Vol.16, No. 4

January and February, 2006

ISU Extension

Finance Office

Sponsors of grant awards acknowledged in this issue include the following:

Federal

Federal Retired Senior Volunteer Program

Foreign Agriculture Service, USDA

Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, USDA

U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology

 

State/County/City

Building Families Empowerment

City of Newton

Des Moines/Louisa County Decategorization

Floyd-Mitchell-Chickasaw Empowerment

Iowa Agricultural Development Authority

Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Iowa Department of Economic Development

Iowa Department of Human Services

Iowa Department of Management

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Iowa Department of Public Health

Jasper County Empowerment

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Linking Families and Communities Empowerment

Madison County Empowerment

Mitchell County Agricultural Extension District

Polk County Agricultural Extension District

State of Iowa Retired Senior Volunteer Program

Story County Empowerment

Taylor County Agricultural Extension District

Warren County Empowerment

Woodbury County Agricultural Extension District

 

Other/Public

Clinton Community School District

Dubuque Community School District

Michigan State University

Ottumwa Community School District

University of Kentucky

University of Minnesota

     

Commodity Group, Business, Other

Central Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral

Community Education Foundation

Iowa Sports Foundation - Iowa Games

Lawler Charitable Trust

Louisa County Community Foundation

Lowery Charitable Trust

Midwest Farmers Cooperative

Muscatine Soil and Water Conservation District

North American Strawberry Growers Research Foundation, Inc.

Orchard Place Child Guidance Center

Pathfinders, RC&D

Rock Valley Businesses

Southwest Iowa Coalition

State Farm Bureau

Texas Parks and Wildlife

Thrivent

United Action for Youth

United Way of Jasper County

United Way of Mahaska County

Unity Public Health

Volunteer Center for Story County

 

    

$963,705 for ISU EXTENSION TO AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES:

Charlotte Bronson. $30,000 from Michigan State University for North Central Plant Diagnostic Network Laboratory FY '06 Supplement.

 

Charlotte Bronson. $66,000 from Michigan State University for North Central Plant Diagnostic Network Laboratory.

 

Mark Gleason, Daren Mueller, Forrest Nutter, and Gail Nonnecke. $5,000 from North American Strawberry Growers Research Foundation, Inc. for Specific Detection of Phytophthora Crown Rot and Anthracnose in Strawberry.

 

Matthew Helmers and William Crumpton. $295,204 from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship for Nutrient Water Management Project.

 

Mary Holz-Clause. $10,593 from Foreign Agriculture Service, USDA for Bulgaria Young Business Professionals.

 

Anna Johnson, Tom Baas, Maynard Hogberg, and Mark Honeyman. $80,000 from Iowa Pork Producers for To Create a Production Facility Which Will Encompass Swine Well-Being Research, Teaching and Outreach Excellence Using Sound Scientific through a Multi-Disciplinary Approach.

 

John Lawrence and Shane Ellis. $16,370 from Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture for Niche -Markets in the Agricultural Enterprise Mix: Farm Profit Optimization and Risk Analysis.

 

John Lawrence. $30,000 from Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture for Sustainable Agriculture for Functional Quality Management Systems for Livestock Producers.

 

Antonio Mallarino and John Sawyer. $129,241 from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship for Agronomic and Environmentally Sound Utilization of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Poultry Manure, Integrated Farm/Livestock Management Demonstration Program.

 

Gerald Miller. $40,720 from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship for On-Farm Demonstrations of Manure Phosphorus Management.

 

James Pease. $10,000 from Texas Parks and Wildlife for Master Naturalist Assessment.

 

James Pease. $7,773 from Iowa Department of Natural Resources for Measuring Environmental Literacy.

 

Palle Pedersen. $52,640 from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship for Educating Growers about Living Mulch Systems for Grain Crop Production.

 

James Russell, J.L. Kover, Daniel Morrical, Daryl Strohbehn, and Wendy Powers. $99,349 from Iowa Department of Natural Resources for Use of Grazing Management to Limit Sediment and Phosphorus Pollution of Pasture Streams from Streambank Erosion and Manure Deposition.

