Kayla Niner
Published: December 4, 2008

DUBUQUE- Kelly Howes knows first-hand how hard the holidays can be at a nursing home.

“There’s a lot of depression, a lot of losses, so every day is different depending on their health and that,” said Kelly Activities Director at Heritage Manor.

Mildred Fessler has been at Heritage Manor since Febuary, and says Christmas brings back memories of days gone by.

“You can’t think about that at Christmas time, but it sneaks in every now and then,” said Mildred.

Mildred is trying to stay positive.

This Christmas she will be going to one of her daughters’ homes for Christmas dinner and then will return to the manor for Christmas supper and festivities.

“Oh, I just love the holidays, and here, now, we have something to do almost 4 or 5 times a week,”said Mildred.

This Christmas Kelly has some extra special things planned.

“We have a secret santa here, and the staff will draw residents names, then on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus will come, we will do some caroling, and then pass out gifts,”explains Kelly.

Heritage Manor also has a wassailing party planned, and a family holiday party where family members of those in the home can come and share a special time with their relatives.

“We have a good crew here, and if someone is a little down, they get a little extra TLC; it’s good,” said Kelly.

Kayla Niner can be reached at Kayla.Niner@loras.edu

Kayla Niner
Published: November 19, 2008

DUBUQUE- The Loras Men are back in the sweet 16 this year, but with a new confidence.

Coach Rothert says, “we have experience. We have been there before, and many teams in our group haven’t been to this point before, so we may not be as nervous as they are, and we get to play at home, so the advantages are on our side hopefully.”

The team made it to the final four last year but lost to Middlebury Vermont.

Student Assistant Coach, Luke Schweitzer says, “We’re still working hard, and getting back to going to the final 4 to build upon last year’s season, it’s what we have been working for all year and now it’s go time.”

Exciting news for the Duhawks, is that they play at the Rock Bowl on Saturday!

Schweitzer says, “We wouldn’t want it anywhere else, there is such a great atmosphere at the rock bowl and home crowd and playing on our home turf and we take a lot of pride in winning at home.”

Coach Rothert agrees that playing at home is an advantage, but they still have some things to work on.

Rothert says, “You know were just as excited to get things going I know the guys are anxious and wish it was tomorrow, but at the same time we have some things to work on between now and then to get things ready.”

The team only has two more days of practice before Saturday, where they take on Augsburg at 7:30.

Rothert says, “It’s going to be a fun night and every team at this level can battle and whoever is playing their best soccer that night is going to get to the final four so hopefully we can get a big crowd out there.”

Kayla Niner can be reached at Kayla.Niner@loras.edu

Kayla Niner
Published: November 12, 2008

DUBUQUE - On the eleventh day of the eleventh month a peace treaty was signed by Germany ending World War I. After World War II the day became known as Veterans Day. LCTV spoke to two veterans to learn about their service to our country.

Korean War Veteran Cledus Cashman served in the Marines. Cashman is thankful for many things.

“One is that I’m still alive, a lot of them I was with never came back. Just sometimes you can’t believe that you’re here. I’m very lucky to be here,” says Cashman.

Adam Green served in the eighty-second airborne in Iraq, knows exactly how that feels.
He was injured by a roadside bomb on November 18, 2003.

Even though these two veterans come from different wars and eras, Veteran’s Day is for all ages to come together and share stories.

“It’s very humbling when somebody from World War II asks you how many jumps you have had, and you say fifty-four, and you ask him how many, and he says five and all five of those were in drop zones in Germany and France,” says Green

Cashman understands that the men and women today are carrying on the same tradition of life and liberty.

“It means a lot to sacrifice good men and women who are doing their duty. It means a lot to me, and a lot never come back,” adds Cashman.

LCTV offers our thanks to all war veterans and men and women currently serving in the armed forces.

Kayla Niner can be contacted at Kayla.Niner@loras.edu

Kayla Niner
Published: October 29, 2008

Local farmer, Ronald Hartman, describes this past year as a rollercoaster ride, yet somehow he’s coming out on top.

“Whether it was the will of God, luck, or a combination of both, some of it has to do with the weather, we have had a very good weather year, believe it or not,” Hartman said.

Despite the late planting season, Hartman’s crops are okay, but market prices are dropping.

Hartman said, “The Futures (a publication) which you watch for future trends in the markets are telling us that milk is probably going to go down somewhat.”

Hartman expects the dairy prices in the store to go down a few cents, but milk isn’t the only price that is going down.

Norm Weber, of Weber Processing Inc, said “You know a month or two ago you had cattle over a dollar, and now they have gone down almost like gas prices and now it’s down somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 or 85 cents.”

But the question everyone is asking is when are prices going to go back up?

“I’ve been here full time since 57 and part time since 47, if I knew the answer to that I would not have to be working today, believe me,” Weber said with a laugh.

Prices of crops and livestock are changing so frequently, that it is proven to be an interesting year.

“It’s something that no one in this industry has seen in their life time and now we’re seeing it all within a year,” Hartman said.

According to Hartman, it’s still too early to predict what the next few months will bring.

Kayla Niner can be reached at Kayla.Niner@loras.edu