Boating Safety Class Offered by Coast Guard Auxiliary
The Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer a Boating Safety Class starting Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the REC building 999 35th St Marion. Sessions run weekly through May 10 with a small textbook fee. pre registration not needed. Francis McGurk handles details at 364-0709. The Iowa State Boating Course partners with the class covering boat handling legal requirements rules of the road navigation aids marine engines and radio communications.
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Coast Guard
Bald eagle blind in trap flies again after surgery
An adult bald eagle captured in a fox trap near the Nishnabotna River north of Harlan was treated at DeSoto Refuge and the University of Minnesota, then rehabilitated and released with a radio transmitter. Trap violators Andersen and Miller paid a $326 fine, as authorities note illegal exposed bait endangers soaring birds.
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Harlan
Nishnabotna River
Richard Johnson
Missouri Valley
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
Johnson
Andersen
Miller
Walter Kocal
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Mississippi River
Carter Named Artist of the Year for Wetlands of Iowa
Cedar Falls artist Tom Carter is named artist of the year by Wetlands for Iowa an Iowa National Heritage Foundation group He will headline the Wetlands Classic May 7 at the Wakonda Club Des Moines with dinner art demo and auction Tickets 160 per couple 130 per person include a year membership prints donated by Carter and a fundraiser for Wetlands for Iowa Prints will also be sold through the year Carter previously drew the 1984 trout stamp and has shown at the UNI-Dome Cedar Falls career includes a sign business and wildlife painting success
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Jim Mayer
Tom Carter
Cedar Falls
Iowa National Heritage Foundation
Wetlands For
Iowa
Wakonda Club
Des Moines
Carter
Ben van Gundy
the Gazette
Wetlands
Fisherman Bob Jensen Urges Smart Walleyes Tactics at Show
At the 13th Annual Sports Boats RV and Vacation show in Cedar Falls, Bob Jensen advised anglers to not chase crowds but seek productive spots for walleyes. He discussed early spring feeding near creek mouths and dam areas, the value of jig lures like Lip-Stick and bullethead jigs, color tips, scent usage, and timing, while noting Jensen’s Iowa roots and varied fishing career.
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Dick Hach
Cedar Rapids
Warren Wain
Amana
Cedar River
Rea Dam
Hach
Bob Jensen
Un-Dome
Cedar Falls
Jensen
Sheffield-Chapin High School
Dougherty
Iowa
Na Lake
Mason City
Brainerd
Minn
Rochester
Camp Fish
Erie
Guard team wins governor's rifle match at Camp Dodge
The 234th Signal Battalion Iowa National Guard based in Cedar Rapids won the Governor's Trophy Match at Camp Dodge near Des Moines. Four-man teams include two guardsmen and two local youths. members Haugsted Howden Bunge and Merritt led the winning squad with a team score of 1358.
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Oy We 234Th Signal Battalion
Iowa National Guard
Cedar Rapids
Dodge
Des Moines
Jason Bunge
Jefferson High
David Hovden
Kennedy High
Jason
Allen
Sunge
Senunie Ave
David
Dale Hovden
Towne House
David Haugsted
Ely
Jerry Merritt
Springville
Jim Hopkins
Bunge
Howden
Izaak Walton League
Linn County
Iowa
Camp Perry
Ohio
Rex Fritts
Haugsted
Merritt
Hunter safety classes listed for Iowa City and Newton
Hunter safety courses for residents born after January 1 1967 are required for licenses. Iowa City sessions run April 8 7 to 10 pm and April 9 8 am to 4 pm at the Johnson County Izaak Walton League. Newton sessions run Monday Tuesday 6 to 9 30 pm and Wednesday 5 30 to 9 30 pm at the Izaak Walton League. Contact numbers provided. Also notes 1988 Quimby's Boating Guide issued by The Waterways Journal. edited after Mildred Quimby’s death. harbor listings for several rivers included.
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Iowa City
Newton
Iowa
Johnson County
Izaak Walton League
James H. Smith
Quimby
Mildred Quimby
McGregor
Prairie du Chien
The
Waterways Journal
Fourth St
St. Louis
Fifth Annual Iowa Taxidermists Show and Competition
The Iowa Taxidermists Association will hold its Fifth Annual Show and Competition Friday through Sunday at the Iowa Sports and Vacation Show in Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines. Notables include Joe Meder Gary Bowen Kent Reedy and Rick Stevens with out of state entries from Illinois Arkansas and Ohio. Tickets cost 11.45 including shipping.
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Iowa Taxidermists Association
Iowa
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Des Moines
Clark Hays
Mount Pleasant
Taxidermists
Joe Meder
Solon
Gary Bowen
Cedar Rapids
Kent Reedy
Davenport
Rick Stevens
Ottumwa
Hays
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Lazette Photo
Jim Maye
Bald Eagle
City Center
Days Inn
Minnesota
Ron
al Lindner
Iowan
In-Fisherman Magazine
Canada
Hawkeye State
Gazette Phot
C.R
And
Bob Hill
Mark Zirkelbach
Center Junction
Humboldt
Ilinois
Arkansas
Minnesota Department of Natural Resource
Lafayette Rd
St Paul
Rathbun
Lake Rathbun
Towa
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Hayward
Wis
Bobby Cammack II
John Kopehike Jr
Yankton Site
Bass Anglers Sportsman Society
BASS
Lewis and Clark Reservoir
Yankton, S.D
South Dakota
Bass Federation
DELCO
Lweestty
Oles
First Avenue
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