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ROAD TO FREEDOM A visit to an Iowa stop on the Underground Railroad Page 10

Under the knife Who’s up for surgery with hypnosis instead of anesthesia?

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Apple a day Program helps Iowa couple grow investment

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Matching savings program helps Nashua couple start apple orchard for local markets

By JIM OFFNER Waterloo Courier

NASHUA, Iowa | Some startups can’t be found on Main Street.

Indeed, some are sprouting up in rural areas, thanks, in part to grants from Practical Farmers of Iowa.

The Des Moinesbased agency recently announced $134,000 in grants for farm startup businesses through its Savings Incentive Program Twenty beginning farmers recently graduated from the program.

Together, these farmers – who became the second class to graduate from the program – saved $47,000 to put toward building capital on their farms, according to Practical Farmers.

The program matched their savings, for a total of $94,000 to be invested into Iowa farm businesses.

Darin and Arlene Enderton have enrolled in the program this year and are on track to collect their investment, times two, in January 2016. The couple run Apples on the Avenue Orchard near Nashua,

Brandon Pollock, Waterloo Courier

Darin and Arlene Enderton are shown June 30 in Nashua, Iowa, with their dog, Gracie. They bought an orchard with the help of a savings program.

where they manage 250 apple trees and a smaller number of other fruit trees on 11 acres.

The couple’s plan is to grow the operation with the help of money

accrued in the Savings Incentive Program, Darin Enderton said.

“It’s a great savings account, a whole lot better interest than we get anywhere else,” he

said. “I guess it’s nice that we know the money will come in after two years. We put in our part and we know we’ll have our savings doubled by Practical Farmers.”

Plans include buying a commercial-grade cider pressing line, including the cloth press, pasteurization equipment and bulk tanks, Enderton said.

“We think that would make a good addition to the orchards,” he said.

“We think people like to turn the press themselves and make their own cider.”

The couple – both are 32 years old and graduates of Iowa State University – put in $1,200 a year for two years and collect twice that amount after two years.

The Endertons have had a crop-share agreement with the landowner, who has purchased pruning equipment, an orchard tractor and sprayer to help them renovate and manage the orchard. Currently, the Endertons grow 25 unique apple varieties, which they have sold at an on-farm stand and

marketed through farmers markets, schools and fruit stands at local fairs.

They purchased the 15-acre plot, which includes about 3 acres of apples, May 1, and they’re looking expand the business into a U-pick destination and press their own cider.

Future goals also include planting cold-hardy peach trees to extend their marketing season; diversifying apple varieties in open areas; and adding pumpkins, raspberries and wildflowers for bee habitat and flower bouquets.

Practical Farmers also connected the Endertons with a “mentor farmer” – in this case, Bob Atha, owner of Appleberry Farm in Marshalltown.

“I was asked what qualities I was looking for in a farmer, and I also was looking for advice on the business side of things, as well as pesticides and other uses,” Darin Enderton said.

The 260-tree orchard has produced an average of four bushels of apples per tree, Enderton said. Varieties include

Haralson and honeygold, a “parent” of the hot-selling honeycrisp variety.

In the past, the couple sold from a farm stand directly to the public, with some fruit going to the Waverly Farmers Market, as well as Nashua-Plainfield School.

They plan to build on those markets and add others this year, Enderton said.

There also are plans to try peaches, he said.

“We’ll probably transplant some from my father in law’s farm this fall or early next spring,” he said. “I plan to build a diverse number of peach varieties.

We’ll start very small with just a few of each variety.”

It will take awhile, but working toward the future has been central to involvement in Practical Farmers, Enderton said.

So, is the learning process, he said.

“I have all sorts of experience as an orchard worker but this is my first experience as an orchard manager,” he said.

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Terry’s Turn

The wedding anniversary that almost never happened Soon my wife and I will celebrate our 53rd wedding anniversary. The past 53 years have been wonderful in spite of a few ups and downs that all marriages experience. But those great 50-plus years almost never happened.

It all started when I was a sophomore at North High in Omaha. It was the first few weeks of the new semester and I was dozing in General Science when Terry Turner this new girl tturner174@longlines.com came into class.

Years later I found out she’d been kicked out of Spanish class. Even though I didn’t yet know about the rebel side of this teenage goddess I was smitten at first sight. I checked with my buddy who knew her from another class and asked if she had a boyfriend. She did. It turned out to be a momentary setback.

My freshman year I suffered through the required gym class but as a sophomore I discovered I could substitute marching band for the dreaded gym and so I did. Not only did I not have to face the rigors of running or the embarrassment of being picked last for every game, I discovered the vision of loveliness from General Science was also in band. Perfect ... except for one minor detail. I was too shy to talk to girls. I’d have to work on that. And so I did.

I was a trumpet player in band or at least I pretended to be a trumpet player. My lack of musical talent would remain concealed for the time being.

We must have had tryouts to see who would be 1st trumpet, 2nd trumpet and so on and I ended up in

the very last position in the trumpet section. But no matter because from where I was in that last chair, I had a unobstructed view of the clarinets where sat my new love muffin.

I finally got the nerve to ask her out and over time won the fair heart of the lovely Jean. After high school I joined the Air Force and shipped out to the battle weary war zone of Southern California. I decided even though I didn’t have two nickels to rub together I could no longer live without my beloved. I asked her to marry me and during a momentary lack of common sense she said yes.

I went home on leave to Omaha where we were to be married. The first thing to do of course was get the marriage license. We went to the courthouse and as I recall, her mother, my mother and sister went along too. We were filling out the application when disaster struck.

