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The website allows viewers to see photos of dozens of memorials that have been designed and installed in the past few years. And, although the

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American music legend John Prine will perform an evening of his classic songs at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, June 15, with special guest Iris DeMent.

Long considered a songwriter’s songwriter, John Prine writes the songs other songwriters would sell their souls for. Prine continues to cast his perceptive eye upon the subtle com-plexities of the human condition, delivering his observa-tions in his uniquely concise, illuminating composi-tions.

Some four decades since his debut, Prine recently released “In Person & On Stage,” a new live album featuring a duet with Emmylou Harris. Recently hon-ored at the Library of Congress by U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, he’s been elevated from the annals of songwriters into the realm of bona fide American treasures.

SHERYL CROW: HIT MAKERGrammy award winner singer/

songwriter Sheryl Crow will per-form at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, June 29, at 7:30pm.

Crow will be performing at the Orpheum Theatre for the third time on the Wednesday prior to Sioux City’s Saturday in the Park music festival, a free outdoor event held every year at Grandview Park. This year the festival will be held on Saturday,

July 2, and will mark the event’s 21st year. All profits from the Sheryl Crow concert will go to

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Since the release of her seven times platinum debut set Tuesday Night Music Club in 1993, which was nominated for five Grammy awards and won three, Crow has released five studio albums (each charting Top 10, four of them platinum-plus), a quadruple-platinum greatest hits collection, a Christmas album and has per-formed duets with musical lumi-naries such as Sting, Kid Rock, Mick Jagger, and more. Crow has sold more than 35 million records worldwide.

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It was just over 150 years ago when the Civil War began. It started on April 12, 186, at 4:30 a.m. when Confederate troops fired on Ft. Sumter in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. For many histo-rians that dark and terrible con-flict lasted until General Lee’s sur-render on April 9, 1865. In actuality some fighting continued until Confederate General Stand Watie surren-dered on June 23, 1865.

Most Americans today can trace their family history and find one or more ancestors who fought in that war. I’m no exception. My search for what happened in my family began several years ago.

An older cousin gave me some documents belonging to my great grandfather.

Those papers stated that Perry enlisted and was discharged in Ohio. The description of Perry on the papers is remarkably close to mine in hair color, eyes and height. That was a little spooky. By using those papers my wife, who is the genealo-gist in the family was able to piece

together some of what happened to my great grandfather during the Civil War.

Knowing his dates of service and his unit she helped me get copies of his military records from the National Archives in Washington D.C. Those records contained his enlistment documents, medical cer-tificate and muster records. The papers show my great grandfather was in Company K of the 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted August 23, 1862 in Portsmouth, Ohio. The Company Muster Rolls showed where and when he reported for duty. Those documents revealed a surprise.

I found out he was wounded in battle on July 4, 1864 near Ruffs Mill, Georgia. By doing some more research I discovered his unit and that battle was part of the Atlanta Campaign. The documents don’t indi-cate the severity of his wounds but I do know he was back on the Muster Roll in November of that year. He was discharged on July 11, 1865 and returned to Ohio.

Then around 1869 he moved to Kansas possibly because the Kansas Homestead Act offered up to 160 acres of free land for those willing to work on it. So far I haven’t been able to verify he took advantage of that but it’s a good bet that’s why he

ended up in the Sunflower state.But like so many other veterans of

the Civil War and other wars prior and since my great grandfather apparently had some problems deal-ing with the emotional effects of combat. He was sent to a veteran’s hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas and was later transferred to the National Home for Disabled Veterans in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Then he was sent to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Washington D.C. I was to learn later only the worst mental cases went there.

Perry Turner died February 3, 1900 just one month after arriving at St. Elizabeth. The death certificate lists the primary cause of death as “Acute epileptic dementia” and the imme-diate cause as “coma from organic brain disease”. He was 62.

We now knew when he died and where he died but we didn’t know where he was buried. The death certificate listed his residence as the veteran’s home in Milwaukee but the death certificate indicated he was buried in the hospital cem-etery. But which hospital? The one in Leavenworth, the one in Milwaukee or the one in Washington D.C.

We searched cemetery records in Milwaukee and Kansas and couldn’t find him. An Internet search revealed St. Elizabeth Hospital has

two cemeteries but they had fallen into disrepair and records for those buried there were scarce and incom-plete. I was about to give up when I made one final Internet search. One result came back that Andrews AFB near Washington was looking for help with some community proj-ects. One project was helping clean up and restore the cemeteries at St. Elizabeth. I contacted the person at Andrews who put me in contact with Dr. Joques Prandoni who was head-ing up the restoration of the cem-eteries.

Dr. Prandoni found my great grandfather’s headstone and about a month later my wife and I made a trip to Washington. Although the cemetery was not yet open to the public Dr. Prandoni allowed us to visit.

When he showed us the grave marker a strange feeling come over me. I’m sure part of it was because I’d finally found him after such a long search but it was more than that. I was finally connecting with my great grandfather. He was some-one I’d never met but certainly felt connected to.

Although there are still many ques-tions unanswered about my great grandfather I now know with some hard but rewarding research some-day I’ll be able to answer them all.

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BY JOANNE FOXPrime staff writer

YANKTON, S.D. – If you enjoy history, then helping out at the Dakota Territorial Museum might light up your life.

The museum, located in West Side Park, is owned and operated by the Yankton County Historical Society (YCHS), formed in 1961.

The YCHS, through the Dakota Territorial Museum, exists to preserve, protect, interpret and educate the public about the heritage and development of the city and county of Yankton and the surrounding area, explained museum director Crystal Nelson.

Housing memorabilia of early Yankton and Dakota

Territory days, including Native American Sioux (Lakota) Indian and pio-neer artifacts, the museum offers visitors a glimpse into

Yankton’s pioneer history.“For example we have a

1613 Czechoslovakian Bible and a 1630 Norwegian Bible,” Nelson said. “When you think

about how those survived from crossing the ocean, to crossing the country to arriving in this area, it really speaks to the heritage of those early immigrants.”

