Bedell to Speak at Rock Valley Business Banquet
Berkley Bedell, head of Berkley and Company fishing tackle, will be guest speaker at the Rock Valley businessmen’s banquet next Monday. Bedell, from Spirit Lake, built his firm starting in 1937 at 18 and now employs over 800. He has held multiple industry and church leadership roles and earned national small business honors in the 1960s. Tickets available from BU Van Maanee, Commercial Club secretary.
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Berkley
Bedell
Iowa State University
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Morningside College
Iowa
United Methodist Church
Berkley and Company
Pickup injures Rock Valley man finger in mishap
Chester Vande Weerd of Rock Valley suffered a severely bruised and broken finger when a pickup jack failure crushed it Friday at about 11:00 am. He was hospitalized at Hege Memorial Hospital Tuesday after undergoing skin grafting on the injured finger.
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Chester Vande Weerd
Jural Rock Valley
Vande Weed
Hege Memorial Hospital
Betterment Council Discusses Contest Entries in Rock Valley
The Rock Valley Betterment Council met to review beautification contest entries and ongoing projects. The group discussed six planned county landfills across O'Brien Lyon Sioux and Osceola counties with final plans due by late April 1972.
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Rock Valley
Rock Valley City
Sheldon
O'Brien
Lyon
Sioux
Osceola
Hill van Maanen
Ambulance Plan Proposed For Sioux County Hospitals
A proposal to establish ambulance services at four Sioux County hospitals dominates a Northwest Iowa Municipalities league meeting attended by the county health department and board of supervisors. Hull favored county purchase of four ambulances at 15 000 dollars each to be hospital operated, while Meron opposed funds for a 7 200 dollar ambulance.
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Sioux County
Northwest Iowa Municipalities League
Rock Valley City Coun
Cil
County Health Department
County Board of Supervisors
Peter Krows
The
Siouxland Health Council
Hunter
Emergency Health Service of
Des Moines
Meron
Iowa
Boeve Caught in Tractor PTO Shaft Accident
Rural Rock Valley man Boeve was injured Saturday in a tractor power take off incident and remains at Hegg Memorial Hospital with a broken left leg. His wife reported he may have slipped while grinding feed and clothing became entangled. The accident happened near their home and he was able to call for help. His hospitalization length and recovery time are not yet known.
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Case Boeve
Rock Valley
Hegg Memorial Hospital
Boeve
Job of Representative Explained to Kiwanis
Ken Van Voorst presented a film at Rock Valley Kiwanis in Rac-Mar-Inn about the role of a Boy Scouts institutional representative. A Kiwanis representative in Scouting was described, with upcoming March 22 film by Horton Vander Schaaf titled The Time of Growing about parent child relations and handling a child who says I hate school.
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Boy Scouts
Rock Valley Kiwanis
Rac-Mar-Inn
Ken van Voorst
Van's
Kiwanis
Horton Vander Schaaf
Rock Valley Community School
Rock Valley Rotarians Plan Elections Next Week
The Rock Valley Rotary Club reports strong turnout at a farmer's meeting held Monday at Royalake. Roo McKercher spoke on FFA while Steve Vogelzang and David Heuer edited ideas on FFA. An annual officer election is scheduled for next week.
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Rock Valley
Rotarians
Royalake
Wo Ffa
Steve Vogelzang
David Heuer
Thei Ideas
FFA
Rock Valley High Spring Concert Scheduled For March 21
RVHS will present its 1992 Spring Concert Tuesday in the high school gym. The program features stage band concert choir boys glee girls glee swing choir and concert band with a repeat Charleston swing show number. Admission is a small at the door.
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Rock Valleyigh School
Alo
Farm meeting series at Ag Building in Rock Valley
Area cayners are invited to attend a series of meetings at the Ag Building in Rock Valley in coming weeks. March 20 covers grain handling storage and drying, March 27 discusses storing high moisture corn with Ortho Chemical Company representatives and a prosthetic acid preservation film, and April 8 features De Kalb on corn production tips with a film on cold tolerant varieties. All sessions start at 7:30 p.m. with coffee served afterward.
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A.atend
Ortho Chemical Company
Gorn
de Kalb
Sioux County
Annual Flower Show Meeting Date Set
The Rock Valley annual Flower Show committee will hold a meeting on Friday March 24 at 9 50 a m in the VFW Hall. Representatives from the various organizations are urged to attend to set up the committees for the 1972 flower show.
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Rock Valley
VFW
Boy Scouts Change Time For Good Turn Pickup
The Boy Scouts of Rock Valley will not start picking up articles for Good Turn Day this Saturday afternoon. Previously attempted pickups are delayed. The morning pickup will begin Saturday, March 18.
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Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of
Rock Valley
Celeby Mg
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Finger
Betterment Council
Hope Haven
Rock Rapids
Voogh
Marilyn Beunscing
Doug van Oort
Peg Bunch
Jeff Santema
Mary Higgins
Larry Boeve
Deb van Zee
Mark Linhoe
Barb Witte
Gary de Bruin
Liz Miller
Terry Claussen
Lou Bernsting
al Brinkman
Karen Wynla
Alvord
Rock River
Roo McKercher
RVHS
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