Lora was born and raised in Boone, IA and graduated from DMACC in Boone, IA with an Associates Degree in Business in 1986.  She then graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting in 1989.  While in college, she married her husband Pat in 1988 and just celebrated 34 years of marriage. They have three children: son Travis of Boone, (wife Graye, grandson Campbell and expecting baby boy in January 2023), daughter Nicole Adams of Park View,(husband Steven, grandsons Owen, Lenox, and Johnny), and son Shane of Eldridge, who works for Liqui-Grow in Eldridge.  Lora has been working in Accounting for 40 years (since High School) specializing in Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Delinquent Accounts, Billing, Payroll/Quarterlies/W2s/1099s, Banking, Auditing, and personal/business Income Tax. She has prepared income taxes for Steven Fahrenkrog Accounting for 17 years.                                                                          She owns and operate Pride of the Wapsi LLC with her husband and their children for 19 annual seasons. They hire between 20-40 part-time employees per year. Yearly attendance at the farm is between 15-20k people per year if the weather and life (COVID) cooperates.  They used to grow several acres of strawberries, sweetcorn, red raspberries, green beans, tomatoes and rhubarb and now have an annual Sunflower Festival and Pumpkin Patch/Corn Maize. They have other agritainment and venue ideas for the future.                                                                                                                                                                 Lora has been an active member in the North Scott area for several years. She is a volunteer at St Ann’s Church, NS FFA Alumni, 4-H, Little League, Scott County Pork Producers, Long Grove Civic League, and local Farmers Markets. They are blessed to call North Scott and Long Grove home