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What a find: Scrap dealer uncovers Faberge egg

BY GREGORY KATZ ASSOCIATED PRESS‌

LONDON | There is good luck, outrageous good fortune – and now there is the case of the scrap metal dealer who found one of the eight missing Faberge imperial eggs at a flea market in the American Midwest.

A London antique dealer said that that the scrap metal entrepreneur bought the egg for about $14,000, thinking he could make a small profit by reselling the piece for its gold content.

It turned out the jewel-encrusted piece was worth millions.

Kieran McCarthy, of Wartski, which specializes in Russian artifacts, said the scrap metal dealer began to suspect he was holding a rare piece after seeing an article online about an imperial Faberge Easter egg made for Russian royalty. The dealer contacted McCarthy, who verified the egg as genuine and negotiated its sale to a collector.

“The second I saw it, my spine was shivering,” said McCarthy, calling the piece a “Holy Grail” for collectors.

Both buyer and seller want to remain anony-

mous, and McCarthy did not disclose the sale price – but experts note that a non-imperial Faberge egg sold at Christie’s for $18.5 million in 2007.

Independent Faberge expert Geza von Habsburg said the egg is “absolutely genuine” and matches the one-line description found in records kept

by Russia’s Imperial Cabinet.

The egg, which contains a Vacheron Constantin watch, sits on a jeweled gold stand and was given by Alexander III to his wife Empress Maria Feodorovna in Easter 1887.

A rare Imperial Faberge Egg is shown. A scrap dealer found the egg, which is worth millions of dollars.

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Only 50 of the imperial eggs were made for the royal family, and eight remained missing before the latest find, though only three of those are known to have survived the Russian revolution.

“I think it’s pretty exciting,” said Tatiana Zherebkina, spokeswoman for Faberge.

“The experts seem to agree it’s authentic and of imperial provenance - one of the eight missing eggs.”

It will be on display at Wartski’s London showroom April 14-17, the first time it will have been seen in public for 112 years.

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Terry’s Turn

I got rhythm, who could ask for anything more?

I just watched a video of a drum battle between the two great drummers, Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa.

The pair was featured on “The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show” in 1966.

It was great. I loved the way they handled those sticks and how they made faces like they were either in great pain or in a euphoric state of ecstasy. Watching that video took me back to when I had my own claim to fame on the drum many years ago.

It was around the sixth grade that there was an announcement at Lothrop Elementary School in Omaha for more members in the school band. I asked my mother – OK it was more like begged – if I could play the drum in the band.

The problem was, the school didn’t provide instruments. We had to buy our own. I don’t know how much a drum cost at that time, but I’m sure my mother couldn’t afford it. But at that time, I didn’t even consider that. I just wanted to play the drum.

Somehow she found the money and we went to the music store and got my instrument.

It was a snare drum with stand and sticks included. Also included were lessons. I don’t remember much about my teacher except he couldn’t seem to get it through my 10-year-old head that I needed to read music. The only thing I wanted to do is pound the sticks on the drum. I didn’t want to look at those notes on paper. I just wanted to feel the rhythm and let it move me, man. A few years later I would have made a great Beatnik. Maybe I was

just ahead of my time.

Eventually the lessons stopped.

I don’t know if it was because there were only so many free lessons with the drum or the teacher just told Terry Turner my mother I’d turnert185@outlook.com never make a drummer. Either way, the lessons ended.

In spite of my lack of ability with “pounding the skins,” as us drummers say, I was still the drummer in the school band. Looking back, I realize I was the drummer only because I was the only kid who had a drum and wanted to do it.

Regardless of why, I was the one and only drummer for the Lothrop Elementary School band. Although I didn’t know what a groupie was at the time, I was hoping for at least some notoriety. A few autograph hounds on the playground would have been nice, but there was nothing. I don’t think most people at Lothrop even knew the school had a band.

But we continued on and as I recall we practiced almost every day. But unfortunately we didn’t get any better. When I chose to play the drum I didn’t realize the whole band relied on me. Although everyone was supposed to watch Mrs. Miller the band director waving the baton up and down, they really relied on me

ing if I could do it. I was wondering if I could do it. I had tried a drum roll a couple of times but only for a few seconds. I was sure The StarSpangled Banner was longer than a few seconds.

Over the next week we practiced the national anthem over and over.

I always started out strong with a somewhat perfect drum roll but never could get all the way to the end without messing up. Then came the big night.

We were all gathered around Mrs. Miller in the auditorium. She raised Bob Daugherty, Associated Press file her baton and a hush fell over the crowd of parents and kids. I had the Buddy Rich plays the Newport Jazz sticks poised over that snare drum.

Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 1, Then she pointed at me. I took a 1966. breath and started a perfect drum roll. She gave the downbeat and the to provide the beat for each song. rest of the band started.

