Year of extremes in Chippewa County 1982 weather noted
UW Extension agent Cal Kraemer recalls a year of bitter cold and heavy rainfall across Chippewa County in 1982. He cites January lows below zero, a severe drought in summer, and persistent fall and early winter wet conditions that hindered crops and caused widespread crop losses including corn and kidney beans.
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Chippawa
Cal Kraemer
Chippewa County
Fehill
Chipewa
Wheaton
Hallie
Dayton Reed
Dr Happ Honored For Volunteer Work In Trempealeau County
Dr Stafford Happ a retired geologist from Oxford Mississippi received one of two Outstanding Service Awards from the Wisconsin Association of Conservation Districts at their annual meeting. The award recognized his summers locating resurveying and reestablishing 44 cross sections along Beaver Creek in Trempealeau County originally set in 1939. Happ born 1905 in Sparrowbush New York earned a BA from Marietta College and a PhD in geology from Ohio University. He led 17 valley sediment surveys from 1935 to 1943 and renewed four resurveys including Beaver Creek during recent summers while residing near Galesville and Oxford.
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Stafford Happ
Oxford
Miss
Wisconsin Association of Conservation Districts
Beaver Creek
Trempealeau County
Dr. Happ
Sparrowbush
New York
Marietta College
Ohio
O Kio University
Happ
Galesville
Beaver Creek Valley
Trempealeau County Land Conservation Committee
Eau Claire Jaycees seek Outstanding Young Farmer applicants
Jan 19 deadline set for Eau Claire County farmers aged 18 to 35 to apply for the Outstanding Young Farmer contest. Judges will consider career progress, soil and water conservation, and community contributions. Contact Rod Nicholson at 835-4070 or 835-0425, 5314 Early Drive, Eau Claire, for details.
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Eau Claire Jaycees
Eau Claire County
Rod Nicholson
The
Jaycees
Eau Claire
Eau Claire Civic Center
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State Senate
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Wisconsin
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Vernon County
Galena Creek
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