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Terry’s Turn ................... 6

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Summer is the season of the fair. And while the Iowa State Fair is August’s big draw, don’t forget about your county fairs.

County fairs in Northwest Iowa continue to thrive with a mix of agriculture, tractor pulls, rodeos, great food and a variety of enter-

tainment options. The Woodbury County Fair kicks off on Aug. 3, but that’s not your only chance to enjoy a county fair.

Visit siouxcityjournal.com and see our community calendar for all of your options.

Fair season kicks into full gear

What’s Coming Up

Marjorie Hoppe, above,

Correctionville, Iowa, spins yarn

at the 2010 Woodbury County

Fair. A heifer, left, peers out of

a window at the 2010 Woodbury

County Fair in Moville, Iowa.

Journal photos by Jim Lee

Ansley Gydesen, Gretna, Neb., lifts a

baby goat in the petting zoo at the 2010

Woodbury County Fair in Moville, Iowa.

IF YOU GOWoodbury County Fair: Aug. 3-7, County Fairgrounds, Fair Street, Moville, Iowa. Featuring, tractor pulls, food, rodeo, motorcross, entertainment and even more food! $4 for adults www.woodburycoun-tyfair.comUnion County Fair: Aug. 4-7, Union County Fairgrounds, Alcester, S.D. [email protected] County (S.D.) Fair: Aug. 11-13, Clay County Fairgrounds, Cherry & High streets, Vermillion. 605-624-5571, www.claycountyfair.netIowa State Fair: Aug. 11-21, Iowa State Fairgrounds, E. 30th St. & E University Ave. Des Moines. 1-800-545-FAIR, www.iowastatefair.com

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WASHINGTON — Baby boomers say their biggest health fear is cancer. Given their waistlines, heart dis-ease and diabetes should be atop that list, too.

Boomers are more obese than other generations, a new poll finds, setting them up for unhealthy senior years.

And for all the talk of “60 is the new 50” and active aging, even those who aren’t obese need to do more to stay fit, according to the Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll.

Most baby boomers say they get some aerobic exer-cise, the kind that revs up your heart rate, at least once a week. But most adults are supposed to get 2½ hours a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity — things like a brisk walk, a dance class, pushing a lawn mower. Only about a quarter of boomers polled report working up a sweat four or five times a week, what the average per-son needs to reach that goal.

Worse, 37 percent never do any of the strength train-ing so crucial to fighting the muscle loss that comes with aging.

Walking is their most fre-quent form of exercise. The good news: Walk enough and the benefits add up.

“I have more energy, and my knees don’t hurt any-more,” says Maggie Sanders, 61, of Abbeville, S.C. She has lost 15 pounds by walk-ing four miles, three times a week, over the past few months, and eating better.

More boomers need to heed that feel-good benefit. Based on calculation of body mass index from self-reported height and weight, roughly a third of the baby boomers polled are obese, compared with about a quarter of both older and younger respond-ers. Only half of the obese boomers say they are are regularly exercising.

An additional 36 percent of boomers are overweight, though not obese.

The nation has been brac-ing for a surge in Medicare costs as the 77 million baby boomers, the post-war gener-ation born from 1946 to 1964, begin turning 65. Obesity — with its extra risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and arthritis — will further fuel those bills.

“They’re going to be expensive if they don’t get

their act together,” says Jeff Levi of the nonprofit Trust for America’s Health. He points to a study that found Medicare pays 34 percent more on an obese senior than one who’s a healthy weight.

About 60 percent of boom-ers polled say they’re dieting to lose weight, and slightly more are eating more fruits and vegetables or cutting cholesterol and salt.

But it takes physical activ-ity, not just dieting, to shed pounds. That’s especially important as people start to age and dieting alone could cost them precious muscle in addition to fat, says Jack Rejeski of Wake Forest

University, a specialist in exercise and aging.

Whether you’re overweight or just the right size, physi-cal activity can help stave off the mobility problems that too often sneak up on the sedentary as they age. Muscles gradually become flabbier until people can find themselves on the verge of disability and loss of inde-pendence, like a canoe that floats peacefully until it gets too near a waterfall to pull back, Rejeski says.

He led a study that found a modest weight loss plus walking 2½ hours a week helped people 60 and older significantly improve their

mobility. Even those who didn’t walk that much got some benefit. Try walking 10 minutes at a time two or three times a day, he sug-gests, and don’t wait to start.

“I don’t think there’s any question the earlier you get started, the better,” says Rejeski, who at 63 has given up running in favor of walk-ing, and gets in 30 miles a week. “If you allow your mobility to decline, you pay for it in terms of the quality of your own life.”

When it comes to diseases, nearly half of boomers polled worry most about cancer. The second-leading killer, cancer does become more common with aging.

“It’s the unknown nature, that it can come up with-out warning,” says Harry Forsha, 64, of Clearwater, Fla., and Mill Spring, N.C.

Heart disease is the nation’s No. 1 killer, but it’s third in line on the boomers’ worry list. Memory loss is a bigger concern.

“On a scale of one to 10, seven or eight,” is how Barry Harding, 61, of Glen Burnie, Md., puts it. “It’s more talked about now, Alzheimer’s and dementia.”

In fact, more than half of boomers polled say they reg-ularly do mental exercises such as crossword puzzles.

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Like most people I occasionally feel sorry for myself. In the past I would wallow in self-pity and totally ignore all of God’s blessings that sur-rounded me. At those times I concentrated on what I didn’t have instead of all the abundance in my life. But all that ended one day when I saw a stranger who taught me the value of just living life in total happiness.

It happened a few years ago after I had a heart attack. I had a brief stay in the hospital where they inserted a stint in a blocked artery and then went home ready to resume my normal life. But I couldn’t go back to the way things had been. I had to make some changes. For one I had to get more exercise. Before the heart attack the only exercise I got was

picking up the remote to change the channel on the TV. Along with an exercise program at the hospital I also began walking. Since the weather was still cold I walked inside at the Southern Hills Mall early in the morning before the stores opened. It was there one cold and dreary winter morning a stranger who I know was sent by God

changed my life forever.That morning I parked my car in

the mall parking lot and sat there. I stared at the gray and gloomy sky that matched my mood. I didn’t really want to be there but finally somehow managed to open the door and go inside.

