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Did you know this about the American Legion: Temporary Financial Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance (TFA) is the landmark program of The American Legion’s National Commission on Children & Youth. TFA can provide financial assistance to help meet the basic needs of veterans’ children when it is established there are no other resources available to provide the required assistance.
For a family to be eligible for consideration, there are two basic requirements:
The veteran must have served a portion of their active duty during one of these dates:
December 7, 1941 - December 31, 1946
June 25, 1950 - January 31, 1955
February 28, 1961 – May 7, 1975
August 24, 1982 – July 31, 1984
December 20, 1989 – January 31, 1990
August 2, 1990 – Present
There must be children in the home under the age of 18.
Did you know this about the American Legion: National Emergency Fund
The American Legion National Emergency Fund can provide monetary assistance to meet the needs of a Legion Post (up to $5,000) or an individual member of the American Legion, the Auxiliary** or Sons of the Legion (up to $1,500) in areas stricken by natural disasters. Not meant to replace or repair items, only to meet most immediate needs, such as temporary housing, food, water, clothing, diapers, etc.
Area Farmers place Iowa State Fair Llama Show
Jennifer Olson of Corcoran, Minn., captured Best of Show honors in the 2014 Iowa State Fair Llama show held August 16. The winning llama was selected from Grand Champion females and males in the Light Wool, Medium Wool, Heavy Wool, Sliky Wool, Suri Wool, Non-Breeder and Miniature divisions.
Additional results below:
COSTUME
Junior Costume – 7-11 Years Old
1) Rustic Ridge Llamas, Winterset
2) Trisha Tjarks, Alden
3) Ashley Brighton, Steamboat Rock
4) Ashley Brighton, Steamboat Rock
5) K-Lane Farms, Blakesburg
Intermediate Costume – 12-15 Years Old
1) Rustic Ridge Llamas, Winterset
2) Shelle and Joel Heroes and Friends Farm, Grundy Center
3) Shelle and Joel Heroes and Friends Farm, Grundy Center
Senior Costume – 16-18 Years Old
1) Rustic Ridge Llamas, Winterset
Advanced Costume
1) Bushwhacker Llamas, Nevada, Mo.
Simmental Cattle Show brings awards to Atkins, Blairstown,Walker winners
Owen Brothers Cattle Company of Bois D’Arc, Mo., was awarded the Grand Champion Purebred Bull banner in the Simmental Cattle show judged August 16 at the 2014 Iowa State Fair.
Reserve Grand Champion Purebred Bull honors were awarded to Schick-Haefner Cattle Company of Clinton, Ill. The Iowa Champion Bull was exhibited by Sherrie, Bradley and Ashl Moores Simmental Farm of Rose Hill while Springer Simmentals of Cresco was awarded the Reserve Champion Iowa Bull banner.
Webster Farms of Walker places multiple times in Angus Show at Iowa State Fair
Mike Wells of Wishing Well Angus in Columbus Junction was awarded the Grand Champion and Iowa Champion Bull banners in the Angus Show judged August 12 at the 2014 Iowa State Fair.
The Reserve Grand Champion Bull was exhibited by Robin Younge of Ventura.
Norris Farms of Corydon exhibited the Grand Champion Female. The Reserve Grand Champion Female was shown by Johnson Corner Cattle of Fort Dodge while Megan Collison of Rockwell City was awarded the Iowa Champion Female honors.
Did you know this about the American Legion: Child Welfare Foundation
The Child Welfare Foundation accepts proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects which meet one of the Foundation’s two basic purposes:
1. To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth;
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Baby news: Mona Lee Sysouchanh

Garth and Pat Beatty celebrate 50th Anniversary

ISU summer term graduates include area students
Iowa State University awarded a total of 832 degrees at the end of the 2014 summer term. Of the students receiving degrees, 500 were awarded undergraduate degrees, 222 master's degrees and 110 doctor of philosophy degrees.
Of the students receiving bachelor's degrees, 52 graduated "With Distinction" (cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude).
NCCC Cedar 3 at the Toledo botanical garden/Toledo Grows