That’s too much pressure for a little I continued with my dramatic kid. But that was nothing compared drum roll as the band progressed to what was on the horizon. through a stirring rendition of our One morning before practice, Mrs. nation’s most revered song. About Miller announced we were being halfway through the song, tiny called on for a special performance. beads of sweat began to form on The school was having an open my fevered brow. Undaunted, I conhouse and we were asked to play tinued that drum roll. Finally, the The Star-Spangled Banner to start band got to the last few bars. I was things off. Then she looked at me. going to make it! When Mrs. Miller “Terry,” she began, “you will start brought her baton down the band the song with a drum roll and you and I ended on the same note. will hold it throughout The StarAlthough my one and only drum Spangled Banner.” solo went well, that brief experience Yipes! Hold a drum roll all the way convinced me I would never be the through? I was going to ask if she’d next Buddy Rich or Gene Krupa, lost her senses but thought better and shortly thereafter my career as of it. “Yes, Mrs. Miller,” I squeaked. a drummer came to an end. It was It was then I noticed all eyes were probably just as well. I never could on me. I’m sure they were wonderget those facial expressions right.

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“My mix is so high in butter fat and total solids that people who make ice cream think you can’t make Benjamin Roberts, Iowa City Press-Citizen it because if you run David Gott holds a pint of his “David’s Famous it through their equipGourmet” at a Hy-Vee store in Iowa City, Iowa. His ment it does terrible background is in finance. The ice cream came later. things,” he said.

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Tractor collection extension of Ohio man’s family tractor pull events that it organizes. Less than two dozen of the CANTON, Ohio | The members collect the tractors in the collecmachines. The number tion of Dave Huggins is dwindling. aren’t just pieces of Dave Huggins said lawn and farm equipthat most of the tracment. They’re like tors are used on an parts of his family. alternating basis, so Using his collection none gets too much as a gauge, Huggins use. Then they are has a massive family cleaned up and placed — more than 100 small back in storage. Well, yard and larger agria couple of tractors cultural models, which parked near the door he purchased so he and to the storage building his sons could work on stay a little dirty. them together.

“These are the kids’ “Usually, collecting ‘wreck’ tractors,” tractors is the kind Huggins said with of thing that skips a a laugh. “They buzz generation,” said John around in the back real Tabellion, president fast and see who can of the Stark Antique get the muddiest.”

Power Association, One tractor, however, a group of collectors stays pretty much and tractor pull enthu- pristine. Huggins’ siasts that Huggins father’s Farmall occuled for more than a pies a place of honor decade. “With Dave, in the collection. In a his kids were involved sense, it is the collecand now I think his tion’s patriarch. grandkids are even “I had a couple of more interested.” plaques made and I The 62-year-old take it out to display Huggins learned the it at the fair,” said mechanical knowledge Huggins. he is passing on from The plaques recall his late father, Jack his father — “This Huggins. tractor was redone in “We were close,” Dad’s memory” — and said Huggins, who said restate the reason that that his father’s 1965 Huggins took up his McCormick Farmall hobby. That reason is 706 tractor now is a not lost to those who part of his collection. view the machine.

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Woodworker finds beauty in talking turkey who used his hands for woodworking, he decided 14 years ago to follow his dream of It started as just recreating that unique an idea one spring sound that is talking morning as John turkey.

Dangerfield II and “My dad ignited the his father sat in an flame, and that’s when Orangeburg County, I took it from there,” he S.C., woodlands listensaid. “He had a lathe in ing as a hen sang her his shop and I started melody. It grew into a with that.” dream.

In 2000, Dangerfield Dangerfield turned experimented with his his dream into realfirst turkey call using ity by designing and an ink pen tube and creating his own line some cuts of copper of handmade turkey and bamboo bits. calls of intrinsic beauty It was unconventhat not only have the tional, but it showed woods clucking, but promise, he said. But hunters around the he wanted better. Much country. better.

“I don’t build them Dangerfield says as shelf queens, I most turkey calls are build them to hunt,” a direct descendant of Dangerfield said. “But the wingbone calls used I understand people

by Native Americans want to display them.” that appropriately Many years after enough consisted of the that morning with his bird’s wing bone. father, the self-taught “It’s kind of getting caller now builds a full back to the heritage line of turkey calls, of hunting,” he said. including trumpets, pot “People say, ‘Why calls and boxes that don’t you get a patent mimic the calls of the on this?’ The Native wild.

Americans invented The trumpets resem- it. I just developed my ble a small, eight-inch own way of calling.” or so woodwind instruUltimately, ment while the pot Dangerfield hopes the calls are similar to cup calls will lead the next coasters. The box calls generation to simply are ornate instruments enjoy nature by getting that use the friction out, up close and perof sliding a lid over sonal. the box to create the “I want them to learn desired clucking and to use the call, take it purring. out and learn it,” he With a background said. “That’s why I go in engineering and the through the trouble of namesake of a man perfecting the details.”

