Valley Manor Residents Celebrate May Activities
Valley Manor residents enjoyed a May program by Donna and Dennis Wrede a birthday for Al Porter and staff provided cake ice cream. Agnes Van Zee and Dorothy Ver Muim completed seven week activity coordinators courses finishing projects a newsletter and a garden. The former board members hosted a staff steak fry on June 16 and Gerrit De Bruin left for home.
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Valley Manor
Donna
Dennis Wrede
al Porter
Agnes van Zee
Dorothy Ver Muim
Glenn Grevengoed Accepted at Dorat College
Mr. Howard Hall announces that Glenn Grevengoed son of Mr and Mrs Gerrit Grevengoed of Rock Valley has been accepted for Dorat College for the 1977 1978 school year Glenn is a Western Christian High School graduate this spring
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Howard Hall
Glenn Grevengoed
Gerrit. Grevengoed
Rock Valley
Dorait College
Glenn
Western Christian High School
County Cancer Society Funds Exceed Goal
The Sioux County Unit of the American Cancer Society held its quarterly meeting at the Dutch Mill Inn in Orange City on June 14. Campaign funds surpassed the county goal of 13213 while the Education Department distributed over 2000 pieces of literature and conducted 56 programs in schools and adult groups. Don Ritchie, laryngectomee from Spencer, presented 22 programs in Sioux County schools. Services aided eight county cancer patients and Loan Closet supplies were in constant use. Reach to Recovery services remained available to doctors, and a successful Quit Clinic was held in April with a fall repeat planned. A new five year Target 5 program aims to reduce tobacco related disease and death.
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Sioux County
American Cancer Society
Dutch Mill Inn
Orange City
Education Department
Don
Ritchie
Spencer
Hope Haven to Close Two Weeks This July
Hope Haven will shut for two weeks from Monday July 4 to Monday July 18. Staff and enrollees return Tuesday July 19. The closure grants a two week vacation period for all participants and staff.
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Hope Haven
Managers Seminar At Lake Okoboji
Mr and Mrs Alvin Miller and Mr and Mrs Owen Manning with their families represented Farmers Lumber Company of Rock Valley at a three day managers seminar at Lake Okoboji Iowa in June 1922 The Manager Conferences guided by the theme The Future Is Now covered decision making for cooperative planning energy futures in livestock and crop production and government regulations affecting farmer wants and needs
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Alvin Miller
Owen Manning
Farmers Lumber Company of
Rock Valley
Lake Okoboji
Iowa
Land O'Lakes
Altercation in Van's Foodland parking lot leads to assault charge
Brian Kooima was injured with a head wound requiring four stitches after Ron Thebert allegedly struck him with a tire iron during a dispute in the Van's Foodland parking area. Sheriff Schwiesow said 10 to 15 youths watched as Thebert drove by and an altercation followed. Thebert faces assault with intent to inflict bodily harm and appeared before a magistrate for a preliminary hearing.
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Van's Foodland
Brian Kooima
Ron Thebert
Thebert
Sioux County
Jim Schwieson
Kooima
Schwiesow
the Bee
Hegg Memorial Hospital
Dick Smith
Wilder Pageant At DeSmet Promises New Scenes
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant is set for June 25 26 and July 2 3 9 10 at 9 pm in De Smet South Dakota. Directors Richard and Mrs Green say the script has been rewritten with new costumes and sets for a community driven production. Proceeds fund annual pageant improvements on a 30 acre site near the Ingalls homestead Big Slough and Silver Lake, landmarks from the Wilder books.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
South Dakota Prairies
DeSmet
Richard.Green
Ingall’s
Big Slough
Silver Lake
de Smet
Local Girl Earns Law Degree For Iowa Graduate Andrea Van Beek
Andrea Van Beek daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Van Beek of Rock Valley earned a Juris Doctor in Law at the University of Iowa spring commencement. After passing the Iowa Bar Exam she moved to Orange City to begin work in July as resident Trust Officer for the Sioux County State Bank.
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Andrea van Beek
George H. van Beek
Rock Valley
University of Iowa
Andrea
Iowa
Orange City
Sioux County State Bank
St Joseph Mercy School of Nursing class graduates 72
Sherri Rae Veltkamp of Rock Valley joined 71 other nursing students at the 74th annual St Joseph Mercy School of Nursing Marian Health Center commencement in Sioux City on June 17. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick H Veltkamp of Sibley.
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Larry Beeve
LeMars
Sherri
And
Dick H. Veltkamp
Sibley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Kelly
Nell Middle
Guy Blankespoor
Hessel van Grouw
Jim Hoogendoorn
Bill Rienstra
Edith Nagel
Irma Ver Meulen
Katherine Anema
Valley Manor News
Gerrit de Bruin
Dorat
County Cancer Society
The
ACS
St. Joseph
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