Enrollment Doubled but Central City Drops Vo Ag
Central City school board discontinued the high school vocational agriculture program in July despite a record spring enrollment of 80 in agriculture. Officials cite shifting to a modified block scheduling and budget considerations while maintaining related biology and ecology courses. Controversy arose as residents protest the cut. PTA meeting planned September 8.
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Central City School Board
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Northwest Town Vocational-Technical School
Sheldon
Max Hedmond
Animal Science
Future Farmers of America
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Redmond
Schol Board
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Land Redmond
Parent Teachers Association
Cedar County Cattle Tour Plans Eight Farm Stops
Eight farm stops are set on the Cedar County beef tour Tuesday starting at 9 am at the BU Lilienthal farm near Durant. Stops include the Allen Lilienthal and Alvin Lilienthal farms, a sorghum variety plot, Albert Luienthal, Herbal Pitzer, a lunch program at noon, Wayne Tank, Delmar Klahn, and Carl Ploen with times from 9:30 am to 2:15 pm.
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Cedar County
BU Lilienthal
Durant Interstate 80
Allen Lilienthal Farm
Alvin Lilienthal
Kenneth Fry
Albert Duilienthal
Kenneth Leech
Wayne Tank
Delmar Klahn
Carl Ploen
French Start Communal Farms in Burgundy Pig Project
Washington AP reports France is expanding communal farming to attract youth. About 2,000 communes operate under a 1962 law seeking efficiency via larger units. A Burgundy village plans a 740 acre pig farm with a 3,000 hog annual output and yearly general assembly.
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Washington
Foreign
Agriculture Service
Burgundy
FAS
General Assembly
Governors Form New Group To Lobby for Rural Areas
Bernard Breener reports from Washington that eight former governors from both parties sit on the proposed coalition for rural America. The group aims to influence public policy to develop rural regions, without backing candidates. A Sept meeting will decide if the venture launches as a lobbying body, with possible memberships and grants from business and labor groups.
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Norbert T. Tiemann
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
William FE. Scrantor
Walter J. Hickel
Alaska
Propord Group
Poth Rural
Breathitt
Tiemann
Congress
America
Browing
Commuters Back-to-Farm Movement Proposed by Nixon Era
Washington report discusses a back-to-the-farm push with Nixon urging rural life appeal. Agriculture data show a 6.2 percent farm-population drop, prompting calls for shifting programs and even a Farm Belt subway to curb urban migration.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Agriculture Department
U.S
Scientist Uses Rove Beetle To Control Flies
An Iowa State extension entomologist Harold Stockdale released rove beetles on Vernon Owens pasture near Anamosa to target the face fly pupa. He plans more releases and a study next year on spread and effectiveness, noting this biocontrol is the first in Iowa and origins trace to France.
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Towa State University Extension
Harold Stockdale
Vernon Owens
Stockdale
Iowa State
Iowa
France
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U Laboratory
Lincoln
Neb
Agriculture Department
Owens Farm
Nebraska
Montana
Sockdale
Europe
Weather outlook shows above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation
The National Weather Service outlook issued Wednesday indicates the town can expect above average temperatures and below average rainfall for most of the next 30 days, shaping local planning and activities.
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