NW Iowa Community Conference Draws City Officials
The Twelfth Annual Northwest Iowa Community Conference in Cherokee drew about 200 city and county officials from the Sixth District. Rock Valley City Clerk Bill Van Maanen and Councilman Robert Kaufman attended with his wife. Sessions on Community Development Block Grants and sewer and street upgrades drew interest as officials seek federal and state funding. Congressman Berkley Bedell sponsored the event with keynote remarks from Assistant Secretary Alex Mercure.
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Northwest Iowa
Cherokee Community Center
Washington, D.C
Wiley Mayne
le Mars
Sixth
Rock Valley
Bill van Maanen
Robert Kaufman
DeWild Grant Beckert and Associates
Lester Fleming
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
van Maanen
Larry Heeren
Housing and Urban Development
Berkley Bedell
Alex Mercure
Combine Destroyed By Fire Near Rock Valley
The fire department was summoned to the Chester L. Vande Weerd farm south of Rock Valley at about 11 00 a m Friday. The combine suffered extensive fire damage with an estimated loss of 10 000 dollars. Vande Weerd and son Carl and neighbor Loren Hansen were in the field when the blaze started. No injuries were reported and the cause remains undetermined.
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Chester L. Vande Weerd
Rock Valley
Combine
Vande Weerd
Carl
Loren Hansen
Mulder Middle Exchange Vows At First Reformed
Lynn Mulder and Duane Middle wed at First Reformed Church of Rock Valley with Rev. Roger Voskuil presiding. Attendants were Kaye Tiedeman and Doug Middle. Judy Middle and Ken Middle assisted. Bride is a 1976 Western Christian High School graduate employed at Frank's Market. groom is a Rock Valley Community School graduate employed at Kooima Manufacturing. They reside at D and D Trailer Court in Rock Valley.
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Lynn Mulder
Duane Middle
First Reformed Church of
Rock Valley
Roger Voskuil
George Middle
Elvin Mulder
Doan
Kaye, Tiedeman
Doug
Judy
Ken
Western Christian High School
Frank's Market
Kooima Manufacturing
Rock Valley Community School
D and D Trailer Court
Rock Valley Bee News Briefs October 27 1977
Local brief items from Rock Valley Bee section A page twelve dated October 27 1977. Readable snippets cover community notices and short happenings aligned with the paper’s early late 1970s townbeat tone.
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Rock Valley
Minor collision on 15th Street causes $400 damage
A Saturday October 22 11 30 p m accident on 15th Street involved Agner Terpstra's 1977 Buick driven east by Norma Kannegieter and Clara Postma backing from a cart, no injuries. Terpstra car sustained about 400 in damage. Postma's 2964 Ford had no damage. Postma received a summons for failure to yield right of way while backing.
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15Th Street
Agner Terpstra
Norma C. Kannegieter
Clara Postma
Cart
Terpstra
Buick
Postma
Ford
Dordt to stage J.B. modern Job in Te Paske Theatre
Dordt College will present Archibald MacLeish’s J.B. from November 3 to 5 at 8 p.m. in Te Paske Theatre. The drama reimagines the biblical Job with a prosperous businessman facing catastrophe while family members die or are harmed, his wife leaves, and boils afflict him. Three advisers including a psychologist, a Marxist, and a clergyman visit J.B. Arnie Melissen of Rock Valley plays one of the three comforters. Tickets can be reserved by calling 722 3771 or visiting Dordt College's Student Union Building on weekdays 8 to 11 p.m.
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Archibald MacLeish
J.B
Dordt College
Sarah
Arnie Melissen
Rock
Second Largest Soybean Crop Forecast in Iowa
The October 1 forecast projects 33 bushels per acre for soybeans, yielding 237.6 million bushels, 16 percent above last year but 10 percent below the 1973 record. Iowa corn is seen at 87 bushels per acre with 1,061 billion bushels produced, eight percent below last year and 14 percent under the 1972 peak, potentially a sixth billion bushel corn crop despite tough weather.
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Iowa
Trapping Rules Tighten Across Iowa State Areas
The ICC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulate trapping from 6:00 a.m. November 5 to midnight December 31, with beaver trapping exempt. Permits are required on state game management areas and federal refuges, plus a fur harvest quota to be set. Resident licenses under 16 cost $1 and those 16 and over $5. trespass can close areas to trapping.
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ICC
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Des Moines
Iowa
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Farmers Home Administration
Rural Development Service
Rural Electrification Administration
Bedell
Census Bureau
Mulder
First Reformed
Job
Dordt
Separa
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