Port land News Socials Highlight Local Visits
Portland News notes visits and gatherings across area families. Emil Eimers and Burt Schwiefert hosted guests in Fairmont and Mason City while Amand Dangelier and Brett joined Victor Fitch’s group. Henry Smith remains in intensive care at Kossuth County Hospital after Sunday gatherings.
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Emil Eimers
Fairmont
Schwiefert
Victor Fitch
Amand Dangelier
Brett
Mason City
Earl Zwiefel
Park Hospital
Bernard Meister
St. Cecelia's Church
Algona
Vernon Smith
Dows
Henry Smith
Kossuth County Hospital
Henry
Valley Farmerettes 4-H Visit Titania Care Center
Nine members of the Valley Farmerettes 4-H Club visited the Titania Care Center on Saturday October 8 to perform a Halloween program. Julie Asche Paula Rippentrop Diane Anderson and Deb Rippentrop presented readings while the group sang songs and shared lunch.
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Valley Farmerettes
Titania Care Center
Julie Asche
Paula Rippentrop
Diane Anderson
Deb Rippentrop
Declining Enrollment At Titania Consolidated School
A letter to the editor warns Titania Consolidated School facing enrollment drops of 100 in five years with continued decline ahead. It notes reduced per pupil funding while fixed costs like transport and maintenance remain and cites board members seeking independent options from the Department of Public Education.
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Titania Consolidated
Titanica Board of Education
Department of Public Education
PURE advocates rural education lobbying for Iowa schools
A Titonka Topic letter discusses rural education neglect and promotes PURE, an advocacy group backing local control and opposing consolidation. The writer notes Titonka’s shared teaching with Burt Buffalo Center and Lakota and urges readers to join PURE via local school boards.
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DPI
Titonka
Burt
Buffalo Center
Lakota
Titanka Consolidated School
PURE
Department of Public Education
Iowa
Towa
Thave
ISU marching band welcomes large returning roster
Iowa State University Marching Band Director Jimmie Reynolds notes a high rate of returning upperclassmen as the 1977 band opens with 237 members. Rhonda Budlong of Titanka is listed among the band’s 212 playing musicians who perform at all ISU home games.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Jimmie Reynolds
ISU
Reynolds
Rhonda Budlong
Titanka
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Details and Volunteer Requests
The Titanica American Legion Auxiliary met October 3 at the Kountry Kitchen with 17 members present. Members are asked to bring two dozen cookies to Pat Haines by October 19 for the Woodward assignment and wrap each in wax paper.
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Titanica American Legion Auxiliary
Kountry Kitchen
Ellen Boelkes
Pat Haines
Woodward
V. A. Hospital
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Gruss Recreation Area
Blacktop
P.m
DeVries Auction Company
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