Daily Globe (Newspaper) - November 18, 2006, Ironwood, Michigan NOVEMBER 2006 DAILY Hospice helps make most of remaining life By DIANE MONTZ Globe Staff Writer IRONWOOD More people are being referred to but many still wait too according to local hospice Hospice provides care to patients with terminal illness and their fam Hospice workers address the emotional and practical needs of the patient and family November is National Hospice and Palliative Care We do what we do better than anyone said the Chips chaplain for Regional Hospice at its Ironwood Regional Hospice is based in and also has offices in Hayward and The Ironwood hos pice office reaches out to a radius in Wisconsin and Upper It is funded in part by Grand View Health Although hospice serves patients who are workers focus on making what remains of life the best it can pastor of the Presbyterian church at has worked for hospice for 11 people dont get referred soon Paulson Families take on too much in attempting to care for a terminally ill loved one Some patients arent willing to accept that they have a terminal according to Nancy a registered nurse and clinical coordinator for the Ironwood Regional Hos pice She and Paulson are part of a staff that includes three other RNs four home health aides a social worker volunteer coordinator Kathy Maki and a dozen active The neatest part is how you become part of the family real Paulson Its a very intense None is a fulltime It depends on our Pikka Theyve had as many M 16 patients at time and average six to eight Pikka recently became nationally certified as a hospice and palliative care She said two more of the staff nurses will take the test in The goal is to have all of them certified in the specialty nursing The Ironwood hospice office opened in Pikka went to work for hos pice 13 years A licensed practical she had gone back to school for The program included volunteer Pikka was offered a job on her first day as a hospice volunteer and has been there Referrals to hospice come from fam ily friends and Hospice first confirms that the patient has a ter minal Some people mistakenly think that it is just for cancer Pikka noted that heart and kidney diseases can be along with Hospice workers interview the patient and fam ily to determine what they want and need from the The emphasis is on managing Pikka That means keeping a patient free of yet as alert as Volunteers provide respite family members to leave the The volunteers also MICHIGAN VOLUME EDITION 272 50 CENTS Paulson You become part of the family real Its a very intense relationship Maki I have learned more about living than dying from See HOSPICE Page 2 Shirley Penile snuggles her husband Rays Sheltie in the room at the back of their home on Kennedy Street in Newport Expecting family for the holi Shirley started decorating although she also expects the first holi days since Rays death to be DEATH is VERY WITHOUT I DONT KNOW HOW PEOPLE WOULD GET THROUGH Shirley Fertile man focused on lifes milestones By DIANE MONTZ Globe Staff Writer IRONWOOD Death and dying is very Shirley Fertile With out I dont know how people would get through Her husband Ray Fertile battled colon cancer for four It got harder and harder for him to deal with radiation and the spreading Ray I really dont want to do this fiven initially hard for him to accept Regional Its compas care is extended to people who have a terminal illness and not long to Hospice came to the In two they become your extended fami Shirley The three daughters live in Sturtevant and They came home on The rest of the I was Shirley Hospice helped Shirley care for her husband in their home for the four months preceding his They made me feel more comfortable caring for she If Ray was in if medications werent if Shirley was having trouble with any aspect of his she called hospices Within two someone she Ray was able to dance at their grand See RAY Page 2 Ray and Shirley Fertile enjoy the company of three of their from and Zak Torosian and Sebastian Ray Fertile died in YOUR TURN MICHIGAN OHIO Photo by Unda Michigan transplant Joanne Halberg and her beagle mix Michi are Wolverine Wearing his go blue Michi tears into a favorite Halberg hopes the Wolverines do the same to the Buckeyes on By Rick McCrabb Middletown Ohio Journal You almost cant get from White to The drive some times is longer depending on the amount of snowfall in the Upper Peninsula or the number of deer blocking the rural Its a drive from there to but when it comes to college the cities are worlds like the difference between scarlet and gray and maize and Ask Howie and Joanne Lenatz Five years the who lived along the banks of Lake Superi moved to Middletown because the copper mine where Howie worked shut They came here to feed their fami ly They found a different breed of football You Joanne said in her thick Michigan youre crazy down here about your Joanne should Their home on Road is a shrine to the There are Go Big Blue a University of Michigan blanket hangs over the couch and about every hat on the rack near the front door contains the When they purchased a mixed they named him short for Hes the best dog I ever said a subcontractor in the AK Steel maintenance Michis unpredictable and Joanne Then she added Just like a Michigan football Right on wearing a Go Big Blue sprinted into the living grabbed a white stuffed fumbled then put his muddy paws on a visitors Michi learned from his He doesnt care for Buckeye Michi has met his One of the good Scott Rob See Page 2 Its bon voyage to the annual Red Light Rally By MARGARET LEVRA Globe Staff Writer HURLEY This years Red Light known as the first ride of the season for will be the last one spon sored by the Hurley Area Chamber of The final rally is set for This year will be the Annual Red Light and the last the first ride is pretty much becoming that first big weekend of So well just celebrate that way from now said Hurley Chamber of Commerce executive director Ricky Daily Globe nie photo This parade participant was having a happy time during last years Red Light The negatives outweigh the Kelly The rally is generally scheduled for the second weekend in Mother Nature hasnt always and attendance of the rally has dropped over the Kelly This years rally date had to be changed to the third weekend in December because of the special deer hunt set for 710 by the Wis consin Department of Natural she On the Iron County Board unani voted to support opposition to the special deer with copies of the resolution to be sent to Jim Iron Countys representatives in the Wisconsin Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Jim Secretary Scott and Keith Warnke of the The Red Light Rally has become more and more difficult to Kelly We want people to feel free to come up and ride when we have Over the rally events included a poker radar scavenger hunts and but fewer and fewer visitors chose to Kelly They just wanted to so thats what were calling for everyone to do come up for one last Red Light Rally 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