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New guidelines deďŹ ne pre-Alzheimer’s disease more than 26 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s, the most The first new guidelines for diagcommon form of dementia. nosing Alzheimer’s disease in nearly “It’s likely there are at least as 30 years establish earlier stages of many people with mild cognitive the mind-robbing disease, paving the impairment as with Alzheimer’s disway for spotting and possibly treatease and maybe more,â€? said William ing these conditions much sooner Thies, the Alzheimer’s Association than they are now. scientific director. The change reflects a modern view Even before this mild cognitive that Alzheimer’s is a spectrum of impairment shows up, brain changes mental decline, with damage that can such as a buildup of sticky plaque start many years before symptoms or protein tangles inside nerves can appear. The new guidance describes suggest trouble ahead. three phases: early brain changes, Marilyn Albert, a Johns Hopkins mild cognitive impairment and fullUniversity researcher who led the blown Alzheimer’s. mild cognitive impairment panel, Yet the guidelines do not advise described this category as “people doctors to change how they evaluwho have mild, progressive sympate and treat patients now. Despite toms, changes in mental abilities, the hoopla about new brain scans usually memory but not always and blood and spinal fluid tests memoryâ€? that stop short of fullthat claim to show early signs of blown dementia. Alzheimer’s, they are not ready for In doctors’ offices around the counprime time and should remain just try, “people are coming in with much tools for research, the guidelines say. milder symptoms,â€? and many but not “It’s too soon right nowâ€? to say all will go on to develop Alzheimer’s, these experimental biomarker tests she said. will prove valid enough to be used in How can doctors tell what’s going ordinary patient care, said Creighton on? Phelps, Alzheimer’s program chief at First, they try to determine how the National Institute on Aging. fast symptoms are progressing, and His institute and the Alzheimer’s do tests to rule out an obvious cause Association convened several expert such as a stroke or a new medicapanels to write the guidelines, the tion. If symptoms are gradual and first since 1984. They are being progressive, doctors would likely published Tuesday in Alzheimer’s diagnose mild cognitive impair& Dementia: The Journal of the ment due to Alzheimer’s. But they Alzheimer’s Association. wouldn’t know for sure without addiAbout 5.4 million Americans and tional tests like the experimental BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press
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biomarker and imaging scans rapidly being developed and researched, Albert said. One company has asked for government approval of a new type of brain scan it claims shows early signs of Alzheimer’s. Other companies are working on tests for substances in blood and spinal fluid. The guidelines say these are helpful for sorting people into clinical trials or monitoring the effects of experimental drugs, but not for routine use in clinics and doctor’s offices. Dr. Clifford Jack, a Mayo Clinic brain imaging specialist involved in the guidelines, explained why. Unlike blood pressure tests that give fairly consistent readings regardless of what type of machine is used, the new biomarker tests are not yet standardized from one lab or location to the next, he said.
There are no agreed-upon cutoffs or levels for how much of a substance indicates impairment or Alzheimer’s. There’s not even enough research to validate that a particular substance or biomarker truly predicts progression of disease, he said. A bigger problem is what to do after impairment or dementia has been diagnosed. Current treatments do not alter the course of Alzheimer’s, they just ease symptoms. Many doctors believe drugs are being given too late, after symptoms are severe, so researchers more recently have started testing some in people with mild cognitive impairment. “If you’re only going to try them in people with advanced dementia, the chance of them working is not going to be that great,� said Dr. Guy McKhann of Johns Hopkins University, who headed one of the guideline panels. Early diagnosis is a first step, and something the Alzheimer’s Association has long advocated, Thies said. “It allows people to anticipate what’s going to happen in the future and plan their lives in ways to minimize the impact,� he said. “People with the disease and their families cope better with their disease� if they know what to expect.
