Votes Roll In in Marion County Voter Registration
An updated tally by Marion County Elections Commissioner Ralph De Cook shows 10 300 registered voters countywide. In Pella Third Ward north of Liberty and west of Main hosts 913 voters, Second Ward 866, First Ward 811, while Fourth Ward near Central College has 352. Few college students have voted in community elections.
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Football Field Is Not Forgotten in School Plans
The School Building Advisory Committee will submit recommendations to the Pella Community School Board on a new Middle School, an auditorium, music facilities, grade organization, enrollment and financing. They emphasize also securing a new football field and track since Kuyper Field will be unavailable after the 1976 season, and aim to complete athletic facilities alongside the new campus.
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Truck Route Urged Around Pella Grows in Support
The push for a truck route around Pella gains momentum with the League of Women Voters of Pella backing a traffic study and the DOT contributing. DOT signs last week urge heavy trucks from Oskaloosa to Knoxville to avoid old Hwy 92, directing them via Hwy 163 to Hwy 14 through Pella.
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Four Bloomfield second graders plant Bicentennial tulips in front of firm
Four Bloomfield elementary second grade classes planted red white and blue tulips as a Bicentennial project last week. Each child paid ten cents for a bulb while a local business covered the remaining cost for the planting in front of the firm.
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Blood Bank Shortage at Pella Community Hospital
The hospital faces a growing blood supply shortage as more general surgeries are performed locally. The article urges expanding the donor list to ensure a ready blood supply for operations and emergencies.
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Policy on Letters to the Editor for Pella Chronicle
The Pella Chronicle invites signed letters from readers on community issues. Submit by Friday for inclusion on the next editorial page and expect potential shortening to fit space.
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Writing Contemporary Myths Fourth Graders Tell Why Stars Twinkle
Webster Elementary fourth graders under Mrs. Glenneva Peebler created 20th century myths to explain why stars twinkle. Central College helpers Donna Thompson Susan Roberts and Daryl Sherman aided the project with stories like How the Stars Began to Twinkle and multiple student verses about moons, comets, and cosmic friendships.
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Susan Roberts
Daryl Sherman
Tulip Lane Planting Continues in Pella City Project
City crews from Pella and volunteers from the Garden Club and Chamber of Commerce plant tulips along South Main Street following a previous planting on West Washington Street. Tulips will bloom during Tulip Time and be replaced by petunias later. Key supporters include Joan Farrer Patsy Sadler Jay Vermeer John Williams Jerry Berglard Steve Vander Linden Drick Van Niewaal Mike Sullivan Keith Gates and Dennis Steenhoek. Community groups adopt blocks to ease homeowner duties and boost the city’s beauty.
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Pella Promoters Find Otley Reference Sparks Iowa Talk
Reader shares a Lawrence Kansas reunion anecdote about insistent questions on Pella Iowa location and a quip that it sits near Otley. The piece notes upcoming Iowa and Kansas football rivalries and riffs on Murphy’s law with a series of corollaries about projects, errors, and bureaucratic delays.
Dr John Wesselink inaugurated as Central College president
Looking Back recalls 50 years ago inauguration of Dr John Wesselink as Central College president on a wet Wednesday in Pella where a 19 to 6 football win over Prairie City highlighted a slippery ball game.
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Central College
Pella
Prairie City
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