Acres Fair Rebound Noted In Manchester Area
Lawrence Werner, 45, farms 220 acres five miles southwest of Manchester, farrowing 75 to 90 sows annually for feeders and finishing hogs. He exited the dairy business last winter. With wife Inez, they raise six children Dan 20 Iowa State student Ames Dave 19 University of Iowa student Iowa City Bob 17 senior West Delaware Barbara 15 sophomore in high school.
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Iowa City
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Fair board member reflects on winds, fairs, and policy
A longtime fair board member and former Pork Producers president discusses windstorm and fire damage to barns, a major fundraising drive, and the fair’s rebound. He praises Jimmy Carter’s centrist approach, weighs Bergland’s corn forecast at about 1.70 per bushel, and notes nitrite labeling concerns and turkey ham tastes.
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Farm Bureau
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Middle East
U.S. Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Earl Butz
Bergland
Butz
Senate
Dick Clark
Diona
Roger Jepsen
Students to have day off for interdistrict inservice
Marion and Linn-Mar districts cancel classes Monday as teachers from Linn-Mar Marion College Community and Linn-Mar join for a joint inservice day at the junior and senior high schools.
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Marion Independent School Districts
Week at Marion Center Includes Classes and Workshops
Upcoming events at Marion Community Center feature art classes Saturday 8 45 a m dance workshop with Don Spurgeon Sunday at 2 p m high school completion sessions Monday 9 a m and 6 p m through the week with classes Tuesday 9 a m 6 p m and Rapids Squares Clover Leaf Squares at 7 p m Wednesday 9 a m 6 p m Head Start Food Stamps sign-up 9 a m Preschool art 10 a m Thursday 9 a m and 6 p m High school completion IMPACT meeting 7 p m Danish Club and Gary Clark dance class at 7 30 p m Friday Head Start 9 a m Senior citizen activities to be listed on Growing Order page 40 in Sunday’s Gazette.
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Don Spurgeon Dance
Gary Clark
No mail Monday at Marion post office Columbus Day
Postmaster B J Mullaley announces the Marion post office will follow a holiday mail schedule on Monday in observance of Columbus Day. There will be no regular mail delivery or lobby window service, but special delivery and curbside box service will operate with mail pickups from all residential boxes. Normal service resumes Tuesday.
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B.J. Mullaley
Lucken Realtors Seek Homes in Marion for Buyers
Marion brief notes Lucken Realtors aim to locate two Marion homes priced between 20000 and 40000 with assumable loans or low down payments for buyers. Also mentions curbside newspapers by 10 a.m. and a Park Board meeting at 5 p.m. Monday with condolences from the Greene family for Willadene Greene.
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