Family & Friends

Buena Vista Regional Medical Center CEO Rob Colerick thanked the dedicated volunteers who were in attendance at the annual BVRMC Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. These individuals are much appreciated for their time, talent and contribution to BVRMC.

St. John Lutheran Church, Storm Lake, celebrated the confirmation of two youths on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2014. Pictured are Grace Jesse and Haley Redenbaugh with Pastor Bruce Lesemann.

Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral presented a free Play and Creativity workshop for childcare providers on April 17. The event was held at Our Place with Debbie Esperlding leading the workshop and Retta Mitchell assisting. Around 20 people attended.

Gary and Linda Kessler will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary on Monday, May 12. They were married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee on May 12, 1984. They have two children, Heather and her husband Raven of Aurora, Colo. and Amy of Ames. They celebrated with a cruise to the Caribbean Islands.

A job fair will be held May 13 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Prairie Lakes AEA Building 824 Flindt Dr. Storm Lake. This job fair is free to the public.

Twelve area employers will be there speaking to and interviewing applicants including Buena Vista University, Faith, Hope and Charity, GCC Ready Mix, Hy-Vee, McDonald’s, Meridian, Methodist Manor, North Lake Manor, Pizza Ranch, Rembrandt Foods, Tyson Foods and VT Industries.

Danuta Hutchins will share her experiences of WW II, the life of a small Polish child under the German occupation of Warsaw, the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and the rule of the Soviet communist “liberators.” These are very personal memories, some of which have surfaced as she was witnessing in Iowa the horrors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S.A. Danuta shall briefly discuss her family’s plight and also Herbert Hoover's post war efforts to secure the UNRAA aid for the Polish children.

Storm Lake Schools

         Monday: Southwest burger or chicken tenders, potato oles

         Tuesday: Chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn and roll

Ten Buena Vista University students participated in an AWOL (Alternative Week of Off-site Learning) trip during spring break, enabling them to volunteer their time and service with a focus on disaster relief and clean-up efforts in Greeley, Colo.

By PAULINE LARSEN

Dear Mom:

We have a preschool story time meeting on each Tuesday of the week from 2-2:30 p.m. Children ages two through five are invited to come and enjoy stories and crafts. The library goal is to aid in the early literacy of each child. We look forward to seeing many little ones, getting to know them and helping them to know us.