Bakke Memorial Chapel Planned at Camp Decorah
A fund drive is underway to build the Vic Bakke Memorial Chapel at Boy Scout Camp Decorah near Galesville Wisconsin. Estimated cost 2500 to 3000 dollars covers materials with volunteer labor expected. Victor Bakke active in Westby scouting for years, earned Silver Beaver and Lamb awards.
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Galesville
Wis
Vic Bakke
Decorah
Victor Bakke
Westby
Lutheran Church Lamb
Gateway Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Armin Fruechte
Marlowe Nelson
Carl Iverson
Sheldon Warner
William Kraft
Charles Weisensel
Patrick Kelly
Norman Nelson
la Crosse
Clifford Rutland
Keil Blank
Whitehall
Minnesota Road Fund Cut Costs Highlighted by Counties
A survey of 57 Minnesota counties shows 56 percent use federal revenue sharing for road construction and 47 percent for highway equipment. The report notes $9.6 million in cutback funds, suggesting potential for $32 million in improvements if funding had been released.
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Minnesota
ST. Paul
Minnesota Counties
Association of Minnesota Counties
Congress
White House
Cutbacks Threaten Wisconsin Mental Health Center Project
Independence Wisconsin executive director Donald E Maypole warns federal budget cuts endanger plans for a community alcoholism and drug abuse program and a new building at the Mississippi River Mental Health Center. Although current grants may continue, funding for staff and construction faces removal in July unless new funds arrive, prompting appeals to legislators.
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Independence
Wis
Mississippi River
Donald E. Maypole
Maypole
National Institute For Mental Health
Westby Area Schools Schedule Second Parent Teacher Conferences
The Westby Area School District will hold its second round of parent teacher conferences on Friday March 30 at four elementary centers with early kindergarten sessions in Chaseburg Coon Valley and Westby. Kindergarten through eighth grade students will be excused. Conferences run 8 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. in Coon Valley Chaseburg and Westby junior high gym with seventh and eighth graders seeing only home room teachers. other arrangements possible by notifying teachers. Parent Teacher Organization and Community Club mothers will provide guides and babysitting.
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Westby
Wis
Westby Area
Chaseburg
Coon Valley
West
Ten Groups Enter Sparta Jaycee Show
Sparta Wisconsin residents submit acts for the annual Jaycee show at Sparta High School Auditorium. Contestants include Connie Ziegler and Mary Deprez from Sparta and UW La Crosse students, with a prize pool of 175 dollars.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta High School
James Schauf
Heinz Schmid
Connie Ziegler
Mary Deprez
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Mary Jackson
St. Paul
Winter film series ends at Effigy Mounds Center
Marquette Iowa announces last winter showings at Effigy Mounds Visitor Center with two films Pennsylvania And Its Natural Resources and Pine Nuts at 1 2 and 3 p m Saturday March 31 and 11 a m to 4 p m Sunday April 1 and 1 p m Monday April 2. Also three men elected as directors for Forward Tomah Development Corp in Tomah Wisconsin and Safety Patrol delegate Paul McCann named to Congress. Hillsboro Wisconsin sets kindergarten registration for 1973 74 on April 13 with birth certificates and forms. children must be five by December 1 1973.
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Marquette
Iowa
Effigy Mounds
Hillsboro
Wis
Minnesota towns gain upgraded trunk highway capacity
Nineteen Minnesota municipalities benefit this spring from higher load capacity on trunk highways upgraded or rerated in 1972. Eitzen on STH 76 in Houston County sees the axle limit rise from seven to nine tons.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Eitzen
Houston County
Sparta planning consultant proposes CBD study for downtown improvements
Madison firm Anderson Associates presented a plan to study Sparta Wisconsin's central business district with a focus on parking traffic and shopper patterns. The initial proposal sought 7000 dollars with 1750 dollars retainer and a follow up meeting set for April 16 to expand the study citywide to qualify for potential state or federal funding. Gov. Patrick Lucey to meet Wisconsin Child Center staff in Sparta to discuss closing the facility by June 1 amid staff objections and parent attendance allowed at a public-optional session.
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Sparta
Wis
Max Anderson
Max Anderson Associates
Madison
Planning Commission
Anderson
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Cancer Crusade Leaders Named
BLACK RIVER FALLS Wis Mines Joel Gilbertson and Leo Brown of Melrose co chair the 1973 Cancer Crusade in Jackson County Other chairmen include Mrs Chester Nordstrom Mrs Gorman Scheppke and Mr and Mrs Michael Prost All envelopes due by April 30 and may be left at Bank of Melrose or Jackson County Bank Black River Falls
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Black River Falls
Wis
Joel Gilbertson
Leo Brown
Melrose
Jackson County
Chester Nordstrom
Gorman Scheppke
Michael Prost
Tom Peasley
Irene Rohr
Alma Center
Janet Johnson
Adams
Joe Brunner Sr
Albion
James Sutton
Brockway
Roger Hoonsbeen
City Point
Gerald Volz
Cleveland
Reuben Schulze
Franklin
Howard Halverson
Garden Valley
Francis Heller
Garfield
Harley Cochran
Hixton
George Marshall
Knapp
Virgil Nemitz
Komensky
Austin Jobst
Bank of
SEMCAC Forms Development Corp To Expand Local Services
SEMCAC in Rushford announces a new Development Corp to plan growth and coordinate services in Houston Fillmore and Winona Counties. Directors include Bentdahl O Reilly Gunderson Coulson Summers Ranzenberger Schroeder with Bentdahl as chair. Headstart applications sought for Spring Valley St Charles Hokah Winona areas. Classes run September through April 1974 for economically disadvantaged preschoolers.
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Rushford
Minn
Houston
Fillmore
Winona
Southeastern
Minnesota Citizens’ Action Council
Semcac
Halvor Lacher
Semcac Development Corp
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Farrell Sousek
Monroe County
Washington, D.C
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Leon
Bernhardt Danielson
Charles
Eagles Club of
Gary Johnson
Sparta Police Department
Eagle Club
Sparta Jaycee Show
Tri-State Briefs
Pennsylvania
the Corporation
Paul McCann
Miller School
Safety Patrol
Tomah Vfw Post
Central Business District
Cancer Crusade
Ed Gutknecht
John Skaar
Jerry Prost
Merrillan
Robert Olson
Taylor
David Lunde
Lyle Hart
Donald Roxlien
Gerald Thompson
Alvin Shuldt
Idell Marshall
Eau Claire
Joseph Kasparek
Harley Turk
Howard Reynolds
Tomah
Rice Lake
Marshall
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