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Another big screen connectionW interset has had its share of Hollywood connections. One

can’t talk of the town without mentioning hometown hero John Wayne and his storied career of major motion picture

movies like “Stagecoach,” “The Searchers,” “Sands of Iwo Jima” and “True Grit.” In 1969, many scenes from the comedy “Cold Turkey,” starring Dick Van Dyke and Bob Newhart, were shot in Winterset neighbor-hoods. And, of course, 1995’s “The Bridges of Madison County” has been the center of attention in recent decades, giving Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep a permanent connec-tion to the area. But in today’s list of Hollywood elite, few names are bigger than George Clooney, who directs and stars in the upcoming movie, “The Monuments Men.” Clooney plays Winterset native George Stout, who

served as part of a World War II platoon that had as its mission to res-cue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their own-ers. As if having Clooney in the movie isn’t enough, “The Monuments Men” also features a cast of other well-known actors like George Stout, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray and John Goodman. That’s quite a list but not nearly as impressive as the fascinating yet humble background of Stout and his connection to the community. We are pleased to share the details in this month’s cover story. See you at the movies, and thanks for reading.

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H old onto your popcorn, Winterset. Hollywood is about to unveil the amaz-ing story of one of your native sons and

his heroic efforts in a major motion picture. Only this time he won’t be chasing bad guys on horseback; he’ll be outfoxing Nazis to retrieve stolen art. Sixty-eight years after the end of World War II, the story of how Winterset native George Stout and fellow members of the military’s Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section (MFAA), an elite group of Allies known as the Monuments Men, helped to rescue more than five million cultural objects pillaged from countries conquered by Nazi Germany contin-ues to unfold in dramatic fashion. In 2009, author Robert M. Edsel revealed his extensive research of Stout and the Monuments Men in a riveting account of Allied

heroes, murderous Nazi thieves and the great-est treasure hunt in history in his book, “The Monuments Men.” A movie by the same name, based on Edsel’s work, will be released nation-wide on Feb. 7, 2014. It stars popular actor, writer and producer George Clooney, who portrays Stout, as well as Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman and Bill Murray, and was filmed in Germany earlier this year. Edsel’s book and Clooney’s movie are the latest in a series of revelations about one of World War II’s most overlooked and signifi-cant stories that prominently feature its Iowa hero. “The Rape of Europa,” a book by Lynn Nicholas, and a companion documentary, as well as Edsel’s latest tome, “Saving Italy,” also reference the work of Stout and his peers. “It’s one more reason for us to brag about how special our community is,” says Heather

Riley, executive director of the Madison County Chamber of Commerce. “Historically and cul-turally, it’s a significant place with connections to the ‘Monuments Men’ book and movie. The idea that one of our residents served in such a special role during the war is gratifying.” The Monuments Men were a group of about 350 soldiers (men and women) from 13 nations, many of whom volunteered for ser-vice in the newly-created MFAA from 1943 to 1951. Most had expertise as museum directors, curators, art scholars and educators, artists, architects and archivists. They were assigned the difficult task by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (yet had no vehicles, typewriters or authority) to mitigate combat damage, primar-ily to structures such as churches, museums and other important monuments throughout the front lines in northern Europe (France, the

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Stephen Kovalyak, George Stout and Thomas Carr Howe are pictured transporting Michelangelo’s sculpture “Madonna and Child” in July 1945.