Where it said birthplace I dutifully wrote Falls City, Nebraska. My usually demure future bride yelled, “FALLS CITY! You told me you were born in California!”

Then I remembered. At some point while we were dating she asked where I was born. I didn’t want to tell the truth because I was trying to impress this sweet young thing so ... well ... I lied. “I was born in Sun Valley, California,” I proudly said. How was I to know I’d marry her someday?

Somehow she calmed down, we got the license and got married.

But even 53 years later she still remembers that incident. So my advice to young men is never lie to your girlfriend. Like me, you just might marry her someday and those innocent white lies you told while dating will come back to haunt you.

Forever.

Terry Turner is a Prime writer who can be reached at tturner185@outlook.com

Jumping jacks now a state exercise

By TIM ENGLE Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY | Jumping jacks will become the official exercise of the state of Missouri on Aug. 28.

Gov. Jay Nixon signed House Bill 1603 into law recently.

The designation was popular with kids at John J. Pershing Elementary in St. Joseph, Mo. Pershing, the Missouri-born Army general who led American forces in World War I, is credited with inventing jumping jacks as a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy

Jim Lee, Sioux City Journal

Students from North Middle School in Sioux City do jumping jacks in August 2012. Jumping jacks are becoming the state exercise in Missouri.

at West Point.

Missouri now has more than two dozen official thingies – “sym-

bols” is the official term – including state insect (the honeybee), state aquatic animal

(the paddlefish), state grass (big bluestem) and state dessert (the ice cream cone, which debuted at the World’s Fair in St. Louis in 1904).

To advance their calisthenics cause, Pershing Elementary students testified before General Assembly committees and personally lobbied legislators, handing out buttons and brochures.

“It was a lot of hard work for those kids, so I think they’ll be grateful to know that it’s finally happened,” said Pershing fourth-grade teacher Kristy Lorenz.

Using hypnosis instead of anesthesia surgery, but his deep Raleigh, N.C. News & Observer relaxation techniques RALEIGH, N.C. | Bob made “going under” a needless step.

Dick recently toughed “It’s the closest thing his way through a to magic I know,” said 90-minute total knee Dick, a 72-year-old psyreplacement without chologist. “I knew it the aid of anesthesia, choosing to stay awake was there. I just wasn’t paying attention to it.” through the chisel and Dick’s self-administhe buzz of the electric tered treatment is a saw. rare but increasingly When he reached common alternative to Duke University general anesthesia, in Hospital, in Durham, N.C., he started breath- which a patient is made unconscious through ing deeply, a signal for inhaled gases and intrahis body to relax. Next venous drugs. he held his thumb and As a young psycholoforefinger together, gist in the early 1970s, imagining a walk he studied for a week around the pond at his in Arizona with Milton home. Then he told Erickson, a psychiatrist himself, “Now it’s safe to go into a comfortable who specialized in medical hypnosis. Rather learning trance.” than instructing patients So began Dick’s surgery by hypnosis, which with a direct order, he would offer suggestions, he describes as being much like Dick’s own: so trouble-free that he “Now it’s safe to go into hardly realized it hapa comfortable learning pened. He had nervetrance.” blockers reducing the He tried it during pain throughout the

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a colonoscopy, which didn’t work as well because the doctor asked him if it hurt, which focused his mind on the pain.

But hypnosis worked well for the cataract surgeries on both eyes, in which he was able to focus deeply enough to avoid seeing the knife.

Knee replacement took longer, and Dick practiced for two weeks ahead of the procedure, 30 to 45 minutes at a time. He also watched

a YouTube video showing the operation, so he knew what noises to expect.

With surgery, “The anxiety is just as bad as physical pain,” Dick said. “I didn’t even know they’d started.”

Three weeks afterward, Dick had shed both walker and cane, recovering quickly. He was hoping to be driving soon and back to his semi-retired practice, encouraging his clients to relax.

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ST. LOUIS | It has been 75 years since baseball icon Lou Gehrig declared himself the “luckiest man on the face of the earth,” despite a diagnosis at age 35 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease with no cure.

In the years since, polio has been virtually eradicated.

Chemotherapy has made numerous cancers into curable illnesses.

Chemically synthesized insulin treats diabetes. AIDS is kept in check with protease inhibitors. Prozac and its ilk alleviate depression.

In those 75 years, ALS, the disease that often bears Gehrig’s name, has taken the lives of 375,000 Americans, including Gehrig’s life at age 37.

In those 75 years, one drug has received FDA approval in the treatment of ALS. That was in 1995.

That drug, riluzole, extends the life expectancy of patients by two to three months. Half of the 5,600 Americans diagnosed with ALS each year will die within three years.

“It’s an awful disorder,” says neurologist Ghazala Hayat.

The neurodegenerative disease attacks motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, progressively weakening the body.

Muscles twitch and cramp. Speech becomes thick and difficult to understand. Swallowing

his brain. Sometimes the muscles in his neck seize up and stiffen.

He has a feeding tube but still tries to eat soft foods on his own. He eats and drinks only when someone else is with him, in case he aspirates.

It is an exhausting disease, marked by constant discomfort if not outright pain.