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My mother got smarter as I got older. The things she told me as a kid really were true. Although my mother has been gone for several years her words still guide me today.
were in the process of destroying a perfectly good antique car. Somehow some other guys heard I looked at the calendar the about our project and began other day and noticed Mother’s hanging around at my garage. Day is fast approaching. It Looking back on it they remind falls on May 8 this year and me of the characters led by John as I starred at that date with Travolta in the movie Grease. Mother’s Day written in red it Juvenile delinquents yes but reminded me of all the things not necessarily dangerous. My my mother mother warned me about them taught me. and said she didn’t like them. I Now it’s ignored it. I knew they were OK true some happened. I tripped and the tube until one summer night. of the things went down my gullet and nearly We were in my garage workmy mother amputated that dangly thingy in ing on the car when one of them taught me I my throat. It hurt for a few days asked if I would drive him to was to later and although no serious damage get a new battery for his car. I learn were was done I learned a valuable agreed and we took off. I naively not based on lesson. thought we would be going to any scientifSome of the things we all learn Sears or some auto parts store. ic fact. Such Terry Turner from our mothers isn’t taught tturner174@longlines.com Instead he told me to drive down as when I’d to us directly but is more by a side street not far from where make a face actions. We learn by watching I lived. I thought it was strange at something she wanted me to them. As an example, in my but turned down the street. He eat for super she’d say, “You house growing up bad words kept looking at the cars parked keep making that face and it will were not allowed. I don’t recall along the street. “Stop there,” stick that way.” I didn’t really anyone saying swearing was not he ordered. Then he got out. He care since I didn’t like my norpermitted it was just the way popped the hood on the parked mal mug anyway. Another one it was. However, human nature car. Back then cars didn’t have I heard at suppertime when I kicks in when we have somean inside hood release like refused to eat broccoli or some thing go wrong or we do somethey do today. He disconnected other disgusting thing was, thing like hit our thumb with the battery and pulled it out. I “There are starving people in the hammer instead of the nail. watched in disbelief as he put China who would love to have When something like that hapthat.” My usual reply was some- pens there is a natural tendency the battery in the back of my car. “OK,” he said. “Let’s go!” I thing like, “Well, stick it in an to shout something other than got the heck out of there while envelop and mail it to ‘em.” That proper English. My mother had my mother’s warning played never went over well. a solution to that. Whenever she Other things my mother taught had a need to say something that over and over in my head. I never associated with those guys me turned out to be very true. might be inappropriate for senagain. My earliest memory of a lessitive ears such as mine to hear I’m sure everyone has experison my mother taught me was she would instead say, “Piffle!” enced the same phenomena that when I was about five and had a Not only does it eliminate a bad I have over the years. My mothtoy that consisted of a tube and word from your vocabulary it er got smarter as I got older. a toy soldier with a parachute also defuses the situation. It’s The things she told me as a kid attached. The idea was you put hard to stay mad after saying, really were true. Although my the soldier and his parachute in “Piffle”. Try it sometime and mother has been gone for sevthe tube then blow as hard as you’ll see what I mean. eral years her words still guide you could and the paratrooper When I turned 16 I was like me today. would go up in the air and float all teenagers since the beginIf you’re lucky enough to still gently to earth in his chute. ning of time. I knew everything have your mother be sure to tell “Don’t run with that tube in your and I certainly knew more than her how much you learned from mouth,” my mother warned me. my mother or at least I thought her. Sadly I never did until now. It must have been two seconds I did. My friend Roger and I later when I was outside playbought a 1929 Model A Ford and Terry Turner is a Prime writer ing with this new toy that I ran were in the process of making who can be reached at tturwith the tube stuck firmly in it into a hot rod. In reality we ner174@longlines.com my pie hole. Yes the inevitable BY TERRY TURNER
