Budget Update on Ag Natural Resources and Administration Budgets
House budget review shows Ag/Natural Resources at 43.1 million General Fund with 1,569 FTE for FY 2017, maintaining FY 2016 levels but adding 96.1 FTE. Administration/Regulation appropriates 50.8 million General Fund and 1,248.8 FTE for FY 2017, down 1.1 million from General Fund but up 7.9 FTE, plus 54.2 million from other funds to support executive branch operations.
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Capitol Highlights summary from Representative Gassman’s district
Iowa House member Tedd Gassman outlines Education and RIIF budgets including $1,009.8 million General Fund for FY2017 and 12,299.6 FTE positions, RIIF and Water Quality funds, DOT and Road Use Tax allocations, and district details for Emmet Winnebago and northern Kossuth counties with contact info.
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Bank adds Elroy Schlake to board in Buffalo Center
Brian Vander Wilt announces Elroy D Schlake senior vice president named seventh member of Farmers Trust and Savings Bank board. Appointment completed April 11. D and D Greenhouse opens April 24 under Deb and Dale Richardson who bought the business March 1 and renamed it.
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Century and Heritage Farm deadlines announced by Iowa Ag Dept
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey reminds eligible farm owners that the June 1 deadline is near for the 2016 Century and Heritage Farm Program. Century Farms honor families owning a farm 100 years and Heritage Farms 150 years. Applications are on lwa agriculture gov or via Becky Lorenz contact at 515 281 3645, Becky.Lorenz@IowaAgriculture.gov, or mail to 502 E 9th St Des Moines IA 50319.
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North Iowa releases 2016 Local Food Guide
Healthy Harvest of North Iowa announces the 2016 North Iowa Local Food Guide. The guide, online at northiowafood.org and in libraries and markets soon, features 40 local food entrepreneurs across vegetables fruit meat grains baked goods and specialty businesses plus CSA listings and a full farmers market directory with dates times and locations.
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Night in San Francisco Penniless with Friends
The narrator, short of cash in 1970, joins Oregon friends to ride into the city for Chinese food. After pooling money and missing a cable car, they wander North Beach and Chinatown, encountering Joe May in a penniless urban ramble through memories of working poverty and shared artful aspiration.
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A Peculiar Late Night Ride Through Bay Area Memories
The narrator recalls a chaotic Bay Bridge crossing to Berkeley, a panic by a passenger, hitchhiking toward Oakland, and a midnight ride with three Black youths who rob him of his rent money. He ends up safe at home with $56 missing, a dirty bed, and a reflective take on poverty and kindness.
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Monarch habitat funding opens for Iowa farmers
Iowa agricultural producers can apply for funding under the Monarch Butterfly Habitat Development Project to plant milkweed and nectaring forbs on wetlands and marginal land. Eligible practices include brush management conservation cover and prescribed burning with a May 20 deadline. NRCS administers the program and local offices can help plan habitat improvements and other financial assistance opportunities.
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Dog obedience class at Britt City Park begins May 26
MACC hosts a six week dog training class for dogs over four months with current vaccines. Linda Friedow of Kanawha leads sessions Thursdays 6 to 7 p.m. at Britt City Park. Space is limited. register through NIACC at 1-888-466-4222 ext 4358 or 641-422-4358. Course 101572. Fee. bring proof of vaccines and the dog on a six foot leash.
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