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On Thursday, July 22, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced the approval of Iowa’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) plan and distributed remaining ARP ESSER funds to them. Iowa’s plan details how the state is using and plans to use ARP ESSER funds to safely reopen and sustain the safe operation of schools and equitably expand opportunity for students who need it most, particularly those most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier this year, the Department distributed two thirds of the ARP ESSER funds, totaling $81 billion, to 50 states and the District of Columbia. The remaining third of the funding to states will be made available once state plans are approved. Iowa is receiving $775 million total in ARP ESSER funds, and today’s approval of their plan will result in the release of the final $258 million. Additionally, the Department approved plans for Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, and New Mexico. Earlier this month, the Department approved the plans for 11 other states and the District of Columbia.
The ARP ESSER state plans approved by the Department today, including Iowa’s, show how states are using federal pandemic resources to support safe in-person instruction and meet the social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs of students—with a focus on the students most impacted by the pandemic. For example:
A total of 41 states and the District of Columbia have submitted their ARP ESSER state plans to the Department. The Department is reviewing the plans expeditiously and is in contact with states to ensure their plans meet all necessary requirements in order to access the remaining funds, as outlined in the ARP. The Department also is in contact with states that have not yet submitted plans, the vast majority of which are due to state board of education or legislative review requirements.
The distribution of ARP ESSER funds is part of the Department’s broader effort to support students and districts as they work to reengage students impacted by the pandemic, address inequities exacerbated by COVID-19, and build our education system back better than before. In addition to providing $130 billion for K-12 education in the American Rescue Plan to support the safe reopening of K-12 schools and meet the needs of all students, the Biden-Harris Administration also has:
In addition to the actions the Biden Administration has taken to reopen schools, the President has proposed critical investments through his Build Back Better agenda that will enable schools to rebuild stronger than they were before the pandemic, such as investing billions to build a diverse educator workforce, expand access to pre-K to all families, and invest in school infrastructure, among other provisions.
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8:00 am Swine Show – Mid American Arena
8 am – 10 am Enter Poultry – West end of Dairy Barn
8 am – 12 pm Enter Open Class – Floral Hall
10 am – 5 pm Quilt Show – Varied Industries Building
10 am – 4 pm Toby KID Strolling Entertainment
11:00 am Stuffed Pet Show (Registration 10:45 am) – Gazebo
12:00 pm Poultry Showmanship- West End of Dairy Barn
12:30 pm 4-H Communications Event – 4-H/FFA Center
Extemporaneous Speaking, Educational Presentations, Working Exhibits, Table Setting Contest
1:00 pm Floral Hall Closed for Open Class Judging
1 pm – 7 pm Mobile Glass Studios (glass blowing creations), location TBD
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Enter Lamb Performance – Swine Barn
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm Enter Swine Performance – Swine Barn
3:00 pm Poultry Show – West end of Dairy Barn
Lend a Hen Show immediately following the Poultry Show
4:30 pm Supreme Showman Contest – Beef, Sheep, Goat, Swine – Mid American Arena
7:00 pm Clothing Event Style Show – 4-H/FFA Center
7:00 pm Greenfield American Legion Color Guard and National Anthem
All American Lumberjack Show – Grandstand
LUMBERJACK PARTICIPATION CAMP TO FOLLOW MAIN EVENT
X-cut sawing – Ages 5 & up. Ax throwing – Ages 12 & up
Log Rolling – for everyone that wants to get wet.
Today: Partly Cloudy. High near 90. S @ 10 mph.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low around 68. S @ 5.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 93. SW @ 10-15.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 93.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 91.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low was 57. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 87 and the Low was 60. The Record High on this date was 109 in 1901. The Record Low was 45 in 1956.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Public Health’s website shows the number Covid patients in Iowa hospitals has been increasing over the past three and a half weeks. In RMCC Region 4 (southwest & western Iowa), the data show nine patients are hospitalized with COVID, three are in an ICU, three people were admitted over the previous 24-hours, and one person was on a ventilator. Statewide, the largest group of current confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations, as of today (Thursday), were in the 50-to 59 age bracket.
Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa is an eye doctor who’s the former director of the state health department. She went on the floor of the U.S. House yesterday (Wednesday) to urge Iowans to get vaccinated. “For the last few months, I have traveled across my district administering vaccines to Iowans. It has been a pleasure to see my constituents and the entire country have a renewed sense of freedom and a return to normal,” Miller-Meeks said, but fully engaged living is threatened the Delta variant, which is causing increased hospitalizations and deaths, especially among those unvaccinated.”
Miller-Meeks says if you haven’t gotten a shot and have concerns, talk to your doctor. “It is miraculous to have three safe and effective vaccines for Covid-19 so rapidly,” Miller-Meeks says. “…Decades of research informed the development of these break-through vaccines and millions have been vaccinated with tremendously low risk.”