Murray Becker, Associated Press file He was “fired” from New York Yankees player Lou Gehrig wipes away a tear while occupational therapy speaking during a tribute at Yankee Stadium in New York on _ as his wife jokJuly 4, 1939. Gehrig died June 2, 1941 at the age of 37. Since ingly puts it _ when he then, ALS, the disease that often bears Gehrig’s name, has taken the lives of 375,000 Americans. stopped improving. But twice a week, a masissues with swallowing and walking become sage therapist from first tipped him off that the Wellspring Journey arduous, then impossomething was wrong. sible. Eventually, the Project comes to work “But we would never muscles that control his muscles. breathing are affected; have guessed ALS,” He is at his best in says Ann Larson, his paralysis sets in. the morning. As the day wife of 18 years. “You The lack of a mediprogresses and fatigue cal breakthrough belies put symptoms into sets in, it is harder to the amount of research WebMD, and about talk, to walk, to eat. eight (possible causes) going on. So far, 20 But Larson is detergenes have been identi- come up.” mined to hold onto Since his diagnosis fied as linked to ALS, whatever independence and multiple drug trials in January 2013, their he can for as long as lives have revolved are underway. possible. around the disease.

“Each drug, even if In the slow, thick Larson, 49, quit his job it’s a failure, shows us growl that makes his a pathway,” says Hayat, in publishing; his wife speech nearly imposwho runs an ALS clinic stopped working, to sible to understand, he care for him. at St. Louis University. says, “My motto is, if A lifelong athlete – he you don’t use it, it will SLU’s clinic is one of about 35 in the country played Division 1 socdie faster.” cer at Texas Christian to offer specialized, With that in mind, multidisciplined servic- University – Larson had the Larsons traveled to es to patients with ALS. to give up going to the Ohio last month to have gym in January. His More than a dozen a diaphragmatic pacing athletic build has long practitioners at the device implanted in his clinic, including neurol- faded. abdomen.

Larson’s fingers curl ogists, social workers, The surgery, perin toward his palms. dieticians and theraformed at University His toes, too, are pists, work together Hospitals of Cleveland curled, and his feet turn at Case Western, to design a treatment inward, soles facing plan to manage each involves implanting each other, when he is patient’s symptoms. electrodes into the diaseated. phragm, the muscle The muscles in his AN EXHAUSTING DISEASE wall below the lungs. upper arms twitch For Dave Larson The electrodes because the nerves are of Sunset Hills, Mo., not getting signals from slurred speech and ALS, pAge 9

aLS: 30,000 impacted in U.S. from page 8 stimulate the muscle to help with breathing.

“It’s like (physical therapy) for the diaphragm, so it will atrophy slower,” says Ann Larson.

They hope.

With no cure, the goal is to slow the disease’s progress. But ALS is unrelenting.

“You give up a little more independence each day,” Dave Larson says.

A shower wand helped when he couldn’t lift his arm to wash his hair. Two weeks later, he could no longer use that. Now the bathroom is being renovated to keep it accessible when he can no longer walk.

Soon, some of the furniture in the sunny family room that overlooks the backyard will be moved elsewhere.

The space will be taken over by a ramp so he no longer has to navigate the two steps up to the kitchen.

What he misses the most, Larson says, is expressing his thoughts.

By the time he can get his mouth to say what he is thinking, the conversation has often taken a turn. Or people talk over him.

“Sometimes he raises his hand” when he needs to say something, Ann Larson says as her husband laughs. “You don’t realize how much people interrupt each other.”

ALS ADVOCACY

Since Larson’s diagnosis, Ann has found herself speaking for Dave. But she has also become well-versed on the legislative and medical obstacles facing all

ALS patients.

With about 30,000 Americans estimated to have ALS, it is considered an “orphan disease.” That means little financial incentive exists for research and development. One proposal in Congress, the MODDERN Cures Act, would ease some patent regulations and speed patient access to diagnostic tools and treatments.

The couple traveled to Washington in May to urge political support for the legislation. They were among a thousand people from across the country who met with their representatives for ALS Advocacy Day. The group lobbied for continued funding of the national ALS registry, which was started in 2008. The registry tracks patients, providing comparison data to doctors and potential trial subjects to researchers.

That funding is pending, says Maureen Hill, the president of the ALS Association’s St. Louis Regional Chapter. But since the advocacy day, the House has approved a budget with $7.5 million earmarked for ALS research programs.

Medical and research institutions have identified genes linked to the disease; multiple drug and stem cell trials are underway, though no one seems to be closing in on a cure. Yet. “It’s frustrating,” says Hayat, the neurologist.

“But people don’t give up.”

“These patients teach me what perseverance is,” she says. “They teach you what it is to fight every day.”

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Hitchcock House in Lewis, Iowa, was refuge for runaway slaves

By TERRy TURNER

LEWIS, Iowa | Just outside of town is a beautiful brown sandstone house overlooking acres of scenic farmland and the East Nishnabotna River.

This peaceful setting was once home to an ardent abolitionist minister who used his home as a stop on the Underground Railroad getting slaves from the south to freedom in the north in the 1800s. The house is now a National Historic Landmark and one of the few remaining Underground Railroad “stations” open to the public.

The Rev. George B. Hitchcock was born in Massachusetts in 1812 and became a minister in 1844 in the Congregational Church.

He was a traveling “circuit” preacher in the frontier of western Iowa before settling in Lewis. Sandy Fairbairn, a tour guide at the Hitchcock House said he built a log house on the property to live in while he worked on building a much bigger and better stone house.

The 30 by 40 ft. house was completed in 1856 and was made of brown sandstone from a nearby quarry. The walls of the house are about 20 inches thick.

Fairbairn said the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 had severe penalties for anyone helping a slave in their effort to gain their freedom.

If you go The Hitchcock House is at 63788 567th Lane just outside of Lewis, Iowa.

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Tours start at 1 p.m. and the last tour of the day starts at 4:15 p.m. Cost is $5 per person, high school age and older.

