Siouxland Prime - November 2017

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The Front Street replica is a scale copy of Dodge City’s famous Front Street businesses of the 1870s. The buildings are filled with exhibits and displays of life in Dodge City. Photo by Terry Turner.

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Health

Home remedies: How to treat ‘stomach flu’

BY MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK‌

Before we get to the remedy, here’s the reality: There’s no such thing as “stomach flu.” “’Stomach flu’ is a misnomer,” says Dr. Cindy Kermott, a Mayo Clinic preventive medicine physician. “It is just a common term for a viral gastroenteritis. And everyone has probably had it – when you have nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.”

Kermott says flu settles in your chest – not your stomach.

“It has to do with the lungs,” explains Kermott. “You get the dry cough, the fevers, the myalgias, where you feel like a train has hit you. That is influenza.”

So how do you treat what we’ve been calling “stomach flu?”

“For the first few hours, you want to avoid anything by mouth,” advises

Kermott. “You just want to rest and have your stomach settle a little bit.”

After that, Kermott says it’s vital you keep your body hydrated. Sip on a clear fluid. Water is best, but clear sodas, broths, or weak teas are OK, too. If you can’t tolerate liquids, try chewing on ice chips.

“It’s important to maintain your hydration,” stresses Kermott.

When your stomach has fully settled, try eating small amounts of easily digestible foods like soda crackers, unbuttered toast, gelatin or a banana. Avoid fatty and spicy foods until you’re fully recovered.

Finally, Kermott says to keep listening to your body.

“Symptoms exist because it’s telling your body what to do,” she says.

“It’s telling you to slow down.”

What are the best home treatments for stomach flu?

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Senior Activities Nutrition program

ACBL Duplicate Bridge.

Nov. 2: 8:30 a.m. Penny Bingo; 9 a.m.

Yoga, Beginner 2 Line Dance; 10 a.m.

Book Club, Beginning Bridge, Walking Off Pounds, Men’s Club; 10:30 a.m. Balance Class w/YMCA Instr.; 11 a.m. Advanced Line Dance; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Lunch; 12:30 p.m. Canasta, Penny Bingo, Woodcarving; 1 p.m. ACBL Duplicate Bridge, Men’s & Women’s Social Group, Inter. Line Dance, Cribbage; 2 p.m. Ping Pong.

Nov. 3: 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/ YMCA Instr., Exercise Plus 50; 9:30 a.m.

Wii Bowling, Mixed Media Art Class w/ Vivian Miller, Fitness w/Dixie, Women’s Pool Shooting Class; 10 a.m. Blood Pressure/St. Luke’s; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Siouxland Center for Lunch; 12 p.m. Basic Tap, Bridge Group; Active Generations 12:30 p.m. Open Craft Time; 1 p.m. Bridge, Siouxland Center for Active 500, Friday Dance “Country Brew.”

Generations, 313 Cook St., is open from 8 Nov 6: Grief Support Program 9:30 a.m.; a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. 8 a.m. Scrapbooking; 8:30 a.m Exercise Plus 50; 9:30 a.m. Interm Duplicate Bridge WEEKLY CLASSES, PROGRAMS: Class, Wii Bowling, Tap Class; 9:45 a.m.

Nov. 1: 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/ Review Tai Chi Class; 10 a.m. Knitting YMCA Instr.; 9 a.m. Chorus, Yoga w/ & Crocheting; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Dixie, Novice Dup. Bridge Game; 9:30 Lunch; 12 p.m. ACBL Duplicate Bridge; a.m. Painting Class; 10 a.m. Sexy & 12:30 p.m. Movie “The Sisterhood of the Fit after 40, Talk Show “South Dakota Traveling Pants”; 1 p.m. Ballet Exercise Meet & Greet” Bobbi Jo Leggett, Trestle & Jazz, Pinochle, American Mah Jong, Advocacy; 10:45 a.m. Guitar practice; 11 Woodcarving; 2 p.m. Walking Off Pounds; a.m. Ballet Exercise & Jazz, Drama Group; 2:30 p.m. Fitness w/Kelly.

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 11:30 a.m.

Nov. 7: Coffee Talk with Cheryl 9:30 Jam Session; 1 p.m. Choreographed a.m.; 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/YMCA Ballroom, Phase 10, Coloring Corner, Instr., Penny Bingo; 9 a.m. Senior Yoga; Scrabble, 500; 2:30 p.m. 1 Mile Walk 9:30 a.m. Painting Class; 10 a.m. Creative Warm Up; 3 p.m. Fitness w/Kelly; 6 p.m.

Writing, Walking Off Pounds; 10:15 a.m.

Persons 60 years and older, and their spouses may participate in the elderly nutrition program in Siouxland. In Sioux City, meals are served Monday-Friday 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 2796900 ext. 25. For more information about other available meal sites, call 279-6900.

Want to make a difference in your local community?

Or need some extra $ each month?

Consider joining the Senior Companion Program.

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

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

Belly Dancing; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Lunch; 12:30 p.m. Hoopla, Tap Class, Penny Bingo; 1 p.m. Mexican Train, Beginning Scrabble, Painting Class, Pitch; 2 p.m. Ping Pong.

Nov. 8: 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/ YMCA Instr.; 9 a.m. Chorus, Yoga w/ Dixie, Novice Dup. Bridge Game; 9:30 a.m.

Painting Class; 10 a.m. Chess Group, Sexy & Fit after 40, Talk Show “Winter Weather” T.J. Springer, KTIV Meteorologist; 10:45 a.m. Guitar practice; 11 a.m. Ballet Exercise & Jazz, Drama Group; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 11:30 a.m. Jam Session; 1 p.m. Choreographed Ballroom, Phase 10, Coloring Corner, Scrabble, 500; 2:30 p.m. 1 Mile Walk Warm Up; 3 p.m.

Fitness w/Kelly; 6 p.m. ACBL Duplicate Bridge.

