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AmeriCorps team leader spotlight: Paolo Baltar

Name: Paolo Baltar Hometown: Sunnyvale, California   Paolo is serving with the Vinton campus as the Class 18 Operations Support Team Leader where he is assisting Support Services Specialist John England with supporting teams with uniforms, tools and other supplies as well as leading teams when needed.

Beef Feedlot Roundtable sessions offered.

    Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Universityof Nebraskawill be teaming up to offer a Feedlot Roundtable session at Manchester, Nashua, and Garner on Feb.

2012 Iowa Heifer Development Clinics

  Feb. 7 - Postville Vet Clinic, noon to 4 pm Feb. 9 -Jackson County Extension, noon to 4 pm Discussion Topics - Introduction, why retain heifers in 2012?   Heifer development recommendations Health protocols, pelvic measurements and reproductive scoring Ration recommendations, heifer development budgets Ultrasound fetal examination demonstration Good AI practices and synchronization recommendations Reducing calving difficulty with proven calving ease sires Question and answer There will be a meal served at each site Sponsors – Iowa Beef Center/ISU Extension and Outreach          IowaCattlemen’s Association Postville Vet Clinic                                                      Maquoketa Embryos ABS Global                                                                  Accelerated Genetics    Genex Cooperative                                                      Select Sires Land of Lakes/Purina   Registration fee - $15 payable at the door (please pre-register by Feb 1 for arrangements) To pre-register contact Denise Schwab 319-721-9624, or e-mail dschwab@iastate.
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AmeriCorps team leader spotlight: Amanda Trontell

  By: Angela Sarrels   Name: Amanda Trontell Hometown: Pueblo, Colorado   Amanda served as a Corps Member at the Perry Point campus as part of Class 16 in 2010.

New Deduction Amounts for College Savings Iowa in 2012

  State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald announced today that the deduction amount for College Savings Iowa has once again been raised. "Iowa taxpayers can now deduct the first $2,975 they contribute to each College Savings Iowa beneficiary account from their state taxable income," said Fitzgerald.