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Poll: Working boomers say age a plus at the ofďŹ ce the past 18 years. She said her age helps when it comes to applying dayto-day experience with young chilWASHINGTON — Feel like the dren. But Forwerck still must work office geezer? Age may be an asset at work, or no issue at all, according at balancing nearly two decades of first-hand knowledge with learning to an AP-LifeGoesStrong.com poll. new trends in education. Nearly half of those born between About two-thirds of poll respon1946 and 1964 now work for a dents said they were able to stay younger boss, and most report that they are older than most colleagues. abreast of developments in their But 61 percent of boomers surveyed field and keep up with technology. “You have to be somewhat creative said their age is not an issue at work, and adaptive over many years,â€? while 25 percent called it an asset. Forwerck said. Only 14 percent classified getting The first post-World War II baby older as a workplace liability. boomers reach 65 this year. But twoIn fact, most of those who have thirds say they’ll work at least partreached age 50 noted that co-workers seek their counsel more now than time past retirement age for finanwhen they were younger. And a third cial reasons, either because they’ll said their employer treats them with need to or because they’ll want extra spending money. Another 29 percent greater respect. said they’ll keep working just to stay “You need to find something busy. you love doing and in a field that It’s an important snapshot of the you’re comfortable in,â€? said Cynthia nature of the nation’s economic Forwerck, 54, the director of a Charlotte, N.C., church preschool for rebound at a time when the jobBY LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press
less rate remains persistently high. Workers from the wave of 77 million people born during the post-World War II boom are sweeping toward retirement age and beyond. Even as the economy begins to grow, the swollen workforce at the older end of the spectrum could mean fewer jobs for younger workers and those who became unemployed during the recession. It’s not a new trend – in fact, labor force participation rates for workers aged 60 to 69 have been rising through the past decade, CBO said. The reasons are many: Women, who tend to live longer than men, have exhibited greater attachment to the workforce than their earlier cohorts. This group’s overall health is better. And a shift toward fewer jobs requiring physical strength could be a factor, CBO said. Institutional changes in pension plans, health insurance and Social Security also give older workers
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Castle on the Hill Gift Shop includes ncludes substantial
Little Maroon collection BY JOANNE FOX jfox@siouxcityjournal.com
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he high school has been closed for almost four decades, but that doesn’t mean its alumni’s allegiance is gone. Former students of Sioux City’s Central High School have dug into their closets and found memorabilia any museum would be proud to house. And in a way, the Castle on the Hill Gift Shop, 610 13th St., serves as a testament to the glory that went
along with being a Little Maroon. on. The former Sioux City Central ral High School – south side built in 1892, north side built in 1913, added storic to the National Register of Historic hool in Places in 1973 – closed as a school 1972. ll In 1976, the Castle on the Hill ganiAssociation, a not-for-profit organie zation, was formed to preserve ethe history and physical uniqueness of the structure. ral Since 2003, the former Central abs High classrooms, chemistry labs artand turrets have served as apartments on the near northside off Sioux
City. At the same time the Castle on the Hill (the name given the
building for its architecture) Association took over responsi responsibility of the auditorium and dungeon and began restoring and renovating both areas. Shirley McLeod, gift shop manager, recalled it was the brainchild of alumna Lois Little to encourage classmates to start looking for items connected with Central High School so they could be displayed and perhaps sold at the gift shop, which opened in 2003. “We didn’t want the memory to die,” insisted Caroline Conkey, president of the Castle on the Hill Association. It won’t anytime soon, as walking into the gift shop is like a
A 1954 homecoming badge. trip down memory y lane, even if you weren’t a Little Ma aroon. Maroon. Lining the walls are about 100 photos of Central grad duates who have graduates done well. Mirrori ing each other are Mirroring Esther Pauline Fri iedman and Pauline Friedman Esther Friedman, better known to ce columnists Ann the nation as advice ail Van Buren, Landers and Abigail respectively. obably be our most “They would probably famous,” McLeod acknowledged. “But we also have Macdonald Carey, om (the soap who most know from ur Lives.’” opera) ‘Days of Our ck are warm-up Hanging on a rack kets from former and letterman jackets athletes and band uniforms with furry hats. prised what people “I’m always surprised discover in their closets that might be gathering dust that the they bring in to us,” McLeod sa aid. “We e got the said. band unifor rms fro m Diane uniforms from
A 19677 homecoming homec coming badge. badge e.
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Shirley McLeod looks at the original teachers’ time clock at the Castle on the Hill Giftt Shop and Central High School museum. The Castle on the Hill, now an apartment complex is the former Central High School building. 12 | Prime | www.siouxlandprime.com
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ALL-CLASS REUNION SEPT. 9-11.
A 1920 Central High School commencement program.
The event includes dinners on Friday and Saturday at the Sioux City Convention Center with programs by 1958 graduate Bob DeLoss and dancing with the Velaires, representing a number of classes. A breakfast will be offered Sunday morning in the old Central High School dungeon, followed by a non-denominational worship service in the school’s auditorium. The Castle on the Hill Gift Shop will be open for extended hours. The deadline for reservations is July 31. For more information email Shirley McLeod at smcleod52@msn.com or call (712) 258-0626.