Nov. 9: 8:30 a.m. Penny Bingo; 9 a.m.

Yoga, Beginner 2 Line Dance; 10 a.m Beginning Bridge, Walking Off Pounds, Men’s Club; 10:30 a.m. Balance Class w/YMCA Instr.; 11 a.m. Advanced Line Dance; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12:30 p.m. Canasta, Penny Bingo, Woodcarving; 1 p.m. ACBL Duplicate Bridge, Men’s & Women’s Social Group, Inter. Line Dance, Cribbage; 2 p.m. Ping Pong.

Nov. 10: BCU PT Screenings 9:30-11 a.m.; 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/YMCA Instr., Exercise Plus 50; 9:30 a.m. Wii Bowling, Mixed Media Art Class w/Vivian Miller, Fitness w/Dixie, Women’s Pool Shooting Class; 10 a.m. Blood Pressure/ Mercy; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12 p.m. Basic Tap, Bridge Group; 12:30

p.m. Open Craft Time; 1 p.m. Bridge, 500, Friday Dance “Shirley’s Big Band.”

Nov. 13: Grief Support Program 9:30 a.m.; 8 a.m. Scrapbooking; 8:30 a.m Yoga w/Amanda, Exercise Plus 50; 9:30 a.m.

Interm Duplicate Bridge Class, Wii Bowling, Tap Class; 9:45 a.m. Review Tai Chi Class; 10 a.m. Knitting & Crocheting; 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12 p.m. ACBL Duplicate Bridge; 1 p.m. Birthday Party “Bj’s Variety Show Hosts Painting Class” Volunteer of th Month: Jane Henderson; 1 p.m. Ballet Exercise & Jazz, Pinochle, American Mah Jong, Woodcarving; 2 p.m. Walking Off Pounds; 2:30 p.m. Fitness w/Kelly.

Nov. 14: Lunch & Learn w/Dr. Benson - BCU Discussion Group 10-11 a.m.; 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/YMCA Instr., Penny Bingo; 9 a.m. Senior Yoga; 9:30 a.m. Painting Class; 10 a.m. Creative Writing, Walking Off Pounds; 10:15 a.m.

Belly Dancing; 10:30 a.m. Crafts w/Betty; 10:45 a.m. Beginning Tai Chi Class; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12:30 p.m. Hoopla, Tap Class, Penny Bingo; 1 p.m. Mexican Train, Beginning Scrabble, Painting Class, Pitch; 2 p.m. Ping Pong.

Nov. 15: BCU PT Screenings 1-2:30 p.m., BCU Discussion Group 2-3 p.m.; 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/YMCA Instr.; 9 a.m. Chorus, Yoga w/Dixie, Novice Dup. Bridge Game; 9:30 a.m. Painting Class; 10 a.m. Chess Group, Sexy & Fit after 40, Talk Show “Senior Job Training Opportunities” Antoinette Green, Community Action Agency; 10:45 a.m. Guitar practice; 11 a.m. Ballet Exercise & Jazz, Drama Group; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 11:30 a.m.

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Jam Session; 1 p.m. Choreographed Ballroom, Phase 10, Coloring Corner, Scrabble, 500; 2:30 p.m. 1 Mile Walk Warm Up; 3 p.m. Fitness w/Kelly; 6 p.m.

ACBL Duplicate Bridge.

Nov. 16: BCU Discussion Group 9-10 a.m.; 8:30 a.m. Penny Bingo; 9 a.m. Yoga, Beginner 2 Line Dance; 10 a.m Beginning Bridge, Walking Off Pounds, Men’s Club; 10:30 a.m. Balance Class w/YMCA Instr.; 11 a.m. Advanced Line Dance; 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12:30 p.m. Canasta, Penny Bingo, Woodcarving; 1 p.m. ACBL Duplicate Bridge, Men’s & Women’s Social Group, Inter. Line Dance, Cribbage; 2 p.m.

Ping Pong.

Nov. 17: BCU PT Screenings 9:30-11 a.m.; 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/YMCA Instr., Exercise Plus 50; 9:30 a.m. Wii Bowling, Mixed Media Art Class w/Vivian Miller, Fitness w/Dixie, Women’s Pool Shooting Class; 10 a.m. Blood Pressure/ St. Luke’s; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12 p.m. Basic Tap, Bridge Group; 12:30 p.m. Open Craft Time; 1 p.m. Bridge, 500, Friday Dance “Jerry O’Dell & his Country Flavor Band.”

Nov. 20: 8 a.m. Scrapbooking; 8:30 a.m

Yoga w/Amanda, Exercise Plus 50; 9:30 a.m. Interm Duplicate Bridge Class, Wii Bowling, Tap Class; 9:45 a.m. Review Tai Chi Class; 10 a.m. Knitting & Crocheting; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12 p.m.

ACBL Duplicate Bridge; 12:30 p.m.

Movie “High Times on Lower 4th & The South Bottoms”; 1 p.m. Ballet Exercise & Jazz, Pinochle, American Mah Jong, Woodcarving; 2 p.m. Walking Off Pounds; 2:30 p.m. Fitness w/Kelly.

Nov. 21: 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/ YMCA Instr., Penny Bingo; 9 a.m. Senior Yoga; 9:30 a.m. Painting Class; 10 a.m.

Creative Writing, Walking Off Pounds; 10:15 a.m. Belly Dancing; 10:45 a.m.

Beginning Tai Chi Class; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12:30 p.m. Hoopla, Tap Class, Penny Bingo; 1 p.m. Mexican Train, Beginning Scrabble, Painting Class, Pitch; 2 p.m. Ping Pong.

Nov. 22: March to Honot Lost Children 9:30 a.m.; 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/ YMCA Instr.; 9 a.m. Chorus, Yoga w/ Dixie, Novice Dup. Bridge Game; 9:30 a.m.

Painting Class; 10 a.m. Chess Group, Sexy & Fit after 40; No Talk Show; 10:45 a.m.

