Volunteers are Great at Greene Elementary School
Dave Else notes a fall pilot volunteer program at Greene Elementary shows terrific results. Teachers report beneficial effects on students and urge continuation and expansion. No age or education barriers beyond a desire to help kids under teacher supervision. Volunteers assist in the classroom library displays clerical tasks and material prep.
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Dave Else
Greene
Dave Esse
Greene farmer sees two sets of twins born in one year
The George Menkens of Greene reported a ewe delivered twins twice in the same year. The first litter, born in March, were both bucks, while the second litter, born in late December, were both ewes. Recorder Photo.
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George Menkens
Greene
New Congress Opens With Energy and Economy Focus
Senator Dick Clark outlines the new Congress priorities as energy conservation dominates the agenda alongside economic reform. Proposals include rationing, gasoline taxes, tariffs, price controls, and expanded voluntary efforts, with tax reform and relief for low and middle income Americans likely.
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Dick Clark
Congress
United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congressional
Public Service
Land Use Policy details in Iowa bill debates Part IV
Phyllis Ne discusses factors shaping land use policy with input from Philip Hufford and Diane Brandt. The piece surveys regulatory burdens, compensation for losers, production impacts, feasibility limits, and citizen participation as Iowa may move toward a state land use policy commission with public hearings and authority over Areas of State Concern.
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Phyllis Ne
Philip Hufford
Waterloo
Hufferd
Grassley rose from UNI student leader to U.S. congressman
Charles Grassley, a UNI graduate and former Iowa House member, won a seat in the U.S. Congress after a long political rise. He balanced farming and factory work through college, earned two UNI degrees, and built a reputation as a fiscal conservative who spoke his mind while maintaining ties to Iowa and UNI influences.
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Charles Grassley
UNI
Chuck Grassley
Iowa House of Representatives
U.S. Congress
Towa
Grassley
Lan Froyen
New Hartford
Bath Packing Company
George Robinson
Erma Plaehn
Leland Sage
Supreme Court
Iowa
H.R. Gross
Grass
Barbara Ann
Wendy
Washington
Newsletter from Sen. Burroughs
Newsletter from Senator Burroughs notes a long session as Democrats caucus over leadership aides and proposed staffing. It explains income tax check off to fund parties and urges voters to register ten days before elections under Iowa law. Cliff Burroughs is identified as the state senator.
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Sixty-sixth
General Assembly
Iowa
Cliff Burroughs
Iowa land use bill outlines regional planning and permits
The draft Iowa bill defines major facilities including energy generation and mining, requires permits for confined livestock feeding operations, and creates state funded county land use policy commissions with 9 to 15 members. Commissions prepare integrated county plans, review city and district regulations, and can transfer planning to regional or state bodies with appeals to the state commission and direct court access for aggrieved parties.
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Iowa
County Board of Supervisors
Soil Conservation District
State Commission
Counts
Butler County Soil Survey Progress Update
Butler County soil survey advances with 135000 acres mapped or about 40 percent completed. Russ Buckner Dave Preloger and John Lucassen of the Soil Conservation Service in Allison Iowa lead field work and mapping using probes soil profiles and aerial photos for land use planning taxation and road engineering.
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Russ Buckner
Dave Preloger
John Lucassen
Butler County
Soil Conservation Service
Allison
Iowa
Soil Conservation District
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
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