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Castle on the Hill Gift Sh Shop manager Shirley McLeod welcomes we memorabilia that was in any way connected to Central Centra High School and the Little Maroons. Ma Although they have one complete set of yearbooks, McLeod M would like to get annuals from 1940, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1962 1964, 1970, and 1972 to have a second complete set. They would also welcome welcom old newsletters that preceded precede the annuals, from 1992-1898. 1992-189
HOURS OF OPERATIO OPERATION The gift shop, 610 13th St., is open from noon to 4 pp.m., Saturday and Sunday from fro April to October and from noon noo to 4 p.m. Saturday from November Nov to March. During the Christmas Ch season, the hours are from fro sec noon to 4 p.m. the second Saturday and Sunday. Contact McLeod at msn. smcleod52 at msn.com o write Castle on the or P Box Hill Association, PO 1776, Sioux City, IA 51102 or call the gift 258-062 For shop at 258-0626. vis castlemore details visit onthehill.org.
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The museum has a complete collection of Central High School yearbooks. (Widner) at the Dowry after their move from KD Station.” Most of the memorabilia is not for sale; however, there are commemorative mugs, sweatshirts, magnet ribbons and books by Central grads. You could even own your own Castle on the Hill cookie jar. “I always wanted one,” McLeod confessed. “So I had Steve Kammerer create 50 of them, all numbered, in 2008. There’s only about 20 left, and the mold’s been broken.” Perhaps most eye-catching is a 5-foot high, colorful Native American, who is identified as Central’s Little Maroon.
“A custodian found it in a Dumpster and its eyes and shorts were yellowed,” McLeod explained. “Then, we found a student newspaper article that reported how Jerry Munson had created the carving for a woodshop class. He came in and refurbished it for us the year before he died of cancer in 2008.” McLeod thought the most prized possession is an almost 3-foot tall clock, located on the counter. “It was the time clock that the teachers punched into,” she said, gesturing to the base where a card could be inserted. “It’s not working and we’re not sure how old it is, but we got it in 2005.”
A 1958 Central Invitational trophy. McLeod and Conkey anticipate receiving more items, as the organization is in the midst of getting ready for Central’s All-School Reunion, Sept. 9-11. And although they enjoy receiving new items, both insisted monetary donations are what the Castle on the Hill Association would like to see more of. “We’d really like to buy the building back,” McLeod said. May 2011 | 13
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Tornado can’t stop Margaret’s 100th birthday EMERSON, Neb. – When Margaret Dohrman celebrated her 100th birthday on Wednesday, April 27, the sprightly Homer, Neb., native wasn’t surprised she lived so long. After all, she is still living in the Emerson, Neb., home she moved into with her late husband Walter back in 1949. She still tends to her home and her gardens and, until last year, she continued to drive her own car. She still roots for her Cornhuskers. And she managed to live through that terrible tornado that demolished the family farm on Sept. 13, 1928. After that, everything else in her life came easy ... at least for someone who came of age
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Yuma Territorial Prison Museum the fact that the local jails in the Arizona YUMA, Ariz. – This Territory were not built desert community in well enough and jail the southwest corner of breaks were a common Arizona has the repuoccurrence. So on July tation of being one of 1, 1876, the first seven the hottest places in inmates were locked in the country and is surtheir cells at the newly rounded by inhospitable constructed Yuma wasteland. Back in Territorial Prison. the 1800s it made the Those seven convicts perfect location for a had the dubious distincprison. Today the first tion of having built the prison built in Arizona new cells themselves. is now a museum where Over the next 33 years visitors can experience a total of 3,069 prisonwhat it must have been ers including 29 women like to be incarcerated lived within the grim in that desolate and for- walls of the Arizona bidding place. Territory’s first prison. The decision to build Crimes committed a prison in Yuma on the by those locked inside banks of the Colorado ranged from polygamy River was based on to murder with the most BY TERRY TURNER Prime writer
