State police communications plan aims 15 year efficiency overhaul
A state telecommunications study outlines a plan to upgrade police radio systems for 15 years with minimal expansion. It notes overload on common frequency 37.10 as departments nationwide crowd the band. Jones Benton Linn counties plan shared channel use with mutual aid frequencies, pending funding decisions and security upgrades.
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Benton
Jones and Linn
Fulwider
Jones County
Jones County approves snowmobile routes countywide
Jones county supervisors approved additional snowmobile routes at a Tuesday meeting. Routes will be official after posting with state supplied signs. County engineer Earl Beisell noted the routes cover the entire county. The board reappointed William Reade to the Civil Service Commission for two years and corrected tax list entries for Alva Zimmerman and Jenson property. They set a November 10 meeting due to Veterans Day, as courthouse closes November 11.
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Jones County
State Conservation Commission
Earl Beisell
William Reade
Onslow
Jones County Civil Service Commission
Alva Zimmerman
Jenson
Home-school committee to hold meeting November 10
The home-school committee of a newly formed parent teacher organization will hold its first program November 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Carpenter School. Speaker Mary Kay Helbing of Dubuque Community Schools will discuss the Magic Circle program for elementary grades and its role in developing children's self awareness and empathy.
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Carpenter School
Landa Wambeke
Mary Kay Helbing
Dubuque
Snowmobile Routes Adopted by Jones County Board
The Dark Lines on the map of Jones county indicate snowmobile routes adopted by the board of supervisors. The routes take effect once signs are installed, county engineer Earl Beisell said.
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Jones County
Board of Supervisors
Monticello to Welcome Nine Member Vietnamese Family
The Nguyen Thanh Su family and their seven children, refugees from South Vietnam, will settle in Monticello by November 14. They will live in a duplex at 107 E Third St with furnishings needed. The Monticello Ecumenical committee sponsors through Lutheran Emergency Refugee Service due to Indian Gap camp’s heating shortage. Donations of items and volunteer help are urged. contact 465 4605.
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Monticello
South Vietnam
Indian Gap
Harold Naig
Lutheran Emergency Refugee Service
Naig
Nguyen Thanh Su
Louis Oberfell
E. Third St
Thanh Su
Saigon
Nang
Monticello Veterans Day Parade Set for November 11
The annual Monticello Veterans Day observance includes a downtown parade starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday in November. The route runs from the high school to First Street, then to the new bank building. It continues down W Second Street and onto Cedar Street by the National and State Awards for Newspaper Excellence.
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Monticello
First St
Bank
W. Second Street
Cedar St
Monticello Event Features Speaker and Parade Groups
The event begins at the post office and follows Grand Street to the Community building where Si Locher headlines a program. Fr. F. C. Bahning delivers the invocation and Pastor L. Vern Newman gives the benediction as the Monticello Drill Team Boy Scout troops and high school band join the parade.
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Grand St
Si Locher
Fr. F. C. Bahning
L. Vern Newman
Monticello
Boy Scout
Monticello High School
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Dorothy Putbrese
Far Left
Jane Zimmerman
Jeff Husman
Todd Parker
David Frostestad
Kerry Schoenbeck
Amy Haag
Eric Schwendinger
Jones County Crime Commission
Wambeke
AL Eb. National
W. Willis Longer
Carrie Sutherland
Joe Messerli
Justin Supple
Margaret Eastburn
Levina Schwendinger
Freida Burrichter
Elisa Wahl
Fancis Miller
L. V. McDonough
Judy Roussell
Duane S.kromminga
Charles Eversman
Harvey C. Gilbertson
F. C. Bahning
Pastor Naig
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