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The leadership teams at Ringgold Coun-ty Hospital and CHI Health Mercy Corn-ing are pleased to an-nounce the hiring of pe-diatrician Dr. Tabitha Wilson. Dr. Wilson will begin seeing patients in late August 2019. She’ll split her time between the Mount Ayr Medical Clinic and CHI Health Clinics in Corning, Lenox, and Bedford.

“I’m so excited to be coming home,” said Dr. Wilson. A native of Bedford, she and her family will be mov-

ing back to the area in July. Dr. Wilson earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from Creighton University in Omaha, NE, and has been in Utah for the past several years. “I love pediatrics because it allows me to interact with families and get to know the kids over time. Early childhood development is one of my favorite things. I also just love kids!”

Ringgold County Hospital CEO Gor-don Winkler couldn’t be happier. “We have

an incredible group of medical professionals on staff, and Dr. Wilson really helps round out the team. She brings an expertise in pediatrics that complements our family practitioners.” Lisa Wolfe, President of CHI Health Mercy Corning agrees. “Hav-ing Dr. Wilson in our clinics every week al-lows us to provide even higher quality care for our families. With Dr. Wilson on staff, parents and children won’t have to travel to see a pediat-ric specialist.”

Mary Flury from Ce-dar Rapids and Kayla Beckerdite of Des Moines, Red Cross employees, help the Afton Volunteer Fire Department check and replace smoke alarms in Afton homes on May 4th.

Mid afternoon they stopped at the Trul-linger home on W. Polk where they checked some alarms and re-placed batteries.

If you weren't home, you missed a chance to get new smoke alarms with 10-year batteries. Even if your batteries are good, smoke alarms should be replaced every ten years.

Ringgold County Hospital & CHI Health Mercy Corning Announce New Pediatrician

from Ringgold County Hospital

Public Notice, Union County Board of Supervisors

OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE

DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS WEEDS & FINES ASSESSED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Union Coun-ty, Iowa, THAT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS of Chapter 317.13 and 317.14 July 1, 2018 and 317.25 2001 Code of Iowa, it is hereby ordered:

THAT EACH OWNER AND EACH PERSON in the possession or control of any land in Union County shall cut, burn or otherwise de-stroy all noxious weeds thereon, as defined in this Chapter, at such times in each year and in such manner as shall prevent said weeds from blooming or coming to maturity, and shall keep said land free from such growth of any other weeds as shall render the streets or highways adjoining said land unsafe for public travel. Noxious weeds shall be cut or otherwise destroyed on or before the follow-ing dates and as often thereafter as is necessary to prevent seed production.

May 15, 2019 Musk Thistle, Perennial Pepper Grass

June 2, 2019 Leafy Spurge, Poison Hemlock

June 20, 2019 Canadian Thistle, Russian Knapweed

July 1, 2019 Palmer Amaranth (burn on location only)

July 16, 2019 Multi-flora Rose and Teasel

THAT IF THE OWNERS OR PERSON in possession or control of any land in Union County fail to comply with the foregoing or-ders, the Weed Commissioner shall cause this to be done and the expense of said work, including costs of serving notice and other costs, if any, to be assessed against the real estate upon which the noxious weeds are destroyed.

Anyone wishing NOT to have noxious weeds sprayed in any given area, he or she shall sign an agreement at the County Weed Com-missioner’s Office and shall furnish their own signs to be posted on each side of the area designated and shall be responsible to destroy such weeds, all season.

P E N A L T YFor failure to comply by the date prescribed in an order pursuant to Chapter 317, up to ten (10) days, for destruction of weeds, the Weed Commissioner may have the weeds destroyed and the costs assessed back to the owner, or may impose a penalty of $20.00 per day for each day the owner of the land fails to comply.

UNION COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORSGARY BLAZEK, UNION COUNTY WEED COMMISSIONER

1701 COMMERCE RD, CRESTON, IA 50801 (641) 344-5255

Public Notice, Union County Weed Commissioner

Changing of the Guard: 2017-2018 East Union FFA president Lauren Hadley swears in Kanyon Huntington for the new re-gime that begins NOW!

The local FFA chapter held their awards ban-quet Monday evening with a concourse full of people enjoying a slideshow of accomplish-ments, a Windsor Chop dinner with homemade ice cream, and the presentation of chapter awards. Watch the ASE next week for a list of the award recipients and pictures.

Chomp: The home of the Eric Anderson family at the corner of E. Scott and S. McElderry is no more. In less than an hour Tuesday morning, Needham Dirt Work turned the home into a pile of rubble that will be hauled away. The home was destroyed by fire last fall.

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that organic producers and handlers can apply for federal funds to assist with the cost of receiving and maintaining organ-ic certification through the Organic Certifica-tion Cost Share Program (OCCSP). Applications for fiscal 2019 funding

are due Oct. 31, 2019.OCCSP received con-

tinued support through the 2018 Farm Bill. It provides cost-share as-sistance to producers and handlers of agricultural products for the costs of obtaining or maintaining organic certification un-

USDA to Help Cover Organic Certification

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