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Vintage pumps By ERIK LEWIS HTR Media
TWO RIVERS, Wis. | In the 1950s, a gallon of gas didn’t cost $3.50 and Texaco, Mobil and Sinclair Dino gasoline electric pumps were the standard at gas stations. Today, they are something car hobbyists spend time restoring to make them look as bright and new as they once were. Retired construction worker Butch Gulseth, 75, of Two Rivers, is one person who uses his time and craftsmanship to work on the halfcentury old pumps to go along with his ’50sera truck, HTR Media reported. “It’s relaxing,” Gulseth said. “I can go in the afternoon and start working on something. I had old trucks and stuff years ago. I figured, I liked the thing and so I got into restoring them.” Gulseth was able to do some of the restorations on the crimson red F-100 Ford pickup truck that he bought about four years ago, like the tires. The rest were finished by the previous owner, he said. The truck cost $10,000 to purchase, and is now insured for $20,000. His garage is lined with models of hundreds of different cars and a few new gas pumps that he’s working on restoring. He doesn’t take his shiny, gas-guzzling 1956 Ford F-100 on cross country trips, but he has driven it in the annual
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Butch Gulseth poses with his 1956 Ford pick-up truck and two vintage Bennett electric gas pumps from 1956 outside his home in Two Rivers, Wis. Since his retirement Butch has been restoring vintage gas pumps and vehicles inside his workshop at his home.
Two Rivers Classic Car Cruise and has taken it on short trips to Sheboygan. “In the ’60s I had another one just like it,” he said about why he bought another vintage truck. “I just like the body style on it.” Gulseth, who has his own small gas station in his driveway, has restored about nine gas pumps. He travels to area farms and junk yards anywhere in Two Rivers, Denmark and even Oshkosh in search of them. “I go out and if I see farmers or people with them in their yard, I offer to buy and restore them,” he said. The brands of the pumps he has already restored include a Tokheim 39, Bennett 543 and a Bowser 575. “To start out, you probably pay $600 to $800 for the pump,” Gulseth said. “By the time you get done with
it, you probably have put $2,000 into it with the paint and everything.” Gulseth restores everything about the old electric gas pumps, except for the parts that pump the gas. His friend, Ronald Wavrunek, also does some restorations of a gas pump that he keeps for himself. Wavrunek owns a 1962 Chevrolet convertible Impala and a 1936 Chevrolet Standard. “I’d seen some other ones around,” Wavrunek said about why he chose to restore a Tokheim model gas pump. “They just look so nice when they’re done, so I just decided to do one.” However, it’s a laborintensive process. Painting them, adding all new locks, siding, and new cover pieces with “price” and “gallons” printed on it is involved in the process, according to Gulseth.
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mother from a wheelchair and watched intently as she placed her hand over her heart. “When I was little, my mom always talked about coming to America,” Clara Khachadurian said. “We’re so happy for her.” Khoykani had dreamed of moving to the U.S. since her grandfather boasted about the country when she was a child. She came to this country in 1998 to be with her three children, who had left Iran nearly 30 years ago. Four years ago, she almost missed a chance at citizenship. When she was 93, Khoykani’s husband was diagnosed with brain cancer, and she
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in the Los Angeles area who are over 95, said Claire Nicholson, LOS ANGELES | In who represents the nearly a century since U.S. Citizenship and her Iranian birth, Immigration Services Khatoun Khoykani has office in Los Angeles. lived through revoluOnly 27 people older tions and world wars. than 100 have become Now, 15 years after citizens in the past 50 moving to the United years in the U.S., the States, the 99-year-old agency says. can add to the list the unlikely experience of “You have to combecoming a U.S. citizen. mend this woman. It’s pretty remarkable,” Khoykani joined about 3,700 other people Nicholson said “We don’t get too many peorecently for a naturalization ceremony at the ple her age.” Los Angeles Convention The oldest person to Center. become a citizen was “I’m so excited, I can’t Manik Bokchalian, a Turkish immigrant who even think,” Khoykani lived in Los Angeles. said in Farsi. She was 117 when she The moment marked took the oath in 1997, a rare achievement as Nicholson said. Khoykani became the oldest person this year During the Pledge of to join the small group Allegiance, Khoykani’s of naturalized citizens daughter helped her
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Retiree starts new career as farmer By KRISTEN J. TSETSI Journal Inquirer
ASHFORD, Conn. | In 2007, when retired IBM employee Matthew C. Couzens Sr. bought Crooke Orchards in Ashford, he’d never worked a farm, but he’d always been “amazed at how you get a piece of fruit out of a piece of wood,” he said. Even though he was a beginner, he participated in the Ellington Farmers Market that year. Since then, he’s been surprisingly undaunted by the challenge of maintaining the farm and ensuring it continues to produce quality food for market. While at IBM, Couzens had been exposed to technological creativity, and upon retirement he wanted to continue being creative. He began looking for land and when he discovered Crooke Orchards was available, he put in an offer. That he had no farming experience didn’t discourage him from taking on 153 acres. “I didn’t know what a computer was before I joined IBM, either,” he said. “You just know it’s an uphill climb, and you have to do it the hard way.” Couzens, whose love and respect for horses inspired him to rename the property Horse Listeners Orchard, replanted about 25 percent of the existing apple and peach trees, some of which were old and others that weren’t disease resistant. During the process he 6 | Prime | www.siouxlandprime.com
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Matthew Couzens Sr., owner of Horse Listeners Orchards, checks the growth of his vegetables in Ashford Conn. Couzen’s, a retired IBM employee, bought the orchard in 2007 with no experience running a farm. He now grows a variety of fruits and vegetables.
discovered an old stone foundation indicating someone had probably lived there about 100 years ago on a small farm. Couzens cleared out the overgrown earth and planted vegetables. Overall, it took him four years to reclaim the farmland, which in addition to its vegetables grows more than 25 varieties of apples, several varieties of peaches, blueberries, pears, nectarines and plums. But again, it’s nothing he couldn’t handle. “I’ve been through this learning curve before and it’s difficult, and it’s a lot of money. But you still want to do it,” he said. “I’ve made a lot of progress on a lot of different levels. You always want to optimize your land and production.” Hard work continues at the orchard.
