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Highway 210 reconstruction meeting
CROSBY-IRONTON COURIER
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
on Monday at Crosby City Hall
Opinions
Guest Column
Letter Box
Looking for old
friends in Crosby
Dear Editor:
I would be interested in
hearing from anyone who lived
in Crosby from 1937-43.
Our family was there during that time. My father, Toivo,
was the butcher in the Co-op
store and we lived in the second
floor apartment above the store
facing Main Street. My brother
and I started school in Crosby
and I went through the third
grade there. I have many good
memories of the town and the
school, even though those times
included the Depres-sion, the
Finnish-Russian War and the
start of WWII.
I had many friends there
and our family knew many
local people. I eventually graduated from Floodwood High
School, UMD and the
University of Colorado, and I
was a professor of psychology
at Colorado State University for
40 years. I worked overseas
quite a bit too. I am the only one
left of our family in Crosby.
I would like to hear from
anyone who has anything to say
about our time there. My home
phone number is 970-484-5714
and cell is 970-631-7705. My
e-mail
address
is
jackh@colostate.edu. I live in
Fort Collins, CO.
I hope to be in Minnesota
and Wisconsin July 29-Aug. 12
and I would try hard to arrange
a get-together if someone
would like one.
Jack Hautaluoma
Fort Collins, CO
Hospital stay
Dear Editor:
About three weeks ago a
planned hip replacement was
done a few days early because
I fell and cracked it. Two days
later they discovered a heart
problem and a pacemaker
was installed. The entire
team, including primary
physician, Mathew Anderson,
Dr. McCollister (pacemaker),
and Dr. Erik Severson (hip
replacement) did a “WorldClass” job. Better than that,
they did a “Ranger” job.
Altogether there were seven
doctors and a very competent
staff involved. I appreciate all
of the competent people who
took care of my daily needs
during my two weeks’ stay.
In the background, however, among the workers,
there was a muffled feeling of
administration
by
fear.
Nothing specific that was
related directly to me, but it
was tangible. This is not a situation that can be detected by
a questionnaire. Sure wish it
wasn’t this way and I hope
the administrators will make
an effort to change it.
Charles A. Hagberg
Crosby
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Appreciation
Dear Editor:
The C-I High School
Spanish Club would like to
recognize the following for
their generous donations in support of the student service—
learning trip to Ecuador in June,
2016: Mixed Company— A
Kava House, Mid-Minnesota
Federal Credit Union, Dr.
Jeffrey P. Fish, DDS, Cuyuna
Lakes Education Foundation,
and Emily Cooperative
Telephone Company.
There are currently 19
students signed up to go:
Jessica Arneson, Miranda
Berg, Mindy Borash, Ivy
Chisholm, Emily Davis, Kaia
Forde, Nicolette Glomski,
Abby Gujer, Samantha
Gutzman, Bonnie Holmvig,
Hillary Holmvig, Sienna-Rae
Johnson, Madeline Kertzmann,
Elizabeth Kuhlmann, Sylas
Lies, Kyja Lindahl, Kaitlyn
Sharp, Morgan Swensen, and
Kari Watson.
The group is still seeking
financial support as they plan
to add an extension to visit
the Galapagos Islands and
recruit more students to travel! Look for upcoming fundraisers and send your donations to Crosby-Ironton High
School. Find out more details
about the trip itself at: www.
eftours.com/1629714RR or
contact Señora Jessica Dietz
at: jdietz@ci.k12.mn.us
Señora Jessica Dietz
Crosby-Ironton
High School
“You’re a Good
Man, Charlie
Brown,” in
Pequot Lakes
The
Pequot
Lakes
Community Theater summer
production is ‘You’re a Good
Man, Charlie Brown’.
The show follows an
eventful day in the lives of
Charlie Brown and friends,
from the morning alarm clock
to the evening, when they
realize that real happiness is
having true friends to share
everything that happens. The
book, music, and lyrics are by
Clark Gesner, with additional
dialogue by Michael Mayer,
and additional music and
lyrics by Andrew Lippa.
Appearing as the hapless
Charlie Brown is Ben Gordon
of Pine River; his closest
friend, the crabby, bossy
Lucy, is Mackenzie PapillonRenford of Pine River. Sally
Brown, Charlie’s little sister,
is Kamber Tanner from
Baxter, while Lucy’s brother,
Linus, is Joshua Sechser of
Pine River. Masterful musician Schroeder is Austin
Evanson from Pequot Lakes,
and Snoopy, the wisest and
most sophisticated dog in
town, is embodied by Elaina
Tanner from Baxter.
