Siouxland Life Magazine - December 2011

a guide for living in siouxland

Protecting your skin from winter’s harsh weather

Songs of the season

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Defibrillators help family with hereditary condition

The doctor is in and has answers to your questions

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PubliSher steve griffith editor bruce millereditorial dolly butz, Joanne fox, Tim gallagher, earl Horlyk,

nick Hytrek, laura Johnson, marcia Poole, John QuinlanPhotograPhy Tim Hynds, Jim lee, Jerry mennenga, laura Wehde PreSentation amy Hynds

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on the coverready for a little christmas fun? We’ve attached song titles to our holiday stories. You can just tip the magazine on its side and see what we think goes well with the story. or you could read the story first, then guess what it might be. Your elves may be smarter than ours. ready to play? Turn to page 4 and start. but don’t peek! That’s for kids on santa’s naughty list.

20 o chriStmaS treedon’t forget to take needle retention, fullness, branch stiffness and trunk shape into consideration when selecting your christmas tree.

medieval miSchiefblake meacham gets into character as the court jester during rehearsal with the north High madrigal choir.

featureS4 feature home: Jorstad house7 Holidays: family traditions9 Holidays: letters to santa10 Holidays: bell choir12 Q&a: music expert15 Holidays: dorm decorating16 Holidays: Hanging of the greens18 Holidays: santa collection20 Holidays: christmas trees23 Holidays: school programs24 Holidays: madrigal

26 Holidays: fire safety28 Holidays: Weather30 Holidays: advent calendars32 Holidays: Project s.a.l.u.T.e.34 Holidays: oral health36 Holidays: overeating39 Holidays: frostbite40 Health: defibrillators42 Health: dry skin44 medical answers from the doctor47 Parting shot: Tennis, anyone?

A GUIDE FOR LIVING IN SIOUXLAND

Protecting your skin from winter’s harsh weather

Songs OF THE SEASON

HOME FOR CHRISTMASJORSTAD FAMILY WELCOMES VISITORS

Defibrillators help family with hereditary condition

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homes Feature Home

John and Shannon JorStad didn’t just have a few folks over for Christmas last year.

They had several thousand and en-joyed every minute of it.

The Jorstads opened their home to the public as part of last year’s American Red Cross Tour of Homes.

With the assistance of the profession-al decorating team at Northwest Decor & Furniture, Sheldon, Iowa, the Jorstads

presented the happiest of seasons throughout their four-bedroom home on Sioux City’s northside.

The house was built in 1937 by Hugh White Stoddard. The brick home had transferred hands a number of times when the Jorstads purchased it in 2005.

Tour of Home visitors couldn’t help but be drawn to the rich woodwork and large, latticed, arched windows, from which wreaths, ribbons and shear, ivory

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shannon and John Jorstad, and son, matthew, opened their home to the annual red cross Holiday Tour of Homes in 2010.

fabrics were draped – not to mention a fireplace that was reminiscent of “The Night Before Christmas,” just waiting for an appearance by Santa Claus.

Shannon called the fully decorated Christmas tree, “eclectic,” with its bright lights, decorations and large, flocked pine cones, red and white icicles and small birds, peeking out among the limbs, all under the watchful eyes of a whimsical, furry rocking horse.

“It is our tree,” she acknowledged. “Many of the ornaments have special meaning because they’ve been given to us by friends or family, like the cardinal on top of the tree with a long tail.”

The main living area had been reno-vated – begun in August and completed just in time for the holidays – by Modern Kitchen Design, which created a striking opening from the kitchen to the dining room. Torn-out linoleum revealed fir

floors. After the hardwood was resur-faced and walls were painted, the area was transformed to fit John, Shannon and their young son Matthew.

“The wall was torn down between the two rooms and the drop ceiling removed to make a more open concept,” John pointed out. “In fact, the area was pretty much gutted.”

An island was installed in a peninsula presentation for guests while food prepa-ration was going on across from them.

Granite countertops grace the kitchen’s surfaces.

New appliances were installed. A closet was added, as was drawer space and built-in shelves.

“It’s just more convenient to use the kitchen now,” John noted. “The kitchen had a nook before which was too small for dining. Now with the openness, there’s more room to move about. The remodel also enabled us to host Thanks-giving dinner for the first time.”

For the tour, the dining room was il-luminated by a chandelier, decorated for the occasion. The table was set for an elegant banquet with silver service, linens, crystal, silver candle holders and complete place settings, with a decora-tive scene right out of a Currier and Ives print. Even the chairs received red/green


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ware is from John’s family,” Shannon explained. “The presentation is kind of a mix of ours and Northwest Decor’s.”

Eyes were drawn toward the ceiling to a soffit that was transformed from a kitchen look to fun and festive with bold greenery and red mugs. A delectable bundt cake was displayed on a crystal compote dish, flanked by clear candle-holders and glass dessert plates.

Adjacent to the open dining room is a sunroom, which closely resembles an in-timate sitting room. The Jorstads use that area as a family room, where comfy fur-niture and pillows can be enjoyed while watching television.

The Jorstads have also updated the basement into a family room and play-room. Another flocked tree with red, green and yellow lights was sitting in a

corner. John and Shannon have several paintings from local artist Bob Sissel and like to collect artwork.

Wound around the open staircase rail-ing to the upper level of the house was flush greenery with delicate silver stars and soft white ribbons. There visitors can see the “reason for the season” – a Nativ-ity set that had the Magi and shepherds on site, reverencing the Holy Family.

The master bedroom was decorated in traditional fall colors, but a brightly decorated gift bag reminded one of the Christmas season of giving. A guest bed-room had reindeer on the bed, a small

flocked tree and a wooly lamb that had apparently strayed from his shepherd.

Visitors had to smile when entering Matthew’s room, with his name pro-claimed in huge letters on one wall, and typical boy toys and animals as the deco-rations. Of course, a small Christmas tree was decorated with white snowflakes and flashing red, yellow, blue and purple lights and displayed on a chest of draw-ers.

The upstairs bathroom has been up-dated and in the future, the next project for the Jorstads will be the upstairs bed-rooms.

visitors walk through the living room of shannon and John Jorstad’s home during the annual red cross Holiday Tour of Homes nov. 17, 2010.


W ed and eileen lord prefer a traditional christmas with children annie, Tess, sophie and natalie. son matthew, currently at the u.s. naval acad-emy in annapolis, maryland, will be joining the family later this month.

Text by Earl Horlyk | Photograph by Laura Wehde

holidays Family Traditions

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When eileen lord celebrateS the Twelve Days of Christmas, will 12 mem-bers of her family be, like, a-leaping?

Well, if you include Eileen, hus-band Ed, their four teenage daughters, 20-year-old son Matthew (currently away at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis), that makes it seven Lords a-leaping.

But if you add the family’s German short-haired pointer Cozmo (or “Coz,” for short), along with a pet toad or two, then yes, in theory, there will be 10 members of the Lord family available for seasonal leaping duties.

For Eileen, an admitted Christmas tra-ditionalist, one gets the impression she’d have it no other way.

After all, the Sioux City woman con-tinues to make Christmas cookies from her grandmother’s old recipe (plenty of anise is the secret ingredient), cur-ried fruits and candied yams with aspic and, on Dec. 25, even present a cake and throw a party especially for Jesus.

“We can’t forget that it’s His birthday that we’re celebrating,” Eileen explained.

According to 9-year-old daughter An-nie Lord, it’s the special activities, passed down by generations of her family, that makes Christmas complete.

“It’s cool that we have an Advent calendar which counts down the days to Christmas,” the Blessed Sacrament Catholic School student said. “And it’s fun that we have a manger setting sit-ting on our mantle every year.”

What’s even more inviting for Annie is the prospect of finding Santa Claus’ boots mysteriously resting at the foot of the Lords’ staircase, come Christmas morn.

“When we get into the Christmas spirit, we REALLY get into the Christmas spirit,” Ed Lord said, smiling as his family talk about their holiday ritual.

Perhaps, it’s easy for a family named Lord to get in the Christmas mood.

“Well, you gotta admit that Lord hap-pens to be a pretty snazzy last name,” said 17-year-old Bishop Heelan Catholic School student Natalie, teasingly.

With a mom like Eileen, holidays have

to be huge in the Lord household.Yet, it’s family that makes it so spe-

cial.“My family had so many traditions

that I wanted to continue and so did Ed’s family,” Eileen allowed. “When we got married, we got to combine all of those traditions.”

Having each generation of their fam-ily carry on the cherished Christmas traditions is important to Eileen. It’s something she wants for her children as they start families of their own.

As her mom talks, Sophie Lord can’t help but nod in agreement.

“I absolutely want to continue Christ-mas traditions when I marry and start a family,” the 14-year-old Bishop Heelan Catholic School freshman said.

And will those traditions include hav-ing 10 Lords a-leaping during the Twelve Days of Christmas?

“That may end up being the one tra-dition which doesn’t make the cut,” Ed suggested, jokingly.


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P Postmaster cheri collins gets in the christmas spirit by putting up a special box for santa letters. she’ll answer each one dropped off at the moville (iowa) u.s. Post office.

Text and photograph by Tim Gallagher

holidays Letter to Santa

PoStmaSter cheri collinS han-dleS hundreds of thousands of pieces of mail each year.

Christmas is the busiest time of year for her. She takes the holiday to heart. She loves it, everything about it.

And it shows. Come mid-November, Collins has a white mailbox for Santa letters. She opens each one and answers them all personally, on behalf of the jolly old elf.

“When I get a Santa letter here, I open it,” said Collins, who helps with the U.S. Post Office in nearby Bronson, Iowa. “I read each letter and try to come up with something they say in the letter.”

She also writes that Santa is or has been busy with his reindeer and elves. She may mention they’re taking a break and enjoying some hot chocolate at the North Pole.

And then she really gets down to business.

“If they write something about what they want – or if it’s something astro-nomical I suspect they might not get – I offer words of encouragement,” she said.

“And I always remind them to be sure they listen to their mom and dad. Not just at Christmas, but ALL year.”

She then tucks a little piece of candy into her letter and sends it back. That is, if she has a return address or knowledge of where the Santa fan resides.

