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Join us on Thursday, June 13, for a babysitting workshop from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Every June, over 1000 teenagers converge on the campus of Iowa State University for 3 days full of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, a banquet, and community service activities.

If you've completed 8th grade, you're eligible to attend.

Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Training to be offered to child care center directors, assistant directors, or center-based staff who work directly with chilren ages 2 1/2-5 years old.  This is a 4-week session and participants must attend all 4 sessions and complete all class assignments in order to receive credit.

AMES, Iowa — Average Iowa farmland value is estimated to be $8,296 per acre, an increase of 23.7 percent from 2011, according to results of the Iowa Land Value Survey conducted in November. This is the third year in a row where values have increased more than 15 percent. The 2012 values are historical peaks.

The increase is somewhat higher than results of other recent surveys of Iowa farmland value: the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank estimated an 18 percent increase in Iowa land values from October 2011 to October 2012 and the Iowa Chapter of the Realtors Land Institute estimated a 7.7 percent increase from March to September 2012.

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