‘You’re a Good Man,
Charlie Brown’, presented by
special arrangement with TamsWitmark Music Library, Inc., is
directed by Michael Sander
of Pine River, with musical
direction by Renee Anderson
from Pequot Lakes. Setting is
by Tim Leagjeld of Pequot
Lakes, costumes by Deb
Binda from Crosslake.
Performances at the comfortably
air-conditioned
Pequot Lakes High School
Theater will be July 10, 11,
15, 16, and 17 at 7:30 p.m.,
with a 2 p.m. matinee on July
12. General admission tickets—$12 (adults), $10 (seniors 60+), and $8 (youth age
18 and under) can be ordered
in advance at 568-9200; they
will also be available for purchase at the theater one hour
before showtimes. For additional information visit: www.
glapa.info. This activity is
made possible by the voters
of Minnesota through a grant
from the Five Wings Arts
Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the
Arts and Cultural Heritage
Fund.
Newspaper on the Cuyuna Range…
Bullying and Healthcare
A Dangerous Mix
By John Zender, RN, BS, CNOR, MSN student
[Editor’s
Note:
Mr.
Zender wrote this as part of
his graduate nursing studies.]
A recent Google search
using the words “Bullying in
Healthcare” resulted in
44,200,000
results.
A
CINAHL Complete search
resulted in 3,180 full medical
journal articles on the topic.
To say that bullying in healthcare does not happen or is
overblown is false. Bullying
in healthcare happens, it is all
over the internet and has been
extensively researched in
healthcare journals.
Since the days of Florence
Nightingale the story of bullying behavior in nursing has
been existent. Whether it was
physicians bullying nurses,
military officers or Florence
Nightingale herself, the problem has existed for over 150
years (Lim & Bernstein,
2014).
The bullied can
through moral courage and
evidence-based
practice
begin to stop the behavior of
bullying. Multiple theories
and processes exist to develop and stop bullying behavior. No healthcare, medical or
nursing organization should
support bullying, and all prohibit the behavior from happening.
Nursing for many, is a
second career. Like many the
move to a second career is a
change to explore a career
that may hold personal value
or a desire to make a difference. Nursing students graduate from nursing school with
the dream of being the caregiver that makes a difference
in the health and wellbeing of
the patients cared for. In
nursing school the concept of
being an independent practitioner in a team of health care
specialists that collaborate
individual knowledge and
skills to create the best healthcare plan for progression of
the patient’s wellbeing. It is a
wonderful concept but in
reality does it really happen?
As much as the general population might like to think that
healthcare is a warm and caring environment everywhere,
those of us that work in the
healthcare profession know
that it is a business and business can be cutthroat, mean,
relentless and emotionless.
Regulations, cutbacks, system upgrades, layoffs, downsizing, increased patient
loads, staffing issues, personnel problems and the list goes
on. For those of us that persevere through the difficulties,
it can leave us stressed, tired
and even irritable, which can
be a leading cause of medical
errors. Like most nurses and
support staff come back every
day and do our best to be an
advocate for our patients.
Making everyday stresses
even worse for those trying to
do their best is, being bullied.
Bullying can come in all sorts
of ways. Superior to subordinate is the most common but
lateral bullying and subordinate to superior can also happen. This article will consider bullying effects on nurses
in superior/subordinate relationships historically, how
nursing has evolved to
change bullying behavior,
what is being done to prevent
bullying behavior, what current evidence based practices
a research says about bullying
and what is being done on a
national scale to prevent this
behavior.
Bullying Behavior
Historically
When it comes to nurses
being bullied we must go
back to the beginning and ask
ourselves, “What would
Florence Nightingale do?”
Surprisingly, as history has
recorded Nightingale was
bullied by her superiors but
also displayed bullying
behavior while trying to
develop the profession we
know as nursing.
Upon
Nightingale’s arrival with 38
nurses to the Crimean military
hospital, surgeons and doctors
refused to work with the nurses even though they were
there to help. Nightingale
then took a stance and refused
to let any of her nurses’ work
at the hospital even though
dysentery and scurvy were at
epidemic proportions. She
waited until being begged by
the surgeons and doctors, realizing their help was needed,
before she would help. When
she was given the title of
General Superintendent for
the army military hospitals
she still had to have all her
orders and decisions approved
by the principal medical officer (Joel, 2005).
