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3 to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 10, at the Clarke High School Track. First lap is a survivor lap. Register online or the day of, luminaries also available for purchase.
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Smart snacks $25,000 grant put to good use
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high school, while $10,000 went to the elementary. “ISU Extension did outreach to the elementary and taught different food and nutrition information. I focused on the middle school,” said Woods. “We did one healthy vending machine and one that was not so healthy.” Healthy options were all Smart Snack certified, according to Woods. “In the healthy vending machine, there was string cheese, beef jerky, apples, yogurt, whole grain snacks, granola bars,” said Woods, even baked potato chips. “We basically had some candy bars in the other machine.” By the end of the year, educators were pleased to find students opting for healthier snack foods. Apples, wholegrain snacks and beef jerky were frequently among the
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The Clarke County Hospital, Iowa State Extension office and Clarke Community Schools worked together this year on a new healthy-eating initiative — with a twist. While organizers hoped students would learn better food selection habits, they also gave them easier access to all types of snacks. By the end of the year, there was a demonstrated improvement in the nutritional choices children were making, a skill health educators hope will last throughout adulthood. Learning healthy eating habits “We went out every quarter and did a lesson with the health class at the school,”
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Pictured are Zach Woods (Clarke County Hospital), Michelle Lee (Clarke Middle School Wellness Committee Leader), Kathy Simmerman (Clarke Schools Food Service Director), Deb Jaeger (Clarke County Iowa State Extension Office).
said Zach Woods of Clarke County Hospital. “We were able to get food models and muscle and fat models. We
made games out of it. Kids had a lot of fun.” The program was paid for by a $25,000 Wellmark grant
received in May 2016. Of that, $15,000 went toward the vending machines and education at the middle and
most-purchased items, with apples being so high in demand the vending machine had to be modified to carry more of them. Throughout March 2017, the vending machines had sold 3,738 whole-grain items, 1,801 bags of baked potato chips and 816 sticks of beef jerky. In contrast, there were only 673 candy bars sold. “I think a lot of that has to do with the programs we were running,” said Woods. “We really focused on the better choices as they get to junior high school. Now you’re old enough to start making good food decisions. Here’s the opportunity.” The students did not disappoint, and while this was a one-time grant, Woods said the models and other supplies purchased will be put to use for many years to come. SNACKS | 4
Oil, acrylic and clay: A new exhibit for Lakeside By HILARY FERRAND
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A farmer. A painter. A sculptor. A friend to the arts. Gary Robins, of Murray, will display his work in the Clarke Area Arts Council (CAAC) exhibit space at Lakeside Hotel and Casino from now until the end of July. His small, country school didn’t have any art classes, but through practice and private lessons, he has honed his craft over time. According to Robins, he draws whatever comes to mind, just as when he was a child. “When I was a young boy out by the fields, I would always watch the clouds. I still
do that,” he said, “and then I put them in my paintings. We didn’t have any painting or nothing, but every time I would take up a pencil I was drawing something. My mother and dad, I have things they gave me yet to help me along the way.” Dubbed “the Museum” by their children, the Robins’ home has a gallery feel. It was an inspiring place to grow up, particularly for their daughter, local photographer Chris Robins of Chris’ Photography. Her parents not only fostered her love for photographs but helped fund her studio when she was first starting out. She said her dad is definitely one source of her talents. “I’m not bragging on
him,” said Chris. “He’s a pretty decent painter.” Robins’ work vacillates between oil and acrylic paintings, many times of mountains and rural Iowa scenes to 3-D pieces embellished with clay. “That clay, you just put it in the home over and bake it and you can paint it with acrylic paint,” said Robins, who made the switch to acrylic after taking lessons with a Shenandoah artist named Larry Greenwald. “I switched to acrylics because I could do it right here at the table. They don’t have a OST photo by HILARY FERRAND smell like oils do.” Robins’ exhibit mixes oil, acrylic and clay and will be on display throughout June and One piece, an incredibly July. intricate painting of a barn clay, glass and canvas as part collection. mountain scene and right on display at the casino puts “It’s one I painted for my there by my signature it says an entirely new twist on the of the picture. It’s masterful, concept of a frame, utilizing but it’s not his favorite in the wife,” said Robins. “It’s a ROBINS | 8
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