Guitar practice; 11 a.m. Ballet Exercise

& Jazz, Drama Group; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 11:30 a.m. Jam Session; 1 p.m. Choreographed Ballroom, Phase 10, Coloring Corner, Scrabble, 500; 2:30 p.m.

1 Mile Walk Warm Up; 3 p.m. Fitness w/ Kelly; 6 p.m. ACBL Duplicate Bridge.

Nov. 23: Closed. Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov. 24: Closed Nov. 27: 8 a.m. Scrapbooking; 8:30 a.m Yoga w/Amanda, Exercise Plus 50; 9:30 a.m. Interm Duplicate Bridge Class, Wii Bowling, Tap Class; 9:45 a.m. Review Tai Chi Class; 10 a.m. Knitting & Crocheting; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12 p.m.

ACBL Duplicate Bridge; 12:30 p.m. Movie “TBA”; 1 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group Mtg., Ballet Exercise & Jazz, Pinochle, American Mah Jong, Woodcarving; 2 p.m.

Walking Off Pounds; 2:30 p.m. Fitness w/ Kelly.

Nov. 28: Lunch & Learn w/Athletico & Electronic Caregiver; 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/YMCA Instr., Penny Bingo; 9 a.m. Senior Yoga; 9:30 a.m. Painting Class; 10 a.m. Creative Writing, Walking Off Pounds; 10:15 a.m. Belly Dancing; 10:45 a.m. Beginning Tai Chi Class; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12:30 p.m. Hoopla,

Tap Class, Penny Bingo; 1 p.m. Mexican Train, Beginning Scrabble, Painting Class, Pitch; 2 p.m. Ping Pong.

Nov. 29: 8:30 a.m. Enhance Fitness w/ YMCA Instr.; 9 a.m. Chorus, Yoga w/ Dixie, Novice Dup. Bridge Game; 9:30 a.m. Painting Class; 10 a.m. Chess Group, Sexy & Fit after 40; 10:30 a.m. Talk Show “Senior Job Training Opportunities” Lori Sperrer, Outreach Project Manager; 10:45 a.m. Guitar practice; 11 a.m. Ballet Exercise & Jazz, Drama Group; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 11:30 a.m. Jam Session; 1 p.m. Choreographed Ballroom, Phase 10, Coloring Corner, Scrabble, 500; 2:30 p.m.

1 Mile Walk Warm Up; 3 p.m. Fitness w/ Kelly; 6 p.m. ACBL Duplicate Bridge.

Nov. 30: Hospice of Siouxland Cider & Treats 9:30 a.m.; 8:30 a.m. Penny Bingo; 9 a.m. Yoga, Beginner 2 Line Dance; 10 a.m Beginning Bridge, Walking Off Pounds, Men’s Club; 10:30 a.m. Balance Class w/ YMCA Instr.; 11 a.m. Advanced Line Dance; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch; 12:30 p.m.

Canasta, Penny Bingo, Woodcarving; 1 p.m. ACBL Duplicate Bridge, Men’s & Women’s Social Group, Inter. Line Dance, Cribbage; 2 p.m. Ping Pong.

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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

Local & Government Services Siouxland Directory of Elderly Services

Sioux City Better Business Bureau: 1-800-222-1600 City Hall: 405 Sixth St., 279-6109 Connections Area Agency on Aging: 2301 Pierce St., 279-6900 or 800-432-9209.

Information and referral services, options counseling, case management, nutrition services, transportation options, and advocacy 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 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

Counseling

Catholic Charities: 1601 Military Road, 252-4547 Heartland Counseling Service: 917 West 21st, South Sioux City, 494-3337 Lutheran Social Service: 4240 Hickory Lane, 276-1073 Mercy Behavioral Care Center: 801 5th St., 279-5991 Siouxland Mental Health: 625 Court St., 252-3871 Vet Center: 1551 Indian Hills Drive, No. 204, 255-3808

Employment and Volunteer Service

Foster Grandparent & Senior Companion Programs: Rotary Club of Rock Valley Foundation, 4200 War Eagle Drive, 224-2610 Senior Community Service Employment Program: 2700 Leech Ave., Cindy Thomas, 274-1610 6 | Prime | www.siouxlandprime.com

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

Financial Assistance

on Aging, 2301 Pierce St., 279-6900, volunteer-delivered noon meals (M-F), suggested donation $3.75-$6.50 Salvation Army: 510 Bluff St., 255-8836 Siouxland Center for Active Generations: 313 Cook St., 255-1729, open to the public, $5.25 meals 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

Commission of Veterans Affairs: 702 Courthouse, 2796606 Community Action Agency of Siouxland: 2700 Leech Ave., 274-1610, energy assistance Iowa Department of Human Services: 822 Douglas St., 255-0833 Salvation Army: 510 Bluff St., 255-8836 Social Security Administration: 3555 Southern Hills Drive, 255-5525 Health Care South Sioux City Information Community Center: 2120 Alzheimer’s Association: Dakota Ave., 494-3259 201 Pierce St., Suite 110, 279-5802. Information and education about Alzheimer’s Financial, Insurance disease, support groups and and Tax Counseling services. 24/7 Helpline: 1-800Center for Siouxland: 272-3900.

