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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
1
Farmers Elevator provides market notes listing corn at 115 per bushel and old beans at 3.00 while new beans trade at 2.94. Quotations reflect daily station prices with general grid for regional traders.
Girl Scout Day Camp opened with groups of Brownies and Juniors led by a team of leaders and aides. The week featured hikes, flag and diary work, a talent show, and a fire dining setup, ending with a closing program for the district headquarters. The 85th annual Flower Show followed at Rock Valley Community School with awards for blue ribbons, red ribbons, and best entries across Artistic and Horticultural divisions, drawing 227 guests and 286 entries.
At the regular school election on Monday September 13 1871 Sioux Coury voters will elect members of the Sioux Coury Board of Education and their local boards. Incumbents are Donald De Groot of HoI Area I and Joseph Rexwinkel of Aow Area IV. Nomination papers must be filed by Tuesday August 24 1871 at the County Superintendent of Schools office.
Youth Day at the city baseball park wrapped the Summer Recreation Program with about 40 girls playing softball from 2 30 to 4 30 p m though a player was absent teams were formed locally No scores were kept Group I captains Brenda De Vos and Debbie Draager led their team to a 10 9 win Ruth Van Zee coached the girls. The children's parade started at 7 00 p m under Jia Roelofs Jim Wesira and Henry Bakker. Parade entries covered Pets Costumes Decorated Bikes and Vehicles with prizes of 2 00 1 00 and 50 each Judges were Mrs Gene Bunch Mrs Paul Beamer and Mrs Pudd Vander Velde About 34 entries joined the pet division Zoo Lou Koima won first place and Ken Van Veldhuizen's team finished second and third. All pets were puppies.
A meeting is set for Friday at 8:00 PM in the Memorial Building Hudson to discuss raising $40,000 locally to finance a nursing home. The Small Business Administration will provide a $226,000 insured first mortgage at 7.75 percent. Walter Baitel of CM Corp will attend to assist in the drive. Sponsors urge starting now to enclose the building before winter. lunch will be served after.
Iowa Highway Commission members toured 26 northwest and central Iowa communities during a field inspection trip. Local groups including Stan Negaard and Kiwanis officials met with the district engineer to discuss the dangerous east junction of Highway 28 and 75 near Rock Valley. Projections show Highway 18 east to 75 slated for 1976 improvements, with a planned T intersection and possible lighting before then.
Northwest Iowa Vocational School will offer a four week Nurse Aide short course in Rock Valley from September 13 to October 3. Classes run weekdays 8 00 A.M. to 2 40 P.M. with classroom and supervised clinicals. Enrollment limited to ten adults. tuition and books total $20. Contact Northwest Iowa Vocational School Sheldon for interview. Donald M. Hop reports Sioux County savings bonds sales totaling $97 628 in six months, county six month total $227 291 for 1957.
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