Iowa libraries feel the squeeze from tighter city budgets
Iowa libraries face funding cuts as cities tighten finances. State Librarian Barry Porter cites shifting priorities, reduced revenue sharing, and aging facilities as major challenges in larger communities while noting 500 libraries exist state wide and most meet national standards. He says libraries abroad need support and guidance, and Waterloo is evaluating moving its facility.
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Space agency outlines ambitious late century planetary plan
NASA proposes a 1984 rover mission to Mars with two vehicles and four asteroid efforts, plus a 1990 automated Mars sample return, Mercury and Venus orbiters, and missions to Jupiter Saturn Halley’s Comet Titan and Vesta. Only the Jupiter orbiter probe and Venus atmosphere probe hold current approval amid budget concerns.
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Fla
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Red Planet
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Cedar Clippers 4-H Club Meets at Lory Patterson Home
The Cedar Clippers 4-H Club met at Lory Patterson’s home with 12 members. Glenda Gent and Jorjean Horning shared Junior Camp experiences. Presentations covered Space all Around, Decorative Pillows, Eye of God, Curtains, How to Sand Wood, How to Refinish Furniture, and Guide Lines to Sewing Short Cuts, with one guest attending.
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Lory Patterson
Glenda Gent
Jorjean Horning
Rhonda Knerr
Eye of God
Leah Robbins
Peppers Should Be Harvested When Ripened
Horticulture interns and ISU extension horticulurists explain peppers regulate fruit load. Transplants of sweet bell and hot red peppers can be set out by late June with spacing of two feet between plants and three feet between rows. Fertilizer guidance and picking tips for drying red peppers are provided, noting ripened peppers store best with a stem.
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Mary Beth Costello
Gary Kling
Iowa State University Extension
Iowa
Dear Doctor advice column on high school life and future plans
Readers ask about shy peers asking for dates, managing dual personality during school, and choosing paths after graduation. Dr Robert Wallace advises open conversation, relaxing around loved ones, and planning education options like junior college or trade school to satisfy parental expectations.
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Wayland Judge Delivers Guilty Pleas In Traffic Record
On the Record Magistrate Jesse S. Delgado of Wayland pleaded guilty June 13 to failure to yield and driving without an operator's license, fined a total of 30 dollars. The docket lists numerous fines for speeding, miscellaneous offenses, and trucking violations across several towns, with amounts ranging from five to over thirty dollars and unrelated violators from Washington to Davenport.
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Jesse S. Delgado
Wayland
P. Randy Martin
Washington
Mark D. Mast
Ainsworth
Leonard J. Starr
Ollie
Terri M. Carroll
Rural Wayland
Arlene G. Sanger
West Chester
Donald O. Frye Jr
Des Moines
Steven J. Miller
Virgil E. Davis
Jeffrey D. Shelangoski
Rural Brighton
Michael E. Adams
Forester D. Christner
Crawfordsville
Wendell R. Warner
Randall Kron
Wes Chester
Jack M. Ide
Moline
Ill
Pablo Gutierrez Davenport
Stephan M. Rogie
Iowa City
Philip A Leyden
James A. Milam
Max A. Collier' Solon
Bennie E Coppage
Elba
Ala
Jack E. Stillwell
Beverly Hills
Calif
Benjamin C. Elwood
Midland
Mich
Martin L. Watson
Dennis D Kleinmeyer
Homestead
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