I began my walk around the mall wrapped in a shield of self-pity no one could penetrate. I felt sorry for

myself because the heart attack made me realize I was no longer young and couldn’t do all the things I used to do. People walked past and gave me a cheery “hello” but I tried to ignore them. I didn’t want any-thing or anyone interrupting my feel-ing sorry for myself.

As I walked past one of the entrances to the mall I noticed the van from a nearby care facility had arrived with people who had mental and physical disabilities. I had seen them before. Some had caregivers with them while others were free to walk by themselves. I had previ-ously noticed one young man who was always in front of the group and said “Hi” to everyone he met. But I barely noticed him or anyone else in the mall that morning. The young man who by now was way out in front of his companions passed me and shouted a happy “Hello!”. I responded back with a less than enthusiastic greeting. He continued talking to me. “I like your hat!” he said. I was wearing a black baseball cap with U.S. Air Force emblazed in gold letters on the front.

“Thank you,” I replied.“What does it say?” he asked.I realized he couldn’t read. “It says

U.S. Air Force.”“I’m going to have to get me one of

those,” he said as he waved goodbye and continued happily on his way.

I stopped. I couldn’t move when the realization of what had just hap-pened hit me. I stood there riveted to that spot. It was then I began to think about what I had been doing the past few weeks. Here I was feeling sorry for myself when I had so many bless-ings to be thankful for. I had sur-vived a heart attack. My father had a heart attack in 1950 when I was just 8 years old but he didn’t survive.

It was then I began taking an inventory of all of God’s blessings that surrounded me. I had a wife and family who loved me. My retire-ment fund wasn’t going to make me rich but we had enough money to live a comfortable life. And that young man who just passed me was someone who would probably never have all the advantages I’ve had in my life. Someone who would never experience many of the joys I’ve had in my 60 plus years. What right did I have to feel sorry for myself? If anyone was going to feel that way it should be him but instead he was extremely happy.

Some might argue he doesn’t understand he’s handicapped and he doesn’t know about all the disadvan-tages he has. But I believe he does realize all that and it doesn’t matter to him. He’s determined to be happy anyway.

From that day on I began to look at life a little differently. I began to focus on all of God’s blessings and appreciate them more. And whenev-er I catch myself getting wrapped up in self-pity I think of that young man walking in the mall and sometimes I even shout out loud, “I’m going to have to get me one of those!”

Terry Turner is a Prime writer and can be reached at [email protected]

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I’m going to have to get me one of thoseI STOOD THERE RIVETED TO THAT SPOT. IT WAS THEN I BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I HAD BEEN DOING THE PAST FEW WEEKS. HERE I WAS FEELING SORRY FOR MYSELF WHEN I HAD SO MANY BLESSINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR.

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For nearly a century, the Milwaukee Railroad Shops have been standing in a valley nestled between the Loess Hills Bluffs and the Big Sioux

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locomotive servicing terminal and rail car repair facility.

The Milwaukee Railroad Shops were built in 1917 on sixty acres of land. The complex originally consisted of a 30-stall roundhouse with

turntable, eighteen backshop buildings, a power plant, two water towers, a wood coal tower, and two sand towers. Today, the Milwaukee

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The Milwaukee Railroad Shops were originally built to function as workplaces for railroad workers to repair and maintain the Milwaukee

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craft and trades workers serviced and repaired approximately 850 steam locomotives a month and tens of thousands of rail cars a year.

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In converting the Milwaukee Railroad Shops to a railroad museum, the volunteer developers are preserving the features of the roundhouse

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The Milwaukee Railroad Shops are designated a historic district eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and are

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REMSEN, Iowa – Happy Siesta Health Care Center provides its residents with quality compassionate care “from the heart.”

However, it takes a lot of hearts to make that hap-pen. That’s why the facil-ity is always in search of volunteers, said Activities Director Karen Paulsen.

“We want to meet the needs of each resident,” she stressed. “To do that we maintain a comprehensive, wholesome environment.”

At the same time, Paulsen pointed out that residents have a right to enjoy life.

“We want our residents to make choices for filling their day that make them happy and feel in control,” she said.

“We believe our residents have the right to live, laugh and love.”

Paulsen acknowledged the best person to be in charge of the residents lives is themselves.

“But we couldn’t do it with-out our volunteers,” she said.

“We took a group of 39 people to Cirque de Soliel and all of us wondered how in the world they made their bodies do that,” she said. “We also took a trip to the Shrine Circus.”

Both of those outings need-ed escorts and a good num-ber were found, Paulsen said.

“We appreciate the families of our residents and other volunteers so much,” she said. “That support means as much to us as it does to our residents.”

The residents aren’t always on the road, Paulsen stressed.

“We have organized Wii games, music opportunities, baking, card games, Bingo, and luncheons,” she said. “Since many of our residents are of the Catholic faith, we have mass twice a week and the recitation of the rosary every Friday. Lamplighters (affiliated with the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod) come every month for a prayer and music service.”

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BY STEPHEN OHLEMACHERThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service is making it easier for some “innocent spouses” to escape responsibility for the tax debt of their husband or wife.

Under the law, taxpayers who file joint returns are generally liable for the tax debts of their part-ners. However, spouses may qualify for relief if they didn’t know their partner was cheating on their taxes, or didn’t participate in the scam. In some cases, spouses can escape responsibility if they can prove they were in abusive relationships and didn’t believe they had an option not to sign a return.

The IRS has required innocent spouses to apply for relief within two years of the agency starting a collection action. On Monday, the IRS elimi-nated the two-year time limit for some applica-tions after lawmakers and advocates complained that many abused or divorced spouses may not become aware of IRS collection efforts for years.

