PCA Groundbreaking For New Austin Branch Building
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for a 2,500 square foot PCA branch near 14th St NW and IS-90 with city and Chamber officials present. The new colonial style office will have four offices a conference room and reception area and aim to complete by Oct 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Couch
Kenneth Trom
Austin Pca
Signing delay for 52 unit low income housing package
Austin HRA delayed signing a contract with private consultant Clarence Simonowicz to assemble a housing package for about 52 apartments for low income elderly residents. HUD approval, financing options, and attorney review are pending with Mahan noting favorable times for HUD backed projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Housing and Redevelopment Authority
St. Paul
Clarence Simonowicz
HRA
Federal Home Administration
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Housing Authority
HUD
Housing and Urban Development
Washingon
Austin Hra
Kermit Mahan
Mahan
Simonowicz
Housing Finance Agency
Austin
HRA _ Board
Austin School Board Sets Noon Special Meeting
The Austin School Board will meet at 12 noon Thursday in the School Administrative Building to consider bids for boiler controls and burner at Austin High School and review the director of instruction and the Austin Administrators Assn contract. The Southland District Board postpones its meeting to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Southland Middle School Elkton. Mower County Welfare Board holds sessions June 15 1:30 p.m. and June 29 3 p.m. in the courthouse Welfare Offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin School Board
Austin High School
Austin Administratrator
Assn
Southland Dist. 500
Board OF Education
Southland School District Board of Education
Southland Middle School
Elkton
Welfare Board
Mower County Welfare Board
Diabetes Bike-A-Thon sponsor sheets available in area
Participants are urged to pick up sponsor sheets and start collecting pledges for the Diabetes Bike-A-Thon. Sheets can be obtained from Ankeny’s Dairy Bob’s Skillet the Bike Shop Nemitz’s YMCA McDonald’s Keenan’s and other area towns. Pre-registration is June 10 11 at Oak Park Mall and N Main St Mall. The 100 mile route starts at the Mower County Fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankeny's Dairy
Bob's Skillet
the Bike Shop
Nemitz’s
YMCA
McDonald's
Keenan's
Oak Park Mall
N. Main St
Mower County Fairgrounds
Lincoln Bicentennial Open House Honors Two Retirees
Lincoln Elementary School hosts a bicentennial display and open house on Wednesday at 7 p.m. to honor retirees Claribel Grant and Agnes Randahl. George Winter and students Peggy Brady and Sarah Severson display a War of Independence mural.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Claribel Grant
Agnes Randahl
George Winter
Peggy Brady
Sarah Severson
Winter
Austin High School to award 540 diplomas in June ceremony
The 100th commencement for Austin High School will take place at 8 p.m. Thursday in the high school auditorium with 540 seniors receiving diplomas. The program includes an invocation by Rev. Carl Borgwardt and a speech by Carleton College president Howard R. Swearer on Nostalgia Uses and Abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin High School
Carl Borgwardt
Richard Trumble
Howard R. Swearer
Carleton College
Betty Mach
Kerneth Northwick
Donald L. Gunderson
Patricia A. Stevens
Stephen C. Wright
Michael Buechner
David 0. Jordahl
Southland picks band Queen contestant Sharon Adams
Sharon Adams, senior at Southland High School and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Elliott, was elected Southland Band Queen to represent the school at the North Iowa Band Festival in Mason City. She plays alto sax, earned an A rating in the State Region Solo Contest, and won the John Phillip Sousa Award. Meredith Wilson will be grand marshal for the Mason City parade. fifty six bands from Iowa and southern Minnesota compete for Miss North Iowa of 1976.
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Adams
Sharon Elliott
Dean Elliott
Southland High School
Southland
Mason City
Sharon
John Phillip Sousa
Meredith Wilson
Wilson
Iowa
Minnesota
North Iowa
Awards Day Honors At AHS Ceremony
At the awards day convocation on Thursday May 20 two seniors earned top honors. Tim Rineman received the Bausch Lomb Award for outstanding science work while Dave Swenson earned the National Math Award. Student council scholarships went to Heidi Hayes and Julie Smith. Barbara Smythe won the German award, Kelly Rush the French award, and Lisa Landsverk the Spanish award. Arden Haug became student council president and Jean Michael Servant, a France AFS student, gave a farewell address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Rineman
Jet
W. W. Rineman
Dave Swenson
Lloyd Swenson
Council
Heidi Hayes
Julie Smith
Barbara Smythe
Kelly Rush
Lisa Landsverk
Arden Haug
Jean Michael Servant
AFS
France
Mower County Considers New Mineral Springs Agreement
The Mower County Board received a proposed nine member joint powers agreement for the Mineral Springs Chemical Dependency Center at Cannon Falls. No action taken. study ongoing amid facility financial problems. The board scheduled a June 14 meeting with four townships and villages to discuss regional law enforcement contracts.
