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Choice of $5 Summer Suits, Slacks, Shirts, Swim Wear SACR WN ENDS ON JULY 31 Still Good Selection To Choose From C(l A) with ticli $50 purchase to By Buying Now Paul Kats family of Rock Volley named FHA Form Famil of Year The Paul Kills family of Rock Valley has been named the District Farmers Home Administration "Farm Family of the Year" for Northwest Iowa, according to District Director Richard L. Bolte of Storm Lake. The Kats family was selected from those named for county honors at tht Le Mars, Sibley, Spencer, Storm Lake, Ida Grove, and Mapleton HA offices. These six offices, servicing 14 counties in Northwest Iowa comprise District I of Farmers Home Administration in Iowa. The Le Marr office, managed by County Supervisor Dennis V.

Bonna, serves Plymouth and Sioux Counties. The "Farm Family of the Year" award is to recognize famiies utilizing FmHA credit who have made outstanding progress with the resources available to them. Paul and Alice Kats have six children, Rienda, Galen, Michael, David, Lorna, and Sara. They farm 470 acres two miles east and one mile north of Rock Valley. The Kats family received a FmHA Farm Ownership loan to purchase an 80 acre farm in 1963 and In 1965 purchased an additional 160 acres with an additional FmHA loan.

They have since purchased additional land without further FmHA assistance. The family repaid their FmHA loans in 1974, going fully to conventional credit sources at that time. Paul's livestock program currently involves handling 700 to 900 feeder calves per year, feeding part of them to market and selling part as feeders. The family belongs to the First Christian Reformed Church at Rock Valley. They are members of the Sioux County Cattle Feeder Association and the Farm Bureau.

The Kats family will now be considered for state and national "Farm Family of the Year" awards. Dordt astronomy prof discovers moderately bright comet July 14 Dordt vocal ensemble concert here August 7 This Dordt College small vocal ensemble known as will present a concert at the Bethel Christian Reformed Church here at 7:30 P.M. Thursday, August 7. The group of 10 singers was selected by audition from the Dordt concert choir and will tour this summer through the U.S. and parts of Canada.

Director of the group is Dale Grotenhuis, extreme left. The concert here will feature music from Bach and Billings, to contemporary settings of sacred folk music. YOU NIID Your Ticket To A Really Carefree Vacation When you travel, on land, tea or air, you want peace of mind. Thh comei from knowing you km protection accidental dMth ind injuriei. and that your property ii ilio protected, luy thii low cott Trip Accident and Trip luunnce; then lit back, relax, and gel the out of your trip any trip anywhere in the world.

WESSELINK Various combinations of instrumental accompaniments and variety to the group of five men and five women. "Light" will sing 26 performances during August in Indiana, Wisconsin, Western Washington and a couple of Canadian provinces and will end the out-of-state tour at the Young Calvinist Convention at Bellingham, Wash. There will be no admission charge for the local conceit but a freewill offering will be taken. Stan Kroese is awarded accreditation Stanley D. Kroese, local accountant, has successfully completed requirements for accreditation in the field of accountancy.

The Accreditation Council for Accountancy, a non-profit corporation sponsored by the National Society of Accountants, has awarded status to 'Mr. Kroese. The purpose of the Council's accreditation program is to provide a i method for the recognition of qualified and ethical practitioners who are engaged in the practice of accounting. The cornerstones of the, program are a form of testing for all applicants and the maintenance of accredited status thru mandatory continuing education requirements. As of this date, Mr.

Kroese is one of only 3,000 accountants to earn this recognition from the Accreditation Council. He and his wife, Marcella, and their children, Randy, Robert and Renee, reside at 534 7th St. NE, Sioux Center DeStigter Brothers ore honored for fine safety record A local construction firm, De Stigter Brothers, has been honored by the Associated General Contractors of America for their outstanding safety record for the year 1974. The firm is a member of the Master Builders of Iowa which is the building chapter in Iowa of the Associated General Contractors of America. The award has significance in view of the emphasis placed on safety by the Occupational Safety Health Act (OSHA).