Collins’ passion for all things Christ-mas is rooted in her childhood at Bel-leville, Ill. She was 6 years old when she sat down and wrote her first letter to be mailed. It went to Santa Claus at the North Pole.

“I remember writing a letter to Santa, and I don’t know who returned it,” Col-lins said. “But I got one back from Santa Claus. I even remember what I asked for. I asked for a new sled to go sledding and a new pair of shoes.”

Her answer?“Santa told me I’d be happy and

pleased with what I would receive,” she said. “He didn’t say what I’d get.”

She did get the sled and the shoes.There are other postmasters who

answer letters like this. And many more take the customary form-letter approach

in responding. If Collins falls way behind, she may write a very succinct response. But, she’ll rarely fall back on a form letter.

“They all get a letter and a piece of candy,” said Collins, who goes a step be-yond by placing a notice in the Moville Record newspaper, alerting parents that her Santa mailbox is up and awaiting letters.

“I remind them to include a return ad-dress, because we sometimes can’t quite tell who it’s from without the address,” said Collins, a postmaster now in her 15th year.

By Christmas Eve, Collins has her let-ters done and mailed – with a North Pole postmark, by golly – and she can focus on her final holiday task at hand.

“If we get packages on Christmas Eve, and they’re still here at the Post Of-fice when I close, I’ll take them out and deliver,” she said. “There’s a chance they might be a Christmas present.”

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holidays Bell Choirs

anne coWley’S bell career has rung full circle.

She played during her teen years while attending First Presbyterian Church in downtown Sioux City. She’s now in her second year directing the 13-mem-ber group, a group with which she rang as an adult.

First Presbyterian’s “ringers” – we’ll call them that, for now – join dozens of church bell choir units in the 31st Annual Twelfth Handbell Festival on Jan. 8, 2012, at Central Baptist Church in Sioux City.

“We don’t really have a name,” Cowley said dur-ing a recent rehearsal of her church’s musical group. “I guess we just call ourselves the First Presbyterian Church Bell Choir.

The retired Sioux City schools music teacher then challenged her choir to present a list of possible names at the next rehearsal.

So, what is the attraction of a bell choir?“That’s a good question,” Cowley said. “I taught

elementary vocal music for 36 years in Sioux City. I played in a bell choir because it appealed to me

musically. And, I guess that after singing with chil-dren throughout the week, my voice was usually tired out by the weekend.”

The First Presbyterian Church ringers actually re-tired for several years. That is, until siblings Tom and Susan Winkler resurrected the music form. The Win-klers, who didn’t belong to the church, wowed the congregation by playing the entire set by themselves.

“Oh yes,” Cowley said, “they could play ALL of them. It really was something to see.”

Since the Winklers woke those echoes, there have been four directors in two decades. Cowley picked up the leadership role two years ago. She continued a color code scheme that allows those who can’t read music quickly the chance to step in and play. Musi-cians follow a series of colored pieces of paper placed by their bells. Those paper squares match the colors of each music note.

“I want our bell ringers to succeed, just as I wanted my kids in the classroom to succeed,” she said.

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member on and off for the past 20 years. “We don’t take our mistakes too seri-ously. We laugh at ourselves and each other. If you make a mistake in rehearsal, you can laugh and blame it on your neighbor.”

Cowley asks her bell choir members to adopt “poker faces.” She warns against tipping the crowd that you’ve made a gaffe by grimacing.

“My old director would tell us to start together and end together,” Cowley said

with a laugh. “They (the congregation) may not remember what happened in between.”

“It’s very gratifying,” said Tammi Soni-er, a ringer for 13 years. “It feels good to get up before the congregation and play.”

The group at First Presbyterian Church ranges in age from 10 to 75. Some are members, but not all.

Renee Weinberg, in fact, heads to rehearsal each week and on those Sun-days when the bell choir rings out. She’s a member of the Open Door United Church of Christ, a church that gave away its bells a few years ago.

“We don’t have bells at my church, so I come here,” said Weinberg, a participant the past two years. “Years ago I played bells at First Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. I did that for nine years.”

She then set the bells down for two decades.

When Cowley asked her to join the First Presbyterian Church ringers a couple of years ago, she jumped at the chance.

When asked why she did, Weinberg “chimed” in with a simple response: “I love playing.”

Left brian shirley, 10, is the youngest member of the bell choir at first Presbyterian church. Above anne cowley directs the bell choir at first Presbyterian church in downtown sioux city during a rehearsal.


profile Q&A


1. how long have christmas carols been around?

Our Christmas carols, the ones that we commonly sing these days, date back to the 16th century, some maybe even earlier than that.

2. how did they start? were most of them church-related?

Yes, definitely.3. is there a difference between a

christmas carol and a plain old christ-mas song?

Not as far as I know. They’re synony-mous terms.

4. who wrote the majority of the ones we know best?

Some Christmas carols were written by famous composers, others by popular songwriters. Others are just attributed to anonymous.

5. who are some of the well-known musicians who have written christmas carols?

George Frideric Handel, Felix Men-delssohn, to name a couple. “Joy to the World,” for instance, was written by Handel.

6. who owns the rights to those clas-sic carols?

No one. Those are in the public do-main. They’re free to be arranged and used as people see fit. Some of the more recent ones, those are under copyright.

7. do people seem to prefer religious-oriented or secular carols?

I think it depends on the setting. Certainly in church you’re going to hear religious ones, but if you’re at the mall, you’re just as likely to hear secular ones.

8. from a music educator’s point of view, do christmas carols have redeem-ing musical qualities?

Most definitely they do. Some are

just musically very well-written, and not just those of the classical composers we revere. If you listen to “The Christmas Song” by Mel Torme, it’s very well-writ-ten.

9. which ones would you say stand out, quality-wise?

Certainly the ones we talked about by Handel and Mendelssohn. I’d include Mel Torme’s “The Christmas Song” and Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.”

10. what, in your opinion, makes a christmas carol good?

Among the things would be the vocal range. If it gets to be much more than an octave, it becomes difficult to sing. Also, as students learn, good music has a good balance between repetition and contrast.

11. do musicians like to perform them?

Yes. I have a horn ensemble. A num-ber of players in the horn ensemble are just delighted when they get to play some Christmas music.

12. most of the carols seem to have a pretty simple melody. is that the case?

Yes. Most of the melodies are fairly simple. But again, part of what helps make a pretty good Christmas carol is not its melody, but its underlying harmo-nies.

13. is it any accident they’re written so they can be played by elementary school bands and professional sympho-nies alike?

There have been many, many more Christmas carols written over time than are remembered today. It’s kind of natural selection. The ones that are well-written are the ones that survive.

14. is that why they’re so catchy?Yes. That’s exactly right.15. which ones get stuck in our

heads the most?I think it’s a mix, and it’s in the ear of

the beholder.16. why do you think so many con-

temporary artists release an album of christmas songs?

For one thing, Christmas and Christ-mas music are intricately linked. For a lot of people, Christmas wouldn’t be what it is without the music of the season. I think for a lot of artists, it’s a labor of love and they like Christmas music as much as the rest of us. There is the business side as well. A collection of Christmas songs is likely to sell well.

17. have you heard of any instances in which fans turned on a performer who really butchered a classic christ-mas song?

I don’t know if I’ve ever heard of an audience in general turn on an artist for butchering a song. But yes, there are some who have done a bad job.

18. which christmas songs should be left alone?

If you start with a religious carol, which is usually classically styled and someone will make a jazz-style record-ing or a country and western style re-cording, often those songs don’t translate well into a drastically different style.

19. what are among your favorite christmas carols?

Among my favorites are Mel Torme’s “The Christmas Song” and Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.” I really like the tradi-tional carol “O Come, All Ye Faithful.”

20. which one is most likely to make you feel like a grinch?

I never have particularly cared much for “Jingle Bell Rock.”

Text and photograph by Nick Hytrek

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Tholidays Decorating

Deck the halls with boughs of holly

Above if briar cliff university nursing major Katie Hunt, right, had her way, she’d keep the christmas tree in her baxter-digiovanni residential Hall dorm suite up 24/7. However, her roommate charlotte schumacher has other ideas.Right briar cliff university education major cody davis tapes gift wrap paper to his door and the names of his all of his dorm mates.

the firSt thing you need to know about Katie Hunt is that she likes wearing Christmas socks.

And the Briar Cliff University nurs-ing senior doesn’t mind wearing her seasonal socks all-year round.

Yes, you can say Hunt definitely has the Christmas spirit and, if she had her way, she’d keep holiday deco-rations up in her Baxter-DiGiovanni dorm suite 365 days out of the year.

“Christmas is such a joyous time of the year,” she said. “Guess I just wanna spread the joy.”

Unfortunately, the goodwill of Hunt’s dorm mate Charlotte Schum-acher is specifically timed to begin around Thanksgiving and ends short-ly after the start of the New Year.

“If I started hanging up lights and Christmas decorations too early, Charlotte gets mad,” Hunt explained. “And when the Christmas display stays up well into January, she will slowly put decorations, one a time, away, hoping I wouldn’t notice.”

Hunt’s response: puppy dog eyes.And if that doesn’t work, then

comes an admonition that Charlotte’s killing Hunt’s Christmas spirit ... in January.

Cody Davis feels Hunt’s pain.Like Hunt, Davis always decorates

his Baxter-DiGiovanni dorm suite in Christmas colors.

But, unlike his friend, the educa-tion senior would never think about doing it too early.

“After Thanksgiving is early enough for me,” Davis, who goes by the nickname “Mario,” explained. “Do-ing it before that date is kinda gross.”

Yet, beyond that date, Davis said, “the sky’s the limit.”

“We try to be as obnoxious and over-the-top as possible, decorating in lights and green and red garland,” he said. “Nobody can question our deco-rating choices because it’s the holiday and we figure it’s our free pass to go crazy.”

Hunt, on the other hand, said she’s

tasteful when it comes to Christmas, creating special cards to send to friends and family.

“I may not be artistic,” the amateur scrapbook maven maintained, “but I can be creative.”

For Hunt, listening to Christmas music is acceptable at any point and Will Ferrell’s “Elf” is a year-round DVD fave.

This is not acceptable for Davis, who said Christmas music is best lis-tened to after his Dec. 16 birthday.

