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Monday, October 14, 2024
From West Lyon Community Schools
The Lyon County Public Health office is once again offering flu vaccines for staff and students K-12. This will be held on Wednesday, October 30th in the morning at the school. Attached you will find information regarding the flu vaccine, and also the form to fill out for each student that you would like to receive the flu vaccine. These must be turned in by Friday, October 18th.
You can email the completed form to the email provided on the form to mstillson@co.lyon.ia.us or your student can return it back to school and we will get it over to Public Health.
We will have copies of this form in the front office at school.
Public Health will not be able to accept any late registrations.
Thank you.
Call Public Health at 712-472-8200 with questions or concerns.
From Sibley-Ocheyedan Community Schools
We have recently had issues with the football and track complex. These facilities are open to the public to use. We ask that you help us keep our facilities clean and in good condition.
The primary concerns are the wear and tear on the grass field, pets being brought into the complex, and garbage. We ask that if
you are using the complex that you do not bring any pets, that you please pick up any garbage you may have brought in, and that you stay off of the football field to make sure that it stays in good condition. If you have any questions
please contact the High School Office.
Iowa Recovery Update from FEMA
Residents are encouraged to ask FEMA for rental assistance money if you cannot live in your home because of the disaster. DRCs have served more than 4,000 households. Please take advantage of the DRCs while they are still open from now until Oct. 22nd.
Note from FEMA:
FEMA Assistance Can Help Repair or Replace Furnaces
Are you a homeowner who received FEMA assistance for home repairs? Did you later discover that your furnace was damaged or destroyed by the Iowa severe storms, flooding, straight-line winds and tornadoes this spring?
If your furnace was not covered by your insurance, FEMA may be able to provide additional assistance to repair or replace it. But you must appeal to FEMA in writing and include verifiable repair receipts or estimates.
FEMA may pay up to the actual cost of the receipt or estimate for a furnace. If you repaired or replaced the furnace, FEMA may provide assistance when valid estimates or receipts are submitted on appeal. When you apply for assistance, be sure to report any storm damage to the furnace.
Funding is available to eligible survivors in Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Lyon, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Scott, Sioux and Woodbury counties. Only owner-occupied primary homes can be considered for assistance. Vacation homes and second homes are not eligible.
Home Repair Assistance is available only to homeowners for uninsured or underinsured items and disaster-related expenses intended to make the residence safe, sanitary and functional. Some FEMA assistance is also available for other structural components at your primary home including wells, septic systems, water heaters and other electrical appliances.
Keep in mind: You must submit your written appeal within 60 days of the date of your FEMA determination letter. And be sure to include documentation to support the appeal request such as verifiable repair receipts or estimates, contractor estimates or other evidence to support your appeal.
Once you’ve sent FEMA an appeal, you can expect a decision letter within 90 days after FEMA receives it.
Residents can also register for disaster assistance by:
Visiting DisasterAssistance.gov
Calling FEMA directly at 800-621-FEMA
Due to the City of Sheldon Oak Street construction, please enter the parking lot for the Sanford Sheldon Clinic from 7th Avenue, and turn east onto Oak Street, and enter the emergency room entrance driveway. You will need to drive through the parking lot to enter the clinic parking lot. Please proceed with caution as many vehicles will be entering and exiting the same entrance.
From Dordt University:
Approximately 100 additional parking spots have been added to Dordt’s campus for residential student parking, many of which are located in Lot 16. Lot 2B, located near the Squares Apartments, will now serve as guest
and Recreation Center parking, to accommodate the parking spots lost to construction between the B.J. Haan Auditorium and Kuyper Apartments.
For more information, please see our press release at Dordt University shifts on-campus parking as… | Dordt University
The Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars has a disaster relief fund available to veterans directly impacted by the severe weather and flooding. This fund is provided by the National VFW and distributed by the Department of Iowa. It is open to all veterans and veteran’s organizations here in Iowa. Please visit www.vfwia.org and click on the banner for details on how to apply for this disaster relief.
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Flood Recovery Volunteer Tracking for the City of Sheldon: In all Federally declared disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can reimburse local and state governments for the cost of disaster recovery through a cost-share agreement.
Volunteer hours help communities recover in two ways:
Volunteer work is essential to helping the community recover physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Volunteer hours have a dollar amount attached to them by the Federal government to aid communities in recovering the cost of relief efforts.
Volunteer hours must be documented in an auditable way for hours to count towards the cost-share.
Tracking volunteer hours is simple. You will need to document:
· Volunteer’s Name – first and last · Location of Volunteer Work – the specific address of the service site · Hours Worked – a sign-in time and a sign-out time · Type of Work – a brief description, i.e.: o “Donations Management” for loading, unloading and sorting donations o “Shelter Management” for assisting shelter residents or staff o “Mass Feeding” for cooking or serving food to shelter residents or volunteers o “Debris Removal” for clearing debris, cleaning up yards, and clearing streets.
It is also beneficial to note if the volunteer used any equipment, since some types of equipment, such as chainsaws or generators, also have reimbursable dollar amounts attached.
The easiest way to document volunteer hours is to use a sign-in sheet at a central volunteer check-in location.
It is a good idea to have volunteers fill out an intake and waiver prior to service. This should not deter volunteerism! Most volunteers will willingly fill out a short form. The benefit of using an intake and waiver system is two-fold:
1) The intake helps FEMA confirm the volunteer as a unique individual in the event of an audit, and 2) The waiver helps protect your agency from possible liability in the event of injury or damage caused in the course of volunteer activities.
Be aware, the more information you can gather about your volunteers, the more likely your data will stand the test of audit. The less you have, the less likely your data will lead to reimbursement. Please try to use intake forms and waivers whenever possible. See the attached intake and waiver for an example of forms that have been used in the past.
Once the system is in place, it is easy to maintain with just a couple of volunteers to assist with the paperwork.
A spreadsheet can be used to help track the information you are collecting in your physical forms. Using a spreadsheet can help you ensure you are not duplicating intakes or missing waivers. However, while a database is useful to help calculate volunteer hours for your own organization’s purposes, it is not absolutely necessary for the FEMA cost-share reimbursement.
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Reformation Gospel Ministries has postponed the Evangelism Training Seminar at the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Hull, due to the flooding in NW Iowa and the cleanup efforts that are being pursued at this time. We are looking at holding it in either September or October. Will inform you as soon as possible of the new date – the location will remain the same, just different dates for the seminar.
