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Vol. 16 No. 15

September 22, 2021

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First Evening Tot Time Held at the LibraryMany happy kids attended the first evening Tot Time at the Laurens Public Library with their favorite adults recently. Kylie Maurer, PA-C from Unity Point Clinic, was a guest reader. She read a couple books about going to the doctor, she showed the tools she uses, then let the kids listen to their own heartbeat with her stethoscope. The kids then enjoyed bubble dancing and a craft. Everyone had so much fun, regular evening Tot Times are being added to the Library’s calendar.

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At the Library with Glenda MulderSeptember 22, 2021

Did you know that on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, Iowa will mark a major milestone? 175 years of statehood! So throughout 2021, the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs invites Iowans of all ages to learn more about the people and places that have shaped the land for more than 13,000 years. Since not everyone can get to the State Historical Museum to view the exhibits, they are sending displays out across the State. Our display arrived last week and is now available for your viewing. We have also pulled books relating to the State of Iowa, in case your interest is piqued and you want more information. New novels this week include: Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson, Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr, As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson, Beginning by Beverly Lewis, Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan Mallery, Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels, The Wish by Nicholas Sparks, Impossible Promise by Jude Devereaux, Burning by Jonathan Kellerman, Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian and Jailhouse Lawyer by James Patterson. New nonfiction includes: Shutdown: how COVID shook the world's economy by Adam Tooze, The Afghanistan papers: a secret history of the war by Craig Whitlock and Travels with George: in search of Washington and his legacy by

Nathaniel Philbrick. That last one is a Marilyn Dubbert memorial by Dorothy Runneberg & family. Book Club choice for September is Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. This fiction book is based on actual events in Tennessee in the 1930’s. Our catalog describes it, “Learning that her grandmother was a victim of the corrupt Tennessee Children's Home Society, attorney and aspiring politician Avery Stafford delves into her family's past and begins to wonder if some things are best kept secret.” It’s a great book, that I think will lead to an interesting

discussion Monday, September 27th at 7 p.m. Remember to bring your jigsaw puzzles to the library and trade them in for ones you haven’t done yet!

UPCOMING EVENTSSeptember 27 @ 7 p.m. - Book Club Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

September 28 @ 6:30 p.m. - Cardmaking Class with Brenda &

MilissaOctober 5 @ 6 p.m. - Take it Tuesday

Scarecrow Wine BottlesOctober 12 @ 5:30-8 p.m. - Open

Cardmaking with Deb & Laura

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Fonda Arts Center - “Vintage Images Revisited” The Fonda Arts Center presents “Vintage Images Revisited”, Sunday, October 3, beginning at 2:00 p.m. This is your chance to view again or for the first time, the vintage fashions and other items artfully assembled by the crew at the Arts Center for the town’s 150th celebration. In doing research for these displays, Cheri Wernimont discovered reasons which prompted the fashion trends. She will share these stories with you, along with great old songs of the times performed by Larry Heschke. All this at the Fonda Arts Center, on the Northwest corner of 4th and Main in Fonda. We hope you can share this afternoon with us: Good friends, good music, and good refreshments! Admission is free - donations gratefully appreciated.

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Powerful Tools for CaregiversThirty-nine percent of all adult Americans are caring for an adult with a chronic health condition. Caregiving can be a stressful responsibility leading to poor health, mental distress and less life satisfaction for the caregiver. It can be challenging for caregivers to find the support that they need, says Malisa Rader, a human sciences specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. ISU Extension and Outreach offers Powerful Tools for Caregivers, an educational program for caregivers who provide care for a spouse, parent or friend with a chronic condition such as dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The program provides information, support strategies, communication techniques, stress reduction ideas and resources to assist family caregivers with their concerns related to caregiving. A Telehealth Powerful Tools for Caregivers of Adults with Chronic Conditions series is scheduled for six Tuesdays, October 12 through November 16, from 7:00–8:30 p.m. “The virtual series will provide you with the tools you need to take care of yourself,” Rader said. The program costs $40 per person and registration can be found online. “Caregivers who thrive, rather than just survive, understand that by taking care of themselves they are better able to provide meaningful care,” said Rader, who specializes in family wellbeing issues. To learn more, visit https://www.extension.iastate.edu/humansciences/ptc-tools. Contact human sciences specialist Malisa Rader at [email protected] or 515-708-0622 for more information.