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A portion of the secret room in the Hitchcock House, a stop on the Underground Railroad helping runaway slaves get to freedom in Canada.

Sandy Fairbairn, a tour guide at the Hitchcock House near Lewis, Iowa talks about the furnishings in the formal parlor.

The Hitchcock House near Lewis, Iowa was built by Reverend George B. Hitchcock in 1856.

The law was passed in 1793. “It said you could not help runaways in any way, shape or form,” said Fairbairn.

New England states.

But in 1850 southern slave owners lobbied to get the law changed to include penalties and

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“But there was no penalty if you got caught.”

She said slaves would escape to Pennsylvania, New York and other

imprisonment for those caught helping slaves seeking freedom. The revised law also meant any runaways would be

returned to their owners no matter where they were caught.

“The law changed the Underground Railroad because they could no longer just go to the Northern states but now they had to go all the way to Canada.”

The controversial law also allowed slavehunters to seize any African American even if they were born in a free state. Those suspected of being a slave were not allowed the benefit of a trail. The law stated any person aiding a runaway slave by providing food or shelter was subject to six months’ imprisonment and a $1,000 fine.

Fairbairn said after the Fugitive Slave Law was passed runaway slaves would no longer be safe anywhere in the U.S. Now they would follow the Underground Railroad across Iowa and then head northeast. “Their destina-

tion was Detroit where they could get over into Canada,” said Fairbairn.

“There were people in Chicago who would also help them.”

Fairbairn said the nearby town of Tabor was an abolitionist stronghold. “Almost every house there was a safe house.” Since the area including Lewis was known to harbor runaway slaves its believed the Hitchcock House was kept under surveillance. “We think this house was pretty heavily watched,” said Fairbairn.

There was good reason to watch the Hitchcock House because it held a secret.

Fairbairn said most houses at the time had only a partial basement but the Hitchcock House actually had a full basement with a secret room.

That room is now a part of the tour of the house but back in the 1850s it was carefully hidden. It’s believed a shelf or hutch blocked the doorway to hide the room Fairbairn said. Rev. Hitchcock

A letter from a former slave “I am happy to inform you that I am in Canada, in good health, and have been here several days ... This country is not what it has been represented to me and others to be. In place of its being cold and barren, it has beautiful, comfortable climate and fertile soil. ... I subscribe myself one of the abused of America, but one of the justified and honored of Canada.”

— Jackson Whitney, upon arrival in Sandwich, Ontario, in a letter to a friend in Kentucky in 1859

many coats of paint was on the woodwork,” Fairbairn said, “we had to take all of it off and strip it down. We marked each piece as to Terry Turner photos where it had been and The Hitchcock House near Lewis, Iowa is furnished with period pieces including a complete China dinner setting. The house put it back.” became a stop on the Underground Railroad helping runaway slaves get to freedom in Canada.

She said not only is the Hitchcock House would hide the runaway “Even though we have for fear someone might what it looked like.” She a National Historic slaves in the secret a bed in the room now see it from the outside.” said when the carpet room, give them food there probably wasn’t Restoration of the was removed they could Landmark it is also listed on the National and water and direcone back then,” she house began in 1983. tell where walls had tions to the next stop explained. “If the room “When we started to put once been and replaced Park Service’s list of Underground Railroad on the Underground was discovered Rev. the house back togeththem to restore the Railroad. But Fairbairn Hitchcock would have er,” said Fairbairn, “we 1850s design. The resto- Network to Freedom.

“We were really honsaid staying there to explain the bed. Plus tried to stay as pure ration included removored to get that designawould not have been a there probably wasn’t as possible so people ing all the wood trim. pleasant experience. any light in the room would know exactly “I hesitate to guess how tion,” said Fairbairn.

The Hitchcock House near Lewis, Iowa is furnished in period furniture from the 1800s.

The secret room in the Hitchcock House where runaway slaves were hidden during the escape to freedom.

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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

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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

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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 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., 279-3630, Karen Bergenske Center for Siouxland: Food

pantry, 715 Douglas St., 2521861 Community Action Agency of Siouxland: 2700 Leech St., 274-1610

Health Care Information

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

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McQueen Monument Has Served the Northwest Iowa Area since 1938 Someday every family will face the task of selecting a monument or marker. Locally owned and operated since 1938, McQueen Monument has been helping families make their selections. Located in Pierson, Iowa, we provide home town value and service.

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

Our displays of monuments and markers and computer drawings help families make their selection. For your

convenience we can schedule home appointments.

More recently we are seeing families select a monument or marker before the need arises. They have the satisfaction and peace of mind knowing this is done to their wishes.

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Senior activities

Siouxland Center for Active Generations

Siouxland Center, 313 Cook St. is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

WEEKLY CLASSES, PROGRAMS: Aug. 1: 8:30 am Exercise Plus 50, 9:30 am Fitness, 10:00 am Beginners Ping Pong, Card Design Class, 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 Aug. 4: 8:30 am Yoga with Suzi, Exercise Plus 50, 9:30 am Wii Practice, Strength Class, Tap Class, 10:00 am Knitting & Crocheting, 11:30 am Duplicate Bridge, Lunch, 12:30 pm Movie, 1:00 pm American Mah Jong, Pinochle, Woodcarving, 2:30 pm Super Strong Seniors with Kelly Aug. 5: 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 Aug. 6: 9:00 am Chorus, Intermediate Spanish, Senior Yoga, Dup. Bridge, 9:30 am Painting Class, 10:00 am Chess Group, Beginner Tap Practice, 3 Mile Walk, 10:30 am Injury Screening, 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, Scrabble, 500, 2:40 pm 1 Mile Walk Warm Up, 3:00 pm Fitness with Kelly Aug. 7: 8:30 am Penny Bingo, 8:45 am Beg. 1 Line Dance, 9:00 am Yoga, 9:30 am Drum Circle, 9:45 am Beg. 2 Line Dance, 10:00 am Walking Off Pounds, Library Book Club, Senior Yoga, Men’s Club, Intermediate German, 11:00 am Beginning German, 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 Aug. 8: 8:30 am Exercise Plus 50, 9:30 am Fitness, 10:00 am Beginners Ping Pong, Card Design Class, 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 Aug. 11: 8:30 am Yoga with Suzi, Exercise Plus 50, 9:30 am Wii Practice, Strength Class, Tap Class, 10:00 am Knitting & Crocheting, 11:30 am

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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.