Wonders in metal abound area, adding an extra flair to rides after The Free Press dark. Lillo hopes the GOOD THUNDER, machine will be popuMinn. | Margie Pasbrig lar for parades, weddoesn’t do much dings and birthday explaining when she parties. decides to bring her “It’s basically for friends and family out anything that’s for a to Arnie Lillo’s place little girl . . . or a big for the first time. girl,” Lillo said. It would take hours Pasbrig would to describe all of the qualify as a big girl. metal silhouettes and On the back side of gadgets that have her 80s, she gushed made the transformaas she described the tion from a wanderfirst time she saw the ing blip of an idea John Cross, Mankato Free Press ball-shaped buggy. She in Lillo’s mind to was out at Lillo’s this Arnie Lillo of rural Good Thunder, Minn., strolls through his the overwhelming winter, bringing him a yard filled with steel silhouette cut-outs ranging from the scenes that decorate quick fix-it project. He Jesse James Gang to animals to Native Americans that he his 13-acre spread constructed in his shop, in Good Thunder, Minn. brought her in to see between Mankato and what he was working Good Thunder. So on. in 1996. A metal playCinderella’s pumpkin Pasbrig chooses to let ground is highlighted shaped-carriage. “I came in his shop visitors see for themby a 12-foot-tall eleand just held my “You can buy one selves. phant full of holes that of these things for breath,” she said. “He “I don’t tell them make climbing easy had it all together. It $20,000, then there’s anything about it,” she for kids. A metal palm $350 shipping and $150 wasn’t finished yet, said. “I just tell them tree and umbrella sur- for packaging,” Craig but it was beautiful.” I’m taking them on a rounded by sand are said. “Then you have Lillo’s current projsurprise trip and they the start of what will to buy the horses. ect, if he doesn’t get sure are surprised someday be a beach “So we decided to sidetracked, is bringwhen they get there.” side tiki bar for adults. make a horseless vering him back to his Lillo’s most known Lillo admits he can sion on our own.” Jesse James Theme accomplishment is the get sidetracked by The white carriage Park. It’s a large steel series of silhouettes unexpected projects is powered by an 11 locomotive that he that tell the story of that pop up during his horsepower Honda plans to place on a the James-Younger 12-hour days in the engine that’s hidden train trestle that spans Gang’s famous trip metal shop. by the shiny silver across a ravine next to to Minnesota: The “There are times driver’s seat. That seat the park. He plans to foiled bank robbery I go to the shop and is propped above the add silhouettes under in Northfield, their I’ve got my day all front two wheels and the bridge depicting escape and the capture planned,” Lillo said. flanked by handles the camp, located at of the Younger broth“By the time I get on the right and left what is now Minneopa ers outside Madelia. going everything that the driver uses State Park, where the It’s a park by itself, changes. to steer the hydroJames and Younger but it’s only a fraction static drive system. brothers decided to “My ideas just of all there is to take The wooden wheels, split up. evolve. I go from in at Lillo’s place, The one thing to another. 36” tall in the front When that’s done, he Free Press of Mankato Whatever I’m most and 42” tall in the will build one more reported (http://bit. back, were built by interested in, that’s silhouette showing ly/16FAtfD). an Amish business in what gets done first.” the legendary 18-foot There’s the gigantic His latest derailment Pennsylvania. “Outlaw leap” Jesse “I told them the sizes James allegedly made eagles’ nest that towsent him in a someand they said, ‘We’ll ers above a series what new direction. with his horse while start on it tomorrow,’” escaping a posse in of silhouettes with After he and friend/ Lillo said. a Native American helper Larry Craig eastern South Dakota. theme behind his finished a horseless Colorful LED lights Many historians don’t shop. Out front is his carriage project, Craig will eventually decobelieve it would have first project, a huge suggested the idea of rate the top and botbeen possible for a weather vane he built building a replica of tom of the passenger horseman to do it. By DAN NIENABER
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Bellevue, located on the Mississippi River. There’s also hunting in the fields and timber By TIM GALLAGHER camping, golf, baseball, around Correctionville, a city that has dubbed tgallagher@siouxcityjournal. softball, track, soccer, com itself at times, “The boating, playing on Gateway to the Loess CORRECTIONVILLE, the playground sets, Hills.” Iowa | Mayor Jerry picnicking and tractor There are two activiHyler counts 20 recpulling. ties Hyler’s adding to reational activities While the last three his play list. Concrete for folks to do in might be a bit of a will be poured Correctionville. stretch, Hyler should Saturday in Copeland Nothing bothers know a good river Park for a new disc him more than people side picnic when he golf course. And, come complaining, saying, sees one. He wasn’t early August, Hyler “There’s nothing to do born on the shores of will help organize a around here.” the Little Sioux River free pickleball demonHyler, a retired that cuts through this stration on the resurteacher, counts them. picturesque commuThe activities, not the nity. But he came from faced tennis courts south of River Valley complainers. There’s somewhere similar, Tim Gallagher, Sioux City Journal High School. basketball, tennis, having been raised Equipment needed for the sport of pickleball is shown in Correctionville, Iowa, on Monday. Pickleball? canoing, fishing, swim- in one of Iowa’s most The game is a cross between tennis, ping-pong and badminton. ming, hiking, biking, scenic towns, little Hyler demonstrates
