Governor's Conference on Youth and Drugs Held in Ames
The Governor's Conference on Youth and Drugs convened December 28 and 29 at Stephens Auditorium Ames with sponsorship from the governor's office and the Iowa Jaycees. Sumner High School representatives Jeff Bowling Darrell Niedert and Dean Weitenhagen attended as seminars covered topics from drug definitions to effects and community awareness with speakers including Steve Burk Don Haines Rev Bill McKee and Dr Phil Levine.
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Stephens Auditorium
Town State University
Ames
Governor's Office
Iowa Jaycees
Sumner High School
Jeff Bowling
Darrell Niedert
Dean Weitenhagen
Steve Burk
Cedar Rapids
Don Haines
Robert Ray
Jefferson High
Jaycees
Reality House
Des Moines
Ment
Bill McKee
Sidney
Phil Levine
Holiday Inn
Ramada Inn
Christmas Vacation Reflections From Mr Thompson English II
Students filed mixed reactions after Christmas break. Comments ranged from exciting and thrilling to boring and exhausting. Many noted relatives, chores, sleep loss, sledding, snowmobiling, and a 15 day holiday as the core experiences with some fatigue and a few positives.
Little Fauss and Big Halsey film review to fail
The piece critiques Little Fauss and Big Halsey for weak plotting and a simple moral ending. Redford plays Halsey Knox, a former con man and dirt bike racer, while Pollard is Little Fauss, a bumbling mechanic racer. The duo team up, win races, and navigate relationships before a return to disillusionment.
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Robert Redford
Michael J. Pollard
Little Fauss
Big Halsey
Halsey Knox
Java
Halsey
Mauss
Ane
Big Talsey
Lauren Hutton
Fauss
Lite Fauss
Redford
Pollard
Studded tires ban debated amid road damage claims
The piece weighs Ontario’s ban on studded snow tires and its push to use chains with fears of road wear from chemicals and sand. It argues heavy trucks and chain use still harm highways, questions safety gains from studs, and notes mixed reactions to the film references and marketing plea.
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Ontario
Towa
Mike Peterson’s Plymouth Fury U1 Featured in Steer Column Down
A feature on Mike Peterson’s 4 door Plymouth Fury U1 highlights a blue exterior and interior. The car’s 183 cubic inch engine with 230 horsepower, a missing transmission detail, lift kit, and dual exhaust are noted. Peterson plans a 4 barrel carburetor and a tape player. The piece mentions Steering Creek and the year 1865.
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Mike Peterson
Mike
Ringing In The New Year In Sumner Chronicle
New Year celebrations sweep Sumner with neighbors exchanging greetings in multiple languages. Vickie Duhrkopf plans weekend routines, Mark Rogers enjoys rest after the movie, Nina Rochford bowls, Randy Legh goes pheasant hunting, and Joyce Patton retires to bed with her Teddy Bear. The scene captures a quiet, reflective New Year’s Eve across the town.
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Sue Leech
Hilda
Alex
Vickie Duhrkopf
Mark Rogers
Nina Rochford
Rich Johnson
Randy Legh
Tooth Fairy? by Vickie Uuhrkopt
The narrator finally loses a front tooth after long waiting and plans to place it for the tooth fairy. A blizzard delays recovery, then morning reveals the tooth is gone from under the pillow. Frustrated, the speaker curses the tooth fairy and destroys the tooth with a sledgehammer.
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Vickie Uuhrkopt
Woodstock Movie and Festival Highlights and Local Colleges
Woodstock draws between 400000 and 500000 to New York Catskill Mountains festival now a three hour film featuring Country Joe and the Fish Sly and the Family Stone Ten Years After Joan Baez Crosby Stills Nash Jimi Hendrix Joe Cocker Arlo Guthrie Richie Havens Sha na na and about 456789 other people Sunset Theatre will show Woodstock Objectionable parts. attendance urged to be 17 or older without a guardian Three state universities UNI Cedar Falls Iowa State Ames and University of Iowa Iowa City each host ROTC Agriculture Teaching Engineering and Medicine Tuition around 600 room and board about 800 books 100 personal 400 varies
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New York
Woodstock
Country Joe and the Fish
Sly and the Family Stone
Jown Baez
Crosby-Stills-Nash
Jimi Hendrix
Joe Cocker
Arlo Guthrie
Richie Havens
Sunset Theatre
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Iowa State University of Ames
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
UNI
Iowa State
University of Iowa
Editorial on Wednesday to change Towa's drug laws
A editorial argues Senate reforms raise drug selling penalties and lower possession penalties aiming to curb drug problems. It notes harsher codes for selling narcotics, new judicial options including institutions or halfway houses, and a problematic rock festival reporting clause. The piece ends referencing a Town Senate vote tally of 44 to ? and urges broader adoption.
