<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial"><b>WED AUG 06</b>—</span><u style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">Cumberland
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> Overnight it rained, probably about an inch of rain. Luckily I had put my sleeping gear
on the floor in one of the pavilions. David Oosterberg’s tent flooded so he
moved into the pavilion. All of his sleeping gear was wet. </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">The land is hilly. </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">There were
numerous large windmills generating electricity. I took some pictures but the
mist was so strong that the picture doesn’t show the windmills.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Bridgewater
is a mile south of Hwy 92. The campsite was the grade school.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We were able to camp in the
gym. The kitchen adjoined it. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">JJ had arrived early and gone
downtown. He had met Dennis Stuva at the cafe. Dennis indicated he had 7 acres
of native prairie that he had inherited from his aunt.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">JJ wanted to see the prairie and invited me to go along. Dennis
escorted us out to his prairie and showed us around. He hays it every fall. He
has had a contact with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) but not the Iowa Prairie
Network (IPN) nor Iowa Natural Heritage Fdn. He doesn’t use the computer but his wife does. He’s not certain
what he will do in the future. I have his wife’s email address and I’m going to
notify both organizations. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">JJ and I got back to school in time to leave for the State
Fair Parade in Des Moines. I had planned to go and ride my bike in the Parade. In the afternoon it sprinkled then started to rain. It would be an hour and ½ to
get to Des Moines in the truck. I was not willing to spend the time and bike in
the rain. I stayed in camp and attended an all-camp Community
Workshop—Discussion Groups—Appreciative Inquiry, Design Phase. The focus was
for 5 different groups: </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">1.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Network development </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">2.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Action</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> 3. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Community Engagement </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">4.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Media </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">5.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Internal + Recruitment. </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial">There’s nothing on paper so I
don’t know what the next steps are.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The Bridgewater community
brought a potluck dinner. One of the families that we met the night before came
over from Cumberland. We have had great meals brought to us almost every night! Tomorrow would be another long day so we went to bed
early anticipating getting up early.</span></p></div></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div></font></span></div></div>
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