McCall wins at State Fair and showmanship honors
Des Moines reports McCall of Harlan Community High School to the lightweight champion in the WoAg FFA Market Lamb show at the Iowa State Fair on Aug 14. He also captured the overall market sheep showmanship title and a breeding sheep showmanship award. John Woltman of Walnut is among the other market sheep showmanship winners.
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Mike McCall
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Harlan Community High School
McCall
John Woltman
Walnut
Mark Maxwell
Harlan
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Maxwell
Shelby County
Baptist Memorial Home
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Southwest Iowa group receives $2000 for regional plan
Iowa West Racing Association grants $2000 to the Southwest Iowa Regional Coordinating Council to prepare an economic development plan for the region. The council, formed a year ago with 27 representatives from seven counties, aims to use Iowa Lottery profits to fund development programs. Members include Leo Hough of Harlan, Terry Carley of Avoca, and Lisa Riggs of Elk Horn.
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Iowa West Racing Association
Southwest Iowa
Defiance council approves street project bid
Defiance City Council in a special session heard a proposal from E and H Asphalt Construction for street work. After discussion on cost and maintenance, council voted 3 0 with three members present to approve the bid up to about 10 thousand dollars. work is to begin soon.
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Defiance
E & H Asphalt Construction Company
Schaben
Wageman
Henkelman
Goeser
Gross
E & H Asphalt
Lightfoot Here Aug 30 Benefit Hog Roast Auction
Fifth District Congressman Jim Lightfoot will be guest of honor on Saturday August 30 at a benefit hog roast and auction at the Squealer Test Farm one-fourth mile east of Harlan on Highway 44. Tickets are 7.50 dollars and available by calling People for Lightfoot at 246-3686.
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Squealer Test Farm
Harlan
Highway 44
Lightfoot
Oliver Morris Dies at 73 in Council Bluffs Hospital
Oliver Morris aged 73 of Harlan died Saturday August 16 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. He was a longtime resident of the area and his passing follows a brief illness. He is survived by relatives and friends. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Oliver Morris
Harlan
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Council Bluffs
Persia Days Parade Promotes 4-H Entry Victory
Rambunctious sheep led by Persia Satellites 4-H club disrupted the Saturday procession but the group won judges' top organizational entry honors at the P.I.C. Days celebration in Persia last weekend.
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Persia
P.I.C
Persia Satellites 4-H Club
Poultry Laying Plant to Consider Avoca and Walnut Iowa Sites
An Indiana poultry industry evaluates three Iowa sites in Avoca and Walnut for a three facility project. Each plant would employ about 110 workers with plans to break ground in October 1986 at the first site. The first facility may include a hatchery and officials aim marketing to the west.
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Avoca
Walnut
Indiana
Iowa
Nishnabotna Valley Rural Electric Cooperative
Gary Pool
Iowa Area Development Group
Pool
HMU gas rate cut to save ratepayers $374,717 yearly
Harlan Municipal Utilities announces a 23.01 cent per MCF decrease effective Sept 13, boosting total annual savings since Jan 1, 1985 to $374,717. Johnson reports average home savings of $1.50 to $2 during heating season. Residential, commercial and interruptible classes show specific annual gains, with policy to pass through all gas cost changes.
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Harlan Municipal Utilities
Harold Johnson
HMU
Johnson
Harlan
A Harlan
Municipal Utilities Board of Trustees
Soccer League registration set this week
Harlan Kiwanis Club announces fall registration at Harlan High School and City Hall in August 2021. Sign-ups align with 1986-87 school year. hours 8 am to 4 pm Wednesday and Thursday. Divisions include juniors ages 7-9 and seniors ages 10-13 with six and five teams respectively. Games at J J Jensen Park. fees $5 per participant.
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Harlan Kiwanis
Harlan Community High School
Harlan City Hall
Harlan Community Middle School
Kiwanis
Branstad defends Guard mission to Honduras from critics
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad defended sending 38 members of the Iowa National Guard to Honduras for a two week medical training mission. He said the trip will not contact or aid the Nicaragua contras and aims to boost readiness. Opponents accuse the move of drawing the Guard into Central American politics amid Reagan administration policy. Branstad dismissed protesters as a small, disruptive minority while noting high Guard strength and ongoing missions.
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Dennis Buckley
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Iowa National Guard
Honduras
Reagan
Nicaragua
Branstad
Harlan
Lake Mills
Lowell Jenkins
Iowa City
109Th
Palmerola Air Base
Tegucigalpa
Contral Branstad
Contras
Woodbine
Branstad Cites HONDURAS Trip as Training, Economic Hope
Governor Branstad says the overseas visit will train medical staff under primitive tropical conditions and notes Iowa’s economy showing signs of recovery. He cites tax cuts, incentives, universities as growth engines, tourism boosts, and a stronger business climate, with tripled tourism funds and rising business activity in 1986.
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