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08/30/2009
KLEM NEWS UPDATE
(REMSEN)—A GROUP OF CITIZENS FROM THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG WILL VISIT LE MARS AND REMSEN TODAY AND TOMORROW. THE GROUP HAS MADE ANNUAL TOURS OF LUXEMBOURG SITES IN THE MIDWEST FOR ABOUT THE PAST FIVE YEARS. .
THE TOUR GROUP WILL ARRIVE IN LE MARS AROUND 6 O’CLOCK THIS EVENING. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY RICK RODER, PRESIDENT OF THE LUXEMBOURG HERITAGE SOCIETY OF NORTHWEST IOWA, THE SOCIETY WILL HOST A POT LUCK DINNER, INCLUDING REMSEN’S FAMOUS TREIPEN, FOR THE VISITORS AT THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN LE MARS.
TOMORROW MORNING, THE GROUP WILL TOUR ST. MARY’S CHURCH IN REMSEN ABOUT 9 A.M. AND THE ST. DONATUS HISTORICAL SITE NEAR ALTON AROUND 10:15 BEFORE DEPARTING FOR MINNESOTA.
(ORANGE CITY)—HOMECOMING 2009 AT NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE, WITH THE THEME “GRATEFULLY RED”, WILL BEGIN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND WITH CAMPUS TOURS. THAT EVENING A DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI DINNER WILL HONOR THE PROFESSIONAL, HUMANITARIAN AND NORTHWESTERN SERVICE ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR. RANDALL OOSTRA OF HOLLAND, OHIO; DARLENE (DE BEER) VANDER AARDE OF ORANGE CITY; AND JEAN (TALLMAN) VOGEL OF ORANGE CITY.
HOMECOMING EVENTS OCTOBER 2ND INCLUDE THE 16TH ANNUAL RAIDER 5K RUN/WALK, THE ANNUAL “MORNING ON THE GREEN” CARNIVAL, A PICNIC AT JAYCEE PARK AND TENTS FOR THE REUNIONS OF THE CLASSES OF 1979, 1989, 1999 AND 2004.
THE RAIDER FOOTBALL TEAM WILL KICK OFF AGAINST CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY AT 1:30 ON KORVER FIELD.
(SIOUX CITY)—BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY’S FALL CONVOCATION WILL BEGIN AT 9 P.M. MONDAY IN THE CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF GRACE. THE EVENT IS THE UNIVERSITY’S ANNUAL WELCOME FOR FIRST-YEAR SUDENTS INTO THE BRIAR CLIFF COMMUNITY.
AS PART OF THE MATRICULATION CEREMONY, STUDENTS WILL SIGN A REGISTRY, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT BEVERLY WHARTON. IN KEEPING WITH BRIAR CLIFF TRADITION, THE REGISTRY WILL BE KEPT IN THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE AND CARRIED IN THE MAY 2013 COMMENCEMENT PROCESSIONAL, WHEN THIS YEAR’S FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS WILL BE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
(SIOUX CITY)—ST. LUKE’S HEALTH SYSTEM PRESIDENT AND CEO PETER THOREEN HAS RECEIVED RECERTIFICATION AS A “FELLOW” FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVES FOR CONTINUED ACHIEVEMENT IN MEETING STANDARDS AS A HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE.
THE RECERTIFICATION IS GIVEN TO HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVES WHO PARTICIPATE IN ONGOING PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS AND DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM IN HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT.
THOREEN HAS SERVED AS ST. LUKE’S CEO SINCE 2003.
(SIOUX CITY)—THE MERCY ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH, SIOUXLAND’S FIRST PHILANTHROPIC GIVING CIRCLE, IS INVITING AREA AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING FOR ITS 2009 GRANT PROGRAM. TO QUALIFY FOR A GRANT, A PROGRAM MUST FOCUS ON WOMEN’S HEALTH AND WELL BEING.
GRANTS WILL BE MADE FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO TAX-EXEMPT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WITHIN MERCY MEDICAL CENTER’S PRIMARY SERVICE AREA THAT INCLUDES WOODBURY, DAKOTA AND UNION COUNTIES.
ESTHERVILLE, Iowa (AP) A student at a northern Iowa community college has died after losing consciousness during a climb up a wind turbine.
The name of the 60-year-old male students hasn't been released.
The student was in the middle of his climb Friday morning at the Estherville campus of Iowa Lake Community College when he lost consciousness. A college instructor and two students tried to revive him, but he died later at a hospital.
College president Valerie Newhouse expressed sadness at the death and thanked students, staff and emergency workers for a quick response.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
YANKTON, S.D. (AP) Federal stimulus money could help two states turn the old Meridian Bridge at Yankton, into a pedestrian and bicycle path.
The Nebraska Department of Roads and the South Dakota Department of Transportation estimate that the repairs and upgrades needed to make the 85-year-old bridge a recreational attraction will cost $5.5 million.
Nebraska officials plan to use $3.8 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to cover its 70-percent obligation.
South Dakota has federal stimulus funds to cover its 30-percent share.
Work is expected to begin next year.
Meridian Bridge Committee Chairman Jim Means recently urged Yankton city commissioners to take advantage of the opportunity, which comes around once in a lifetime.
Not all commissioners are on board.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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