Cost of air ambulance service might be hard to justify
By Marcy Peterson Journal staff writer | Posted: Sunday, January 04, 2009
125 years ago
THE ARCHIVES: The archives in the mayor's office were transferred yesterday from the old library building to new quarters in the second floor of the Lerch block, corner of Pearl and Fifth streets. The archives consisted of an interesting collection of damaged knives, empty whisky bottles, flattened wallets, pieces of tobacco, bits of string, revolvers that won't revolve and other articles too numerous to mention, which have been left as pledges by prisoners who have been before this court and were without funds to pay for the judicial advice given.
MERE MENTIONS: There was some coasting yesterday, but generally the hills were found too cold for pleasure. Sleigh-riding, too, was only followed in an intermittent, unenthusiastic way.
LIGHTS GO OUT: The kerosene, commonly sold as 150 degree fire, freezes solid in lamps in this weather.
MATTER OF MAIL: An order from the postmaster general under date Dec. 12, 1883, permits the exchange of 3-cent and 6-cent stamps and stamped envelopes. The stamps are to be exchanged at face value, and the stamped envelopes at full current rates, as shown in the schedules of January 1, 1883. No postage stamps will be redeemed bearing a date prior to 1861.
100 years ago
LOT SPECIAL: AD: One good investment is worth a lifetime of labor. Start in the New Year by buying a lot in McFaul's Boulevard Addition. Every lot ready to build upon. Prices $450 to $800. Between Virginia street and Boulevard and twenty fifth and twenty seventh. See Lewis Bros and McFaul, 201 Security Bank Building.
AUDITORIUM WILL BE SAFE: C.C. Egley, superintendent of construction for the Auditorium says that the auditorium will be safe. Floor joist and girders are erected to support the 3,000 persons who will gather.
NEW LINE: Residents of Cole's addition now ride to and from the city. The new line to that suburb was placed in operation the afternoon of the day before Christmas. The route runs from Pierce street east to Steuben street, north to Seventh street, east to Dubuque and north to Fourteenth street.
ENTERTAINED THE CHILDREN: Mr. J.E. Tierney arranged a Christmas treat for the little boys and girls of Sioux City Wednesday afternoon, when they were admitted free at the Scenic Theater. Eight shows were given during the afternoon and a total of 1,900 Children were entertained. The bill included Edison's 1,000 ft. production, "Turning Over a New Leaf," and the 1,000 ft Vitagraph "Merchant of Venice."
50 years ago
COUPLE REMEMBERS 69 YEARS: Mrs. and Mrs. Ernest L. Pike, 1507 Riverside boulevard, will have another in a long series of double New Year's eve celebrations. More than the advent of a new year, they will be celebrating their 69th wedding anniversary. Mr. Pike, 97, and Mrs. Pike, the former Norma N. Morgan, 89, were married at Yankton Dec. 31, 1889, the day before South Dakota became a state. Both were born in Wisconsin and came to Dakota territory in covered wagons. Mrs. Pike's parents operated the American House in Yankton, the only hotel in the community at the time and a landmark there. She can still recall the time when she was a small girl, that Gen. George A. Custer and his troops stopped off in Yankton on their way to their ill-fated meeting with Sitting Bull and his warriors at the Little Big Horn River. Yanktonians turned out to entertain the troops and Gen. Custer had one dance with Mrs. Pike's sister. Mr. Pike was a railroad man most of his life until his retirement a number
of years ago. He started to work with the Chicago and North Western railroad in 1883. They had nine children and they have more than 100 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
BUILDING IN 1958: Every index used to gauge a community shows that Sioux City is now closing its biggest year in history for new construction, living facilities and population. More than 25 million dollars was spent for new facilities. The population has passed the 90,000 mark. Retail sales have jumped Sioux City into the 10 best sellers in the nation. A few of the new building projects included in the boom were: The new library at Briar Cliff college that includes a new chapel, Billy Sunday tabernacle on highway 141, a new parking garage at Seventh and Pierce streets, the Grace Methodist church at Morningside and Garretson avenues, and First Federal Savings and Loan association at Sixth and Pierce streets.
25 years ago
TEN BEST COIFFURES PROVIDE HINT OF '84 LOOKS: Variations of the blunt-cut, one-length bob will be the biggest hair fashion news in 1984, according to top stylists who create and maintain the award-winning looks of the Ten Best Coiffured Women of 1983, selected by the Helen Curtis Guild of Professional Hairstylists. Among the winners are Morgan Fairchild, Linda Gray, Joan Rivers, Sheena Easton, Pat Benatar, Raquel Welch and Diana, Princess of Wales. The key word for fashionable hair in 1984 is texture, no matter what the length or style.
AIR AMBULANCE TOO COSTLY: Sioux City hospital and ambulance service officials believe an airborne ambulance would be nice to have, but not so nice that it would justify the expense. "A city this size, I don't believe it's big enough to support an air ambulance," said Chuck Sundberg, executive director of Siouxland Health Systems, the ambulance service in Sioux City. People in the emergency health care system would like to see Sioux City acquire a helicopter ambulance. At the same time they admit that it would be expensive and hard to justify because of air ambulance services available from Des Moines, Iowa City, Omaha, Neb., and Sioux Falls. But there still are some gaps. When a 18-year old Sioux City man lost his arm this October and had to be flown to Rochester, Minn. He had to wait 90 minutes for an airplane ambulance to arrive from Sioux Falls.
These items appeared in the Journal Dec. 29-31, 1883, 1908, 1958 and 1983 and Jan. 1-4, 1884, 1909, 1959 and 1984.
