Harlan and Walnut Principals Named to Charter Group
Colleen LaPorte of Harlan St. Michael's and Walter Reckerle of Walnut High School are named Fellows of the Southwest Iowa Principal's Academy. They join 16 southwest Iowa principals in a charter program to provide focused training and future participation for all Area 13 administrators.
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Colleen LaPorte
Harlan St. Michael’s School
Walter Reckerle
Walnut High School
Southwest Iowa
Academy
Area 13
Little League registration in Harlan scheduled two Sundays
Little League baseball and girls softball registrations in Harlan set for March 22 and March 29 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants must be eight by Aug. 1, 1987. Registration is 10 dollars per child. Season runs May to July 2 with first four games on Friday nights.
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Harlan
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Ron Rose
Rose
Portsmouth Budget Notice Urges Public Hearing March 2
City of Portsmouth publishes its budget estimate for the year starting July 1 1987 with a tax levy of 5 501 per 1000 on general property and 3.00 on agricultural land Expenditures are proposed at 55 100 a reduction of 19 500 from the prior year City valuations rise from 2 957 073 to 3 052 718 and property tax askings stand 17 000 2 000 above the current budget Public hearing is set for March 2 at 8 p m in city hall
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Portsmouth
City of
Street Scenes Blooming Crocuses Reported in County
A Shelby County woman says she picked a bouquet of pussy willows on February 7. Several reports note crocuses in bloom across the area, signaling early spring growth.
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Shelby County
HMU checks totaling 50000 go to 2100 ratepayers Friday
About 2,100 Harlan Municipal Utilities electric customers will receive refunds totaling $50,000 by mail Friday February 20. The board voted to return unbilled consumption from four accounts, with each refund based on past year usage, excluding past-due accounts. Some checks may be forwarded to moved customers or the state if location is unknown.
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Harlan Municipal Utilities
HMU Board of Trustees
HMU
Harlan
State of
Iowa
Jim Kalal
Harlan Chamber of Commerce
Tribune
Kalal
Louisa
Muscatine
Reward Offered for Road Sign Vandalism in Shelby County
Shelby County Crime Stoppers and county officials announced a 100 reward split 30 from the county and 50 from Crime Stoppers for information leading to arrests in road sign thefts and vandalism. Victims reported spray painting, gunfire, knockdowns and thefts.
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Shelby County
Tom Merritt
Harlan
Merritt
Looft highlights Shelby growth from farmer's idea in 1950s
Dr. Robert Looft of Iowa Western Community College praised Shelby for economic progress while delivering the keynote at SCO’s tenth anniversary banquet. He cited a farmer’s two wheel feed mixers turning into a manufacturing firm employing up to 400, and noted Elkhorn and Council Bluffs successes as signs of local tenacity. He urged residents to map Shelby’s future and connect with regional economic development plans led by the Southwest Iowa Regional Coordinating Council.
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Dennis Buckley
Shelby
Robert Looft
Council Bluffs
Iowa Western Community College
Armstrong
Looft
Shelby Commercial Organization
SCO
Iowa
Elk Horn
Southwest Iowa
Scott
Southwest
Sooft
Iowa Western Community
Food pantry faces shortages as demand rises in Shelby County
Shelby County sees rising unemployment increasing requests to the Shelby County Food Pantry. Board member Dave Koos of the Harlan Optimist Club notes a real need, saying 22 families were served last month versus the usual seven. The board will meet at noon to discuss funds and food shortfalls at the Harlan House Coffee Shop.
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Nelson
Shelby
Crime Stoppers Board
Merritt
Shelby County Crime Stoppers
Harlan
Shelby County
Shelby County Food Pantry
Dave Koos
Harlan Optimist Club
Food Pantry
Koos
Harlan House
Shelby awards honor dozen at SCO banquet in Shelby
The Shelby Commercial Organization presented six awards at its tenth annual banquet on Saturday night February 14, honoring past winners since 1978. New secretary Rev. Stan Nielsen and outgoing president Kathy Jensen led the event, with plaques given to Phyllis Robinson, Eldon Jensen, Eck's Enterprises, Richard Goshorn, the Shelby Development Corporation, and the Shelby EMT crew among others.
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Shelby Commercial Organization
Dean Luxford
Edgar Wahling
Alan Blakestad
New Business
Mel Hursey
Paul Nielsen
George Eble
Walter Hansen
Ron
Donna Pauley
Doug Blumer
Ronald Eggerss
Ruby Brown
Henry Stock
Orville Goshorn
New Busiess
Jim Stadis
LuGene Behrens
Phyllis Robinson
Shelby Emt Crew
Eldon Jensen
Dwight
Ann Eckel
Eck’s Enterprises
Richard Goshorn
Shelby Development Corporation
Shelby
SCO
Stan Nielsen
Kerry Kiesel
Rod and
Margaret Robinson
del Zimmerman
Roger Heilig
Dwight and
Kathy Jensen
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Harlan, Walnut
Little League Registration
Harlane National Bank Notes
Harlan National
Ftoe Bank
Harlan Community High School
Harlan City Hall
Shelby County State Bank
Rick Chipman Farm
Board of Trustees
John Allen
Shelby County Crime Stoppers Board of Directors
Shelby County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Allen
Shelby County Crime Stoppers Organization
Ed Nelson
Southwest Iowa Council
Des Moines
Darlene Eggerss
Todd Skokan
Omaha
FFA
Shelby County Fair
East Pottawattamie County
Michelle Hascall
Jensen
Shelby Commercial
The
Songbusters
Brian Sherman
Shelby, Tennant and
Persia United Methodist Churches
Everette Starner
Shelby Emt
Edna Pike
Dwight Eckel
Rodney Robinson
Henry
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