Reservations are required a day in advance by calling the Sergeant Bluff site at 943-4669 or the Connections Area Agency on Aging nutrition office at 279-6900 ext. 25. For more information about other available meal sites, call 279-6900.

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FIND ANSWERS ON PAGE 19 Duplicate Bridge, 11:30 am Lunch, 1:00 pm Birthday Party, American Mah Jong, Pinochle, Woodcarving, 2:00 pm Fitness with Kelly Aug. 12: 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 Class, 1:00 pm Painting Class, Pitch, 2:00 pm Ping Pong

Aug. 13: 9:00 am Chorus, Intermediate Spanish, Senior Yoga, Novice Dup. Bridge Game, 9:30 am Painting Class, 10:00 am Chess Group, Beginner Tap Practice, 3 Mile Walk, 10:30 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, Scrabble, 500, 2:40 pm 1 Mile Walk Warm Up, 3:00

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Social Group, Come & Go Bridge, Inter. Line Dance, Woodcarving, Bridge Group, Cribbage, 2:00 pm Ping Pong Aug. 15: 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

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Booths • Door Prizes • Health Screenings Open to the Public • Free Admission & Parking Akron Care Center • American Home Health Care • Ameriprise Financial - Steve Ballard • Avera Health Plan Bickford Assisted Living • Bruening Eye Specialists • Cardiovascular Associates, P.C. • Care Initiatives Hospice • CNOS Connections Area Agency on Aging • Countryside Senior Living • Edward Jones - Josh Boomsma • Embassy HeartPrint Home Care • Home Instead • Hospice of Siouxland • Humana • Jackson Recovery Centers • Jones Eye Clinic Lilly Family Dentistry • Mercy Medical Center • Midlands Clinic • Multi Care Health Clinic Northern Hills Retirement Community-Independent & Assisted Living • Physicians Vein Clinics • Recover Health Regency Square • Sam’s Club • Siouxland Adult Medicine • Siouxland District Health • Sleep Number StoneyBrook Suites Assisted Living Sunrise Retirement Community • Synergy Homecare • Touchstone Living Center Tri-State Nursing UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s • UnityPoint at Home • Village Cooperative of Sioux City Westwood Nursing & Rehab • Wheelock, Bursick & Jensen DDS • WinnaVegas • And More!

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Arts & Theater Newly Through Aug. 1 Expanded ‘Art Changes Lives’, Morningside College Home Eppley Auditoirum, 3625 Garretson Ave. Health Care The show features 45 works created by Department Boys and Girls Home youth includes

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Volunteers, age 55 and older, may receive a Federal tax-free stipend that does not affect any type of assistance.

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drawings, watercolors and pastel works.

9 a.m. -4:30 p.m. 712-274-5229. www. boysandgirlshome.com.

Through Aug. 3 Legally Blonde, Sioux City Community Theatre, 1401 Riverside Boulevard The Musical tells the story of Delta Nu Sorority Sister Elle Woods, and her amazing trip in pursuit of handsome man Warner Huntington III. Along the way she meets friends Emmett, Paulette, and all her Delta Nus see her through. $15. 712-233-2719. www.scctheatre.org.

Through Aug. 10 USD Print Exhibits, The University of South Dakota University Libraries Gallery, 414 E Clark St, Vermillion, S.D. University Libraries are hosting three print exhibitions in conjunction with Frogman’s 33rd Print Workshop. “The Hidden Room in the House”, “Dialogos y Interpretacione”, and “Intersecting Methods” are free and open to the public. www.frogmans.net.

Through SepT. 2 Celebrating the Saxes, National Music Museum, 414 E Clark St, Vermillion, S.D. Showcasing the Museum’s stunning collection of instruments by the renowned Belgian Sax family, including saxophones by its most famous member, inventor Adolphe Sax. 1-5 p.m. nmmusd.org.

Through SepT. 28 Wall Pictures: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sioux City Art Center, 225 Nebraska St. The artworks selected for this exhibition, while not as massive as Jackson Pollock’s ‘Mural,’ still demonstrate that size can matter when it comes to visual impact. Closed Monday. www. siouxcityartcenter.org/.

Through April 1 Jackson Pollock ‘Mural’, Sioux City Art Center, 225 Nebraska St. Jackson Pollock’s Mural, considered to be the most important modern American artwork ever made.

Closed Monday. www.siouxcityartcenter. org/.

Aug. 8–Aug. 9 Putting It Together- A musical review, Buhler Outdoor Performance Center, Morningside College, 1501 Morningside Avenue. A show that covers one night and forty years. . A show that takes place today

and also in 200 B. C, 1853, 1882, 1900, the 1950’s, the 1970’s, the 1980’s and tonight.

7 p.m. 712-274-5261.

