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Ag./BusinessPage 8 • May 27, 2015
Farmers Market underway
The new and improved Clear Lake Farmers Market opened Saturday, May 23, in its
new location in the Surf Ballroom parking lot. (Above) Ashley Coleman, owner of
BEWellness, gave advice on healthy eating. (Right) fresh flowers were among the many
offerings at the market. The Farmers Market will be held throughout the summer on
Saturday mornings, from 9 a.m. to noon, in the Surf parking lot. -Reporter photos by
Chris Barragy
Stephen Gales, branch manager with Wells Fargo Advisors, presented Hawkeye Har-
vest volunteer Ozzie Ohl with a check that will help to purchase milk for Hawkeye for kids,” said Gales. “We decided
Harvest Food Bank.-Submitted photo.
KGLO and
KRIB win Iowa
Broadcast
awards
The news, sports and farm staff
of KGLO and KRIB won a total of
10 awards in the 2014 Iowa Broadcast
News Association small market radio
contest. The awards were handed out
at the group’s annual convention in
Johnston on Saturday, April 18.
KGLO News Director Bob
Fisher picked up seven awards, in-
cluding the organization’s top yearly
award for Overall Excellence. It’s the
11th straight year that Fisher has led
KGLO and/or KRIB to a placement
in that category, a streak only equaled
in that timeframe by WHO in Des
Moines in the Large Market divi-
sion. Fisher has received a total of 57
awards in the last 11 years, the second
most of any individual in the Small
Market Division category during that
time. KGLO and/or KRIB in the last
11 years have received a total of 67
awards, also second best when com-
paring Small Market radio stations in
that timeframe.
Fisher also won first place for Use
of Actuality (Cisneros Trial Halted),
Political Coverage (2014 Election
Night Coverage), and Overall Excel-
lence in Weather Coverage (KGLO
Severe Weather Coverage). He placed
third in Public Affairs (“Ask the May-
or”), Play-by-Play (KRIB Sports),
and Best Sportscast (KRIB Morning
Sports).
For the second straight year,
KGLO’s Tim Fleming was the win-
ner of the Play-by-Play contest. He as
well shared the Spot News award with
Jesse Stewart for their coverage of the
Northwood evacuation in February
2014.
KGLO Farm Director Jesse
Stewart placed second in the Agricul-
ture category.
Dick’s Country Inn
Hayfield, IA (641) 860-1819
Open June 3 - Aug. 26, 3-8 pm
Closed the week of July 4th
Group donates milk to
Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank
Stephen Gales, branch manager
with Wells Fargo Advisors, had heard
about the Mason City Noon Rotary
helping Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank
purchase a commercial refrigeration
unit and wanted to get involved. Gales
purchased $1,000 of milk from Fare-
way Stores in Mason City on Monday
to help the food bank. The milk was
delivered by Gales, his wife, Elizabeth, funding for the food bank’s “Got
Beverly Crowell, Wells Fargo Advi-
sors client associate, and her husband,
Richard.
Wells Fargo has a Community
Blooms challenge grant program and
Gales and Crowell applied for that
grant.
“Milk is such an essential part of
a healthy diet and extremely important
that he would match the Wells Fargo
Advisors corporate challenge grant to
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Stepping On Workshops
to be held in June
One in every three adults over already taken the workshop.
age 65 falls every year, but falling is During the seven-week session,
not normal for older adults. Mercy participants receive support from
Home Care and the Elderbridge trained leaders and guest experts,
Agency on Aging are partnering to learning strength and balance exer-
help older adults learn how to take cises, medications’ impact on falls,
steps to prevent falls. vision, safe footwear, home modifica-
Stepping On, a workshop offered tions, and community safety.
in Mason City, teaches older adults Stepping On was created at the
to do just that. Research shows that University of Sydney and was brought
adults who take the workshop gain to the U.S. and Americanized by a
confidence, reduce falls by over 30 University of Wisconsin geriatric
percent and have fewer hospitaliza- physician and falls expert. It is sup-
tions and emergency department vis- ported by the Wisconsin Institute for
its. Healthy Aging. The state’s goal is to
The workshop will be offered at reduce falls and put healthy options
The Willows Community Room and within reach for all Wisconsinites, and
begins June 1. It is for adults age 60 offering these self-management work-
and over, who live in their own homes shops is one way to ensure that older
or apartments and do not rely on a adults have the support they need to
walker, scooter, or wheelchair indoors remain independent and healthy.
most of the time. Those interested in more infor-
Falls can be physically, financial- mation about the workshop should
ly, and emotionally devastating. Fear contact Laura Schissel at 641-428-
of falling often limits older adults and 5495.
results in reduced mobility and isola-
tion.
“The good news,” says Laura ATTENTION
Schissel, program coordinator, “is that BUSINESSES:
people can learn how to prevent falls
and can make the changes they need We are interested in what is going
in their lives to reduce their risk. The on in your business.
make “GotMilk” even stronger.” Stepping On workshops are a won-
The Community Blooms chal- derful complement to medical care, •Have you hired a new employee?
lenge was created by Wells Fargo to equipping older adults to take control •Has someone received a
stimulate volunteering and philan- of their lives and make the changes promotion?
thropy by their employees, their fami- in their home and lifestyle to reduce
lies and their clients. their risk.” •Have you remodeled or added
“My hope is that our effort will Stepping On workshops are de- on?
encourage others in our community livered in seven 2-hour weekly ses-
to step in and provide additional sions. They are taught by two certified •Are you offering a new product or
leaders; either one or both are health service?
Milk” project,” said Gales. care or aging network professionals
and another is a peer leader who has Let us know!
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