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WINGS AND

WONDER Okla. museum chronicles life of flight

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bout 60 miles west of Oklahoma City off Interstate 40 is the Stafford Air and Space Museum. The museum is named for Weatherford native and former astronaut Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford.

The museum, near the Weatherford photos by Terry Turner Airport, was founded in 1981 with A historic aircraft, the Curtiss Pusher, is shown at the Stafford Air and Space Museum a simple display in the airport teroutside Oklahoma City. The facility is named after astronaut Thomas P. Stafford. minal. That small display outgrew that location and eventually moved into a new 40,000-square-foot facility. Today, the new air and space IF YOU GO museum has displays featuring WHAT: Stafford Air and everything from early aircraft to Space Museum. spacecraft.

WHERE: 3000 Logan Stafford was born Sept. 17, 1930 in Road, Weatherford, Okla.

Weatherford. Stafford flew aboard HOURS: Mondaytwo Gemini space flights and in 1969 Saturday from 9 a.m. to was commander of Apollo 10, the 5 p.m. and Sunday from second manned mission to orbit the 1 to 5 p.m. The museum moon. is closed Thanksgiving, In 1975, Stafford was commander Christmas and New of the Apollo-Soyuz flight, the first Year’s Day. joint U.S and Soviet space mission.

ADMISSION: $7 for He was a brigadier general at the adults, $5 for 55 or time and became the first general older and current or officer to fly in space. The museum past military members, has the docking ring used during Associated Press file photo students are $2. practice by Soviet and American MORE INFO: Call Earth and the surface of the moon are shown out the crewmen in 1974.

580-772-5871 or visit window of Apollo 10 in 1969.

During his long military career, staffordmuseum.com Stafford made six rendezvous in space, logging 507 hours of flight. He has also flown more than 120 types The Stafford of aircraft and three types of spaceAir and craft.

Visitors to the Stafford Air and Space Space Museum are given a Star Tour Museum in Guide brochure. Each displayhas Weatherford, a numbered star and the Star Okla., is Guide has a description of each shown. display. There are also knowledgeable volunteers in the museum to answer questions.

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plane to cross the English Channel from France to England. Other historic planes include a Curtiss Pusher, Sopwith Pup and a replica Spirit of St. Louis. Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis from Roosevelt Field near New York City to Paris in 1927 and became the first to fly solo across the Atlantic.

Because of Stafford’s long career as an astronaut, a large portion of the museum is dedicated to space flight, from its early days to today.

Among the displays are several showing the achievements of Robert

A statue of Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford overlooks the entrance to the Stafford Air and Space Museum.

Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, left, and Donald K. Deke Slayton are shown during their visit to the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in 1975.

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A flight suit worn by Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford along with other items from the space program are on display in the Stafford Air and Space Museum.

Goddard, who is sometimes known as the Father of Modern Rocket Propulsion. On display is his first successful liquid propellant rocket.

Modern space displays include rocket engines like the J-2 that was in the second stage of the Saturn V. The Saturn V was used in the Apollo program in the 1960s and ‘70s and was used on moon missions.

The largest display in the museum is the 94-foot Titan II missile.

NASA used the Titan II to launch the Gemini missions into space.

The Titan II was also used as an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile The actual docking ring used during pracduring the Cold War. The powerful tice by Soviet and American crewmen in Modern space displays in the Stafford Air and Space Museum include rocket engines missile was capable of delivering a like the J-2 that was in the second stage of the Saturn V. 1974 is on display at the museum. nine megaton nuclear warhead to targets more than 6,300 miles away in about 30 minutes.

Also on display is one of the mission control panels used during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. The panel monitored astronaut life support systems.

A flight suit worn by Stafford during the Apollo 10 mission in 1969 is on display along with a 1/2 scale model of the lunar module used during several Apollo flights.

Military aircraft on display include an F-86 Sabre jet like those used during the Korean War. The F-86 ABOVE: An engine cowling from a 747 was nicknamed “MiG Killer” for its jetliner is used as a tunnel to connect two superiority in dogfights with Russian planes and its 12:1 kill ratio. Visitors areas of the museum. LEFT: Military aircan look inside a MiG21R Fishbed craft on display include an F-86 Sabre jet H Soviet aircraft. The MiG 21 is the like those used during the Korean War. most produced jet fighter in history.

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Senior Activities Nutrition program

Due to an increase in food costs, meal prices will be increasing. This change will be effective Tuesday, April 1.

