Courier, The (Newspaper) - March 25, 2006, Waterloo, Iowa ELITE EIGHT WICHITA SWE OUT ON GOALTENDING CALL SPORTS PAGE D1 CONSOLIDATION DIRECTOR NOW WILL MANAGE ALL UNI MAIN EVENTS CEDAR VALLEY PAGE A3 SATURDAY MARCH TODAY'S 42 25 NEWSSTAND PRICE 500 WATERLOO CEDAR FALLS WEATHER FORECAST PAGE B6 North Iowa patients may have received tainted tissue B Untested tissue taken from cadavers without family permission By Courier Lee News Service MASON grisly al scandal concerning the vesting of illegal body tissue has found its way to Mercy Medical Iowa Allen Hospital and Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo and Palmer Lutheran Health Center in West Union reported they receive any of the illegally obtained tissue Patients who received trans- plant bone and tissue from supplied by one of Mercy's suppliers Medtronic of Minneapolis have been ed by Mercy to consider testing for infectious diseases No disease screening was done of the tissue obtained illegally from cadavers without family knowledge Dr Darren of Neuro- surgery Services of North Iowa part of the Mercy system con- It's like something from a Stephen King novel North Iowa woman on condition of anonymity firmed in a written statement that some patients received the questionable tissue I sincerely regret the and concern patients and their families have had to go through involving he said Lovick said there are fewer than 25 patients in North Iowa who received tissue from Medtronic during the time in Doctors at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines and Mercy Medical ter in Des Moines all have con- patients who may have had skin or bone transplants using the unscreened tissue Locally those who had trans- plants of the tissue are offered one-time testing for HIV tis B Hepatitis C and syphilis It's said one North Iowa woman who was contacted by Mercy last week She spoke to the Globe Gazette on the tion of anonymity Ifs like thing from a Stephen King novel The woman was notified by the hospital through a message left on her answering machine The owner of Biomedical sue located in Fort and three others have been indicted on charges they illegally harvested skin and bone from cadavers in New York funeral homes and sold the parts The Mercy patient interviewed by the Globe said she received a bone implant to replace a bad disk in her neck in April 2005 After being harvested the sue went to Regeneration of Alachua Fla a com- pany that sterilizes such tissue then to Medtronic and then to scores of hospitals Lovick said Mercy has ed to contact all affected patients by letter or by telephone Patients who have not been contacted by Neurosurgery vices of North Iowa are not at risk of having received the the statement said Catholic Schools chief resigns job eliminated John ends reign in June Photos by DENNIS MAGEE Courier Regional Editor Doris of Cedar Falls started making lace with bobbins when printed information about the craft was not readily available Iri 1977 she wrote a book about the topic and is still regarded as a leading expert Delicate diligence Cedar Falls bobbin lace maker has reputation for age-old craft By GLORIA ALEFF Courier Correspondent CEDAR FALLS fingers fly and bobbins clink like wind chimes Doris Southard 85 flips the devices this way and that Fine threads radiate from pins each fastened to one of the bobbins spread across a pillow She has created lacs for herself family and friends and taught age-old art for decades Her interest began after reading an article in Women's Day magazine in 1950 Living on a farm southwest of New Hartford at the time Southard ly learned little information was able I couldn't find any books on the sub- ject Books on bobbin lace making were either out of print or hard to find By gleaning a bit here and a bit there and by experimenting Southard pieced together the know-how and acquired skills Bobbin lace making goes back to colonial days What might be considered an art form perhaps began in Italy in the 15th century The craft was commonly By ANDREW WIND Courier Staff Writer WATERLOO Cedar Valley Catholic Schools chief announced his nation day as the tem's board approved cost savings of that would nate his job a letter of nation to the board citing a desire to pursue positions closer to his home state of New York He will step down at the end of June In the three years since the system was formed out of Waterloo's Catholic schools and Columbus High he said a lot of challenging decisions have been made Among those are closing Queen of Peace School this spring and a gic planning process that may result in consolidating the remaining schools My face is one that ple see having made those tough decisions those lar said Carlucci Now those decisions have been made and they may need a new face to take them through some calmer waters Implementing the new agement plan may be the last of those tough deci- sions It will split chief trator duties between a ness manager and a lead cipal Closing Queen of Peace will save next year and help bridge a budget deficit projected at more than Board president Tim Luce said the system will save to in the cost of a chief administrator through the new management plan Another to will be saved by ing the activities director job to half time aided by a part-time administrative assistant he said The system's activities director resigned earlier this year and other administrators have been picking up those duties Luce said existing employees would probably fill most of the See page A4 Parents who micromanage a growing problem for schools In bobbin lace making thread is twisted braided and woven into intricate patterns referred to as bone lace in the century likely because pins and bobbins were made of bone During that era however only a few could afford the beautiful lace designs European royalty wore dresses collars cuffs and caps and slept on pillows trimmed with the delicate finery In this type of lace making threads are wound on bins and worked on a pillow That distinguishes the See LACE page A4 By VALERIE STRAUSS The Washington Post They are needy overanxious and sometimes plain pesky and schools level are trying to find ways to deal with them No not students Parents specifically parents of today's millennial generation who many educators are ing can't let their kids go They text message their dren in middle school use the cell phone like an umbilical cord to Harvard Yard and have no compunction about ing into kindergarten class and screaming at a teacher about a grade To handle the modern breed of parent educators are devising grams to help them separate from their kids and they are taking a harder line on Comnion traits Those born after 1982 can have overly involved parents Some Sheltered Confident Conventional Pressured Achieving Associates daily intrusive parents At seminars such as one in Phoenix last year titled aging Millennial they swap strategies on how to dle the hovercrafts or copter so dubbed because of a propensity to swoop in at the slightest crisis Educators worry not only See PARENTS page A6 SUNDAY IN THE COURIER LIKE MAGIC FORCE BRANCHES INTO SPRING BLOOM SUNDAY IN SMALL-TOWN MAIN STREETS AIM FOR PROGRESS KEEP NOSTALGIA SUNDAY IN NEWS Ask Call the Death Notices A4 oo