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“Maybe down the road, recreation can keep the town alive by attracting visitors who stay at Little Sioux Park.” Correctionville Mayor Jerry Hyler the game during a steamy Monday session. Using a plastic ball with holes, he grabs a Pickleball paddle and tosses the ball in the air. He volleys the way you might in tennis or ping-pong. “Pickleball is a cross between tennis, pingpong and badminton,” Hyler says. “But the court is one-third the size of a tennis court, so you don’t have to run as much or chase balls as much.” Pickleball, named for a cocker spaniel named Pickle in Washington, is popular with River Valley students in their physical education classes. It’s also popular with a few local retirees who play the game while wintering in Arizona. The city recently resurfaced the outdoor tennis and basketball courts in town to the tune of $50,000. Hyler visited the River Valley school board, seeking funding assistance to help complete the effort. The courts have lights and may prove a popular draw for the hoops, tennis, or pickleball aficionados. “I think our pickleball court is one of only two west of Des Moines in the state of Iowa,” he says. “It is much more popular as you go east in the state.” Hyler, 63, purchased a kit to equip him for
ing the war, it was a Willow Run worker Associated Press — one of an untold YPSILANTI number of women in TOWNSHIP, Mich. | The its 40,000-person workDetroit-area factory force — who caught where Rosie the Riveter the eye of Hollywood showed that a woman producers casting a could do a “man’s work” “riveter” for a governby building World War ment film about the II-era bombers, making war effort at home. her an enduring symbol Rose Will Monroe, a of American female Kentucky native who empowerment, will be moved to Michigan demolished if money during the war, starred can’t be found to save as herself in the film it. and became one of the The Willow Run best-known figures of Bomber Plant, a 332that era. She repreacre former Ford sented the thousands Motor Co. factory west of Rosies who took facof Detroit that churned tory jobs making muniout nearly 9,000 B-24 tions, weaponry and Liberator bombers durother things while the ing World War II, is nation’s men were off slated to be torn down fighting in Europe and unless a group can the Pacific. raise $3.5 million by Although many Thursday to convert Rosies were let go once at least some of the the war was over and structure into a new, the soldiers returned expanded home for home, they had shown the nearby Yankee Air that women were Museum. capable of doing jobs “The younger genthat had traditionally eration needs to know been done by only men. what people went An illustrated poster of through and be able to a determined-looking go and see what they Rosie the Riveter rolldid and how they did ing up her sleeve with it for our country,” the slogan, “We can do Larry Doe, a 70-yearit!,” became an iconic old Ypsilanti Township symbol of female resident who has given empowerment for to the cause, said American women. recently before joining The Willow Run facother donors for a trip tory went back to makon a B-17. ing automobiles after Although women the war ended, and it performed what had did so for more than a been male-dominated half-century under the roles in plants all General Motors name over the country durBy MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
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Mayor Jerry Hyler of Correctionville, Iowa, holds a ball and paddles to play pickleball at the tennis/pickleball courts south of River Valley High School in Correctionville on Monday. The game is named for a cocker spaniel, Pickle, in Washington.
this sport. Two paddles and balls cost him $65. He’s seen some paddles going for up to $80. The equipment, he says, doesn’t matter. Hyler simply wants to give folks another reason to give Correctionville some consideration. He also wants to see an end to the tired, old refrain about having nothing to do in one of Woodbury County’s river cities.
“Maybe down the road, recreation can keep the town alive by attracting visitors who stay at Little Sioux Park,” he says. In effect, he’s using pickleball to hedge against the “pickle” his town may be in years from now. There’s a little irony, maybe. The mayor uses recreation to entice people who come here for...recreation.
before closing for good in 2010. Now, Doe and other donors are hoping to save at least some of the massive structure to convert it into the new home of the Yankee Air Museum. The museum’s original headquarters burned down in 2004, and it is currently housed at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, which is near Ypsilanti Township, where the plant is located. “We now have the opportunity to actually take a piece of this plant. It’s due to be demolished over the next two or three years,” said Dennis Norton, president of the Michigan Aerospace Foundation. “There’s no further use for it. It’s too big. It’s too old to be used in modern-day manufacturing.” Organizers of the “Save the Willow Run Bomber Plant” campaign say they need $8 million to fund their “separation” plan. They want to acquire part of the 5 million-squarefoot plant, secure it and re-establish utility services such as water, gas and electric. They have raised $4.5 million of what they need and are hoping to entice major donors to come forward with sixand seven-figure commitments. August 2013 | 9
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OMAHA | In the winter of 1846 -1847 an area of present day North Omaha was occupied by 2,500 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who made the location their winter quarters for their trek across the country. Today the site is the home of the Mormon Trail Center where the tale of the Mormons is told through artifacts and displays. The center was built in 1997 by the LDS Church. The story of their journey across the country with tremendous sacrifice and endurance begins in Nauvoo, Ill., where followers from Britain and the United States formed a community around 1839. The great “Mormon Migration” as it was called began in 1846 after they were expelled from Nauvoo by non-Mormons who felt suspicious and jealous of the growing power of the LDS Church. Between 1846 and 1860 about 90,000 devout Mormons made the incredibly difficult journey across the rugged and virtually unsettled country to Utah. One of those on the trail was William Clayton who developed an odometer for one of the group’s wagons to measure the distance they traveled. Later a printed guide with his measurements of the Mormon Trail was
Details The Mormon Trail Center is located at 3215 State St. in North Omaha just a few blocks off 30th Street and a few miles from the Mormon Bridge connecting Iowa and Nebraska. The center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission and parking are free. For more information call (402) 453-9372 or visit their web site at www.lds.org.