Weekly classes, programs: April 1: 8:30 am Penny Bingo, 9:00 am Senior Yoga, Mexican Language/Culture, 9:30 am Painting Class, 10:00 am Creative Writing, Walking Off Pounds, 11:30 am Lunch, 12:00 pm Tap Practice, 1:00 pm Painting Class, Pitch, 2:00 pm Ping Pong April 2: 9:00 am Chorus, Intermediate Spanish, Senior Yoga, 9:30 am Painting Class, Novice Dup. Bridge Game, 10:00 am Chess Group, Beginner Tap Practice, 3 Mile Walk, 10:15 am CNOS Injury Screening, 10:30 am Talk Show, 10:45 am Guitar Practice, 11:00 am Drama Group, 11:30 am Lunch, 12:00 pm Choreographed Ballroom, 12:30 pm Bridge, 1:00 pm Painting Class, Meals on Wheels The Meals on Wheels program is looking Scrabble, 500, 2:40 pm 1 Mile Walk Warm Up, 3:00 pm Fitness with Kelly for volunteer drivers for this winter. Call April 3: 8:30 am Penny Bingo, 8:45 the Connections Area Agency on Aging for am Beg. 1 Line Dance, 9:00 am Walking more information at 279-6900.

Off Pounds, Beginning Bridge, 9:30 am Siouxland Center for Active Drum Circle, 9:45 am Beg. 2 Line Dance, 10:00 am Library Book Club, Senior Yoga, Generations Siouxland Center, 313 Cook St. is open from Men’s Club, Intermediate German, 11:00 am Beginning German, Sioux City History 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Persons 60 years 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 $3. 75.

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Group, Advanced Line Dance, 11:30 am Lunch, 12:00 pm Chinese Classic Mah Jong, 12:30 pm Canasta, 1:00 pm Men’s & Women’s Social Group, “Come & Go” Bridge, Inter. Line Dance, Woodcarving, Bridge Group, Cribbage, 2:00 pm Ping Pong, 3:00 pm Cribbage Lessons April 4: 8:30 am Exercise Plus 50, 9:30 am Fitness w/Dixie of Northern Hills, 10:00 am Beginners Ping Pong, Blood Pressures, 10:30 am Pool Shooting For Women, 11:30 am Lunch, 12:00 pm Basic Tap, Bridge Group, 1:00 pm Open Craft Time, Bridge, 500, Scrabble, Friday Dance April 7: 8:30 am Yoga with Suzi, Exercise Plus 50, 9:00 am Wii Practice, 9:30 am Strength Class, Tap Class, 10:00 am Knitting & Crocheting, 11:30 am Duplicate Bridge, 11:30 am Lunch, 12:30 pm Movie, 1:00 pm American Mah Jong, Pinochle, Woodcarving, 2:00 pm Fitness with Kelly April 8: 8:30 am Penny Bingo, 9:00 am Senior Yoga, Mexican Language/Culture, 9:30 am Painting Class, 10:00 am Creative Writing, Walking Off Pounds, 10:30 am Crafts, 11:30 am Lunch, 12:00 pm Tap Practice, 1:00 pm Painting Class, Pitch, 2:00 pm Ping Pong April 9: 9:00 am Chorus, Intermediate Spanish, Senior Yoga, 9:30 am Painting Class, Novice Dup. Bridge Game, 10:00 am Chess Group, Beginner Tap Practice, 10:45 am Guitar Practice, 11:00 am Drama Group, 11:30 am Lunch (volunteer recognition), 12:00 pm Choreographed Ballroom, 12:30 pm Bridge, 1:00 pm Painting Class, Scrabble, 500 April 10: 8:30 am Penny Bingo, 8:45 am Beg. 1 Line Dance, 9:00 am Walking Off Pounds, Beginning Bridge, 9:30 am Drum Circle, 9:45 am Beg. 2 Line Dance, 10:00 am Senior Yoga, Men’s Club, Intermediate German, 11:00 am Beginning German, Sioux City History Group, Advanced Line Dance, 11:30 am Lunch, 12:00 pm Chinese Classic Mah Jong, 12:30 pm Canasta, 1:00 pm Men’s & Women’s Social Group, Inter. Line Dance, Woodcarving, Bridge Group, Cribbage, 2:00 pm Ping Pong, 3 pm Cribbage Lessons April 11: 8:30 am Exercise Plus 50, 9:30 am Fitness, 10:00 am Beginners Ping Pong, Blood Pressures, 10:30 am Pool Shooting For Women, 11:30 am Lunch, 12:00 pm Basic Tap, Bridge Group, 1:00 pm Open Craft Time, Bridge, 500, Scrabble, Friday Dance April 14: 8:30 am Yoga with Suzi, Exercise Plus 50, 9:00 am Wii Practice, 9:30 am Strength Class, Tap Class, 10:00 am

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We offer a wide selection of designs, as well as custom designs and laser etchings for a personal touch.

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Cuddlers soothe babies too sick, tiny to go home

By LINDSEY TANNER Associated Press‌

CHICAGO | A volunteer slips her arms into a gauzy yellow hospital gown and approaches a medical crib holding a tiny newborn hooked up to noisy machines.

“OK,” she says, with a smile. “Baby time.”

That means cuddle time in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital. Here, as at several other hospitals around the country, strangers offer a simple yet powerful service for newborns too tiny or sick to go home.