In addition to the main museum building, outbuild-

ings include the restored Gunderson Rural School House, the 1860 Hovden Family Log Cabin, the Great Northern Railway Depot and a retired Burlington Northern Caboose.

The current museum was built in 1971 and is ready for a new home. The Yankton County Historical Society’s board of directors is in the process of converting the century-old Mead Building into a museum.

Located on the campus of the former South Dakota Hospital for the Insane, the building was set to be demol-ished when the board – in 2008 – decided to study the feasibility of rehabilitat-ing the building for use as a museum and cultural center.

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Territorial Museum in Yankton.

DETAILSWhat: Dakota Territorial MuseumWhere: 610 Summit St., Yankton, S.D.Summer hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; board meets 5 p.m., third Thursday of the monthContributions: Tax deductible; 501(c)3 organizationQuestions: (605) 665-3898 or email [email protected] or visit dakotaterritorialmuseum.org


BY JOHN QUINLANPrime staff writer

Leonard Andersen always wears a shirt and tie at his apartment home at NorthPark Senior Living while reading the latest issue of the Wall Street Journal.

“I’m used to it,” he said.Old habits are hard to

break for the 99-year-old Sioux City man who as a state legislator for 14 years between 1961 and 1981 was responsible for the Iowa tuition grant bill which enabled so many Iowa stu-dents to attend college. He said he just wanted small schools to be on equal footing with the big ones. His wife Charlotte recalled a luncheon in Forest City, Iowa, where Leonard got a standing ova-

tion for that achievement.“So many people in the

audience had taken advan-tage of that. And afterwards they came up and thanked him personally. That was kind of a nice thing for him,” she said.

On May 30, he will cel-ebrate his 100th birthday with Charlotte, 95, their four surviving children, 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. A fifth child, a son, died at the age of 11 in the 1950 polio epidemic. Also in attendance at the birthday party will be a cousin, Jorn Ditzel, from Denmark.

His success as a business-man, educator and legislator is a testament to the great immigrant story. Though he was born in Waukegan,

Ill., his parents, Danish immigrants, moved him to Presho, S.D., when Leonard was nine months old – and he didn’t learn English until he entered the first grade.

“We had an old lady staying with us who couldn’t speak English, and I was always staying home on the farm with her,” he said.

Of his early school days, Charlotte said, “He just sat there and learned English just by listening.”

He learned it well enough to go to college, graduating from Huron College with a bachelor’s degree in 1933 and from the University of South Dakota with his master’s four years later – and one year of law school.

He served as head of

the business department of Waldorf College from 1935-1939. And he started a lifelong career in the real estate and insurance busi-ness in Sioux City in 1943, eventually retiring from his own business in 1976. During that period, he also taught economics and history at Morningside College during World War II.

And, of course, he and his wife raised a family in Sioux City.

“My folks were Norwegians,” Charlotte observed. “They were both born here, but their parents had come from Norway.”

Added son Paul: “I’m a product of a mixed mar-riage. He’s Danish and she’s Norwegian.”

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SAN DIEGO – We’re becoming a nation of bum knees, worn-out hips and sore shoulders, and it’s not just the Medicare set. Baby boomer bones and joints also are taking a pounding, spawning a boom in opera-tions to fix them.

Knee replacement surgeries have doubled over the last decade and more than tripled in the 45-to-64 age group, new research shows. Hips are trending that way, too.

And here’s a surprise: It’s not all due to obesity. Ironically, trying to stay fit and avoid extra pounds is taking a toll on a generation that expects bad joints can be swapped out like old tires on a car.

“Boomeritis” or “fix-me-itis” is what Dr. Nicholas DiNubile, a subur-ban Philadelphia surgeon, calls it.

“It’s this mindset of ‘fix me at any cost, turn back the clock,’” said DiNubile, an adviser to several pro athletic groups and a spokes-man for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. “The boomers are the first generation trying to stay active in droves on an aging frame” and are less willing to use a cane or put up with pain or stiffness as their grandparents did, he said.

A huge industry says they don’t have to. TV ads show people water skiing with new hips. Ads tout “the athletic knee,” ‘’the custom knee,” ‘’the male knee,” ‘’the female knee.” Tennis great Billie Jean King, 67, is promoting the “30-year” Smith & Nephew knees she got last year.

“I wanted to make sure whatever they put in me was going to last,” she said. “I’m not trying to win Wimbledon anymore. I’m trying to get my exercise in,” play a little tennis on the clay courts in Central Park, and walk to a movie or a res-taurant. “If I’d known what I know now, I would have had it 10 years ago.”

Joint replacements have enabled millions of people like King to

lead better lives, and surgeons are increasingly comfortable offering them to younger people.

But here’s the rub: No one really knows how well these implants will perform in the active baby boomers getting them now. Most studies were done in older folks whose expecta-tions were to be able to go watch a grandchild’s soccer game – not play the sport themselves, as one researcher put it.

Even the studies presented at a recent orthopedics conference that found knee replacements are lasting 20 years come with the caveat that this is in older people who were not stressing their new joints by running marathons, skiing or playing tennis.

Besides the usual risks of surgery – infection, blood clots, anesthesia problems – replacing joints in young-er people increases the odds they’ll need future operations when these wear out, specialists say.

“We think very carefully about patients under 50” and talk many of them out of replacing joints,

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The Associated PressKaren Cornwall plays with her dogs Bel, left, and Mac, in front of her home in Havertown Pa. Cornwall, a nurse who played a slew of sports since childhood, had both knees replaced last year when she was 54.

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said Dr. William Robb, orthopedics chief at NorthShore University HealthSystem in suburban Chicago.

Not all are willing to wait, though:– Karen Guffey, a 55-year-old

retired civilian police worker in San Diego, plans to have a hip replaced in September. “I can’t exercise the way I want to. I have to go slow, which is really aggravating. I want to go full force,” she said. “I’m not worried about how I’m going to feel when I’m 75. I want to feel good now.”

– Karen Cornwall, a Havertown, Pa., nurse who played a slew of sports since childhood, had both knees replaced last year when she was 54. “I just felt like I was too young and too active to be in pain all the time,” she explained.

