

Sponsors of grant awards acknowledged in this issue include the following:
Federal
State/county/city
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$316,789 for ISU EXTENSION TO AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES:
Derrick Exner. $36,076 from Practical Farmers of Iowa for coordination of sustainable farming systems education for PFI.
Thomas Isenhart. $166,786 from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship for program coordination for the Iowa Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.
Antonio Mallarino and John Sawyer. $79,547 from Iowa Department of Natural Resources for year 2 pilot implementation of an environmental phosphorus assessment tool for Iowa.
Daniel Otto. $19,000 from Iowa Pork Producers Association for community impacts of livestock processing facilities.
Marlin Rice. $3,000 from Cerexagri, $5,000 from Syngenta, $500 from DuPont, and $2,500 from Gustafson for work on European corn borer.
Marlin Rice. $4,380 from Agrigenetics, Inc. for evaluation of transgenic Bt corn for control of black cutworm.
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ISU EXTENSION TO BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY:
Following awards - listing fee for service projects - not counted in ISU Extension totals:
Verlyn Anders. $230 from Katecho for an ISO standards project.
Verlyn Anders. $8,050 from Spillville Feed Mill and North Iowa Area Community College for ISO implementation.
Verlyn Anders. $1,140 from Venture Vinyl and Decatur County for a marketing assistance project.
Verlyn Anders. $250 from Jacobs Corporation for an ISO implementation project.
Verlyn Anders. $2,300 from AlJon ISO Indian Hills and Indian Hills Community College for an ISO project.
Verlyn Anders. $650 from AgriDrain for an ISO project.
Verlyn Anders. $2,280 from Dexter Foundry and Indian Hills Community College for an ISO project.
Verlyn Anders. $77 from Rev Tech, LC for an ISO standards project.
Verlyn Anders and Rudolph Pruszko. $1,000 from Arts Way for a feasibility study.
James Black. $5,500 from Britz-Heidbrink and North Iowa Area Community College for a KanBan project.
James Black. $1,200 from Camcar Textron and North Iowa Area Community College for a set up reduction project.
James Black. $2,443 from Centro and Kirkwood Community College for a lean manufacturing project.
Donald Brown. $1,575 from RC Manufacturing and North Iowa Area Community College for an ISO implementation project.
Donald Brown. $1,850 from Iowa Quality Center for an ISO project.
Donald Brown. $1,500 from Welyn Enterprises for ISO 9000 orientation and planning.
Donald Brown. $1,500 from Iowa Quality Center and Kirkwood Community College for an ISO project.
Steve Devlin. $855 from Brown Medical for a testing project.
Steve Devlin. $1,740 from VRAC for a testing project.
Steve Devlin. $192 from Doug Wood for a testing project.
Merle Pochop. $150 from North Iowa Area Community College and North Iowa Area Community College for an ISO overview project.
Merle Pochop. $200 from Veridian for an internal auditor training.
Merle Pochop. $6,055 from Omaha Standards and Iowa Western Community College for ISO implementation.
Merle Pochop. $1,7000 from Sands of Iowa and Northwest Iowa Community College for an ISO project.
John Roberts. $1,500 from Wayne Engineering for a testing project.
Timothy Sullivan and Rudolph Pruszko. $2,092 from Insul-8 and Iowa Western Community College for a theory of constraints project.
John VanEngelenhoven. $1,200 from Kann Manufacturing for an ICAP project.
Following awards administered by CATD - not counted in ISU Extension totals:
Jeff Mohr, John Roberts, Andy Bice, John VanEngelenhoven, Steve Devlin, and Clay Crandall. $3,270 from Donco Laster Pic and $3,600 from Eject Systems for product development.
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$392,767 for ISU EXTENSION TO COMMUNITIES :
Paul Coates and Alfred Ho. $206,791 from Iowa League of Cities for continuation of the citizen-initiated performance assessment pilot project.
Cornelia Flora. $182,976 from CSREES-USDA for North Central Regional Center for Rural Development.
Steve Padgitt. $3,000 from USDA, ARS for sociological studies for areawide management of corn pests.
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$198,970 for ISU EXTENSION TO FAMILIES:
JaneAnn Stout. $1,500 from West Des Moines Public Schools for Rowel Poverty Simulation Training.
Barbara Woods. $47,470 from University of Minnesota for CYFERNet Technology.
Mary Yearns, Colleen Jolly, Steve Freeman, Lois Warme, Janis Stone, and James Meek. $150,000 from CSREES-USDA for Iowa AgrAbility: Innovations That Work for Home and Farm.
