Sioux Center News (Newspaper) - October 6, 1998, Sioux Center, Iowa SECTION ONE October 1998 2 Page 8 21 Page 12 BRIEFLY People received plenty of entertainment from skits per formed at the Sioux Center High School homecoming coro nation Tuesday and at the homecoming pep rally on Thurs The skits were part of a successful homecoming For more on please turn to the back page of this Early prevention urged for breast cancer October is awareness and hospitals in Sioux County have geared up to provide additional care arid information for their according to the Sioux Unit of the American Cancer The biggest aid in the fight against breast cancer is early Detection begins with That includes monthly checks for beginning at age a xray of the should be done once prior to the age of 40 to determine a From a mammogram every one to two years is recommended and annual examinations are recommended at age 50 and Breast selfexamination cards are available at most hospitals and clinics around the Plans around the county this month include the following B monthly health talk at noon on October 29 in the hospital conference room will be about breast H Orange will be a discount on mammo grams booked during the month of evening ses sions are being The hospital staff is participating in Lee National Denim Day during the month in support of breast cancer That program sends fund to a m Rock gift certificate for a discount on mammo grams is available for use Pink ribbons and breast selfexamination shower cards are also An luncheon was today October 6 with Deniece a family and Donna a mammog raphy a Sioux mammography discount is offered dur ing the Mammographies will also be available from 69 p m on Thursday October 22 and Breast self examination cards and pink ribbons are and those having a mammogram will receive a gift The Sioux Unit of the ACS is encouraging people to get infor mation from their local hospital or IOWA RANKS FIRST IN HOG PRODUCTION AMONG ALL THE FOLLOWED BY NORTH ILLINOIS AND October Pork Moi n IOWA PORK PRODUCERS Public meeting to look at proposed changes to 75 in downtown A public informational meet ing to present Sioux Center a downtown study report will take place next October at 5 in the Louisa May Alcott Room of the Sioux Center Public Tom director of the office of Transportation Safety at the Iowa Depart ment of Trans will people are present the He and representatives of the city will be available for questions and to com Business are requested to express their ideas on changes Suggested The inform a tional meeting is lOr open to the pub town Par business representatives located along Highway 75 in the downtown area are encouraged to In the fall of 1997 the Iowa DOT authorized Snyder and t from to do a study in the downtown section of Highway Major considerations The study included a section of the highway between 4th Street North to 2nd Street The major goals of the study were to look at options that would enhance safety as well as move traffic more Among the major considera tions in the study are El A option including a lefthand turning lane 3 A option with a left hand turning lane involving the elimination of parking on the highway m Traffic signals at the tion of 2nd Street North and Main Avenue Coop Gas Oil corner H The possibility of a signalized pedestrian crossing in front of the Community Center A followup study of the origi nal report considers the concept with the retention of parking on one side of the high accomplished by narrowing the The purpose of the public information meeting is to present some of the details of the traffic engineering report and to receive comments and public feedback prior to entering the decision process involving both the Iowa DOT and the Kroese has released an audit report on Area Education Agency 4 in Sioux Kroese reported that the agency had rev enues of for the year ending June which included 214 from local from state sources and in feder al Agency expenditures totaled an increase from the prior These included for special for media services and for educational A copy of the audit report is available for in of the Auditor of State and at the Area Education Agency 4 busi ness Sioux Center Community Hospital and Health Centers new parking lots arc now ready for the publics The drawing above points out an entry access from Highway shown on the right north points to the top of the For some time the Sioux Center Community Hospital and Health Center has been aware that parking was a rare especially for its visitors and The hospital is also aware when the various scanner trucks come to the it has been a major safety issue when they have backed across the four lanes of traffic on High way the hospital is excited to announce that its new parking lot and drive are ready for As people will notice by I when they come into the parking lot Lot 1 of from Highway 75 and there are no more they can continue into the new lot Lot 2 in the diagram to Tiie hospital is asking that everyone take note ol the new lines and park This new lot also allows exit ing without pulling onto the busy The also note the direction of the arrows for traffic How this will allow safer and smoother mobility between the parking The hospital is issuing a reminder that the parking lot behind the facility Lot 3 on the diagram is available for visitors to the depart People no longer need to walk on the road to get access to the door a sidewalk has been The hospital believes that the additional parking will alleviate the congestion in the front lot and greatly improve as as increase availability for People can help in the effort to raise awareness about the problem of domestic violence by taking part in a candlelight vig il this October at 7 near theband shell in Sioux Centers Central The candlelight vigil has been organized by Family Crisis Centers of Northwest iowa for merly called Aid in recognition of October us Domestic Viu lerice Awareness Family Crisis Centers of Northwest Iowa serves lour counties ami Speakers at the will include stall Crisis Centers ul Iowa and a minister will his on subject A musicM will pel with ean be sym that will loll that domestic violence exacts from individuals and decorated by victims of domestic will be in ther We have 100 Tshirts donated by Each will represent vic tims served this past Sheri executive LOCAL Section I I tf w