Nightingale’s authoritarian
leadership style would definitely be considered bullying
by today’s standards against
her nurses. Words used to
describe her: Demanding,
manipulative, overbearing,
intimidating, dominating and
caustic. Nurses that came
from a lower social class were
treated with disrespect, all of
which today would be considered discrimination and bullying behavior (Lim &
Bernstein, 2014). In her book,
Notes on nursing: What is and
what
is
not
(1860),
Nightingale writes, “If you
wait till your patients tell you,
or remind you of these things
(keeping noise level down),
where is the use of their having a nurse?”, “If you cannot
get the habit of observation
one way or other you had better give up the being a nurse,
for it is not your calling, however kind and anxious you
may be.” By today’s standards if a nurse manager, or
doctor said that, it could be
considered
as
bullying,
demeaning or intimidating
behavior.
Older theories to why
nurses were more likely to be
victims of bullying; the
oppression theory claims
women have been oppressed
and have low self-esteem
because professions like nursing are subordinate and limit
ability to recognize bullying
behavior (Randle, 2003). This
leads to a distorted way of
thinking and thus the bullying
behavior becomes the new
norm and is accepted (Farrell,
2001). More recent theories
say women or women’s professions that are historically
considered subordinate are not
the problem, but the bully
itself is considered highly
effective. The bully is a good
manipulator with high social
skills that creates a support
group around them. Due to
the support the actions are
rarely challenged or even considered bullying. The bully is
sophisticated, a problemsolver and uses bullying to get
what they want (Randle,
Stevenson, & Grayling,
2007). Positive change is
being made now that the victim is being considered a victim and bullies are being recognized for what they are and
being called out as such.
The Highway 210 reconstruction committee will hold
its first meeting on Monday,
July 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Crosby City Hall, 2 Second
Street SW in the city council
chambers.
The committee is being
formed to assist the City of
Crosby with ideas for the
design of Main Street.
MnDOT has announced it
will
likely
reconstruct
Highway 210 through Crosby
within the next five years. In
order to have input on the
design of Main Street, the city
must present ideas to
MnDOT within the next year.
All residents of Crosby
and business owners are
Frequently
requested
telephone
numbers
The following are frequently requested telephone
numbers:
City of Crosby—5465021
Crosby Post Office—5465152
Cuyuna Iron Range
Heritage
Network—5466178
DNR, Ironton (Croft Mine
and Cuyuna Country State
Recreational Area)—5465926
—to be continued
Recycling ink
cartridges at
Hallett Library
Recycle your empty computer printer inkjet cartridges
and help the Jessie F. Hallett
Memorial Library of Crosby.
Business and individual
computer users are asked to
save their empty inkjet and
toner cartridges. These cartridges are collected at the
library. The used cartridges
are then purchased by a firm
for $1 to $2, depending on the
brand and model number.
All proceeds go to the
JFHML Friends Foundation
for the benefit of the library.
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Mission Fire Fair
set for July 18
The Mission Fire Fair will
be held at Mission Park on
Saturday, July 18.
The event includes a roast
pork dinner beginning at
11:30 a.m.; hot dogs, brats,
popcorn, turkey legs and beverages. Fire Department
demos, Safe House, North Air
helicopter, face painting,
chicken poopin’ contest, auction, door prizes and raffle
prizes all afternoon.
All donations are used to
buy new equipment for the
fire department, including
Lucas CPR device, personnel
protective equipment and
wildland, first responder
training materials and a new
fire truck.
The park is located seven
miles north of Merrifield on
County Road 3 and one mile
east on Mission Park Drive.
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July 2—Bay Lake Fireworks sponsored by the Bay Lake
Improvement Association, dusk.
July 3—Street Dance at Spalding House. “Kings Ransom” will play
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Must be over 21 to attend street dance.
July 3—Parking lot dance at Crosby Bar 8 p.m. to midnight with
‘Whiskey Tango’. Must be over 21 to attend.
July 4—Crosby Parade starts at 11 a.m. in Ironton and follows
Highway 210 through Crosby to Second Avenue NE. The
parade is organized by the Crosby Fire Department.
July 4—Live music, beer garden, food, games and fireworks at
dusk, Crosby Memorial Park on Serpent Lake. Organized by the
Crosby Fire Department.
July 4—Kiddie Parade on Main Street, Crosby. Begins at 11 a.m. at
the 4-way stop and travels down Main Street to Second Avenue
NE. Registration immediately before the parade. Organized by
the Crosby Fire Department Auxiliary.