715 Douglas St., 252-1861.

Dakota County Health Conservatorship service, Nurse: 402-987-2164 provides money management Iowa Department of the and protective payee services Blind: 1-800-362-2587 Consumer Credit Lifeline: Personal Counseling Service: 715 emergency response system: Douglas St., 252-1861 ext. 47 St. Luke’s, 279-3279; Mercy SHIIP (Senior Health Medical Center, 279-2036 Insurance Information Mercy Medical Center: Program): Information Community Education, 279available from Connections 2989 Area Agency on Aging, Siouxland Community Siouxland Center for Active Health Center: 1021 Nebraska Generations, Sunrise St., 252-2477 Retirement Community, and Siouxland District Health: Mercy Medical Center 1014 Nebraska St., 279-6119 Siouxland Center for Active or 1-800-587-3005 Generations: 313 Cook St., St. Luke’s Health 255-1729, tax and Medicare Professionals: 279-3333 insurance (SHIIP) counseling Woodbury County Extension Service: 4301 Sergeant Road, 276-2157

Food

Center for Siouxland: Food pantry, 715 Douglas St., 2521861 Community Action Agency of Siouxland: 2700 Leech St., 274-1610 Food Bank of Siouxland: 1313 11th St., 255-9741 Iowa Department of Human Services: 822 Douglas St., 255-0833 Meals on Wheels: Connections Area Agency

Home Health Care

Boys and Girls Home and Family Services: 2101 Court St., 293-4700 Care Initiatives Hospice: 4301 Sergeant Road, Suite 110, (712) 239-1226 Geri-Care: Transit Plaza, 276-9860 Home Instead Senior Care: 220 S. Fairmount, 258-4267, non-medical home health Hospice of Siouxland: 4300 Hamilton Blvd., 2334144, 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 Synergy Home Care: Kim Kreber, 600 Stevens Port

Drive, Suite 102, Dakota Dunes, S.D., (605) 242-6056 Tri-State Nursing Services: 621 16th St., 277-4442, skilled nursing care, Home Health aide services, services ordered by a doctor

Hospitals

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

Housing

Sioux City Bickford Senior Living, Assisted Living & Memory

Care: 4020/4022 Indian Hills Drive, 239-2065 or 239-6851.

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

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

Connections Area Agency on Aging: 2301 Pierce St., 279-6900. This is subsidized housing, rent based on income. Evergreen Terrace, 2430 West St., 258-0508; Riverside Gardens, 715 Bruner Ave., 277-2083; Fairmount Park Apartments, 210 Fairmount St. Countryside Retirement Apartments: Lilac Lane, 2763000

Floyd House: 403 C Street, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, (712) 943-7025, Affordable, multiple levels of care, studio, onebedroom, respite Holy Spirit Retirement Apartments: 1701 West 25th St., 252-2726 Maple Heights: 5300 Stone Ave., 276-3821, contact Jennifer Turner. This is subsidized low-income housing with rent based on income NorthPark Senior Living Community: 2562 Pierce St., 255-1200. 48 independent living apartments, 57 supervised living apartments and three respite apartments Northern Hills Retirement Community: 4000 Teton Trace, 239-9400. Studio, one-

bedroom and two-bedroom apartments Northern Hills Assisted Living: 4002 Teton Trace, 2399402. Studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments Oakleaf Property Management: 1309 Nebraska St., 255-3665, contact leasing department. Martin Towers, 410 Pierce St.; Shire Apartments, 4236 Hickory Lane; Centennial Manor, 441 W. Third St. This is subsidized housing, rent is based on income.

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

Title 19 and private pay.

River Heights: 2201 Gibson St., 202-2733. This is subsidized housing that is not handicapped accessible.

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

War Eagle Village Apartments: 2800 W. Fourth St., 258-0801, subsidized housing based on income South Sioux City Autumn Park Apartments: 320 East 12th St., 402-4945393 Dacotah House: 316 East 16th St., 712-274-9125.

Subsidized housing, you must be over 62 or handicapped.

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Travel

The Boot Hill Museum has a huge collection of guns from the Old West.

The Great Western Hotel is the entrance to the Boot Hill Museum and Front Street.

Terry Turner photos

Dodge City attractions tell the story of the Old West

BY TERRY TURNER DODGE CITY, Kan. – The history of Dodge City is the history of the Old West.

And that history begins with the opening of the Santa Fe Trail in 1821. That year, adventurer William Becknell headed west with his team of mules from Franklin, Missouri, across Kansas to the Mexican city of Santa Fe. The trail he blazed went right through present-day Dodge City, Kansas. Becknell returned to Missouri with tales of his trip and money in his pocket.

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remarked, “If you stood on the hill above Dodge City, there was traffic as far as you could see, 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the Santa Fe Trail.”

The Mountain Branch of the trail went west from Dodge City along the north bank of the Arkansas River into Colorado. A shorter route through the dry sand hills called the Cimarron Cutoff crossed the river near Dodge City and went southwest to the Cimarron River.

It was in June 1872 that Dodge City was founded with Sitler’s three-room sod house as the only building.

The house became a popular stopping place for buffalo

hunters and traders.

The first commercial building in Dodge City was a whisky bar built out of sod and boards for thirsty travelers. The early settlers originally named the town Buffalo City until they discovered another settlement had the same name and changed it to Dodge City after the nearby military installation of Fort Dodge named for General Grenville Dodge.

As the 19th century ended, many of those colorful Dodge City pioneers were made famous in the so-called dime novels, then later western films, radio and TV shows. Stuart Lake’s “Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal,”

The Boot Hill Museum collection includes more than 60,000 artifacts, photographs and documents relating to Dodge City. Most of the collection is from the 1870s through the 1920s and many items came from the former Beeson Museum.

published in 1931, is one of the best known books on that period.

Today more than 100,000 tourists flock to Dodge City each year to relieve that exciting past with a visit to the Boot Hill Museum and the historic Front Street reproduction.

The Boot Hill Museum is located on the site of the original Boot Hill Cemetery.

When the town was founded it lacked an established cemetery. Those family and friends of the deceased who could afford it buried their

loved ones in nearby Fort Dodge. It was said the first person who lacked the funds for a burial in Fort Dodge was carried off to a nearby hill on the outskirts of town to be buried. Residents decided it was the perfect place for a town cemetery.

The Boot Hill Museum collection includes more than 60,000 artifacts, photographs and documents relating to Dodge City. Most of the collection is from the 1870s through the 1920s, and many items came from the former Beeson Museum.

An ancient Indian proverb is on display in the Boot Hill Museum.

The Front Street replica is a scale copy of Dodge City’s famous Front Street businesses of the 1870s. The buildings are filled with exhibits and displays of life in Dodge City.