– Bill McMullen, a former Marine and construction worker from sub-urban Philadelphia, had seven knee repair surgeries before finally get-ting a knee replacement at age 55 a decade ago. He took up weightlift-ing to spare his knees but damaged a shoulder and had it replaced two years ago. “People ask me if I’m happy and I say, ‘If you have pain, go and get it done,’” he said of joint replacement. “It was the best thing for me. I have no pain.”

People are urged to exercise because it’s so important for health, but there are “too many wannabes” who overdo it by trying to imitate elite athletes, said Dr. Norman Schachar, a surgeon and assistant dean at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.

“They think if they’ve got a sore knee they’re entitled to having it replaced,” he said. “I think surgeons are overdoing it too, to try to meet that expectation.”

Dr. Ronald Hillock, an orthope-dic surgeon in a large practice in Las Vegas that does about 4,000 joint replacements a year, sees the demand from patients.

“People come in and say ‘this is what I want, this is what I need,’” he said. “They could buy a cane or wear a brace,” but most want a surgical fix.

The numbers tell the story. There were 288,471 total hip replacements in 2009, nearly half of them in people under 65, according to the federal

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which tracks hospitaliza-tions.

Knee replacements soared from 264,311 in 1997 to 621,029 in 2009, and more than tripled in the 45-to-64-year-old age group.

“Five or 10 years ago, a very small number of people under 65 were receiving this surgery. Now we see more and more younger people get-ting it,” said Elena Losina, co-direc-tor of the Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

She analyzed how much of this rise was due to population growth and obesity, and presented results at an orthopedic meeting in San Diego in February.

From 1997 to 2007, the population of 45- to 64-year-olds grew by 36 percent, but knee replacements in this group more than tripled. Obesity rates didn’t rise enough to explain the trend.

“At most, 23 percent of the 10-year growth in total knee replacement can be explained by increasing obesity and population size,” Losina said.

“This is a very successful opera-tion. The only caveat is, all the successes have been seen in the older population,” who usually put less stress on their new joints than younger folks who want to return to sports. “It’s unclear whether the arti-ficial joint is designed to withstand this higher activity,” she said.

If you have a good result from a joint replacement, don’t spoil it by overdoing the activity afterward,

experts warn. Better yet, try to pre-vent the need for one.

“Being active is the closest thing to the fountain of youth,” but most people need to modify their exercise habits because they’re overdoing one sport, not stretching, or doing some-thing else that puts their joints at risk, said DiNubile, the “boomeritis” doctor.

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Dr. Nicholas DiNubile, an adviser to several pro athletic groups and a spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, says “The boomers are the first generation trying to stay active in droves on an aging frame” and are less willing to use a cane or put up with pain or stiffness as their grandparents did.

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EXPERTS RECOMMEND:Cross training: People tend to find one thing they like and do it a lot, but multiple activities prevent overuse.Build it: Balance your routines to build strength, flexibility, core muscles and car-diovascular health.Lose weight: “Every extra pound you carry registers as five extra pounds on your knees,” DiNubile said. “The good news is, you don’t need to lose a lot of weight” to ease the burden.Spend more time warming up: Break a sweat and get the blood flowing before you go full blast.Rest and recover: Let muscles and joints recover and rest in between workouts.Therapy: If you’ve had a joint replace-ment, do the physical therapy that’s rec-ommended. “I tell patients, 20 percent of the outcome is the technical stuff I do in the surgery, and 80 percent is them,” said Hillock, the Las Vegas surgeon. “I can do a perfect surgery, but if they don’t do the rehab they’re not going to have a good out-come.”


BY MATT SEDENSKYThe Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – They go around this room at the Hanley Center telling of their struggles with alcohol and drugs. They tell of low points and lapses, brushes with death and pain caused to families. And silently, through the simple fact that each is in their 60s or beyond, they share one more secret: Addiction knows no age.

“I retired, I started drinking more,” one man said. “I lost my father, my mother, my dog, and it gave me a good excuse,” said anoth-er.

A remarkable shift in the number of older adults reporting substance abuse problems is making this scene more common. Between 1992 and 2008, treatment admissions for those 50 and older more than doubled in the U.S. That number will continue to grow, experts say, as the massive baby boom generation ages.

“There is a level of societal denial around the issue,” said Peter Provet, the head of Odyssey House in New York, another center offering spe-cialized substance abuse treatment programs for seniors. “No one wants to look at their grandparent, no one wants to think about their grandpar-ent or their elderly parent, and see that person as an addict.”

All told, 231,200 people aged 50 and over sought treatment for substance abuse in 2008, up from 102,700 in 1992, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Older adults accounted for about one of every eight seeking help for sub-stance abuse in 2008, meaning their share of treatment admissions has doubled over the 16-year period as other age groups’ proportions shrunk slightly.

The growth outpaces overall popu-lation gains among older demograph-ics. Between 2000 and 2008, sub-

stance abuse treatment admissions among those 50 and older increased by 70 percent while the overall 50-plus population grew by 21 per-cent. Experts say that’s because boomers have historically high rates of substance abuse, often devel-oped three or four decades ago, that comes to a head later in life.

“The baby boom population has some experience with substance misuse and is more comfortable with these substances,” said Dr. Westley Clark, director of SAMHSA’s center on substance abuse treatment.

Treatment professionals believe the actual number of older people with substance abuse problems is many times larger than the amount seeking help.

While the number of older people with substance abuse problems is booming, relatively few facilities offer treatment programs specifi-cally for their age group. Most pool people of all ages together; many divide by gender. Those that do offer age-specific programs say it helps participants relate to one another and keeps them focused on themselves, rather than mentoring younger addicts.

Provet said some have questioned whether it’s worthwhile to target efforts at seniors, who generally have fewer years left to benefit from treatment than younger people. He dismisses that reasoning, comparing it to arguing that a cancer patient should be turned away from chemo-therapy or radiation treatments sim-ply because they’re 65.

Besides, older participants at Odyssey House have the highest completion rate – 85 percent during the last fiscal year.

“It’s almost as if they say, ‘This now is my last shot. Let me see if I can get my life right finally,’” he said.

