Pella community events listed for late September and October
Community calendar items include Sept 24 country show at Pella High School with tickets. planning commission at Council Chambers. Rotary chicken barbecue at the same school. Sept 25 middle school house event. bike trail exploration led by Laura Dingeman. drivers license examiner sessions. upcoming fall festivals, flower and craft fair at Pella Historical Village. 4H organizational meeting. food stamps sale at Public Safety Building. Pella chapter BU PEO meeting. city council. Institute of Industrial Engineers event in Clive. school board and concert/band events at Pella schools through Oct 23 4H.
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Pella Community High School
Pella Planning & Zoning Commission
Council Chambers
League of Women’ Voters
West Market Park
Laura Dingeman
Leighton
Otley
Esther de Zwarte
Pélla Community High School
Pella Historical Village
Public Safety Building
P.E.O
Florence Tusseling
Central Drive
Pella City
Council
American Institute of Industrial Engineers
Rolling Prairie Inn
Clive
Ned L. Lockett
Pella
History Repeats Itself on Marion County Property Taxes
The piece notes repeated property tax increases despite higher valuations. It cites a state revenue rise raising valuations in Marion County, shows budget hikes for the county, city, and school district, and urges elected officials to protect taxpayers as budgets are set. It emphasizes inflation and hopes officials keep taxpayers in mind.
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State Department of Revenue
Marion County
Being Fair To All Cities In Marion County
The Marion County Board of Supervisors seeks equity in revenue sharing after plans for a countywide rescue unit favored Knoxville. Other cities request their fair share as funds are anticipated to arrive in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Board of Supervisors
Knoxville
Community Letters Policy Encourages Signed Submissions
Our policy on letters to the editor welcomes reader expressions on issues facing the Pella community. Letters must be signed by real people and may be shortened to fit space.
Pioneers in Grease Paint by Bob Hanscom
A memoir by Bob Hanscom of Bradenton Florida about Chautauqua life in the 1920s and 1930s. It covers touring with his family, experiences on circuits, and a muddy trek to a Hickory Flat Chautauqua.
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Bob Hanscom
Bradenton
Fla
Hanscom
Chautaqua
Bob
Canada
Cadmean Chautauquas
Topeka
Kans
Midwest
Cagle
Francis
Priscilla
Ted
Chautauqua
Pella Historical Snippets Spur Local Reflections
Looking Back highlights memories from 50 20 5 years ago in Pella and surrounding areas. Notes include highway graveling on White Way 163 from Oskaloosa to Polk County, income taxes paid by Pella residents, Jordan Hall kitchen remodel, a new Third Christian Reformed Church, bus route elections, a $50 000 fire at Pella Coffee Shop, school addition plans, Jack Walvoord succeeding Marinus Kregel as Central head coach, historic site signs on Hwy 163, Pella Christian High girls softball sectional victory, and Congress funding for Red Rock reservoir facilities.
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Highway Commission
Oskaloosa
Polk County
Pella
Internal Revenue Department
Des Moines
College
Jordan Hall
Christian Reformed
Lincoln
Jack Walvoord
Marinus Kregel
Central
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New Girls
Wilbur Newendorp
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Terra Nets
Pella Publications, Inc
Pella, la
Richard D. Barton
Beverly A. Barton
Dick Barton
Ernie Visser
Henry Fischer
Lola van Weerden
Iowa
Marion
Mahaska
Poweshiek
Jasper
Elsewaére NU
Pella Chronicle
Franklin St
Arkansas Hills
Memphis
Tenn
Hickory Flat
Buck Buerkens
Buck” Buerkens
Pizza den
A. Ave. W. Oskaloosa
Dave Knouse
Warren, Clarke
Wayne Counties
Black Gold Realty
Carlisle
Earl Pohlmann
Euclid
Cook & Son Agency
Hwy
Lowa
Singer
W. Pleasant
Compm
Family Entertainment
Color Motion Pictures
New York Life Office
Chamber of Commerce
Marion County State Bank
Ideal Pharmacy
Shuring’s Supermarket
Sully
The
Pella Kiwanis Club
Travel & Adventure
Douwstra
Central College
Kiwanis
Bob Wegter
Mexico City
Bill Kennedy
Alaska
Nicol Smith
Northwestern
Don Cooper
Tennessee
Kentucky
Joe Adair
Peru
John Ebert
Stan
Irene Paulauskas
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