(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Board of Supervisors today (Wednesday, Sept. 18th), received a report from Adair County Ag Extension’s Kerry Aistrope, with regard to the Rising Star Intern Program.

Aistrope said the program benefits counties and communities.

She said the interns work during the months of June and July, in areas like conservation, community/economic development; tourism promotion and other projects, that benefit citizens in the county. Aistrope said if the Supervisors have something in mind for their interns to work on, they should let her know. That might even include storm recovery efforts. The interns are paid $4,500 for their work. Aistrope said she would like their pay to be a collaborative endeavor between the County and Ag Extension. According to Aistrope, to her knowledge, the Rising Star Internship program has never been offered in Adair County.

The Board of Supervisors also heard from Rob and Tony Mensing, with regard to access to their cattle operation property at Lewis Avenue and 150^th Street, northeast of Canby, which has a low-water crossing. Rob Mensing said he wanted clarify comments he made during the Board’s meeting on Sept. 4^th, and other information.

He said they are investing in their project to benefit Adair County, and get as much as they can out of the land.

Supervisor John Twombly said he was still not in favor of changing the three-quarters of a mile road from Level B (Dirt) to Level A (gravel), due to the costs associated with its construction and maintenance. Twombly said in his 16-years on the Board, to his knowledge, they have never changed a road to a Level A. He said would support a culvert (which would typically cost around $200,000), though. Even then, it would be some 2-to 3-years before work on the project could begin. No decision on the road was made during the meeting. Discussions on a possible solution to the landowner’s issues will continue.

In other business, Adair County Engineer Nick Kauffman reported on Secondary Roads Department activities and maintenance efforts.