Courthouse Renovation Talk in Marion County
Marion County supervisors hired a firm to study renovating the old courthouse, praised as a public eyesore with sagging floors and cracked walls. Proposals include housing the social services department there temporarily and relocating offices to a future alternative, such as the old Middle School building.
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Marion County
District Court
Grand Jury
Social Services Department
Pella
Department of Social Services
Area
Farver leads drive for Iowa Children and Family Services
Joan Farver of Pella conducts a fundraising campaign as Marion county advisor for the statewide agency. The group, known for helping families with out of control children, has developed a teenage program gaining nationwide attention and offers marital and family counseling to keep children in their homes and support those facing problem pregnancies.
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Paul
Joan) Farver
Iowa Children’s and Family Services
Pella
Marion County
Human Service Agency
Iowa
P and Z recommends half cost for new vehicle and zoning change
The P and Z votes to urge city council to buy an automobile for Bennett’s uses as zoning administrator and public works inspector, sharing half the initial cost and half ongoing expenses. Budget details are discussed, plus a rezoning request for land near the north perimeter road from residential to light industrial pending council approval. Scott Hale enrolls in ISU journalism graduate program and assistantship.
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P&z
Bennett
Commission
Laura Dingeman
P&i
Dingeman
Dowald Sjaardema
Bob van Vark
Max Vande Pol
Bob Menning
Scott Hale
Norris Hale
Main St
Pella
Iowa State University
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Hale
Pella School Ballot Faces Old Middle School Disposition
De Wild urges all qualified voters in the Pella district to approve authorizing the disposal of the old middle school building and grounds for any use beyond education. Madden cites six years on the board and its building project as his service basis for leading the Pella community school system.
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Board of Education
Pella
de Wild
Otley
Leighton
Madden
Vote on selling vacated middle school questioned by district
The district will ask voters on September 13 whether the school board may dispose of the middle school property and sell the building after it is vacated. The building is slated to be vacated in May 1978 as the district completes a new middle school by summer 1978. Central's London program expands as president Kenneth J. Weller relocates to the former president's home near campus and eight students per extra house reside nearby. Orientation for freshmen occurred, with upperclassmen expected back and registration continuing as classes start Wednesday.
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Orville Dunkin
Central
London
Kenneth J. Weller
W. Adams St
Broadway
Central College grapples with freshman housing surge
Central College faces housing strain as enrollment rises with 431 freshmen in the early 70s. Associate Dean Marjorie Giles notes campus housing for about 1,100 students, up from 1,030 last year, with triples, added houses, and a purchased home and rented faculty residences to meet demand.
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Central
Marjorie Giles
Giles
Hospers Kuyper
Independence Street
Robert O’dell
CK State
Reuben van Hemert van
Medical improvements deductible for medical necessity
The article explains that home improvements may be deductible if medically necessary such as a pool for a polio patient or an elevator for a heart patient. Deduction equals the cost beyond any increase in property value, supported by a doctor’s letter and a real estate appraisal. The notice pitches two businesses offering such services.
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Sonja Overman
Greg Allen
Greg
Bruce Roorda
Bruce
Myron Berends
Mr. Berends
Farver
ISU Grad
Iowa Federation of Womens Clubs
Lenora van Zante
Center
Hessel C. van Zante
Des Moines
Syour
Bridal Books
Earl Pohlmann
Cook & Son Agency
van Hemert
Reuben van Hemert
Marge van Heme
John M. Vos
Bob van Ryswyk
John
eStan van Hemert
Alda Hoekstra
Marge Whiten Dyk
Franklin ST
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