“These are taxpayers, most often women who are in abusive situations, who find themselves in tax debt to the IRS through no fault of their own,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. “They still need to prove that they didn’t know about this situation, they weren’t complicit in the situation, that they really were an innocent victim.”

To qualify for relief, taxpayers must apply for an “innocent spouse” designation. There are sev-eral types of taxpayers who can qualify for the designation, and some will still have to abide by the two-year time limit. Those include taxpayers who were simply unaware that their spouse had failed to report income, but found out about IRS collection efforts within the two-year limit.

Among those who may be eligible for additional time are spouses in abusive relationships or those who had no reason to believe their spouses didn’t pay the tax bill and were never notified about IRS collection efforts.

For these people, the IRS said it will no longer apply the two-year limit on new applications or pending ones. People who had their applications denied in the past because of the time limit can reapply, the agency said.

The IRS receives about 50,000 innocent spouse applications a year. About 2,000 are rejected each year because they didn’t meet the deadline for applying, though the IRS says some of those applications might have been rejected for other reasons.

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Siouxland Directoryof Elderly Services

Sioux CityBetter Business Bureau:

1-800-222-1600City Hall: 405 Sixth St.,

279-6109Department of Human

Services: 822 Douglas St., 255-0833

Elder Abuse Awareness: 1-800-362-2178

Emergency: 911Fire Department: 279-6314Police Department: 279-

6960 (general)Post Office (Main): 214

Jackson St., 277-6411Siouxland Aging Services:

2301 Pierce St., 279-6900. Information and referral services, case management. Senior Advocacy Program, Chris Kuchta, program director.

Social Security Office: 3555 Southern Hills Drive, 255-5525

South Sioux CityCity Hall: 1615 First Ave.,

494-7500Department of Social

Services: Dakota City, Neb., 987-3445

Emergency: 911Fire Department: 494-7555Police Department: 701

West 29th St., 494-7555Post Office: 801 West 29th

St., 494-1312

Adult Day ProgramsAdult Day Program:

Alzheimer’s Association, 420 Chambers St. 279-5802. A safe, nurturing group environment for functionally impaired adults who need supervision. Available Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

CounselingCatholic Charities: 1601

Military Road, 252-4547Heartland Counseling

Service: 917 West 21st., South Sioux City, 494-3337

Lutheran Social Service: 4240 Hickory LaNeb.276-1073

Mercy Behavioral Care Center: 4301 Sergeant Road,

274-4200Prime Time Connections:

Mercy Medical Center, 279-5700. Social support program using volunteers who provide companionship for elderly experiencing depression

Siouxland Mental Health: 625 Court St., 252-3871

Vet Center: 1551 Indian Hills Drive, No. 204, 255-3808

Employment and Volunteer Service

RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program): Center for Siouxland, Johnalyn Platt, 252-1861, ext. 21

Senior Community Service Employment Program: 2700 Leech Ave., Cindy Thomas, 274-1610

Experienced Works: Siouxland Workforce Development Center, 2508 Fourth St., assistant; Faye Kinnaman, 233-9030 ext. 1020

Senior Companion Program: 4200 War Eagle Drive, 712-577-7848 or 712-577-7858

Financial AssistanceCommission of Veterans

Affairs: 702 Courthouse, 279-6606

Iowa Department of Human Services: 822 Douglas St., 255-0833

Salvation Army: 510 Bluff St., 255-8836

Social Security Administration: 3555 Southern Hills Drive, 255-5525

South Sioux City Community Center: 2120 Dakota Ave., 494-3259

Center for Siouxland: 715 Douglas St., 252-1861, Tax Counseling

Community Action Agency of Siouxland: 2700 Leech Ave., 274-1610, energy assistance

Financial, Insurance and Tax Counseling

Consumer Credit Counseling Service: 705 Douglas St., 252-5666

Siouxland Senior Center: 217 Pierce St., 255-1729, tax counseling

SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program): Information available from either Mercy Medical Center, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, or The Center

Center for Siouxland: 715 Douglas St., 252-1861. Conservatorship service, provides money management and protective payee services

Woodbury County Extension Service: 4301 Sergeant Road, 276-2157

FoodIowa Department of Human

Services: 822 Douglas St., 255-0833

Meals on Wheels: Siouxland Aging Services, 2301 Pierce St., 279-6900, deliver noon meals, suggested donation $3.72 per meal

Salvation Army: 510 Bluff St., 255-8836

Le Mars SHARE: Betty Dutcher, (712) 548-4229 (Distribution Site: Assembly of

God, 410 First St. S.W.)Mid-City SHARE: Center

for Siouxland, Johna Platt, 252-1861, ext. 21, (Distribution Site: Mary TreglIowa.900 Jennings St.)

Sioux City SHARE: Center For Siouxland, Lisa Thomas, 259-7412 (Distribution Site: DAV, 5129 Military Road)

South Sioux City SHARE: Sherry Stubbs, 494-6477 (Distribution Site: First Lutheran Church, 3601 Dakota Ave.)

Siouxland Senior Center: 217 Pierce St., 255-4240, congregate meal site

Siouxland Tri State Food Bank: 215 Douglas St., 255-9741

South Sioux City Community Action Center: 2120 Dakota Ave., 494-3259

South Sioux City Senior Center: 1501 West 29th St., 494-1500, congregate meal site

St. Luke’s Heat-n-Eat Meals: 2720 Stone Park Blvd.,

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279-3630, Cindy HansonCenter for Siouxland: Food

pantry, 715 Douglas St., 252-1861

Community Action Agency of Siouxland: 2700 Leech St., 274-1610

Health Care Information

Alzheimer’s Association: 420 Chambers St., 279-5802. Referral and information about Alzheimer’s disease, support groups and respite care

Dakota County Health Nurse: 987-2164

Iowa Department of the Blind: 1-800-362-2587

Lifeline: Personal emergency response system: St. Luke’s, 279-3375, Jenny Herrick; Mercy Medical Center, 279-2036, Karen Johnson