IF YOU GO

What: Boot Hill Museum Where: Front Street, Dodge City, Kansas Hours: Winter hours – Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Summer hours, Memorial Day through Labor Day – Open daily, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Admission: Adults $12, seniors $11, children 5-10 $9, family ticket $42 (includes two adults and two or more children under 17 years of age).

More info: Visit the website at www.boothill.org or call (620) 227-8188.

The founder of the Beeson Museum, Chalkley Beeson, started the collection in the 1870s. Beeson died in 1912 and relatives opened the Beeson Museum in 1932 and ran it until it closed in 1964.

The People of the Plains Building at the museum tells the story of the Native Americans who inhabited the area before the white settlers arrived. The large collection includes arrowheads, tools and photos of the indigenous people. One exhibit illustrates the importance of the American bison in Native American life and how the

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Near Front Street is the Hardesty House that was built by Alonzo B. Webster in 1879 and is named after Colonel Richard “Jack” Hardesty and his family. It was one of the finest homes in early Dodge City.

buffalo hunters almost annihilated the buffalo.

Other exhibits in the museum include Dodge City’s impact on Hollywood.

It began in 1939 with the Warner Brothers movie titled “Dodge City” starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Photos and memorabilia from the popular radio and TV show “Gunsmoke” that began on radio in 1952 and ran until 1961 are on display.

“Gunsmoke” was adapted to television in 1955 and aired for 20 seasons.

The Front Street replica

is a scale copy of Dodge City’s famous Front Street businesses of the 1870s.

The buildings are filled with exhibits and displays of life in Dodge City. One building houses the Long Branch Saloon, which still features a variety show with entertainers and, of course, dance hall girls.

Near Front Street is the Hardesty House that was built by Alonzo B. Webster in 1879 and is named after Colonel Richard “Jack” Hardesty and his family. It was one of the finest homes in early Dodge City.

The interior of the Hardesty house is filled with period furnishings. The house was built by Alonzo B. Webster in 1879 and is named after Colonel Richard “Jack” Hardesty and his family. It was one of the finest homes in early Dodge City.

The Great Western Hotel is the entrance to the Boot Hill Museum and Front Street.

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Hall Monument

Hall Monument Company has been located in Sioux City, Iowa since 1926. Our office offers a large indoor showroom displaying more than seventyfive memorials. Hall Monument has a new manager, his name is Verne Climer. Verne and Shirley Peters are here to assist you and your family with a memorial solution to meet your needs.

Hall Monument Company designs

and produces memorials, granite and bronze, for all cemeteries in the tri-state area. Through the ages the creation of a memorial has been one of the most important forms of remembrance.

Personalize, “To personify, to make personal, to ascribe personal qualities to”, this is how Webster’s describes the term and its definition is never more apparent than when describing the

“personalization” of a monument. Did the person being memorialized have a special love in their life, hobby, maybe a favorite poem? If the memorial is for yourself, is there a certain way you wish to be remembered? Modern technology allows the memorialist through shape, texture, image and inscription to create a personalized and unique monument.

Modern technology also allows a monument to be designed in literally any shape that you can envision. Whether it is freeform, entwined hearts, or a special object, your choice in shape and design is limitless. Remember, monument designs can be classic or contemporary. The choice is yours to make. Hall Monument uses techniques such as sandblasting, shape carving, laser and hand etching to achieve the design that best reflects your individual and personal preferences.

Hall Monument Company is located at 521 S. Lewis Blvd., Sioux City IA Office Hours Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm Saturday & evening hours by appointment In home appointments are available by calling 712-258-8275 or Outside the calling area toll free 1-888-455-4363

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Calendar Ongoing

Building Bridges to Better Lives, Betty Strong Encounter Center, 900 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City. An exhibit focusing on the East Bottoms beginning of the almost century-old Mary J. Treglia Community House will open Jan. 14. East Bottoms, a neighborhood near the Sioux City Stockyards, meatpacking plants and expanses of railroad tracks, was home to many new immigrants in the first half of the 20th century. Admission will be free; a reception will follow the program. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 712-224-5242. www.siouxcitylcic.com.

in our region and beyond, the members of the Sioux City Camera Club encourage us to make our own discoveries. Closed Mondays and holidays. 712-279-6272. www.siouxcityartcenter.org.

Through Jan. 21

Crafting Tradition: Oaxacan Wood Sculptures, Sioux City Art Center, 225 Nebraska St, Sioux City. The wood carvings from the Mexican state of Oaxaca in this exhibition are part of a longstanding tradition for creating folk arts and crafts.

Closed Monday & Holidays. 712-279-6272. www.siouxcityartcenter.org.

Sioux City. Art on display and available for purchase by artists with studios in Sioux City’s Benson Building 9 Benson artists + 5 guest artists participating! For a sampling of art and artist information, go to www. bensonart.carbonmade.com. Art on display 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 3 and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Nov. 4. 712-204-4178. www.bensonart. carbonmade.com.

Nov. 3

Chili Social, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, 4500 Sioux River Road, Sioux City.

