Sixth graders explore outdoors at Lake Red Rock day
About 500 sixth grade students from Marion County schools joined the Sixth Grade Outdoor Day in the Lake Red Rock area. Five stations taught bird life and banding, wildflowers, a Red Rock Dam tour, water quality testing, and soil wildlife conservation with local educators and Army Corps officials.
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Marion County
Lake Red Rock
Marion County Conservation Education Council
Ken Harter
Pella
Pleasantville
Gladys Black
Arvin Bandstra
Helen Boertje
Alice Carlson
Red Rock
Army Corps of Engineers
Harter
Dennis Brass
Pella Community High School
Art Bryant
Iowa Conservation Commission
Carl Priebe
Red Rock Wildlife Refuge
Sweet corn grows with diverse planting in Iowa gardens
The article extols fresh home grown corn flavor and offers methods to enjoy corn all summer. It lists early maturing varieties such as Pride of Canada and 4th of July, recommends staggered plantings, and notes later varieties with larger ears. It also mentions a 4‑H campout in Chariton and reports on Lake Prairie 4‑H Club meetings and competitions with trophies and plans for fair entries.
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Iowa
Pride of
Canada
Mahaska 4 H Worker Hired
Karen Strasser an Iowa State University sophomore in home economics education has been hired by the Mahaska County Extension Council as Summer 4 H Worker. She will serve ten weeks assisting 4 H Aide Daryl Martin and staff with summer activities including member training and the Southern Town Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Strasser
Iowa State University
Mahaska County Extension Council
Miss Strasser
Daryl Martin
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Pella Area
BCS
Red Rock Dam
Gayle de Zwarte
Red Rock Area
TOWN
NCHA
Chariton
Red Haw
Don McElwain
Box
S.C
Rus Powell
E. Walnut
Des Moines
Lake Prairie
4-H
Shirley Blum
Webster Gym
Legion Hall
Pella National Bank
Denny van Wyk
Marion County Fair
Lori Schippers
Mahaska
Ver Ploeg Farm Supply Inc
Sully
J&w
East 2Nd Street
Pella Lowa
Taylor Topper
Ken’s
Sully, Iowa
Farm Bureau
Harold C. Robison
E.J. (Jr.) Dennison
Knoxville
Joseph D. Stephens
Indianola
NEW International
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