RON WIECK STATE SENATOR Twenty-seventh District Statehouse: (515) 281-3371 – HOME ADDRESS 4362 Old Lakeport Road Sioux City, Iowa 51106 H: (712) 276-4008 ron.wieck@legis.state.ia.us

The Senate State of Iowa Eighty-first General Assembly STATEHOUSE Des Moines, Iowa 50319

COMMITTEES Business and Labor Relations, CoChair Commerce Government Oversight State Government Ways & Means

Photo attached: Senator Wieck, Jarod McCoy, Jediah McCoy, Joseph Cave (Standing) Mylicent Cave, Debra McCoy and Mylidiah Cave (Sitting)

For Immediate Release Contact: Senator Wieck

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 (515) 281-3371

Senator Wieck Meets with Woodbury County 4-H Group

DES MOINES – Today Senator Ron Wieck (R-Sioux City) met with five 4-H members and their 4-H leader at the Iowa Capitol. Jarod McCoy, Jediah McCoy, Joseph Cave, Mylicent Cave, Mylidiah Cave and their leader Debra McCoy, all from Woodbury County, participated in 4-H Day at the Legislature.

The 4-Hers showcased their community service projects in the Rotunda. The group’s project was a Farm to City project. They worked to promote agriculture in elementary classrooms.

Some 400 members and volunteers from across the state served omelets to the legislators in the morning and then met with legislators to discuss topics that have pending legislation of particular interest to the members.

The five issues of particular interest include: extra-curricular eligibility, drug abuse and criminal justice; biotechnology, bullying and the Asian Bird Flu.

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