Marian Health Center: Community Education, 279-2989

Siouxland Community Health Center: 1021 Nebraska St., 252-2477

Siouxland District Health:

1014 Nebraska St., 279-6119 or 1-800-587-3005

St. Luke’s Health Professionals: 279-3333

Home Health CareBoys and Girls Home and

Family Services: 2101 Court St., 293-4700

Care Initiatives Hospice: 4301 Sgt. Road, Suite 110, Sioux City, Iowa, 712-239-1226

Geri-Care: Transit Plaza, 276-9860

Home Instead Senior Care: 220 S. Fairmont, 258-4267, non-medical home health

Hospice of Siouxland: 4300 Hamilton Blvd., 233-4144, nursing care, home health aide/homemaker, social services

Mercy Home Care: 801 Fifth St., Suite 320, 233-5100, 1-800-897-3840, home health aides/homemaker services, therapy services

REM Health of Iowa Inc.: 2212 Pierce St., Suite 200, 233-5494, skilled nursing care, home health aides, homemaker

services, waiversSiouxland District Public

Health Nursing: 1014 Nebraska St., 279-6119, skilled nursing care in home, home health aide, homemaker services

St. Luke’s Home Care: 2905 Hamilton Blvd., 279-3279. In-home nursing, therapy, home medical equipment and supplies, lifeline program.

Tri-State Nursing Services: 621 16th St., 277-4442, skilled nursing care, Home Health aide services, services ordered by a doctor

Synergy Home Care: Kim Kreber, 600 Stevens Port Drive, Suite 102, Dakota Dunes, S.D., (605) 242-6056.

Home MaintenanceSiouxland Aging Services:

2301 Pierce St., 279-6900, CHORE service, yard maintenance, heavy cleaning (Riley Fields)

SOS of Siouxland Inc.: Center for Siouxland, 715 Douglas St., 252-1861. Non-

profit organization which uses volunteers to provide repair services. Serves veterans, senior citizens (especially women) and handicap persons. Services based upon need.

HospitalsMercy Medical Center: 801

Fifth St., 279-2010St. Luke’s Regional Medical

Center: 2720 Stone Park, 279-3500

Siouxland Surgery Center: 600 Sioux Point Road, 232-3332

HousingSioux CityBickford Cottage Assisted

Living: 4042 Indian Hills Drive, 239-2065, Troy Anderson.director. 36 apartments, family owned and operated. We take pets.

Bickford Cottage Memory Care: 4022 Indian Hills Drive, 239-6851, Joy Beaver, director. 36 apartments, three levels of care depending on need.

Countryside Retirement Apartments: Lilac LaNeb.276-3000

Floyd House: 403 C Street, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, 712-943-7025, Affordable, multiple levels of care, studio, one-bedroom, respite

Holy Spirit Retirement Apartments: 1701 West 25th

St., 252-2726Lessenich Place

Apartments: 301 Fifth St. Contact Connie Whitney or Pat Trosin at (712) 262-5965

Maple Heights: 5300 Stone Ave., 276-3821, contact Jennifer Turner. This is subsidized low-income housing with rent based on income

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BY JOHN QUINLANPrime staff writer

LAWTON, Iowa – Sixty years after they were mar-ried, Keith and Dorothy Miller of are still driving the 1939 Pontiac Club Coupe Sport they took on their honeymoon trip to the Black Hills.

Though they don’t really drive it much anymore, mostly just to vintage car shows, the fully restored Saturn gray Pontiac is in much better shape today than when Keith bought the rusty gray, 12-year-old heap for $100 back on May 15, 1951. But even that relatively small payment wouldn’t have done the trick if Dorothy hadn’t kicked in the money he needed to buy a new battery for the car.

“It’s been one of the things that brought us together,” Keith said. And the Pontiac has been with them for 60 years.

The Millers were mar-ried on June 29, 1951, at Augustana Lutheran Church in Albert City, Iowa, before a full house of some 300

guests.Keith a Murray, Iowa,

native, who graduated from Storm Lake High School, met Dorothy Moline, an Albert City High School graduate, while they were students at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake. Both farm kids, they found them-selves just a couple seats apart in Bible class back in the days when chapel ser-vice was a requirement.

“Back in 1950, I tried to date her, but I dated her girlfriends instead, at first. She was always the one I wanted to get a date with,” he said, but it seems like she was always dating somebody else.

The secret to staying together for 60 years?

“We have a big relation-ship with the Lord,” Keith said. “The Lord is first. The family is second. And the job is third. So when we get into an argument, I say ‘Thank heavens,” and you know when to shut it off.”

Honeymoon car still keeps going, 60 years laterCouples

Journal photo by John Quinlan

Keith and Dorothy Miller stand in front of their honeymoon car in the garage of their Lawton, Iowa,

home. Keith purchased the Saturn-gray 1939 Pontiac Club Coupe Sport shortly before their wedding on

June 29, 1951, and Dorothy kicked in enough money to buy the battery. The Millers never parted with

the Pontiac, with Keith fully restoring it to its pre-honeymoon glory.


BY LAURAN NEERGAARDThe Associated Press

NEW YORK – America’s cit-ies are beginning to grapple with a fact of life: People are getting old, fast, and they’re doing it in communities designed for the sprightly.

To envision how this silver tsunami will challenge a youth-oriented society, just consider that seniors soon will outnum-ber schoolchildren in hip, fast-paced New York City.

It will take some creative steps to make New York and other cities age-friendly enough to help the coming crush of older adults stay active and independent in their own homes.

“It’s about changing the way we think about the way we’re growing old in our commu-nity,” said New York Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs. “The phrase ‘end of life’ does not apply anymore.”

With initiatives such as using otherwise idle school buses to take seniors grocery shopping, the World Health Organization recognizes New York as a leader in this movement.

But it’s not alone.Atlanta is creating what it

calls “lifelong communities.” Philadelphia is testing whether living in a truly walkable com-munity really makes older adults healthier. In Portland, Ore., there’s a push to fit senior concerns such as acces-sible housing into the city’s new planning and zoning poli-cies.

