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Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Sport
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Indiana Wesleyan players hold clinic on court named after longtime school sponsor Bob Roe
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Away from the Tyson Events Center, an NAIA reunion took place on Thursday. It dates back to the early years of the tournament. Indiana Wesleyan University players held a practice session at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Siouxland on the Bob Roe Court, named after the longtime Indiana Wesleyan sponsor and club supporter who passed away last year. Bishop Heelan students pack 120,000 meals for families overseas The players also hosted a clinic for the children at the club, offering help with their basketball skills before putting their own to the test on Friday. 'It was pretty obvious that it would make sense for Indiana Wesleyan, here in town for the NAIA tournament, for them to stop out and get a little shoot-around here on this court just for how much Bob Roe has meant to them and their longstanding tradition of being at the tournament here in Sioux City,' Kevin Pottebaum with Boys & Girls Clubs of Siouxland said. 'For us, it's awesome to have a team come in and visit and hang out with our kids.' Dordt advances to NAIA Women's Basketball National Tournament Round of Eight 'Yeah, they've been our sponsor for way before me,' senior Indiana Wesleyan guard Izzy Reed said. 'But all four of my years here, it's just been great getting to know [Roe's daughter Terri Rexiux] and her family, and I know this place is super important to her, which makes it super important to us.' Indiana Wesleyan has won the NAIA women's basketball championship twice in school history. They open this year's tournament on Friday at 11 a.m. against Georgetown College. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Siouxland families take part in ‘unplugged' experience
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Parents and children in Sioux City got an opportunity to unplug from their cell phones on Wednesday. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Siouxland hosted an 'unplugged' experience, which allowed people to take part in four STEM workshops. The workshops were: Giant Puzzle Race: problem solving puzzle activity Spinning Carousel Toy: creative engineering Deep Sea Slime: chemical reactions Will It Float?: boat making and water testing There was also a 'shark encounter' where people were able to touch a shark and take home a real shark tooth. Fifth graders receive pieces of history from Sertoma Club Officials with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Siouxland said people sometimes forget to give themselves a break from technology. 'Just an opportunity for families as a whole to come in, put the phones down and hang out,' said Kevin Pottebaum, Vice President of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Siouxland. 'It's an awesome opportunity for our club members to kind of show their parents or others in their family what they do here at the club every day after school and do some fun activities.' U.S. Cellular provided supplies for the screen-free activities and 60 phone boxes to the club to store the cellphones. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Health
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East High School offers ‘Buddy Bags' to children in the hospital
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — A local high school's student council is helping bring kids in the hospital some relief and comfort. 'Buddy Bags are supposed to simulate what Child Life specialists do in hospitals,' Sioux City East High School sophomore and student council member Maggie Taylor said. 'The idea is there's fidget toys, some coloring pages and stuff like that, just so if they're in the hospital for long-term care and they're like bored or they're getting overwhelmed, it's some way that it can help them calm down.' Ribbon cut for new interactive arcade at Boys & Girls Clubs of Siouxland The idea of the 'Buddy Bags' came from Taylor last year, as she herself shares the same experience with childcare. 'I do have a genetic disorder called Cowden syndrome, and that means I have a lot of doctor's appointments in Sanford Medical and Mayo Clinic, and they both have great Child Life programs, and so local hospitals really don't have anything like that,' she said. 'So we thought these bags would be a great way to bring that into the hospital.' After hearing about Taylor's idea, the student council agreed to start the project. However, they ran into some problems at first. 'We struggled a lot our first year making them because we just didn't know what the right things to do were,' Taylor said. 'But we figured out that we really have to keep it sanitary, especially since they're in the hospital, so we started using gloves and if any of us were just feeling a little sick, because I know last time we made them he was sick and we didn't want him to cough all over them and infect them' The Buddy Bag project has received a lot of positive feedback from hospital staff. 'They love having them,' Taylor said. 'They've been handing them out in the ER, so when children come in with families or they're in the ER, specifically giving it to them just as something quick. We went to talk to them last semester. When we gave [the Buddy Bags] to them, they were really interested and hopeful to have more.' UnityPoint Health – St. Luke's shows off new emergency department renovations So far, the student council's project focuses on elementary school-aged children. However, Taylor hopes to expand this program to all ages. 'We're trying to look into doing it for each age group, so having like little kids' bags for toddlers and then starting with teenagers and stuff like that,' Taylor said. 'But we're still trying to figure out ways to make that plausible and figure out how that would work.' East High School is relying on donations for this project. You can visit the student council's to learn more. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