published in 1848 and became invaluable to pioneers and to the 49ers of the California Gold Rush. Volunteer tour guides who are also members of the Church of Later Day Saints lead visitors through the Mormon Trail Center. Displays in the center include a full size log cabin similar to the ones built by the Mormons at their winter quarters. Also on display is a Mormon covered wagon, oxen and a handcart. Those Mormons who couldn’t afford a covered wagon would use a two wheeled cart piled high with their belongings. Children and adults visiting the center are encouraged to pretend to be a Mormon pioneer and pull the cart on display. Most are shocked at how hard it is to even move the cart a few feet. Also on display are paintings depicting several important events in the Mormon Migration. One painting shows the first wave of 3,000 people
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Near the front entrance of the Mormon Trail Center in Omaha is a large bronze sculpture depicting Mormon pioneers using a handcart on their migration to Utah in the mid 1800s.
who left Nauvoo in early February only to be stopped by the raging Mississippi River. The group was at a loss as to how to continue. They set up camp for the night and prayed for guidance. The next morning the river was frozen solid and the group was able to cross. As the group continued on its journey members would trade goods for food but even with that their diet consisted mainly of corn bread, salt bacon, milk and occasionally fresh game. As a result many of the Mormon travelers suffered from scurvy. Malaria and tuberculosis (then known as
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The gears behind the wheel on a covered wagon on display is a replica odometer that Mormon pioneer William Clayton developed. A printed guide with his measurements of the Mormon Trail was published in 1848 and became invaluable to pioneers and to the 49ers of the California Gold Rush.
Above left: A team of oxen pulling a covered wagon is just one of the many displays at the Mormon Trail Center in Omaha.
Above right: A bust of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Latter Day Saints is on display at the Mormon Trail Center in Omaha. Far left: Visitors to the Mormon Trail Center in Omaha can see displays about Mormon life including a replica log cabin like the ones built at their winter quarters. Left: The Mormon Trail Center in Omaha tells the story of the Mormon pioneers who used the Florence area of Omaha as their winter quarters in the mid 1800s. Terry Turner photos
consumption) were also problems along the trail. Church records indicate that between September 1846 to May 1848 disease caused the deaths of 359 people. One of those who made the trek across the country was Louisa Barnes Pratt who recalled in her memoirs years later: “I hired a man to build me a sod cave. He took turf from the earth, laid it up, cov
ered it with willow brush and sods. Built a chimney of the same... I paid a five-dollar gold piece for building my sod house, 10 x 12....A long cold rain storm brought more severely again the chills and fever. These with scurvy made me helpless indeed!....Many of my friends sickened and died in that place, when I was not able to leave my room, could not go to their bedside
to administer comfort to them in the last trying hours, not even to bid them farewell. Neither could I go to see their remains carried to their final resting place where it was thought I would shortly have to be conveyed.” Of the more than 800 structures built at the Mormon Winter Quarters only one, the Florence Mill remains. Construction of the Florence Mill
was supervised by Brigham Young and is just a few blocks from the Winter Quarters Visitor Center. The mill was built between the fall of 1846 and the spring of 1847 at a cost of $3,000. The Mormon pioneers needed the mill to grind corn, wheat and rye to create cornmeal and flour products. Although much of the original building has disappeared the mill
has been restored to its original condition and is now a private art gallery. The mill is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated a Nebraska State Historic Site and a Save America’s Treasures Project. Next to the Mormon Trail Center is Mormon Pioneer Cemetery where records indicate 359 Mormon Pioneers were buried. The cem-
etery was also used by early settlers in the Florence area of Omaha. A large monument to the Mormon pioneers is at the north end of the cemetery. It’s a bronze statue by Salt Lake City artist Avard Fairbanks. The solemn statue built in 1936 depicts parents who have just buried their infant child something that happened all to frequently to the Mormon pioneers. August 2013 | 11
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That first unforgettable summer of baseball Summer is here and she did. so is baseball season. I don’t know how the Going to a ballpark and teams were formed. watching a professional None of the guys from team like the Sioux City my neighborhood ended Explorers is exciting. up on my team. We were Back when I was a kid sponsored by Storz Beer in the 1950s in Omaha I and known as Storz 10. went to a few games of I assume there were at the Omaha least 9 other Royals (now teams and known as maybe more the Storm sponsored by Chasers) the brewery. which was Our uniforms a lot of fun. were sparse by Plus all the most standards guys in the just a T-shirt neighborand cap but to hood played me it was as Terry Turner baseball in good as any tturner174@longlines.com major league Kountze Park at the outfit. When I end of my block. It was put that shirt and hat on just a bunch of guys I felt like Whitey Ford getting together to or Joe DiMaggio. I was play America’s game. a big New York Yankees We certainly weren’t fan back then. professionals like the At our first pracRoyals but it was fun. tice I found out there were many differences Then one summer my mother heard about between our pickup games in the park and some baseball teams being on the Storz 10 being formed for kids team. In the park we like me. It was part of had rocks or sticks the summer recreation for bases and varyprogram in Omaha ing sizes and shapes and the teams were to of baseballs and bats. be sponsored by local companies. “Sign me up, But now we had a real field with actual bases Mom!” I shouted when and regulation balls and I heard the news. And
bats. With our uniforms and real equipment we looked like a real team. Unfortunately that’s as close to being a real team as we ever got. The day finally came when we all gathered at the field for our first practice. We were all milling around talking and tossing a ball around when the coach showed up. The coach wasn’t what could be considered a role model for 10-yearold boys. I always had the feeling he was coaching the team as part of his community service to work off a DUI or something. He didn’t seem to care much about the team. But that didn’t bother us because we were going to play baseball. After we all took turns hitting and catching we got our assignments. Somehow I was selected to play center field. Maybe the coach thought nobody could hit it out of the infield and I was less likely to mess up if I didn’t get too close to the ball. Unfortunately for me and the rest of the team it didn’t work that way.
