4 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 [email protected]. 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 Letters policy The C-I Courier’s policy for inclusion of letters to the editor is as follows: 1. Letters should be kept to one page in length, either doublespaced typewritten or in legible handwriting. 2. A handwritten signature must appear on all letters that are mailed or dropped off at the office. If you e-mail a letter, do not write in all capital letters and provide a contact phone number. Unsigned letters, either hard copy or e-mail, will not be published. 3. Letters that contain undocumented charges will not be published, nor will letters that are, in the opinion of the editor and management, libelous in nature. 4. The Courier reserves the right to edit for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and space. 5. While state, national, and global issues are important, please keep in mind the Courier is a community newspaper and letters addressing issues at a local level are preferred. 6. Deadline for receipt of letters to the editor in the Courier office is noon Monday. Mail letters to: C-I Courier, Letters to the Editor, P.O. Box 67, Crosby, MN 56441 E-mail letters to: [email protected] Viewpoints expressed by letter writers are not necessarily those of the Crosby-Ironton Courier management or staff. 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: [email protected] 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. Publisher’s Liability for Errors The Publishers shall not be liable for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement. The Publisher’s liability for other errors or omissions in connection with an advertisement is strictly limited to publication of the advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of any monies paid for the advertisement. 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. ON TARGET EVERY TIME Community Calendar This calendar is provided as a service to the area to help plan events and avoid scheduling conflicts. Organizations are invited to submit items of general interest for inclusion in the calendar. Monthly or regular meetings will not be included in the Community Calendar. Please submit calendar items by calling 546-5029, fax (546-8352), e-mail [email protected], or mail to Crosby-Ironton Courier, P.O. Box 67, Crosby, MN 56441. There is no charge for this service. 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 [email protected] 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. 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