Monticello Water Show Rescheduled To Aug Four
Monticello water show moved from July 28 to August 4 to avoid clashing with the Korn Karnival in Center Junction. The two events will share support from local officials and the Monticello summer band will perform in Center Junction as a goodwill gesture.
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Casey” Jones
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Ray Stumbaugh
Monticello Arena
Stumbaugh
Jack Quick
Clinton
University of Iowa
Fires plague school and church in local incident
Nine fires struck the school building and several fires damaged the Methodist church. Four youngsters aged 6 to 11 have been named as the culprits.
Memory and Musings Mixed With A Big Bass Tale
An editorialish note blends quotes from Santayana and others on memory and habit with a local fishing anecdote. A seven pound large mouth bass caught above the Interstate dam on the Maquoketa is mentioned by Leo Sternhagen, who saw the fish. The writer notes missing the catch during a summer vacation and remarks on riverside changes near Hopkinton and Table Rock.
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Maquoketa
Leo Sternhagen
Big Rock and Pickerel Tales From Lime Kill Hollow
In a long-ago river tale, Lime Kill Hollow hosted a swift stretch and a deep rock hole packed with bass and catfish, now filled by river sand. Above it lay the OP Carp Hole, once 16 feet deep, measured by a cane pole. Fishermen Jim Mou ten, Dick Grigg, Jack Ratcliff, and Curt Blanchard recalled massive northern pickerel in a backwater, thought to be logs.
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Lime Kill Hollow
Jim Mouten
Dick Grigg
Jack Ratcliff
Curt Blanchard
Big Maquoketa River Fishes From Old Timers Tales
The memory recounts Jim Burdick and Rhiney Blanchard chasing huge pickerel and unseen northerns in the Maquoketa River near Hopkinton. Tales describe bites snapping lines, a fish dragging a man, and a spear stroke catching a claimed big fish. The piece notes carp arrival after 1876 floods and a past abundance of smallmouth bass crappie and occasional rainbow trout, with Dick Goss noted for a six pound bass.
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Dick Goss
Socialville
Hopkinton
Near tragedy as 7 year old escapes hanging in fall
Bill Hanson of Eagle Grove fell from a tree with a rope around his neck but was rescued by his 14 year old brother Butch. The boy could not talk for a few minutes but suffered no lasting injuries.
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Bill Hanson
Eagle Grove
Billy
Butch
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