I think every other fly ball came right at me. Or to be more correct, went over my head.
houses and businesses. I don’t know why but we did. And when I hit the ball I really hit the ball. I didn’t worry about what was nearby.
doing that on purpose!
“All right,” I told myself, “concentrate on the ball.” I ignored When you view a the constant barrage game from the stands of trash talk from the it doesn’t look that far But there I was on catcher, then pulled the out to center field but a real ball field with bill down on my hat and from where I was stand- no windows to worry stared intently at the ing the game was just about. My first time at a rumor. I wasn’t real bat I learned a lot about pitcher. I watched as he sure what was going on baseball. When my made his windup. My in that great distance turn in the lineup came body tensed as the ball that separated me from I confidently strolled left his hand. I reared the rest of the team. up to the plate. Said a back and put all 75 Then I’d hear, “crack!” polite greeting to the pounds of me into that and see that tiny white catcher and umpire bat. I swung. CRACK! I orb sailing through the and got set to swing. hit it! The ball went sailair toward me. I’d watch Then from behind me it fly over my head and came, “Everybody move ing out into left field. And best of all it didn’t then I’d run after it. I’d up. This shrimp can’t hit a window. pick it up, wind up and hit,” said the catcher. throw the ball with all I turned around to disIn spite of my hit we my might. Sometimes I cuss this rude behavior didn’t win that first made it as far as second when I heard, “Zip... game. As a matter of base but most of the whap…Striiiike one!” fact we didn’t win any time I didn’t. I gave the umpire games all that season. I will admit I wasn’t a look that said, “I The next year my budmuch of an outfielder. wasn’t ready!” I took dies and I went back My real strength as a my stance again and ballplayer was as a bat- once more from behind to playing ball around the neighborhood with ter. Around the neighme came the catcher’s rocks and sticks for borhood I was known as voice, “Swing batter… the run home king. No, swing batter…swing bases. It may not have that’s not a misprint. I batter…” I looked back been as fancy but it was the run home king and was going to remind was a lot more fun even because most of the him what he was doing though I had to pay for time when I hit the ball was very distracta few more windows. it went through a wining when once again I Terry Turner is a Prime dow and we’d all have to heard, “Zip…whap… writer and can be reached at run home. We seemed Striiiike two!” Then it to always play ball near dawned on me. He was tturner174@longlines.com.
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ARLINGTON, Texas | For years she was a radio announcer in Vietnam, but as a 74-year-old immigrant to the U.S., Oanh Tran’s ability to communicate is limited. The idea of going to a senior center was intimidating — at least until she found Texas Golden Age Adult Day Care Center. The Vietnameseoriented senior center gives her a place to interact with her peers, and the affection she feels from others there, she said, “makes me feel like I belong.” That’s the idea at Golden Age, which Loan Ngo and husband Yduc started two years ago
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Licensed vocational nurse Kim Chi Nguyen, left, establishes new medical paperwork for new client Thap Do of Grand Prairie, Texas, at the Golden Age senior center on Pioneer Pkwy in Arlington, Texas.
in Arlington. About 140 Vietnamese seniors are enrolled, with about half showing up on any given day for tai chi classes, games of Chinese chess, Asian food and basic medical attention from onsite
nurses. “We’re old, too, so we understand what they need,” Ngo told The Dallas Morning News. She’s 69; her husband is 78. Monthly activities include joint birthday
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first generation who fled Vietnam are now into their 60s, 70s and 80s. Meanwhile, their children are grown and busy, caught between raising their own kids and taking care of aging parents who traditionally live in the same household. “They don’t have time to stay home and take care of them,” said Mai-Phuong Nguyen, a physician and board member of Acacia Adult Day Services in Garden Grove, Calif. “The American style is to do your best to keep them at home and then, when you can’t handle them anymore, to institutionalize them. “But for Asian people, that’s a huge surrender to failure as an adult child.”
The inability to meet cultural expectations can lead to stress and feelings of guilt, said Grand Prairie attorney Arthurine Kamphaus, who volunteers legal advice to the Arlington center and its clients. “It’s expected, culturally, that we’re supposed to support and take care of our elders,” Kamphaus said. “In Vietnam, everybody chips in to help. “If I have my parents at home and I go to work, I feel OK because my neighbors will watch out for them. Here, you might not even say ‘hi’ to your neighbors or know who your neighbors are.” Ngo hopes the culturally based center helps those grown children avoid the guilt.
