Parking Plan May Meet Opposition in Pella
The Pella Chamber of Commerce seeks eight more blocks of diagonal downtown parking drawing organized opposition. 74 downtown merchants signed the petition. Residents John J. Buwalda and J J Den Adel spoke against it citing aesthetics, driveway access and possible tree loss. The proposal was referred to the streets and alleys committee with public hearings planned before any final council action in January.
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Pella
Broadway
Caldwell
Don Adel
Buwalda
Joe Stientjes
Chamber
Regulations Proposed for Pella Art Center
Representatives of the Pella Art Assn presented six proposed rules to govern use of the Pella Art Center amid rumors the city would discontinue its subsidy. The measures ban alcohol, limit access to association activities, set member hours, require accountability for keys, bar profane language, and allow quick member review for infractions. Mayor Caldwell urged drafting final rules with the recreation commission and to reduce city liability for future incidents.
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Pella
Caldwell
Howard Anderson
The
Art Association
Pella Recreation Commission
What’s Up Monday and Friday Holiday Play Time Schedule
The Recreation Commission schedules Holiday Play Time in the junior high gym with separate shifts for grades five to six from 1 30 to 3 p m and seventh grade from 3 to 5 p m on Monday December 23 and Friday December 27. A Chapter BU PEO meeting is set for 7 30 p m on Monday December 30 at Olive Schultz’s home, followed by Tuesday January 7.
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P.E.O
Olive Schultz
Committee To Study Remodeling In Pella City Hall
City Council appoints Joe Stientjes to head a panel examining options for remodeling City Hall. Interior work including heating air conditioning lighting and ceiling lowering is favored for immediate work, with exterior changes postponed until funds allow. Estimated interior cost around 20000 dollars.
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Pella
Joe Stientjes
City Hall
Allen
Roads Near Pella Put Off Vacating Decision
Marion County Supervisors postponed action on vacating two roads near Pella amid opposition from the Pella Chamber of Commerce and local city officials. The extensions Hazel Street and an east west connector would have left these routes off public road records to aid future city expansion and private land ownership.
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Marion County Board of Supervisors
Pella
Knoxville
Hazel St
New Sharon Rd
City Council
Chamber Board
Outstanding Teenagers of America Named from Monroe High
Monroe high school earns three students Dick Miller Beth Vriezelaar and Debbie Reeves as Outstanding Teenagers of America for 1969. Debbie Reeves senior active in bands, choir, staff, pep club, science and student council. summer in Finland. Beth Vriezelaar senior honors active in band vocal dramatics history club National Honor Society. editor of yearbook. involved in Church choir and Teenage Republican. hosted student from Finland. Dick Miller junior honor roll student and FFA officer. class president. plays football basketball track and baseball. active in school plays.
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Monroe
Outstanding American Foundation
Dick Miller
Beth Vriezelaar
Debbie Reeves
Monroe High School
Debbie Reeve
Max Tool
Debbie
Finland
Arthur D. Vriezelaar
Beth
FFA
Republican
Youth For Understanding
Denmark
Vriezelaars
Marja Ahvenjarvi
Everet Miller
Holiday Play Time Starts In Pella Schools Gym
The first of three Holiday Play Time sessions begins Monday with two more on Friday December 21 and Monday December 30. Sessions at Pella Community Junior High School gymnasium run 1 30 to 3 p m for fifth and sixth graders and 3 to 5 p m for seventh and eighth graders. Supervisor Gates notes the program is supervised but leaves activities up to the children.
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Recreation Commission
Pella Community Junior High School
Gates
Red Rock Dam project progress and near-term work
Year-end report for the Rock Island District outlines completion steps at Red Rock Dam and Lake Red Rock on the Des Moines River south of Pella. Remaining tasks include upstream embankment protection, seeding, leveling, and finishing spillway and slope work, with several contracts advancing through 1969 and 1970.
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Corps of Engineers
Red Rock Dam
Lake Red Rock
US Corps of Engineers
Red Rock
Des Moines River
Pella
Des Moines
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Sioux Falls
S.D
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
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