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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1975
Page
3
Monticello residents face higher pickups as trash volume grows and extra hours are needed. The city seeks a contract hauler for bulky items while the department handles only garbage and small items, raising costs for residents. The letter also rails at welfare dependence and government spending including a 1957 note on agency cuts and Byrd remarks on the meaning of a billion.
Kirkwood Community College will launch a regional campus season in Monticello this fall. Charles Blank credits local business, educational and lay leaders, led by Lowell Guard, for pushing the project. Advisory members include Mary Azeltine, Karen Giegerich, Fr. Charles Bahning, Doug Schoon, Paddy Bergman, Diane Caraway and Ivan Shaffer.
In Monticello letters to the editor citizens urge a focus on both basics and broader educational development. They advocate frank discussion in the upcoming school board election, propose candidate questionnaires, and stress valuing inquiry, compassion, and a love of learning alongside essential skills.
Cathy Rehmke won the first Beef Queen title at Oxford Junction with Catherine Holthaus as runner up. Don Bergman and Jack Knopp filed for school board and board reelection respectively while Robert Patten is not seeking re election. Center Junction supper drew about 1,460 attendees in hot humid weather, with 1,000 served previously.
The Monticello Express, official Monticello and Jones county newspaper since 1865, published weekly on Thursdays. It lists postage, association memberships, advertising reps, and subscription rates for local and nationwide readers plus servicemen rates.
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