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Netherlands, Germany and Austria) as well as Italy. Their job description was simple: to save as much of the culture of Europe as they could during combat. As the war in Europe marched toward its conclusion on May 7, 1945, their focus shifted to locating movable works of art and other cul-tural items that were stolen or missing by the Nazis. Before World War II, Hitler ordered Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring to build a Führermuseum in Hitler’s hometown of Linz, Austria, where someday he hoped to display stolen masterpieces by Michelangelo, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Donatello, van Eycks and Vermeer, among others, that he had looted since the 1920s. “It used to be called plundering. But today things have become more humane. In spite of that, I intend to plunder, and to do it thorough-ly,” Göring was quoted as saying at a confer-ence of Reich Commissioners for the Occupied Territories and the Military Commanders in Berlin on Aug. 6, 1942. An art enthusiast, Hitler spent many hours during the war sketching plans and designing models for his museum and the rebuilding of Linz. He not only ordered Nazi troops to steal millions of artworks, but to systematically destroy those that were deemed to be “degen-erative.” In the end, Hitler’s dream for a Führermuseum as part of 1,000 years of rule by the Third Reich was crushed by victorious Allied forces. However, it marked the begin-ning of the enormous task for Stout and his peers to locate and return millions of stolen works of art, including those stashed by Nazi SS troops under the command of Heinrich Himmler before the war in secret locations such as underground mines. The Merkers salt mine in Germany, for instance, not only housed all but the largest paintings from the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum in Berlin, but the majority of Nazi Germany’s gold reserves and paper cur-rency, which by today’s value would be worth an estimated $5 billion. “Years earlier, German art scholars had begun visiting the countries of Europe, secretly preparing inventories so that when Hitler con-quered each country his agents would know the name and location of every important object of artistic and cultural value,” wrote Edsel. “Hitler would use new laws — his laws — to gather the great artwork of Europe and sweep it back into the Fatherland. Once there, he would jam it into every available storage facility until the day it could be displayed in the world’s most magnificent museum.” What Hitler did not anticipate, though, was the creation and steadfast determination of the Monuments Men. On Dec. 20, 1941, just 13 days after

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor forcing the United States to enter World War II, several of America’s greatest cultural leaders met at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. They discussed how to protect valuable artwork at home and abroad. From the meet-ing sprang the inspiration for the Monuments Men in which a dapper, meticulous, patient and unflappable conservator from Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum – a native of Winterset no less — invited museum directors to a series of seminars on museum safety. “Dozens came to be educated by Stout, who had been in close contact with leading conservators in Europe for years, about the difficulties that lay ahead. Stout taught about molds and fungus, the virtues of wire mesh and heat damage. He explained why bombs blew out windows, and how best to crate paint-ings to avoid punctures from flying glass... At the same time, Stout pushed for a concerned, industry-wide response,” wrote Edsel. Stout proposed the immediate training of a large new class of conservators who could handle the biggest, most dangerous upheaval in the history of Western art, and he laid out in

explicit terms the challenges for such a group in a pamphlet entitled “Protection of Monuments: A Proposal for Consideration During War and Rehabilitation.” “Stout was not a typical museum official. Unlike many of his peers, who were the prod-uct of the eastern elite establishment, Stout was a blue-collar kid from the small town of Winterset, Iowa,” wrote Edsel. “From there, he went straight into the army, where he served during World War I as a private in a hospital unit in Europe. On a lark, he decided to study drawing after returning from war. Following his graduation from the University of Iowa, Stout spent five years in hand-to-mouth jobs, saving for the tour of the cultural centers of Europe that was the unspoken prerequisite of a career in the arts. By the time he arrived at Harvard to begin graduate studies in 1926, Stout was a 28-year-old husband with a preg-nant wife and a stipend just large enough to stay ‘only a little above starvation level.’ ” In 1928, Stout joined the small art conser-vation department at the Fogg Art Museum as an unpaid graduate assistant. Five years later, he would be named the head of the conser-vation department there. With help from a department chemist, he pioneered studies in three branches of the science of art conserva-tion: rudiments (understanding raw materi-als), degradation (understanding the causes of deterioration) and reparations (stopping and then repairing damage). The breakthrough led Stout to a distinguished career, highlighted by his service in the MFAA, for which he was one of the first members appointed in January 1943. “He had spent his entire career develop-ing expertise in an obscure subset of art his-tory, and suddenly world events had thrust that expertise to the forefront. This was the moment for art conservation — and nobody would listen to him. Instead, the wartime conservation movement was being controlled by the museum directors, the ‘sahibs’ of the art world, as Stout called them,” wrote Edsel. “Stout was a workman, a toiler in the trenches, and he had the nuts-and-bolts technician’s dis-taste for the manager’s world of committees, conversations, and the cultivation of clients. He was convinced that only his dedicated corps of ‘special workmen,’ trained in art conservation and working through the army, could accom-plish anything of lasting value in the coming war.” Stout was one of the first Monuments Men to go ashore at Normandy, and as the Allies marched through France and Germany he was on the front lines as Monuments Man for the 12th Army Group, helping to rescue art trea-sures in places like Caen, Maastricht, Aachen and in repositories in Heilbronn, Cologne, Merkers and Altaussee. He discovered, ana-