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Save the Date!Please plan to attend the Laurens Volunteer Firefighters Association’s annual Pancake & Sausage Breakfast or Biscuits and Gravy on Sunday, October 3rd from 8:00 am to noon. Come and enjoy a great breakfast and support your local Firefighters!


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USDA Extends Deadline to Apply for Pandemic Assistance to Livestock Producers with Animal LossesThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing additional time for livestock and poultry producers to apply for the Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP). Producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing may now apply for assistance for those losses and the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animals through Oct. 12, 2021, rather than the original deadline of Sept. 17, 2021. PLIP is part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative. “Livestock and poultry producers were among the hardest hit by the pandemic,” said Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Zach Ducheneaux. “We want to ensure that all eligible producers have the opportunity to apply for this critical assistance. The October 12 deadline also aligns with the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 deadline.” PLIP provides payments to producers for losses of livestock or poultry depopulated from March 1,

2020 through Dec. 26, 2020, due to insufficient processing access as a result of the pandemic. Payments are based on 80% of the fair market value of the livestock and poultry and for the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animal. Eligible livestock and poultry include swine, chickens and turkeys. PLIP Program Details. PLIP payments are calculated by multiplying the number of head of eligible livestock or poultry by the payment rate per head, and then subtracting the amount of any payments the eligible livestock or poultry owner has received for disposal of the livestock or poultry under the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) or a state program. The payments will also be reduced by any Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 1 and 2) payments paid on the same inventory of swine that were depopulated. Eligible livestock and poultry producers can apply for PLIP through the Oct. 12, 2021 deadline by completing the FSA-620, Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program application, and submitting it to any FSA county office. Additional documentation may be required. Visit farmers.gov/plip for more information on how to apply. Additional Pandemic Assistance Other programs within the Pandemic Assistance for Producer initiative with upcoming deadlines include: • Oct. 12 - Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2, which provides

critical support to agricultural producers impacted by COVID-19 market disruptions. • Oct. 15 – Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers, which provides financial relief to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses that experienced losses in 2020 due to COVID-19. To learn more about USDA’s commitment to deliver financial assistance to farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers and businesses who have been impacted by COVID-19 market disruptions, visit farmers.gov/pandemic-assistance.

USDA touches the lives of all Americans each day in so many positive ways. In the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, fairer markets for all producers, ensuring access to healthy and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy capabilities in rural America, and committing to equity across the Department by removing systemic barriers and building a workforce more representative of America. To learn more, visit www.usda.gov.


Church

This Week at Bethany LutheranPastor David E. Klappenbach

Thursday: September 23, 20216:30 PM ~ Pastor’s Discipleship Class

Sunday: September 26, 2021Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost9:15 AM ~ Adult SS9:30 AM ~ Youth SS & Coffee Fellowship10:30 AM ~ Worship5:00-6:30 PM ~ Laurens Community Youth Group at UMC

Tuesday: September 28, 20218:30 AM ~ Prayer Group9:30 AM ~ Tuesday coffee at Bethany7:00 PM ~ Handbell Rehearsal

Worship, Love, Accept~Together in Christ’s Name

This Week at First ChristianPastor Rev. Rita Cordell

Sunday, Sept. 26 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School10:30 a.m. - Worship

Thursday, Sept. 30 1-4 p.m. - Clothes Closet Open

Resurrection of Our Lord Catholic ChurchPocahontas, IA -- Pastor: Very Rev. Craig Collison, VF

MASS TIMES:Daily Mass as scheduled in the weekly bulletinSaturday at 5:00 PM and Sunday at 10:30 AMConfessions: Saturday 4:15 pm at Resurrection

This Week at Laurens United Methodist ChurchPastor Deb Parkison

Wed., Sept. 22:Confirmation with confirmands, parents & mentors @ 6:30 p.m. here at the church

Fri., Sept. 24:AA meeting from 7 p.m.-8 p.m.