Aug. 30–Aug. 31 ArtSplash 2014, Riverside Park, Riverside Blvd. Lots of vendors, new location. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday.

Benefit & Fundraiser

Aug. 7 Margaritas, Manicures & Massages, Convention Center, 801 4th St. Benefiting the Council on Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence. $35 for 2 Margaritas, 1 Manicure AND 1 Massage; $25 for 2 Margaritas & 1 Manicure OR 1 Massage; $20 “Night Out With Friends” includes admission & 2 Margaritas. Non-alcoholic beverages are also available. Visit local vendors’ booths and munch on complimentary chips & salsa throughout the evening. 5-8:30 p.m. 712277-0131.

Aug. 8 Rock the Mighty Mo!, Marina Inn Conference Center, 4 B St, South Sioux City. Center For Siouxland’s Signature fundraising event–Rock the Mighty Mo! Dueling Pianos, hor d’oeuvres, silent auction and mystery wine. 7-11 p.m. $50.

712-252-1861. www.centerforsiouxland.org.

Aug. 9 Benefit Event for Miltenberger Family, Morningside Presbyterian Church, 4327 Morningside Ave. Help raise funds for the Miltenberger family to help with medical and travel expenses. Spaghetti dinner with silent auction and vendors. 4 p.m. -7 p.m. $7 adults, $5 ages 4-12, free for 3 & under.

Aug. 16 Siouxland Huskers 4th Annual Golf Scramble, Covington Links Golf Course, 497 Golf Road, South Sioux City. 4-Man Scramble with 10 a.m. shotgun start. Guest speaker is Heisman Trophy winner, Johnny Rodgers. Silent Auction with Husker items.

Call Darin Schellenberg at 712-540-3992 or Ashley Lantz at 712-259-3420 to sign up today! 10 a.m. $60.

Uncle Ben 5K Run/Walk, various locations, Cushing, Iowa. The three school districts with the most participants share the proceeds from the event. Starting at the Cushing Fire Station, the 5K will include Woodbury and Ida County. Fire truck rides will be available for the kids following the 5K. A Kids’ Day in the Park during and after the race complete with food, activities and a raffle for a new grill. The Cushing calendar, page 17

Calendar furs and tracks and provide tips for reading animal signs. 3-6 p.m. 712-258-0838. www,woodburyparks.com.

Aug. 8 Photography in Nature, Stone State Park, 5001 Talbot Road. Learn the ins and outs of your manual digital camera. Find out what shutter speeds to use when capturing motion, or what aperture setting to use when shooting in the sun. Also, find some new places for your next photo shoot. Preregistration is appreciated by calling 712258-0838. 1 p.m. -4 p.m. Aeriel Wauhob, awauhob@sioux-city.org, 712-258-0838. www.woodburyparks.com.

Aug. 11 Business Builders Luncheon, Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor, 115 Central Ave, Le Mars, Iowa. Speaker Neal Adler. Sponsored by the Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce and the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Plymouth County. Reservations required call 546-8821 Chamber or 5467835 Plymouth Co. Extension. Noon. $15.

712-546-8821.

Aug. 14 ‘Tree Pests: Emerald Ash Borer and Beyond’, ISU Extension Woodbury County, Classes & Lectures 4301 Sergeant Road #209. Donald Aug. 1 Lewis and Mark Shour, ISU Extension Welcome to Medicare Seminar, entomologists, will focus on recent pests Connections Area Agency on Aging, 2301 of trees such as the Emerald Ash Borer Pierce St. This free, unbiased, informative and the impact of these pests on the Iowa 2½ hour seminar for new Medicare landscape. Part of ISU Extension to Offer beneficiaries is held the first Friday of Totally Trees Summer Webinar Series. Call every month from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Preor visit website to register. Seating is limited registration is required as space is limited.

To register, or for more information, contact so early registration is encouraged. 6:308:30 p.m. 712-276-2157. www.extension.

Connections AAA at 712-279-6900, 800iastate. edu/woodbury.

432-9209. 1:30-4 p.m.

Aug. 16 Through SepT. 9 Insects of the Prairie, Spirit Knoll State Tall Grass Prairie Exhibit, Hillview Park, Preserve, 3 miles north of Stone State Center for Outdoor Learning, 25601 C60, Park on Hwy 12. Join insect enthusiast MJ Hinton, Iowa. Come and experience the story of our prairie heritage through hands Hatfield as she will be sweeping for insects, on displays and interactive components that doing some show and tell and educating engage visitors in learning about the prairie about insects. Bill and Dianne Blankenship will help with plant identifications. This landscape and native plant species. During area will become a State Preserve in OCT. the month of AUG. we will have the Center Sponsored by Iowa DNR, Woodbury County open from 1-4 p.m. every Saturday and Conservation, Iowa Prairie Network Region Sunday as well as week days. 8 a.m. -4:30 One, and Iowa Native Plant Society. 10 a.m. p.m. 712-947-4270.

Aug. 20 Aug. 7 Knee High Naturalists, Center for Outdoor Wildlife Around Us, Scheels at the Learning, Hillview Park, 25601 C60, Hinton, Southern Hills Mall, 4400 Sergeant Road.

Iowa. Knee High Naturalists is a program Learn about the wildlife that makes their homes in or around Siouxland. The Dorothy for 2-5 year olds and their caregivers. If the weather is unfavorable outdoor activities Pecaut Nature Center will share mammals and birds that you may encounter while on will be modified. Pre-registration your next hunting adventure. They will bring calendar, page 18 Fire Department dance 8 p.m. to midnight.