 

John Sawyer. $90,815 from Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship for Demonstration of In-Season Nitrogen Management Strategies for Corn Production.

 

$248,324 for ISU EXTENSION TO BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY:

 

Ronald Cox. $101,874 additional funding from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology for Iowa Manufacturing Technology Center.

 

Ronald Cox. $146,450 from Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, USDA for USDA Evaluation of the Emerging Biobased Economy.

 

        

$73,090 for ISU EXTENSION TO COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:

 

Timothy Borich. $53,853 from Southwest Iowa Coalition for Southwest Iowa Coalition Program Coordination.

 

Kathlene Larson and Susan Hegland. $19,237 from Iowa Department of Management for Iowa Child Care Workforce Retention and Recruitment Study.

 

   

$123,139 for ISU EXTENSION  TO FAMILIES:

 

Mary Gregoire and Jason Ellis. $17,031 from Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture for Using Contracts to Expand Produce Market Opportunities.

 

Ruth Litchfield. $12,942 additional funding from Iowa Department of Public Health for WISEWOMAN: Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Project.

 

Lesia Oesterreich. $26,200 from University of Kentucky for CYFERNet Early Childhood Editorial Board.

 

Jeanne Warning and Evelyn Beavers. $61,966 from University of Minnesota for Answerline Services for Minnesota Extension Clients.

 

Barbara Woods. $5,000 from University of Minnesota for CYFERnet Technology.

 

     

$25,872 for ISU EXTENSION TO 4-H & YOUTH:

  

Don Broshar. $7,776 from Iowa Agricultural Development Authority for Iowa Agricultural Youth Institute 2006.

 

Don Broshar. $3,000 from Community Education Foundation, $1,500 from Volunteer Center of Story County, and $1,500 from United Action for Youth for Iowa AmeriCorps State of Promise Grant.

 

Charles Morris. $9,703 from Iowa Department of Economic Development for Youth Providing Services Project.

 

Keli Tallman. $1,197 from Dubuque Community School District and $1,196 from Ottumwa Community School District for Local Support for Governor's AmeriCorps After-School Initiative.

 

   

SUMMARY BY PROGRAM AREA:

Administered by:

ISU Extension to Agriculture and Natural Resources	$963,705
ISU Extension to Business and Industry	$248,324
ISU Extension to Communities and Economic Development	$  73,090
ISU Extension to Families	$123,139
ISU Extension to 4-H & Youth	$  25,872

COUNTY EXTENSION-BASED PROJECTS (listed by geographic area):

Administered by:

ISU (ISU)	$128,582
County Extension (CE)	$450,207

$350,132 CENTRAL AREA

David Andrews and Linda Zeltinger. $4,090 from Story County Empowerment for Family Nutrition Program. (CE)

 

David Brown. $1,050 from Building Families Empowerment for Youth Development Program Assessments. (CE)

 

Alan Keninger. $28,948 from Federal Retired Senior Volunteer Program, $17,470 from United Way of Jasper County, $4,619 from State of Iowa Retired Senior Volunteer Program, and $11,000 from the City of Newton for a Retired Senior Volunteer Program. (CE)

 

Alan Keninger. $25,000 from Orchard Place Child Guidance Center for Parent Services. (CE)

 

Alan Keninger. $14,761 from Central Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral and $74,893 from Jasper County Empowerment for Child Care Resource and Referral. (CE)

 

Martha McCormick. $1,614 from Polk County Agricultural Extension District for After-School Program for Middle School Girls. (ISU)

 

Martha McCormick. $8,000 from Polk County Agricultural Extension District for Adventure Learning Center. (ISU)

 

Joy Rouse, Val Cameron, and Angela Davis. $12,088 from Warren County Empowerment for Professional Development for Child Care Providers. (CE)

 

Joy Rouse, Val Cameron, and Angela Davis. $60,900 from Warren County Empowerment for Preschool Scholarship Assistance. (CE)

 

Joy Rouse, Val Cameron, and Angela Davis. $33,508 from Iowa Department of Human Services, $13,400 from Madison County Empowerment, and $34,416 from Warren County Empowerment for Child Care Resource and Referral. (CE)