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common offence being larceny. One prisoner, Marcus Polo was given a two year sentence for seduction under the promise of marriage. R.L. McDonald was sent to Yuma Prison for embezzlement. While there he became a bookkeeper for the prisoner’s accounts and ended up stealing $130 from his fellow inmates. Among the women serving time in Yuma Prison probably the most famous was Pearl Hart. Hart was a tiny 28-year-old, morphineaddicted stagecoach robber whose crimes didn’t quite match with media accounts written about her at the time. The notoriety of being a female bandit appealed to members of the press who greatly embellished her unlawful deeds. The first time she appeared in print was in the 1899 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine. It seems writers were fascinated by her story and thousands of words were written about her. The truth is she wasn’t very good at her chosen profession. Hart and her partner, Joe Boot held up the stage that was operating between Globe and Florence. The pair got away with about $400 in cash and a handful of valuables such as watches and jewelry. They were found by the local sheriff not long after committing the robbery sleeping under a horse blanket with their guns nearby. Boot surrendered but Hart put up a
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The original guard tower at the Yuma Territorial Prison. fight. Pearl Hart was sent to the jail in Tucson because the one in Florence didn’t have facilities for women. Once in Tucson Hart talked fellow prisoner Ed Hogan into helping her escape. The two were later captured in Deming, New Mexico. The trials for Hart and Boot were held in Florence. Joe Boot was given a 30-year sentence for his part in the stagecoach robbery while Pearl Hart managed to woo the all male jury into an acquittal. The judge, Fletcher Doan was so incensed at the verdict he had Hart rearrested and charged with stealing the gun from the stagecoach driver for which she received a 5 year sentence in Yuma Territorial Prison. Even though it was
thing the town lacked. The electrical generator in the prison was used for lights and a ventilation system in the cell block. Prisoners could learn to read and write while incarcerated at the prison. They could even study other languages such as Spanish and German. Music lessons were available and some of the prisoners A view into one of the formed a band. cells. But in fact it was still a prison where every a crude facility by today’s standards Yuma night six men were jammed into a small Territorial Prison was known by the residents cell with only a bucket for a bathroom. Large of the town as “The roaches, lice and bedCountry Club on the bugs shared the cells Colorado River”. But with the prisoners. the convicts inside Inmates had to follow called it a “Hell Hole”. strict rules. Making In fact prisoners had weapons, fighting, failmany amenities that ing to bathe and gamlocal townspeople lacked such as a library bling were prohibited. and hospital. The prison Anyone who broke the rules could be forced to even had electrical power which was some- wear a ball and chain.
A view from the original guard tower of the Yuma Territorial Prison.
medical equipment. More serious offenders were sent to the dark cell which was a room carved out of the side of a hill and was only 15 feet by 15 feet with a strap iron cage in the center. The only light came from a small vent in the roof. There was no bedding and only bread and water to eat. There were 140 attempts to escape Yuma Prison and 26 succeeded. But most prisoners served their time and many received pardons and reduced sentences. There were 111 deaths at the prison and 104 are buried on the prison grounds. The main cause of death was tuberculosis but eight were shot while trying to escape, two were killed by falling rocks, a couple were bitten by rattlesnakes, two more died by suicide and there were also a couple of murders. By 1909 overcrowding forced the closure of the Yuma Prison and inmates were transferred to a new facility in Florence. About
IF YOU GO The Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park is located at 1 Prison Hill Road in Yuma, Arizona. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The park has modern restrooms, a picnic area and a gift shop. For more information visit their web site at www.pr.state.az.us/parks/YUTE/index.html or call (928) 783-4771. a year later the Yuma High School burned and the school board rented four buildings at the prison for classrooms. The high school operated out of the former prison from 1910 until 1914. The school adopted the moniker of “The Criminals� for their sports teams which was later shortened to “The Crims� and is still in use today. Over the years the prison was used as a homeless shelter and county hospital. In 1924 the Southern Pacific Railroad demolished part of the prison grounds to make room for new tracks and a bridge. A movement to save the prison from further destruction began in the 1930s when the community of Yuma organized an effort to save the remaining
structures. In 1958 the Yuma Territorial Prison became an Arizona State Historic Park. Today Yuma is a vibrant community with lush green golf courses and a thriving downtown area that includes a historic district. The prison is now a museum where visitors can walk through the cell block and see what life was like for those unfortunate enough to be sentenced there. The museum also has photos and artifacts telling the story of prison life. One corner in the museum has the original setup for taking photos of newly arrived prisoners. Visitors can have their photo taken wearing a striped shirt like the ones worn by inmates in the late 1800s.
