Auction for Corn Island clinic draws $900 from local auction
A fundraising auction in Manawa Wisconsin raised about $900 for a Corn Island Nicaragua clinic. Volunteers led by Corn Island MANAWA sourced donated items including local crafts and equipment with $1,500 in X ray gear sent earlier. Local La Crosse residents formed a nonprofit La Crosse Inc to push for sister city ties and clinic construction.
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Concordia Hall
Boge
Corn Island
Nicaragua
Wisconsin
la Crosse
la Crosse Inc
Randall Larson
Loomis Sr
Larson
Ramon Gonzalez
Gundersen Clinic
Gonzalez
W. Peter Gilbertson
James Michaels
Lutheran Hospital
Marvin Dobrunz
Bainbridge St
Dobrunz
Don
Auction Aids Local Cause With Bargain Buys And Bartender Help
A charity auction drew about 70 attendees as Al Ca Crosse Cribune and Cordia Hall items went to bidders. Dobrunz opened many bids and donated bartending services while items ranged from a guitar to chandeliers. A leather football sold for 3.50 to Glen Sloan, other finds included sawhorses 6 dollars, bike carrier 8, ice skates 1.50 each, a strawberry wig 0.50, and a lawnmower 0.50. The Kiefners bought a couch for 180 dollars. they noted not all proceeds reach recipients locally.
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Cordia Hall
Dobrunz
Boge
Glen Sloan
Wilson St
Onalaska
Sloan
Aue
Earl Kiefner
Caroline St
Kiefners
Kiefner
Be Jolly With Taste Corner Santas Told
Thirty Santa Clauses lined Times Square for a month of charity work to provide holiday dinners for needy families. Volunteers of America issued a list of Santa duties and do's and don'ts emphasizing safety, courtesy, and staying in character.
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New York
Times Square
Volunteers of America
Santa
Food Prices Up Slightly Nationally in November
An Associated Press market basket survey shows modest national price increases in November with eggs and coffee rising, while pork chops and sugar edged lower. The study covered 15 items across 13 cities, indicating overall inflation trends tied to farm and wholesale changes.
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Associated Press
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin grocery prices show modest November dip
The Associated Press survey of Wisconsin supermarkets finds the November market basket down a few cents from October and 3.2 percent below December 1974 levels. Sugar prices dropped 23 percent from August, while butter eggs and milk rose. Local city changes varied, with Milwaukee La Crosse Eau Claire and West Bend all up since May.
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Wisconsin
Associated Press
Brazil
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Eau Claire
West Bend
Ironwood
Mich
City Marketbasket Costs Drop 38 Cents in November
The La Crosse market basket fell 38 cents in November led by ground beef down 20 cents. Loin pork chops rose 34 cents to 1.93, with other increases in eggs 71 to 77, detergent 1.25 to 1.35, and fabric softener 0.48 to 0.52.
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la Crosse
A Good Time in Bogota for Rotary Student Jackie Strand
A former La Crosse woman, Jackie Strand, a Rotary supported student in Bogota, Colombia, reports on life there. She details visa delays, theft incidents, sanitation issues, illness, and her goal to improve as a Spanish teacher while studying at the University of the Andes and touring cultural sites with a Bogota family.
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la Crosse
Rotary
Bogota
Columbia
Jackie Strand
Donald Strand
S. 28Th St
University of the Andes
Simon Bolivar
Miss Strand
Camp Fire Girl Winners Named in Local Contest
Three Black River Falls girls Laura Holder 15 Lori Roxlien 14 and Julie Heyd 7 won the local Camp Fire Girls art contest their works advance to the national event where 13 entries will be selected for the annual calendar. Last year Diane Evenson and Peggy Nemitz received national honorable mentions and their work tours. The winners and past honorees will be on display at the Jackson County Bank lobby.
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Black River Council
Laura Holder
Lori Roxlien
Julie Heyd
Black River Falls
Diane Evenson
Peggy Nemitz
Jackson County Bank
Jul Tre Fest Held by Wergeland Lodge 28 in Legion Clubrooms
Members of Wergeland Lodge 28 of the Sons of Norway host their annual Jul Tre Fest at the American Legion Clubrooms 711 S. 6th St. A potluck dinner begins at 6 30 p.m. Guests travel from Oslo Allesund and Valdres in Norway.
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Wergeland Lodge
The
Sons of Norway
American Legion
S. 6Th St
Oslo
Allesund
Valdres
Norway
4 H Members Honored in Farm City Week Luncheon
4 H members Curt Ekleberg and Jeff Kastenschmidt, 1975 beef steers winners donated by La Crosse Kiwanis Club, were honored at a luncheon at the Stoddard Hotel. Twenty-one other La Crosse County 4-H members and junior leaders were recognized as Farm City Week observances acknowledged countywide 4-H reach. County agent Kermit Graf noted high school and college representation, with over half of the county’s 1,800 members from La Crosse city.
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Curt Ekleberg
Jeff Kastenschmidt
la Crosse
City of
Navy Seaman Cordner Safe After Med Belt Belknap Collision
Richard Cordner of Sparta R 3 serves on the aircraft carrier John F Kennedy and was unharmed after the Kennedy collided with the guided missile cruiser Belknap in the Mediterranean last week. His wife Edith Yahnke in Norfolk, Virginia, relayed the news by phone. Cordner has 19 years of Navy service.
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Richard Cordner
Thomas Cordner
Sparta
Belknap
Mediterranean
Edith Yahnke
Norfolk
Cordner
Navy
Local youths receive military assignments and promotions
Pvt David Brown son of Mrs Ruth Brown 1639 Prospect St has been assigned to military police duty at Ft Wainwright Alaska He is a 1975 Logan High School graduate Roger Griffin son of F H Ted Griffin 2115 Ferry St has been promoted to major at Ft Shafter Hawaii Griffin who graduated West Point in 1965 has been stationed in Hawaii since 1974 after earning a masters at Ohio State He served in Vietnam earning the Bronze Star and in Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division Gerald F Simons 1040 S 28th St recently completed Navy recruit training at Great Lakes Center He will continue aviation electro mics mate training in Memphis Gary R Long 2614 East Ave S recently completed Navy recruit training at Orlando Fla He will continue aviation machinists mate training in Memphis Thomas A Sickles son of Mr and Mrs Arnold C Sickles 1354 S 27th St recently completed Navy recruit training at Great Lakes Center where he was named seaman apprentice He will continue aviation electronics mate training in Memphis John A Christianson son of Mrs Theresa Christianson Ettrick is stationed at Lackland Air Force Base Tex Readers may submit items to The Tribune metro editor.
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David Brown
Ruth Brown
Prospect St
Ft. Wainwright
Fairbanks
Alaska
Logan High School
Roger Griffin
F.H
Ted” Griffin
Ferry St
Ft. Shafter
Hawaii
Griffin
West Point
Ohio State University
Vietnam
Germany
Gerald F. Simons
S. 28Th St
Navy
Great Lakes
Aviation Electricans
Memphis
Thomas A. Sickles
Arnold C. Sickles
S. 27Th St
Great Lakes Recruit Training Center
John A. Christianson
Theresa Christianson
Ettrick
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
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