The Veterans Memorial Hospital Monona Clinic will have an open house October 20. New signage has been installed with the opening of the new clinic. Submitted photo.
Veterans Memorial Hospital has set October 20 as the date for an open house at its new Monona Clinic. The event will be held from 1-6 p.m. that day with a ribbon cutting hosted by the Monona Chamber of Commerce at 1 p.m. Everyone from the area communities is welcome to attend.
The new clinic providers will be all be on site including Dr. Andrea Venteicher, Nurse Practitioner Krista Begalske and Nurse Practitioner Lori Vlazny. Dr. Venteicher is currently working at the clinic full-time. Begalske is scheduled to begin in mid-November. Vlazny will then begin working part-time hours at the clinic to help ensure two providers will be available most every day. Guided tours of the clinic will be available from the entire clinic staff.
Hospital staff will also be on hand to perform free blood sugar/diabetes tests. Hemoglobin tests and blood pressure checks will be provided by the Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care Department.
Veterans Memorial Hospital’s Diabetes Self-Management Education Program will be offering another free educational program on “Diabetes Prevention” out in the area communities served by Veterans Memorial Hospital. This time the diabetes staff will be hosting a program in the community of Monona, Monday, October 30 at the Monona Community Center from 6-7:30 p.m. Teresa Myers, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Angie Mettille, RN, will be teaching all those attending how to reduce the risk of getting Type 2 diabetes.
Pre-Diabetes is a condition that comes before Type 2 diabetes when the blood glucose (sugar) levels are higher than normal, but aren’t high enough to be called diabetes. It is a silent disease, meaning someone can have it without even knowing it. Cutting back on calories and fat, being physically active and losing weight can reverse pre-diabetes and therefore delay or prevent Type 2 diabetes.
VMH will sponsor a Babysitting Seminar Saturday, October 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The class will be held in the Large Conference Room located on the lower level of Veterans Memorial Hospital. Intended participants are individuals 10 years of age and older who are responsible for their own care after school until their parents come home from work, and individuals who care for other children in or outside of their own home. Girls are not the sole babysitters in this society. Boys are also welcome and encouraged to attend.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Radiology Department at Veterans Memorial Hospital holds extended daily office hours to accommodate more mammogram appointments to be scheduled after work, making the option of mammography more accessible. Pictured is the brand new, state-of the art 3D mammography machine at Veterans Memorial Hospital. It is the first 3D machine available in northeast Iowa. This new machine has many advantages including a 41% increase in the detection of invasive breast cancers, a 29% increase in the detection of all breast cancers, and a 15% decrease in women recalled for additional imaging. Appointments are being taken for this new system. Submitted photo.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Radiology Department at Veterans Memorial Hospital holds extended hours into the evening to allow for more mammogram appointments to be scheduled after work, making the option of mammography more accessible.
Mammography (an x-ray picture of the breast) is the single most effective method to detect breast changes that may be cancer, long before physical symptoms can be seen or felt. Early detection, followed by up-to-date treatment, provides women with better chances for long-term freedom from the disease.
Veterans Memorial Hospital will not be offering a CPR course in October. The next class available will be offered Monday, November 13.
The cost for all CPR classes, for certification or recertification, at Veterans Memorial Hospital is the same and all registrants should bring along their own pocket mask. The card received with the course does certify attendants in CPR for two years.
Pre-registration plus a minimum of three participants is required for the class to occur. For more information and to register for the next CPR Course, call Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
The Veterans Memorial Hospital Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, October 19 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital.
This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or has a friend or loved one with diabetes. For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, call Teresa Myers, RN, C.D.E., Diabetes Educator, or Angie Mettille, RN, at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
The Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital will be holding its monthly Euchre Marathon for all individuals of the community interested Thursday, October 19. Men and women are welcome to attend, even if not an Auxiliary member. The Euchre marathons are held the third Thursday of each month at the Senior Citizens Room at the Waukon Wellness Center.
The Auxiliary’s Euchre Marathons begin at 11:30 a.m. with dinner, if chosen. Call Northland Agency on Aging at 877-838-8077 if choosing to eat dinner. Card playing will follow at 12:30 p.m. until approximately 2:30 p.m.
Anyone wishing to stay and play cards following the Senior Citizens meal is more than welcome to do so. The cost is $3 per person with all proceeds going towards the Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital. Prizes will be awarded.
Anyone interested in attending, but preferring to play Bridge is also welcome to join in. It is asked that they come with their own table of four players, however.
The Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital will be holding its annual Pillow Perk Monday, October 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Lower Level of Veterans Memorial Hospital. Kraft Pillow Service will be on site to make old pillows look like new.
Everyone is encouraged to bring in their feather pillows to the Pillow Perk to be cleaned, sanitized and given new ticking. Foam and Dacron pillows may also be renovated by this process. People are also encouraged to bring in their feather beds and have them made into new pillows.
Christina Anne Converse and Mitchell Alan Schultz exchanged vows July 15, 2017 at Community Presbyterian Church in Postville with Rev. Gary Catterson performing the ceremony.
Christina is the daughter of Craig and Cindy Converse of Postville. Her grandparents are Betty Converse and the late Bob Converse and Betty Nutt and the late Virgil Nutt.
Mitchell is the son of Kent and Donna Schultz of Frankville. His grandparents are Byron and Darlene Schultz and Doris Eglseder and the late Bob Eglseder.
The wedding party included Christa Jacobson as Maid of Honor and Bridesmaids were Sara Ellerbroek, Jessica Schultz, Katie Coomes and Megan Brincks. Bobby Schultz was Best Man and groomsmen were Blaine Grinna, Mitch Norton, Brent Schutte and Wade Gobin.
Frank and Mary Byrnes of Waukon will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary October 28. The couple was married October 28, 1967 at St. Joseph Catholic Church Paint Rock, Harpers Ferry. A family gathering is planned for October 21 to celebrate the occasion.
They are the parents of Mary (Stacy) Borchers of Grimes and Brian (Cindi) Byrnes of Clive. Their grandchildren are Blake and Jenna Borchers and Alex and Caden Byrnes.