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Review: Under the spell of ‘The Sandalwood Tree’ BY ROB MERRILL The Associated Press
If you like your love stories sweeping and wrapped in history, “The Sandalwood Tree” by Elle Newmark has it all. The narrative switches between India in two generations, the mid-19th century and post-World War II. The 1947 narrator is Evie, an American whose marriage is on the rocks after her husband returned a changed man from the war. When he wins a Fulbright scholarship to document the end of British colonial rule in India, the family joins him for an exotic adventure that Evie hopes will be a new beginning for them all. Newmark’s first sentence drops the reader into a colorful, noisy and fragrant place: “Our train hurtled past a gold-spangled woman in a mango sari, regal even as she sat in the dirt, patting cow dung into disks for cooking fuel.” She has a knack for description that makes it easy to close your eyes and see, hear and smell the story in your mind. It’s not long after they move into their bungalow that Evie discovers a stash of letters behind a kitchen wall. In epistolary style, we’re then introduced to Felicity Chadwick and Adela Winfield, young British women who fail to find 20 | Prime | www.siouxlandprime.com
“The Sandalwood Tree” (Atria Books), by Elle Newmark husbands in England and are shipped off to India by their families in the hope they’ll have better luck there. They make their home from 1856 to 1858 in the bungalow Evie inhabits nine decades later, and their story sparks a curiosity in Evie. As she pieces it together and India moves closer to civil war, the search takes on a frantic tone, as if solving the mystery of what happened to Felicity and Adela will somehow help Evie find her own peace. Newmark deftly blends history and fiction to create a novel that transports the reader and by the end reveals “the unexpected ways people are connected and how we touch each other through space and time. It could almost make a person believe in ... something.”
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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.
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Siouxland Center, 313 Cook St., is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. MAY CALENDAR: May 2: 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.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; movie “Seabiscuit,” ballroom dance lessons, Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 2 p.m. May 3: 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. May 4: 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, “Online library resources,” 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. May 5: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; walking off pounds, beg. 1 line dance, 9 a.m.; beg. 2 line dance, 9:45 a.m.; card design, 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. May 6: 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 & the Remnants, 1 p.m. (Siouxland Music Jamboree, 7 p.m. Saturday) May 9: 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.; story time, 10 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; birthday party, Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Super Strong Seniors with Kelly, 2:30 p.m. May 10: 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 p.m. May 11: 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 “Up Hill Both Ways,” 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. May 12: 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. May 13: 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. (Siouxland Music Jamboree, 7 p.m. Saturday) May 16: 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 “Secretariat,” ballroom dance lessons, Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 2 p.m. May 17: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; genealogy, painting May 2011 | 21
Calendar 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.; ping pong, zumba gold, 2 p.m. May 18: 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, “Living with diabetes,� 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. May 19: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; walking off pounds, beg. 1 line dance, 9 a.m.; beg 2 line dance, 9:45 a.m.; card design, 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. May 20: 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 Art & Gwen, 1 p.m. (Siouxland Music Jamboree 7 p.m. Saturday) May 23: 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.; story time, 10 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; movie “Country Strong,� ballroom dance lessons, Parkinson’s meeting, Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Super Strong Seniors with Kelly, 2:30 p.m. May 24: 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 p.m. May 25: 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, “Managing stress,� 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. May 26: 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 22 | Prime | www.siouxlandprime.com
group, cribbage, shanghai, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m. May 27: 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 Shirley’s Big Band, 1 p.m. (no Siouxland Music Jamboree Saturday) May 30: Closed for Memorial Day May 31: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.;
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Stroke Prevention Lunch & Learn, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. May 9, CNOS, 575 Sioux Point Road, Dakota Dunes. Enjoy a healthy lunch during a presentation for only $10. You will receive a FREE carotid ultrasound screen for attending. Call 605-217-2667 to
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Arts & Theatre
Second Annual Jewish Film Festival, 6:30 p.m., May 5, Betty Strong Encounter Center, 900 Larsen Park Rd. This year’s films will explore Holocaust themes. Free. Sculpt Siouxland Celebration ‘No Bull’, May 14, Sioux City Art Center, 225 Nebraska St, 6:30 p.m. Social Hour, 7:30 p.m. Live Auction, 8:30 p.m. Celebrate Art. $35. Mandie Norby, SculptSiouxland@
register. www.cnos.net Kidney Health Options, 1-3 p.m. May 11, Fresenius Medical Care Siouxland, 2530 Glenn Ave. Free class on treatment options for those with poor kidney function. To register or for more info, call Siouxland Dialysis at (712) 266-1246. FREE. Breast Care Suite Open House, 4-7 p.m. May 12, St. Luke’s Home Care, 2905 Hamilton Blvd. Education on Mastectomy Products. Free. www.stlukeshomecare.org Done in a Day, 2-3 p.m. May 19, St. Luke’s Imaging & Breast Screening Center, 2730 Pierce St. Partner with your physician to conveniently schedule all your healthcare exams in one day. Services available
Yom HaShoah, 6:15 p.m. May 1, a Holocaust Remembrance Day Service, Congregation Beth Shalom, 815 38th St. The public is invited to attend this memorial for those who died.