When nurses are swamped with other patients and parents cannot make it to the hospital, grandmas, empty-nesters, college students and other volunteers step in. They hold the babies, swaddle them, sing and coo to them, rock them, and treat them as if they were their own.

A plaintive cry signals time to get to work.

“You can see them calm, you can see their heart rate drop, you can see their little brows relax,” said Kathleen Jones, 52, a cuddler at the Chicago hospital. “They’re fighting so hard and they’re undergoing all this medical drama and trauma. My heart breaks for them a little bit.”

Newborn intensive care units are noisy, stressful environments. There are babies born extremely prematurely, or with birth defects and other illnesses. Some are too sick to be held — but not too sick to touch. Cuddlers reach a finger inside their incubators and stroke tiny bare bellies.

Scientific evidence on benefits of cuddling programs is scarce, but the benefits of human touch are wellknown. In one study, gentle caressing or placing a hand on preterm infants reduced levels of stress hormones.

Other recent studies have suggested touch may benefit preemies’ heart rates and sleep and perhaps even shorten their hospital stays.

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Martha Irvine, Associated Press

Hospital volunteer Gertie Rogers, 84, places a newborn baby back into a bed in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Rogers was one of about 20 people who attended an orientation for volunteers who cuddle babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Jerry Schwartz, medical director of medical neonatology at Torrance Memorial Medical Center near Los Angeles.

The benefit “at the most superficial level” is obvious, he said. “A baby is crying, mom’s not there, the nurse is busy with other sick babies, and it’s an unpleasant life experience to be crying and unattended to, and, voila!

A cuddler comes over and the baby stops crying.”

Nancy Salcido has been a cuddler at Torrance for a year. Her two daughters are grown, and she considers her three-hour cuddling shifts good practice for any potential grandchildren.

“I just kind of hold them close to me ... and talk to them, sharing my day, or give them little pep talks,” Salcido said. “One of the nurses has nicknamed me the baby whisperer.”

Parents typically must consent for their babies to be part of cuddling programs, and cuddlers must undergo background checks and training before starting the job. At Chicago’s Comer hospital, that includes les-

sons in how to swaddle babies tight to make them feel safe and how to maneuver around intravenous lines, as well as instruction in hygiene including frequent hand-washing.

At the Golisano Children’s Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., one cuddler is a young man born there prematurely long ago. He “just wants to come and give back,” said Chris Tryon, a child life specialist at the hospital, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Comer’s cuddlers include 74-yearold Frank Dertz, a retired carpenter who heard about the program from his daughter, a Comer nurse.

“It’s quite a blessing for me. I get more out of it than the babies, I think,” Dertz said.

Kathleen Jones says the same thing. A mother of three grown daughters and grandmother of two little girls, she joined Comer’s program in 2012, working a couple afternoons a week or sometimes at night.

“They say that I look so in love with them when I’m there, but I can-

not NOT crack an ear-to-ear smile whenever I pick that little guy or girl up.”

Her love seems obvious as she rocks a stranger’s newborn, the baby girl’s tiny hand gripping Jones’ finger.

“Ooh, I want to take you home,” Jones coos. “You’re so brave ... you’re going to be feisty, aren’t you?”

Jones used to wonder why parents or other relatives aren’t comforting their own babies. But then, in August, her youngest grandchild was born deaf, with brain damage doctors say was caused by a virus her mom contracted before birth. Evelyn Steadman spent her first three weeks at Comer, and got cuddling care while she was there.

While family members visited often, “life happens and you can’t sit by a bedside for three weeks,” Jones said.

Erica Steadman had a C-section, and already had her hands full with a toddler at home.

“She was being held and loved and watched over,” she said. “I felt a great sense of relief from that.”

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Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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49 Net 50 Rug type 51 Tyson weapon 52 Engine purr 53 Achievement 54 Nick’s spouse 55 Feds 56 Fuss

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ACROSS 1 Wire nail FEB0990 5 Vale 9 Pet of 54 Down 13 Actress ___ Lyn Bauer 14 Draft classification 15 Kind of hockey shot 16 “The hiss was now becoming ___”: Aiken 17 Holliday, et al.

18 Purpose 19 0 22 USNA grad.

23 One of a pair 24 Understand 25 Loser to DDE 26 Film in Flanders 28 Pindar product 31 O 35 Ex-Dolphins quarterback 36 15 Across exponent 37 Engage 38 O 43 ___ canto 44 Part 45 Prevailed 46 Kinsman 47 Captured GI 48 Bible bk.

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Senior activities Arts & Theater

dinner. Doors open at 4 p.m. and dinner is Through June 1 at 6 p.m. $30. 712-293-0283.

