TOLEDO – The Tama County Historical Society will host author Deb Schense for a conversation about Iowa’s unique and historic barns on Wednesday, September 13, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre, 101 S. Church St. Toledo, Iowa.

An Iowan all her life, Deb Schense grew up on a farm (with a late 1800s barn) northeast of Waverly, Iowa. She earned an associate degree in computer programming from Kirkwood Community College and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from the University of Iowa.

Since graduating, Deb has worked in corporate America, the federal government, computer consulting, and self-employment. She is an author of Eastern Iowa’s Historic Barns and Other Farm Structures: Including the Amana Colonies, and Barns Around Iowa: A Sampling of Iowa’s Round Barns.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information about upcoming Tama County Historical Society programming, visit www.tamacountyhistory.org.