SUV Commentor
Volume 26,
Issue 13
Iowa State University Family Housing 100 U
to the University Village office or by e-mail
The deadline for the February issue is Janua
April Events April Events
April 3rd – Severe Weather Presentation by the
Meteorology Dept at ISU, 6:00 pm at the Laundromat.
April 6th – SUV Council Meeting – All residents welcome,
7:30 pm at 10-C SV.
April 8th – Voting for Council Positions at the Laundromat,
4:30 – 8:30 pm. Free popcorn and soda.
Announcements
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When vacating your apt,
please remember to call the
service center at 4-3322
one week prior to your
vacate to have them pull
out your stove and
refrigerator so you can
clean behind them.
SUV bicycle clean up (see
article on page 4).
Garden Plots are available.
Please stop by housing
office for more information.
SV Parking Lots will be
redone this summer.
Watch for more information
to come.
In This Issue…
☼ Festival in the Villages
☼ Severe Weather Awareness Week
☼ History of Earth Day
☼ Resident Spotlight
☼ Bike Tagging
☼ Brownie Recipe
April 9th – Community Clean Up. Meet at Laundromat at
9:00 am, we’ll provide trash bags and gloves, and
afterwards a free breakfast.
Free Movie (Dollar Theater at North Grand Mall), Meet at
Laundromat at 12:30 pm.
April 13th – Parent Discussion Group, 6:15 pm at 10-C SV.
April 15th – Game Night/Potluck – See sign up sheet for
more information, 6:30 pm in 10-C SV.
April 16th – Kids Craft Day, 2:00p m at 10-C SV.
April 20th – SUV Council Meeting – All residents welcome,
7:30 pm at 10-C SV.
April 22nd – 23rd – Festival in the Villages. See Article on
page 2 for further information.
April 27th – Parent Discussion Group, 6:15 pm at 10-C SV.
April 30th – Annual Garage Sale. Please contact Shauri at
294-5415 by April 25th if you’d like to reserve a table.
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“Festival in the Villages”
April 22nd and 23rd
Friday, April 22 Schilletter University Village Residents only. Saturday, April
23 citywide community invited.
Friday’s Events – 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm: Bingo, Family Dance, Free Food
Saturday’s Events – 9:30 am – 9:00 pm: Events are Free, Children’s Crafts and
Games, Inflatables (Funtime Iowa), Miniature Golf, Mechanical Bull, Dunk Tank,
Magic Show, Clowns, and Food Vendors ( which are Not Free).
Fun for children and adults of all ages. Festival in the Villages will have live
entertainment, carnival games and crafts, magic show, petting zoo provide by Pre
Vet Med., clowns, a mechanical bull, large inflatables such as a slide, bounce house,
bungee run, boxing and more. All events are free to the public.
ISU student organizations will have booths set up to sell food; Dairy Science
Club will be selling ice cream, there will also be venders selling food items.
For a complete listing of events and a map of the area please visit
http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/suv/ if you have any questions contact Catherine
Dekkenga at catdekk@iastate.edu or 294-7131.
Severe Weather Awareness Week
FYI: The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service have
designated March 28 - April 1, 2005 as Severe Weather Awareness Week. In addition, Iowa State University will
receive StormReady® designation from the National Weather Service in a ceremony scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, March 29.
“In Story County last year, there were 5 confirmed tornado touchdowns and we received a Presidential Disaster
Declaration for flooding. In 2004, none of these tornadoes were severe, but what about this year? Are you prepared?
Do you know what to do when severe weather strikes? Does your family, school or workplace have a plan? The Story
County Emergency Management Agency would like to encourage you to plan and train for severe weather and other
disasters. We invite you to test those plans by participating in the State-wide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 30
beginning around 10 AM.” Lori Morrissey, Story County Emergency Management Agency
The purpose of Severe Weather Awareness Week is to increase awareness and knowledge of severe weather and
other hazards. State and local emergency management officials, along with the National Weather Service, stress the
continued need and importance of education and preparedness for severe weather that may affect Iowans. Citizens
should remember that a little planning can prevent unnecessary panic and confusion if a severe storm or tornado does
strike. Citizens should learn the warning signals used for their community and put together an emergency storm kit.
For more information, visit the Des Moines National Weather Service Web site.
StormReady® Presentation
Environmental Health & Safety is proud to announce that Iowa State University has received StormReady®
designation from the National Weather Service. StormReady® is a national voluntary program, administered through
the local National Weather Service office, that gives communities the skills and education needed to cope with and
manage potential weather-related disasters, before and during the event. The program encourages communities to
take a pro-active approach to emergency preparedness. This nationwide preparedness program helps communities
develop plans to improve local hazardous weather operations and public awareness for all types of local severe
weather threats.
Iowa State University is the ninth university in the nation, and first in the state of Iowa, to receive the StormReady®
designation. Further information on the StormReady® program is available at
http://www.ehs.iastate.edu/erp/severeweather.htm.
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The History of Earth Day
In 1963, former Senator Gaylord Nelson began to worry about our planet. Senator Nelson knew that our world was
getting dirty and that many of our plants and animals were dying. He wondered why more people weren't trying to solve
these problems. He talked to other lawmakers and to the President. They decided that the President would go around
the country and tell people about these concerns. He did, but still not enough people were working on the problem.
Then, in 1969, Senator Nelson had another idea. He decided to have a special day to teach everyone about the things
that needed changing in our environment. He wrote letters to all of the colleges and put a special article in Scholastic
Magazine to tell them about the special day he had planned. (Most of the schools got this magazine and he knew that
kids would help him.)