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Mower County
Mineral Springs
Cannon Falls
Lansing
Austin
Red Rock
Windom
Four dogs in care at Austin Pound shelter seek adoption
Four canines picked up Monday by Austin Poundmaster David Lee are housed at the city shelter and available for adoption or ID. A black and brown female Shepherd mix puppy was found on the 1500 block of 10th St SW at 1 30 p.m. A tri colored female Collie was found on the 1000 block of 13th Ave SW at 2 40 p.m. A small black female Terrier was left at 2 p.m. and another small brown and black female Terrier was left at the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
David Lee
Animal Shelter
10Th St
13Th Ave
Pound
Slide show and movie times for city bicentennial project
The showing of slides and movies continues in the former travel agency building on Main Street. Photo Fun Club members present the slide show at 1 30 and 3 p m today Thursday and Friday and at 7 p m Thursday. The movie will be shown at 2 30 and 4 p m today Thursday and Friday and at 8 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travel Agency
Main Street
Photo Fun Club
May 1976 Building Permits Totals Decline From Prior Year
Austin City Engineer reports no major projects in May 1976 with 43 permits valued at 145 944 dollars. This compares with 54 permits worth 972 371 dollars in May 1975. First six months of 1976 show 138 permits totaling 681 031 dollars, well below the 6 450 049 dollars in the same period of 1975.
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Austin City
Fred Luksik
5Th Ave
Donald Miller
19Th Ave
Larry Mytten
1St Ave
Jeff Larson
6Th St
Duane Sucha
David Gomez
E. Oakland
Charles Scholtes
E. C. Soberg
15Th St
Ernest Newman
21St Ave
William Strausburg
1St St
Pete’s Bar
2Nd St
Mower County
Howard Olson
John Ruth
14Th Ave
Duane Kolb
8Th Ave
Mildred Schuemacher
8Th St. NW
Outstanding Senior Musician Awards Named at AHS
AHS music instructors name six senior musicians as Outstanding Senior Musicians for the year. Jeff Claussen and Mary Lyle win in orchestra, Chris Rosenberg and Melanie Rhodes in choir, Dan Anderson in band, and Jill Blumenschein in orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AHS Music
Jeff Claussen
Chris Rosenberg
Dan An
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Willis Reynew
Hollandale
Warren Iversen
Blooming Prairie Pca
Melvin Meister
Rose Creek
Robert Enright
Herald
Bruce Lindquist
Nielsen
Paul Usem
3Rd Ave
Mike's Bar
Usem
Nielson
Barbers
Philomathian Library
Christian Education Center
Elise Ackerwold
Timothy Albright
Sandra Aldrich
Linda Alexander
Mary Allgood
Daniel Anderson
Lee Anderson
Mark Anderson
Milton Anderson
Randy Anderson
Rebecca Anderson
Ricky Anderson
Roselle Anderson
Tami Anderson
Vickie Anderson
Daryl Applebury
Stariette Arends
James Armbrust
Robin Arnold
Janet Asp
Christopher Astrup
Daniel Astrup
JoAnn Augustin
Marcia Augustin
Paul Bailey
Penny Bailey
Darla Ball
Patricia Ball
Loretta Barclay
Arthur Barnett
Robert Barr
Kathern Barth
Nancy Batterman
Mary Beck
Laura Becker
Thomas Becker
Thomas Bednar
Patrick Beebe
Steven Beeman
Richard Belknap
Robert Bell
Mark Bellirichard
Ann Benesh
Richard Benson
Mary Bijerke
Shawne Bijorgo
Frederick Blazer
Steven Block
Jill Blumenshein
Jean Boentges
John Borgeson
David Borgwardt
Omas Borris
Cynthia Bosshart
Cheryl Bowe