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SUMMARY BY PROGRAM AREA:
Administered by:
$316,789 $392,767 $198,970
ISU Extension to Agriculture and Natural
Resources
ISU Extension to Communities
ISU Extension to Families
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COUNTY EXTENSION-BASED PROJECTS (listed by geographic area):
Administered by:
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ISU (ISU) |
$ 85,620 |
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County Extension (CE) |
$584,787 |
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Other Agency (OA) |
$ 47,091 |
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$150,504 CENTRAL AREA
Martha McCormick and Sherry Glenn. $16,843 from Polk County Agricultural Extension District for Urbandale youth in parks program. (ISU)
Penny Milburn and Sherry Glenn. $37,300 from Iowa Department of Education for early access improvement planning. (ISU)
Dale Miller and Georgia Tucker. $2,000 from Marion County United Way for a county and community youth program. (CE)
Darwin Miller. $2,500 from Alliant Energy for Hubbard Care Center tree planting project. Joint project with Hubbard Care Center. (OA)
Darwin Miller and John Holmes. $7,485 from United States Environmental Protection Agency for a southfork riparian area demonstration project. Joint project with Southfork Watershed Alliance. (OA)
Linda Nelson and Betsy Myers. $12,740 from Child Care Resource and Referral of Central Iowa for child care providers services coordinator and home consultant. (CE)
Linda Nelson, Sharon Mays, and Betsy Myers. $2,000 from Dallas County Empowerment for a story teller project. (CE)
Linda Nelson and Betsy Myers. $49,531 from Dallas County Empowerment for a child care provider services coordinator and home consultant. (CE)
Linda Nelson, Beth Fleming, and Sharon Mays. $11,000 from Prevent Child Abuse Iowa for a strengthening families project. (CE)
Rebecca Williams and Constance Betterley. $300 from St. Paul Lutheran Church for Iowa family nutrition program. (ISU)
Richard Wrage. $1,416 from KWBG Waitt Radio for a master gardener minute. (CE)
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$56,094 NORTHEAST AREA
Lynette Anderson and Sue Barnes. $100 from Our Promise, Our Youth for a centennial tree planting project. (CE)
Lynette Anderson. $500 from Lutheran Brotherhood for a fairgrounds improvement project. (CE)
Lynette Anderson. $1,000 from Join Hands Day for a fairgrounds improvement project. Joint project with the fair board. (OA)
George Cummins. $2,000 from Bigalk to Bohemia for a Bigalk to Bohemia project. (CE)
Vanette Grover. $5,692 from Howard County Community Tobacco Partnership for community tobacco prevention coalition. Joint project with Helping Services of Northeast Iowa. (OA)
Vanette Grover. $2,450 from Howard County Community Tobacco Partnership for BOOMERANG character education program. (CE)
Vanette Grover. $500 from Iowa Department of Public Health for a substance free lock-in project. Joint project with Building Youth and Families. (OA)
Vanette Grover. $5,500 from Prevent Child Abuse Iowa for a building youth and families project. Joint project with Building Youth and Families. (OA)
Vanette Grover. $2,314 from Riceville Community School District for BOOMERANG character education program. (CE)
Vanette Grover. $8,000 from 21st Century Community Learning Center-Howard Winneshiek Community School District for a 21st century community learning center. (CE)
Vanette Grover. $1,500 from Howard County Community Tobacco Partnership for tobacco prevention coordination. (CE)
Susan McDonnell. $500 from National Endowment for Financial Education for a National Endowment for Financial Education high school financial planning program. (CE)
Susan McDonnell and Beverly Peters. $2,500 from Elderbridge Agency on Aging - Senior Living Trust for a Franklin County money management project. (CE)
Ronnie Mitchell and Fran Passmore. $1,000 from Winneshiek County SAFE Coalition tobacco money for a summer kids club. (CE)
Mary Schrandt-Prouty. $4,100 from Empowerment, Floyd-Mitchell-Chickasaw District for EAGLE - literacy project. (CE)
Mary TeWinkel. $1,438 from 21st Century-Waterloo School for 21st century summer programming. (CE)
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$29,150 NORTHWEST AREA
Glenda Adams, Alice Baughman, Coletta Weeda, and Constance Betterley. $50 from United Bank of Iowa, $50 from Crawford County Trust & Saving Bank, $50 from Farmers State Bank, $50 from Bank Iowa, and $1,000 from Crawford County Board of Supervisors for Iowa family nutrition program. (ISU)
Jerry Chizek. $2,000 from Iowa Farm Bureau Federation for a Duncanson Arboretum (Manson) tree planting project. Joint project with Manson Northwest Webster FFA Chapter. (OA)
Jerry Chizek. $4,000 from Iowa Farm Bureau Federation for tile line water collection and analysis. Joint project with Pomeroy-Palmer and Southern Cal FFA Chapters. (OA)