“If I hear it any earlier, I’d be sick of it before Christmas,” he said, adding that his trifecta of Christmas mov-ies (“Elf,” “A Christmas Story” and “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vaca-tion”), likewise, is delegated to later in the season.

So, why so many rules?Well, Hunt, a Granville, Iowa, na-

tive, and Davis, a native of Spirit Lake, want to turn their dorm rooms into

Christmas destinations away from home.

“At home, my dad may get the tree but my mom calls the shots when it comes to decorating,” Davis allowed. “I guess decorating my dorm is a way to establish my independence.”

For Hunt, maintaining family tra-ditions became more important after her parents divorced when she was younger.

“You never know how good you have until everything changes,” she said.

Still Hunt and Davis believe their Christmas obsessions get everyone in a holiday mood.

“After all, who can be sad when the holidays roll around?” Davis asked.

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a holiday season for more than 60 years, morningside college students began hanging wreaths and decorating christmas trees in dimmitt Hall as a part of the ceremonial Hanging of the greens in 1950.

PeoPle Weren’t green With envy after seeing that Stacy Luedtke snagged a sugar-plum part in Morn-ingside College’s 61nd annual Hanging of the Greens.

Kicking off the college’s holiday season during its program on Nov. 29, the special education major was chosen to portray Mrs. Santa Claus for the second year in a row.

“Even though I’m playing Mrs. Claus for the second time, I had a new Santa Claus,” Luedtke said, jokingly. “Things might not be so great at the North Pole, after all.”

As chairman of the college’s residential hall

association, Luedtke has been preparing for the cel-ebration since the beginning of November.

First celebrated in 1950 and now considered one of the oldest traditions on campus, the Hanging of the Greens includes the burning of a Yule log, hanging sev-eral wreaths and decorating a Christmas tree at Dim-mitt Hall, 3318 Vine Ave.

In addition, the open-to-the-public celebration fea-tured speakers from the college’s administration, fac-ulty and students talking about holiday traditions and Christmas carols were sung.

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morningside college education student stacy luedtke (dressed as mrs. santa claus in nov. 2010) enjoys the traditions associated with the college’s Hanging of the greens. That’s why she and fellow morningside stu-dent, Kati steffen continue to participate in it.

was a result of a 1925 Christmas party thrown by Agnes Doolittle, a teacher in the Spirit Lake High School, in her Spirit Lake home.

A native of England, Doolittle received a Yule log – a symbol of unity – from her family. Each year after that, a piece of the log was saved and burned with a new log.

The Yule log came to Morningside in 1949 when seven freshmen class women from Spirit Lake brought pieces of Doo-little’s old log to Dimmitt Hall to burn with a new one.

The following year, wreaths were hung and a tree was decorated, consti-tuting the first ceremonial Hanging of the Greens.

This sense of tradition is why Luedtke wanted to participate in the recent Hang-ing of the Greens.

“It was such a wonderful, old-fash-ioned thing to do that I knew I wanted to play a role,” she said. “Even more than that, it’s something that always gets the campus in the holiday mood.”

Which is important to Luedtke, who is originally from Lincoln, Neb.

“When you’re going to school two-and-half hours away from home, it’s hard to get into the Christmas spirit,” she said. “Things like the Hanging of the Greens really helps out in that respect.”


ColleCtions Santa Claus

WWhen Santa clauS comeS to town, he ends up in the collection of Shay Ge-bauer.

To date, Gebauer estimated she has more than 350 items that illustrate Old St. Nick.

And none of them are duplicates.Just think of how many different ways

Santa can be portrayed. Gebauer prob-ably has one.

Santa in his sleigh – pulled by a buf-falo.

Santa after making his list and check-ing it twice.

Santa ho, ho, ho-ing, holding his belly as it shakes like a bowl full of jelly.

Santa making his holiday rounds in a turbo prop airplane, balanced by a globe of the world.

“I tell people my house may be filled with Santas, but my heart is filled with Jesus at Christmas,” Gebauer said.

Gebauer explained how her relation-ship with the Jolly Old Elf has evolved over the years.

Q. what was the first Santa you re-ceived?

a. My first Santa was the mug I used for the milk I sat out with Santa’s cookies on Christmas Eve.

Q. where did it go from there?a. I started getting a Santa ornament,

every year, in my 20s. It grew from there with people giving me Santas for every-thing, Christmases, birthdays, other spe-cial occasions.

Q. i’ll bet each Santa has a storya. I think I can say which Santa was

given to me by who and if I bought it, which store I purchased it at.

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shay gebauer and her granddaughter sidney gebauer hold a santa mug, part of shay’s santa collection, at her rural sioux city home.

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a. I did four plays at the Sioux City Community Theatre and found four San-tas that reflect each play: “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “A Christmas Carol” and “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

Q. what’s your largest Santa?a. I have a brother-in-law and sister-

in-law who gave me a full-size Santa that sits in a small chimney. It must be over 40 years old.

Q. how do you display all of the San-tas?

a. I used to have them all on the main floor of the house. Now I’ve moved them to the lower level and the bedrooms.

Q. Santa can be portrayed in so many different ways, have you missed any presentations?

a. This may be hard to believe, but I just received a Santa plate; however, I do have a Santa pitcher and a teapot and rolling pin. I don’t have any Santa silver-ware, although I do have Santa appetizer knives.

Q. which ones resonate with you?a. I loved paper dolls growing up. I

have a cut out Santa set that has five costume changes and three hats. Those are also my smallest Santas at about a half-inch high.

Q. which ones appeal to others?a. My mother’s favorite is a Santa

made out of a bucket that has a beard that hangs way down. I have a Santa on a footstool that the grandchildren really like.

Q. what’s your most unusual Santa?a. It’s Santa in his sleigh, loaded with

presents, which is being pulled by three flying pigs. My mother told my husband Jeff about it and he bought it about 16 years ago.

Q. what about Santa outfits?a. I have Santa appliques on a poodle

skirt, made by my grandmother, Dude Nelson, and worn by mother Kaye (O’Brien) Ahrendt when she was a teen-ager. I have some Santa sweaters. I also have a Santa suit hanging in the bath-room by the shower.

Q. what other unusual Santas do you have?

a. I have a Santa that’s clean-shaven and another of Santa on a reindeer, both from the Leo Smith Santa Collection. I have a couple Santa Nutcrackers. Most Santas have red and green highlights, but I have some with silver colors.

Q. is Santa by himself all the time?a. No. I have Santa with his elves and

Santa in a Nativity.Q. Some of the Santas appear to be

delicate. have any been broken?a. The kids have never broken them

and they’ve played with them. I did break one while I was cleaning.

Q. any thought to ever stopping the Santa collection?

a. (Laughs) Jeff and the kids joke that if they pass on first, somebody else will have to deal with the Santas.

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biggeSt miStake PeoPle make when buying a Christmas tree?

“I’ve always wanted to say – like it says on the side view mirror on your car – trees may be larger than they appear!” joked Sue Muth of T&S Christmas Tree Farm in Hawarden, Iowa. “People frequently will buy a tree, get it home and realize it’s too big for their space. Trees always look smaller in the wide open spaces of a tree lot or field.”

Buyers should also consider choos-ing a tree that will fit in their tree stand.

“Measuring the trunk size of the tree is a good strategy,” Muth added.

There are three types of Christmas trees – pine, fir and spruce – and each has its own strength.

“Scotch, White and Red pines all have good needle retention. They’re well-shaped, have a nice fragrance, often are full-branched, and are usu-

ally lower-priced,” Muth explained.

“The one-and-a-half- to three-inch needles range from stiffer on the Reds and Scotch to very soft and pliable on the White. The Scotch and the Red will support larger ornaments.”

Fir trees come in Fraser, Balsam, Canaan and Douglas, although T&S does not grow the last variety.

“The firs have a wonderful fra-grance and range from moderate nee-dle retention on Balsam and Douglas to excellent on the Fraser,” Muth noted. “They can range in fullness from more open to dense and have an old-fashioned look to them. Their needles are short and soft, but the branches are stiff enough for heavier ornaments with the Fraser being the best in that regard.”

Colorado or Blue Spruce trees are the common ones for the holidays.

“They have straight trunks and a traditional Christmas tree silhouette,” Muth said. “They are unique in that their color can range from blue to green. The needles are very stiff and

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shorter. They are lovely decorated, but not fun to decorate because their needles are so sharp.”

Muth cautioned of the three varieties, spruce have the shortest “shelf life.”

“We recommend only four weeks on the spruces in the home for the best re-sults,” she said.

Sue and her husband Terry Muth should know their Christmas trees. They began selling trees in 1980 and sold their first Christmas tree in 1986 from their 15-acre grove, which at any given time has between 12,000 to 15,000 trees in various stages of development.

“We will tag around 1,500 trees in preparation for approximately 950 to 1,000 families to come and choose one,” Sue said.

The Muths have seen all kinds of weather in their quarter-century of culti-vating Tannenbaums. Sue explained the recent lack of moisture would not nega-tively impact this year’s crop.

“Evergreen trees put on their growth from May to July and so the later sum-mer and fall drought conditions would not affect this year’s growth,” she said “But it could make a difference in their performance the year following the drought, ranging from poor bud set to uneven and stunted growth and more cone production. Our field trees are in good condition and should be healthy for cutting and decorating this year.”

Clearly a freshly cut tree is as fresh as you can get for Christmas, but Muth acknowledged that not everyone has ac-cess to harvesting one in the field.

“If you’re buying at a lot, check the tree for freshness by gently bending the branches and pulling at the needles a little,” she suggested. “Pay attention to how long the trees have been displayed. Also, a tree in a net will be fresher than

one that has been opened and displayed in the sun and wind.”

Muth recommended when you get the tree home, make a fresh cut on the bottom of the tree and then place it in the tree stand with water as soon as pos-sible.

“The cut can be as little as a half of an inch or as much as you like,” she said. “If you can’t put the tree up right away, store it in the garage or inside an unheated building until you’re ready.”

Once the tree is up, keep it watered – warm or hot water is helpful – checking on it morning and evening. Muth warned the tree can seal up if it is allowed to go dry.

“Don’t put the tree near a vent or heat source,” she said. “If you like to put your tree up early, like just after Thanksgiving, remember to choose a variety that is the longest-lasting.”

