Camping offers cool relief across Iowa parks and campgrounds
The article highlights camping at Coralville Lake Pinicon Ridge and other area parks as a summer retreat from heat. It notes shade, breezes, electrical sites, and frequent beach visits at Coralville MacBride Kent Rodgers Backbone Darling Rock Creek Pleasant Creek, with Pikes Peak also busy and offering shade despite no beach. Campsites with power are popular though not all fill nightly, and tenters are increasingly common.
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Coralville Lake
Lucy
Geyford Bowers
Mount Vernon
Pinicon Ridge County
Central City
Wapsipinicon
Pinicon
Plains
Bowers
Connie
Terry Ronald
Marion
Terry
Coralville
Macbride
Kent
Rodgers
Backbone
Darling
Rock Creek
Pleasant Creek
Pikes Peak State Park
Mississippi River
McGregor
Jim Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Lasson Camping Club invites visitors to join monthly trips
Lucy Bowers of Mount Vernon leads the Lasson Camping Club with 83 camping unit members. The group meets third weekend trips March through October, camps at Shady Hills in July and Walnut Acres in August, and hosts potlucks and games. Membership is $10 annually. visitors welcome. call 895-8313.
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Lucy
Gaylord Bowers
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Lucy Bowers
Lasson Camping Club
Shady Hills
Tama
Walnut Acres
Monticello
Bowers
Gaylord
Iowa does not oppose September duck season cancellation
The 1988 duck season outlook worsens as the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposes canceling or restricting September seasons in 20 states including Iowa. Final decisions due July 18 could trigger broader hunting cuts with a 30 day or shorter regular season and two mallard drake daily limits.
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Jim Mayer
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Iowa
Great Plains
United States
Canada
Frank Dunkle
Alabama
Arkansas
Indiana
Illinois
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Texas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Mexico
Florida
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Richard Bishop
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Fish and Wildlife Service
Bishop
The
Gazette
Dunkle
Federal Service
Coralville Lake hosts multiple evening programs this weekend
Coralville events list shows several film screenings and guided talks. At Sugar Bottom and West Overlook locations, films including The Lorax and The Black Box are shown at 9 p.m. with times for Sunday and a 2 p.m. matinee of The Lorax. Coralville Lake Ranger leads a Muppet Review at the Visitor Center.
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Heip Woodsy
Sugar Bottom
Coralville Lake
West Overlook
Water lowered at Odessa WAPELLO to expose mud flats
Lake Odessa will drop water by one foot starting Tuesday to reveal mud flats for plant growth and millet seeding to provide duck food. The management aims to support local wildlife and future harvests.
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Wapello
Lake Odessa
Governors Sign Up for 1952 Mississippi River Fishing Tournament
Rumors swirl about wagers between Gov. Terry Branstad and Gov. Tommy Thompson as they assemble 12 anglers each for the 1952 Mississippi River Fishing Tournament in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. The event includes two fish fry lunches and a 4 30 pm weigh in at Lawler Park followed by a banquet.
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Terry Branstad
Wisconsin
Tommy Thompson
Branstad
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Lloyd McClain
West Post Rd
Cedar Rapids Bass Masters
Lawher Park
McGregor
Lawler Park
Barn
Iowa
Larry Wilson
Iowa Department of Natural
Dom Cammey
Clark McLeod
Cedar Rapids
MicDonald
Dubuque
John E. Tyrrell
Manchester
Marvin Chevalier
Postville
Donald Avenson
Oelwein
Roger Halvorson
Monona
Robyn Denning
Bob DeCook
Guttenberg
Ross Harrison
DNR
Babe Winkleman
al Lindner
Roland Martin
Morgan and Bunge Triumph in Rifle Events
Morgan and Bunge scored 778 with 14 Xs out of 800 to win the match on June 12. The following weekend Bunge won the Iowa State Service Rifle Match in Van Meter with 775 and 20 Xs. Bunge, age 16, won the Iowa junior division at Oak Hills as part of the Sam Canny Chapter Izaak Walton League rifle program.
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Iowa
van Meter
Bunge
Oak Hills
Sam Canny
Izaak Walton
Cedar Rapids Bass Masters June Tournament Winners
John Martinson and Chuck Marshall win with 25.39 pounds on the Mississippi at Gutten berg Cedar Rapids club members total 150 fish averaging 1.5 pounds Marshall claims the big bass at 3.66 pounds. Close second to fourth places include Karasek Sindelar 22.88 Bittetow LeGrand 22.27 Ballinger Heath 21.22. A separate note reports Lloyd Aller catching a 12 pound northern pike during a Canada trip with three Cedar Rapids sons joining their dads for a Father’s Day fishing excursion.
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John Martinson
Chuck Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
Guttenberg
Marshall
Brett Karasek
Dave Sindelar
Doug Bittetow
Ray LeGrand
Stu Ballinger
Dennis Heath
Lloyd Aller
Birch Lake Lodge
Canada
Red Lake
Jack Evans
Tom Aller
John Ehrhart
Robert Evans
Early
Martello
John J. Ehrhart
Quincy
Ill
Otter Creek hosts 12th annual Fourth of July trapshoot
Otter Creek Sportsmen's Gun Club opens its 12th annual Fourth of July invitational trapshoot at 9:30 am with a 16-yard marathon at the club grounds northwest of Hiawatha. Sunday features singles, handicap and doubles, plus a steak fry. Monday offers Budweiser 100-target handicap with 1000 dollar first prize, 600 second, 400 third.
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Otter Creek Sportsmen’s Gun Club
Hiawatha
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Kathy Atkinson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Quent
Comme
Terry Ronard
Pinicon Ridge County Park
Lowa
Coleman
3Rd Ave
Iowa City
S. Riverside
Morgan
EPA
Ford
1St Ave
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