 

Rich Wrage. $3,875 from Lowery Charitable Trust for Environmental and Recreational Outdoor Classrooms. (CE)

 

Rich Wrage. $500 from Iowa Sports Foundation - Iowa Games for Lighten Up Iowa. (CE)

 

     

$42,959 NORTHEAST AREA

     

Vanette Grover. $5,687 from Mitchell County Agricultural Extension District for Engaging Youth, Serving Community. (ISU)

 

Fred Hall and Misty Gray. $35,272 from Floyd-Mitchell-Chickasaw Empowerment for EAGLE - Early Childhood Literacy Project. (CE)

 

Daniel Meyer. $1,500 from various sources for NE Iowa Swine Conference. (CE)

 

Beverly Peters. $500 from Iowa Games for Lighten Up Iowa. (CE)

 

 

$47,921 NORTHWEST AREA

Robert Behnkendorf, CEEDS and Field Specialists from Palo Alto County, Clay County, Kossuth County, Emmet County, and Dickinson County. $2,500 from State Farm Bureau for PACKED County Environment Awareness Education. (CE)

 

Cindy Cleveringa and Cheryl Heronemus. $1,550 from various Rock Valley businesses for IMPACT Youth Leadership Program. (CE)

 

Cheryl Heronemus. $1,500 from Midwest Farmers Cooperative for Northwest Iowa Biotechnology Program. (CE)

 

Nancy Jenson. $1,358 from Linking Families and Communities Empowerment for Community Partnerships Protecting Children. (CE)

 

Sherry McGill and Renee Sweers. $33,513 from Woodbury County Agricultural Extension District for Woodbury County BASICS. (ISU)

 

Chris Mondak and Donald Nitchie. $7,500 from Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture for Investigation of the Economic Feasibility of Pasture-Based Dairy Operations in NW Iowa. (ISU)

 

    

$56,260 SOUTHEAST AREA

Donald Buzzingham, Gail Kerns, Dawn Dunnegan, Mary Beth Hard, and Joyce Johnson. $29,858 from Des Moines/Louisa County Decategorization for Expanded Life Skills Program. (CE)

 

Donald Buzzingham. $1,000 from Louisa County Community Foundation for Intercambio Project. (CE)

 

Susan Davis. $2,451 from Clinton Community School District for 4-H Science After-School Enrichment. (CE)

 

Susan Davis. $3,000 from Lawler Charitable Trust for 4-H Youth Program Development. (CE)

 

Susan Davis. $250 from Thrivent from Outdoor Living Classroom. (CE)

 

Sandra McLain, Mark Carlton, and Mike White. $650 from Pathfinders, RC&D for Grape Growers. (CE)

 

Amy Nossaman, Amy VerMeer, and Debbie Stevens. $10,300 from United Way of Mahaska County for Mahaska County 4-H Enhancement Program. (CE)

 

Tessa Pugh. $2,500 from Louisa County Community Foundation for a Ready to Navigate Project. (CE)

 

Tessa Pugh. $500 from Louisa County Community Foundation for 4th and 5th Grade Gardening Project. (CE)

 

Virgil Schmitt, Greg Brenneman, and Denise Schwab. $4,000 from Muscatine Soil and Water Conservation District for Mud Creek Watershed. (CE)

 

Shirlee Werner and Peggy Martin. $1,751 from Unity Public Health for Local Support for Iowa FNP. (ISU)

                   

$81,517 SOUTHWEST AREA

Steve Adams and Alan Ladd. $10,000 from Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture for Southwest Iowa Institutional Foods Survey and Producer Training Program. (ISU)

 

Jill Euken. $53,007 from Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture for Value Chain Partnerships for a Sustainable Agriculture. (ISU)

 

Mary Beth Kaufman. $11,000 from Iowa Department of Human Services for Southwest Iowa Making Connections - Earn It, Keep It, Grow It - VITA Tax Services. (CE)

 

Alan Ladd and Kim Brantner. $7,510 from Taylor County Agricultural Extension District for Building Healthy Communities in Iowa through Harkin Grants. (ISU)

 

              

   

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