New citizen
Colton Matthew was born January 15, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. His parents are Stephanie Pearson and Matt Groenendyk of Lovilia. His grandmother is the late Kendra Pearson and great grandparents are Ben and Charlotte Pettyjohn. Colton arrived three weeks early and it will be a while before he can come home to Lovilia. Let’s keep Colton and his parents in our prayers.
Wedding Anniversaries
25th anniversary celebrated by Jim and Debbie Gass on Jan. 21
50th anniversary celebrated by Tom and Donna Romanco on Jan. 17
60th anniversary celebrated by Darwin and Bonnie Gordon Jan. 2009
You show us the sign of lasting love and vows. May God bless you now and always.
Assault on Four Men on East side of Lovilia
Last week as four men were working in a garage, a mouse rushed out to terrorize them. All four men were caught of guard but rallied around one man who after several attempts dispatched the mouse. Breathing a deep sigh of relief, the men can be thanked for returning peace and safety to the east side.
Memory notes
Bob Wallace died recently. You will remember him as a former postmaster at Lovilia for several years.
His son Rob, owns and operates Wallace Tire shop on Hwy 5 in Lovilia. Our sympathy to Rob and his family
Chris McCombs died last week. He is the son of Chris McCombs of Lovilia His mother is Judy Cooley and his stepfather is Bob Cooley of Lovilia. His brother Fred and family are residents too. Our sympathy to all his family.
May both of these men rest in peace.
New website for fun
You can have fun at this new site plinky.com which lets you answer fun questions and then post to your blog or twitter, etc. Wesley Beary is one of their computer programmers and has worked on the site for over six months and it just launched about a week ago. Wesley attended K-4 at Lovilia with super teachers and then through high school in Albia. He received a bachelor’s degree at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. He now lives in California and works at the Plinky office in Lafayette.
Lovilia Community Building
Volunteers are busy doing maintenance and upgrades to improve the kitchen. We are looking forward to seeing the finished work. The building is supported by rent, donations, and fundraisers. No tax money goes there. We thank all the volunteers and supporters who keep this asset to the community available to us all.
Recent Robberies
Due to recent break-ins in Monroe County, we suggest you not leave valuables or keys in your vehicles and leave your homes and businesses locked. It appears they tried cars until they found unlocked ones and then stole stuff. So heads up…………………………