George Stout was one of the first Monuments Men to go ashore at Normandy and as the Allies marched

through France and Germany he was on the front lines as Monuments Man for the 12th Army Group, helping to rescue art treasures in places like Caen, Maastricht,

Aachen and in repositories in Heilbronn, Cologne, Merkers and Altaussee. He discovered, analyzed and

packed tens of thousands of pieces of artwork, including 80 truckloads from Altaussee alone, organized MFAA field officers, mentored Monuments Men and interro-

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lyzed and packed tens of thousands of pieces of artwork, including 80 truckloads from Altaussee alone, organized MFAA field officers, mentored Monuments Men and interrogated important Nazi art offi-cials. According to military papers, he was “motivated by the urgency of his task, he spent almost all of his time alone in the field, disregarding comfort and personal con-venience... his relationship with the many tactical units with whom he worked were managed with unfailing tact and skillful staff work.” Stout’s devotion to his work is best summed up by one of his most memorable statements. “What happens if we win the war but lose the last 500 years of our cul-tural history?” Stout departed Europe at the end of July, 1945 and in October was sent to Japan, where he volunteered his services as a Monuments Officer. He became Chief of the Arts and Monuments Division at Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Tokyo, and remained there through mid-1946, according to the Monuments Men Foundation website. For his work in Europe he received the Bronze Star

Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. In 1947, Stout became the director of the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, Mass. He left in 1954 and one year later became director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston where he remained until 1970, eight years before his death. His service in World War II remained almost completely unknown because he rarely discussed it. “Stout was a leader,” wrote fel-low Monuments Man Craig Hugh Smyth. “Quiet, unselfish, modest, yet very strong, very thoughtful and remarkably innovative. Whether speaking or writing, he was eco-nomical with words, precise, vivid. One believed what he said; one wanted to do what he proposed.” When asked why he chose to tell the story of the Monuments Men and to portray Stout (who looked like a mixture of Indiana Jones and Ernest Hemingway) in his upcom-ing movie, Clooney told Deadline Hollywood that he wanted to tell a story with substance. “When we started this movie, we said all along this was something we wanted to do in the tradition of ‘The Guns of Navarone’ and ‘The Great Escape,’ ” says Clooney.


Winterset native George Stout, a member of the United States military’s Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section (MFAA) assigned to recover more than five million works of

art stolen by the Nazis, is featured prominently in Robert M. Edsel’s book “The Monuments Men.”


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Sausage and corn chowderIngredients1 lb. sausage (seasoned, but not Italian)1 onion (chopped)4 large potatoes (sliced)2 tsp. salt1 tsp. basil½ tsp black pepper2-1/2 cups water1 can creamed corn1 can whole kernel corn (do not drain)1 can evaporated milk

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master’s in education. “My original goal was to get into school administration,” Bock says. Her first job as an educator was teaching Spanish at Winterset. After two years, Bock decided to earn her master’s degree in library science from the University of Iowa. She then returned to Winterset to take over the Winterset School Librarian position. “I have enjoyed it ever since,” she said. Bock considers herself “old school” when it comes to reading. That means she prefers books with pages rather than reading books off a Kindle, Nook or eBooks. However, that doesn’t mean she is stuck in the past. “Students love technology, and I will use that to get them interested in reading,” she says. “We have also have what is called Playaway devices which are pre-loaded audio books. The kids love the Playaways.” Another part of Bock’s job is that she works with the teachers to find books and materials to assist with their lesson plans. “That’s another enjoyable aspect of what I do,” says Bock. “I keep up with the educational trends so I can better assist them in their teaching efforts.”

