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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1975
Page
1
The Pella Community School Board began discussing goals for the upcoming school year. Topics include the Middle School building program curriculum development student relations district resource persons OSHA standards maintenance and attitudes of students and teachers. The piece stresses that setting goals is essential for direction and growth even if outcomes vary.
Jean Nollen writes from Belgium that she will return to Pella soon. She describes bicycle trips to a church camp, visits to Brugge and the North Sea, warm sunny weather, and observing Belgian TV with local humor. She notes plans to depart August 28 for New York and recalls a summer of memorable experiences.
The policy notes letters are sincere expressions of public thought on community issues in Pella. Readers are encouraged to submit signed letters. The newspaper reserves the right to shorten letters if space requires.
A Pella woman recalls a 1906 drought when preachers prayed for rain during a hot dry summer. The sun scorched daily, crops risked failure as no rain came, and villagers discussed the looming crop crisis until a climatic moment arrived.
In Pella locals show strong sports devotion similar to Nebraska fans. The tale of a coach spotting an empty seat beside a widow whose husband held season tickets for 20 years ends with humorous regret. A rural rainmaker episode in town leads to prayer and eventual rain saving the crop, as remembered by Mrs. A. H. Van Haaften.
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