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    WALNUT -- Jeanette Clayton, 81, Walnut, died February 25 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    Clayton is survived by her husband, Eugene Clayton, of Walnut; children Janine (Bob) Berndt of Avoca, Janelle (Dwayne) Bornholdt of Atlantic, Julie (Kurt) Schwarck of Spencer, and John (Michelle) Clayton of Walnut; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

    SHELBY -- Robert D. Buck, 94, Shelby, died Thursday, Feb. 22 in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Shelby with burial in the Shelby Cemetery.  Friends were asked to call Monday, Feb. 26 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Maryann Elaine Weddle, 80, Harlan, died February 22 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. at Abundant Life Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Tuesday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

    DES MOINES -- Cynthia Pedersen, 68, Des Moines, died February 2 at her home.    Services will be held Thursday, March 1 at 10:30 a.m.

    DEFIANCE -- Michael Bruce Coenen, 63, Defiance, died February 20.    Services will be held Saturday, March 3 at 1 p.m.

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Municipal Utilities board approved a performance agreement with the City of Harlan to move utility lines and trim the berm fronting Highway 59 on the south entrance to Harlan.      The arrangement will be to lower electric, telecommunication and gas lines as well as add a water line in that right-of-way as well as trimming the berm height.    Though there are currently no actual electric lines in place, there is a cond

    HARLAN -- In 2012, Harlan was named one of the initial Blue Zones Project demonstration communities in Iowa.