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Nurse Tank Testing Workshop Registration Now Open
AAI is working with USDOT and IDALS to provide you with accurate
information on becoming qualified to test your own tanks at your own facilities. The workshop will be held at the Gilbert Franklin Township Fire & Rescue Agency in Gilbert, IA. Check-in begins at 8 AM and classes will follow roll call. Pre-registration is preferred, it allows us to order enough materials for the class.
Steps to Consider:
1) Contact your insurance agent with regards to your company liability if you choose to certify your own staff.
2) For a complete list of all of the requirements to be certified and the record keeping required please go to
nursetank.org
and go to nurse tank inspector info
rmation.
Art Fleener & Terry Pollard with the U.S. Department of Transportation will present the following:
- Overview of HAZMAT Textbook
- Registration/Inspector Qualifications/HM training
- External Visual Inspection
- Pressure Test, Leakage & Test Thickness
- Venting
- Record Keeping
- Nurse Tank Testing Demonstration
- NH3 Data Plates & IDALS
- Inspectional Observations & Violations
Cost is $195 (members and nonmembers). Registration includes lunch, regulation book, and student book.
Registration deadline is June 14, 2016. For questions or concerns please call Reilly Vaughan, Membership Director at 515-262-8323 or [email protected].
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AAI HQ Staffing Updates
As the year progresses, AAI has made some very important additions to the home office staff! We are extremely pleased to announce the hiring of Beth Smith and Amanda Petty-Holmes here in the Des Moines office. Each is a welcome and needed addition to the AAI family. As you visit us, make sure that you welcome them! Please read each of their respected bios below to learn more about our new team members.
Amanda's first day was on May 2. She will be the new voice on the phone as our Administrative Assistant.
Amanda has over 5 years of experience as an Administrative Coordinator and Administrative Supervisor at DuPont Pioneer and has additional administrative experience at DaVita, Inc., prior to that. She and her husband have lived in several locations around the world for 10 years, including England, Guam, and Portugal while her husband was in the Active Duty Air Force. Amanda and her husband enjoy time at their cabin near Rathbun Lake and are Harley motorcycle enthusiasts and organizers of the "Southern Iowa Wounded Veterans Rally" each year.
Beth started on March 1 as the Executive Assistant to the CEO.
She previously worked at Pioneer for nearly 30 years in various accounting and executive level administrative roles, before filling this new role to the Chief Executive Officer of AAI. In addition to the CEO, Beth will support the Boards of Directors and other Leadership of AAI.
During her free time, Beth is very involved with horses and provides training and riding instruction on her acreage. She also supports the Animal Rescue League of Iowa by fostering horses for them, providing training and structure to horses who have been neglected and abused, until they are adopted.
Beth and her family live near Elkhart.
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Soil Health Open House in Northeastern Iowa to Feature Soil and Water Experts
by: Soil Health Partnership
 As more Iowa farmers seek innovative farming practices to change the way they care for their land, the Soil Health Partnership helps lead the charge. Leaders will showcase how those practices can create lasting environmental and even economic benefits at a soil health field day near Waverly, Iowa. Farmer Mark Mueller, with soil health and water quality experts, will be on hand to answer questions from area growers and neighbors on May 19.
Register with the Soil Health Partnership:
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Bird Flu Found in Missouri Turkey Farm
by: Iowa Public Radio
An outbreak of a bird flu has hit southwestern Missouri. While less contagious than the strain of avian flu that devastated the Midwest chicken and turkey industry last spring, the infection is still potent enough to call for the destruction of birds.
On Wednesday, when the outbreak was confirmed by the Missouri Department of Agriculture, the commercial turkey farm in Jaspar County, near Joplin, was still quarantined. Some 39,000 birds were destroyed last week as a precaution.
The Missouri outbreak is low pathogenic H5N1 avian flu, which has a very low (or no) mortality rate, said Kyoung-Jin Yoon, a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University. It was discovered by a U.S. Department of Agriculture surveillance program, he said.
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Soil Health Benefits From Sustainable Crop Production
The benefits of healthy soil in sustaining crop production are most evident when growing conditions are less than ideal.
Healthy soils increase the capacity of crops to withstand weather variability, including short-term extreme precipitation events and intra-seasonal drought. Increasingly highly variable weather conditions present increased risks to crops and require more careful attention to conservation planning to mitigate impacts on soil health and crop productivity.
Soil health is defined by the level to which it is able to continually provide multiple functions to sustain plants, animals and humans' lives.
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Iowa City Rejects Proposed Pork Plant
In a stunning turn of events, the City Council in Mason City rejected Prestage Foods of Iowa's proposal to build a $240 million pork processing plant. The Globe Gazette reports that the vote was a 3-3 tie, which represents a lack of a majority vote.
The company planned to hire more than 1,700 workers over the next four years but it met with protests from citizens concerned about environmental and quality of life issues.
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2016 Products
Now Available
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Order a 2016 Membership Directory
Printing presses are hard at work. You can order a copy of the AAI membership directory today via our convenient online ordering form.
All AAI voting members received 1 free directory in the mail. Not sure if you are on that list or did not get your directory? Email us at [email protected] today and let us know.
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Askmark Posters
The Asmark Institute has revised three of their most popular posters to bring you the most current product and regulatory information available.
The posters include:
- Work Protection
Standard
- D.O.T. Shipping Information
- Restricted-Use Products
Set of 3 - $15, or $6 each plus shipping.
To order
online or call 515-262-8323.
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Upcoming Events
& Meeting
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Showcase Committee Meeting
May 23
10 AM
AAI Board Room
June 21
8 AM
Gilbert Fire Station
Environment Committee Meeting
June 24
10AM
AAI Board Room
AAI Executive Committee Meeting
July 5
10 AM
AAI Board Room
Grain Committee Meeting
July 6
10 AM
AAI Board Room
AAI Board Meeting
July 12
10 AM
AAI Board Room
Golfing Events
Wednesday, July 13
Fox Ridge, Dike
Thursday, July 14
Emerald Hills, Okoboji
Thursday, August 4
Thursday, September 8
Otter Creek, Ankeny
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