Still and Silent Places: Paintings by April 3–April 4 J. F. Goff, Sioux City Art Center, 225 Design & Dine, Emma’s Event Center, Nebraska St. Jim Goff (1920-2007) 3828 Stadium Drive. During Thursday’s was one of the area’s most beloved art “View and Vote,” guests can enjoy instructors best known for his landscapes. appetizers and drinks while voting on their 712-279-6272. siouxcityartcenter.org. favorite decorated tables 5-7 p.m. During Through April 6 Friday’s formal dinner and auction, people Youth Art Month, Sioux City Art Center, can dine at the decorated tables during a 225 Nebraska St. This annual exhibition three course meal 6-9 p.m. All proceeds features works by Siouxland high school benefit the Crittenton Center. 5 p.m. -7 students from the tri-state area. 712-279- p.m. 712-255-4321.

6272. www.siouxcityartcenter.org.

April 5 Through April 30 Quilt Auction Fundraiser, St. Mark ‘Don Cunningham Says’, Betty Strong Lutheran Church, 5200 Glenn Ave. A Encounter Center, 900 Larsen Park Road. viewing and lunch will begin at 11 a.m. and “Don Cunningham Says,” an exhibit linking the auction will begin at 1 p.m. Proceeds images of Siouxland barns with stories of will benefit Lutheran Lakeside Camp in a Sioux City Stockyards market reporting Okoboji, Iowa. 11 a.m. lutheranlakeside. icon. 9 a.m. -5 p.m. 712-224-5242. www. com. siouxcitylcic.com.

April 5 Through April 5 Peirce Mansion Scrabble Tournament, Motherhood Out Loud, LAMB Arts Peirce Mansion, 2901 Jackson St. Three Regional Theatre, 417 Market Street. A games of Scrabble will be played for collection of experiences, joys & trials of prizes in a fund-raiser for the Peirce all things ‘MOM’ developed and written by Mansion. Registration forms available at some of the most celebrated writers of our the museum or by calling 712-258-6760. time. 7:30 p.m. $20/$15. 712-255-9536.

Limted to the first 40 registrants. 1 p.m. -4 www.lambtheatre.com. p.m. www.siouxcitymuseum.org.

April 8 April 12–April 13 Hair, Orpheum Theater, 528 Pierce St. Humane Society Rummage Sale, This exuberant musical about a group Siouxland Humane Society, 1015 Tri View of young Americans searching for peace Ave. All money collected from this sale and love in a turbulent time has struck a goes directly to our furry friends at the resonant chord with audiences young and shelter. old. *For Mature Audiences. 7:30 p.m.

712-279-4850. broadwayattheorpheum.

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Through April 11 April 18–May 4 Friday Lenten Luncheons Series, First Making God Laugh, LAMB Arts Regional Presbyterian Church, 608 Nebraska St. Theatre, 417 Market St. Wanna make God Speaker theme is “Glimpses of God in laugh? Tell him your plans. 7:30 p.m. -9 Sioux City. ” Schedule of speakers: April p.m. $21/$18/$13. 712-255-9536. www.

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Art Paintings; and April 11 Paul John Johnson, Gary Smith and Carol Smith Benefit & Fundraiser talking about the Shepherd’s Garden. Light April 1 lunch served, all are invited. noon-1 p.m.

Laugh Your Hat Off Dinner, Bev’s on April 4 the River, 1100 Larsen Park Rd. The funWelcome To Medicare Seminar, filled event benefits the Community Action Connections Area Agency on Aging, Agency’s Crossroads Shelter for Homeless 2301 Pierce Street. This free, unbiased, Women and Children. The event includes informative two-and-a-half hour seminar a dinner, wine tasting and awards for best for new Medicare beneficiaries is held the man’s hat, funniest hat, most elegant hat, first Friday of every month. To register, or best hat ever and best group hat. Door for more information, contact Connections prizes, vendors selling specialty items, AAA at 712-279-6900, 800-432-9209. 1:30 a silent and live auction and a fabulous p.m. -4 p.m. www.connectionsaaa.org.

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Senior Companions provide friendship, understanding and assistance to homebased adults in your community.

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APRIL 5 Men’s Conference, St. Joseph Church, 605 Plymouth St. NW, Le Mars, Iowa. The conference is open to all men ages 16 years and older who are looking for ways to deepen their faith. Attendees must register by Tuesday, April 1 by either calling or going online. 8:30 a.m. -3 p.m. $25. Register, 712233-7530. scdiocese.org/ mensconference.

APRIL 17 History at High Noon: Sioux City Through the Eyes of George Newman, Sioux City Public Museum, 607 Fourth St. A free photographic presentation.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunches.

12:05 p.m. 712-279-6174. siouxcitymuseum.org.

APRIL 22 Library Tech Talk, Sioux City Public Library, 529 Pierce St. Demos and oneon-one assistance with tech devices. Meets the 4th Tuesday of the month, or call 255-2933 x 221 to schedule a consultation at a time convenient to you.

6-7:30 p.m. siouxcitylibrary. org.

Comedy

APRIL 12 Cancer Sucks, Comedy Rocks, Marina Inn Conference Center, 385 E 4th St, South Sioux City.

