Budget hearings set for four area districts in Tribune item
The Tribune reports four budget estimates with March hearings. Irwin-Kirkman District schedules March 9 at 7 p.m. for a 1.144 million proposed year starting July 1. Harlan District also sets March 9 at 7.30 p.m. for about 5.886 million, with 2.671 million to be raised by tax. Defiance City Hall hosts March 3 at 7 p.m. for 218,922 total resources and a reduced tax ask. Panama City Hall holds March 10 at 6.30 p.m. for 72,359 resources with tax rise to 14,400.
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City of
Defiance
City of Panama
Irwin-Kirkman
Harlan
Tribune
City of Defiance
Defiance City Hall
Panama
Panama City Hall
USDA Seeks Highly Erodible Ground For Conservation Program
The U S Department of Agriculture calls producers to join the Conservation Reserve Program by the February 27 signup deadline. Participants receive a ten year annual rental payment pending Washington approval, plus an extra reward of two dollars per unit of farm yield times reduced corn base acres. Shelby County ASCS offices will advise eligibility.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Washington, D. C
Shelby County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Avoca Historical Society launches pledge drive for museum
The Avoca Newtown Historical Society starts a fundraising drive to build a local museum in Avoca. The effort begins with a $1,500 donation from Edwin Doll in memory of his late wife Ethel whose dream supported Avoca’s museum plan.
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Avoca
Newtown Historical Society
The
Historical Society
Edwin Doll
Ethel
HEALTH CLUB PLAN MEETING AT THE LOCKER ROOM
The Locker Room sporting goods store in Harlan at Court Street Mini Mall hosts a health club planning meeting at 5 30 p m Saturday February 28. Open to anyone interested with details in Page 7-A advertisement.
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Harlan
Court Street
Tribune
Omaha bank buys Lickteig farm at sheriff sale
A large protest at the Shelby County Courthouse over the Northern Bank of Omaha foreclosure on Dominic and Ida Lickteig’s 343 acre Defiance area farm drew 200 plus observers. Nineteen protesters were arrested for interfering with official acts as a 516,967.63 dollar sealed bid secured the sale.
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Shelby County
Omaha
Des Moines
Dominic and
Ida Lickteig
Defiance
St. Michael’s Church
Gene Cavenaugh
Mark Hervey
Cavenaugh
Northern Bank
Frank Cordaro
St. Anne’s Catholic
Logan
Omaha Bank
31St St
Ames Avenue
Defiance Couple Bank Foreclosure Sparks Iowa Protest Rally
Dominic and Ida Lickteig faced sheriff sale of their farm near Defiance as 30,000 Iowa residents left the state last year. Organizer Father Frank Cordaro called for a peaceful rally urging a bank deal to keep the couple on their land. Protestors planned to meet Friday at Northern Bank in Omaha to seek a solution.
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Cordaro
Cavenaugh
Lickteig
Iowa
Shelby County
Sheriff's Office
Frank Cordaro
Logan
Sheriff's
Harlan
Omaha Bank
Northern Bank
Omaha
Lickteigs
Bob
Theresa Sullivan
Earling-area
Finishing Touches premieres by Western Iowa Arts Association
The Western Iowa Arts Association opens Finishing Touches, a three act comedy, with six performances starting Friday night Feb 27. Producer Connie Cain co directs with Jeff Clothier and Judy Louis, featuring cast from Harlan and Avoca including Tim Klein Shirley Freerksen Kevin Kardell Jeff Dotzler and Tim Palmer.
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Western Iowa Arts Association
Connie Cain
Cain
Jeff Clothier
Avoca
Clothier
Judy Louis
Tim Klein
Jeff Cooper
Shirley Freerksen
Professor Cooper
Katy
Coopers
Steve
Harlan Community High School
Kevin Kardell
Hughie
Jeff Dotzler
Kevin
Tim Palmer
HCHS
WIAA
Fred Whitten
Tim
Jeff
Fred
Jodie Holloway
Felicia Andrayson
Mary Riley
Elsie Ketchum
Cooper
S. Cain
Chris Lawler
Harlan Chamber of Commerce
Sandy Klindt
Chardl McCutcheon
Lin Brinker
Marian Palmer
Eliz Erbes
Randy Greer
Lori Ohms
Roger Davidson
Harlan Golf and Country Club
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Harian National Bank
Harian National Ten Hoe Bank
Lickteig Farm
Dennis Buckley
Bill Early
Kathryn Epperson
Thomas J. Coenen
Harrison County
Dunlap
Lawrence Ginter
American Agriculture Movement
Rhoads
Tom DeCarlo
Panora
Jeff Larson
Larson
Greg Wright
United Church of Christ
Oakland
Jack McCaslin
Tekemah
Jim Dubert
Iowa State University
Mere Hansen
North American Farm Alliance
Newman Grove
Dan Schmitt
Farmer & American Agriculture Movement
Marshalltown
Delores Klein
Chuck Ryan
Catholic Rural Life
Gayle Brabeck
Sac City
Pat Steffens
Brian Terrell
Strangers & Guest Catholic Worker
Malay, Ia
Agnes Gaul
Earling
Bob and
John Cain
Dow City
Chris Murphy
Council Bluffs
Cass County
Audubon County
Cavenaugh and Hervey
John Kelly
Brad McQueen
Shelby County Sheriff’s Department
Shelby County District Court
Alice
Terry) Weiland
Aurora, CO
Dominic Lickteig
Dominic
Natalie
America
Rural Life
Sioux City
United Church of Christ In
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