July 4—Ironton Fire Department Auxiliary Pancake Breakfast at the
Ironton American Legion, 7 to 10 a.m. Adults, $6, children age
12 and under, $3.
July 4—Roosevelt and Lawrence Association of Area Lakes
(RALALA) boat parade, 1 p.m. at the entrance to Woods Bay.
July 4—Mission Township Independence Day Parade, 11 a.m.,
Mission Park Drive.
July 4—Reading of the Declaration of Independence, Fairfield Town
Hall, 9 a.m.
July 8—Cuyuna Lakes Chamber of Commerce annual golf tournament at Ruttger’s Bay Lake. Registration at 11:30 a.m. with
shotgun start at 1 p.m. Call the chamber at 546-8131 for additional information.
July 9—Music in the Park in Crosby Memorial Park on Serpent Lake, 6
p.m.
July 12—Belgian Waffle Breakfast, Ironton American Legion, 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. Waffles, scrambled eggs, sausage, fruit toppings, coffee and
juice. $8 for adults; $4 for children.
July 14—Unlimited Learning: Understanding Islam in the Age of ISIS,
Dr. Davis, Heartwood Senior Living Community, 1:30 p.m. Nonmembers $5
July 14—Brainerd Lakes Chamber Business After Hours at Cuyuna
Rolling Hills Country Club co-sponsored with Deerwood Bank and
Deerwood Technologies.
July 18—Emily Day Celebration, Emily.
July 21—U of M Extension class: Edible Landscaping, Jessie F. Hallett
Memorial Library, noon to 1 p.m. To pre-register, call 545-8005.
Free.
July 23— Music in the Park in Crosby Memorial Park on Serpent Lake,
6 p.m.
July 25-26—Cuyuna Lakes Chamber of Commerce and the Twin City
Power Boat Association power boat races at Crosby Memorial Park
on Serpent Lake. For more information contact the chamber at 5468131 or www.cuyunalakes.com
July 28—Emily Day. Kids games and pork on a stick, 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
July 28—Unlimited Learning: The Mother’s Club-Haiti, Barb Grove, 1:30
p.m. Heartwood Senior Living Community. Non-members $5
Aug. 1—The Inaugural Water Slide Races on Morningside Hill in
Ironton. Drag race your body down the 150 feet water slide. Call
546-5997 for more information.
Aug. 7-8—Deerwood Summerfest in downtown Deerwood.
Crafters/vendors line the streets; live music; kids games; 5K; great
food, raffle and much more. www.deerwoodcommerce.org for more
information.
Aug. 7-9—Fifth Annual Trappers Convention and Gun Show, Pillager
Fairgrounds. Friday beginning at noon and Saturday and Sunday
beginning at 9 a.m. Adults $3. For more information visit mnforesttrappers.com or call 969-3425.
Aug. 12—Music in the Park in Crosby Memorial Park on Serpent Lake,
6 p.m. Note: This is Wednesday evening this week due to the Miss
C-I Pageant on Thursday evening.
Aug. 13—Miss C-I Scholarship Pageant, Mayberry Auditorium, 6 p.m.
Aug. 14-16—Heritage Days, Crosby. Sidewalk sales, craft show, live
music, loon calling contest, ecumenical church service and more!
Aug. 15—Summer Soireé fund-raiser event at Heartwood Senior Living
Center in Crosby starting at 6 p.m. Featuring “The Blenders” and a
lot more! Proceeds benefit a new community ambulance. For more
details contact jholmvig@cuyunamed.org or 545-4455.
Aug. 15—Flea Market at the Soo Line Depot Museum, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Aug. 18—Corn Feed at Granny’s, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Serving free corn
provided by Granny’s, ice cream cones, hot dogs and pork on a
stock, family fun games, music, hourly raffles with the main raffle at
4:30 p.m.
Aug. 18—U of M Extension class: From the Kitchen Garden to the Table:
Eating What You Grow at the Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library,
noon to 1 p.m. To pre-register, call 546-8005. Free.
Aug. 27—Music in the Park in Crosby Memorial Park on Serpent Lake,
6 p.m.
Aug. 28—8th annual Mike Wilder Golf Tournament at the Crosswoods
Golf Course in Crosslake. Four person/18 hole scramble. 2 p.m. tee
time. Prizes and dinner after the tournament. $55 for non-Veterans;
$45 for Veterans.
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