Hope Haven Board Reviews Latest Fund Drive Results
Hope Haven board members met to assess the fund drive amid a 343000 goal by March 1 to sustain services for 52 staff and 106 children facing a two week suspension. Only about 51943.24 had been raised, with church offerings expected to boost totals. a Des Moines Register report cited 165000 in drive income. The trustees approved continuing services on benevolent gifts and ordered a results assessment to explore future opportunities, while a society group urged resignations for four top administrators including executive director Erv Voogh.
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Hope Haven Board of Trustees
Hope Haven
Erv Voogh
Lloyd Munneke
Paul Moos
Dick Sander
Roger Vis
Hull
Harry Bosma
Sanborn
Ted Ribbens
Water Project Bid Letting Scheduled for March 23
City expects bids to be opened March 23 at a special council session for a 713000 water system upgrade funded by an Economic Development Administration grant. The plan includes a 250000 gallon water tower a new city well water mains valves and hydrants with deductive alternates to adjust total cost contractor interest high with ten to fifteen bidders anticipated.
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Bill van Maanen
van Maanen
Economic Development Administration
Hessel Roorda
Sale Of Bee Hive Variety Announced Here
Three local businessmen John Dirksen Jim Dirksen and Wes Engbers purchased Bee Hive Variety from the Jansma family effective immediately. The store at 1447 Main will be renamed D and E Variety with a grand opening planned soon. The sale followed a store inventory closure Monday.
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Bee Hive
John Dirksen
Jim Dirksen
Wes Engbers
Dirksens
Valley Wood Works
Engbers
Jansma
Thelmar F. Jansma
Sheldon
Wilmar B. Jansma
Baltimore
Maryland
Jeanene Jansma
Andrew P. Jansma
Hull
1447
Main
Day Of Prayer Observance Friday At St Marys Church
Five local churches sponsor World Day of Prayer on Friday March 2 at 1 30 p m at St Marys Catholic Church open to all. Les and Linda Norgaard of George perform original and recorded songs with albums for sale. A community choir directed by Anna Marie Van Beck sings two numbers Ivory Palaces and When I Kneel Down To Pray. An offering and refreshments follow. Mary McGill hosts. Sponsors include Pioneer United Methodist St Marys First Reformed Our Savior’s and Peace Lutheran.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
Les
Linda Norgaard
George
Ivory
Anna Marie van Beck
Mary McGill
Pioneer United Methodist
St. Mary's Catholic
First Reformed
Our Savior’s
Peace Lutheran
Health Group Weighs Rock Valley Proposals
The northwest Subarea Advisory Council of the Iowa Health Systems Agency will meet March 9 1977 at the Cherokee Community Center to review two facility acquisitions. St Vincent Hospital by Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation at 10.8 million and Valley Manor nursing facility by Hegg Memorial Hospital at 900 thousand. The meeting will also review six of the plan’s fifteen major parts for the 91 county area.
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Northwest Subarea Advisory Council
The
Iowa Health Systems Agency
Cherokee Community Center
W. Bluff
Cherokee
Iowa
St. Vincent Hospital
Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation
Sioux City
Valley Manor
Hegg Memorial Hospital
Rock Valley
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HH Board
Des Moines Register
Hope Haven Society
State Department of Public Instruction
Windmill Inn
Rock Valley Argus-Leader
D & E Variety
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