Thursday, September 10, 2015
N/Warren Town and County News
Page Seven
Garrettt Receives Conservative Achievement Award
Senator Julian Garrett, Indianola, received the Conservative Achievement Award
for his conservative voting record from Executive Director Dan Schneider and
Board Member Millie Hallow of the American Conservative Union (ACU) at the
State Historical Building on August 27. Founded in 1964, the ACU is the original
conservative organization in the nation. For more than forty years, it has served as
an umbrella organization harnessing the collective strength of conservative orga-
nizations fighting for Americans who are concerned with liberty, personal respon-
sibility, traditional values, and strong national defense. Photo submitted.
Park & Rec Dog Swim
Norwalk Aquatic 'We Have Gone to the Dogs' annual dog swim was held on two
nights this year Photos submitted.
MidAmerican
Energy Program
Iowa residential cus-
tomers of MidAmerican
Energy Company have the
opportunity to purchase
high-quality trees for only
$30 through the company's
Plant Some Shade@ pro-
gram.
The program promotes
long-term energy and
natural resource conserva-
tion through tree planting.
MidAmerican Energy pro-
vides trees at discounted
prices to customers willing
to add to their property.
Strategically placed de-
ciduous trees provide
shade on hot summer
days, easing the cooling
load on air conditioners,
while conifers shield
homes from blustery Iowa
winter winds.
Order forms for the pro-
gram can be found on the
company's website. Cus-
tomers can purchase up to
two trees - 3- to 4-foot co-
nifers or 5- to 8-foot land-
scape trees - for a dis-
counted price of $30 each;
the company pays for the
balance of the cost through
a grant from
MidAmerican Energy. A
variety of shade trees, low-
growing ornamental trees
and conifers are being of-
fered. Advance purchase is
required; quantities are
limited; and orders will be
taken on a first-come, first-
served basis until all trees
aresold.
Plant Some Shade
events for customers to
pick up their trees will be
held in Oskaloosa in late
September and in Sioux
City, Waukee and Des
Moines in early October.
(NAPS)--The York brand
of Johnson Controls created
the Affinity Residential Com-
municating Control with Wi-
Fi suplxrrt, which works with
mobile devices to easily pro-
gram your system remotely.
For further information or to
find a contrac~ nearby, visit
www.york.com.
A program called Welcome
Home provides financial sup-
port for programs that help
veterans with transition ser-
vices ranging from r6sum~
writing and job networking
to creating a more funcedonal
home envirenment~ It's spon-
sored by the USO and
Belgard Hardscapes. To learn
more, visit www.belgar~com/
home.
Deadline for ads,
legals and stories
is Noon Friday!
IZAAK WALTON OPEN HOUSE
Join us Saturda3 Sept. 19, for an open house from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the renovated Chapter Grounds, lo-
cated at the entrance to Lake Ahquabi State Park. They
will be showcasing the Chapter Expansion Project. Many
activities will be taking place. The rifle range will be
open from 10 a.m. to Noon for CMP shoot. This will be
open to anyone. There will be be targets to shoot, but
you will need to bring out your own ammo and safety
equipment.
Over the noon hour there will be a free hotdog, beans
and chips lunch. Trap range will also be open from Noon
to 2 p.m. with 1A price birds at $2.50 for a round of 25.
The group thanks all who have helped with the War-
ren County Ike's Expansion Project; it could not have
been accomplished without them. The Project started
out with a major donation from the Lester Davison Es-
tate. Other major support came from Warren County
Pheasants Forever, Ahquabi White Tails Unlimited, Iowa
DNR, Cemen Tech, Inc., Warren County Conservation
Board and the National Izaak Walton League Endow-
ment Fund. Many others have donated labor or reduced
their fee's to help us with this project. Members and their
friends have also donated many hours of labor and other
resources. To all of those who assisted in any way with
our project, we are deeply indebted.
Future plans include installation of a shade/cover
over the Rifle Range shooting pad, and improvement of
our Archery range, situated in the SE area of our prop-
erty, with the help of Mid Iowa Archers and local 4H
groups. This winter we plan to expand our kitchen into
the vacated trap room in our clubhouse. We will also
update some of the older appliances.
They will continue to re-seed prairie grasses and wild
flowers for pollinators as well as establish trees along
our property. Landscape improvements and parking lot
expansion are planned as we are growing. Visit our
website (www.warrenikes.com) for more information,
and don't forget to "friend" Warren Ikes on Facebook.
And thanks again to all who helped this project.
CIPCO Launches Utility-Scale
Solar Project
Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) has issued
a Request for Proposal (RFP) to develop multiple util-
ity-scale solar generating sites across its memb oop-
erative areas in Iowa. CIPCO seeks to establish a m'bdti-
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site solar installation for gene g up to a total of
3MWs of electricity. The RFP requires the new generat-
ing sites to be operational by December 31, 2016.
"CIPCO has continually pursued a balanced energy
mix to meet our members' needs in a cost effective, reli-
able and environmentally responsible manner. Solar
generation will be an additional complement to our
overall portfolio," announced Dennis Murdock, Execu-
tive Vice President and CEO of CIPCO.
Utility-scale solar provides reliable, clean electricity
generation and compliments CIPCCYs existing renew-
able energy generation portfolio. At a generation cost
significantly below that of residential-scale solar, the
new facility will provide CIPCO with additional re-
sources for distributing electricity to our members
throughout the state.
CIPCO maintains a balanced energy portfolio and
ownership of electric generation assets. Up to 95 per-
cent of CIPCO's energy needs are generated in Iowa with
60 percent of the energy from carbon-free resources in-
eluding wind, nuclear, hydroelectric and soon to be so-
lar. CIPCO supplies all power requirements for its mem-
ber cooperatives, and as their power provider, CIPCO
is dedicated to delivering quality, safe and reliable ser-
vice at the lowest possible cost.
/- CIPCO is Iowa's largest cooperative energy provider
serving 12 rural electric cooperatives and a municipal
electric association spanning 58 of Iowa's 99 counties.
CIPCO is a generation and transmission cooperative
supplying power to its member distribution coopera-
tives covering a territory which stretches 300 miles di-
agonally across the state from the Mississippi River on
the east to Shenandoah in the southwest.
The first step to getting the things you want out of
life is this: Decide what you want.
-Ben Stein