Fundraisers/Benefits
High Tea and Hilarity for Camp High Hopes, 3 p.m. May 1, Sioux City Community Theatre, 1401 Riverside Blvd. Includes cocktails, tea and sweets. Proceeds go to camp High Hopes, an all-year round recreational facility being built in Siouxland for people with special needs. 712-2550735. $50. Syrian-Lebanese Dinner, Noon-6 p.m. May 1, St. Thomas Orthodox Church, 1100 Jones St. Carry-out available plus a bake sale.
Music
Instrumental Jazz Concert, 7:30 p.m. May 2, Morningside College, Music Department Eppley Auditorium. 7:30 p.m. Dance South Sioux City Eagles, 8-11:30 p.m., May 6, South Sioux City Eagles, 801 W. 13th St., South Sioux City. Featuring Riata. 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. 402-494-2788. An Evening of Gospel Music, 7-9 p.m. May 7, Sioux City Convention Center, 801 Fourth Street, Join local gospel group Triumphant Sound Quartet featuring special guests The Blackwood Quartet from Knoxville, Tenn. $10 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Richard Mack, rrmack@wiatel.net,, www. triumphantsoundquartet.com
Shows & Festivals
Cinco de Mayo Siouxland, 2-8 p.m. May 7, Sioux City Convention Center, 801 Fourth St. Have a taste of Mexico’s music, food and dances and network. 71st Annual Orange City Tulip Festival, May 19-21, Orange City,, Orange City, Iowa. Siouxland Mustang Club All Mustang Car Show, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. May 21, Sioux City Ford, 3601 Singing Hills Blvd. For more information visit www. siouxlandmustangclub.com. Free.
Sports & Rec
Explorers home opener, 7:05 p.m. May 21, Explorers Stadium. Playing Fort Worth. 712-277-WINS, www.xsbaseball.com
Memorial Park Cemetery‌ More Than Just a Resting Place.
A must-visit location in Sioux City. Did you come to the pond at Memorial Park when you were a child? You surely remember feeding the beautiful swans and being transfixed as they serenely glided across the water. A beautiful sight. The swans ( and ducks and other water fowl along with the fish swimming beneath the surface ) have been a Memorial Park attraction for many years and will continue to be. Enter the park entrance on the right side, go down the hill and turn left at the bottom. Then travel until you see the pond on your left. They will be waiting for you to come and see them again this summer.
While you are at the pond, be sure to also take time to inspect the nearby Veteran’s Wall. It’s made of reflective black granite and holds the engraved names of men and women who served our country. Here’s Some Interesting News Complete final cemetery cremation arrangements for two in the tower glass niches can be purchased for under $5000. This includes the inurnment space, memorializations and the opening / closing fees. Your purchase can be financed for up to 60 months. Memorial Day Observance Our Staff is preparing for this big weekend
at the end of May. So many people come to visit and remember loved ones with floral tributes and mementoes. We have several beautiful flower arrangements available in the sales office – stop in and let us show you. This year we are bringing in some exciting new features for the Monday, May 30th Veterans salute program. Activities start at 11:15 AM at the Tower of Legends. Be sure you include Memorial Park in your holiday plans. Memorial Park Cemetery 6605 Morningside Avenue Sioux City, Iowa 51106 (712) 276 5043
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