And what kind of tree do the Muths prefer?

“We love Charlie Brown trees in our home, those sad, little specimens from the field nobody else chooses,” Sue said. “We sometimes flock it white and then just put a lot of lights on it.

“Christmas at our home is not a huge event because we have ‘celebrated’ it with our customers for four weeks,” she added. “We just like it to be a simple, quiet time with our family to give thanks and celebrate the reason for the season.”










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Woodbury central High school students practice for their winter concert. school music director Heather rollison chooses a mix of styles for the concert, including tradi-tional christian carols.

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you might hear StrainS of “Joy to the World” coming from an elementary school classroom in the Sioux City Community School District in December as long as the song fo-cuses on curriculum concepts, such as a steady beat, good singing voice, meter or dynamics.

Shirley Luebke, the district’s head teacher of music, said some of the dis-trict’s schools have moved away from holding traditional holiday concerts in December in favor of having quarterly “informances” – which emphasize what’s being taught in the classroom at that particular time.

Instead of involving an entire school in a holiday musical produc-tion, Luebke explained that each grade at each of the elementary schools puts on its own programs at various times during the school year. Themes vary from U.S. history to sci-ence and numbers.

Being able to hold a program onsite in the elementary school, rather than moving it to a high school or the Long Lines Rec Center in order to accom-modate the entire student body and their family members, Luebke said, makes it a more meaningful experi-ence for the students.

“We’re not necessarily staying away from any holidays – Christmas or Ha-nukkah,” Luebke said. “If you walk into our buildings in December you will hear music of the season. It might not be programmed as much.”

Some Siouxland schools still hold traditional holiday concerts.

A winter storm was brewing in Heather Rollison’s last period class at Woodbury Central High School in October.

Students clutched their black mu-sic folders and belted out the minor key tune, “Welcome, Welcome Winter,” as Rollison accompanied them on the piano.

The non-traditional song that speaks of “Trees like skeletons,

branches bare, scraping, scratching at the air,” will be sung along side Chris-tian favorites, “Mary Did You Know” and “Dona Nobis Pacem,” which comes from the Latin Mass, at the school’s annual winter concert.

“I do try to get a traditional and a sacred one in there because they’re different styles and they’re sung so differently,” said Rollison, the school’s music director.

Students sang “Silent Night” and African spiritual songs at previous concerts.

Rollison said she picks the music based on her students’ ability as well as the style of the music. She seeks a blend of madrigal, vocal jazz, pop, tra-ditional and sacred songs.

For the past 15 years, Lawton Bron-son Elementary music teacher Chuck

Prior has taken a much broader ap-proach. He tries to include music that recognizes the holidays of various re-ligions and cultures in his kindergar-ten through fourth-grade Christmas program.

“We try to cover all the bases, so it’s not that we’re excluding anything,” he said. “We’ll sing a few Christian carols, but we also have our Hanukkah songs and our Kwanzaa songs.”

Every October Prior begins selecting music with the help of his students. Each grade gets to choose two songs, with Prior picking a third for them that they might not be familiar with.

“They of course like the ones that everyone knows – “Jingle Bells” and “Santa Claus is coming to Town,’” he said.

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inSide the north high School choir room, director Katy Eckes en-courages her students to sing with even greater gusto.

“Mee ... may ... mah ... moe ... moo.”The kids, nearly 20 in total, were

decked out in satin robes, bright tights and glittery headgear.

“Mee ... may ... mah ... moe ... moo.”Even though the calendar said it

was Halloween, the Madrigal-minded Eckes and her fancifully attired cast of kings, queens and court jesters were kickin’ it as if it was Christmas, circa the Middle Ages.

“Mee ... may ... mah ... moe ... huh?!?”

“We begin practicing for the Madri-gal right when the school year begins in August,” Eckes said as students wiped wet brows while swatting one another with their puffy, oversized sleeves. “It may not yet be our prima-ry focus but it’s always on our radar.”

Many high schools and colleges of-fer special Madrigal programs in the days leading up to Christmas.

For the past 31 years, North’s an-nual Madrigal presentation has been a popular program for the school’s choral department and for the past three years, it has been Eckes’ baby.

Being held this year on Dec. 8 and 9 at the Sioux City Convention Center, the Madrigal promises to be a feast for the stomach (a multi-course holi-day meal will be served) as well as for the ears (a slate of seasonal songs will be sung).

That is, if Zach Lara can find his crown.

“I’m always misplacing that thing,” Lara, a senior chosen to play this year’s king, said as he discovers his rhinestone-encrusted headpiece sit-ting in a back room.

For Lara (as well as Annamarie Hyndman, this year’s queen), per-forming in their school’s Madrigal is a “rite of passage” for the two seniors.

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Above The north High madrigal choir rehearses in the choir room.Left annemarie Hyndman rehearses with the north High madrigal choir.

everything you need to know about madrigalwhat’s a madrigal dinner?it’s a seasonal form of dinner theater. a meal is served and entertainment (a play and music) that’s set in the middle ages is presented be-tween courses.who are the CharaCters in the play?usually, you’ll see a king, a queen, a bishop, a princess and a court jester somewhere in the mix.what songs will be sung?Presentations may vary but songs will be sung in english although small snippets of latin or french may be included. often included in madrigals are such songs as “boar’s Head carol” and “The Wassail song.”what’s a wassail?it’s an old english term that simply means to sing a christmas carol.

three-year veteran, remembered. “Know-ing that I will have a chance to perform a Madrigal for elementary school kids makes the experience feel like I’ve come full circle.”

Disagreeing slightly with Hyndman, Eckes said performing in the Madrigal is, instead, something many students aspire to do.

“Students must audition to become a part of our chamber choir,” she ex-plained. “Performing in our Madrigal is something that many students have been working toward for years.”

For Hyndman and Lara, assuming the main speaking roles of Madrigal royalty can be challenging.

“Even when we’re not singing, we must stay in character,” Hyndman noted. “There’s no script, so everything we say is improvisation.”

Lara said he always gets a kick out of performing for children.

“When you’re introduced as royalty to a kid, they think you’re the real deal,” he said, laughing while putting on his crown. “They’ll ask if my crown actually has diamonds and I’ll have to come up with a line indicating that they’re real even when they’re not.”

For Blake Meacham, it will be a mat-ter of getting laughs from his role as the court jester.

“I’m looking forward to really getting into character,” the North High School

junior allowed.One thing Meacham’s not excited

about getting into are his tights.“Nah, gotta admit I’m not much of

a tights-wearing guy,” he noted with a shrug.

But Meacham will have plenty of op-portunities to become one of the “Men in Tights,” so to speak.

He and his fellow Madrigal mak-ers will be performing at elementary schools, nursing homes, the Sioux City Public Museum as well as at private par-ties.

“This experience will allow students to find out what it’s like to be a perform-er,” Eckes said. “Being in the Madrigal doesn’t mean you’ll be in a few shows. Instead, you’ll be in multiple shows with very different kinds of audiences.”

Which Eckes said is good for students.“Since they are being seen by such a

wide variety of people, they truly become diplomats for North High School.”

And Eckes expressed the hope that her kids will take this experience no matter where they go.

“Even if they don’t pursue music in college,” she said as her kids continue to rehearse, “they can still have music in their lives.”

“I remember being impressed when the North High Madrigal came to perform at my el-ementary school when I was a kid. Knowing that I will have a chance to perform a Madrigal for elementary school kids makes the experience feel like I’ve come full circle.”

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“It’s always an issue as far as when it comes to that of common sense, seeing as you overload too many electrical plug-ins together or extension cords from underneath rugs,” said Joe Rodriguez, public in-formation officer of the Sioux City Fire Department.

The biggest culprits are candles and extension cords that run under-neath rugs, in between doorways or near heaters, he said.

Extension cords under rugs can break down easily, and some people use really cheap 99-cent cords that get more electrical use than the cord can take.

“They forget that they do pro-duce heat, and that other people are walking on top of those extension cords. So to prevent them from trip-ping, they put them underneath the carpet, breaking down the electrical wiring in the cord and causing it to

catch on fire,” he said.

fatal diStractionSCandles are a problem all year

round but even more so during the holidays.

“One issue is distracted people leaving them on, going out for din-ner and forgetting them,” he said. “Or they’re not putting them in the right container. Sometimes they don’t properly secure those candles and have them break on the top of a wooden table.

“The thing about candles is where

you place them.”He advises homeowners to put

candles securely in non-tip candle holders and keep them well away from Christmas trees, decorations, curtains and other combustibles. Candles should not be left unat-tended or within the reach of small children. Blow them out before you leave the room or go to sleep, Rodri-guez said.

“Most of these fires are prevent-able,” he said. “We’ve just got to be careful and of a mindset of remem-bering that we have them on.”

As for those small, hand-held candles used in church during the Christmas season, they’re not a problem. “The people are right there and diligent about the candles. Once the service is done, they blow them out,” he said.

The biggest home fires, Rodriguez said, are often cooking-related, fires left unattended. That is especially true when you talk about the in-creasingly popular turkey fryers, he said. One or two such fires are reported nearly every Thanksgiving season.

“You have to be out with that cooking fire and watching it every time. Not even just for a second do you go run inside to get something else. It doesn’t take long,” he said.

And a turkey fryer should never be used inside a garage or near any-thing combustible.

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have a bigger problem, especially if it’s inside a garage. Then the whole garage is gone,” he said. “You have to follow the di-rections on the turkey fryer, how to prop-erly measure the amount of oil that you need in that turkey. And don’t just throw a frozen turkey into it because obviously water and hot oils don’t mix.

driven by the coldCold weather also drives up the use of

potentially dangerous space heaters and fireplaces.

Space heaters, though built better than in years past, have always been sus-ceptible to fires, Rodriguez said.

“You want space heaters to make sure they’re three feet away from anything. And if you go to bed, turn them off as a safety precaution,” he said.

Newer space heaters are designed so that when they tip over, they shut off. So they are less likely to start a fire. But the old ones are still around, and common sense should prevail, he said.

“Your clothes could catch on fire if you have one of those long, flowing night-gowns,” he said, stressing the need for burn prevention. “Or you may have chil-dren run into those hot space heaters.”

