Sioux Center News (Newspaper) - July 30, 1996, Sioux Center, Iowa State Historical Library 600 E Locust Des Homes IA 50319 SERVING IOWAS PROGRESSIVE NORTHWEST SIOUX IOWA 51250 50 CENTS SECTION ONE JULY 1996 1 Page 2 Wilderness 1 Page 7 BRIEFLY Local group receives volunteer award Receiving a Governors Volunteer Recognition Award from Governor Terry Branstad second from right are representatives of the Two Rivers Chapter of Unlimited At left are Owen Sandbulte and Chris Fischer Brian Canis on the The Unlimited group received the recognition banquet on May 22 for its donations to the Department of Natural Library receives accreditation The State of Iowa has announced that the Sioux Center Public Library has met the conditions for state The library received an official certificate of accreditation signed by Governor Terry State Librarian Sharman Smith and chair of the Iowa Commission of Gordon The certificate says Sioux Center Public Librarys accreditation is valid until June The areas of library administration and services that qualified the li brary for this distinction include administration and fund public relations and access and facili Sioux Center Public Library is one of 127 libraries in Iowa which currently meets the conditions stipulated by the State Library of Iowas Public Measures of Government agency changes name Rural Economic and Community Development formerly Farmers Home Administration has been renamed and Is now Rural De The mission of this agency of the United States Department of ture remains the provide housing for a guaranteed housing program for repair loans for very business and industry loans and many The agency says there are new Income limits for direct and guaranteed People may contact the office for more The interest rate as of June 1 was percent Josh Meendering Eagle Section 1 Page Class of 1088 has Section 1 Page 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SOURCE Department of Bureau of Economic Analysis INA Graphics School board considers 199697 district goals One of Carl goals will be to increase the number of stu dents at Dordt College so that they can take advantage of the mission of Dordt College which is to share Jesus Dordt president begins duties By Steve Hoogland The Sioux Center Board of Educa tion took a look July 22 at district goals for the 199697 school Superintendent Norm Gaines submitted a list of seven overall goals for the While not making formal the board did give the list an initial goahead with the formal motions scheduled for the August The first goals deal with technol The first is that the school continue the development and re finement of the curriculum for kinder garten through twelth grade technol ogy instruction The which is closely suggests that the district continue the develop ment and refinement of skills and the use of Goal three is to continue the de velopment of objectives for each grade level and or specific The fourth goal is to develop varl assessment instruments der termine the degree to which students have achieved identified specific course All of the first four goals are basi cally a continuation of goals we al ready have in said The fifth goal is to study the pre sent talented and gifted program in grades kindergarten through 12th and develop recommended improve ments and refinements which will be implemented with the 199798 school Gaines said that he would like the school to closely examine the tal and gifted program and see what changes should be The sixth goal is to review status of the current strategic plan as a ba sis for the development of a new strategic Gaines reported that an allday strategic plan will take place at school September The fifth goal is to continue the refinement of the operational and fi Were always looking to Improve those Gaines In other action In other the Sioux Center school Made yearly Dale Vander Wilt was reappointed the district Noreen De Hoogh reappointed the district trea Randy Roos was reappointed as district attorney and American State Bank was reappointed the dis depository bank as the second year of a Had first reading on nine school district first five policies waiver procedures and school The final four policies were all new policies which deal with the use of the One of the policies includes a permission letter to parents for stu dent use of the The other policies cover appropriate use of the regulation and violation Approved the 199697 general operation The budget had mi nor changes from the same budget SCHOOL see Section 1 Page 3 By Adele Koekkoek and Kate Dekker Dordt College students returning this fall will not only see new class mates on Theyll find a dif ferent face in the presidents office as Carl Zylstra began his role as Dordt Colleges president this He is the third man to hold the office since the college was founded In Preparing for the role Zylstra comes to the position having served as pastor to two con faculty member at Calvin College and vice president and dent of the board of Christian Re formed World along with many other leadership think the position that helped prepare me the most for this Job as vice president and president of CRWM for six Zyl stra That gave me the oppor to have a leadership position in an international and I think that kind of global perspective will be helpful here in the college Zylstra brings another perspective to the Job as of a oldest was grad from Dordt this and his son Nathaniel still attends the col I feel part of the college because probably no one is as much a part of the college as someone whose chil dren are attending he You see things from a students eyes as you talk with your own But almost as helpful Is having been a pastor at many 20 or 30 Dordt he referring to his years at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in Orange As a IVe tried to talk with them about their and I think that gives a real ownership re to the mission of the Taking the role Zylstra appreciates the now to be able to be more closely involved in Dordts Theres a see Section 1 Page 3 Edgerton man killed in accident A fatal accident that occurred about six miles south of Sioux Center on Highway 75 is being investigated by the Sioux County Sheriffs The victim of the accident was Jamie of Roskamp was operating a 1992 Honda motorcycle northbound on Highway The accident occurred about onehalf mile north of the in of Highways 75 and 10 Million Dollar The accident was reported to the Sheriffs Office about on July by a passing mo Authorities believe the acci dent occurred some hours the son of Marlow and Henrietta Roskamp of was raised on the family farm and gradu ated from Edgerton Public School in He had been employed at Van der Stoeps Furniture for the past one and onehalf Funeral U Wednesday Funeral services for Roskamp will be at July at First Reformed Church in Roskamp is survived by his one brother and two Hospital is accepted by Health First Health First will help hospital retain patients Hospital extends coverage Administrators at Sioux Center Community Hospital and Health Center and Sioux Center Medical Clinic are announcing this week that services offered by their fa have been accepted by Health PPO Preferred Provider The acceptance by Health First marks a significant step for clients and patients of the local hospital and medical The acceptance of Health First is retroactive to July Being accepted by Health First will help us retain patients and clients in said Maria Toer administrator of Sioux Center Community Hospital and Health Before this people whose policies were administered by Health First could go to the hospi tal and clinic in Sioux but would not receive full benefits of their Insurance Health a subsidiary of Lukes Regional Medical Center in Sioux Is a Insurance compa nies contract with Health First to receive a negotiated pricing of healthcare services and medical The acceptance by Health First marks years of work by local Administrators at the hospital and medical clinic have been working for acceptance by Health First since the fall of For those people whom we con sider our patients and we are concerned that we have not been able to help and ws wanted to better serve our com That is why were said Anne the Sioux Center Medical Clinic Additional services Sioux Center Community Hospital and Health Center also announced effective on August there will be additional services provided at the Emergency Physicians Associa tion with the support of the medical will begin emer coverage on Fridays at 6 through 6 on This expanded coverage nates waiting for a physician to see are actually waiting for the The attending physician is licensed and The additional coverage will be especially helpful to those who previously felt they had to wait until a Monday to be seen in the consequently taking time off from The additional cian has also enabled the medical clinic to take additional regular appointments on such as physicals or EPA will also be assisting the medical staff by seeing those who cannot wait to be seen but who do not have a regular The EPA physician will work to gether with the patients family to determine the best pos sible health care for the The hospitals staff is looking forward to offering this service and appreciates the continued support from the NEXT WEEKS MEWS SEMIOR PWN SIOUX COUNTY FOR 14