Get together with old and new friends at the Northwest Iowa Group Sierra Club Through Nov. 5 Chili Social. For a free will donation ($5 Nov. 1 Fully Involved, Sioux City Public suggested minimum), help yourself to Poetry Reading, WITCC Advanced Museum, 607 Fourth St., Sioux City. In more than a dozen soups and chilis (fixin’s, Sciences Bldg., Room L416/417, 4647 recognition of Fire Prevention Month, 51 beverages, and desserts will be available, Stone Ave., Sioux City. Jeanne Emmons will firefighting images of Sioux City Fire Rescue too). You can also purchase chili to go! discuss and read from her new collection by prolific local photographer George Bid on silent auction items including a of poetry, “The Red Canoe,” as part of the Lindblade are on display along with two colorful Yucatan hammock and Sierra Club Western Iowa Tech Lifelong Learning series historic International Association of Fire items. Proceeds will support environmental “Books and Hospitali-Tea.” In the book, the Fighters (IAFF) Local 7 banners. 10 a.m.-5 education and action in northwest Iowa. See canoe becomes an eye, mouth, and ear, p.m. www.siouxcitymuseum.org. you there! 5-7:30 p.m. www.sierraclub.org/ through which images of McCook Lake are iowa/northwest-iowa. explored and filtered. The event is free and Through Nov. 19 open to the public. Refreshments will be Morningside College Alumni Art Show, Nov. 3-5 and Nov. 10-12 served, and a discussion and book signing Eppley Art Gallery, 3625 Garretson Ave., Paws N Claus, Woodbury Center Strip Sioux City. The artists who will be featured will follow. 10:30 a.m.-noon. 712-274-6400. Mall, 819 Suite A, next to Cosmo Prof., in the exhibition are Michael Drury, Sioux City. Get an early start on your Nov. 2 Scott Martinson, Brianna Harding, Sasha Christmas photos while supporting a Bluebirds, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, Backhaus, Jeremy Dumkrieger, Shea great cause! Schedule your appointment 4500 Sioux River Road, Sioux City. Spend Hartmann, Sarah Ricker, Kim Strohbeen for the 2017 Paws N Claus, Siouxland an evening recapping the 2016 and 2017 Petersen, Daniel Cunningham, Charles Bass, Humane Society fundraiser, best of all, Bluebird nesting seasons with Resource Tim Harder and Shannon Sargent. 8 a.m.-5 you can bring your pet too! For $35 get Naturalist Tyler Flammang. Enjoy stories p.m. weekdays. www.morningside.edu. three printed photos and the CD to print and insights from the field, photography however you choose. Get six photos Through Dec. 31 from inside the nest boxes, nest box and CD for just $60. All proceeds go the Honoring Our Armed Services: 1861building and mounting tips, website homeless animals in Siouxland. New 2017, Sioux City Public Museum, 607 resources, and much more. In conjunction location: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.

Fourth St., Sioux City. Explore the military with the Loess Hills Audubon Society to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call 712contributions of Siouxland residents meeting. All are welcome. 7:30-8:45 p.m.

252-2614 to schedule appointment. www. past and present. The exhibit will feature 712-258-0838.. www.woodburyparks.org. siouxlandhumanesociety.org. uniforms, weaponry and equipment from Nov. 3 the Civil War, Spanish-American War, Nov. 3 1st Friday Coffee, Springboard World War I, World War II, Korean War, IBP Ice Center Public Skating, IBP Coworking, 700 4th St, Sioux City. 1st Vietnam War, Desert Storm and the postIce Center, 3808 Stadium Dr, Sioux City.

Friday Coffee is an hour of hearing from 9/11 wars. It will also highlight important PUBLIC TIMES Friday and Saturday 7-9 p.m. a new startup business in Siouxland, military installations in the Sioux City area *Days & times subject to change. Children networking with leaders from the during the past 160 years. 712-279-6174.

5 yrs and younger $2 each, Students 6-18 entrepreneur community and coffee! The siouxcitymuseum.org. yrs old: $5 each, Adults 19 yrs and older: $6 speaker has 10 minutes to tell their story each. 7-9 p.m. Skate rental $3 each. 712Through Jan. 7 of how they got started with their new 279-6126. sioux-city.org.

Sioux City Camera Club Exhibition, business and where they see themselves in Sioux City Art Center, 225 Nebraska St, the future. The audience engages by asking Nov. 3 Sioux City. Annual exhibition of themequestions and giving feedback. 9-10 a.m.

Illusionist Jay Owenhouse in “Family based photographs by members of The 605-351-5807. springboardcoworking.com/. Magic”, Orpheum Theatre, 528 Pierce St., Sioux City Camera Club. “Rivers” is the Sioux City. Don’t miss the return of illusionist Nov. 3 – Nov. 4 common theme for the photographers to Jay Owenhouse and his Bengal tigers. Jay BENSON BURNER group art show, Owenhouse, a legendary escape artist and consider. By documenting the many ways Benson Building, 705 Douglas Street, in which we find inspiration from the rivers one of the most awarded illusionists in

history, will appear in “Family Magic!”, an intimate evening of Grand Illusions. Tickets are on sale at the Tyson Events Center Box Office, online at OrpheumLive.com, or by calling 800-514-ETIX (3849). 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 4

Siouxland Artists Holiday Show, Commerce Building, Street Level, 524 Nebraska St., Sioux City. Siouxland Artists will display and sell their work.

Refreshments will be served. Attendees can browse and buy artworks including watercolor, oils, acrylics, soft sculptures and other media. The event is free and open to the public. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.712-899-3795..

Nov. 4

Mercy Medical Center Foundation Fall Gala, Delta by Marriott (formerly Marina Inn), 385 E 4th St, South Sioux City.

Cathleen and Chris McGowan of Sioux City will chair the Mercy Medical Center Foundation’s Fall Gala. Proceeds from this year’s event, “An Evening Under the Stars,” will support Mercy’s Child Advocacy Center which opened a new facility at Seventh and Jackson streets last July. Tickets to Mercy’s Fall Gala are available by calling 712-2792223. 6-7 p.m.

Nov. 9

O.A.R., Anthem - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, 111 3rd St., Sioux City.

Must be 21 or older to attend events in Anthem. 8-10 p.m. $37.45- $74.90. 844-2227625. www.hardrockcasinosiouxcity.com.

Nov. 10

Trivium & Arch Enemy w/While She Sleeps & Fit for an Autopsy, Anthem Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, 111 3rd St., Sioux City. Trivium is an American heavy metal band from Orlando, Florida.

The band will be joined by Arch Enemy, While She Sleeps and Fit for an Autopsy.

Must be 21 or older to attend. 6:30-11 p.m. $32- $64.20. 844-222-7625. www. hardrockcasinosiouxcity.com.