Among those taking that approach is Henry Dennis, who at 70 has used

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alcohol addicts; aging boomers cited for rise

The Associated PressParticipants in a support group for older adults at the Hanley Center, an addiction treatment and rehab center in West Palm Beach, Fla. are shown. A remarkable shift in the number of older adults reporting substance abuse problems is making this scene more common. Between 1992 and 2008, treatment admissions for those 50 and older more than doubled in the U.S. That number will continue to grow, experts say, as the massive baby boom generation ages.

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heroin for the past 50 years. He came to Odyssey before, relapsed and was arrested for drug posses-sion. Dennis says he’s seen at least a dozen friends die of drug use, but it wasn’t enough to make him stop.

Now in his eighth month of treat-ment, he says he finally has the resolve to quit.

“I’m going to get it right this time,” said Dennis, who has worked a vari-ety of odd jobs. “I don’t want to die, not just yet.”

Dennis’ treatment is paid for by the state of New York. Many pay out of pocket. Medicare offers some coverage for outpatient treatment but generally doesn’t cover inpatient programs.

Experts have observed a rise in illicit drug use, while treatment for alcohol has dropped even though it remains the chief addiction among older adults. The 2008 statistics show 59.9 percent of those 50 and older seeking treatment cited alcohol as their primary substance, down from 84.6 percent in 1992. Heroin came in second, accounting for 16 percent of

admissions in that age group, more than double its share in the earlier survey. Cocaine was third, at 11.4 percent, more than four times its 1992 rate.

Surveys show the vast majority of older drug addicts and alcoholics reported first using their substance of choice many years earlier, like Dennis. That lifelong use can lead to liver damage, memory loss, hepatitis and a host of other medical issues. A minority of people find comfort in drugs and alcohol far later, fueled by drastic life changes, loneliness or legitimate physical pain.

Don Walsh, a participant at Hanley’s support group, falls into the latter category. He is among 19 men and women who gather on this day in the room with pale blue walls and the calming whir of a fish tank. One comes in a wheelchair, another with a walker; one dozes off during the session.

Walsh, a 77-year-old lawyer, says he didn’t develop a problem with alco-hol until he retired a year ago. His relentless schedule of 12- to 14-hour

days disappeared into a series of leisurely lunches and dinners where the wine flowed freely. One day, he blacked out in his garage. Had it hap-pened while he was driving home, he thought, he might have killed himself and others.

After six weeks of treatment, Walsh says he no longer craves alco-hol.

“I have a new lease on life,” he said.

Participants in a support group for older adults at the Hanley Center, an addiction treatment and rehab center in West Palm Beach, Fla., say a prayer.

Gifford Dean, 83, his head wrapped in gauze from a recent surgery, leads participants in a support group for older adults at the Hanley Center, an addiction treatment and rehab center. Others from left, Judy Vitrano, Don Walsh and David Beuttenmuller, far right.

“I’m going to get it right this time. I don’t want to die, not just yet.”

HENRY DENNIS, 70heroin addict


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For nearly a century, the Milwaukee Railroad Shops have been standing in a valley nestled between the Loess Hills Bluffs and the Big Sioux

River along State Highway 12, Loess Hills National Scenic Byway. Located in the north Riverside area of Sioux City, the Milwaukee Railroad

Shops are historically important as one of the nation’s largest surviving collections of buildings and structures associated with a steam

locomotive servicing terminal and rail car repair facility.

The Milwaukee Railroad Shops were built in 1917 on sixty acres of land. The complex originally consisted of a 30-stall roundhouse with

turntable, eighteen backshop buildings, a power plant, two water towers, a wood coal tower, and two sand towers. Today, the Milwaukee

Railroad Shops cover 30 acres with a six-stall roundhouse, turntable, four backshop buildings, one wood sand tower and several

foundation remnants.

The Milwaukee Railroad Shops were originally built to function as workplaces for railroad workers to repair and maintain the Milwaukee

Road’s fleet of steam locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars. During its peak years of operations in the 1920s and 1930s, over 500

craft and trades workers serviced and repaired approximately 850 steam locomotives a month and tens of thousands of rail cars a year.

The workers were employed in craft professions such as boiler makers, machinists, carpenters, pipefitters, steam fitters, and many other

trades.

The railroad downsized the complex during the early 1950s when the railroad industry transitioned from steam locomotives to diesel

engines. The railroad abandoned the shops in the 1980s and subsequently sold the complex to a local salvage operator. The Siouxland

Historical Railroad Association bought the complex in 1996 and began its historic preservation work to transform the Milwaukee Railroad

Shops into a railroad museum.

In converting the Milwaukee Railroad Shops to a railroad museum, the volunteer developers are preserving the features of the roundhouse

and other structures to give visitors an understanding of what work went on in the buildings and why this site has historic significance.

The Milwaukee Railroad Shops are designated a historic district eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and are

recognized as an official project of the Save America Treasures Program. The railroad shops are home to Sioux City’s iconic steam

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279-6109Department of Human

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Elder Abuse Awareness: 1-800-362-2178

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Jackson St., 277-6411Siouxland Aging Services:

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Social Security Office: 3555 Southern Hills Drive, 255-5525

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West 29th St., 494-7555Post Office: 801 West 29th

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Alzheimer’s Association, 420 Chambers St. 279-5802. A safe, nurturing group environment for functionally impaired adults who need supervision. Available Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

CounselingCatholic Charities: 1601

Military Road, 252-4547Heartland Counseling

Service: 917 West 21st., South Sioux City, 494-3337

Lutheran Social Service: 4240 Hickory LaNeb.276-1073

Mercy Behavioral Care Center: 4301 Sergeant Road, 274-4200

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Mercy Medical Center, 279-5700. Social support program using volunteers who provide companionship for elderly experiencing depression

Siouxland Mental Health: 625 Court St., 252-3871

Vet Center: 1551 Indian Hills Drive, No. 204, 255-3808

Employment and Volunteer Service

RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program): Center for Siouxland, Johnalyn Platt, 252-1861, ext. 21