Sun., Sept. 26:Sunday School (Cherubs-high school) from 9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m.Fellowship Coffee @ 9:30 a.m.Worship @ 10:30 a.m.Laurens Area Community Youth Group KICK OFF from 5-7 p.m. here at the Laurens UMC

New Hope Baptist Church202 Byron St, Laurens

New Hope Baptist Church invites you to join us for Sunday School at 10 a.m. and our Worship Service at 11 a.m. Additionally all are welcome to attend our weekly Bible Study held each Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m.


Obituaries

Services Held for Dr. Ronald Verdell HarmsDr. Ronald Verdell Harms, 91, of Morehead City, passed away on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. A private graveside service was held on Sunday, September 19, 2021 at Greenwood Cemetery in Morehead City. Ron was born on May 6, 1930 to Thomas and Alice Saupe Harms in Archer, Iowa. He gained a lifelong love for natural history and the outdoors growing up hunting and fishing on the Harms Family Farm. In high school he excelled at baseball

and basketball, and was guard on the Archer basketball team that went to substate. He attended the University of Iowa for undergraduate and dental school, earning his DDS in 1954. In college he met his wife-to-be, Patricia Templeton, at a church group softball game and was impressed with her glove work. He got her attention by tossing a ball at her, hitting her, apologizing, and asking her out for a date. After graduating he served 2 years in the US Navy as a Lieutenant and dentist on the USS Staten Island ice breaker on missions supplying the Distant Early Warning Line in the Arctic and the Ellsworth Station in the Antarctic. In 1956 they settled in Laurens, Iowa, where Ron practiced dentistry for nearly 40 years (he was

known for giving out sugarless Trident gum for Halloween), Pat was librarian, and they raised two children. He planted trees throughout his lifetime, including many of the trees on the Laurens golf course, and planted a live oak tree in his back yard this summer, because it is never too late to plant a tree. His hobbies included fishing, hunting, canoeing, hunting Native American artifacts at the Potato Farm, birding, bird banding, lepidoptery, and prairie plants. He instilled his love of nature in his children, both of whom work in conservation-related fields. He had a

passion for sharing his knowledge of wildlife with children and any willing adult listener. Ron and Pat spent much time driving back and forth between Iowa and Norfolk, Connecticut, to spend time with their grandchildren as they grew up, and then moved to Morehead City in 2009 following retirement. They found a dream house on Calico Creek with a beautiful back yard for birding and a dock for fishing. He is survived by his much loved, talented, and beautiful wife of 67 years, Patricia Templeton Harms; children, Shelley Harms (David Torrey) and Craig Harms; grandchildren, Daniel Torrey and Meredith Torrey; niece, Denise Swartz; and nephews, Kent, Leon, and Joel Wilkens. Ron was preceded in death by parents, Thomas and Alice Harms, and sisters, Dorothy McIntosh and Arlin Wilkens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation https://www.inhf.org/ways-to-give/. Condolences and life tributes may be sent to the family at www.noebrooks.net.


Yard and Garden: Cool Season AnnualsAnnuals are a great way to add variety and color to the landscape and containers. As temperatures cool in late summer into fall, many of the summer annuals like marigolds, coleus and impatiens are looking “tired.” These annuals can be replaced by those that do well in the cooler temperatures of fall. In this week’s Yard and Garden article, Aaron Steil, consumer horticulture specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, offers some advice that can help Iowans enjoy colorful annuals into November. Below are some frequently asked questions about cool-season annuals that can be used in late fall and early spring. What are cool-season annuals? Cool-season annuals are annual plants that prefer cool temperatures, growing best in spring or fall. Many are tolerant of a light frost, often surviving down to 28 degrees Fahrenheit or sometimes even 25 F with little damage to flowers or leaves. They are great additions to containers and garden beds in the shoulder seasons to add color late into fall or early in the spring season. What cool-season annuals do well in Iowa? For the fall, consider planting annuals like pansy (Viola), ornamental cabbage and kale (Brassica oleracea), snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus), stock (Matthiola incana), larkspur (Delphinium consolida), bachelor’s buttons (Centaura cyanus), pot marigold (Calendula officinalis), twinspur (Diascia), lobelia (Lobelia erinus), nasturtium (Tropaeloum majus), Nierembergia (Nierembergia),

