Gettysburg College to unveil sculpture for sesquicentennial
Gettysburg College has received a 22000 Art in Public Places Grant from the NEA to fund a commemorative sculpture for its 150th anniversary. Contemporary sculptor Martin Puryear was selected from 15 candidates by a college panel to create the piece and will guide its development as a symbol of the college’s heritage and arts commitment.
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Gettysburg College
National Endowment for the Arts
NEA
Martin Puryear
Julie Brown
Hudson River Museum
Yonkers
N.Y
Alan Paulson
David Pease
Tyler School of Art
Temple University
nec Puryear
Puryear
Jonathan Crary
C.A.P.S
New York Creative Artists Public Service
Change, Inc
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Institute for Art and Urban Resources
P.S. 1
Long Island City
Saratoga Springs
Scandinavian-American Foundation
University of Maryland
Concoran Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C
Fisk University
Nashville
Tenn
Grana Palletten
Stockholm
Sweden
Henri Gallery
Washington D.C
Joslyn Museum of Art
Omaha
Neb
Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago
Protetch-McIntosh
Young Hoffman
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York City
Baltimore Museum of Art
Sol
Mets Acquire Foster Slugger George Foster Five Year Contract
George Foster has agreed to a five year eight and a half million dollar contract to join the New York Mets with formal signing expected later in the week. The report notes related international and political context and other sports and weather items on the page.
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METS
FOSTER
George Foster
New York Mets
Erdahl to speak at Lincoln Day dinner in York Springs
U S Representative Arlen Erdahl from Minnesota will address the annual Lincoln Day dinner at 6 30 p m Wednesday at the York Springs Fire Company Community Building The event is sponsored by the Adams County Council of Republican Women to mark the birthday of Abraham Lincoln Erdahl grew up on a Blue Earth farm and has held public service roles in Minnesota including state legislator secretary of state and Public Service Commission commissioner His career spans service in the U S Army and education at St Olaf College and Harvard University
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U.S
Arlen Erdahl
R-Minn
York Springs Fire Company
U.S. H
William F. Goodling
R-19
Adams County Council of
Republican Women
United States
Erdahl
Blue Earth
Minn
Countians Get 93M Pounds Cheese Distribution Plan
Adams County will receive about 3300 pounds of processed American cheese for needy families but no local distributor has signed yet with the Bureau of Government Donated Foods. Distribution begins mid February with 1.5729 million pounds allocated to Pennsylvania and local sites to be announced February 12.
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Adams County
Bureau of Government
Penrose Hallowell
Hallowell
bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
allowell
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
USDA
Reagan
Bureau of Government Donated Foods
Bureau law
eir
Adams County second in state for alcohol accidents
Adams County dropped from first to second in statewide alcohol related traffic crashes in 1981, per Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse data shared at a Christ Lutheran Church seminar. Speakers highlighted teen drinking, auto fatalities, and rising cocaine use among youths.
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Adams County
Pennsylvania
Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Christ Lutheran Church
Carol Dundon
Mary Stevenson
Dundon
Closing of St. Joseph’s School Ends Local Faith Education
In Bonneauville the parochial elementary school will close after June 1981. Sisters of St Joseph cited dwindling vocations and three full time teachers for a small 110-student enrollment. Parents and parishioners fought to keep the school, but the decision stood despite appeals during a pastor led meeting.
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Anne Leonard
Sisters of St. Joseph
Paul Rindos
Bonneauville
Sisters of St Joseph
Water levels still lag as rains fail to reach prior highs
Adams County water-watchers warn ground water remains far below pre 1980 drought levels despite rains lifting supplies elsewhere Soil Conservation Service official Raymond J Voyer Jr notes frozen ground prevents infiltration and rapid melting could push water straight to streams Emmitsburg Maryland reports improved supply with reservoir full and ban lifted while planners caution surface runoff offers only temporary relief and deep aquifer recovery remains slow
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Raymond J. Voyer Jr
the
Soil Conservation Service
Voyer
Emmitsburg
Lanny E. Mummers
Norman Flax
Adams County
John “Tim” Callenbach
Callenbach
eally
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Lunn Gallery
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