Belle Plaine to get hometown history museum
Belle Plaine Historical Society plans a museum to preserve Benton County history after a 1939 home movie sparked renewed local interest. Architect drawings, a glass viewing area for trains, and permanent exhibits including a Chicago and North Western Railroad mural and the Jumbo well model are planned with construction targeted for 2004–2005 and a goal of about 1.25 million dollars.
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Andy Karr
Gazette
Belle Plaine
Ernie Tippie
Tippie
Iown
Benton County
Don Villers
Board
Mem
Ber
King Theater
Beverly Winkie
Villers
Art Kofron
Iowa City
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Belle Plaine Historical Society
Packer fan gracious in contest loss
Betty DeBrower, 65, of Cedar Rapids, did not win the Ultimate Packer Packer 2002 award. The winner, chosen by vote from 10 finalists, joins the Packer FAN Hall of Fame and earns a Packers road game trip next season. DeBrower met Lee Remmel and Gilbert Brown during the Dec. 20 announcement in Green Bay.
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Betty DeBrower
Ultimate Packers
DeBrower
Prairie Dr. NE
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Wisconsin
Packer
Packers
Green Bay
Wis
Lambeau Field
Gilbert Brown
Brett
Brett Favre
Lee Remmel
Remmel
Clear Creek Amana backs new alternative high school and center
The Clear Creek Amana School Board unanimously approves a 4,800 square foot alternative high school and community learning center to be built near the high school in Tiffin. The district has 800,000 available from a bond issue and a Vision Iowa grant matched by the district. Architect Kevin Monson of Neumann Monson PC Architects presented the plans.
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Rwerrs Comesponge
Oxford
Clear Creek Amana
Tiffin
Vision Iowa
Kevin Monson
Neumann Monson PC Architects
Iowa City
Tiffin district plans alternative high school building
The district will build a 5,495 square foot alternative high school in Tiffin for up to 45 students with 32 parking spaces and three homerooms around a central great room. It currently runs 25 students in a double wide trailer and considers a wetlands waste water system. A public hearing on roof plans in Amana is set for Feb 20.
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Tiffin
Consid
Amana
Iowa pork queen contests feature scholarships and community ties
Tina, Allison, and Heather balance farm life and public duties as Delaware and Clayton counties crown aspiring pork queens. Winners earn a $2,000 scholarship while touring parades and promoting pork. Relatives advise and support, with ties to ISU and UNI.
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Petunia
Tina
Washington County
ISU
Iowa
England
Allison
Delaware County
Andrea
Rachel
Renee
Shellie Bockenstedt
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