Conservation Pays as 1986 April Rains Boost Soil Saver
Merle Sawyer of the Soil Conservation Service in Harlan says conservation pays. The April rains reduced erosion, saving farmers about 70 tons of soil per acre, equivalent to roughly half an inch of topsoil. Untreated fields formed ditches and lost fertilizer valued at $20 to $25 per 70 tons. terraces and contour farming reduced erosion. More info from the SCS office in Harlan.
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Merle Sawyer
Soil Conservation Office
Harlan
Sawyer
SCS
Twilight League Golf Rosters And Schedule At Harlan Club
The 1986 Twilight League at Harlan Golf and Country Club lists nine teams with full rosters across No. 1 to No. 9 and a detailed match schedule. Events include best ball on June 15, club tourney qualifying on July 20, and club tourney finals on July 27 plus a 4 man handicap calcutta on August 6 and a 10 man showdown on August 20.
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Harlan Golf and Country Club
Calcutta
Community calendar entries for early June events
June 4 entry deadlines and gatherings across Shelby, Harlan, and surrounding areas include a Dutch treat night at the 59er near Harlan, a Tri-Center band rehearsal at Harrison County High School, and a Shelby Community Building meeting. June 5 features Avoca Business Association and HMU Trustee session, June 6 Leadway Field Day with Auxiliary help, and the Iowa Annual Conference in Des Moines through June 10. June 7 brings Harlan Toastmasters and a fishing clinic at Prairie Rose State Park sponsored by Extension and Conservation Commission, with clinics for grades 4 to 6 from 9 am to 3 pm.
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Shelby American Legion Auxiliary
Harlan
Shelby
Atép
Tri-Center
Harrison County Town and Country Arts
Iowa
The
United Methodist Church
Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium
Des Moines
Shelby County
Iowa Conservation Commission
Prairie Rose State Park
Castana Field Day Set for June 18 Near Castana Iowa
Iowa State University researchers will host a field day at the Western Research Center four miles east of Castana on Monona County Road E-34. Highlights include weather and soil moisture use in crop decisions, pastures of big blue stem and brome grass, no-till corn and soybeans, alternate crops, and herbicides. Duane Feltz says tours by researchers and extension staff start at 9:30 a.m. with refreshments at 9 a.m. and the event ends at noon. all interested are invited.
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Iowa State University
Western Research Center
Castana
Monona Co
Duane Feltz
Shelby County
Persia Plans Homecoming Week End 86 Aug 16 17
Persia rolls out Homecoming 86 as P I C Days Aug 16 17 with a parade awarding 25 gift certificates by category. Harold Bertelsen and Bill Carrington supervise parade entries. Local talent show Aug 16 at 6 30 p m led by Pat Honeywell contact 488 7425. Mud drags Aug 7. Band concert in the park after the parade with pony rides and barrel pony. Road Hogs provide music for the Aug 16 dance. Jim Youmans coordinates Sunday church services in the park shelter.
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Persia
P.I.C
Harold Bertelsen
Bill Carrington
Pat Honeywell
Jim Youmans
Soil Program judging soon in Shelby County Iowa
The 1986 Iowa Soil Conservation Awards will be judged in June with Shelby County SCC accepting applications. Enter farms by June 4 by calling or writing the Shelby County Soil Conservation District in Harlan. Divisions include owner operator, landlord-tenant, and new cooperator, plus a windbreak award by the Isaac Walton League.
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Shelby County Soil Conservation District
Donald Black
Harlan
Isaac Walton
Shelby County Scc
Iowa
Eugene
Betty Juhi
Melvin
Evelyn Petersen
Ralph
Donna Nelson
Craig Musfeldt
Dwayne
Martha Sturtevant
Bernard
Garnet Jorgensen
Shelby Fun Day Adds Parade and Amazing Auction
Shelby marks its annual July 12 celebration with a kiddie parade and an Amazing Auction conducted by John Groesser of Weeping Water Nebraska. Auction items include crafts, collectibles, paintings, antiques, services, and usable goods to be donated at Shelby fire hall starting 10:30 a.m. Vera Long chairs item collection, contact 544-2116, or deliver items to Anne Eckel for storage.
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Shelby
John Groesser
Weeping Water
Vera Long
Anne Eckel
Shelby-Tennant earns only Division I rating at contest
Shelby-Tennant's Division I rating at the State Large Group Contest in Council Bluffs was the sole Division I award for a Western Iowa Conference band. Summer band lessons for 44 Shelby-Tennant students begin June 2 and run through July 11.
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Shelby
Shelby- Tennant
Council Bluffs
Western Iowa
Shelby-Tennant
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