Buck Creek Road and Highway 93 Intersection Safety Debate
Bremer County residents urge action after another serious crash at Buck Creek Road and Highway 93 two miles west of Sumner. Despite prior signboard improvements, readers argue for flashing lights rumble strips and funded safety devices, noting multiple crossings demand nighttime safety upgrades and potential use of revenue sharing funds for one time safety features.
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Buck Creek Road
Sumner
Bremer County
Buck Creek Highway 93
Community joins in KEY 73 ecumenical outreach event
A Sunday night gathering at the Legion Hall brought together members from all local churches for KEY 73. The program marks a shift from past denominational divides, aiming to strengthen Christian faith and unity in the community, with hopes of encouraging broader understanding and personal commitment to Christ.
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Legion Hall
Keyes
KEY 73
Property tax debate lacks simple fix says Tipton Conservative
The Tipton Conservative argues for county and city boards to decide federal revenue sharing use to cut property taxes. It warns taxes are a package and emotion runs high among farmers as property tax levies rose over the last decade. It notes services must be cut to lower taxes and that a fair tax pattern satisfies no one.
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Surden
Boards of Supervisors
Tipton
Poet Lillian Dirksen Named Midwest Poet Laureate
Lillian Dirksen of Sumner, a renowned local poet, has sees publication in national and state poetry outlets and serves as Midwest poet laureate of the Chaparrel Poetry Society. Her work is a weekly feature in the Sumner Gazette, with poetic verses about time, youth, and daily life.
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Lillian Dirksen
Sumner
Midwest
Chaparrel Poetry Society
Sumner Gazette
J. Mason
God
Hans Christian Anderson
J. Foster
Sumner Gazette Publication Details and Rates
The Sumner Gazette published every Thursday in Sumner Iowa 50874 by Sumner Gazette Pub Ing Co. It lists subscription and advertising rates and notes legal advertising, circulation figures, and service options for Bremer Black Hawk Fayette Chickasaw counties and outside Iowa. The piece reflects 1969 context and includes subscription terms and mail handling notes.
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Sumner Gazette Pub Ing Co
Sumner
Iowa
Laws
Saintia Rye
Iegal
Post Offica
Bates Bremer
Black Hawk
Fayette
Chickasaw County
Paperboy Service
Medicare covers wheelchairs under doctor prescribed durable equipment
Inquiries to Leonard O Campbell SSA Waterloo Iowa explain Medicare Part B pays 80 percent of reasonable rental or purchase costs for a wheelchair when prescribed. For spousal benefits a wife can only draw if the husband receives retirement benefits, but she should check her own work record with SSA.
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Medicare
Iowa legislative session opens amid reforms and budget cuts
The first week of the session focuses on organization and new leadership as Governor Hay and lawmakers prepare for a busy term. National cuts hit Iowa farmers with REAP and disaster loan eliminations, drawing strong criticism from Governor Ray and Senator Hughes as farmers fear loss of soil conservation support and rural aid.
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Hay
Washington
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Congress
USDA
REAP
WBP
Robert Ray
Richard Nixon
Ray
Harold Hughes
America
Nixon
Hughes
Farmers Home Administration
Looking Around This Week
A reader letter from A Friend criticizes remarks on President Truman and Nixon. The piece condemns political deceit, discusses campaign promises vs. actions, and questions Democratic control since 1932. The author defends readers as thinkers, urges common sense, and notes Iowa's lapsed civic engagement.
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Harry Truman
White House
JRH
A.nonymous
Truman
Friend
Nixon
Roosevelt
America
Fdr
Hitler
Congress
RE Friend
Iowa
Letter Urges Flashing Lights at Buck Creek Road Intersection
Community members in Sumner urge the Buck Creek Road Highway 83 intersection to gain flashing lights and improved crossing warnings after repeated accidents. Residents note a government grant of 173000 funds and call for a county supervisor campaign to protect families and children.
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Buck Creek Road
Highway 93
Sumner
Board of Supervisors
Highway 83
Richard Reynolds
Billie Hennings
First baby of year born at Sumner hospital
The first baby of 1048 at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital is Scott Allen John Poock born at 2 44 a m on Tuesday Jan 4 to Mr and Mrs Virgil Poock of Sumner Also notes list local deaths anniversaries resignations military discharges and community events in Sumner Iowa with multiple obituaries and notices including Lillia Buhrmester Marion Donat Paul Tiedt and Louis H Hauth among others
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Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
Scott Allen John Poock
Virgil Poock
Sumner
Lillia Buhrmester
Summer Community Memorial Hospital
Marion Donat
Randalia
Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
Herbert Warnke
Mattia Zurbriggen
Merlin Meyer
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Curtis Senft
Norfolk
Harold J. Ellison
U.S. Navy
Jack McBride
Arlene Mort
Hagen
Paul Tiedt
Tiett
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Tietits
Paula Ann
Berg
Sam Shales
Elmer Hussman
Richfield School
Carl August Otto Griesert
Fredericksburg Hardware
Chris Keegan
Keegan
Iowa Pike
Ross Tibbitts
Iowa
Ross
Des Moines
Omaha
Neb
L. R. Ludwig
Henry Wagoner
Sarah O'Rourke
Kellham
Cedar Falls
O'Connell
L. H. Dickman
Route Five
H. M. Lease
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Poet's Corner
Leonard O. Campbell
Social Security Administration
W. 4Th St
P.O
J. Merrill Anderson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Oren Lee Stanley
Continued
Ovid
William F. Zell
Spring Fountain
Bill
Emerson Funeral Home
John Timm
Colesburg
Manchester Hospital
Max Platte
Everett Garland
Trinity - Lutheran
Hawkeye
Louis H. Hauth
West Union Hospital
United Telephone CO
Telephone
New Hampton
United Telephone System
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