
The first day of the book sale will be free for Friends members and there will be memberships available at the door. The different levels of membership are: $5 for individuals, $10 for family, a best friend level is $25 and a super friend or business friend is $50 each. Some of the programs the Friends are involved with include the back-to-school breakfast, National Library Week, Bell Tower Festival, Halloween activities and summer reading programs.
Labate notes that all the other days of the book sale are open to the public with the last day being a “bargain day”. She points out the people can fill a paper bag full of books for only $4 with the exception of tagged books which are half off.
The Friends are accepting donations now for their book sale. They will accept books, CD’s, DVD’s, audio tapes, games and puzzles but not encyclopedias.
Call the library for more information at 386-2835.
Late Season Rains Not Impacting Crops In September
Greene County has seen several inches of rain in August and September, but some believe it won’t impact the crops as we head into harvest season.
West Central Cooperative Field Agronomist Scott Shannon says that since crops have reached their maturity stages, the over abundance of precipitation this late in the season won’t be a huge impact on corn and soybeans.
Shannon points out one concern he has with this much rainfall this time of year is a disease known as the Northern Corn Leaf Blight. He describes the fungal disease that kills plant tissue and turns the corn from green to brown early in the growing season.
However, he notes that the disease won’t negatively impact corn yields. In fact, he believes that yields will be higher this year for corn and soybean compared to last year.