As she spoke, Miller-Meeks, who is a Republican, positioned a large photo showing her giving a Covid shot to the chairman of the Iowa G-O-P. Forty-seven percent of Iowans are fully vaccinated according to the Iowa Department of Public Health’s data.
(Radio Iowa) – The highly-anticipated Major League Baseball game at the Field of Dreams Movie Site is coming up on August 12th and Dyersville is hosting a “Beyond the Game” festival that starts the day before. Dyersville Chamber director Karla Thompson says there’s been a surge of interested in the area after the game was announced.) “We talk to tourists all the time that (say) they’ve never been there, it’s on the bucket list and this is the year they’re going to come to the Field of Dreams,” Thompson says.
The Dyersville Chamber has been fielding lots of calls about how to register for game tickets, which are being awarded through a lottery to Iowa residents. “Even if they don’t get tickets, they can come to our festival,” she says. “…We’re going to be the official viewing party for that game. We’re going to have that in the city square, which is right downtown in Dyersville.”
The game will be played on a newly-constructed, eight-thousand seat ballpark that’s next to the baseball diamond that was seen in the 1989 movie. The site is a few miles outside of Dyersville. In town, there’s an “If You Build It” exhibit about the making of the movie. Thompson says an “Iowa Zone” will be set up during the two-day festival so tourists — and locals — can learn more about the state as a whole.
“Businesses and organizations are going to be there, giving out samples or promoting their product or just kind of showcasing or providing an education opportunity, so like John Deere, Blue Bunny, Musco Lighting — those all kind of represent Iowa,” Thompson says.
Musco Lighting, based in Oskaloosa, has installed lighting systems at several sports arenas major league ballparks, including Kaufmann Stadium in Kansas City. Thompson is looking for volunteers to help out during the festival, including at the “Kid’s Zone” in Dyersville where there will be all sorts of activities — and even a pitching contest. “It takes a village to put this on,” Thompson says, “so we’re kind of excited.”
The Field of Dreams game was originally scheduled for last summer, but was postponed due to the pandemic. The Chicago White Sox will be the home team and their game against the New York Yankees will count as a regular season game. From now through this Friday, fans with an Iowa zip code can register in a lottery for tickets. Winners will be notified on August 2nd if they won the chance to buy two tickets to the game.
RONALD WAYNE MUNDORF, 77, of Griswold, died Wed. July 21st, at Methodist Hospital, in Omaha. Funeral services for RON MUNDORF will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday July 30th, at the Griswold Central Church of Christ. Rieken Duhn Funeral Home in Griswold is assisting the family.
Visitation with the family will be on Thursday, July 29, 2021, from 5:30 until 7:30 at the Griswold Central Church of Christ. Interment will be in the Griswold Cemetery.
RON MUNDORF is survived by:
His wife – Martha Mundorf, of Griswold.
His sons – Tim (Kristi) Mundorf, of LaVista, NE, and Mike (Dee) Mundorf, of Griswold.
His brothers – Mervin Mundorf, of Falcon, CO; Charlie (Nancy) Mundorf, of Beaver Lake, NE; Gary (Nancy) Mundorf, of Griswold, and Marty (Anita) Mundorf, of Atlantic.
His sister – Carol (Matthew) Lalumia, of Baltimore, MD.
8 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, other relatives, and friends.
CLASS 3A
Substate 1: MOC-Floyd Valley 1, Storm Lake 0
Substate 2: Waverly-Shell Rock 9, Webster City 3
Substate 3: Wahlert Catholic 5, Independence 1
Substate 4: Central DeWitt 6, Assumption 1
Substate 5: Cedar Rapids Xavier 6, Solon 3
Substate 6: Marion 14, Benton 1
Substate 7: ADM 8, Boone 4
Substate 8: Winterset 4, Gilbert 2 (8 innings)
CLASS 4A
Substate 1: Ankeny 3, WDM Valley 1
Substate 2: Dowling Catholic 6, Mason City 2
Substate 3: Prairie 4, Cedar Falls 2
Substate 4: Pleasant Valley 4, Linn-Mar 0
Substate 5: Dubuque Hempstead 2, North Scott 1
Substate 6: Ottumwa 2, Iowa City High 1
Substate 7: Johnston 4, Indianola 1
Substate 8: Waukee 13, Norwalk 0
CLASS 1A
Third Place
3:30 p.m. – Iowa Central Field – Southeast Warren (29-3) vs. Wayne (24-5)
Championship
5:00 p.m. – Kruger Seeds Field – Newell-Fonda (37-4) vs. Lisbon (37-8)
CLASS 2A
Third Place
6:00 p.m. – Iowa Central Field – #1 Wilton (29-4) vs. #3 Central Springs (30-7)
Championship
7:30 p.m. – Kruger Seeds Field- #4 Earlham (34-9) vs. #2 North Linn (41-6)