Land preservation debate in Linn County heats up
At the Linn County Temporary Land Preservation Commission hearing the question of administering the program dominated the discussion. Debates focused on elected versus appointed control, impact on farmers freedom, and linking to the Regional Planning Commission. A straw vote favored an appointed board 13 to 5 amid warnings about bureaucratic expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
David Booth
Alburnett
Soil District
Dennis Sejkora
Marion
Land Preservation Commission
Carter
Oxley, Phillips
Bert Roseberry
Center Point
Jean Stoner
Mount Vernon
Regional Planning Commission
Paul Huber
Huber
Oxley
Robert Liebe
Booth
Don Haughenburg
Liebe
Land Commission
Mary Lou Pazour
Electronics
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
East Orange Road
Waterloo
Clayton County
Rural Electric Cooperative
Postville
Scott County
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Walcott
Iowa meeting and fair notices across counties
A dense list of gatherings across Iowa counties includes a 9:30 a.m. hearing on meat labeling at the Civic Auditorium Omaha. Other items: fertilizer dealers in Vinton, 4-H basketball in Davenport, Good Friday office closures, and various Extension events in Iowa City Cedar Rapids Tipton Ames and Decorah. Some events run March 28–30, and lamb and ram shows note entry deadlines.
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Civic Auditorium
Assembly Hall
17Th Street
Capitol Avenue
Omaha
Benton County
Apple Inn
Vinton
Scott County
Pleasant Valley High School
Davenport
Johnson County
Home Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Montgomery Hall
Fairground
Iowa City
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Chamber Ag Bureau
Bishop
Cedar Rapids
Donald Kennedy
the Food and Drug Administration
Farm Digest
Iowa Public Television
Cedar County Cattlemen’s Association
Cedar County Fairground
Tipton
Iowa Ram Testing Association
Fred Brueck
Ames
Wayne Skartvedt
Radcliffe
Albert Lea
Minn
Ed Czerwien
P.O. Box
Lush Auditorium
Kildee Hall
Iowa State University
Hawkeye Downs Shorthorn Sale Tops $1,400 With Bulls, Heifers
The high selling bull brought $1,435 sold by Robert Raisbeck of Lancaster to Robert Cousins of Olin. Champion female sold for $505 to Lawrence Wood of Maquoketa. Bulls averaged $690 heifers $365 cows $447. Officers named Otis Rothlisberger, Gary Brent, and David Luett. Next year’s sale set for March 17 with a joint picnic near Lancaster.
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Hawkeye Downs
Robert Raisbeck
Lancaster
Wis
Robert Cousins
Olin
Raisbeck
Lawrence Wood
Maquoketa
Jack Calk
South Beloit
Ill
Gordon Marti
Luana
E. W. Maurer
Son
Fayette
Gary Maurer
Aurora
Hawkeye Downs Shorthorn Association
Otis Rothlisberger
Elgin
Gary Brent
Calamus
David Luett
St. Patrick’s Day
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Cedar Rapids Gaz
al Swegle Gazette
Delaware County
Farm Bureau
Manchester
Duane Sandage
Town Road
Starry Elementary
State Farm Bureau
Ray Forsythe
Des Moines
Linn County Farm Bureau
Cedar County
Elkader
County Land Preservation Policy Commission
Via
Fayette County
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Covergarceer
Ene SS
Model
GE Electric
Goodyear
Allegro
Custo Care
Bob Shimon
2Nd Ave
Westside
Gary Barmore
Williams Blvd
East Edge
7Th Ave
Mon
Nellie Streigle
OL Vea Country Stores
Bossy
Brickle
Dairy Maid
First Ave
Center Pt
Edgewood Rd
Sixth St
Mt. Vernon Rd
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