Pella School Needs Survey Prompts Community Input
The Chronicle reports the Pella community school district completed its first formal needs assessment and goal setting. Parents faculty and students voiced evaluations to shape next year’s programs. The four top goals stress respect communication character self discipline lifelong learning and prudent resource management. The survey guides administration but notes these are attitudes to teach, not merely skills.
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Christmas Cheer and the dangers of drinking
Editor letters discuss alcohol promotion as Christmas Cheer and its human costs including broken families and tragic accidents. They urge inner cheer from faith and caution on roadways, noting youth pressure since lowering drinking age and urging slower speeds near Middle School alley. Rev Kenneth A Dykstra also asks for safe driving.
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Clipped Wings and Irony of Allied POW Camps
A scrapbook recounts Bob Menning's 20 years in service, mostly as a POW in Germany, with notes from Stalag Luft II and III. It lists camp layouts, compound histories, log entries from 1943 to 1944, escape rumors, repatriations, and daily life details, including Krieges gefangen terms, coffee beans of memory, and letters from Col. Good rich.
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