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Through Sept. 3 The Shapes of Sound: Hearing with Your Eyes, National Music Museum Arne B. Larson Concert Hall, 414 E Clark St, Vermillion, S.D. Discover more than 70 unusual instruments in a special exhibition that explores some of the museum’s Seuss-like holdings. 9 a.m. -5 p.m. Aug. 28–Dec. 20 “Bound and Unbound II: Altered Book Exhibition”, University Libraries, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D. “Bound and Unbound” features an exhibit of altered books, which are a mixed media artwork that changes a book from its original form by altering its state or meaning. Aug. 29 2013 OrangeRind Screening, TBA, Orange City, Iowa. The 2013 OrangeRind begins with a public screening of the awardwinning film, The Fourth World (www.fourthworldfilm.com). The Fourth World has screened at film festivals from Jakarta to London, From Vancouver to New York City and has won multiple awards on many continents. 7 p.m. 712-707-6514. Aug. 9–Aug. 10 Guys and Dolls, Morningside College, 3625 Garretson Ave. Part of the Betty Ling Tsang Summer Fine Arts Series. 7 p.m. Benefit & Fundraiser Aug. 2 Rock the Mighty Mo–Dueling Pianos, Marina Inn Conference Center, 385 E. Fourth St. South Sioux City. Benefit for Center For Siouxland featuring Midwest Dueling Pianos, dessert bar, silent auction and mystery wine. 7 p.m. -11 p.m. $35. 712-252-1861. www.centerforsiouxlan.org. Aug. 3 Rhonda’s Benefit Golf Tournament, Green Valley Golf Course, 4300 Donner Ave. Flag prizes, cash prizes, raffle and more. Shotgun start. $60 registration fee per person covers 18 holes of golf plus a cart and dinner. Food and prizes will be at Rhonda’s Speak Easy after the tournament. 9 a.m. www. rhondaspeakeasy.com/. Aug. 20 United Way Campaign Kickoff & ECM Training, Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA, 601 Riverview Dr, South Sioux City, Iowa. Join us for food & beverages at the 2013-2014 United Way Campaign Kickoff & ECM Training! Kickoff Rally:7:15-8:15 a.m. ECM Training: 8:15-9:15 a.m. 7:15 a.m. -9:15 a.m. 712-
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Raceway Park is located just 10 miles north of Sunday game at 6:05 p.m. 6:05 p.m. $5-$12. Sioux City, Iowa.; I-29 to exit 4,then 0. 2 mile Tickets, 712-277-WINS. www.xsbaseball.com. east to SR 105 then 1. 7 mile north (on the Aug. 17 west side of SR 105). 6:30 p.m. Grandstand Heritage Ride, Immanuel Lutheran admission $10, kids 10 and under free. 712Church, 607 West Main St. Elk Point, S.D. 560-7245. www.racewayparkinc.com. Registration begins at 8 a.m., and the riders Aug. 3 leave as a group at 9 a.m., with an escort out Dakota City Horseshoe Tournament, of town. Five bike rides from 8-58 miles, all on Shows & Festivals Cottonwood Cove Park, South 13th & blacktop. 605-421-5050. Through Aug. 4 Hickory Street, Dakota City, Neb. Double Hy-Vee Iron Kids Triathlon, Norm Waitt Woodbury County Fair, Woodbury County Elimination. Play to 25 points. Call 402-987Sr. YMCA, 601 Riverview Dr. South Sioux Fairgrounds, 206 Fair St. Moville, Iowa. 3448 for more information and entry form. City. Children ages 6-15 compete in agemidnight www.woodburycountyfair.com. 10 a.m. -7 p.m. $20/team. Dakota City Hall, appropriate distances with an emphasis on Aug. 3 cityhall@dakotacity.net, 402-987-3448. www. fitness, fun and safety. 7 a.m. www.ironkids. 4th Annual Summer Sizzle Vendor/Craft dakotacity.net. com. Fair, Local 222 Union Hall, 3038 S. Lakeport. Aug. 2–Aug. 4 Aug. 24 Come check out the great discounts on cashSioux City Explorers Baseball, Lewis & “Cat Attack” Catfish Tournament, South and-carry items! Each vendor will have door Clark Park, 3400 Line Dr. vs. Lincoln Saltdogs. Sioux City Boat Docks, South Sioux City. 7 Music prizes. Support Home Based Businesses and Sunday game at 6:05 p.m. 6:05 p.m. $5-$12. a.m. -4 p.m. More information, 712-281-1841. Through Aug. 21 MOMpreneurs! Free admission. 1-3 p.m. 712- Tickets, 712-277-WINS. www.xsbaseball.com. www.thecatattack.com. Onstage Orange City 2013, Orange 223-1016. Aug. 10–Aug. 11 Derby Double Header, Long Lines Family City Windmill Park, Orange City, Iowa. Aug. 10 Men’s City Championship, Green Valley Rec Center, 401 Gordon Dr. The Roller Aug. 7 Co’Motion Dance Theatre; Aug. 14 Adams Homestead Celebration 2013, Golf Course, 4300 Donner Ave. midnight Aug. Dames and Kornstalkers will each take on Riverblenders barbershop chorus; Aug. 21 Adams Homestead And Nature Preserve, 12–Aug. 15 teams. 6 p.m. $10, kids 12 and under are free. SchoolHouse Company theatre troupe. 7 p.m. 272 Westshore Drive, North Sioux City, S.D. siouxcityrollerdames.com/. Sioux City Explorers Baseball, Lewis 712-707-6514. orangecityarts.net. Take a step back in time and experience some & Clark Park, 3400 Line Dr. vs. Winnipeg Aug. 27–Aug. 30 Aug. 1–Aug. 2 of the cultural and natural history of South Goldeyes. 7:05 p.m. $5-$12. Tickets, 712-277Sioux City Explorers Baseball, Lewis & Tommy Bolin Fan Jam, The Rodeway Inn, Dakota. This free, fun event for all ages is full WINS. www.xsbaseball.com. Clark Park, 3400 Line Dr. vs. Sioux Falls 1401 Zenith Drive. Annual Bolin Fest kick off of activities, crafts, music and demonstrations. Aug. 16–Aug. 18 Canaries. 7:05 p.m. $5-$12. Games played featuring Johnnie Bolin, John Bartle, Bobby Make a rope or candle, visit the Lamont Aug. 27-28 and Aug. 30. Tickets, 712-277Sioux City Explorers Baseball, Lewis & Berge, John Herdt, Jesse Christen, Russell Country School and Staveng. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. WINS. www.xsbaseball.com. Clark Park, 3400 Line Dr. vs. St. Paul Saints. Bizzett,Greg Hampton, and many more! 605-232-0873. www.gfp. sd. gov. Admission is FREE! 9 p.m. 712-204-1113. Aug. 17–Aug. 18 st! www.tbolin.com. Ag/Rail Heritage Festival, Siouxland Aug. 7 Historical Railroad Association and Museum, Wednesdays by the Water, Marina Inn, 385 3400 Sioux River Road. Antique farm E 4th St, South Sioux City. Local live music equipment, agriculture and rail displays, happening every Wednesday. Kicking off with operating model railroads, special kids Emily and Mitch Martin this week. 5-8 p.m. activities, live music, motor car rides and Aug. 9 more! 