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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1977
Page
4
The Rock Valley Community School outlines eligibility criteria for reduced price and free lunches under the National School Lunch and Special Milk Programs. Local officials set family size and income thresholds to determine who qualifies for assistance.
Families with income at or below specified levels may qualify for free or reduced price lunches and free milk. Unusual medical or shelter expenses, special education costs, and certain losses can qualify under other criteria. Applications are distributed to homes and at principals offices. confidentiality is maintained and reviews may be appealed. Foster children may receive benefits. contact the school for foster eligibility. Changes in unemployment or family size require new applications to adjust eligibility.
Iowa banks loaned 32.706 billion to farmers in 1976, per the Iowa Bankers Association. Non real estate loans reached 32.422 billion, up 19 percent from 1975, and farm real estate loans totaled 284 million, a 20 percent rise.
Northwestern College collaborates with Northwest Iowa Technical College to offer junior and senior level college credit classes in Sheldon starting September 7, 1977. Evening courses on Wednesday run 6:00 to 9:00 and 9:00 to 12:00, each three semester hours, with an option to earn an Associate in Arts from NITC and pursue a Bachelor of Arts through Northwestern.
Iowa reports its highest June employment with 1,398,300 workers. Sioux County lists 14,090 jobs split among wage earners, agricultural self employment, unpaid workers, and agriculture. Unemployment rises seasonally to 48,300, up 6,600 from May, but is down 13,900 from a year ago as students find jobs.
Iowa Secretary Robert Lounsberry designated 698 Century Farms for 1977 under a program by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Iowa Farm Bureau. Two Sioux County farms earned the award: those owned by Charles and Edward Lubbers and by Peter L Van Kley. The annual listing honors farms owned by the same family for a century.
Six state and federal unemployment programs paid eligible Iowans 7.813 million dollars in July. Sioux County led regular benefits at 23,918 with 352 weeks, Lyon 5,597 with 84 weeks, and O Brien 38,126 with 93 weeks. Extended benefits totaled 4,117 in Sioux County and 1,896 in Lyon. A temporary aggravated unemployment program paid 1,729 in Sioux County and 272 in O Brien. A year earlier July payments totaled 10.64 million dollars, reflecting an over year decrease blamed on economic improvement.
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