Jerry Chizek. $125 from Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service for a Good Samaritan Home flowerbed planting project. Joint project with Manson Craters 4-H Club. (OA)
Jerry Chizek. $667 from Progressive Farmer for a farm safety day camp. Joint project with Deere Kids Safety Chapter. (OA)
Jerry Chizek and Jill Mims. $622 from Deere Kids Safety Chapter for a farm safety day camp. Joint project with Deere Kids Safety Chapter. (OA)
Jerry Chizek. $305 from Calhoun County Cattlemen, Calhoun County Pork Producers, and Calhoun County Wagon Train for a premier livestock exhibitor program. (CE)
Betty Crandall, Denise Wyland, and Constance Betterley. $240 from Northwest Iowa Community College for a parenting education program. (ISU)
Cheryl Heronemus, Joel DeJong, and Kris Kohl. $10,241 from Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture for a Sioux County manure management project. (CE)
Cheryl Heronemus. $9,000 from ISU Office of Biotechnology for a northwest Iowa biotechnology program. (CE)
Cheryl Heronemus. $500 from Boehringer Ingelheim Vet-Medica for a northwest Iowa biotechnology program. (CE)
Marcy Sander and Holle Smith. $250 from Iowa Department of Natural Resources for a 4-H fish Iowa project. (CE)
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$469,714 SOUTHEAST AREA
Amber Anton, Janet Martin, and Larry Myers. $550 from Maquoketa Area Foundation for an environmental festival. (CE)
Gary Bickmeier and Nancy Schmidt. $5,000 from Iowa Farm Bureau for non-point pollution camps. (CE)
Linda Bigley and Kristi Cooper. $217,560 from Linn County Empowerment Board for an empowerment-parenting education project. (CE)
Jeanette Brockert and Constance Betterley. $758 from Louisa County Extension Council for a parenting education program. (ISU)
Donald Buzzingham, Patricia Steiner, and Judy Licko. $129 from Iowa Workforce Development for life skills classes for Iowa Workforce Development. (CE)
Susan Davis and Megan Fulgsang. $1,000 from Farm Bureau for a summer discovery project. (CE)
Susan Davis. $14,000 from Clinton Riverboat for a outdoor living classroom. (CE)
Robert Dodds and Constance Betterley. $2,500 from Early Access-AEA for a parenting education program. (ISU)
Scott Hansen and Gene Mohling. $26,248 from Johnson County Board of Supervisors, $36,163 from Big Brothers Big Sisters State Association, $20,000 from 21st Century Grant-Iowa City Community School District, $5,500 from United Way of Johnson County Donor Grant-Special Needs Grant (Lone Tree After School Program), $10,132 from United Way of Johnson County Donor Designated, $42,948 from United Way of Johnson County, $4,043 from City of Coralville, $41,008 from City of Iowa City, and $15,660 from Juvenile Justice Grant for a Big Brothers Big Sisters project. (CE)
Judy Licko. $129 from Iowa Workforce Development for Iowa Workforce Development Workshop. (CE)
Larry Myers and Amber Anton. $500 from Maquoketa Area Foundation for a 4-H environmental festival. (CE)
Robert Owen and Vera Stokes. $6,000 from Iowa Department of Education for a family support services project. (CE)
Janet Smith and Constance Betterley. $3,000 from Early Access, $2,789 from Healthy Henry County Communities, and $2,789 from Henry County Extension for a parenting education program. (ISU)
Patricia Steiner. $820 from Lee/Van Buren Decategorization Project for a growing up healthy and active workshop. (CE)
Patricia Steiner and Shirlee Werner. $4,662 from Iowa Department of Public Health for Louisa County nutrition book bags. (CE)
Patricia Steiner. $1,650 from Great River Health Systems for growing up healthy and active. (CE)
Clete Swackhamer and Constance Betterley. $1,314 from Appanoose Family Alliance for a parenting education program. (ISU)
Jan Temple and Constance Betterley. $266 from Johnson County Extension Office for Iowa family nutrition program. (ISU)
Shirlee Werner, Jeanette Brockert, and Constance Betterley. $633 from Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Council of Muscatine & Louisa County for Iowa family nutrition program. (ISU)
Shirlee Werner, Jeanette Brockert, and Constance Betterley. $548 from Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Council of Louisa & Muscatine Counties, and $756 from Louisa County Agricultural Extension Council for a parenting education program. (ISU)
Shirlee Werner and Constance Betterley. $659 from Louisa County Agricultural Extension for a parenting education program. (ISU)
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$12,036 SOUTHWEST AREA
Eldon Everhart and Patrick O'Malley. $6,336 from Practical Farmers of Iowa for helping farmers produce horticultural crops for emerging markets. (ISU)
Sharon Wasteney and Suzanne Johnston. $5,700 from DEKKO Foundation for strategic planning. (CE)
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Contact: Sharon Larwick larwick@iastate.edu