The fire department doesn’t deal with too many fireplace fires, and those fires they do see are because the fireplaces aren’t maintained, he said.

“Sometimes we use the wrong types of materials after Christmas. We throw our Christmas wrapping in the fireplace, which is not what you’re supposed to do,” Rodriguez said.

Such paper can float up the chimney onto your roof or yard, igniting a fire.

Homeowners should keep fireplace fires small and use a screen to prevent sparks from flying into the room, he said. And like with every other fire, children should not be left alone in a room with a fireplace fire, he said.

A big thing about fireplaces is the creosote in the chimneys.

extra tiPSThe Sioux City Fire Department does

have a Safe Home program to help with holiday safety.

“We’re offering them three smoke detectors that we will install in their homes. And we do a home safety inspec-tion,” he said. “It’s strictly recommenda-tions. We just want to make sure that your house is safe and what we recom-mend will make things safer in your home.”


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Even for those who dream of a white Christmas, Dec. 25, 2009, was a nightmare.

Having trouble remembering? Does 20.7 inches of snow over the four-day holiday weekend ring a bell? Drifts several feet tall whipped by winds gusting more than 30 mph?

Bing Crosby himself might have felt like changing the lyrics of perhaps the most well-known Christmas song of all time.

Many people like snow at Christmas. They don’t necessarily want that much, said Fred Hexom, chief meteorologist at Sioux City’s KCAU TV.

“What I’ve found over the years is everybody, of course, wants a white Christmas, but if you forecast a snow storm on or around Christmas, people don’t like it,” Hexom said. “They want it white, but without ... I don’t know. I guess it’s a case of having their cake and eating it, too.

“What’s ideal is to have an inch or two fall a week or so before Christmas and having it on the ground.”

Want to know if this year’s Christmas will have that pictur-esque blanket of the white stuff or if you’ll be stuck looking at brown grass? It’s a 50-50 chance either way.

According to National Weather Service data, since 1948 the chances of having more than a trace of snow on the ground are 50 percent. The chance of having snow actually fall on Christmas is 18 percent.

For the past four years, Sioux Cityans have experienced a white Christmas, but from 2002-06, there was no snow on the ground.

You’d better believe weather forecasters hear about it, regard-less of whether Christmas is white or brown. After all, meteo-rologists are supposed to be able to do something about it, Hexom said, laughing.

“When I was in school, they told us, ‘now be aware, people think you control the weather.’ We all laughed, but now I’m begin-ning to wonder if that’s true,” he said.

As much as he’d like to make most people happy, said Mike Gillispie, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, he can only go with what computers and other weather models show. He can’t make it snow.

“Being a weatherman, you’re never going to make everybody happy,” Gillispie said. “We put out our best guess and most accurate forecast we can come up with. We

try to keep our personal feelings out of it and base it on science.”

Gillispie and Hexom both said the inquiries about a white Christ-mas begin once Thanksgiving is over. At first, the callers are those who just want the pretty holiday picture. As Christmas gets closer, it’s people making travel plans wanting to know if they’re going to have to cope with the white stuff on their trip.

Will we have a white Christ-mas this year? For now, neither Gillispie nor Hexom could give a 100 percent guarantee one way or the other. The current long-range outlook is for above-normal tem-peratures and normal precipita-tion through December.

“One thing I always point out, normal for this part of the country can include a 6-inch snow, it can include a 10-inch snow,” Hexom said.

But if he had his choice, Hexom said he’d vote for the traditional Christmas scene when he wakes up the morning of Dec. 25.

“I’m an Iowa native. To me, while we don’t always have a white Christmas, I just associate it with snow on the ground,” he said.

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Text by Laura JohnsonPhotographs by Tim Hynds and Laura Johnson

if the big box retailers of the world had their way, Christmas would happen every day … or at least every few months. As is, the

holiday stuff is pulled out in the middle of October in the grocery stores and the mall.

It’s no wonder the idea of what Christmas “looks like” has become

convoluted.Rising out of the all-for-profit

mania, is the tradition of Advent – a 25-day celebration that begins the countdown to Christmas on Dec. 1 and runs through Christmas Day.

Originally something only Christians recognized, Advent has become secularized over the years, which isn’t a bad thing, according to Palmer Candy retail manager Jon Sadler.

As someone who celebrated Advent when his children were younger, Sadler sees the impor-tance in always ordering (his candy company does not make its own) Madelaine brand high-quality chocolate advent calendars.

“It’s a wonderful tradition,” Sadler said. “After 15 years of hav-ing these calendars, it’s a lot of the same families who order them ev-ery year. By the middle of Decem-ber, they usually sell out.”

And even if you’re late in pur-chasing the calendar, Sadler said there’s nothing wrong with just eating all the chocolates at one

time.“At Palmer Candy we have no

Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving,” Sadler said. “So come Thanksgiving evening, my fam-ily and I are in here decorating the place until it’s done. That is literally my last day off until Christmas.”

Also feeling the plight of the busy holiday season is Claudia Hessa of the Sugar Shack bakery. While her bakery does not offer punch-out chocolate calendars, there are other options.

“Somebody could certainly do cookies for an advent ‘calendar’ or other food items with number deco-rations,” Hessa suggested. “It’s OK to be a little out of the ordinary.”

From a family that also celebrates Advent, Hessa said she loves the tra-dition of it.

And a tradition it certainly is, yet, according to Morningside Col-lege religion studies professor Bruce Forbes, it wasn’t until the 300s that Advent and Christmas were even celebrated by the early Christians. Instead it was the death and resur-rection, or Easter, that was the main focus.

“The emergence of the cultural Christmas arose in 1800s in the United States,” said Forbes, who wrote a book on the history of Christmas in 2008. “Some religious groups who didn’t celebrate it resist-ed at first. But as gift giving becomes a tradition, the holiday becomes

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a family favorite at Palmer candy, madelaine brand chocolate advent calendars usually sell out.


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more culturally significant. The churches don’t do it.”

As Forbes pointed out, the more tra-ditional a church is, the more likely the congregations (Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants) are to know what Advent is all about. For Christians especially, Forbes finds Advent to be helpful.

“Because of the secularization of Christmas, Advent is even more useful now,” Forbes said. “If you don’t want to forget Christmas, Advent encourages you to think about the meaning of the spiri-tual preparation.”

Yet, it doesn’t have to be about the spiritual aspect at all.

“The whole idea is to let family come together and have children build up their expectations,” said Forbes who did cel-ebrate Advent when his children were young. “You can light the traditional candles – one for each Sunday prior to Christmas.”

Whether Jesus or Santa Claus are mentioned or not, Advent is a time for family, excitement for Christmas to come, and most of all a time for relax-ation in this, the busiest of seasons, as we begin to notice that it’s looking a lot like Christmas after all.

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Text by Tim GallagherPhotograph by Amy Hynds

Soldier Jim PoSt SPent Christmas overseas in 2002. He noticed a fellow soldier who received nothing from home during the holiday season.

He shared the story with his mother, Tracy Post of Doon, Iowa. The tale prompted her to place an advertisement in a newspaper, seeking a few donations. She asked friends to announce a collec-tion of sorts at various churches.

Thus, an effort was born. Friends, businesses and organizations have made

monthly or annual contributions ever since. They’ve allowed Post and

friend Cindi Blankespoor to send more than 40,000 pounds of food and daily necessities from Doon to soldiers in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait and elsewhere.

Postal fees at the U.S. Post

Office in Doon have topped $63,000 since S.A.L.U.T.E. began eight years ago. The acronym stands for Sending Apprecia-tion and Love with Unending Thoughts of Esteem.

In November, the pair joined several friends in vacuum-packing 92 dozen

homemade cookies. Those cookies joined Christmas boxes packed on the second Saturday in November for shipment overseas. The packages will reach 45 soldiers by Christmas.

What are they sending? The Christmas boxes include a twin-size blanket, a tiny Christmas tree, a bag of Christmas tree decorations, a box of 100 mini Christmas lights, a box of hot chocolate, a bag of chocolates, a Santa hat, a tiny stocking, a larger

stocking, Christmas garland and a New Testament.

They’ll also pack puzzles, hand-warmers, mixed nuts, beef sticks and salted-in-the-shell peanuts.

“And, each soldier will also get a bag of Christmas cards they can send to their families and friends,” Post said.

A letter from a soldier ar-rived in Post’s mail six years ago. It came from a U.S.

military base in Afghanistan.

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The nickel donation I get from a child means as much to me as the $1,000 company do-nation. It all helps. As long as we have the finances, we’ll keep sending these packages.”

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It read: “I am 20 years old and this is the first time ever that I will be away from home for the holidays. I felt bad at first and thought that this year’s Christmas was going to stink, but then I got your package. I thought I would miss dress-ing up the Christmas tree, then you sent me a little tree with ornaments for me to post in my area.”

Soldiers need not be from Lyon Coun-ty or Northwest Iowa. Packages have found soldiers from across the United States. Post said there are but two re-quirements to receive a S.A.L.U.T.E. care package: The first is that a soldier is serv-ing in the U.S. military. The second is that the soldier is serving overseas.

“I don’t care where in the U.S. you’re from,” Post said. “You are protecting me. That’s what I care about.”

Many soldiers on Post’s list are those who don’t often get mail from home. Their names have been passed to Post by other soldiers.

She cares about them. The effort that began in her basement eight years ago continues. It will continue as long as people entrust her with their donations, and as long as our soldiers are in harm’s way so many miles from U.S. shores.

“The credit for this goes to our sol-diers and everyone else who has helped us,” Post said. “The nickel donation I get from a child means as much to me as the $1,000 company donation. It all helps. As long as we have the finances, we’ll keep sending these packages.”

S.A.L.U.T.E. currently has a list of 957 soldiers, some of whom are in their sec-ond or third tour of duty. While Christ-mas boxes are special, Post reminded that monthly packages containing items such as mouthwash, toothbrushes, socks, candy and lotion will be sent in January, February and on and on.

“We ship the Christmas packages in November and then we take December off to spend time with our families,” she said. “We send packages again in Janu-ary.”


