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Page6 The Lone Tree Reporter Thursday, January8,2015
Lincoln Mutual Insurance Association
Photograph by 'rim Groff
We got the first big snow of the winter finally, on January 5. Snow covered the streets
and canceled schools across the region. The streets were clear of vehicles on Tuesday
morning, January 6, as crews cleaned the snow from City Streets.
AMES, I0wa -- Registrations for on topics that people are inter- program, entities with more than
two successful distance education ested in," Stalder said. "These one location may pay lower fees
programs for specific segments of programs provide our subscrib- for each subsequent registration
the pork industry are now open at ers with the opportunity to hear from that same entity."
Iowa State University SowBridge, directly from experts on topics of Each registration provides ac-
for people who work with boars, current interest, and to contact cess to one phone line per session
sows and their litters, begins its those experts following the indi- and all program materials for
seventh year, and PorkBridge, for vidua! sessions." each registration. Stalder said ma-
those affiliated with grow-finish Stalder, who also is the Iowaterials, delivery process, and pro-
facilities, begins its ninth year, contact for the programs, said the gram costs are slightly different
both in early February 2015. programs offer accurate and time- for those with non-U.S, mailing ad-
Iowa State University animal ly information on a variety of top- dresses, and encouraged potential
science professor and extension ics through a regular schedule. In subscribers from outside the U.S.
swine specialist Ken Stalder said addition, the registration fee has to contact Sherry Hoyer at Iowa
suggestions from subscribers help not increased for either program. Pork Industry Center by phone
maintain the value of both pro- "SowBridge participants pay at 515-294-4496 or email shoyer@
grams for future participants, just $250 for the 12 monthly ses- iastate.edu for more information.
"Each year we ask participants sions in that program, and Pork- Registrations for both programs
in both programs for suggestions Bridge costs $125 for the six ses- are due Jan. 16, 2015, to ensure
on topics and speakers, and are sions held every other month for a materials receipt for the first ses-
happy to provide current content year," Stalder said. '~nd, for each sion of each.
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and threw large suitcases full of
supplies*off the back and under
the rear wheels of the tap tap.. It
was just enough to stop it.
We all got out of/off of the tap
tap. The little girl was angry with
me; my guess is I squeezed her
too hard. An interpreter began
carrying her up the mountain.
Meanwhile, I approached the re-
tired doctor. He had been in back,
watching us slide, powerless to do
anything. I felt as though I should
hug him or something. But all he
did was shake his head and say,
"That's Haiti for ya'." Then he
began trudging toward Fondol.
I was shell-shocked. I started
hiking, to0,but I wanted to some-
how share my feelings. But no one
in my group had any time for such
nonsense. We had jobs to do.
We hiked the rest of the way,
probably an hour and a half. Upon
entering Fondol, I could see that
the people were in bad shape. We
had seen sick people, and we had
seen poor people, but not this sick
or this poor. None of these people
cared what had just happened to
me.
Ironically, the driver got the
truck started and arrived in Fon-
dol right after we did. Melissa and
the others hiked two more miles
than we did, so they arrived about
an hour later. I shared my story
with her. You know what? She
didn't care, either. We were faced
with several hundred patients,
a storm was coming in, and we
would have a three-hour hike
home when it was all done. There
was no time for my feelings.
So what did this teach me? I
think I gained some perspective.
Lots of people die in Haiti. Un-
timely deaths are mourned, but
people move on. They must move
on.
I think we are probably all
guilty of being a bit egocentric;
some of us more so than others.
But incidents in 2014 taught me
that I am just one of some six bil-
lion souls on this planet just try-
ing to make a go of it. And when
one goes, another takes his place.
As much as I'd like to believe I'm
special, I'm not.
Yes, I have problems. But they
truly are "first world" problems, come the Chair in 2016.
No matter how you measure As always, feel free to contact
things, I am a pretty lucky guy me at 354-7199 or rodsullivan@
mchsi.com.
DID YOU KNOW? I will be serv- I look forward to serving you!
ing as the Vice Chair of the Board
this year, while Supervisor Har- Rod Sullivan
ney serves as Chair. If things go Johnson County Supervisor
according to plan, I will then be-
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