Such work is getting a late start considering how long demographers have warned that the population is about to get a lot grayer.

“It’s shocking how far behind we are, especially when you think about this fact – that if you make something age-friendly, that means it is going

to be friendly for people of all ages, not just older adults,” said Margaret Neal of Portland State University’s Institute on Aging.

While this fledgling move-ment is being driven by non-profit and government pro-grams, New York aims to get private businesses to ante up, too.

Last year, East Harlem became the city’s first “aging improvement district.” Sixty stores, identified with window signs, agreed to put out folding chairs to let older customers rest as they do their errands. The stores also try to keep aisles free of tripping hazards and use larger type so signs are easier to read. A commu-nity pool set aside senior-only hours so older swimmers could get in their laps without faster kids and teens in the way.

On one long block, accoun-tant Henry Calderon welcomes older passers-by to rest in his air-conditioned lobby even if they’re not customers. They might be, one day.

“It’s good for business but it’s good for society,” too, he said.

The size of the aging boom is staggering. Every day for the next few decades, thousands of baby boomers will turn 65. That’s in addition to the oldest-old, the 85- to 90-somethings whose numbers have grown by nearly one-third in the past decade, with no signs of slow-ing.

By 2050, 1 in 5 Americans will be seniors. Worldwide, almost 2 billion people will be 60 or older, 400 million of them over 80.

That’s almost always viewed as a health issue, prepar-ing for the coming wave of Alzheimer’s, or as a political liability, meaning how soon will Social Security go bust?

“We think this is something we should be celebrating,” says Dr. John Beard, who oversees the World Health Organization’s Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities. “They need to live in an environment that allows them to partici-pate.”

In East Harlem, a yel-low school bus pulls up to a curb and 69-year-old Jenny Rodriguez climbs off. The bus had already dropped a load of kids at school. Now, before the afternoon trip home, it is shuttling older adults to a mar-ket where they flock to fresh fruits and vegetables.

Rodriguez usually goes shop-ping on foot, pulling along a small cart. It can be a hike. Supermarkets aren’t too com-

mon in this lower-income part of the city, and there’s less to choose at tiny, pricier corner bodegas.

“You can only buy so much. Some streets, the cracks are so bad, you’re pushing the shopping cart and almost go flying,” Rodriguez said, exam-ining sweet potatoes that she pronounced fresher and cheap-er than at her usual store. “This is so much easier.”

More than 200 times, school buses have taken older adults from senior centers to super-markets in different neighbor-hoods. It’s just one of a variety of initiatives begun in 2009 by the New York Academy of Medicine and the city’s gov-ernment to address the needs of older residents. Already,

they’re showing results.A city report found the num-

ber of crashes has dropped at busy intersections in senior-heavy communities where traffic signals now allow pedestrians a few more sec-onds to cross the street.

Benches have been placed in nearly 2,700 bus shelters to give waiting seniors a place to rest.

The city’s aging taxi fleet is scheduled to be replaced by a boxier model designed to be easier for older riders and people with disabilities to open the doors and slide in and out.

On the Upper West Side, seniors snapped up a report card of grocery stores deemed age-friendly because they offer deliveries, have public

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Seniors line up for medical screening during a visit to an East Harlem market in New York. Their trip was

made easier with a school bus ride provided under the city’s “Age-Friendly NYC” program, which use

school buses that sit idle between their morning and afternoon runs to transport senior citizens.

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bathrooms – a rarity in the city – and sell single portions of fresh meat, poultry or fish, important for people who live alone.

Artists volunteer to teach at senior centers in return for space to work on or display their own creations.

And a “Time Bank” is let-

ting hundreds of people of different ages and with dif-ferent skills essentially barter services. A retired English teacher may do some tutoring, for example, and use the credit she earns to get computer help from another volunteer.

Aging expert Andrew Scharlach of the University

of California, Berkeley, sees a common thread in these changes and the work of other cities. Combat the social isola-tion that too easily sneaks up on older adults and it has a huge impact not just on how many years they will live, but how well they live them.

Cities and suburbs were designed for younger people, full of stairs and cars, he explained. As they become increasingly difficult to navi-gate, older people gradually retreat.

Revamping a lot of infra-structure may not happen in a tough economy. But some communities are building age-friendly changes into planned upgrades or maintenance, such as New York’s street cross-ings, or into requirements for future development.

The WHO’s Beard says some changes aren’t that costly, not-ing that seniors around the world say more benches and access to bathrooms will help them get out and about.

Among other cities’ work:■ The Atlanta Regional

Commission’s Lifelong Communities Initiative is pushing communities that help people age in place. Efforts are under way in six metro areas, including work to adapt zoning codes to allow more of a walkable mix of hous-ing and retail. The Mableton community of suburban Cobb County is planning that kind of a town square, and has opened a farmers market – on a week-day morning when seniors pre-ferred to shop – and intergen-erational community garden. To the east, DeKalb County is building a library near a senior center, planned senior housing and a bus stop. One town pilot-tested a shuttle for seniors to supplement bare-bones public transit.

The Atlanta Housing Authority is working with the commission to retrofit high-rise apartments that house a lot of older residents, with the goal to improve access to the surrounding community. At one site under construc-tion, changes include a ramp entrance, safer sidewalk to the bus stop and more time for pedestrians to cross the street.

The overall move isn’t with-out controversy.

Sometimes younger resi-dents misunderstand and say they don’t want to live in a retirement community, said commission urban planner Laura Keyes.

She said boomers, who are classified as being born from 1946 to 1964, and millenials, the children of baby boomers who came of age in the new millennium, ultimately want the same things: access to shopping, green space, more freedom from the car. The idea is a mix of ages but where older residents don’t need to move if their health fails.

Keyes became interested in age-friendly communities when visiting friends in nurs-ing homes built in commercial districts – and saw that they had nowhere to take a walk.■ Philadelphia is the oldest

of the nation’s 10 largest cit-ies, with 19 percent of its resi-dents over age 60 – and lots of multi-story rowhouses where seniors are stuck on one floor. “They become prisoners in their homes,” said Kate Clark of the nonprofit Philadelphia Corporation for Aging.