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Text by John Quinlan | Photographs by Tim Hynds

Donald Gardner’s popular 1946 novelty song, “All I Want for Christ-mas Is My Two Front Teeth,” ventures that holiday happiness can be found if only you can whistle. And it seemed so long since you could say, “Sister Susie sitting on a thistle.”

Well, in the past, that”jutht wathn’t pothible.” But thanks to mod-ern dental technology, all you really need for Christmas is an implant.

The first dental implant came just a few years later, in 1952, by Dr. Leon-ard Linkow, a Swede whose research with titanium made this possible. In 1969, titanium dental implants were patented for use in the U.S., and in the following decades the technology proliferated.

Today, you could have all your teeth replaced with implants and bridges instead of dentures, said Dr. Clinton Norby of Oral Surgery Associ-ates, Dakota Dunes.

“You could go all implants. You can put in eight implants on the bot-tom, eight implants on the top, and make some bridges on the top of those implants,” he said. “Depending on the scheme of them, it could be individual teeth or individual implant bridges.”

Another option is an implant-sup-ported prosthesis, which is basically like a denture but it snaps onto and is secured to multiple implants.

Implants, however, don’t come cheap, and few such procedures are covered by insurance, Norby noted.

But it’s no fun when you’re

missing teeth. Those empty spaces can be embarrassing. And if you want dental restoration that looks and feels as though it is really part of your mouth, dental implants may be the answer, he said.

“Essentially, an implant is just a screw that you put in the jaw,” he said. “They are artificial screws made out of titanium that replace the tooth root. A crown must still be fabricated and placed on top of the implant be-fore it looks like a tooth.”

Occasionally, you can get immedi-ate implants, though these cases can be tricky, Norby said.

“Sometimes patients want to have a tooth right away, and in some cases, that’s possible,” he said. “You can ac-tually take out the tooth and put the implant in. But the socket where the tooth was is typically bigger than the implants going in. So it’s a little bit more difficult to get stability.”

Usually, healing is required first. But in some cases, you can go ahead with an implant and a temporary crown which will maintain some space and give the patient a little bit of self-confidence because they don’t have to show a big gap in their mouth. Eventually, a final crown is put in place.

The key to the operation’s success, always done in the clinic on an out-patient basis, is the special coating of titanium oxide on the screw.

“The body’s own bone cells can actually grow bone right onto it, and that’s why it works,” Norby said. “If

you were to put just a stainless steel screw in there, it wouldn’t osseointe-grate or fuse to our surrounding bone. And that’s why these darned things are so expensive.”

There are different types of tooth replacement: a partial denture, like a retainer with a tooth or two or more on it, an implant or a fixed bridge, which involves cutting down adja-cent teeth next to a missing tooth with a pontic between them, the pontic being the bridge. You can also do nothing and live with the gap or missing tooth.

The feasibility part comes in the form of finances, Norby said.

“Implants are probably the gold standard in most cases, but in cases with deficient bone to place an implant, a bone graft will have to be performed first, followed by 4-6 months of healing,” he said. “Then the implant and another 2-4 months of healing before the dentist can take an impression and create the crown on the implant.”

While financing is always an issue, you also to look at the whole state of the mouth and what teeth you have to work with.

“Sometimes you have a pretty complicated occlusal scheme and you might think, well, these teeth are pretty good. But in order to make them work, it can be termed dental heroics,” he said. “It would take a lot of work and would probably require work by a specialist called a prosth-odontist, kind of your super dentist.

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They can deal with very difficult cases, restoratively speaking. There’s a lot that goes into restoring full mouth and tissue. So if the teeth are reasonably OK, then yes, you can keep them.”

Teeth loss can be due to accidents or tooth decay. Almost 1 out of 6

12-year-olds will have an injury to a per-manent tooth every year, Norby said. And tooth decay can weaken a tooth to the point where it will crack and break down and needs to be extracted.

Periodontal disease is not a loss factor. This only weakens the attachment of the

tooth to the surrounding bone and gum tissue which then loosens the tooth, he noted.

Strong roots are needed for any bridge work.

“An implant needs strong and ade-quate bone before it is to be placed,” Nor-by said. “Sometimes due to the trauma of getting hit and losing teeth, the bone is broken and will actually resorb away and there will not be enough bone to place the implant. In these cases, a bone graft will need to be performed where bone from another portion of your jaw or body, depending on the amount missing, will be harvested and placed into the defi-cient site. Bone from cadavers is also a popular choice and has the benefit of not requiring a surgical site.”

It doesn’t matter what caused the missing teeth beyond the sense of the varying amount of trauma to the area.

“For instance, getting ‘curbed’ by the mafia or your local drug pusher will most likely be more destructive to the area versus cracking your tooth on a particu-larly hard fruitcake,” Norby noted.

After the implant, your replacement tooth won’t feel exactly like your other teeth.

“It will feel different,” Norby said. “But depending on the restorative option you choose, the implant-supported crown will feel most like the other teeth and will allow you to floss normally.”

And never will flossing feel so right.

“Essentially, an implant is just a screw that you put in the jaw. They are artificial screws made out of tita-nium that replace the tooth root. A crown must still be fabricated and placed on top of the implant before it looks like a tooth.”

dr. clint norby of oral surgery associates displays a teaching model of a tooth implant at the dakota dunes practice. norby was explaining the process of putting in tooth implants.


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Still Stuffed from that Thanksgiving turkey?

Well, don’t pig out again when you see that glazed ham come Christmas Day or, as the song says, you’ll have one blue Christmas … and an even bluer post-Christmas.

Take the advice of Judy Held and start to sing “I’m dreaming of a ‘lite’ Christmas.”

Held, a dietitian with St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, said holi-days are certainly a time for fun and good eating. The problem devel-ops when the eating graduates to

overeating, which is so often the case.

“They say the average weight gain is really only 1 to 2 pounds through-out the holidays,” she said. “We used to talk more like 5 to 7 pounds. But the problem is that people don’t lose it then after the holidays. So 20 years from now, we’ve put on 20 to 40 pounds, it’s 1 to 2 pounds (a year). And where’d it come from?”

You overeat. You gain weight.It’s that simple, said Held, who

offers some tips so people can leave the holidays as they entered them

– fit and healthy.

be on Schedule“One of the main tips is that we

need to keep somewhat on a sched-ule, even when we’re busy and it’s stressful,” she said. “If there are lots of parties that you are going to in the evening time, one should never arrive hungry at those parties. You should really have a small snack before you go so that you can have a little bit more control when you’re faced with all this food.”

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‘lite’ Christmasand avoid the blue one

Text by John Quinlan | Photograph by Jim Lee


helP availableTo survive the holidays and keep your body in shape, turn to my Plate and the “blue zone” initiative, antidotes to a blue christmas, said Judy Held, a dietitian with st. luke’s regional medical center.my Plate is the usda’s how-to-eat guide-lines that replaced the old food pyramid in august, she said. While the old pyra-mid emphasized food groups, my Plate pushes more fruits and vegetables. “so if you look at a 9-inch plate, half of your plate should be fruits and vegetables,” Held said. “a quarter of it should be grains, and a quarter of it should be pro-tein. That alone will help us release our calories and monitor our portions.for more information, go online to choosemyplate.gov.a blue zone is a community whose residents live longer, more active lives by making healthy lifestyle choices. gov. Terry branstad announced in september iowa’s Healthiest state initiative to make 10 iowa communities into blue zones. communities chosen as official blue zone communities will have access to Wellmark blue cross and blue shield consultants, who will show city leaders and residents 108 ways to lead healthier lifestyles.one of the zone’s 9 power principles is the “Plant slant” where you try to encour-age people to eat more fruits and veg-etables, along with more beans for the protein and more of a mediterranean diet approach, Held said.

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an edge off your hunger.Some people talk about “calorie bank-

ing,” like they are saving up on calories so they can eat more later. Too often though, folks end up eating themselves out of the ballpark, eating through the calories. “It’s still important to eat throughout the day so we’re in control ourselves, a little bit,” she said.

make right choiceSAnd when people are faced with all of

the food choices that come on Christmas and New Year’s and all the related par-ties, they should choose wisely, maybe sticking to those favorite foods they only see once a year.

“You can have chocolate chip cookies any day, but maybe you have these little fancy chocolate pieces over here,” she

said. “Have one of those, but don’t have both. And choose the special foods in smaller amounts.”

keeP focuSed“Another one is be sure to focus on

the conversation and the reason why you’re at this party – and not just the food,” Held said. “After you’re done eat-ing, get rid of the plate. Move away from the buffet table. If you’re standing right next to where the food’s at, you’re always going to be nibbling. Instead, concentrate on the conversation and the people that you’re there to socialize with.”

Also, she said, you should keep an eye on your beverage choices.

Alcohol obviously brings extra calo-ries. “And if you’re consuming alcohol, you may lose your ability to control those portions again,” she said. “So you want to watch what you’re drinking.”

A cup of eggnog, for instance, is about 345 calories, while a cup of light eggnog may be 280. Right there, you’re saving at least 65 calories. So lightening those bev-erage choices can help, she said.

Drinking a lot of water ahead of time can also help.

“It takes the edge off your hunger. That’s a very good idea. Stay hydrated,” she said.

Another suggestion is that if you are asked to bring your favorite dish to the party, try to lighten it up as much as possible, Held said. “Use the skim milk or the non-fat evaporated milk instead of whole milk,” she said. “If you can, use margarine for the butter or just lighter versions of the foods.”

keeP exerciSingNever stop exercising during the holi-

days, she said, especially on the days before and after Christmas and Thanks-giving, when hardly anybody works out. And that’s OK. Everybody needs a break sometime.

“But you can not let anything interfere with your exercise schedule because this is such an important time that you are keeping up with your physical exercise when you’re faced with all those extra calories and beverages,” she said. ‘’The majority of time, if you can get in that 20 to 30 minutes of walking five times a week, that’s going to help keep you on track. Plus, if you exercise, it releases those endorphins and you feel much better, too, and if you feel better about yourself, you’re going to watch what you eat, too.”

The best time to exercise? Whenever it fits into your schedule, Held said.

Keep on schedule and avoid the food addictions that strike during the holi-days.