Senior Community Service Employment Program: 2700 Leech Ave., Cindy Thomas, 274-1610

Experienced Works: Siouxland Workforce Development Center, 2508 Fourth St., assistant; Faye Kinnaman, 233-9030 ext. 1020

Senior Companion Program: 4200 War Eagle Drive, 712-577-7848 or 712-577-7858

Financial Assistance

Commission of Veterans Affairs: 702 Courthouse, 279-6606

Iowa Department of Human Services: 822 Douglas St., 255-0833

Salvation Army: 510 Bluff St., 255-8836

Social Security Administration: 3555 Southern Hills Drive, 255-5525

South Sioux City Community Center: 2120 Dakota Ave., 494-3259

Center for Siouxland: 715 Douglas St., 252-1861, Tax Counseling

Community Action Agency of Siouxland: 2700 Leech Ave., 274-1610, energy assistance

Financial, Insurance and Tax Counseling

Consumer Credit Counseling Service: 705 Douglas St., 252-5666

Siouxland Senior Center: 217 Pierce St., 255-1729, tax counseling

SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information

Program): Information available from either Mercy Medical Center, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, or The Center

Center for Siouxland: 715 Douglas St., 252-1861. Conservatorship service, provides money management and protective payee services

Woodbury County Extension Service: 4301 Sergeant Road, 276-2157

FoodIowa Department of Human

Services: 822 Douglas St., 255-0833

Meals on Wheels: Siouxland Aging Services, 2301 Pierce St., 279-6900, deliver noon meals, suggested donation $3.72 per meal

Salvation Army: 510 Bluff St., 255-8836

Le Mars SHARE: Betty Dutcher, (712) 548-4229 (Distribution Site: Assembly of God, 410 First St. S.W.)

Mid-City SHARE: Center for Siouxland, Johna Platt,

252-1861, ext. 21, (Distribution Site: Mary TreglIowa.900 Jennings St.)

Sioux City SHARE: Center For Siouxland, Lisa Thomas, 259-7412 (Distribution Site: DAV, 5129 Military Road)

South Sioux City SHARE: Sherry Stubbs, 494-6477 (Distribution Site: First Lutheran Church, 3601 Dakota Ave.)

Siouxland Senior Center: 217 Pierce St., 255-4240, congregate meal site

Siouxland Tri State Food Bank: 215 Douglas St., 255-9741

South Sioux City Community Action Center: 2120 Dakota Ave., 494-3259

South Sioux City Senior Center: 1501 West 29th St., 494-1500, congregate meal site

St. Luke’s Heat-n-Eat Meals: 2720 Stone Park Blvd., 279-3630, Cindy Hanson

Center for Siouxland: Food pantry, 715 Douglas St., 252-1861

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Alzheimer’s Association: 420 Chambers St., 279-5802. Referral and information about Alzheimer’s disease, support groups and respite care

Dakota County Health Nurse: 987-2164

Iowa Department of the Blind: 1-800-362-2587

Lifeline: Personal emergency response system: St. Luke’s, 279-3375, Jenny Herrick; Mercy Medical Center, 279-2036, Karen Johnson

Marian Health Center: Community Education, 279-2989

Siouxland Community Health Center: 1021 Nebraska St., 252-2477

Siouxland District Health: 1014 Nebraska St., 279-6119 or 1-800-587-3005

St. Luke’s Health Professionals: 279-3333

Home Health CareBoys and Girls Home and

Family Services: 2101 Court St., 293-4700

Care Initiatives Hospice: 4301 Sgt. Road, Suite 110, Sioux City, Iowa, 712-239-1226

Geri-Care: Transit Plaza, 276-9860

Home Instead Senior Care: 220 S. Fairmont, 258-4267, non-medical home health

Hospice of Siouxland: 4300 Hamilton Blvd., 233-4144, nursing care, home health aide/

homemaker, social servicesMercy Home Care: 801

Fifth St., Suite 320, 233-5100, 1-800-897-3840, home health aides/homemaker services, therapy services

REM Health of Iowa Inc.: 2212 Pierce St., Suite 200, 233-5494, skilled nursing care, home health aides, homemaker services, waivers

Siouxland District Public Health Nursing: 1014 Nebraska St., 279-6119, skilled nursing care in home, home health aide, homemaker services

St. Luke’s Home Care: 2905 Hamilton Blvd., 279-3279. In-home nursing, therapy, home medical equipment and supplies, lifeline program.

Tri-State Nursing Services: 621 16th St., 277-4442, skilled nursing care, Home Health aide services, services ordered by a doctor

Synergy Home Care: Kim Kreber, 600 Stevens Port Drive, Suite 102, Dakota Dunes, S.D., (605) 242-6056.

Home MaintenanceSiouxland Aging Services:

2301 Pierce St., 279-6900, CHORE service, yard maintenance, heavy cleaning (Riley Fields)

SOS of Siouxland Inc.: Center for Siouxland, 715 Douglas St., 252-1861. Non-profit organization which uses volunteers to provide repair services. Serves veterans, senior citizens (especially women) and handicap persons. Services based upon need.

HospitalsMercy Medical Center: 801

Fifth St., 279-2010St. Luke’s Regional Medical

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Siouxland Surgery Center: 600 Sioux Point Road, 232-3332

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Living: 4042 Indian Hills Drive, 239-2065, Troy Anderson.director. 36 apartments, family owned and operated. We take pets.

Bickford Cottage Memory Care: 4022 Indian Hills Drive, 239-6851, Joy Beaver, director. 36 apartments, three levels of care depending on need.

Countryside Retirement Apartments: Lilac LaNeb.276-3000

Floyd House: 403 C Street, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, 712-943-7025, Affordable, multiple levels of care, studio, one-bedroom, respite

Holy Spirit Retirement Apartments: 1701 West 25th St., 252-2726

Lessenich Place Apartments: 301 Fifth St. Contact Connie Whitney or Pat Trosin at (712) 262-5965

Maple Heights: 5300 Stone Ave., 276-3821, contact Jennifer Turner. This is subsidized low-income housing with rent based on income

NorthPark Senior Living Community: 2562 Pierce St., 255-1200. 48 independent living apartments, 57 supervised living apartments

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Community: 4000 Teton Trace, 239-9400. Studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments.

