Kirkwood Receives $84,000 for Area Ten Agency on Aging
Kirkwood Community College will establish the Area Ten Agency on Aging serving Benton Cedar Iowa Johnson Jones Linn and Washington counties under the Older Americans Act. A 30 member advisory council will guide a seven county plan to identify needs, existing services and gaps, with nutrition housing health education employment leisure and legal affairs prioritized. The program aims to boost rural services and coordinate funding through Kirkwood, Linn County Health Center, and the Iowa Commission on the Aging, starting April 1 and supported by a $84,000 grant with $61,802 from the grant and $22,390 by Kirkwood.
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Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Area ‘Ten
Benton
Cedar
Iowa
Johnson, Jones, Linn
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
AAA
Area Ten
Iowa Commission On the Aging
Federal Administration For Aging
Area Agency
Linn County Health Center
Office of Retirement Education and Other Opportunities
OREO
Selby Ballantyne
County Boards of Supervisors
Ballantyne
Linn County
Oral
Area Ten Agency On Aging
Bethel residents share news of health gardens and spring work
Ruth Gideon reports on local recoveries at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, noting Frank Wenger and John W. Cherry are improving after recent surgeries. Easter and gardening plans unfold as residents plant potatoes, peas, and early crops. The Bethel trustees repair facilities while a new “Twinkle Podge” project brings handmade Easter eggs and knitted crafts.
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Bethel
Ruth Gideon Bethel
Frank Wenger
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
May Gideon
John W. Cherry
Bill Crandall
Ray Niffenegger
Wulf
May
Nora Knottnerus
Payne's TV
Martin trophy for bagging deer celebrated in Brighton
Robert Martin of Brighton received a Town Conservation Commission trophy certificate for bagging a white tailed buck with a trophy rack. The December 1970 deer was shot with a shotgun and measured 154 eight points, meeting award rules.
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Tony Meuth
Brighton
Harmony Club
Mabel Dunbar
Elsie Atkinson
Norene Erwin
Gladys Schooley
Marie Crandall
Tony Meath
Rex Widmer
Larry Widmer
Tiff
Tony
Robert Martin
Town Conservation Commission
June Harder
Pleasant Plain Elementary Center
Board of Education
Pleasant Plain
Lockridge Center
Measurement and set aside inspection offered by ASCS
ASCS offers measurement and set aside inspection at cost to help farmers verify crop, base acreage, and set aside eligibility. The service includes staking and referencing with a guarantee against penalties for errors if areas stay within designated boundaries. Available for any farm program by phone, mail, or at the county office.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
SCS
Robert Peason
ASC
Pearson
ASCS
Jefferson
Washington
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Agency For the Aged
Connelly Hardware
Gibson Shoe Center
Glandon’s
Squire Shoppe
Watson Cleaners
Hy-Vee Food Store
K’lyn
Squire Shoppe & Watson Cleaners
Paul Boettcher
Leslie Beenblossom
Bernard Dumont
S. H. Eagle
Ainsworth
Peg Redlinger
Reid Orris
Peggy Riordan
Keota
Martin
Donald Rebling
Harold Rebling Sr
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chugwater
Willard Hauenstein
Wayland
Paul Rebling
Norma Myers
Fairfield
Howard Burger
Dewayne Burger
Lavern Linn
Don Rebling
David Diers
Robert Diers
Kenneth McGuire
University Hospital
Washington Evening Journal
Galesburg. Ill
UPI
Frank Mankiewicz
George McGovern
John Mitchell
Democratic Party
Watergate Complex
Knox College
Mankiewicz
Democratic
Kemo Sabay
Dodge Boys
America
DoDge
Town & Country
Plymouth
Shington, Iowa
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