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $6 for adults, $4 Ages Big Time Rush, Tyson Events Center, 401 12-18, Free for ages 11 and below with Gordon Drive. With Victoria Justice. 7 p.m. paid adult admission. 712-233-6996. www. Aug. 13 milwaukeerailroadshops.org. Northeast Community College Presents Aug. 24–Aug. 25 New Horizons Band, College Center, 1001 The Great Dakota Wine Fest, Valiant College Way, South Sioux City. 68776. Vineyards, 1500 W Main, Vermillion, S.D. A Summer concerts on the patio on the west revelation for all your senses. 605-624-4500. side of the building. Bring a blanket or lawn www.greatdakotawinefest.com. Kathy Rizk, Michael Sloniker, chair and enjoy. 7-8 p.m. 402-241-6400. M.S., CCC-A Au.D. Aug. 31–Sept. 1 www.collegecenter.org. 20th Annual ArtSplash, Riverside Park, Aug. 17 1301 Riverside Blvd. The Sioux City Art Call today for an appointment to evaluate your hearing! The Expressions, Storm’n Norman’s Rock Center’s art festival offers musical and N Roll Auditorium, 301 Fourth St. Waterbury, theatrical entertainment, a juried art show, Neb. 2011 Hall of Fame Inductee. 7 p.m. 712- hands-on art projects for children as well as 947-4856. www.stormnnormans.com. adults, and a diverse range of activities and Aug. 18 food vendors. 10 a.m. -6 p.m. $5/adults, Rascal Flatts and The Band Perry, Tyson 12 & under free. 712-279-6272. www. Events Center, 401 Gordon Dr. Country music siouxcityartcenter.org/artsplash. superstars Rascal Flatts are schedule to return Sports & Rec to the Tyson Events Center. The Band Perry 2916 Hamilton Blvd. • Lower C Suite 103 • Sioux City, IA Through Aug. 25 will open. 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ersons 60 years of P 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, 9435356, 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.
practice, 1 p.m.; zumba gold, 2 p.m. Aug. 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, “Cooking made easy,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge, 6 p.m. Aug. 5: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; walking off pounds, beg. 1 line dance, 9 a.m.;
class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; zumba gold, 2 p.m. Aug. 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 “Identity Theft,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge, 6 p.m. Aug. 12: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; walking off pounds, beg. 1 line dance, 9 a.m.; beg. 2 line dance, 9:45
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Siouxland Center, 313 Cook St., is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. AUGUST Calendar: Aug. 2: Senior Strollers, 8:15 a.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii 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 “Old Dogs,” pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 2 p.m. Aug. 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.; painting class, pitch, tap
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. Aug. 9: Senior Strollers, 8:15 a.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap class, 9:45 a.m.; bookworms, 10 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; birthday party, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Super Strong Seniors with Kelly,
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2:30 p.m. Aug. 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.; painting
a.m.; senior yoga, Men’s Club, beginning German, 10 a.m.; advanced line dance, advanced German, 11 a.m.; inter. line dance, 12:45 p.m.; woodcarving, bridge group, cribbage, 1 p.m. Aug. 13: Fitness with Sandy, Wii practice, 9:30
a.m.; blood pressures, 10 a.m.; bridge group, noon; bridge & 500, scrabble, dance with Big River Country, 1 p.m. Aug. 16: Senior Strollers, 8:15 a.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii 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 “Dear John,” pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 2 p.m. Aug. 17: 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.; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; zumba gold, 2 p.m. Aug. 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, “Programs available through Jackson Recovery,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge, 6 p.m. Aug. 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.; senior yoga, Men’s Club, beginning German, 10 a.m.; advanced line dance, advanced German, 11 a.m.; inter. line dance, 12:45 p.m.; woodcarving, bridge group, cribbage, 1 p.m. Aug. 20: 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. Aug. 23: Senior Strollers, 8:15 a.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner
tap class, 9:45 a.m.; bookworms, 10 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; movie, “Tooth Fairy,” Parkinson’s meeting, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Super Strong Seniors with Kelly, 2:30 p.m. Aug. 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.; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; zumba gold, 2 p.m. Aug. 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, “Gardening tips from ISU,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge, 6 p.m. Aug. 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.; inter. line dance, 12:45 p.m.; woodcarving, bridge group, cribbage, 1 p.m. Aug. 27: 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. Aug. 30: Senior Strollers, 8:15 a.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii 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 “The Spy Next Door,” pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 2 p.m.
