THIS YEAR MARKS THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF THE CIVIL WAR. THE SIOUX CITY MUSEUM IS COMMEMORATING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES WITH A PRESENTATION OF RARELY SEEN ARTIFACTS FROM THAT TIME PERIOD.
THE MUSEUM'S MATT ANDERSON SAYS THE ITEMS BELONGED TO IOWANS WHO SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR.
THERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL CIVIL WAR WEAPONS ON DISPLAY:
ANDERSON WILL DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF THE ARTIFACTS AND SHOW SOME LARGE REPRINTS OF CIVIL WAR PHOTOS TAKEN BY MATTHEW BRADY THIS SUNDAY AT 2:30PM AT THE DOWNTOWN MUSEUM AT 4TH AND NEBRASKA STREETS.
A SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC IS THE 2012 SELECTION FOR THE ONE BOOK, ONE SIOUXLAND READING INITIATIVE.
RAY BRADBURY'S FAHRENHEIT 451 WILL BE THE BOOK READ AND DISCUSSED IN THE SIOUXLAND WIDE PROJECT.
KATHY KELLY OF THE SIOUX CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY SAYS BRADBURY WROTE THE NOVEL TO PRESENT A WORST CASE SCENARIO INVOLVING THE RISE OF ANOTHER FORM OF MEDIA IN THE EARLY 1950'S:
FAHRENHEIT 451 HAS ITSELF BEEN A BANNED BOOK AT TIMES SINCE ITS PUBLICATION IN 1953.
SOUTH SIOUX CITY LIBRARY DIRECTOR DAVE MIXDORF WILL LEAD A DISCUSSION ON THAT TOPIC IN APRIL:
THERE WILL ALSO BE SHOWINGS OF THE MOVIE BASED ON BRADBURY'S NOVEL IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.
A FUGITIVE FROM THE TRI STATE AREA WHO FLED THE UNITED STATES AFTER VIOLATING CONDITIONS OF HIS PRE-TRIAL RELEASE HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN MEXICO.
RALPH ROGERS WAS APPREHENDED IN MEXICALI BY MEXICO STATE POLICE IN COORDINATION WITH THE U.S. MARSHALL'S NORTHERN IOWA FUGITIVE TASK FORCE BASED IN SIOUX CITY.
ROGERS HAD BEEN RELEASED PENDING TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, KIDNAPPING AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN A CRIME OF VIOLENCE.
HE'S BEING HELD IN CALIFORNIA PENDING TRANSPORTATION BACK TO SIOUX CITY.
SOUTH SIOUX CITY'S CITY ADMINISTRATOR HAS BEEN HONORED BY THE CENTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS.
LANCE HEDQUIST WAS PRESENTED THE CENTER'S 2011 BOB STEFFEN PIONEER AWARD AT THEIR CONFERENCE IN KEARNEY, NEBRASKA.
HEDQUIST RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THE CENTER'S LATINO COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT IN SOUTH SIOUX CITY, AS WELL AS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY FARMER'S MARKET.
