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Everyone welcome to attend Lenten activities
by Brian Cook |
Pastor Kurt Pasko, president of the Delaware County Ministerial Association, encourages everyone, regardless of church affiliation, to participate in this year’s Lenten programs.
Every Saturday morning the Ministerial Association is sponsoring men’s Lenten breakfast with the theme “Face to Face with Jesus.” Those attending will listen to scriptural accounts of encounters with Christ. The fellowship hour will close with roundtable discussions about what those men may have been thinking about Jesus and how men today might react in a similar situation.
The Lenten breakfast on March 4 will be at First Presbyterian Church in Manchester. Community Congregational Church in Manchester will host the March 11 breakfast. On March 18 the breakfast will be at First Lutheran Church in Manchester. The Manchester United Methodist Church will be the site on March 25. On April 1, the breakfast will be held at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Manchester. First Baptist Church in Manchester will host the breakfast on April 8.
The Manchester United Methodist Church will host Lenten soup luncheons at 11:55 a.m. every Wednesday during Lent, beginning March 8. Pastors of the Ministerial Association will lead a brief time of worship following each soup lunch.
Pastor Wade Kirsteatter will lead the March 8 worship. On March 15, it will be Pastor David Weber.
Pastor Roger Henry will lead the March 22 worship. Pastor Merlyn Ferrand is scheduled for March 29, and Pastor Pasko will lead the April 5 worship.
There will also be a community service at the Manchester United Methodist Church at 1 p.m. on Good Friday, April 14.
The Lenten and Thanksgiving programs are just some of the activities the Ministerial Association oversees. It also sponsors the Delaware County Food Pantry, which has brought the community together in times of national crisis. Pasko added that the Ministerial Association also works together to promote healthy, long-lasting marriages through a countywide Marriage Matters agreement.
Face to Face with Jesus
7:00 a.m. - Every Saturday Morning During Lent
March 4
Face to Face with Joseph
The Father of Jesus
First Presbyterian Church
312 E. Butler St.
March 11
Face to Face
with Jairus
The Father of the Little Girl Jesus Raised
from the Dead
Community Congregational Church
205 E. Howard St.
March 18
Face to Face with
John the Baptist
The Forerunner
of Jesus
First Lutheran Church
313 E. Fayette
March 25
Face to Face with Simon Peter The Rock
Manchester United Methodist Church
413 E. Butler St.
April 1
Face to Face with Thomas
The man called
“The Doubter”
Our Savior Lutheran Church
116 Guetzko Ct.
April 8
Face to Face with
Paul The Apostle
to the Gentiles
First Baptist Church
113 E. Butler St. |
New signs will hopefully help with confusion at RMC
by Latisha Sand |
Since the new addition of Regional Medical Center was complete, there has been some confusion as to where people register for operations, blood work and other services.
“Patients coming to see a doctor in the specialty clinic for blood draws, lab tests, X-rays, ultrasounds, mammograms and other diagnostic procedures will continue to use the same registration desk they always have used,” said Jerry Burke, the Vice President of Marketing and Community Relations for RMC.
The registration desk is located inside the sliding doors on the west side of the building, which are marked ‘Specialty Clinic.’ |
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The Regional Medical Center sign, located over the new hospital addition, is one of the new signs that were put up about two weeks ago. Even though the doors read ‘Main Entrance,’ patients that are getting blood work, X-rays, mammograms, ultrasounds and other specialty clinic work done will enter through the door they have always gone through, which is the old emergency room doors on the west side of the building. |
Patients who are having same day surgery, who are using the emergency room services or need other services done will enter through the new addition. These doors are marked ‘Main Entrance.’
However, if services are scheduled on Saturday, then the patient will register within the new addition.
New outside signs were put up about two weeks ago pointing patients to the correct areas and are even bigger and easier to read then the old ones.
“You can really see the Regional Medical Center sign (which is located over the new addition doors) at night,” said Burke.
But even with the confusion, the transfer to the new addition worked as planned. |
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The new sign, which is located on West Main Street, is one of the new signs that were put up about two weeks ago. Jerry Burke, the Vice President of Marketing and Community Relations, hopes that these new signs will reduce the registration confusion. |
“The emergency room, operation rooms and the rest of the new addition are all functional and work fine,” said Burke.
And they have had many compliments on the addition of more handicapped parking spaces near the specialty clinic doors.
The hospital is now in the process of expanding the old emergency room to include Cartiologist PC and is adding more outpatient rooms for Dr. Messerli to meet his increased needs. The specialty clinic’s registration desk will also be remodeled and when all is said and done, a third desk will be completed for lab work, X-rays and other services.
“This will allow increased efficiency, confidentiality and ease in using the services of RMC,” said Burke.
Most of the work should be complete in early summer and will be followed with an open house, where people will see all the work that has been done.
But Burke hopes that people will be patient until then and that the new signs will assist with the ongoing confusion.
“I hope the new signs help guide people to the correct locations,” he said.
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Detour set for Highway 3 resurfacing project
By Julie Sunne |
The Delaware County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement with the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) at their February 21 meeting that established the route for the Highway 3 resurfacing project detour. The detour will be from Highway 13 to C64 to Highway 38. Bid letting for the project is scheduled for March 21.
In other business, the Board approved CRP payments from the Twin Bridges Wildlife Area in the amount of $284 to be deposited in the Conservation Land Acquisition and Trust Fund. The Supervisors also accepted three applications for impoundment structures. |
SVAAA donation keeps Manchester library up to date for family caregivers
By Latisha Sand |
The Scenic Valley Area Agency on Aging recently made a donation of books, videos and brochures to the Manchester Public Library.
These new materials are geared toward family caregivers.
“We want to reach out to family caregivers in as many ways as we can to let them know we’re here with resources, training and information on local services,” said Joan Ness, a caregiver specialist at Scenic Valley Area Agency on Aging in Dubuque.
And they thought the libraries would be a good place to do that.
So Ness and Donna Smith approached Kristy Folsom, the Manchester Library Director, and asked her if the library would like the materials. |
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These materials are just some of the items that Scenic Valley Area Agency on Aging donated to the Manchester Public Library. These materials, which include videos, books and brochures, give family caregivers, like spouses and children, information about caregiver wellness, fall prevention and other tips to help their aging family member. They will be available at the Manchester Public Library on March 1. |
“We don’t really have a lot of materials on this subject,” said Folsom, “and they aren’t very recent materials so this is really exciting.”
The materials give family caregivers, like spouses and children, information about caregiver wellness, fall prevention and other tips to help their aging family member.
“Caregivers often don’t have the information they need or know what services are available,” said Ness. “This gives them some idea of what they might do and who they can call.”
Ness said that, although the materials can only be found at the Manchester Public Library, she hopes Scenic Valley will be able to expand to other libraries in Delaware County. And they will keep the materials updated as new information becomes available.
“They are a really good source for the public and are more relevant (then the other materials the library has),” said Folsom.
The materials will be displayed on a table upstairs in the adult section of the library for about a month and then will be moved to the non-fiction section.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for us to reach more people and that’s what we are here for,” said Folsom.
And Ness agrees.
“Providing these materials is another way we hope to make people aware that they’re not alone when it comes to care giving,” she said.
The materials, which include four videos, nine books, a magazine subscription and four brochures, will be available to check out, with a library card, on March 1. |
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