Sioux Center News (Newspaper) - July 3, 1995, Sioux Center, Iowa n Homes SERVING IOWAS PROGRESSIVE NORTHWEST SIOUX CENTER IOWA 512 GENTS SECTION ONE JULY 1995 1 Page 6 BRIEFLY Carmel Reformed Church celebrates anniversary Members of and visitors to Carmel Reformed Church had a good time bidding on canned goods Tuesday afternoon at a Sun day school The picnic took place on Tuesday this year due to the churchs centennial See next weeks issue for more pictures and information on the Arts to be promoted at Youth Fair In Joint five Arts Councils In Sioux County will promote the arts at the Sioux County Youth Fair on July 11 and Childrens craft ac featured during the day will include quilt blank sponge painting and box Other art ac in the booth each afternoon are face painting and fuse Each evening art demonstrations will take place from 7 to 9 Fea tured artists this year are Ken French on Monday Tammy Hoppe on Tuesday evening and Laurey Zwart on Wednesday from Sioux will demonstrate quilting from will throw pots on a wheel and from Le will carve hardwood The Sioux County Arts along with the Arts Councils of Orange Rock Hawarden and Sioux Center Recreation and will display a joint bulletin board with information about their For more people can call the Sioux County Arts Council at The Sioux County Youth Fair begins on Friday and ends on Thursday of next The fair is at the fairgrounds in Sioux German bikers enjoy Carmel hospitality on Section 1 Page sales tax is discussed at Sioux Center city council Section 2 Page Sioux Center hospital is accredited by American College of Section 2 Page Fireworks will be displayed at the fairgrounds on July beginning at about 10 Beef low in cholesterol o g8 8 8 8 Source Iowa May 1995 INA Graphics An ISU animal scientist developed a method to precisely measure chicken and were with lean cuts of beef performing especially well in relation to oilier Ruth Stover seated on second from the right was honored at an open house last week for her 42 years of nursing at the Sioux Center Some of the people who came to wish her well in her retirement are Mardy Bruinsma and Bert Van Middle row Sally Lavina Vander Dee Te Pearl and Back Ruth Hoekema and Retiring nurse many in Horsing care given by caring people Ruth who completed 42 years of nursing at the Sioux Center Community Hospital and Health was honored at a retirement open house June 23 at the Sally Koldenhoven She began working at the local hospital in April 1953 during her se year of nurses and in October 1953 became a fulltime staff When her children were born she went to work working both the 311 and 117 The second of three daughters born to James and Mildred Riemersma of Ruth attended the Hospers Northwestern Junior College and graduated from Lukes School of Nursing in She married Dale Stover in Hos pers on June where they have lived Dale retired three years ago from the Postal The Stovers are the parents of three sons and a daughter Robert and family of Muscatine Jon and family of Sioux South Dakota Curtis and family of Fort Dodge and Mary Schafer an at the Sioux Center hospital and family of Shel Ruth and Dale are the proud grandparents of eight grandsons and two They are active members of the Presbyterian Church In Hospers where Ruth has been an organist for many years and has been involved in Presbyterian Both have worked with Justice For All Ruth enjoys playing the gar walking and the Chicago Cubs and especially helping to supply the newborn caps for the hospital Coming to work in a small hospi tal after training in a hospi tal was quite a challenge but interest enjoyable and larly the personal contact and pri mary care of the she One experiences many different ar eas of from to cardiac care unit to emergency just werent many nurses available when I Often an and an aide per shift and sometimes two or three deliveries on a shift made for a busy time Ruth had the following observa tions about the changes in hospital care since the time she started in Then hospital stays were longer five days after a five to seven days for surgical There wasnt any disposable equipment everything had to be wrapped and Oxygen came in clumsy tanks that werent easy to change No and efficient were available only private ambulances usually from funeral homes were There was much less If a patient needed to be trans friends or relatives donated blood right at the hospital if they were the right Electric beds have saved many steps by the nurses to raise or lower Ruth Theres been great advances in medications and penicillin and streptomycin were being used In Cardiac monitors and coronary care units are ing There have been many but nursing care continues to be given by caring people who give so much of themselves to help Ruth Ive enjoyed my many years of work at the especially the bedside care and getting to know the The care and concern shown by our hospital staff to the pa is very evident in the ability to work together so she The amazing growth of our hospi tal and its many related services shows its ability to meet the chal lenges and changes necessary to provide the best possible care for the I feel fortunate to have worked with these dedicated people and will surely miss all the coworkers and especially the patient numbers expected to grow in Sioux Center By Steve Hooglund According to Sioux Center school district superintendent Rick open enrollment will become a more and more Important factor in calculating Based upon applications to the Sioux Center Board of Education from students from neighboring school it la estimated that 60 students will be attending Sioux Center schools from OPEN Section 1 Page 9 OPEN ENROLLMENT AT SIOUX CENTER 199192 199293 Into 11 17 37 33 60 Out 6 9 10 IS School to develop ICN classroom By Steve Hoogland The Sioux Center Board of Education decided at Its June 19 meeting to move ahead with developing a room dedicated to the Iowa Communication Network The school learned earlier this spring that the Sioux Center school district had been accepted as one of the sites around the state to be set Through the the state provides funding to set up the FOT Fiber Optic Terminal which is the local hub of the The school needs to set up the which includes monitors and Collette local Iowa Communications Network was on hand for the boards The school estimates that costs for the schools share to outfit the classroom will be between to according to superintendent Melmer said that the basic package costs between to Furniture and other equipment options will put the total cost of the room at to Board members said that they did not like spending a great deal of money on They noted that other ICN classrooms are being developed at the Area Education Agency and the National Guard Other locations are considering hook One of said is that if we dont hook up we wont get the chance until at least School board members noted that if the room was developed at the it would be used much One of the big issues is how we will use it and how often we will use Melmer It will be used more if it Is right The board will pay for the expenditures out of several The school will use from undesignated levy The remaining money will come from the general The school board set February 1996 as a target date for the room to be set The ICN classroom will be a room which is in the present high school area near the middle That room will be occupied until the school makes the transition into the middle sometime after the 199596 school year After the move to the middle the room will be developed into an ICN Melmer noted that there are three main benefits of the school Joining the ICN The first is the additional course offerings He noted that students with specific interests or needing a special class will have that Classes also are available at alternative Some classes may be conducted on the ICN outside of the normal school schedule of to The second main benefit is for Teacher workshops are conducted on the ICN and there may soon be possibilities in graduate work for teachers on the Its good for stair Melmer Another benefit that the ICN equipment be helpful for all kinds of a science teacher is teaching a class about a if that class move to Uw use ap NEXT