Local & Government Services Siouxland Directory of Elderly Services
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
God, 410 First St. S.W.) Mid-City SHARE: Center for Siouxland, Johna Platt, 252Sioux City 1861, ext. 21, (Distribution Site: Better Business Bureau: Mary TreglIowa, 900 Jennings 1-800-222-1600 St.) City Hall: 405 Sixth St., Sioux City SHARE: Center For 279-6109 Siouxland, Lisa Thomas, 259Department of Human 7412 (Distribution Site: DAV, Services: 822 Douglas St., 5129 Military Road) 255-0833 South Sioux City SHARE: Elder Abuse Awareness: Sherry Stubbs, 494-6477 1-800-362-2178 Financial Assistance (Distribution Site: First Lutheran Emergency: 911 Commission of Veterans Church, 3601 Dakota Ave.) Fire Department: 279-6314 Affairs: 702 Courthouse, 279Siouxland Senior Center: Police Department: 2796606 217 Pierce St., 255-4240, 6960 (general) Iowa Department of Human congregate meal site Post Office (Main): 214 Services: 822 Douglas St., Siouxland Tri State Food Jackson St., 277-6411 255-0833 Siouxland Aging Services: Salvation Army: 510 Bluff St., Bank: 215 Douglas St., 2559741 2301 Pierce St., 279-6900. 255-8836 South Sioux City Community Information and referral Social Security services, case management. Administration: 3555 Southern Action Center: 2120 Dakota Ave., 494-3259 Senior Advocacy Program, Chris Hills Drive, 255-5525 South Sioux City Senior Kuchta, program director South Sioux City Community Center: 1501 West 29th St., Social Security Office: 3555 Center: 2120 Dakota Ave., 494-1500, congregate meal site Southern Hills Drive, 255-5525 494-3259 St. Luke’s Heat-n-Eat Meals: South Sioux City Center for Siouxland: 715 2720 Stone Park Blvd., 279City Hall: 1615 First Ave., Douglas St., 252-1861, Tax 3630, Cindy Hanson 494-7500 Counseling Center for Siouxland: Food Department of Social Community Action Agency Services: Dakota City, Neb., of Siouxland: 2700 Leech Ave., pantry, 715 Douglas St., 2521861 987-3445 274-1610, energy assistance Community Action Agency Emergency: 911 Financial, Insurance and Tax of Siouxland: 2700 Leech St., Fire Department: 494-7555 Counseling Police Department: 701 West Consumer Credit Counseling 274-1610 29th St., 494-7555 Health Care Service: 715 Douglas St., 252Post Office: 801 West 29th 1861 ext. 47 Information St., 494-1312 Siouxland Senior Center: Alzheimer’s Association: 217 Pierce St., 255-1729, tax Adult Day Programs 420 Chambers St., 279-5802. counseling Adult Day Program: Referral and information about SHIIP (Senior Health Alzheimer’s Association, 420 Alzheimer’s disease, support Chambers St., 279-5802. A safe, Insurance Information groups and respite care Program): Information available nurturing group environment Dakota County Health for functionally impaired adults from either Mercy Medical Nurse: 987-2164 who need supervision. Available Center, St. Luke’s Regional Iowa Department of the Medical Center, or The Center Monday through Friday from 7 Blind: 1-800-362-2587 Center for Siouxland: a.m. to 6 p.m. Lifeline: Personal 715 Douglas St., 252-1861. emergency response system: Counseling Conservatorship service, St. Luke’s, 279-3375, Jenny Catholic Charities: 1601 provides money management Herrick; Mercy Medical Center, Military Road, 252-4547 and protective payee services 279-2036, Karen Johnson Heartland Counseling Woodbury County Extension Marian Health Center: Service: 917 West 21st., South Service: 4301 Sergeant Road, Community Education, 279Sioux City, 494-3337 276-2157 2989 Lutheran Social Service: Siouxland Community Food 4240 Hickory Lane, 276-1073 Health Center: 1021 Nebraska Iowa Department of Human Mercy Behavioral Care St., 252-2477 Services: 822 Douglas St., Center: 801 5th St., 279-5991 Siouxland District Health: 255-0833 Siouxland Mental Health: Meals on Wheels: Siouxland 1014 Nebraska St., 279-6119 625 Court St., 252-3871 Vet Center: 1551 Indian Hills Aging Services, 2301 Pierce St., or 1-800-587-3005 St. Luke’s Health 279-6900, deliver noon meals, Drive, No. 204, 255-3808 Professionals: 279-3333 suggested donation $3.72 per Employment and Volunteer Home Health Care meal Service Boys and Girls Home and Salvation Army: 510 Bluff St., RSVP (Retired and Senior Family Services: 2101 Court Volunteer Program): Center for 255-8836 St., 293-4700 Siouxland, Johnalyn Platt, 252Le Mars SHARE: Betty 1861, ext. 21 Care Initiatives Hospice: Dutcher, (712) 548-4229 4301 Sergeant Road, Suite Senior Community Service (Distribution Site: Assembly of
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
712-258-3251
Cherokee, Iowa
Utilities paid Pets allowed • elevators South Sioux City, Neb.
Home Maintenance
Siouxland Aging Services: 2301 Pierce St., 2796900, CHORE service, yard maintenance, heavy cleaning (Riley Fields)
Sheldon, Iowa
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, 2323332
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
Handicap Accessible Seniors 62 & older, handicapped & disabled.
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