“I guess that’s why the gyms are busi-est on Jan. 1 because everyone realizes we’ve gone from Halloween, Thanksgiv-ing, Christmas, New Year’s and now we need to have a New Year’s resolution,” she said. “It shouldn’t be that way. We should always take care of ourselves. And we should always try to eat the best that we can and really try to keep up with physical activities. We shouldn’t just blow it for those three or four holi-days and think that we’re going to fix the problem in January.”

Judy Held, dietician with st. luke’s regional medical cen-ter, talks about eating smart during the holidays to avoid gaining unwanted pounds.


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A: The obvious answer, because it is cold outside, is mistaken. Scientific studies where one control group of people was kept damp and exposed to cold air and the other group was kept warm and dry showed no difference in the probability of catching a cold. It is more likely that people get colds in winter for other reasons….lack of water.

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viruses. The air during the cold months is naturally a lot drier and when you put the heat on, you have superdry air. Superdry air means superdry sinuses. The nasal passages have a protective mucous membrane that doesn’t function as well when it dries out. This is one very good reason why we should drink more water in the winter months. If you’re feeling some dry, chapped lips, it’s your body telling you to drink even more water.

Colds are caused by rhinoviruses. Most cold viruses enter your body through the nose. The rhinovirus (from the Greek “rhino,” meaning nose) lands on the mucus membrane in the nasal passages and is swept to the back of the throat. Usually, cold viruses are destroyed upon entering the body. Either they are swallowed and killed by the stomach’s digestive acids or are disposed of by the adenoids. Occasionally, however, a virus will lodge in the mucus membrane. The virus then enters a cell. Its DNA takes over the cell and forces the cell to crank out new copies of the virus, instead of new copies of the cell, as is supposed to happen. Within a few days of viral invasion you will have a full-blown cold, with the associated stuffy nose, sore throat, sneezing, and headache.

Viruses can remain viable for several hours and spread by us touching them on doorknobs, phones, etc. When you touch your nose, eyes, or mouth after this, you are unknowingly inoculating yourself with the virus. So to wrap it up, drink plenty of water this winter, cover up your sneezes or coughs, and don’t be putting your fingers in your eyes, nose or mouth unless you have washed them first.

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YYou’re going to need more than your love to keep you warm if you want to prevent frostbite.

According to Karla Copple, director of emergency services/critical care at Burgess Health Center in Onawa, Iowa, donning suitable clothing in cold tem-peratures and protecting susceptible areas are better strategies.

“Wear wind-proof, water-resistant, many-layered clothing, two pairs of socks – cotton next to skin, then wool – and a scarf and a hat that cover the ears,” she said. “Keep your hands and feet dry, as well.”

Hearty Siouxlanders may well ignore cold fingers even after be-ing out in the cold for a while, because, after all, if you start mov-ing, the warmth seems to return. But Copple said individuals should start thinking about frostbite when temperatures drop un-der 32 degrees.

“The air temp has to be below freez-ing in order for frostbite to develop on exposed skin,” she said. “High risk for frostbite occurs with extreme cold, wet clothes, high winds and poor cir-culation. This can be caused by tight clothing or boots, cramped positions, fatigue, certain medications, smoking, alcohol use or diseases that affect the blood vessels.”

Intense winds can increase the pos-sibility of frostbite, Copple added.

“The wind chill describes what happens to a body when it is cold and windy outside,” she explained. “When the wind increases, heat is carried away from the body at a faster rate, driving down both the skin temp, which can cause frostbite, and eventu-ally the internal body temp, which can cause hypothermia and lead to death.”

So, you left your gloves at home or you ran to the store in your shorts or you hate hat hair. It’s cold and windy, but you don’t plan to be out long. Cop-ple explained what the onset of frost-bite might feel like on exposed skin.

“There’s first degree, also called frost nip. It presents as numb skin that has turned white in color and the skin may feel stiff to the touch, but the tis-sue underneath is still warm and soft. In this stage there is very little chance of blistering, infection or any perma-nent scarring as long as it is treated properly,” she said.

“Then there’s second degree. The skin in this stage will be white or blue and will be hard or frozen. The tissue underneath is still not damaged, but the blistering is why medical treat-ment should be sought to prevent severe or permanent damage,” Copple added.

“Finally, there’s third degree. The skin will appear white, blotchy and/or blue, and blistering will occur. The tissue underneath is hard and cold to the touch. This is a life-threatening injury and, in the most severe cases, an amputation of the affected body part may be the only treatment to pre-vent severe infection. Proper medical treatment in a facility with personnel trained to deal with frostbite injuries is necessary,” she said.

Breathing in bitter cold air may feel like you’re freezing the insides of your nose or your lungs, but Copple clarified frostbite will not occur when you are inhaling the outside air.

“The body, when exposed to these conditions, tries to preserve the heat,”

she said. “The blood vessels near the skin’s surface narrow and force more blood into the core to keep the heart and lungs warm.”

Most adults have enough common sense to come in from brutal, cold weather, but Copple recommended keeping an eye on children who are outside in freezing weather.

“Kids are at greater risk for frostbite than adults, both because they lose heat from their skin more rapidly and because they may be reluctant to leave their winter fun to go inside and warm up,” she said.

If you think some exposed part of your body might be frostbitten, Copple suggested these strategies.

“If it would just be a case of frost nip where the area is red, warm or tingling, the condition may be treated at home by going indoors immediately, remov-ing all wet clothing, and immersing the areas in warm – not hot – water for 20 to 30 minutes,” she said.

What not to do?“Don’t use heating pads, stoves,

fireplaces or radiators to rewarm be-cause the affected skin can be numb and easily burn,” Copple warned. “As much as a person would like to rub the affected area to treat the frostbitten area, you should not because it causes further damage, due to the presence of ice crystals in the skin.”

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froStbite factSwayS to Prevent froStbite> Wear suitable clothing in cold temper-atures and protect susceptible areas> avoid alcohol, caffeine and nicotine which all leave the skin more prone to injury> if your clothes become wet, immedi-ately go indoors and change clothing> if any part of the body starts to feel numb, you need to immediately get inside> avoid remaining in the same position for prolonged periods and check the skin every 10-20 minutes for frostbite

warning SignS of froStbite> Pain or prickling progressing to numb-ness> Pale, hard and cold skin with a waxy appearance> flushing from blood rushing to the area after it’s rewarmed> a burning sensation and swelling from collected fluid that may last for weeks> blisters> black scab-like crust, which may de-velop several weeks after exposure.

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alysha smith, 17 and her brother alex, 14, both have genetic long QT syndrome and have had automatic heart defibrillators implanted. They are shown with alex’s heart monitoring device which can automatically send electrocardiogram readings to his doctor in omaha.

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Text by Joanne Fox | Photograph by Tim Hynds

alySha Smith and her brother Alex Smith of Bronson, Iowa, share a lot of things with their dad Jason.

Brown hair.Wide smiles.Implanted defibrillators.The Smiths and some members of their extended family

have a hereditary disorder of the heart’s electrical rhythm.A defibrillator has the potential to detect chaotic heart

rhythms and shock the heart. Research has discovered they have been particularly effective when implanted in indi-viduals with Long QT Syndrome, a disorder of the heart’s electrical system, which the Smiths have.

“When the heart contracts, it emits an electrical signal,” Alysha explained. “This signal can be recorded on an elec-trocardiogram and produces a characteristic wave form.”

The different parts of the wave form are designated by the letters P, Q, R, S and T.

“The Q to T interval represents the time for electrical ac-tivation and inactivation of the ventricles, the lower cham-bers of the heart,” she continued. “A doctor can measure the time it takes for the Q to T interval to occur and can tell if it occurs in a normal amount of time. If it takes longer the an normal, it’s called a prolonged QT interval.”

The syndrome runs in the Smith family; however, Aly-sha’s didn’t surface immediately.

“I was tested for it when I was born, but the cardiologist who read my EKG said I didn’t have it,” she said. “When I was 3 years old, a group of doctors from the University of Rochester in New York came to do a genetic study on my family and they discovered I did have it.”

Alysha pointed out Long QT Syndrome has many types, but Types 1, 2 and 3 are most common. Type 1 seems to be triggered by exercise. Type 2 is the result of intense emotion-al stress. Type 1 and 2 benefit from beta blockers.

It is Type 3 that should generate the most concern be-cause it is not uncommon for a cardiac event to take place, without any warning, even during sleep.

“Type 3 is the least common of these three types,” she said. “There are only five known extended families in the world with this type and mine is one of them.”

There are seven individuals in the Smith family who have Long QT Syndrome. Alysha’s grandfather Robert, her dad Jason and three of his brothers, Alysha, 17, and Alex, 14. Out of seven grandchildren of Robert and Debra Smith who could have it, only Alysha and Alex have inherited the con-dition. Their sister Kaylie, 19, did not.

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“In the beginning, Alysha and Alex were only taking medication, but after an event was recorded on a routine moni-toring for Alex at age 6, the cardiologist decided an ICD was needed for him,” said Kristy Smith. “We did Alysha’s as a precaution when she was 12, since Long QT Syndrome doesn’t usually give any notice and sudden death is the result of the first episode for many patients.”

Sudden Cardiac Death is caused when the electrical impulses in the heart be-come rapid, slow or chaotic. The heart, which so many of us take for granted, just stops beating. An Implanted Cardio-verter Defibrillator (ICD) will deliver an electrical shock when the heartbeat be-comes erratic, causing the normal beat-ing to resume.

Alysha has had one recorded event on her ICD, but her heart recovered on its own before she received a therapeutic shock.

“At age 15, I received my second ICD because I outgrew my first system,” she said. “In March of 2009, just six months after receiving my new ICD, I received an inappropriate shock.”

What did that feel like?“Like an explosion in my chest,” Aly-

sha recalled. “It was quite frightening because I had never been shocked before and I was unsure of what was going on.”

With the defibrillators patients can use microwaves and cell phones and go through airport security detectors.

“I can’t play contact sports,” Alysha said. “But I have played basketball, vol-leyball and softball. I think it’s tougher on Alex.”

“I can’t play football and I’d really like to,” Alex echoed. “I could die if I didn’t have it (the defibrillator).”

“That’s a challenge of this disease,” Kristy added. “You have to take what God deals you and do the best with it. If you let it hold you back, then you don’t know what you might miss in life.”