In redesigning the city’s zoning code, proposals are being debated that would allow seniors to rent out their upper floors, and to require that a certain amount of new hous-ing be what’s called “visitable” – with such things as ramp

entrances, wide hallways and at least a half-bathroom on the main floor, she said.

With funding from the National Institutes of Health, the aging group’s Allen Glicksman is studying if seniors who live in a walk-able neighborhood really are healthier as a result. He has found that social capital – think friendly neighbors, low crime and good sidewalks that encourage getting out – is as important to older residents as access to supermarkets, public transportation and good hous-ing.

Also, there are calls for age-friendlier parks, with safer steps and places to walk apart from bikers.

To sustain momentum, Clark created GenPhilly, a network of 20- and 30-somethings interested in shaping the city they’ll age in by raising senior issues in varying professions.■ Portland was part of

WHO’s initial study of what makes a city age-friendly, an initiative that helped bring about more handicapped-accessible cars for the city’s light-rail system, Neal said.

Now, aging experts are among the advisers as the city develops a master plan for the next 25 years. One issue, Neal said, is how to develop more accessible housing when the city’s anti-sprawl policy means a lot of narrow, multistory houses are being squeezed into empty city lots – near transportation but still not age-friendly with all the stairs.

Integrating senior-friendly changes into everyday city policies is less visible than, say, a new retirement home but it’s ultimately the goal, says Scharlach, the aging expert.

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BY MARY FOSTERThe Associated Press

After reading “Weeds,” Richard Mabey’s loving tribute to the com-mon weed, you may still pull out the herbicide but feel a little respect for the plants you’re zapping.

Mabey, one of Britain’s most respected nature writers, loses no time launching into praise for the plants that seemingly flour-ish everywhere, even managing to sneak into the tidiest of gardens unless the owner practices constant vigilance.

He discovered his fascination with weeds in his 20s, when he was work-ing in an outer section of London that presented “wildness in the city.”

In this stretch of urban waste-land, slowly building into an indus-trial stronghold, Mabey discovered weeds galore, including immigrants

from three continents.In sharing his amazement with the

plants that “become weeds when they obstruct our plans, or our tidy maps of the world,” he writes that they can be “botanical thugs” that destroy everything they cover, but can also be great restorers.

After World War II, bomb sites in England became so covered with plants that many people claimed the Germans had dropped those seeds as well as bombs. The plant Rosebay Willowherb was called “bombweed” by residents because of its rapid colonization of bomb craters.

A weed invasion took place in London, with bracken carpeting the nave of St. James and thorn apples growing in the cellars of Cheapside.

One observer counted 126 species in what Mabey calls a weed storm.

The history of these plants,

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BY TERRY TURNERPrime correspondent

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Situated on a mountain top out-side Charlottesville, Virginia, is Monticello, a 5,000 acre planta-tion that was Thomas Jefferson’s beloved home. Jefferson was not only the author of the Declaration of Independence he was the third president of the United States and the founder of the University of Virginia. Monticello is the only historic house in the United States on the United Nations’ World Heritage List.

Thomas Jefferson was born April 2, 1743. His father Peter was a successful planter and surveyor and his mother Jane Randolph came from one of Virginia’s most distinguished families. After inheriting a huge estate from his father, Thomas began building Monticello when he was 26 years old. He married Martha Wayles Skelton three years later. They were mar-ried 10 years until her death. The couple had six children but only two survived to adulthood. Jefferson never remarried and remained at Monticello for the rest of his life. Throughout that time he was constantly expand-ing and changing the house.

Among his many accomplish-ments Jefferson was also a pro-lific inventor and many of those inventions can be seen today at Monticello. While serving as Secretary of State Jefferson became concerned about secret and sensitive information and making sure they didn’t fall into the wrong hands. Between 1792 and 1793 he worked on a wheel cipher that consisted of 26 wooden wheels with a hole in the center so they could fit on a shaft to form a cylinder. Every wheel had 26 letters. Messages could then be scrambled and

unscrambled using a code.Jefferson loved to read and

designed a revolving stand with five adjustable rectangular shaped rests for holding books. When not holding books, the rests could be folded in to make a smooth surfaced box that attached to the base.

One of Jefferson’s most unique inventions was the Great Clock

which dominates the entrance hall of Monticello. Above the doorway is the face of the Great Clock that can be seen from both sides of the doorway. This was to encourage “exercise

Monticello home to many of Thomas Jefferson’s inventions

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The kitchen area on the lower level of Thomas Jefferson’s home.

This unique sundial was designed

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IF YOU GO Monticello is located at 931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway just outside Charlottesville, VA and is open every day of the year except Christmas. Tickets for the house and grounds tour are $22 for adults March through October, $17 November through February. Children ages 6 to 11 are $8 year round. Children under 6 are free. The guided house tour covers the rooms on the first floor and takes about 35 minutes. Visitors can take a self guided walking tour of the gardens and grounds. A gift shop is available in the visitor’s center. For more information about Monticello visit their web site at www.monticello.org.

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and productivity” in both those working in the house and those taking care of the grounds out-side. The clock is powered by two sets of weights made from Revolutionary War cannonballs. The weights are attached to ropes that hang on both sides of the clock. The ropes and weights go to the basement through holes cut in the floor. The posi-tion of the cannonball weights as they move also point to the day of the week marked on the wall. There is no minute hand on the clock because Jefferson said, “There need be no minute hand as the hour figures will be six inches apart but the inter space should be divided into ¼ seconds and five minute marks.” Jefferson felt the hour hand would provide the necessary accuracy.

The large flower gardens at Monticello were used by Jefferson in his study of botany. His gardens had ornamental and useful plants from around the world. The vegetable garden at Monticello had 330 varieties of vegetables in a 1,000-foot long terrace garden. Both the flower

and vegetable gardens are main-tained today as they were when Jefferson was there.