Northern Hills Assisted Living: 4002 Teton Trace, 239-9402. Studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments.

Oakleaf Property Management: 1309 Nebraska St., 255-3665, contact leasing department. Martin Towers, 410 Pierce St.; Shire Apartments, 4236 Hickory LaNeb.Centennial Manor, 441 W. Third St. This is subsidized housing, rent is based on income.

Prime Assisted Living: 725 Pearl St., 226-6300. Affordable, spacious 1 bedroom assisted living apartments for persons 65 and older. Income guidelines apply. Accept all sources of payment including Title 19 and private pay.

River Heights: 2201 Gibson St., 276-4930. This is subsidized housing that is not handicapped accessible.

Siouxland Aging Services Inc: 2301 Pierce St., 279-6900. This is subsidized housing, rent based on income. Evergreen Terrace, 2430 West St., 258-0508; Riverside Gardens, 715 Brunner Ave., 277-2083; Fairmount Park Apartments, 210 Fairmount St.

Sunrise Retirement Community: 5501 Gordon Drive, 276-3821. 64 one and two bedroom ground level homes with attached garage, some with den and sunroom.

War Eagle Village Apartments: 2800 W. Fourth St., 258-0801, subsidized housing based on income

Community Action Agency of Siouxland: 2700 Leech Ave., 274-1610. Carnegie Place Apartments, Sixth and Jackson sts.

South Sioux CityAutumn Park Apartments:

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The subtitle says it all: “How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America.”

Nordhaus centers her account on John Miller, a migratory beekeeper who hauls truckloads of bees from crop to crop to help farmers who don’t have natural pollinators. Honey bees are crucial to American agriculture, pollinating crops of 90 different fruits and vegetables. We would lose our almond crops almost entirely without bees, for example.

Nordhaus meticu-lously details this pro-cess, demonstrating how modern apiculture affects everyone from keeper to bee to farmer to consumer. She care-fully explains all the dangers that honey bees face in a given season: While bees are remark-ably hardy – they have the ability to protect,

adapt and repopulate – they are also extremely fragile. One varroa mite has the capacity to take down an entire colony almost instantly. Nordhaus also calls into question, if not outright debunks, a few conspir-acy theories about the bee crisis.

But the crisis is just part of the story – bees die all the time, and beekeepers must steel themselves for mas-sive losses, season after season. And while pol-lination is a natural pro-cess, mass-pollination is a business, one that poses an additional threat to the livelihoods of both bee and keeper.

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KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. – It was a cold and blustery day December 17, 1903 on the wind swept sands near Kitty Hawk, NC when two brothers, Orville and Wilber Wright went down in history as the first to accomplish pow-ered flight. Orville sent the following telegram to his father at about 5:30 that afternoon tell-ing about the flight. “Bishop M. Wright: Success four flights Thursday morning all against a twenty-one mile wind started from level with engine power alone average

speed through the air thirty one miles longest 57 seconds. Inform

press home Christmas. Orville Wright.”

It was in 1900 when

the two bicycle mechan-ics from Dayton, Ohio, picked the sparsely populated area known as the Outer Banks in North Carolina to conduct a series of experiments in develop-ing a flying machine. The brothers chose the Outer Banks not only for the isolation but for the almost constant wind available there.

It took three years of exhaustive work in both Ohio and North Carolina and many failures before they had their first successful flight.

Today the location where the Wright Brothers made their historic experiments is a National Park. The area includes the flight line where the plane was launched and reproductions of their hangar and living quar-

ters. The launching rail used by the brothers in their experiments is there along with mark-ers showing important milestones in their flight experiments.

Sitting high atop the 90-foot Kill Devil Hill is the 60-foot granite monument honoring the achievement of the two aviation pioneers. The monument was dedi-cated in 1932 and along the base are the words

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This life size bronze statue by Stephen H. Smith depicts the first successful flight by

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IF YOU GO The Wright Brothers National Memorial is located on Highway 158 near Kill Devil Hills, N.C., and is open seven days a week, year round. The visitor center and Centennial Pavilion are open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily during sum-mer months and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily September through May (closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25).

The Wright Brothers Visitors Center houses a unique

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Inside the Centennial Pavilion at the Wright Brothers

National Memorial are artifacts and displays relating to

the first powered flight.

“In commemoration of the conquest of the air by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright conceived by genius achieved by dauntless resolution and uncon-querable faith.”

The visitor’s center at the park has displays and artifacts including many of the tools used by Orville and Wilbur in their quest for powered flight. One display is a replica of the wind tun-nel they used to gain valuable information about wing design. A fan at one end of the wind tunnel was pow-ered by a one-cylinder gasoline engine. This was because there was no electricity in their shop. Light was pro-vided by gas lamps. Although the brothers were very serious about their work they still had a sense of humor about it all. Wilbur wrote later, “In fact, we some-times referred to one of the two open ends of the wind tunnel as the ‘goesinta’ and the other end as the ‘goesouta’.”

Full size replicas of the kites and gliders built and used by the Wright Brothers for their experiments along with the 1903 Wright

Flyer are all on display in the visitor’s center. At different times dur-ing the day visitors are invited to listen to one of the knowledgeable park rangers tell about the development of the flying machine.

The Centennial Pavilion near the visi-tor’s center was added in 2003 to provide more room for more displays and as a place for speakers and other activities for the cel-ebration of the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight.

Also on the grounds of the park is a full size bronze sculpture by Stephen H. Smith depicting the first flight. The sculpture features not only Orville and Wilbur and the Wright Flyer but the surfmen from the nearby lifesaving station who assisted in the flight. One of those surfmen John T. Daniels used the Wright Brothers camera to take the iconic photo. Orville set up the 5 by 7 inch glass plate camera and told Daniels to squeeze the bulb to release the shutter, “...if something interesting happened.”