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Towa
Senate
United States
Iran
Swing Show Tryout Results Highlight Chorus and Swingette Selections
Tryouts for Swing Chorus Swingettes and Small Acts are complete with a panel including Kay Harms Mrs Don Gosch Mr John Milnes Mr Roy Pease Mr Burr and Mr Shults. Choreography was set by a committee with key directors and finalists named from each group.
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Kay Harms
Don Gosch
John Milnes
Roy Pease
Burr
Shults
Hecky Harms
Donna Hoeger
Mark Tegtmeier
Rex Stahihut
Deanne Walker
Teresa Mihm
Pam Mihm
Cindy Petrait
Becky Lande
Linda Yungtum
Linda Guenther
Mary Brayton
Patrice Rogahn
Mary Lee Haverkamp
Becky Harms
Anne Lampe
Junever Poock
LuAnn Rappold
Tracy Tranbarger
Wendall Rucker
Rex Stahlhut
Rick Vorman
Dean Weitenhagen
Steve Kamrath
Bob Reimler
Randy Gloede
Kerry Moran
Gene Haar
Jerry Haar
Delmar Mutschler
Bill Rochard
Larry Wilharm
SHS Upcoming Events Preview
SEA meeting January 21 and district speech contest January 23 headline a busy SHS week. Basketball games vs New Hampton and Oelwein are slated around January 26 with 7 8 p m tip offs. Adult education begins January 25 at 7 30 p m and basic skills tests for grades 3 9 run January 27.
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Central
New Hampton
Oelwein
Socials and visits in the Pinhook area
Fredericksburg couples visit in Dale Gralhman and Dilley homes while others share meals in Charles City and Janesville. News notes: medical patient at Waverly Hospital, a Cedar Rapids wedding, and local guests at Heitmann, Holdt, and Rieck households. A stray humor line ends the snippet.
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Pinhook
Ray Wilson
Fredericksburg
Dale Gralhman
Halmuth Bartell
Dilley
Chester Pals
Dean Biden
Charles City
Bruce Pals
Brian
Creg
Ray Kuethe
Donald Zipsie
Alice Strottman
Waverly Hospital
John Fay
Cedar Rapids
D. Holdt
Holdt
Eris Fay
Allen Rieck
Julie
Robert Schmidt
Tommy
Janesville
Albert Rieck
Gale Elin
Waterloo
Carl Heitmann
Bill Robinson
Susan
Ada McConkey
Eva Ellsworth
Waverly
Chester Pass
Dale Grahlman
A& New Hampton
Mrs. Marlowe Rieck
Mike
Debra
Jerry
Kip Ladage
Tripoli
Conservation speech contest planned for 1971
Contest open to Fayette County juniors and seniors with 204 participants in 1970. Local event March 9 1971 at 7 30 p m at North Fayette County Community High School West Union. Top prizes include 10 7 50 and 5 dollars with regional and state prizes and scholarships from Grinnell Mutual.
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Fayette County
Soil Conservation District
North Fayette County Community High School
West Union
Iowa
Ladies Auxilary
Iowa Association of Soil, Conservation District Commissioners
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
Grinnell
Soil Conservation District Commissioners
County Soil Conservation District
Vocational Agriculture Department
Health Association buys film projector
The Fayette County Health Improvement Association recently purchased an audio visual Film Projector for the Fayette County Home. On Thursday January 21 1974 directors will meet the Fayette County Supervisors at the Home to present the equipment. Association president is Donald Jellings of Oelwein. Directors represent various townships and further plans include cash gifts to Mercy Hospital of Oelwein and Palmer Memorial Hospital of West Union.
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Fayette County
Mercy Hospital
Oclwein
Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
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