OSKALOOSA – One in 200 women in America suffers from anorexia, a common eating disorder. Mahaska Health Partnership warns of the dangers during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Feb. 20 – 26. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), an eating disorder is present when a person experiences severe disturbances in eating behavior. […]
Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) Plus certification training will be offered on March 1, 2011 from 1:15 pm to 3:15 pm. in the Mahaska County Extension office for any adult (18 years and older) wishing to be certified. Pre- registration is advised, a fee of $25.00 per participant will be assessed for the certification training. The […]
Sunday, December 31st, 1922 to Sunday, February 20th, 2011 Obituary: Theodore Frank Butler was born on December 31, 1922 in Washington, DC, the son of Winn David Butler and Irene Juliet (Richardson) Butler. Ted attended high school at the San Diego Union Academy and then college at La Sierra College. He then went on to […]
February 17, 1923 – February 20, 2011 Visitation: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday February 23, 1911 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell, IA Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Thursday February 24, 2011 at Madison Church of Christ near Brooklyn, IA. Interment: Following the funeral service. February 24, 2011 at Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery in Brooklyn, […]
Last week we asked you, “Do you believe that the city should ban firearms on city owned property?” 56% of voters said no to firearms being banned on city owned property, while 41% believed that they should be banned. 2 votes or 3% were unsure on the matter at this time. The question of the […]
CEDAR RAPIDS—The Central College men’s tennis team put in a long day but without much of a payoff Saturday, suffering a 6-3 loss to Wis.-Oshkosh and a 9-0 defeat against Coe College. Wis.-Oshkosh (3-2) pulled out several close decisions against the Dutch in a lengthy afternoon match. Seth Harris (junior, Waverly, Neb.) was a 7-6, […]
PELLA—The Central College women’s golf team will host its first annual Dutch Cup Golf Tournament Sunday, April 10, a fundraiser at the Bos Landen Golf Club in Pella. Played as a four-person scramble, the 18-hole tournament begins with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Awards will be given to the top team and winners of […]
All the World’s a Stage Comic actor Joseph Jefferson, one of the best-known American stage personalities of the nineteenth century, died in Palm Beach in 1905. Born into a family of actors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 20, 1829, Jefferson achieved one of his first major successes in 1858 in Tom Taylor’s Our American Cousin. […]
1997: Unusually heavy rain fell across about the southeastern third of Iowa from February 20-21 with the highest amounts occurring southeast of a line from Lamoni to Clinton. Some of the highest reported two day rainfall accumulations included 2.56 inches at Wapello, 2.59 inches at Leon, 2.62 inches at Donnellson, 3.18 inches at Fort Madison, […]
PELLA, Iowa — Central College’s Red and Blue Vocal and Instrumental Combos will perform a benefit concert for Pennies for Peace Friday, March 4, in the Cox-Snow Recital Hall at 6 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 or free with Central I.D. and can be obtained at the Information Booth in the […]