Thomas Jefferson died July 4, 1826, just hours before his friend John Adams died and on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. He is bur-ied in the family cemetery on

Monticello. On his obelisk tomb-stone is the inscription: “Here was buried Thomas Jefferson. Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and father of the University of Virginia. Born April 2, 1743. Died July 4, 1826.”

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The vegetable garden at Monticello had 330 varieties of vegetables in a 1,000-foot long terrace garden. The gar-

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Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate includes this 43-room house. Work

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Nutrition program Persons 60 years of age and older and

their spouses may participate in the elderly nutrition program in Siouxland. In Sioux City, meals are served Tuesday-Friday at Riverside Lutheran Church, 1817 Riverside Blvd.; on Monday at Riverside Gardens’ Community Room, 715 Bruner Ave., Fairmount Park, 210 S. Fairmount St., and Centennial Manor, 441 W. Third St.

A suggested contribution is $2.75 or what each person can afford without causing a financial hardship.

Reservations are required a day in advance by calling the Sergeant Bluff site, 943-5356, or the Siouxland Aging Services nutrition office at 279-6900, ext. 15. For more information about other available meal sites, call Siouxland Aging Services at 279-6900.

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experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, guitar practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap class, 9:45 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; ballroom dance lessons, 11 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; movie “Arsenic and Old Lace,” Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 2 p.m.

Aug. 2: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; genealogy, painting class, 9:30 a.m.; beg./interm. Spanish, creative writing, walking off pounds, 10 a.m.; tap practice, noon; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m.

Aug. 3: Chorus, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; painting class, duplicate bridge lessons, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap practice, 3 mile walk, 10 a.m.; talk show, “Overheating and Dehydration,”10:30 a.m.; bridge, zumba gold, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; one mile walk warm up, 2:40 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge club, 6 p.m.

Aug. 4: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; beg. 1 line dance, 8:45 a.m.; walking off pounds, 9 a.m.; beg. 2 line dance, 9:45 a.m.; senior yoga, Men’s Club, beginning German, 10 a.m.; advanced line dance, advanced

German, 11 a.m.; inter. line dance, woodcarving, bridge group, cribbage, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m.

Aug. 5: Exercise Plus 50, 8:30 a.m.; fitness with Sandy, Wii practice, 9:30 a.m.; blood pressures, 10 a.m.; bridge group, noon; bridge & 500, scrabble, dance with Art and Gwen, 1 p.m.

Aug. 8: Exercise Plus 50, 8:15 a.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, guitar practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap class, 9:45 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; ballroom dance lessons, 11 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; birthday party, Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Super Strong Senior with Kelly, 2:30 p.m.

Aug. 9: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; genealogy, painting class, 9:30 a.m.; beg./interm. Spanish, creative writing, walking off pounds, 10 a.m.; crafts, 10:30 a.m.; tap practice, noon; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m.

Aug. 10: Chorus, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; painting class, duplicate bridge lessons, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap practice, 3 mile walk, 10 a.m.; talk show, “Clowning Around,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, zumba gold, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; 1 mile walk warm up, 2:40 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge club, 6 p.m.

Aug. 11: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; beg. 1 line dance, 8:45 a.m.; walking off pounds, 9 a.m.; beg 2 line dance, 9:45 a.m.; senior yoga, Men’s Club, beginning German, 10 a.m.; advanced line dance, advanced German, 11 a.m.; inter. line dance, woodcarving, bridge group, cribbage, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m.

Aug. 12: Exercise Plus 50, 8:30 a.m.; fitness with Sandy, Wii practice, 9:30 a.m.;

blood pressures, 10 a.m.; bridge group, noon; bridge & 500, scrabble, dance with Shirley’s Big Band, 1 p.m.

Aug. 15: Exercise Plus 50, 8:15 a.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, guitar practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap class, 9:45 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; ballroom dance lessons, 11 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; movie, “A Night at the Opera,” Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 2 p.m.

Aug. 16: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; genealogy, painting class, 9:30 a.m.; beg./interm. Spanish, creative writing, walking off pounds, 10 a.m.; tap practice, noon; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m.

Aug. 17: Chorus, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; painting class, duplicate bridge lessons, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap practice, 3 mile walk, 10 a.m.; talk show, “Medicare update,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, zumba gold, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; 1 mile walk warm up, 2:40 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge club, 6 p.m.

Aug. 18: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; beg. 1 line dance, 8:45 a.m.; walking off pounds, 9 a.m.; beg 2 line dance, 9:45 a.m.; senior yoga, Men’s Club, beginning German, 10 a.m.; advanced line dance, advanced German, 11 a.m.; inter. line dance, woodcarving, bridge group, cribbage, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m.

Aug. 19: Exercise Plus 50, 8:30 a.m.; fitness with Sandy, Wii practice, 9:30 a.m.; blood pressures, 10 a.m.; bridge group, noon; bridge & 500, scrabble, dance with Burt Heithold Band, 1 p.m.

Aug. 22: Exercise Plus 50, 8:15 p.m.;

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experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, guitar practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap class, 9:45 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; ballroom dance lessons, 11 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; movie, Parkinson’s meeting, Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Super Strong Seniors with Kelly, 2 p.m.

Aug. 23: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; genealogy, painting class, 9:30 a.m.; beg./interm. Spanish, creative writing, walking off pounds, 10 a.m.; crafts, 10:30 a.m.; tap practice, noon; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m.

Aug. 24: Chorus, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; painting class, duplicate bridge lessons, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap practice, 3 mile walk, 10 a.m.; talk show, “What’s new at WITCC,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, zumba gold, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; 1 mile walk warm up, 2:40 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge club, 6 p.m.

Aug. 25: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; beg. 1 line dance, 8:45 a.m.; walking off pounds, 9 a.m.; beg. 2 line dance, 9:45 a.m.; senior yoga, Men’s Club, beginning German, 10 a.m.; advanced line dance, advanced German, 11 a.m.; inter. line dance, woodcarving, bridge group, cribbage, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m.

