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Audubon's 'Albert'
Audubon's "Albert the Bull" needs several more coats of cement. Then painters will apply the red and white colors of the Hereford breed. But the beef promotional project already stops occasional tourists, who snap pictures of the huge bull.
Albert Takes Form
"Albert, the World's Largest Bull," a statue saluting Audubon County's cattle feeders, is taking form at Audubon. Being built by the Junior Chamber of Commerce as a tourist attraction, the huge Hereford critter is under construction at the south edge…
Albert Takes Shape
"Albert, the World's Largest Bull" has taken its steel shape south of Audubon. The 30-foot-tall Hereford will receive a coat of paint over cement and steel mesh, and be dedicated in the fall.
High School Plans
This is an artist's sketch of the new Audubon High School building, for which voters in the Audubon Community School District voted $900,000 in bonds last spring. Tallest part of the building is gymnasium and section in foreground houses auditorium.…
Name New Administrator for Audubon Memorial Hospital
Checking Records at Audubon County Memorial Hospital are Mrs. B.B. Budatz, new administrator, and Trustee Niels C. Nielsen.
Audubon Mail Carriers Cited
All of Audubon's rural mail carriers and parcel post drivers have been cited by the National Safety Council for driving without accident during the past year. Postmaster Russell Bamsey (left) presents an 'expert driver' award from the Council to…
Dedication Set At Friendship Home
After Three Years of Community Effort
X-Shaped Friendship Home at Audubon has been completed and will be ready for occupancy about July 1. The 87-plus room home is believed to be the first of its kind to be financed under an FHA-insured loan of $477,400.
Shelter House in Bull Park
The new shelter house in Albert the Bull Park in Audubon is a memorial to an 18-year-old youth who was fatally injured in an auto accident last year. Audubon County Campers Club built the shelter house as a memorial to Alan Lee Christensen, whose…
Jaycees Come Alive
New officers of the reactivated Audubon Jaycees include Dean Axland, president; Joe Brannan Jr., first vice-president; Richard Alenius, treasurer; and Don Robertson, state director (pictured above). Elected to the board were Paul Hansen, William…
Proposed Audubon County Home
A $300,000 bond issue to build an Audubon County Home will be balloted on in the November general election. the present home is expected to be condemned and the grand jury has recommended that a new home be built. The proposed home will be a T Shaped…
Audubon Jaycees Installation Held
Officers of the newly reactivated Audubon Jaycees Chapter were installed recently at the organization's annual banquet at city auditorium. They include (from left): Doug Schuldt, secretary; Rich Olenius, treasurer; Ken Slothouber and Joe Brannan,…
Audubon Beeves Fatten Market
Banker A.A. Kruse of Audubon comes face-to-face with a miniature replica of the giant bull statue in Audubon, named Albert after the founder of the T-Bone promotion.
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Photo of cattle truck advertising annual Operation T-Bone in Audubon IA.
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Photo of Audubon Observatory
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Photo of Audubon County Hospital
Bluffs Run File2
color photo of Bluffs Run sign, with greyhound logo
Longer race season increases wagering
George Beno, executive director of Iowa West Racing Association, is pictured in the covered grandstand at Bluffs Run with a poster showing 1987 earnings and payments for the dog track. Track owners say the overall economic impact of racing in…
Gaming panel opposes higher stakes; interest in par-mutuel industry
John Nelson (left), president of the Iowa West Racing Association, and Paul Bryant, Jr., president of Alabama-Iowa Management Inc., attended Thursday's meeting of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission at Bluffs Run. Iowa West owns Bluffs Run, which…