Memorials were received by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation in memory of Lee Folsom by Jerry and Marilyn Troendle, Jeff and Pam Christianson, Ardie Kuhse, Carol Paus, Patsy Kerndt and Letha Folsom, and in memory of Ray Smith by Roger and Karen Melcher. Memorials were also received in memory of Jean Berge by Pat Pettingill, Theresa Lyons, Lois Evans, Carl and Betty Christianson, Jerry and Linda Siegrist, Mark and Linda Evans, Gordon and Louise Ellingson, Norb and Nola Palmer, Harold and Shirley Marti, Burnell and Gloria Sander, Rev Lonning, Joan Bieber and Patsy Kerndt. A memorial for Libby Withers was also received by Carolyn Thomson and Gene Maurer and an additional donation was received for Bob Thompson by Les and Ada Marie Kerndt. Veterans Memorial Hospital also received estate donations from the Henry and Carol Miene Estate and the Harriet G. Hanson Estate.
Leo Garin of Lansing will be celebrating his 90th birthday July 5. His family is having a card shower in lieu of a celebration due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In honor of the occasion, cards and well wishes may be sent to 571 Dodge Street, Lansing, IA 52151.
Lorraine Adam of Waukon will be celebrating her 98th birthday this Thursday, July 2. Cards and well wishes may be sent to her at 21 East Main Street, Waukon, IA 52172.
Lars and Jen Palmer of Waukon announce the birth of their son, Walter Charles Palmer, born June 23, 2020 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 7 lbs. 8 ozs. and measured 21-1/2 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a brother, Henry (2). Grandparents are Chuck and Lois Votsmier and Mark and Deb Palmer. Great-grandparents are Wayne and Sandra Fish.
The annual Bulman Family Reunion originally scheduled for the third Sunday in July has been canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Family members should make plans to attend next year, July 18, 2021 at the Eitzen Community Center.
I would like to share a little information about the Freedom Rock. It all started when Ray “Bubba” Sorensen painted a 12-foot tall, 60-ton boulder near Menlo in Iowa honoring the military men and women. People liked what he was doing and so the Iowa Freedom Rock Tour was created. Each county in Iowa was to have a big rock on which Mr. Sorensen would paint something military honoring our veterans. So far, he has painted about 87 Freedom Rocks in Iowa. To view the Freedom Rocks, go to Freedom Rock Iowa on your computer. Mr. Sorensen has three goals with The Freedom Rock Tour, and those are to honor America’s Veterans, promote Iowa tourism and provide for his family.
During this pandemic crisis, with the importance of lung health well established, the current administration is working against us. They are doing favors for polluters, weakening health safeguards that could lessen air pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning a rollback on protections against mercury in our environment. There is no crackdown on industrial soot. They are gutting clean-car standards, increasing air pollution and fuel costs. The EPA is inviting industrial facilities to stop monitoring and reporting dangerous air and water pollution during the pandemic.
Upcoming Deadlines/Dates
May 15 – August 1: Primary Nesting Season – No MCM work on CRP acres
May 26 – August 28: Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) Signup
June 30: 2020 ARCPLC Election
July 15: Crop Certification
September 30: PLC Yield Update
Allamakee USDA Service Center Now in Phase 2 of Re-Opening
Starting June 24, the Allamakee USDA Service Center is in Phase 2 of the re-opening plan. While our doors are still locked, we can allow two producers in at a time, after they are screened for COVID-related symptoms. We have protective shields in place and wipe down the counter frequently. Masks are also available. We can still meet with you over the phone and in the parking lot. We’ve placed a picnic table in the parking lot that allows us to work outside with you as well.
Interseeding cover crops ... Mark Stock, who farms near Waukon, is pictured above with an air seeder custom built to plant a four species mix into V5 corn. Stock intends to also use the seeder as part of a relay crop system where he plans to fall seed rye then plant soybeans between in the spring. Submitted photo.
Earlier this year the Allamakee County Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded $235,907.00, for a three-year project, that involves interseeding cover crops into V4-V7 Corn. The funding for this project came from the USDA Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program. Short planting windows after commodity crop harvest has some producers frustrated and looking at other methods of getting cover crops established. One option is interseeding cover crops into corn between the V4-V7 growth stages. Doing this allows cover crops to get established prior to corn canopy. After canopy the cover crop will go dormant from being shaded out and then restart growth once the corn is harvested. The overall goal of this project is to get more producers to try interseeding as an option for cover crop establishment.