Aug. 26: Exercise Plus 50, 8:30 a.m.; fitness, Wii practice, 9:30 a.m.; blood pressures, 10 a.m.; bridge group, noon; bridge & 500, scrabble, dance with Terry and the Remnants, 1 p.m.

Aug. 29: Exercise Plus 50, 8:15 p.m.; experienced tap class, 9 a.m.; Wii practice, guitar practice, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap class, 9:45 a.m.; tap dance workshop, 10:30 a.m.; ballroom dance lessons, 11 a.m.; duplicate bridge, 11:30 a.m.; movie “Father of the Bride,” Mah Jong, pinochle, woodcarving, 1 p.m.; Fitness with Kelly, 2 p.m.

Aug: 30: Penny bingo, 8:30 a.m.; advanced Spanish, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; genealogy, painting class, 9:30 a.m.; beg./interm. Spanish, creative writing, walking off pounds, 10 a.m.; tap practice, noon; painting class, pitch, tap practice, 1 p.m.; ping pong, 2 p.m.

Aug. 31: Chorus, senior yoga, 9 a.m.; painting class, duplicate bridge lessons, 9:30 a.m.; beginner tap practice, 3 mile walk, 10 a.m.; talk show, “The Museum – see it to believe it,” 10:30 a.m.; drama group, 11 a.m.; bridge, zumba gold, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; 1 mile walk warm

up, 2:40 p.m.; fitness with Kelly, 3 p.m.; duplicate bridge club, 6 p.m.

Arts & TheatreThe 62nd Juried Art Exhibition, through

Sept. 25, Sioux City Art Center, 225 Nebraska St. Closed on Mondays. Free. 712-279-6272.

‘The Things I Carry’ Art Exhibit, through Aug. 28, Le Mars Arts Center, 200 Central Ave SE, Le Mars. 605-223-1278, www.prairiefire-studio.com

Alfred Russel Wallace Exhibit, through Aug. 31, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, 4500 Sioux River Road. 712-336-6352.

Classes & LecturesKidney Health Options, 1-3 p.m. Aug.

10, Fresenius Medical Care Siouxland, 2530 Glenn Ave. Free class on treatment options for those with poor kidney function. To register or for info call (712) 266-1246.

Preserving the Harvest, Noon-2 p.m. Aug. 13, South Sioux City Public Library, 2121 Dakota Ave., South Sioux City. Learn the basics of canning veggies. 402-494-

7545, www.southsiouxcity.orgLunch & Learn eReader Class, 12:30-

1:30 p.m. Aug. 24, South Sioux City Public Library, 2121 Dakota Ave., South Sioux City. Bring a sack lunch learn about OverDrive and your eReader. 402-494-7545, www.southsiouxcity.org

Computer Class: How to Clean-up Your Computer, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 30, South Sioux City Public Library, 2121 Dakota Avenue, South Sioux City. 402-494-7545, www.southsiouxcity.org

CommunitySioux City Farmers Market, through

Sept. 26, Tyson Events Center parking lot, Corner of Triview Ave. and Pearl St. 4-8 p.m. Monday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday. www.farmersmarketsiouxcity.com

Scoop the Loop, Aug. 17, Olson Cultural Event Center, Le Mars. Classic car cruise, ’50s and ’60s music, food and beverages. 712-546-8821, www.lemarsiowa.com

Sioux City Community School District School Board Candidates’ Forum, 7-9 p.m. Aug. 30, City Hall Council Chambers, 405

6th St. Hosted by the League of Women Voters of Sioux City and the Sioux City Mayor’s Youth Commission. 712-274-1948.

MusicLakeport Commons Summer Concert

Series, through Aug. 25, Lakeport Commons, 5001 Sergeant Road. Aug. 4-Benny Barnes, Aug. 11-Mike Langley, Aug. 18-Bobby Frankl, Aug. 25-Bob Larson. Free. 6:30-9 p.m. Thursdays. www.shoplakeportcommons.com

Friday’s on the Promenade, 6-8 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 19, Historic Fourth Street and Virginia. Aug 5-Andrew Jr. Boy Jones, Aug. 19-TBD. $2.

Shows & FestivalsWoodbury County Fair, Aug. 3-7, County

Fairgrounds, Fair Street, Moville, Iowa. $4 for adults. www.woodburycountyfair.com

Union County Fair, Aug. 4-7, Union County Fairgrounds, Alcester, S.D. [email protected].

Cardinal Festival Days, Aug. 5-7, South Sioux City. Live music, food, car show and shine, beer gardens, Mighty Mo 8K Run, bike ride and more. Free. (712) 333-7574, www.visitsouthsiouxcity.com

Clay County (S.D.) Fair, Aug. 11-13, Clay County Fairgrounds, Cherry & High streets, Vermillion. 605-624-5571, www.claycountyfair.net

Iowa State Fair, Aug. 11-21, Iowa State Fairgrounds, E. 30th St. & E University Ave. Des Moines. 1-800-545-FAIR, www.iowastatefair.com

Adams Homestead Celebration, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 13, Adams Homestead And Nature Preserve, 272 Westshore Drive, North Sioux City. Free, fun event for all ages is full of activities, crafts, music and demonstrations. 605-232-0873, www.gfp.sd.gov

Lawton Fire Department 100th Anniversary Celebration, Aug. 13, Lawton Fire Department 100th Anniversary Celebration, 104 W. Maple St, Lawton, Iowa. 712-251-3322.

Ag-Rail Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Aug. 20-21, Milwaukee Railroad Shops Historic District, 3400 Sioux River Road. (712) 233-6996, www.milwaukeerailroadshops.org

36th National Old Time Country/Bluegrass/Folk Music Festival & Pioneer Exposition of Arts & Crafts, Aug. 29-Sept. 4, Le Mars, 500 4th St. NE, Plymouth County Fairgrounds, Le Mars. 712-762-4363, www.orgsites.com/ia/oldtimemusic

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