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Nutrition program Persons 60 years of age and older and

their spouses may participate in the elderly nutrition program in Siouxland. In Sioux City, meals are served Tuesday-Friday at Riverside Lutheran Church, 1817 Riverside Blvd. ; on Monday at Riverside Gardens’ Community Room, 715 Bruner Ave., Fairmount Park, 210 S. Fairmount St., and Centennial Manor, 441 W. Third St.

A suggested contribution is $2. 75 or what each person can afford without causing a financial hardship.

Reservations are required a day in advance by calling the Sergeant Bluff site, 943-5356, or the Siouxland Aging Services nutrition office at 279-6900, ext. 15. For more information about other available meal sites, call Siouxland Aging Services at 279-6900.

Siouxland Center

For Active GenerationsSiouxland Center, 313 Cook St., is open

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

JUNE CALENDAR:June 1: Chorus, senior yoga, 9 a.m.;

painting class, duplicate bridge lessons, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap practice, 3 mile walk (tape), 10 a.m.; talk show, “New laws on asset protection,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.; euchre, 500, 1 p.m.; one mile walk warm up, 2:40 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge club, 6 p.m.

June 2: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; walking off pounds, beg. 1 line dance, 9 a.m.; beg. 2 line dance, 9:45 a.m.; senior yoga, Men’s Club, beginning German, 10 a.m.; advanced line dance, advanced German, 11 a.m.; woodcarving, inter. line dance, bridge group, cribbage, shanghai, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m.

June 3: Exercise Plus 50, 8:30 a.m.; fitness with Sandy, Wii practice, 9:30 a.m.; blood pressures, 10 a.m.; bridge group, noon; bridge & 500, scrabble, dance Sharon and Friends, 1 p.m.

June 6: Exercise Plus 50, 8:15 a.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, guitar practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap class, 9:45 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; movie “Temple Grandin,” ballroom dance lessons, Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Fitness with Kelly, 2 p.m.

June 7: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; genealogy, painting class, 9:30 a.m.; beg. /

interm. Spanish, creative writing, walking off pounds, 10 a.m.; tap practice, noon; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; zumba gold, ping pong, 2 p.m.

June 8: Chorus, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; painting class, duplicate bridge lessons, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap practice, 3 mile walk (tape), 10 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.; euchre, 500, 1 p.m.; one mile walk warm up, 2:40 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge club, 6 p.m.

June 9: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; walking off pounds, beg. 1 line dance, 9 a.m.; beg. 2 line dance, 9:45 a.m.; senior yoga, Men’s

Club, beginning German, 10 a.m.; advanced line dance, advanced German, 11 a.m. (Closing at 1 p.m. for the Martinis, Bikinis and Lamborghini’s fundraiser at the Argosy Casino).

June 10: Exercise Plus 50, 8:30 a.m.; fitness with Sandy, Wii practice, 9:30 a.m.; blood pressures, 10 a.m.; bridge group, noon; bridge & 500, scrabble, dance with Burt Heithold Band, 1 p.m.

June 13: Exercise Plus 50, 8:15 a.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, guitar practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap class, 9:45 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30

a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; birthday party, ballroom dance lessons, Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Super Strong Senior with Kelly, 2:30 p.m.

June 14: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; genealogy, painting class, 9:30 a.m.; beg. /interm. Spanish, creative writing, walking off pounds, 10 a.m.; crafts, 10:30 a.m.; tap practice, noon; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; ping pong, zumba gold, 2 p.m.

June 15: Chorus, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; painting class, duplicate bridge lessons,

9:30 a.m.; beginner tap practice, 3 mile walk (tape), 10 a.m.; talk show, “Mid America Aviation & Transportation,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.; euchre, 500, 1 p.m.; 1 mile walk warm up, 2:40 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge club, 6 p.m.

June 16: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; walking off pounds, beg. 1 line dance, 9 a.m.; beg 2 line dance, 9:45 a.m.; senior yoga, Men’s Club, beginning German, 10 a.m.; advanced line dance, advanced German, 11 a.m.; inter. line dance, woodcarving, bridge group, cribbage, shanghai, 1 p.m.; ping

pong, 2 p.m.June 17: Exercise Plus 50, 8:30 a.m.;

fitness with Sandy, Wii practice, 9:30 a.m.; blood pressures, 10 a.m.; bridge group, noon; bridge & 500, scrabble, dance with Terry and the Remnants, 1 p.m.

June 20: Exercise Plus 50, 8:15 a.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, guitar practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap class, 9:45 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; movie, ballroom dance lessons, Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Fitness with Kelly, 2 p.m.

June 21: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; genealogy, painting class, 9:30 a.m.; beg. /interm. Spanish, creative writing, walking off pounds, 10 a.m.; tap practice, noon; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; zumba gold, ping pong, 2 p.m.

June 22: Chorus, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; painting class, duplicate bridge lessons, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap practice, 3 mile walk (tape) 10 a.m.; talk show, “Siouxland Habitat for Humanity,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.; euchre, 500, 1 p.m.; 1 mile walk warm up, 2:40 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge club, 6 p.m.


June 24: Exercise Plus 50, 8:30 a.m.; fitness, Wii practice, 9:30 a.m.; blood pressures, 10 a.m.; bridge group, noon; bridge & 500, scrabble, dance with Art & Gwen, 1 p.m.

June 27: Exercise Plus 50, 8:15 p.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, guitar practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap class, 9:45 a.m.; story time, 10 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; movie “True Grit,” ballroom dance lessons, Parkinson’s meeting, Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Super Strong Seniors with Kelly, 2 p.m.

June 28: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; genealogy, painting class, 9:30 a.m.; beg. /interm. Spanish, creative writing, walking off pounds, 10 a.m.; crafts, 10:30 a.m.; tap practice, noon; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; zumba gold, ping pong, 2


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a.m.; painting class, duplicate bridge lessons, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap practice, 3 mile walk (tape) 10 a.m.; talk show, “Bugs of summer,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.; euchre, 500, 1 p.m.; 1 mile walk warm up, 2:40 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge club, 6 p.m.


