News Digest
Community Ed & Rec offers fall classes
Plymouth Community Education and Recreation is offering a range of fitness and general education courses this fall.
Many courses will start the week of Sept. 13 and run into mid-December. There are opportunities for children, adults and senior citizens.
They will be offering popular fitness favorites such as Body Basics, Boot Camp, Core Fitness, Top Flight and Zumba, as well as numerous aquatic courses. New courses include:
• Advanced Beading & Jewelry: Create a beautiful detailed necklace with matching earrings. • Creating Beaded Ornaments: Design and complete a stunning and unique beaded ornament. • Karate: Those ages 13 and up can learn open-hand combative approaches as well as the use of a bo.
• Knitted Mittens: Make a pair of cozy wool mittens with needle-felted decorations.
• Reiki: Connect with your Spirit as you learn to relax and relieve stress with this energy-balancing method.
• Sculpt and Tone: Get 45 minutes of total body strength training with weights and resistance, plus cardio.
• Self Safety: Stay safe in a nonviolent but effective way, using select techniques from various martial arts.
• Wire Techniques for Jewelry: Learn the techniques to create a necklace and earrings using beads and wire.
In addition, several popular classes are back after an absence:
• Astronomy: Learn your way around the constellations, the mares and craters of the moon, and the planets that you see at night.
• Basic Tai Chi: Learn simple, fluid movements that will help with releasing daily stress, gaining energy and managing health challenges.
Online registration will be available for most courses. This option allows people to pay with a credit card and also to receive immediate confirmation of enrollment. Registration opens today, Tuesday, Aug. 24.
A course guide appears in the Aug. 24 Review Xtra and will be available at locations throughout the community.
To learn more visit www.plymouthcommed.org, call 892-5068 or visit Plymouth Community Education and Recreation on the north end of Plymouth High School, 125 Highland Ave.
Energy assistance applications being taken
The Economic Support Division of the Sheboygan County Health and Human Services Department is taking applications for the 2010-11 Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program.
Sheboygan County residents who need help with their heating or electric bills should call 459-3007 for an appointment. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Those already receiving W-2, Food Stamps, Child Care or Medical Assistance should contact their assigned economic support specialist for an appointment.
Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance eligibility is based on the total gross income of all household members during the preceding three months.
2010-11 income limits are: household of 1, $6,142; household of 2, $8,032; household of 3, $9,921; household of 4, $11,811; household of 5, $13,701; household of 6, $15,591. Income limits increase as family size increases.
Applicants must provide verification of the following information for all household members, including minors: Social Security numbers, alien registration card (if applicable), gross wages, all unearned income, and account numbers for your heat and electric bills (if heat is included in the rent, name and address of landlord).
Projects get state grants
Gov. Jim Doyle has announced $984,300 in Grazing Lands and Conservation Initiative (GLCI) grants to fund 32 projects across the state.
The GLCI grants protect the land and water of the state through education, technical planning assistance, and research for dairy and livestock farmers. Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Deputy Secretary Randy Romanski made the announcement on behalf of the governor as part of Doyle’s eighth annual “Up North” Tour.
Among the grants is $43,774, including a $16,219 education grant and a $27,555 technical assistance grant, in northeastern Wisconsin: Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Sheboygan, Winnebago counties and the Oneida Nation.
Grazing is a low-cost, environmentally-friendly method of farming that moves animals to a fresh pasture on a regular basis while resting unused pastures so the plants can regrow before being regrazed. Studies show beginning farmers are more likely to use a managed grazing system to get started in agriculture because it doesn’t require a huge capital investment in buildings and machinery. Nearly 50 percent of new dairy farmers use managed grazing.
Wisconsin has invested in and promoted its diverse agricultural economy, which has now grown to approximately $59 billion annually and is responsible for more than 1 in 10 jobs in Wisconsin. Incentives to help modernize the dairy industry have helped increase milk production to record levels and have strengthened the state's status as the number one producer of cheese in the country. In addition, Wisconsin is second in the nation in the number of organic farms.
At the same time, efforts to strengthen diversity in agriculture have made Wisconsin a leading producer of cranberries, specialty cheeses, organic vegetables and many other products.
