Weekly Kiwanis News 08/01

Posted by Tim Buenz

on Aug 01, 2012

There were 28 members in attendance today with Les Reinhardt visiting from the Aktion Club. Everett reported a can deposit of $83.30. President Heater reported that the profit from the food stand at the Greene County Fair will be around $1,167.00. He also announced that we will park cars for the RAM football game on Sept. 14th and that 2012 Officer Installation had been set for Wednesday, Sept. 26th during the regular club meeting. Randy gave an update on profits from the Ragbrai food stand and discussed our existing food inventory of which some will be used for Hot August Nights on Thursday, August 9th.

Dennis Goshon had the program today. He invited Jim Andrew to discuss the state of agriculture with the club. Jim spoke about the impact the drought is having on the crops in the area, which has been labeled as the worst drought in 80 years. He shared some observations and insight from his 38 years of farming. He is widely known as a conservation leader and the first farmer in the U.S. to qualify for Tier III, the highest performance level under the Conservation Security Program (CSP). Andrew installed miles of terracing to preserve his fragile acres but found he was still losing soil after big winds and heavy rains. His next step was a decisive move to no-till planting. Thanks Dennis and Jim for am insightful program!