Arts & TheatreThe Briar Cliff Review Exhibition,

through July 3, Sioux City Art Center, 225 Nebraska St. Artworks by artists featured in the 2011 edition of The Briar Cliff Review, Briar Cliff University’s award-winning journal.

‘You Should Know Better’ art exhibit, through July 1, Sioux City Art Center, 225 Nebraska St. Selection of works from the Art Center’s Permanent Collection that show various activities, enticements and ideas that have, rightly or wrongly, been judged harshly. 712-279-6272.

Classes & LecturesLoess Hills Prairie Seminar, June

3-5, West Monona High School, 1314 15th St, Onawa Iowa. Held at the Loess Hills Wildlife Management Area near Onawa and at West Monona High School in Onawa. For families, educators, and students of all ages to foster recognition, appreciation and the educational use of natural wonders in our communities.

Kidney Health Options, 1-3 p.m. June 8, Fresenius Medical Care Siouxland, 2530 Glenn Ave. Free class on treatment options for those with poor kidney function. To register call Siouxland Dialysis at (712) 266-1246.

Iowa Wildlife, Southwood Conservation Area, 7 p.m. July 1, Smithland, Iowa. Meet by the playground for this hands-on family program about animals. 7712-258-0838,

Iowa Wildlife, 7 p.m. July 1, Snyder

Bend Park, Salix, Iowa. Meet by the open shelter for this hands-on family program about animals. 712-258-0838,

CommunitySioux City Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-1

p.m. Wednesday and Saturday through June 29, Tyson Events Center parking lot, Corner of Triview Ave. and Pearl St. Musical artists Saturday mornings. www.farmersmarketsiouxcity.com

Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center Campfire Program, 7 p.m. June 10, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, 4500 Sioux River Rd. Join the summer interns for a fun evening around the campfire complete with S'mores. Pre-register. Free. 712-258-0838

Summer movies in the Park, 9 p.m. through Aug. 6, Grandview Park, 24th & Grandview. Bring your own blanket, chairs, snacks and enjoy the movie on a giant movie screen. June 11-How to Train Your Dragon; June 18-Karate Kid; June 25-Despicable Me.

Graffiti Night, 4-10 p.m. June 18, Michael’s Drive-In, Hwy. 175 W. Onawa, Iowa. Food, vendors, classic and custom vehicles and more. 712-423-2411

Fundraisers/BenefitsAmerican Heart Association

2011 Siouxland Heart Walk, June 4, Anderson Pavilion, River Front, Sioux City. 712-271-5925, siouxlandheartwalk.org

American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Siouxland, June 24-25, Heelan’s Memorial Field, 1600 Block of Hamilton. Survivors and supporters can organize teams. The traditional Luminaria Bag ceremony will be held at 9:45 p.m. 712-293-1658, relayforlife.org/woodburycountyia

MusicLakeport Commons Summer

Concert Series, Thursdays 6:30-9 p.m. through Sept. 8, Lakeport Commons, 5001 Sgt. Rd. Happening every Thursday night. Weather permitting concerts are subject to change without notice. June 2-Mikeal Hoover; June 9-Paul Bilsten and Joe Piper; June 16-Mat. D. Americana; June 23-Travis Barnes and Mitch Martin; June 30-Rebekka Sands and Jerry Kessler. www.shoplakeportcommons.com

The Glen Miller Orchestra, 7:30

p.m. June 8, Pearson Lakes Art Center, 2201 Hwy. 71, Okoboji, Iowa. [email protected], (712) 332-7013, lakesart.org/tickets. php

Friday’s on the Promenade, Fridays through Aug. 19, Fourth St., Historic 4th and Virginia. June 10-Union Specific; June 24-Paul Cebar and Tommorrow Sound. $2. 6 p.m. -8 p.m.

Municipal Band Concerts, 7:30 p.m. Sundays, Grandview Park, 24th & Grandview. Enjoy a free musical concert at the Grandview bandshell.

John Prine, 8 p.m. June 15, Orpheum Theatre, 528 Pierce St. With special guest Iris DeMent. (800) 745-3000 and www.orpheumlive.com

Sheryl Crow, 7:30 p.m. June 29, Orpheum Theatre, 528 Pierce St., (800) 745-3000 and www.orpheumlive.com

Shows & Festivals45th Annual Cherokee Chamber

PRCA Rodeo, 7:30 p.m. June 2-4, Cherokee County Fairgrounds, 200 Linden St., Cherokee, Iowa. www.cherokeerodeo.com

Tri-State Drive-In Cruisers, June 8, A&W Drive In, 4 Corners, 517 N. Main, Moville. 712-540-3464.

GreekFest, June 10-11, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 900 6th St. Greek foods, wines, bake sale, traditional music and dancing. 712-255-5559, www.holytrinity.ia.goarch.org

Le Mars Iowa Ice Cream Days, June 15-18, various locations in Le Mars, Iowa. 712-546-8821, www.lemarsiowa.com

Tri-State Drive-In Cruisers, June 15, Bob’s Drive-In, Le Mars, Iowa. 712-540-3464,

Awesome Biker Nights, June 16-18, Awesome Biker Nights, 4th & Virginia, Sioux City. www.awesomebikernights.com

Tri-State Drive-In Cruisers, June 22, Downtown Kingsley, Iowa. 712-540-3464,

RiseFest 2011, June 25, Northwestern College, 101 7th St. SW, Orange City, Iowa. A fun family Christian event. 712-324-9763,

Tri-State Drive-In Cruisers, June 29, Akron, Iowa. 712-540-3464,

Mardi Gras Festivale, 6 p.m. June 30, Orpheum Theatre, 520 Pierce St. 712-279-4850,

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Exceptional Health Care. In Your Home.

To learn more about the St. Luke’s Home Care difference, give us a call at 712-279-3279.

At St. Luke’s Home Care, we’re redefining what it means to provide patient care in the home. From skilled nursing services and restorative therapy to help with personal care and everyday activities, we care for the whole patient – promoting health, well-being, independence and quality of life. You won’t find a higher standard of care anywhere else. What’s more, we bring it all to you in the comfort of your own home.

It’s about more than caring for a patient.It’s about providing peace of mind for a family.

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