Live Healthy Iowa Program looks at What’s to Eat: Taking a look at eating patterns and popular diets.
On March 17 the Franklin County Live Healthy Iowa committee will sponsor another in its series of programs. The program will focus on diets and be held at the Franklin Wellness Center at 5:30 pm.
Americans spend 60 billion dollars a year on diets, pills and programs in the hope that the weight loss approach they choose will finally do the trick. There are many plans out there that are in contention for the title of best of the best, and yet a clear winner has yet to emerge. Obesity rates continue to rise dramatically worldwide so the need for effective weight-loss plans is not going to go away. This program will take a look at some of the more popular plans and offer some tips that can help you in your battle at the scale. Jill Weber, ISU Extension Nutrition and Health Field Specialist, will look at Low Carb, Low Fat, extremely Low Calories, Zone, Mediterranean, the Ornish and Weight Watchers, and compare them to My Pyramid and the Dietary Guidelines. She will talk about Carbohydrates and the Glycemic Index and other popular terms used in the dieting industry She will also talk about why some diets are just not good for your health.
The program is free but pre-registration is requested.
For more information contact any member of the Franklin County Live Healthy Iowa committee: Franklin Wellness Center, Franklin County Public Healthy, Franklin General Hospital, and Franklin County Extension.
DAIRY PARLOR AND MANURE HANDLING TOURS
Dairy parlor and manure handling tours are set for March 10, 11, and 13th reports Bev Peters, Franklin County Extension Education Director. The tours are planned to give producers and agri-businesses who serve the dairy industry insight into how the TRANS-Iowa parlor can be built to meet the operations goals in cow handling and their building/remodeling budget. Collecting, transporting and storing manure has become a larger concern on dairy farms as the cow numbers increase and more stringent manure spreading rules evolve.
March 10th tours will feature the TRANS Iowa Low Cost Milking Parlors on the Bill Kauffmann and Mike Deutmeyer farms. Kauffmann’s farm is located north of Dubuque. From Dubuque take Hwy 52 North to C9Y on to Sageville. Take a right (East) on Mud Lake Road 3/4 mile, left to 12588 Sleepy Hollow Rd. The tour starts at 10:00 am and features a Double 8 Parabone with swing units.
The Deutmeyer tour starts at 12:15pm. From Luxemburg go East on Hwy 52 ¾ mile, turn North and proceed to 21710 Clear Creek Road. Deutmeyer has a Double 10 Parabone parlor with swing units.
The March 11th tours start at 10:30 am at the Brian and Heidi Lantzky farm located at 21575 245th St. Hawkeye. From Alpha go south to 247th St. Turn east and go one mile to V Ave, go south to 245th St., turn East and proceed to Lantzky’s on the south side of the road. Lantzky’s have a Double 12 low line Parabone parlor expandable to a Double 14.
The second stop March 11th is 1:15 pm at the Ed Brannon farm located at 28226 W Ave, Waucoma. From Waucoma go south on W Ave (also V86) one mile. The farm is on the East side of V86. Brannon has a Double 8 swing Parabone parlor and uses the old stall barn as his holding pen.
Tours March 13th start at 10:00 am at the Whittle Farms Inc located at 12530 Bush Road, Volga. From Volgo go west on C2W to Bush Road, Turn North and go ½ mile to the dairy on the East side of Bush Road (C24). Tom and his family have a freestall housed dairy and remodeled the manure system from mattresses and gravity flow to sand bedded and sand recovery lanes last fall.
The second stop March 13th is 1.15 pm at the Larry and Mark Lamborn farm located at 224 Franklin Road, Luana. From Luana take X16 (Forest Mill Road) North 1 ¼ mile to Harding Drive. Go East on Harding Drive 1 mile. Turn North on Franklin Road and go 1 mile to the Lamborn farm on the West side. Lamborn’s have a gravity flow manure system with sawdust bedded freestalls.
Each of these tours is open to the public. Plastic boots will be provided for bio-security, but you are urged to wear street clothes. There is no pre-registration required.
Kaleidoscope - This Is It
March 4 to March 7 you can find great sales at The Kaleidoscope. Keri is closing her physical location. I know I will miss looking at books and being offered a great selection. Why not stop in and see what's on sale -- and see what great ideas Keri has for the future of books in Hampton?
I am sorry to see Keri close the Kaleidoscope, it was a great addition to Hampton. I wish her well.
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