Star Wars-themed comedy benefit and fundraiser for the June E. Nylen Cancer Center. 7 p.m. -11 p.m. $12. 712-252-0088. www. nylencancercenter.com.

Community

APRIL 1 Blue Zones Project Purpose Workshop, Morningside College Olsen Student Center/Yockey Family Community Room, 3609 Peters Avenue. If you don’t know your purpose, you’re not alone. Attend

a purpose workshop and uncover your gifts, pinpoint what gives your life. 6 p.m. -8 p.m. 712224-6042. https://www. bluezonesproject.com/ events/2567.

Tangled Yarns, South Sioux City Public Library, 2121 Dakota Ave. South Sioux City. Tangled Yarns is a group of women who meet to do needle craft and share their skills with one another. 6:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. 402-494-7545.

APRIL 3 Nature Photographer to Speak at BCU, St. Frances Center, Briar Cliff University. The Center for Prairie Studies at Briar Cliff University and the Loess Hills Audubon Society host acclaimed nature photographer Noppadol Paothong who will present “Save the Last Dance A Story of North American Grassland Grouse,” along with a display of his nature photography. 7:30 p.m.

712-279-5405.

APRIL 5 Author Meet and Greet, Book People, 2923 Hamilton Blvd. Come meet Jennifer M. Pitkin, local author of “Watchmen for Morning,” a globe-trotting Romantic Suspense/Crime Thriller. Signed paperbacks will be available for purchase. 1-3 p.m.

APRIL 8–APRIL 13 Abu-Bekr Shrine Circus, Tyson Event Center, 401 Gordon Dr. The circus is back in town! The Abu-Bekr Shrine Circus returns to the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City April 8-13, and tickets start at just $10!

Tickets on sale through Ticketmaster.com or at the Tyson Events Center Box Office. Don’t miss it! 7:30 p.m. $10/$15/$18.

APRIL 12 Roadside Cleanup, Meet at the entrance of the Dorothy Pecaut Nature

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Center, 4500 Siouix River Road. Join the Friends of Stone Park at their annual roadside cleanup event.

Meet at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center entrance.

Dress for the weather, with sturdy shoes and bring work gloves if possible. For more information contact Kevin Pape at 712-2554698 or Kevin. Pape@dnr. iowa. gov. 10 a.m. -noon Bomgaars Animal Outreach Event, Bomgaars, 6001 Gordon Drive, Sioux City, Iowa . On-site animal adoptions from local Sioux City Animal Adoption and

United Way of Siouxland’s Women’s Power Lunch provides an environment in which women can be nurtured through education, strengthened through empowerment, and valued through friendship.

This event provides the opportunity for women to unify their resources and take the lead in focusing on issues that impact their lives. 11:30 a.m.

-1:30 p.m. 712-255-2961. unitedwaysiouxland.com APRIL 24–APRIL 27 Midwest 8-Ball Championship, Sioux City

Spring is coming!

free. Interested pool players should call 1-800-662-2924 for more information.

APRIL 26 Volunteer Work Day at the Nature Center, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, 4500 Sioux River Road. Help us spruce up the trails, gardens, Nature Playscape and grounds this spring.

Wear sturdy shoes and bring work gloves. Pre-registration is appreciated so we can plan our volunteer tasks. 9 a.m. -noon 712-258-0838. www.woodburyparks.com.

APRIL 26 Public Town Hall Meeting

public is encouraged to attend and pose questions to our legislators. 10-11:30 a.m. 712-274-1948.

APRIL 27 League of Women Voters and 5050 in 2020 host Mary Kramer on “Civility in our Political World”, Sioux City Public Museum, 607 Fourth Street. The League of Women Voters is partnering with the organization “5050 in 2020” to host former State Legislator, Mary Kramer, as she presents a public program on “Civility in our Political World.”

2-3:15 p.m. 712-274-1948.

Music

APRIL 5 Rockestra: The 10th Anniversary Party, Orpheum Theatre, 528 Pierce St. All your favorite tunes, plus many of your Rockestra performers returning for this musical party to end all parties. What a way to end a special season. 8 p.m.

APRIL 11 Lorie Line and her Fab Five, Sioux City Community Theatre, 1401 Riverside Blvd. This is a very special • Physical Speech Therapy year for Lorie Line as she • Van Transportation to Shopping & • Occupational Therapy celebrates her 25th year Appointments • Spacious Suites of touring. She will be • Beauty Shop • Emergency Call System playing all the favorites and featuring solo piano • Exercise Classes • Complete Dining Service arrangements. Lorie • Complete Activities Programing • Housekeeping & Laundry Service Line will be in the lobby following the show, so bring your camera and she will autograph everything for you. 7:30 p.m. $39–$34.

APRIL 17 Come see how our facility can meet your need for a quality lifestyle.