Fewer than of the AGC firms achieve this distinction. Local Briefs Rev. Richard G. Hodgson'; pro- lessor of astronomy, Dordt College, discovered a moderately bright comet shortly before midnight July 14 in his observatory in Sioux Center. The circumstances of his discovery are somewhat unusual.

After completing a series of routine observations of several variable stars, Rev. Hodgson decided to sweep some of the night sky with binoculars before closing his observatory. As he did so the thought crossed his mind that it might be rather exciting to discover a comet. Within a few moments, after a quick sweep of the star fields of Cygnus, he directed his attention to the constellation ot Delphinus, which is fairly well knowr to him. Almost immediately he was struck by a conspicuous fuzzy object with a small bright nucleus, on the border between Delphinus and Vul- pecula.

Rev. Hodgson could hardly believe his eyes. Although many comets have tails, this sighting had no discernable tail. Another possibility might be a star cluster of nebula, but there were none that bright in that part of the he'cpuld remember. A quick examination of star charts made it clear that the fuzzy object was indeed a comet.

During the next 2Vz hours the comet was carefully tracked, and Its rapid motion became immediately apparent as it moved on a north- northwesterly course into Vutpecula. It is unusual to find a comet so far away from the sun In the sky. Preliminary analysis of Its motion suggests that it is presently outside the orbit of the earth, and is probably still approaching the sun. At present it is about 7.0 magnitude-just a little too faint to be seen with the naked eye, but it may continue to brighten. Its rapid motion suggests that it is moderately close to the earth.

He communicated the informatlor concerning this comet to the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams at the Smithsonian Astrophyslcal Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts for evaluation. After making the discovery. Rev. Hodgson began searching through literature he has received in recent Wednesday, July 23, 1975 The Sioux Center News Page 3 weeks to find out whether this comet had been reported earlier. A number, of comets hid been reported, but all of them, with one exception, were much too faint.

The exception, howJJ ever, is Interesting. On July 2 Toru Kobayashi of Japan discovered a moderately bright comet in the more southern constellation of Aquaxius which moves fairly rapidly in a northerly direction. Rev. Hodgson believes that it is quite possible that the comet he observed may be that i Kobayashi found 12 days earlier. The matter is now under further study.

For those who wish to observe the comet with binoculars In the next few days, one should look In north-central Vulpecula south-central Cygnus. Since the comet's orbit around the sun has not been determined, more precise predictions of its position in the sky cannot be given at this time. Clarence E. Martin new superintendent at N.W. Iowa Tech The Northwest Iowa Technical College board of directors, meeting In regular session in Sheldon July 16, selected Clarence F.

Martin to sue- ceed Daniel McPherson as Superintendent of the college. Martin, who has Been serving as Director of Adult Education for the past seven years, will assume the position of chief administrative officer of the college on August 1. The Board received notification of the granting of a ten-year accredita- tion of ihe institution by the State Board of Education and the State Board of Regents. The accreditation follows a comprehensive self study and examination visit which were conducted during the past year. The Board endorsed a proposed cooperative effort with Northwestern and Dordt Colleges which could result in NITC providing agricultural courses for students of the two neighboring colleges.

Final arrangements have not been completed. Rev. Henry Vanden Heuvel spent Tuesday and Wednesday with members of Faith Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Mich. He Is considering a call from this ra a mrfv a ffttrrrn i ym a 1 1 Insurance Agency Insurance) Thajt Pays Dial 25081 Sioux Center, Iowa Mr. and Mrs.

Peter Moerman of Lucson, and daughter, Debbie, are spending two weeks with their daughters and sisters at Rock Valley: Mr. and Mrs. Russ Calsbeek and Mr. and Mrs. Doug Kooima and also with Mr.

and Mrs. Will Feekes of Carmel. Henry Huitink entered Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, Sunday and had surgery there on Tuesday morning, for Injuries sustained i.n a recent fall. He injured the knee on which he had surgery some time ago. Enhance tho Appearance of your place with a Redwood Fenco We have the REDWOOD and the Instructions SOO LUMBER COMPANY Build Your Own I Sioux Center, Iowa.