Admission is $10 at the door with children 12 and under free of charge. 9 a.m. Race fee $30 advance, $35 day of race, children 12 and under free with adult. 712-229-1442. getmeregistered.com/uncleben5k.

Aug. 23 15th Annual Iowa SIDS Walk for the Future-Run to Remember, Bacon Creek Park-Shelter #1, 5015 Correctionville Road. Events include memorial walk, 5K Run, raffle, door prizes, silent auction, balloon release, and refreshments. For more information or to register, visit www. iowasids.org or call 866-480-4741. All proceeds benefit the Iowa SIDS Foundation.

8:30 a.m. -noon. Before 8/16: $25/adult $10/youth On or after 8/16: $30/adult and $12/youth. 866-480-4741.

Superhero 5K and Fun Walk, Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve, 272 Westshore Drive, McCook Lake, S.D. Siouxland Community Health Foundation’s 5th annual 5K Run/Fun Walk. Check-in at 7 a.m. with the race and walk at 8 a.m. 8 a.m.

-11:05 a.m. $25 adults, $10 youth. 712224-1803. www.slandchc.com.

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Calendar is required. Please call 712-947-4270 or email ddowhower@co. Plymouth. ia. us 10-11:15 a.m. $3.

712-947-4270.

AUG. 21 History at High Noon: The Whole Story behind the Local Wholesale Industry, Sioux City Public Museum, 607 Fourth St. A free photographic presentation on Sioux City’s wholesale industry. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunches. 12:05-12:45 p.m. 712-279-6174. www. siouxcitymuseum.org.

AUG. 26 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. www. siouxcitylibrary.org.

AUG. 27 Bob Zany, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, 111 3rd St. Must be 21 or older. 8-10:30 p.m. Tickets start at $15.

712-224-7625. www. hardrockcasinosiouxcity. com/event/bob-zany/.

Community

THROUGH SEPT. 15 Nature’s Kaleidoscope: Digging into the Past, Sioux City Public Museum, 607 4th St. A world class collection of agates, geodes, minerals, fossils, petrified wood and meteorites. 10 a.m. -5 p.m. 712-279-6174.

Airwave Classics: The Sam Seldon Vintage Radio Collection, Sioux City Public Museum, 607 4th St. A selection of historic radios, accessories and microphones from the collection of the late Sam Seldon, longtime chief engineer at KTRI radio and KSCJ radio in Sioux City.

712-279-6174.

Comedy THROUGH OCT. 29 AUG. 13 Sioux City Farmers Taylor Williamson, Hard Market, Tyson Events Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux Center Suite Parking Lot, City, 111 3rd St. Must corner of TriView Avenue be 21 or older. 8-10:30 and Pearl Street. Enjoy the p.m. Tickets start at $15. bounty of the locally grown 712-224-7625. www. produce, delicious baked hardrockcasinosiouxcity. com/event/taylor-williamson- goods and beautifully hand crafted items. 8 a.m. -1 p.m. gary-vider/.

Wednesday and Saturday.

AUG. 15 712-224-3350. www.

Bill Maher, Orpheum siouxcityfarmersmarket.com.

Theatre, 520 Pierce St. For AUG. 1 the last seventeen years, Center for Active Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, Generations dance, Siouxland Center For Active political talk can go on American television. 8 p.m. Generations, 313 Cook St. Variety music by Shirley’s AUG. 20 Big Band Sound. 1 p.m.

Willie Farrell, Hard Rock -3:30 p.m. S. Brandt, Hotel & Casino Sioux swbrandt@frontiernet.net, City, 111 3rd St. Must 712-724-6136. be 21 or older. 8-10:30 AUG. 2 p.m. Tickets start at $15.

Bill Riley Iowa State Talent 712-224-7625. www.

Contest, Woodbury County hardrockcasinosiouxcity. com/event/willie-farrell-tim- Fair Grounds, Moville, Iowa.

The Woodbury County Fair schifsky/.

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will sponsor a Bill Riley Iowa State Fair Contest at Moville. The contest dates are Thursday, July 31, and Saturday, AUG. 2, at 7:00 PM. Prizes of $75, $50, and $25 are being awarded each day in a Sprouts (2-12) division, and a Seniors (1321) division. Acts must preregister since this is a Bill Riley competition. For more information and entry forms, call Kathy Clarkson 712251-9844, Lawton or Tom

include a sandwich, bag of chips, cookie and a soft drink for $5. 12:30 p.m. $75-$90. 712-546-8821. info@lemarschamber.org.

AUG. 16 Sgt. Floyd Burial Ceremony, Sgt. Floyd Monument. Re-enactors in full dress uniform re-create the 1804 burial of Sgt. Charles Floyd, the only member of the Lewis and Clark expedition to die during the journey.

Park Road. The encampment takes visitors back in time with its authentic tents, camp equipment, uniforms and firearms like those used by the Lewis and Clark expedition. 10 a.m. -3 p.m. 712-279-0198. www. siouxcitymuseum.org.

AUG. 26 United Way 201415 Campaign Kickoff, Siouxland Center For Active Generation, 313 Cook St. Kickoff of the 2014-15

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AUG. 5 Le Mars Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Invitational, Willow Creek Golf Course, 935 Park Ln. Le Mars, Iowa.

Shotgun start at 12:45 p.m.

Dinner will be at 7 p.m.

Subway will be offering lunch from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Subway’s menu will

The ceremony includes a description of Charles Floyd and his death, as written in the journals by Capt. William Clark. 6 p.m. 712-279-0198. www.siouxcitymuseum.org.