The defibrillator is not a cure for any heart abnormality. It only treats the ar-rhythmia. The strength of the defibrilla-tor is that it protects the heart.

“The kids are both active and involved in many things and don’t let their con-dition limit them,” Kristy pointed out. “It’s been very gratifying to see them ac-complish what they put their mind to, regardless of their condition.”


health Dry Skin

Winter’S chill can Wreak havoc on your skin, leaving it red, rough and down right itchy.

Cold air holds less moisture than warm air. When the cold air is warmed up in the home, it fur-ther lowers the humidity level.

This can have an affect on your skin, according to Dr. Ray-mond Kuwahara, making it ap-pear cracked like a dry river bed.

“This dry air will suck the moisture out of your skin, lead-ing to dry skin,” said Kuwahara, a dermatologist with Tri-State Spe-cialists, LLP.

Taking care of the largest or-gan of your body, your skin, Ku-wahara said, is important to your overall health.

Dry skin isn’t usually a serious condition, according to Kuwahara,

but he said it can be uncomfortable and unsightly, turning plump cells into shriv-eled ones and creating fine lines and wrinkles.

Kuwahara said winter weather

also exacerbates chronic skin conditions such as eczema – itchy rashes – and ic-thyosis – a genetic skin disorder which causes the skin to look like fish scales.

Detergents, allergens and bacteria can further irritate the cracks in your skin, according to Kuwahara.

“Chronic or severe dry skin problems may require a visit to a dermatologist, but first you can do a lot on your own to improve your skin, including using mois-turizers, bathing less and avoid-ing harsh, drying soaps,” he said.

To keep your skin hydrated and healthy, Kuwahara recom-mends using a brand name moisturizer, such as Aveeno or Lubriderm, on your face, hands and body.

He prefers creams, usually white in color, over ointments, which can be greasy. Lotions, a mixture of oils, water and some-times alcohols, often cause dry

skin and should be avoided, ac-cording to Kuwahara.

He said moisturizer should be applied a few minutes after bath-ing.

“I like to tell people to take shorter showers, use lukewarm water while bathing, and im-mediately after bathing use a moisturizer to keep the water hy-drated,” Kuwahara said.

Hot water and strong soaps will remove the protective oils from your skin, according to Ku-wahara. He recommends wash-ing with a non-soap cleansing bar, such as Dove or Cetaphil.

Venturing outside?Kuwahara said you shouldn’t

forget to apply a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15, especially if you are vacationing in a warmer climate.

Even while driving, Kuwahara explained that there is risk of sun damage, especially for people with fair skin, as the car wind-shield doesn’t block all UV radia-tion.

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Protecting your Skin in winterYou can keep your skin flake-free and looking great this winter if you follow these simple guide-lines:> Take lukewarm showers lasting no longer than five minutes.> a few minutes after bathing ap-ply moisturizer.> shield your skin from the sun with protective clothing.> use sunscreen outdoors as needed, especially when on vaca-tion in warmer climates.> eat a healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains. blueberries and salmon are high in antioxidants, which benefit your skin.> don’t smoke. Toxins in ciga-rettes accelerate the aging of skin.> manage stress effectively. it can worsen many skin conditions.> don’t use tanning beds, which can cause skin cancer and wrin-kling.

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Blood pressure control is extremely important and it is often called the silent killer as it does damage over years with relatively few symptoms. Poor control of blood pressure has been proven to in-crease the risk of heart attack, heart fail-ure, stroke, brain aneurysm and kidney failure. It is measured using two num-bers, the first represents the pressure in the arter-ies as the heart is con-tracting and the second represents the pressure in the arter-ies when the heart is re-laxing. These generally are the maxi-mum and the minimum pressures in the arteries, higher pressures in either of these lead to damage of the arteries and the organs that they supply with blood, not to men-tion the increased strain they place on the heart.

The goal for blood pressures is less than 120/80 and staying below those numbers is often difficult even with medications. Unfortunately treating blood pressure is not like treating an sinus infection, it requires lifetime treat-ment. In other words, there is no cure, there is only treatment that will help to control the problem. That being said losing weight, cutting down on alcohol, stopping smoking and decreasing salt intake can help to lower blood pres-sures. There are several different types

of medications for control of blood pres-sure and a discussion with your doctor regarding the best course of treatment is important as some are more effective in different situations. Happy pressure lowering …

is it true men don’t need the digi-tal exams for prostate cancer? i heard they do more harm than good.

That is absolutely false and it sounds like the person you heard that from was looking for an excuse to get out of his next digital exam. The digital rectal exam carries a certain stigma and it is somewhat uncomfortable. Despite this, it is extremely useful to check for prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, gastrointestinal bleeding and hemorrhoids and it can even be used to treat severe constipation. There has been some recent controversy regarding the blood check for prostate cancer and that may be where the idea of more harm than good came from. This blood check is called the prostate specific antigen or the PSA. The PSA has come under fire lately as it does not appear to be as helpful in the diagnosis of prostate cancer as we previously thought it did and elevated levels could lead to prostate biopsies being performed unnecessarily.

Overall, it is still a good test to track progression of known prostate disease, but it does not appear to be a very good at screening or initial diagnosis of prostate disease. That brings us back to another argument in favor of the rectal exam. It is still very necessary to screen for prostate cancer and if we cannot rely on a blood test then we will have to fall back on our old friend the digital rectal

exam. It may not be pleasant, but in terms of health screening it is about as unpleasant as it gets for men, women on the other hand have it pretty rough with Pap smears, pelvic exams and mammo-grams. So … happy screening …

i get hangnails all the time. how can i prevent them? how do i treat them?

The term “hangnail” is a bit of a strange one. Everyone knows exactly what it means when using that term but hangnails are not actually a part of the nail, they are skin and cuticle surround-ing the edge of the nail that has been damaged. The most common causes of hangnails are dry skin, nail biting and small injuries from use of the hands.

The best way to prevent them is to keep your hands well moisturized, and of course, to avoid those nag-ging little injuries and to stop biting your nails. If you do get a hangnail you should certainly not tear it off as that will likely just make it worse or allow bacteria in to cause an infection. Instead you should moisten it up with some lotion or a gentle hand washing and then use a small pair of scissors or nail clipper to trim it down. Trimming your nails straight across and using a file to give the edges a slight curve will also help to cut down on hang-nails. Happy trimming …

‘doC, i’ve got a question …’answers to your medical questions

adviCe Medical Answers

meet the docdr. bill dorwart is a second-year family medicine resident at siouxland medical education founda-tion. He grew up in sidney, neb., went to medical school at the university of nebraska medical center in omaha and has numerous family members in siouxland.

Can you ever go off blood pressure medicine? i think mine has gone down low enough that i’d like to do it. and, by the way, what do the numbers mean? is one more critical than the other?

The goal for blood pressures is less than 120/80 and staying below those numbers is often difficult even with medications.

The best way to prevent hangnails is to keep your hands well moisturized.


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i may be the worst tennis player who hasn’t quit.For more than 25 years, I’ve been battin’ the ball, just

hoping to keep it in play. I don’t throw in the towel, how-ever, because I imagine myself turning into Jabba the Hutt. So I keep on, success be damned.

For the better part of those 25 years, I’ve played doubles on Sundays with the same three people. Lloyd is the pro – easily better than the rest of us, but willing to slum for the sake of his wife, Carol. Carol is a sneaky player who has a wicked angle, and Kathy – my partner – has Lloyd-level tal-ent but is burdened by someone who doesn’t get to the ball all the time – namely, me.

I’ll hear her feet move quickly (rabbit feet, I call them) and stay planted. Nev-er mind she’s not going for it. She’s moving.

I, though, believe you need to be in the right place at the right time to truly make a difference.

In the early years, we didn’t have problems keep-ing score. The courts had numbers you could turn and we had memories that lasted beyond a serve.

Now, we usually figure out where we’re standing and what it “could” be before making an announcement.

While other weekend players might scoff at our methods, they work just fine for us. We don’t do “ad” scoring, either, because we’d probably still be playing the first game. (Not because we’re so good, but because something that complex would keep us from taking a break.)

Even though I don’t have the skills to be another John McEnroe, I do have the mouth. I have sworn so much on the tennis court you could say we were play-ing in the Tourette Open. (And, mind you, I try to curb the problem because Kathy’s a minister. But all the prayers in the world don’t help.)

Over the years we’ve weathered all kinds of personal problems. We’ve gone through weddings and divorces, ill-nesses and celebrations, struggles and triumphs.

Kathy went back to school, became a minister and now

misses occasionally to help people in foreign countries. Lloyd has retired. Carol is getting closer. And I’m just tired.

We play outside during the spring, summer and fall as much as we can. But the wind can cause all sorts of prob-lems and, occasionally, there are children within earshot of my mouth.

When we move inside, we’re constantly battling the elements. Not other players, but other sports wanting to encroach on tennis.

For some reason, the sport just doesn’t have the legs it used to. Just before we started, Andre Agassi played in Sioux City. Now, he’s retired and most of the people we

know who can play are, too.We don’t quit, though,

because Sunday night is like a 90-minute therapy session. We get to release our aggres-sion (thus, my swearing), share our joys and sorrows and get away from the lives we lead the other 166 1/2 hours of the week.

One year Carol said she was going to give up tennis and start bowling. We ral-lied, got her back in the game and now regret we were so encouraging. She’s so good at those sneaky angle shots I swear she’s spending some of her off time taking lessons.

Kathy probably has the worst attendance record of the bunch but how do you call her on it when she’s do-ing the work of the Lord? (To show we’ve got our hearts in the right place, we send our dead tennis balls to various missions that she visits. Ap-parently, the children there like them. They probably have better luck than we do, too.)

And Lloyd has gotten so good he really belongs with other players. But he stays in there, throws a game every now and then and never complains. He’s a saint, but that doesn’t keep me from

calling him other names.I assume we’ll have to call it a day one of these years.

But, for now, we play with the same joy we had two de-cades ago and wonder if, maybe, one more lesson might make a difference.

parting shot By Bruce Miller

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carol Hawes, Bruce miller and Kathy martin are three members of the doubles group that has been playing tennis on sundays for the better part of 25 years. missing from the photo due to illness is fourth member lloyd Hawes. (Photo by anna Petersen)

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