Sacred Heart students win at IHSS district finals Cedar Rapids
Andrew Kremer Mary Kay Takes and Donald Topping earned top ratings in the IHSS district contest in Cedar Rapids and advance to the state meet in Ottumwa March 17 or 18. Mary Kay submitted a dramatic declamation while Kremer and Topping won in play reading. Other placers include Sheila Kuriger Michael Tuttle Phillip Hunter Stephen Indekofer Pamela Janssen Diane Feldman Ellen Strittmatter Nancy Smith and Sally Takes with II ratings.
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Sacred Heart
Andrew Kremer
Mary Kay Takes
Donald Topping
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Mary Kay
Sheila Kuriger
Michael Tuttle
I’s
Phillip Hunter
Stephen Indekofer
Pamela Janssen
Diane Feldman
Ellen Strittmatter
Nancy Smith
Sally Takes
Junior high musicians win 68 ribbons at Mt Vernon festival
Monticello Community junior high and grade school students earned 68 ribbons at the Mt. Vernon instrumental music festival on Saturday. Blue ribbons went to 35 performers and six groups, with solos and group entries listed by instrument and names. Red and white ribbons were awarded to various soloists and groups.
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Monticello
Mt. Vernon
Linda Ballou
Linda Schatz
Marilyn Stiffler
Jessica Landis
Sheila Hanken
Laurel McLaughlin
Barb Patten
Nancy Hasler
Bob Durst
Jerry Egger
Sharon Shelley
Linda Appleby
Craig Thompson
Bruce Landis
Allen Dickman
Bill
Monticello MHS to present Rodgers and Hammerstein tribute
Monticello Community High School will stage a musical and dramatic tribute titled The Sounds of Rodgers and Hammerstein on March 9 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium directed by William Day Ray Stumbaugh Miss Helen Hogan and Mrs Linda Ballou. Soloists include Kendy Peterson Marsha Jones Eric Allen Sue Balster Diane Tedrow Jan Schoon Gordon Goettsch Sheryl Wilken Jane Adams Greg Norlin Charlotte Tobiason Mary Hanken Rose Ehits Marilyn Martinsen Tom Yeoman Diane Arduser and Vickie Hunt Barbara Bone will narrate the all school production Tickets are available through chorus or band members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Rodgers and Hammerstein
William Day
Ray Stumbaugh
Helen Hogan
Linda Ballou
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein II
Sound of Music
Kendy Peterson
Marsha Jones
Eric Allen
Sue Balster
Diane Tedrow
Jan Schoon
Gordon Goettsch
Sheryl Wilken
Jane Adams
Greg Norlin
Charlotte Tobiason
Mary Hanken
Rose Ehits
Marilyn Martinsen
Tom Yeoman
Diane Schafer
Diane Arduser
Vickie Hunt
Barbara Bone
BIRTHS List From John McDonald Hospital
From John McDonald hospital reports eight births between Feb 22 and Feb 27. Couples listed include Snitker Monticello a boy Johnson Cascade a girl Boffeli Coggan a boy Lawrence Monticello a boy Less Hopkinton a boy Loftis Anamosa a girl Stimpson Anamosa a boy Rieniers Monticello a girl replacing a prior report. West Branch also notes a son born Feb 22 to Steve Jensen, grandson of Monticello residents Ed and Mrs Wirth.
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John McDonald Hospital
Charles Snitker
Monticello
Donald Johnson
Cascade
Eugene Boffeli
Coggan
Marcus Lawrence
John Less
Hopkinton
Chalmer Loftis
Anamosa
John Stimpson
Steve Jensen
Jensen
Ed Wirth
Two Injured in Two Car Crash Near Monticello
Two men were injured in a 4:15 p m crash four miles south of Monticello on Amber road. Rev John Peter Willis 80 Monticello suffered a severe left eye laceration deep hand laceration multiple bruises and possible internal injuries. John Jay Goodken rural Monticello had a scalp laceration and was treated and released. The 1965 Ford driven by Rev Willms collided with a 1965 Thunderbird driven by Jon Casper Husman 30 Route 2 Monticello Husman was uninjured and had stopped at a stop sign prior to crossing Amber road. both vehicles stayed upright. The crash is under investigation by Highway Patrolmen Kenneth Carter and Thomas Toner.
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Monticello
Amber Road
John Jay Goodken
John Peter Willis
John McDonald Hospital
Willis
Willms
Husman
New Start On Annexation Talks In Monticello
Monticello officials and county planners met with Don Luebbe of Scruggs Hammond to restart talks on annexing surrounding property. The group reviewed reasons for last year’s defeat, pledging thorough study and public meetings to provide complete information and answers.
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Monticello
E. H. DeShaw
County Zoning Commission
Citizens Advisory Committee
Don Luebbe
Scruggs & Hammond
Peoria
Ill
Jones County
DeShaw
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Lee
BLUE
Kalinda Lasley
Mary Ann Podhaski
Denise Bone
Julie Hanken
Debbie Shipton
Diane Lumpa
Jeannete Hoag
Carol Thompson
Donna Schlimmer
Linda Cox
Eric Wahl
Tom Harris
Kim Brokaw
Jana Rhatigan
Paula Behrends
Kent Knopp
Colleen Naylor
Mark McNeill
Sue Morf
Linda Haag
Paul Adams
Nancy Balsiger
Jane Shelley
Randy Vogel
Dennis Yossi
Verne Gottleaber
Cindy Peterson
Debbie Zumbach
Sue Schoon
Jill Wilken
Vickie Martin
Allen Dick
MHS Musical
Carl Rieniers
Monticello, Iowa
Goodken
John McDonald
Ford
Jon Casper Husman
Kenneth Carter
Thomas Toner
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