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sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima), cape daisy (Osteospermum), pinks and sweet William (Dianthus), swiss chard and beets (Beta vulgaris), dusty miller (Jacobaea maritima, aka Senecio cineraria), petunia (Petunia), sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus), Nemesia (Nemesia), California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), and bells of Ireland (Molucella laevis). There are several species traditionally grown as perennials that can also be treated as annuals and grow well in the cool season including, mums (Chrysanthemum), coral bells (Heuchera), and black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta). When should I plant cool-season annuals? For the fall season in Iowa, cool-season annuals can be planted mid-to late September. For early spring color, plant cool-season annuals mid-March through early April, depending on the weather conditions. Some species do best when directly sown but many need to be started indoors and transplanted outdoors. If starting from seed indoors, consult the seed packet to determine the length of time from seed to transplant. For many annuals it’s six to eight weeks. Count back from your projected planting date outdoors and sow seed at that time. For many species this means sowing seed in late July through early August for cool-season annuals planted in fall and mid-January to early February for those planted in early spring. Certain cool-season annuals, like mums, are also sometimes grown as perennials. Can I expect these plants to come back year after year? Plants such as mums, coral bells, and black-eyed Susan are sometimes grown as perennials, but also grow well when treated as a cool-season annual. These species will not reliably over winter when planted

in the fall. Fall planting does not allow sufficient time for root establishment, therefore they don’t overwinter well. They are best treated as annuals when planted late in the season. Some species traditionally treated as annuals, like pansy, dianthus, and bachelor’s button, will frequently survive the cold winter temperatures when planted in fall and begin growing and blooming again in early spring. These plants often do not tolerate the warm temperatures of summer, however, often browning and dying in the heat. Because of this, they are not treated as perennials despite being winter hardy most years. What do I do with fall planted cool-season annuals when winter arrives? Cool-season annuals planted in fall can be left in the ground through the winter months, some species may even overwinter under the snow and begin growing again in early spring. They can be replaced with new cool-season annuals in early spring or left to bloom through the cool spring season and replaced with summer annuals after the danger of frost passes, in early to mid-May for much of Iowa. What do I do with early spring planted cool-season annuals when summer arrives? Since nearly all cool-season annuals do not grow well in warm temperatures, especially those that exceed 80 to 85 F, they can be replaced with summer annuals once the danger of frost passes.


Applications Due Soon for Pork Quality Assurance Advisor Certification SessionThe application deadline for the Iowa Pork Industry Center's next Pork Quality Assurance Advisor certification session is approaching, and those interested in attending should submit their application soon. The session date is Friday, Oct. 8, and the application deadline for this virtual session is Friday, Sept. 24. The sessions are organized by Chris Rademacher, Iowa State extension swine veterinarian. The session, including the exam, will take approximately five hours to complete. “All of the material will be presented through a Zoom session and that access information will be shared with participants closer to the session date," he said. Qualification information is available on the two-page application form, which is available as both a fillable pdf document and a word document on the certification page of the IPIC website. Applicants may use either version. There is a five-person minimum, and no individual spot is guaranteed until the application is approved and specific payment is accepted by IPIC. The cost is $85 per person and includes all materials and online access. The session begins at 9 a.m. Central Time. Five hours of CE credit have been approved by the Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine for this session.

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Registration Open for Fall Virtual Municipal Professionals InstituteRegistration is now open for the fall Iowa Municipal Professionals Institute, scheduled for Oct. 6-8 in a virtual format. The session is cosponsored by the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Office of State and Local Government Programs and the Iowa League of Cities. Each year, MPI provides clerks and finance officers from across the state of Iowa with training that gives them the basic framework of how municipalities function and assists municipal professionals with their day-to-day duties. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, MPI is delivered in a hybrid format, with two-day virtual sessions in winter and fall and a longer, in-person summer session in Ames. The following classes are available in the fall session: • Financing Options and Economic Development. • Legal Aspects of Minutes. • Writing Resolutions and Ordinances. • Working with Citizens. • Public Funds Investing. • Intergovernmental Relations. • Coping with Controversy. • Clerk’s Role in Elections. Course descriptions are available for download on the MPI website under class resources at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/communities/oslgp/2021-mpi. Registration is available online at https://connect.iowaleague.org//ISU-E. The registration deadline is Friday, Oct. 1. For additional information, contact Sara Shonrock at [email protected].

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