Nov. 11

Immanuel’s Christmas Festival Craft Fair and Bake Sale, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 315 Hamilton Boulevard, Sioux City.

Over 30 vendors, two full rooms of crafts and door prizes every hour. Lunch available.

Handicapped accessible. 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Nov. 14

Nature Tales, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, 4500 Sioux River Road, Sioux City.

Pre-schoolers, join us with an adult for this special story time about foxes and coyotes.

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We’ll hike too, weather permitting. Please pre-register by calling 712-258-0838 or email tkruid@woodburyparks.org.

10-11:30 a.m. www.woodburyparks.org.

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Welcome - A gathering for people who have relocated to Sioux City, Sunnybrook Community Church, 5601 Sunnybrook Dr., Sioux City. Join us the second Tuesday of each month for an informal social hour at Sunnybrook Community Church. If you’ve just relocated to the Sioux City area or moved here a few years ago, we welcome everyone to attend. It’s a great way to meet other people who have also gone through the relocation process, make a few new friends, find out more about the Sioux City area and Sunnybrook Community Church! We hope to see you at our next gathering! 5:30-6:30 p.m. 239-437-1838. siouxcitywelcome.blogspot.com/.

Nov. 14

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Peppa Pig’s Surprise, Orpheum Theatre, 528 Pierce St, Sioux City. This fun-filled show brings the hit TV series to life on stage, giving families the opportunity to engage with their favorite characters like never before in an unforgettable first live theater experience. 6 p.m. 800-5143849. OrpheumLive.com.

Nov. 15

Caregiver Support Group, Faith United Presbyterian Church, 4327 Morningside, Sioux City. For all those caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia.

10-11:30 a.m. 712-587-7926.

Nov. 17

Painting with Light Photography, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, 4500 Sioux River Road, Sioux City. Ever wondered how names, shapes, and designs are drawn with light in photographs? Well here’s your opportunity to find out!

Resource Naturalist Tyler Flammang will share tips and insights for creating beautiful and interesting light trail images. Bring your own digital camera, tripod, and trigger release (if available). Digital cameras with a full manual mode work best, but any camera will do. Pre-registration for attendees is appreciated. Contact Resource Naturalist Tyler Flammang with any questions at 712-258-0838 or tflammang@woodburyparks.org. 6:30-8:30 p.m. www. woodburyparks.org.

Nov. 17

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Nov. 18

Appalachian Trail Adventures, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, 4500 Sioux River Road, Sioux City. Tim and Christine Case, 60-something amateur trail hikers, have recently hiked two sections of the Appalachian Trail together. In addition to sharing memorable experiences and photos of breathtaking views, they will discuss why they hiked, how they prepared, and what equipment they carried.

Equipment and backpack contents will also be displayed.

Weather permitting, “hike your own hike” afterwards on one of the Nature Center’s wonderful trails! 10-11 a.m.

712-258-0838. www.woodburyparks.org.

Nov. 19

Elf The Musical, Orpheum Theatre, 520 Pierce St, Sioux City. The hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan child raised in the North Pole. This modern day Christmas classic is sure to make everyone embrace their inner Elf. Shows at 2 and 7:30 p.m. 712-279-4850. BroadwayAtTheOrpheum. com.

Nov. 20

Downtown for the Holidays, Various locations downtown, Sioux City. Events will include the Holiday Lighted Parade at 6:15 p.m., the opening of Santa’s House and the Festival of Trees. 4-7 p.m. 712-252-0014..

Nov. 20

Author J.D. Vance to present 2017 Waitt Lecture, Eppley Auditorium, 3625 Garretson Ave., Sioux City.

Morningside College’s 2017 Waitt Lecture will feature J.D. Vance, author of the New York Times best-seller “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.” Free and open to the public. 7:30-8:30 p.m. www.morningside.edu.

Nov. 25

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2017 Holiday Collections Craft Fair, Sioux City Convention Center, 801 4th St, Sioux City. Find gifts for your holiday decorations and special one of a kind gifts for family and friends. Register for door prizes donated by Exhibitors, Free Parking and Concessions are available 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $6 for adults and children 10 years and under are FREE!. 712-224-6475..

West 7th St. Reconstruction underway

Parking Available in car lot next to bldg.

Seniors 62 & older, handicapped & disabled.

Nov. 18 – Nov. 19

Breakfast with Santa, Long Lines Family Rec Center, 401 Gordon Dr, Sioux City. Come have “Breakfast with Santa.”

Enjoy a full breakfast, Christmas music, cookie decorating, craft making, picture taking, and visiting with Santa. Make your reservations early. Limited registrations will be taken.

Pre-Registration Deadline: Nov. 22, 2017. 9-11 a.m. $8 per person, under 2 years free. 712-279-6126. sioux-city.org.

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Mon-Fri 8 AM-5 PM

Handicap Accessible

111 3rd St., Sioux City. It’s been nearly 20 years since Jackyl shot out of Georgia with its wild, untamed and uncouth approach to rock ‘n’ roll. 8-11 p.m. $20- $50. 844222-7625. www.hardrockcasinosiouxcity.com.

2017 NAIA Volleyball Championship, Tyson Events Center, 401 Gordon Drive, Sioux City. See the best in NAIA women’s volleyball as teams compete for the national championship title! Tickets on sale at the Tyson Events Center Box Office, online at www.etix.com or by calling 800-514-3849. For more information and to pre-register, visit www.NAIANetwork.com.

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At 92, WWII pilot from KC soars back into the sky ‘just like the old days’ — for free

BY DONALD BRADLEY The Kansas City Star‌

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – From his open cockpit and ready for takeoff, Robert Capen looked for his girl.

There she was, Mitzi, looking back at her World War II fighter pilot, dashing as always with his white flowing mustache, aviator glasses and plucky smile.

He waved goodbye and she mouthed the same.

The engine roared and Capen soared off into the blue yonder where more than 70 years ago, as a teen, he fought high in ocean skies above the South Pacific.