THE ARCHIVES: The archives in the mayor's office were transferred yesterday from the old library building to new quarters in the second floor of the Lerch block, corner of Pearl and Fifth streets. The archives consisted of an interesting collection of damaged knives, empty whisky bottles, flattened wallets, pieces of tobacco, bits of string, revolvers that won't revolve and other articles too numerous to mention, which have been left as pledges by prisoners who have been before this court and were without funds to pay for the judicial advice given.
MERE MENTIONS: There was some coasting yesterday, but generally the hills were found too cold for pleasure. Sleigh-riding, too, was only followed in an intermittent, unenthusiastic way.
LIGHTS GO OUT: The kerosene, commonly sold as 150 degree fire, freezes solid in lamps in this weather.
MATTER OF MAIL: An order from the postmaster general under date Dec. 12, 1883, permits the exchange of 3-cent and 6-cent stamps and stamped envelopes. The stamps are to be exchanged at face value, and the stamped envelopes at full current rates, as shown in the schedules of January 1, 1883. No postage stamps will be redeemed bearing a date prior to 1861.
100 years ago
LOT SPECIAL: AD: One good investment is worth a lifetime of labor. Start in the New Year by buying a lot in McFaul's Boulevard Addition. Every lot ready to build upon. Prices $450 to $800. Between Virginia street and Boulevard and twenty fifth and twenty seventh. See Lewis Bros and McFaul, 201 Security Bank Building.
AUDITORIUM WILL BE SAFE: C.C. Egley, superintendent of construction for the Auditorium says that the auditorium will be safe. Floor joist and girders are erected to support the 3,000 persons who will gather.
NEW LINE: Residents of Cole's addition now ride to and from the city. The new line to that suburb was placed in operation the afternoon of the day before Christmas. The route runs from Pierce street east to Steuben street, north to Seventh street, east to Dubuque and north to Fourteenth street.
ENTERTAINED THE CHILDREN: Mr. J.E. Tierney arranged a Christmas treat for the little boys and girls of Sioux City Wednesday afternoon, when they were admitted free at the Scenic Theater. Eight shows were given during the afternoon and a total of 1,900 Children were entertained. The bill included Edison's 1,000 ft. production, "Turning Over a New Leaf," and the 1,000 ft Vitagraph "Merchant of Venice."
50 years ago
COUPLE REMEMBERS 69 YEARS: Mrs. and Mrs. Ernest L. Pike, 1507 Riverside boulevard, will have another in a long series of double New Year's eve celebrations. More than the advent of a new year, they will be celebrating their 69th wedding anniversary. Mr. Pike, 97, and Mrs. Pike, the former Norma N. Morgan, 89, were married at Yankton Dec. 31, 1889, the day before South Dakota became a state. Both were born in Wisconsin and came to Dakota territory in covered wagons. Mrs. Pike's parents operated the American House in Yankton, the only hotel in the community at the time and a landmark there. She can still recall the time when she was a small girl, that Gen. George A. Custer and his troops stopped off in Yankton on their way to their ill-fated meeting with Sitting Bull and his warriors at the Little Big Horn River. Yanktonians turned out to entertain the troops and Gen. Custer had one dance with Mrs. Pike's sister. Mr. Pike was a railroad man most of his life until his retirement a number
of years ago. He started to work with the Chicago and North Western railroad in 1883. They had nine children and they have more than 100 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
BUILDING IN 1958: Every index used to gauge a community shows that Sioux City is now closing its biggest year in history for new construction, living facilities and population. More than 25 million dollars was spent for new facilities. The population has passed the 90,000 mark. Retail sales have jumped Sioux City into the 10 best sellers in the nation. A few of the new building projects included in the boom were: The new library at Briar Cliff college that includes a new chapel, Billy Sunday tabernacle on highway 141, a new parking garage at Seventh and Pierce streets, the Grace Methodist church at Morningside and Garretson avenues, and First Federal Savings and Loan association at Sixth and Pierce streets.
25 years ago
TEN BEST COIFFURES PROVIDE HINT OF '84 LOOKS: Variations of the blunt-cut, one-length bob will be the biggest hair fashion news in 1984, according to top stylists who create and maintain the award-winning looks of the Ten Best Coiffured Women of 1983, selected by the Helen Curtis Guild of Professional Hairstylists. Among the winners are Morgan Fairchild, Linda Gray, Joan Rivers, Sheena Easton, Pat Benatar, Raquel Welch and Diana, Princess of Wales. The key word for fashionable hair in 1984 is texture, no matter what the length or style.
AIR AMBULANCE TOO COSTLY: Sioux City hospital and ambulance service officials believe an airborne ambulance would be nice to have, but not so nice that it would justify the expense. "A city this size, I don't believe it's big enough to support an air ambulance," said Chuck Sundberg, executive director of Siouxland Health Systems, the ambulance service in Sioux City. People in the emergency health care system would like to see Sioux City acquire a helicopter ambulance. At the same time they admit that it would be expensive and hard to justify because of air ambulance services available from Des Moines, Iowa City, Omaha, Neb., and Sioux Falls. But there still are some gaps. When a 18-year old Sioux City man lost his arm this October and had to be flown to Rochester, Minn. He had to wait 90 minutes for an airplane ambulance to arrive from Sioux Falls.
These items appeared in the Journal Dec. 29-31, 1883, 1908, 1958 and 1983 and Jan. 1-4, 1884, 1909, 1959 and 1984.
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