Joe Bonamassa, 3501 Dakota Ave. • South Sioux City, NE. • 402-494-4273 Orpheum Theater, 528 Pierce St. Bonamassa has been lauded as one of the Rescue Center. 11 a.m. -4 Convention Center, 801 4th with Iowa State Legislators, world’s greatest guitarists p.m. 712-279--6968. Sioux St. The 48th Annual Midwest Sioux City Public Museum, and he is fast evolving into a City Animal Adoption and 8-Ball Championships return 607 Fourth Street. The full-blown truly charismatic Rescue Center. to the Sioux City Convention League of Women Voters and mesmerizing blues-rock APRIL 23 Center April 24th 27th! of Sioux City and Siouxland star, as well as a singerUnited Way of Pool players from across Interstate Metropolitan songwriter of stylistic depth Siouxland’s Women’s the region compete for up Planning Commission will and emotional resonance.

Power Lunch, Marina to $45,000 in prize money! host our final public Town 8 p.m. $99, $89, $79, $69.

Inn Center, 385 E. 4th The public is invited to Hall Meeting with our local Ticketmaster 800-745-3000.

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Local & Government Services Siouxland Directory of Elderly Services

Sioux City Better Business Bureau: 1-800-222-1600 City Hall: 405 Sixth St., 279-6109 Department of Human Services: 822 Douglas St., 255-0833 Elder Abuse Awareness: 1-800-362-2178 Emergency: 911 Fire Department: 279-6314 Police Department: 2796960 (general) Post Office (Main): 214 Jackson St., 277-6411 Connections Area Agency on Aging: 2301 Pierce St., 2796900. Information and referral services, case management.

Senior Advocacy Program, Chris Kuchta, program director Social Security Office: 3555 Southern Hills Drive, 255-5525 South Sioux City City Hall: 1615 First Ave., 494-7500 Department of Social Services: Dakota City, Neb., 987-3445 Emergency: 911 Fire Department: 494-7555 Police Department: 701 West 29th St., 494-7555 Post Office: 801 West 29th St., 494-1312

Adult Day Programs

Adult Day Program: 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.

Counseling

Catholic Charities: 1601 Military Road, 252-4547 Heartland Counseling Service: 917 West 21st., South Sioux City, 494-3337 Lutheran Social Service: 4240 Hickory Lane, 276-1073 Mercy Behavioral Care Center: 801 5th St., 279-5991 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, 2796606 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 Community Action Agency of Siouxland: 2700 Leech Ave., 274-1610, energy assistance

meals, suggested donation $3.72 per meal Salvation Army: 510 Bluff St., 255-8836 Mid-City SHARE: Center for Siouxland, Johna Platt, 252-1861, ext. 21, (Distribution Site: Mary TreglIowa, 900 Jennings St.) Siouxland Center for Active Generations: 313 Cook St., 255-1729, congregate meal site Siouxland Tri State Food Bank: 215 Douglas St., 2559741 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., 2793630, Karen Bergenske Center for Siouxland: Food pantry, 715 Douglas St., 2521861 Community Action Agency of Siouxland: 2700 Leech St., 274-1610

Health Care Information

Consumer Credit Counseling Service: 715 Douglas St., 2521861 ext. 47 Siouxland Center for Active Generations: 313 Cook 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

Alzheimer’s Association: 420 Chambers St., 279-5802.

Referral and information about Alzheimer’s disease, support groups and respite care Dakota County Health Nurse: 402-987-2164 Iowa Department of the Blind: 1-800-362-2587 Lifeline: Personal emergency response system: St. Luke’s, 279-3279; Mercy Medical Center, 279-2036 Mercy Medical Center: Community Education, 2792989 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

Food

Home Health Care

Financial, Insurance and Tax Counseling

Iowa Department of Human Services: 822 Douglas St., 255-0833 Meals on Wheels: Siouxland Aging Services, 2301 Pierce St., 279-6900, deliver noon

Boys and Girls Home and Family Services: 2101 Court St., 293-4700 Care Initiatives Hospice: 4301 Sergeant Road, Suite 110, (712) 239-1226 Geri-Care: Transit Plaza,

276-9860 Home Instead Senior Care: 220 S. Fairmount, 258-4267, non-medical home health Hospice of Siouxland: 4300 Hamilton Blvd., 233-4144, nursing care, home health aide/ homemaker, social services Mercy 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 Maintenance

Siouxland Aging Services: 2301 Pierce St., 2796900, CHORE service, yard maintenance, heavy cleaning (Riley Fields)

Hospitals

Mercy Medical Center: 801 Fifth St., 279-2010 St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center: 2720 Stone Park, 279-3500 Siouxland Surgery Center: 600 Sioux Point Road, 605232-3332

Housing

Sioux City Bickford Senior Living, Assisted Living & Memory Care: 4020/4022 Indian Hills Drive, 239-2065 or 2396851, Nicole Gosch, director.

Family owned and operated, individualized “level of care”, respite (short stay) welcomed.

Countryside Retirement Apartments: Lilac Lane, 2763000

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