The flight recently above southern Johnson County, Kansas, was a tad more relaxed for Capen, now 92.

His family arranged for his Ageless Aviation Dream Flight. And, boy, did this bunch do it up right. Capen dressed in his old Army uniform – it still fits. Shoes shined, medals polished.

Is that a black panther on his flight jacket?

“You damn right it is,” Capen said, referring to the emblem of his fighter squadron.

He took off in a 1942

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World War II pilot Robert Capen gives a thumbs-up to pilot Darryl Fisher as they flew over Johnson County, Kan., on Oct. 18, during a flight by Fisher’s Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation.

Stearman PT-17, a plane similar to what he trained in during the war.

And when he and the pilot landed back at Johnson County Executive Airport, four daughters greeted him wearing WAC (Women’s Army Corps) uniforms and they joined their dad in a rousing tarmac rendition of “Flamin’ Mamie.”

All six children and a good portion of 35 grandchildren and great-grandchildren were there.

Capen, who spent his life as an architect at Burns & McDonnell, even took the stick for five minutes of the

flight.

“I pushed that throttle forward and felt me getting pushed back in the seat, the wind in my face,” he said, smiling. “It was just like the old days.”

For that he thanked the pilot.

“That was great,” he told him. “I’m beholden to you.”

The daughters watched their dad shake the pilot’s hand. They knew what the flight meant to him.

“He was just where he wanted to be,” Julie Ferguson said.

Capen is exactly why the pilot, Darryl Fisher, founded

Ageless Aviation. He did so to honor the country’s military veterans – “to give back to those who have given.”

The idea started on a whim.

He gave a flight to an old vet. Then another. So many followed that he and his wife decided to form the nonprofit organization based in Carson City, Nev. “We get requests from all over the country,” Fisher said.

The flights are free for vets. So far this year, the organization has granted more than 400 flight requests.

In 1942, six months after Pearl Harbor and shortly after graduating from Kansas City’s Southwest High School, Capen and a high school friend, Keith, were enthralled by a recruitment poster.

“So by golly we enlisted,” Capen said. “Keith and I did most of our training together.

He was my good buddy and we really tore it up together.

“He flew cargo planes over The Hump (the Himalayas) and went missing in action.

His brother died in Europe.

So his mom lost two sons during the war.”

In the Pacific, Capen was assigned to the 35th Squadron, 8th Fighter Group and given a P-38 Lightning, which he named “Millie.” He served in New Guinea, the Philippines and the island of Ie Shima, where he remembers dead enemy soldiers laying about unburied.

“We mostly supported ground troops,” Capen said.

“They’d mark targets with smoke and we’d go in there.”

After the war and returning home, Capen earned an architectural degree at the University of Kansas. He and Mitzi, who live in Overland Park, Kansas, have been married 64 years. His daughters describe him as a “spry, very active little Irishman.”

He walks three or four miles a day. Mitzi oftens goes to meet him when she sees him coming down the street and they walk back holding hands.

And the whole family loves to sing the old songs from the war years, like “Flamin’ Mamie,” which they did for media.

“We have a few more bawdy songs that we can’t sing for TV,” Capen said with a chuckle.

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Terry’s Turn

That little girl is gone

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We were both 40 he other day I and thought the was watching days of babies and a young father diapers and all that getting frustrated goes along with with his little daughthat were over. She ter who was probably was a surprise but 3 or 4 years old. She a welcome one. wanted to be picked Tracy had two up and held and he older brothers and probably had spent two older sisters most of his day doing Terry Turner who were happy to that. He grudgingly turnert185@outlook.com have a new baby complied once again sister. The oldbut I could tell he didn’t really est were grown and out of want to do it. the house by the time Tracy It was then I realized I arrived but the younger two would give anything to be were happy to help with takable to pick up my little ing care of the new baby. daughter again. But I can’t.

At the time I had a job She’s gone.

She came to us later in life where I worked 10 hours, and was a complete surprise. four days a week, giving me

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Mondays and most weekends off. I loved those Mondays because it meant I could be alone with our new bundle of joy. Once she got to be a toddler we would go to the park on nice days. We’d pack a lunch, go to the park and play on the swings and slides and then eat our lunch in the shade of a tree.

One of my duties while taking care of her on those Mondays was to get her to take an afternoon nap. I’d always try to get her to take a nap after lunch but that never went well. When getting her to sleep in her own bed didn’t work, we would both lie down in my wife’s and my bed and I’d try in

vain to get her to close her eyes and sleep. One time I brought in a small tape recorder and I recorded my efforts to get her to sleep and her fight to stay awake.

That tape is in my desk and occasionally I bring it out and listen to it. That’s all I can do now because she’s gone.

When she started kindergarten she always wanted me to have lunch with her at school. Parents could join their kids in the lunchroom.

I would do that on Mondays when I was off work. Not only was it fun to eat lunch with her one day a week but on Mondays the menu was chili and a cinnamon roll.

My favorite foods. Mondays

are empty now because she’s gone.

I desperately wanted to tell that young father to enjoy the time you have with your daughter even if it means getting frustrated by having to pick her up all the time.

Someday you’ll look back and wish like I do that those days were still here.

I wanted to tell him I can’t do that anymore because my little girl, my precious little daughter is gone. She grew up. Now she’s a beautiful young woman with children of her own. I can’t go back and spend more time with that little girl. All I have today are memories of that little girl who is gone.

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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Available 1BR apt at Fairmount Park

Taking applications for established waiting list at Riverside Gardens, Diamond Heights and Evergreen Terrace g usin r Hxoland! o i n Se Siou in

Fairmount Park

• Must be 62 years of age or older • 1BR Apartment and meet income guidelines • Rent based on income • Handicap accessible • Utilities included in rent, laundry facilities, caring Call Today on-site resident manager For A Showing and more!

Riverside Gardens

TTY#800-735-2943. • Call (712) 279-6900 • Equal Housing Opportunity

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