Roger Bowers
Ellen Braaten
Michael Bratten
Michele Braaten
Jeffrey Brace
Bonnie Brechtel
James Bregel
Scott Brennan
Anne Brewster
Mark Brick
Mary Bridges
Jon Brimacomb
Cheryl Brown
Nancy Brown
Ronald Brustad
Nina Bush
JoDie Buxton
Vicki Esse
Blake Evenson
Clinton Faas
Gary Faber
Jeffrey Farnsworth
Shelly Farnsworth
Brian Fasbender
Joan Fell
Joel Ferguson
Mary Feuerhak
Brett Fiala
Toni Fink
Sandra Finley
Mary Fischer
William Flannagan
Bradley Fleener
Margaret Fleiner
James Flink
Erin Flynn
Sandra Fossey
Lori Freund
Thomas Fuller
James Furlong
Craig George
Peter Mark Hansen
Keith Hanson
Rick Hanson
Susan Hanson
Valerie Hanson
Cynthia Harmon
Tracy Harrington
William Michin
Susan Hartley
Kay Haugstad
Harry Hayden
Jeffrey Hays
Susan Heard
Timothy Hebert
Sonja Hedin
Joan Heegard
Kimberly Heimerman
Jon Henry
Kim Henry
Karen Hele
Richard Helle
Barbara Hendrikson
Barbara Hertile
Victor Hill
Sherri Hillberg
Jan Himle
Bruce Hinks
Joyce Hodge
Pamela Hoff
Mark Hoffman
Lana Hollerud
Edward Holmen
Valerie Hompe
Barbara Horvat
Teresa Houck
Debra Housker
Todd Hovda
Richard Hovi
Michael Howells
Joan Humnker
Rodney Hunter
William Husk
Denise Moylie
Ariane Ingram
Frederick Isele
Nancy Jacobson
Roger Jacobson
Craig Jahren
Michael Jan
David Jansen
Paul Jasmin
Denise Jensen
Mark Jensen
Ralph Kraft
David Krause
Susan Krebsbach
Diana Krengel
Jerome Kroc
Bruce Kuehl
Marilyn Kvale
Maren Laabs
Vickie Lambertson
James Lamecker
Judith Landberg
Lisa Lanswerk
Ann Larson
Bradley Larson
Douglas Larson
Jill Larson
Kathryn Larson
Michael Larson
Sandra Learned
Richard Lechner
Joyce Lee
Lori Lee
Ross Lee
Tamara Lee
Pamela Lees
Craig Lewis
Elizabeth Lingbeck
Lynn Lohman
Robert Loing
Holly Lommen
Paul Lommen
Curtis Long
Catherine Louden
Gregory Low
Randy Lukes
Rebecca Lunde
Julie Luther
Jay Lutz
Mary Lyle
Michele Madson
Wayne Madson
Kirk Magee
Kevin Mahian
David Maloney
Mark Maloney
Gwendolyn Markle
David Marshall
Michael Marsolek
Jayne Martin
Susan Mattson
Jeffery Maxfield
Ann McAlister
Ginger McAlister
Randy McAlister
Dennis McBeain
Susan McConnell
Paul MccConnell
Paul McDowell
Barbara McFarland
Stephanie McKay
Lisa Meany
Margaret Meineke
Linda Meland
Dawn Meyer
Robert Miller
John Mistretta
Lori Mijoen
Markell Mlinar
Terilyn Moen
Michael Molitor
Scott Morem
Glen Molitor
Glen Morgan
James Morgan
Rick Morgan
Sheila Morgan
Mary Morrison
Dorothy Mueller
Christopher Murphy
Janice Murphy
Thomas Murphy
Michael Murray
Lynn Myers
Jody Nagle
Jeffrey Nauman
George Nei
Anthony Nelson
David Nelson
Judy Nelson
Kris Nelson
Leah Nelson
James Nepp
Alan Nerem
William Newman
Sandra Nielsen
Katherine Wnordby
Stanley Norland
Craig Norman
Steven Novotny
Douglas Oldenburg
Brian Olson
Randy Olson
Ray Olson
Richard Olson
Jayne Olund
Rebecca Ondov
Constance Opsahl
Pamela Ops
AHS
Robert Finbranten
Robert Shaw
Grand Meadow
Carol Lawton
Lois Jennings
Ramsey Golf Course
Lansing Grocery
Chateau Speedway
Pound Report
Loren Miller
Donald Purcell
12Th St. SW
Walter Bray, Jr
Joseph G. Chopski
Roy Taylor
9Th St. NW
Lorraine K. Jennings
Vivian Jennings
6Th St. NW
9Th St
Mabel G. Mackie
Russel Bergh
11Th St. NW
Laura Davis
Mattie Miller
William Plante
2Nd Ave
Edward L. Shoop
Ray Hesch
12Th Ave
Lloyd Kosel
26Th St
Irvin Anderson
10Th Ave
Larry Severson
4Th Ave
Herman Hallam
Lth
Daniel Grant
Dennis Kramer
Dor LaVelley
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