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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1979

Page

16

Four-H Delegates Named From Gazette Region

Eight 4-H youths from The Gazette area earned state awards and will join 31 Iowa winners as delegates to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago November 25 to 29. Linn County leads with three state winners including Sharon Atwood, Brad Butler, Kathleen Halstead, Lisa Kehrli, Carolyn Monaghan, Mashall Moore, Jane Ann Siggelkow, and Luann Timm, for achievements in consumer education horse production food conservation and safety achievement photography leadership conservation and public speaking.

Gazette Chicago Linn County Gazette Area Sharon Atwood Sigourney Arley Atwood Brad Butler Cedar Rapids Burton Butler Butler Kathleen Halstead West Union George W. Halstead Cellence Des Moines Lisa Kehrli Ryan Marcus Kehrli Delaware County Carolyn Monaghan Manchester Donald Monaghan Mashall Moore Springville Janine Moore International Farm Youth Exchange France Jane Ann Siggelkow Fairbank Wayne Siggelkow Luann Timm Marion Darrell L. Timm Merous Linn Monaghan Halstead Fayette County Timm Moore Siggelkow Neal Rathbun Independence Susan Levi Arlington Rathbun DeKalb Ag Levi

Soil judging contest engages 70 students near Tipton

Soil judges from four schools tested soil on the Rick Shumaker farm southeast of Tipton with experts, scoring by how closely descriptions matched. The Cedar County Soil District has hosted the annual contest for 28 years drawing about 70 vocational agriculture students and highlighting 4-H leaders and potential national award contenders from the Gazette area.

Rick Shumaker Tipton Cedar County

Gasohol study cited to support expanded use by lawmakers

Two farm belt congressmen claim a congressional Office of Technology Assessment report backs gasohol. It says gasohol can cut gasoline use, with production potentially supplying large energy, though near-term output remains small. They note subsidies and policy questions but expect gasohol to stay competitive.

Washington Berkley Bedell Iowa Congressional Office of Technology Assessment Bedell Dan Glickman D-Kan Congressional Gasphol Caucus Glickman

Auctions in Iowa: multiple sales listed this October

Saturday Oct 13 sale at noon featuring Holsteins and machinery by Annie Cross one mile south of Urbana with a pre-sale at 9 30 a m by John B Maxey four miles south of Amana exit on I 80. Sunday Oct 14 auction at 12 30 p m antiques and machinery by Bob Theel three miles southwest of Strawberry Point. Saturday Oct 20 sale at noon antiques and machinery by Terry Tull five miles south of Center Point. Tuesday Oct 23 auction at 1 p m covers 200 acres by Carlin Blake two miles west of Strawberry Point.

Annie Cross Urbana John B. Maxey Amana I-80 Mach Bob Theel Strawberry Point Terry Tull Center Point Carlin Blake

Bergland to address grain shipping at central Iowa meeting

Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland will discuss grain shipping problems at a 3 p.m. Saturday meeting with central Iowa elevator operators in Madrid, then attend a Harkin fund-raiser in Creston. He will tour Ames Veterinary Services Laboratory and ISU Ag 450 farm with a solar grain drying system.

Des Moines Bob Bergland Iowa U.S Tom Harkin D-Iowa Farmers Cooperative Elevator Madrid Bergland Harkin Creston Agriculture Department Veterinary Services Laboratory Ames Iowa State Ag 450

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