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	Senator Keith Kreiman of Bloomfield and Senator Becky Schmitz of Fairfield met with students from Eddyville-Blakesburg in the Senate Chamber on April 9. The students are members of FFA and were at the Statehouse to help with the Wapello County Agriculture Day & Barbeque.
	Eldon Hunsicker and Willene White were at the Statehouse on Feb. 5 with the Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa. Senator Keith Kreiman of Bloomfield and Representative Mary Gaskill of Ottumwa talked with them about insurance issues that may come before the Legislature this session. From left: Hunsicker, Kreiman, Gaskill, and White.
	The proven benefits of doing more with less energy was a hot topic this week at the Iowa Statehouse. I talked with Bill McAnally, chair of Industrial Technology at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, and Simon Lindner, a 2007 graduate of his carpentry program. The two were in Des Moines to testify before a Senate committee about how modern building techniques result in new homes that use 65% less energy than older homes. We discussed how saving energy is creating jobs and improving the budgets of businesses and families across Iowa. To learn more, contact Bill at McAnally@iowacentral.edu. Pictured from left: Lindner, McAnally, and I.
	As co-chairs of the Home-Based Child Care Interim Study Committee, Representative Mary Mascher of Iowa City and I heard from half dozen registered child development providers about the need for mandatory registration for in-home child care on Oct. 10.