Three Thousand Dollars Collected For Andre Benefit
Over three thousand dollars was raised at the Karl Andre Benefit Wrestling Tournament at Graettinger Community School. Donations came by mail and at the door plus a volunteer lunch stand. Karl attended in a wheel chair with a body cast, inspiring supporters as friends signed his cast and family noted medical progress.
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Karl Andre
Graettinger
Andre
Terril
Terril-Ruthven
Haggard
The
Times
Karl
Rochester
Minnesota
Berneice Masters
Madelyn Andre
the Times
Spirit Lake
Milo Lammers
Ruth Lammers
Bernice Masters
Karl Andre Fund
Iowa
Jacobsen Named Betty Crocker Winner Here
Sue L. Jacobsen of Graettinger has been named Graettinger 1975 76 Betty Crocker Family Leader of Tomorrow after a Dec 2 written knowledge and attitude exam. She earns a state scholarship and advances toward national honors with a $1,500 college award for the state winner and a $500 grant for second. The state winner also wins The Annals of America for her school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue L. Jacobsen
Graettinger
Betty Crocker
Sue Jacobsen
General Mills
Lowell Jacobsen
Annals of America
Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation
Washington, D.C
Local Teachers Accept New Contract 202
Tentative approval reached by Graettinger School Board and teachers union for next fiscal year. Base salary rises 6.25 percent to 8500, effective July 1, 1976, pending master contract acceptance. Union ratified 62 to 20. Board sets special meeting for January 22 at 4 p.m. Includes leave package and evaluation procedures, staff reduction by ability and seniority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger School
Don Pettingell
Teachers Association
Mobile Office Visit Planned For Graettinger and Wallingford
Berkley Bedell's Mobile Office will debut in Graettinger on Monday February 2 meeting from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with Rodney Halvorson from the Fort Dodge office. That day it will also stop in Wallingford from 3 to 5 p.m. Exact locations will be announced later. The plan highlights three field offices per district, plus a mobile option to reach constituents. A separate January 26 session at Terminal Cooperative meeting room in Graettinger will discuss the economics of conservation with Adult Farmer Classes participants.
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William Zmolek
Whittemore Country Club
Zmolek
Iowa State University
Gene Rouse
John B. Herrick
Wittemore Country Club
Palo Alto County
Berkley Bedell
Graettinger
Bedell
Fort Dodge
Rodney Halvorson
Wallingford
Sioux City
Chuck Moser
Gracttinger School
Terminal Cooperative Meeting Room
Bates Injured in Sledding Accident Near Graettinger
Randy Bates, a Graettinger seventh grader, was hurt Sunday when he fell from a sled and struck a tree. He was treated for bruises and sprains at Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg and remained there until Wednesday. his family spokesman said he is now in fine condition.
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Randy Bates
Graettinger
Times
Bates
Palo Alto County Hospital
Emmetsburg
Jim Bates
Graettinger Community School
Mankato Students Land High Honor List
Deborah Jo Reynolds and 250 other students at Mankato State University earned High Honor status for the fall quarter. Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Reynolds, achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA at the state university.
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Deborah Jo Reynolds
Graettinger
Mankato State University
Deborah
William Reynolds
Mankato
Third Graettinger Community Apartment Project Planned
Construction will begin this spring on a third Graettinger Community Apartment four-plex for senior citizens. The building will be square with two units on each side, located between the two existing structures north of the Graettinger pool. A bid letting is set for Feb 10 at 1 a.m. at the Graettinger Senior Citizen Center, with one contract covering general construction plus electrical and mechanical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger Community
Graettinger
Thomas Thomson
Graettinger Community Apartments, Inc
John Poland
Otto Rietz
Lloyd C. Petersen
Haakon Thoreson
Thomas Thomsen
Carter Leads County in Monday Night Democratic Caucuses
Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter led Palo Alto County in Monday precinct caucuses with 63 votes, ahead of Birch Bayh with 55 and Humphrey with 19. Carter won the most pledged delegates for the March 6 county convention, while Bayh and others secured several. Walnut Township split evenly between Carter and Bayh and sent a Carter-leaning delegation after a coin flip.
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Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Palo Alto County
Carter
Birch Bayh
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lown
Harris
Shriver
Udall
Walnut Township
Graettinger City
Bayh
Emmetsburg
Carter Group
Diane Miner
Donald Graettinger
Chris Petersen
Tom Millen
Lloyd C. Petersen
Salome Currans
Patricia Duhn
Francis Warren
John Carney
John de Vries
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Kathy Edwards
Teri Schang
Mary Westergard
Terri Hanson
Dan Voigt
Jacobsen
Graetfinger
Assumption Parish
Margaret Lambe
Henry Thiel
Francis E. Warren
Mildred C. Warren
Donald E. Graettinger
Russell Peterson
Eugene Leonard
Bruce Schang
Kevin Hanson
Rick Hanson
Democratic Central Committee
Democratic County
Dave Brown
Robert Prather
Palo Alto
Prather
Margaret Johnson
Francis Schealler
Doris Schealler
Loretta Spies
Stena Norris
United States Air Force
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