AUG. 16–AUG. 17 Sergeant Floyd Memorial Encampment, Sergeant Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center, 000 Larsen

United Way Campaign.

7:30 a.m. -8:30 a.m.

712-255-2961. www. unitedwaysiouxland.com.

AUG. 28 Le Mars United Way Golf Tournament, Willow Creek Golf Course, 935 Park Lane, Le Mars, Iowa. Annual golf tournament to kickoff the Le Mars United Way 2014-

15 Campaign noon-5 p.m. $50 per person/$65 with cart rental; includes dinner.

712-277-0519. www. unitedwaysiouxland.com.

Music

AUG. 1 Fridays on the Promenade, Fridays on the Promenade, Historic 4th & Virginia Streets. Enjoy live outdoor music by Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgang around the Roth Fountain. Bring a lawn chair. 6 p.m. -8 p.m. $3. 712-255-7903. www. fridaysonthepromenade.com.

Purdy River Band, Woodbury County Fair, 206 Fair St. Moville, Iowa. 11:30 a.m.

AUG. 2 Summerland Tour 2014, Hard Rock Casino and Hotel, Third Street and Wesley Parkway. With Everclear, Soul Asylum, Eve 6, and Spacehog. 8 p.m. www. hardrockcasinosiouxcity. com.

AUG. 6 Motley Crue, Tyson Events Center, 401 Gordon Dr. After more than three decades together, iconic rock ‘n roll band MOTLEY CRUE will embark on The Final Tour. 7 p.m. $32/$49/$69/$95.

AUG. 7 Curtis Salgado, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, 111 3rd St. *Must be 21 or older. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, please call 1. 800. 238. 7633 or for more information vist www.1800betsoff.org.

AUG. 8 Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, 111 3rd St. Must be 21 or older.

8-11 p.m. Tickets start at $31. 712-224-7625. www. hardrockcasinosiouxcity. com/event/kenny-wayneshepherd-band/.

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Calendar AUg. 12 Summer Concerts on the Patio, Northeast Community College, 1001 College Way, South Sioux City. Held on the west side of the College Center. The New Horizons Band will perform at 7 p.m. Bring lawn chairs or blanket.

AUg. 14 Royal Southern Brotherhood, Hard Rock Casino and Hotel, Third Street and Wesley Parkway. Amplified soul for a new generation.

Must be 21 or older to attend. 8 p.m. $15. www.hardrockcasinosiouxcity.com.

AUg. 15 Paul and Carolyn Country Dinner Dance, Le Mars Senior Center, 110 1/2 6th Ave NE, Le Mars, Iowa. Paul and Carolyn are a local singing duo who perform country music. 6 p.m. -9 p.m. $3.

AUg. 16 KANSAS, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, 111 3rd St. Must be 21 or older. 8-11 p.m. Tickets start at $29. 712-224-7625. www.hardrockcasinosiouxcity.com/event/ kansas/.

AUg. 21 Trampled Under Foot, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, 111 3rd St. Must be 21 or older. 8-11 p.m. Tickets start at $15. 712-224-7625. www. hardrockcasinosiouxcity.com/event/ trampled-foot/.

AUg. 22 LoCash Cowboys, Hard Rock Casino and Hotel, Third Street and Wesley Parkway. 8 p.m. www.hardrockcasinosiouxcity.com.

AUg. 28 David Nail, The Backyard, Hard Rock Casino and Hotel, Third Street and Wesley Parkway. Country artist David Nail with special guests Craig Campbell and Charlie Worsham. 6:30 p.m. $20. 33. www. hardrockcasinosiouxcity.com.

AUg. 30 Goo Goo Dolls & Daughtry, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City “The Backyard”, 111 3rd St. 7-11 p.m. Tickets start at $49.

712-224-7625. www.hardrockcasinosiouxcity. com/event/goo-goo-dolls-daughtry/.

Shows & Festivals

ThROUgh AUg. 4 Woodbury County Fair, Woodbury County Fairgrounds, 206 Fair St. Moville, Iowa. www.woodburycountyfair.com.

AUg. 2 Movies in the Park, Grandview Bandshell.

“Despicable Me 2. ” 9 p.m.

AUg. 3 Clowns at the Museum International Clown Week, Sioux City Museum, 607 4th Street. Sioux City Sillies Clown Ally 185 affiliated with the national organization Clowns of America International will be hosting an afternoon of family friendly entertainment in celebration of International Clown Week. Music, magic, show performances and activities will be provided for everyone at the courtyard of the Sioux City Museum in downtown Sioux City 1 p.m.

-5 p.m. 712-369-0809. www.scsillies.com.

AUg. 9 Adams Homestead Celebration, Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve, 272 Westshore Dr, North Sioux City, S.D. Take a step back in time and experience some of the cultural and natural history of South Dakota. Make a rope or candle, visit the Lamont Country School and Stavenger Lutheran Church, watch the threshing machine demonstration, taste great food at the Dutch oven cooking demonstration, and compete in the watermelon seed spitting contest and buffalo chip throwing contest.

Great time for all. Located 2 miles SW of McCook Lake, Exit 4 off I-29. 10 a.m. 605232-0873

PUZZLE ANSWERS

Glaucoma?

If you have glaucoma and are considering cataract surgery, you may be eligible to participate in the COMPASS Clinical Study. The study is evaluating an investigational treatment designed to reduce pressure buildup inside the eye, which may help reduce or eliminate the need for glaucoma medications.

If you participate, you will receive all study-related eye exams at no cost.

In addition, you may be reimbursed for your time and travel.

For more information: Lisa, Study Coordinator, Jones Eye Clinic (712) 239-7045

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