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Among the summer recreation facilities . . . in Southwest Iowa is Prairie Rose State Park located 14 miles northeast of the junction of Interstate 80 and Highway 59 and about 10 miles west of Elk Horn. Boating, fishing and swimming is permitted at…

'Keel' is laid: Like the keel of a giant ship, the spillway at Prairie Rose Lake southeast of harlan is beginning to extend up the hill and around behind the dam at the new lake. The spillway will keep the water in the 218-acre lake at a constant…

General Thomas S. Power Commander In Chief of the Strategic Air Command Headquarters

General Thomas S. Power Commander In Chief of the Strategic Air Command Headquarters

Making a duplicate . . . tape of some of the calls to the 911 center is director William Pierce. All incoming calls and all for the center's radio transmissions are taped and held for a minimum of six months, he said.

Keeping track . . . of the city's fire equipment is Don Dinatalli. The locator board in the 911 center shows the location of every fire truck at any given moment. The operator on duty at the fire console is responsible sending additional equipment if…

Taking a fire call . . . is Tony Ward, one of the three dispatchers on duty. From his console, Ward is in touch with firefighters going to the scene and with the fire chief.

Two of the three . . . dispatch consoles are shown in this picture. Don Dinatalli keeps track of the sheriff's calls, while Diane Hatcher, the center's newest dispatcher, is trained by Jean Walter.

Pottawattamie County Division of Communications, Betty Thompson

Pottawattamie County Courthouse File 3, tower

Pottawattamie County Courthouse File 3

Pottawattamie County Courthouse File 3

Perched behind glass . . . in the wild bird collection, eagle, hawk. and owls are among about 360 specimens in the Stempel collection. Some other are on display at Iowa Western Community College. -- Nonpareil photo.

Perched behind glass . . . in the wild bird collection, eagle, hawk. and owls are among about 360 specimens in the Stempel collection. Some other are on display at Iowa Western Community College. -- Nonpareil photo.

Placing items . . . in a time capsule buried Monday near the new Pottawattamie County Courthouse draws interest from spectators present. Everything from slips of paper with names on them to Ms. magazine was dropped into the vault which will be opened…

Centennial lock

The carving . . . on the counter in the county auditor's office is more notable to Andrew Fahrenkrog, 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Fahrenkrog, because he can't see over it. His mother presented a letter to the County board of Supervisors asking that…

Donna Gell and Bev Frohardt knew their journey from one building to another was over when they found the Pottawattamie County Courthouse sign. They are employees in the County Auditor's Office which is in the midst of moving into the new courthouse.…

Courthouse tower

Courthouse tower . . .may be removed. The tower, from the base of the Statue of Justice is 100 feet high. --Nonpareil Photo.