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By: Samantha Janda  AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 4 has been staying on the NCCC campus during their current service project. Each day they travel to Cedar Rapids to help the Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity in their Brush with Kindness Program.  The Brush with Kindness program is a grant that Habitat for Humanity was able to receive in order to help fix up house exteriors that were destroyed in the flood of 2008.

Below, in no particular order, is a list of area competitors at the Iowa State Fair. We have listed the area in which they competed and their standing: Congratulations to each of you, from all of us!  You make Benton County proud!   Black Faced Ewe Lamb 156.5 to 175 8) Zahradnik Livestock, Inc., Belle Plaine   One Frame of Honey, Ready for Extracting 1) Fieldstone Farms, Clemons 2) Mark Tintjer, Hubbard 3) Roy Kraft, Goldfield 4) Dennis Nielson, Newhall The Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement (IFAA) presented $188,100 in scholarships and awards to youth who participated in 4-H and FFA beef, swine, sheep, goat and poultry projects Saturday, August 17, prior to the Sale of Champions at the 2013 Iowa State Fair.

By: Rebecca Bigler Jill Ament, from Gatesville, Texas, is a member of Maple 4 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month service term on a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24. Maple 4 is made up of nine people from across the country, and they are serving together in a number of service projects across the North Central Region throughout their term.

Schulte Bros. of Watkins earned the Herdsman Award on Saturday at the conclusion of the Dairy Cattle show at the 2013 Iowa State Fair. The Herdsman Award recognizes the top exhibitors and ranks them based on the cleanliness of stalls, animals and aisles in the Boulevard of Dairy Breeds as well as the upkeep and sanitation of equipment over the course of the dairy shows.

Niehaus and Feldman Genetics of Greene took top honors at the Spotted Swine Show judged Thursday at the 2013 Iowa State Fair. The Greene farm was awarded the Champion Boar banner. Champion Gilt honors went to Triggs Show Pigs of Mount Ayr while the Reserve Champion Gilt and Reserve Champion Boar banners went to Joel Olson of Atkins. Olson Spot Farm of Newhall claimed the Premier Exhibitor Award.

Jerez Norwood, from Rocky Mount, N.C., is a member of Maple 3 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start his 10-month service term on a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24. Maple 3 is made up of 11 people from across the country, and they are serving together in a number of service projects across the North Central Region throughout their term.

Patricia Llamas, from Perris, Calif., is a member of Maple 1 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month service term on a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24. Maple 1 is made up of 10 people from across the country, and they are serving together in a number of service projects across the North Central Region throughout their term.

Dylan Sharkey, from Granville, Ohio, is a member of Oak 6 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start his 10-month service term on a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24. Oak 6 is made up of seven people from across the country, and they are serving together in a number of service projects across the North Central Region throughout their term.

DES MOINES, IA (08/13/2013)(readMedia)-- Alisa Link of Des Moines earned First Place Overall in the Food Department Beginner's Contest judged Sunday at the 2013 Iowa State Fair. Pat Becker of Cumberland won Second Place Overall. Third Place Overall was awarded to Jane M. Hrabak of Belle Plaine. The contest was open to adults competing in the Iowa State Fair Food Department for the first time.

Danielle McDonald, from Two Harbors, Minn., is a member of Maple 2 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month service term on a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24. Maple 2 is made up of nine people from across the country, and they are serving together in a number of service projects across the North Central Region throughout their term.