
Rippey has many volunteers that have established public area flowers to be viewed and enjoyed by all.

Jean McElheney along with her daughter Phyllis keep the bike trail trail head attractive with daisies. Other plants included are some iris which will bloom next year. They have recently added mulch to control the weeds around the trail head marker.

DeAnn Thompson's green thumb is evident in the attractive landscaping and yellow marigolds outside she and Dale's Carwash in town.

These flowers beds in front of the Rippey School Building were put in my Ned Johnston and Mary Weaver.
They are dark purple petunias, and gold marigolds exemplifying the colors of the old Rippey Bulldogs.
"Yeah Purple, Yeah Gold, Yeah Team Let's go!"
And now the news......
August 27, 2010
| Church notes Wednesday, Sept. 1, 7 pm Administrative Council to meet Thursday, Sept. 2, 2 pm. Ladies Aid Thursday, Sept. 2, 7 pm Rippey Lions Club On Monday, August 16 Beth DeMoss of Jefferson, Karli and Zelda DeMoss of Carroll and Velda DeMoss were accompanied by Zelda's friends, Hannah Stimson and Jorden Aubrey both of Jefferson to Des Moines where they went to Chuckie E. Cheese and later to the Blank Park Zoo. Zelda was 5 years old on August 18 and was honored at a supper at the home of her grandmother, Beth DeMoss in Jefferson. Supper was followed by "Pam Cake" (made by Pam Thomson) and ice cream. Family and neighborhood friends attended. Zelda started kindergarten in Carroll on Tuesday. Doris Brown, Connie Neese and Velda DeMoss went to Manson on Thursday, August 19 to visit Deb and Barb Parkison. After having a tour of their home they went uptown in Manson to eat at "Beve's". After supper and visiting Deb took them on a tour of the church that she serves. The similarities between the Rippey and Manson church were obvious as they were built by the same architect. Both Deb and Barb are settling nicely into their new community and were looking forward to a visit the next day from Deb's daughter, Jessica and her sister Pam. That would be their first visit to Manson. Church members had installed a ramp at the home to accommodate Pam's wheelchair. August 16th was Phil and Toni Roberts' 46th wedding anniversary and
for the occasion Phil planned a surprise trip. They left early Sunday
with Toni completely in the dark about the itinerary . After a
breakfast brunch at the Golden Corral in Boone, they drove to Phyllis Gannon, Jean Borgeson and Velda DeMoss went to Jamaica Saturday morning and enjoyed breakfast in the home of Jane Windal. The breakfast honored Ron and Jenny Clark of Atlanta, GA. who were visiting his sister, Karen Nicholas of Jamaica. Earlier in the week Ron, Jenny and Karen had visited Rippey relatives, Donna Carlisle and Bill Heater. Velda DeMoss accompanied Kathy and Bob VanGundy of Jamaica to Indianola on Saturday where they attended a scrimmage of the Simpson College football team. They were joined by Lori and Shawn DeMoss and Emily Maach. Following the scrimmage a picnic was held on the campus for players and families. Kyle DeMoss is a senior member of the team and Tom Beger of Grand Junction is a Freshman player. On such an extremely hot day, they couldn't help but hope that some of heat would "hold over" until the late October and November games. |
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