On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was held. People all over the country made promises to help the environment.
Everyone got involved and since then, Earth Day has spread all over the planet. People all over the world know that
there are problems we need to work on and this is our special day to look at the planet and see what needs changing.
Isn't it great? One person had an idea and kept working until everyone began working together to solve it. See what
happens when people care about our world?
This article submitted by Kim Moon
Source: www.kidsdomain.com
Schilletter University Village Council
VOTING WILL BE ON APRIL 8THIf you are interested in learning more about how you can be involved,
please contact Natalie Steffen who is the Mayor in SUV at
usthree@iastate.edu
Or Chris Fowler at cfowler@iastate.edu
We need representatives from Schilletter and University Village
Two meetings a month in the evening
Children are welcome
You do Not have to be a student
Everyone welcome!
Have a say, get more involved with your community!!!
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Earth Day Activities…
Recycling is when an object can be shredded, melted or
otherwise processed and then turned into new raw material -- for
instance, aluminum cans can be melted down to make more
cans, glass can make more glass, cardboard and paper make
more cardboard and paper, plastic bags and containers can be
turned into other plastic products. This takes some energy (very
little for aluminum), but it is a good choice.
Reusing is when you find a use for an existing item - like
decorating a bag and using it as a gift bag instead of buying
wrapping paper; putting leftovers into a clean container from
some other food; turning a used box into storage; decorating a
can to hold pencils; saving packing peanuts and boxes and
using them the next time you need to ship something.
Plant a Tree, Sally Sullivan writes:
I teach a 4 year old preschool class and one of the ways we
celebrated Earth Day last year was to purchase trees through
the National Arbor Day Foundation to be planted in honor of
each child in our class. The trees last year were to be planted in
the John Denver Memorial Grove in Aspen. It was only a $1
donation per tree.
We printed up a letter/document for each child telling them
about the tree that was purchased on their behalf and how it
would help our earth.
Plant-It 2000 is also a nonprofit tree-planting foundation. For
every dollar contributed to this foundation a tree will be planted,
and the contributor selects where the tree(s) will be planted from
an international site list. (click here to visit the Plant-It 2000 site)
Clean Up and Beautify
Organize a project to clean up or beautify some area in your
town. It could be at your school, or some other spot. Make sure
to have a plan for how to take care of the spot after you've made
it nice.
You can read about what some kids did in this International
Center for Tropical Ecology Newsletter - scroll down and look for
'Windstar Kids at Broadview Elementary'
Earth Day is April 22nd.
Source: www.kidsdomain.com
Honey Brownie
1/3 Cup cocoa
1/2 tsp salt 1.5 Cups flour
1/4 packet baking powder
2/3 Cup chopped walnuts
1.5 Cups sugar
a little more than 5 Tbsp melted
margarine
2 eggs
Topping:
2/3 Cups honey (or less if do not
Powdered Sugar & Cocoa
want too sweet)
1/2 pouch vanilla powder
Beat the melted margarine and sugar, then add the eggs. After
beating some more, add the honey and vanilla and keep beating.
Then, mix in the flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa. Pour the
mixture into a well oiled baking pan. Bake it at 170 °C (338 F). After
it cools for a bit, put it on a flat plate. You may decorate the brownie
by sprinkling powdered sugar and cocoa over a flower cutout to
make an interesting design.
Source:www.portakalagaci.com
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Our Resident Spotlight
Meet Flor Romero, her husband Igor slowing, and their two daughters
Soledad and Anika.
Flor and Igor moved here from Guatemala over two years ago in order
for Igor to work on his PhD in Organic Chemistry. Igor is a TA at ISU
and has a job waiting for him at the University of St. Carlos in Guatemala
when he finishes his degree. Aside from organic chemistry Igor also
enjoys painting and being a dad.
Igor with the girls
Flor used her degree in Human Nutrition at a children’s hospital in
Guatemala where she worked on improving the diets of children
suffering from malnutrition. Her experience with Nutrition is also a
great asset in her role as a mother and she enjoys involving the children
in planning and preparing meals.
As for the girls, Soledad, a vivacious first grader at Northwood
Elementary loves playing outside with her best friends, coloring and
painting, and learning how to write music. Her favorite colors are pink,
purple, and light blue. Anika, age three, also loves playing outside,
coloring and painting, working with play dough and playing with her
friends at preschool. She loves purple, My little pony, Barney, and
Kipper the Dog, and her favorite foods are apples and pizza.
Flor and Igor were pleasantly surprised to find how much they enjoy life
in rural America. They especially appreciate the feeling of safety and
friendliness of Ames when compared to the increasing violence in their
home country. The photographs were taken last summer at a camping
trip in the South of Minnesota.
Flor with the girls
Thank you to Igor, Flor, Soledad, and Anika for allowing us to get to
know you a little better and we hope you enjoy the rest of your time
here.
SUV Bicycle Clean Up !
In preparation for the “Festival” coming up in
April the Resident Managers will be placing tags
on bicycles around the complex. The main focus
for doing this is to clean up the abandoned and
broken down bicycles that are becoming an eye
sore in SUV. The tags will be in place on the
bicycles by April 5th and residents will have till
April 14th to remove the tags from bicycles that
are being used. Removing the tags will identify
a bicycle as being owned and in use. All bicycles
with tags left on them will be collected by the
Dept of Residence and disposed of; this will also
include removing the locks. Any questions can be
answered by your Resident Manager.
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