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Iowa Honey Producers Association |
The Buzz Newsletter October 2007 |
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Farm Bureau Ag Day In Marshalltown The Farm Bureau sponsors an Ag Day for 4th grade students in Marshalltown. The students visit various stations and eat lunch at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds. One of the stations is beekeeping. Margaret Hala spoke to eight groups of students in the morning and I spoke to eight in the afternoon. There is a new group every 15 minutes. This proved to be quite difficult for me. I'm a free form speaker. If I skip something, I go back and pick it up later. By the time I got to my third group, I had no clue what I had told anyone. I jotted down a few notes between groups and fared better with the last few groups. Submitted by Phil Ebert
IHPA Meeting The IHPA board of directors met Sunday, Sept 22 at the Immanuel Methodist Church in Des Moines. We want to come up with something to put on the awning at the state fair sales booth that will be visible from the lower floor. The awning is about 10x30. A prize of $75 will be offered if someone comes up with a good design. It could be something simple, i.e., Iowa Honey Producers in big letters with some bees around the edges. Put on your thinking caps and see what you can come up with. It was decided at an earlier board meeting to offer $500 to help someone go to one of the national meetings. The hotels at these meetings are usually about $100/night. It normally costs me around $1000 to attend a meeting. I would expect Sacramento to be higher. Apply to the board it you wish to attend a meeting. Board members make the final decision on who will get the stipend. Anyone attending a meeting with IHPA support will be required to submit a detailed report of the meeting to be printed in the March issue of the Buzz. The report must be submitted to the Buzz by Feb 15. Submitted by Phil Ebert
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