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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1977
Page
6
Lori Gegner reports Boyd Boehlje turned a $350 investment into a backyard pond nine feet deep at its center after Paul Bracken dug the hole at 1326 Boone Avenue. The pond, stocked with goldfish, occasionally hosts supervised child swims but requires bentonite to curb seepage.
A Clean Air Regatta to benefit the American Lung Association of Iowa is set for Saturday Aug 6 at Red Rock Lake near Pella. Regatta chairman Jim Anderson says the central Iowa event aims to promote pollution free sailing and support educational programs. Over 50 sailors are expected. entry is 15 before Aug 1 or 20 at the lake, with pledges over 100 waiving the fee.
Open Bible College lists spring 1977 dean's honors for two local residents. Dave Willemsen of Pella and Kathy Willemsen, daughter of Don De Zwarte and his wife, earned placement on the dean's list for the semester.
Ruth Van Roekel of Monroe was named to the McPherson College spring honor roll and also graduates in May. Honor roll criteria require at least 12 completed credits and a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Lynda Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs DeWayne Wilson of 1311 Columbus has been awarded a music grant for the 1977 78 academic year at Simpson College The Pella High graduate earns the grant in recognition of her artistic achievement and potential The grant is renewable each year for four years at Simpson
Two Central prefs from Central College faculty, Dr. Roderick A. Camp and Dr. Donald A. Maxam, are among 106 professors nationwide chosen for National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars. Camp will study Intellectuals and Twentieth Century Revolutions at Washington University with Alvin W. Gouldner. Maxam attends Rationality and Freedom in Modern Society and Social Thought at the University of Chicago with Donald L. Levine.
Lois Kuyper daughter of Mr and Mrs H Hospers Kuyper of 906 Independence joins 199 other musicians from 25 states and Costa Rica at the Sewanee Summer Music Center held at the University of the South in Sewanee Tennessee.
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