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with a list of nine “evidence-based common denominators,” which seemed to contribute to their lon-ger life expectancy. A few items on the list were having a sense of purpose, belonging to a faith-based community, investing time into those you love and being a part of the “right tribe” that will support healthy decisions.

Aside from opportunities to learn, St. Paul’s Wellness Team also tries to implement healthy habits such as staying active and eating right. During past Lenten seasons, congregation members have tracked their total walked miles and recorded them on a map of the Holy Land to see their traveled distance. Also, healthy snacks are offered at the church service to give the congregation a “taste of wellness,” explains Blythe. “Our goals are to make things available to our congre-gation so that they can make healthier choices,” she says. “We truly believe there is a connection between our physical wellness and our spiritual wellness.”

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9/10:30 a.m.

JV Wrestling Tournament, 9:30 a.m.

V Wrestling at Harlan, 10 a.m.

Monday, Dec. 9 7/8 Girls Basketball at

Martensdale-St. Marys, 4/5 p.m.

7/8 Boys Basketball vs.

Martensdale-St. Marys, 4/5 p.m.

9/JV Boys Basketball at Norwalk,

6/7:30 p.m.

9/JV Girls Basketball vs. Norwalk,

6/7:30 p.m.

School Board Meeting, 5 p.m.,

Academy Boardroom.

Tuesday, Dec. 10 Baby Lap-Sit, ages 0-2, 10:30-


7 Boys Basketball at Creston, 4 p.m.

8 Boys Basketball vs. Creston, 4 p.m.

JH Wrestling Match, 4:15 p.m.

V Girls/Boys Basketball at

Norwalk, 6/7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 11 Story Time, ages 3-5, 10:30- 11 a.m.,


Thursday, Dec. 12 Story Time, ages 3-5, 10:30- 11 a.m.,


Friends of the Library Meeting

everyone welcome, 6:30-8 p.m.,


7 Girls Basketball at Creston, 4 p.m.

8 Girls Basketball vs. Creston, 4 p.m.

JV/V Wrestling at Oskaloosa, 5:30

p.m.

9/JV Girls Basketball at

Bondurant, 6/7:30 p.m.

9/JV Boys Basketball vs.


5th/6th Grade Winter Concert,

7 p.m., HS Cafeteria.

Friday, Dec. 13 Coffee and Chat, everyone welcome,


8 Boys Basketball at Norwalk,

4:15 p.m.

8 Girls Basketball vs. Norwalk,

4:15 p.m.


JV Wrestling at Saydel, 5 p.m.

V Girls/Boys Basketball vs.


Saturday, Dec. 14 9/JV Boys Basketball at Nodaway

Valley, 9/10:30 a.m.

9/JV Girls Basketball vs. Nodaway

Valley, 9/10:30 a.m.

V Wrestling at Valley, 10 a.m.

SCIBA District Jazz Band Festival

Sunday, Dec. 15 “Small Treasures” Artist Reception,

1 p.m., Winterset Art Center.

Monday, Dec. 16 JV Wrestling at Knoxville, TBD.

Winter Choral Concert, 7 p.m.,

HS Auditorium.

Educational Foundation Meeting,

5 p.m., Academy Boardroom.

Tuesday, Dec. 17 Baby Lap-Sit, ages 0-2, 10:30-


HS Band Concert, 7 p.m.,

Auditorium.

7 Boys Basketball at Interstate 35,

4 p.m.

7 Girls Basketball vs. Interstate 35,

4 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 18 Story Time, ages 3-5, 10:30- 11 a.m.,


Thursday, Dec. 19 Story Time, ages 3-5, 10:30- 11 a.m.,


Writers Workshop, share

and discuss work pieces, 7 p.m.,


JV/V Wrestling Meet, 5:30 p.m.

9/JV Boys Basketball at Carlisle,

6/7:30 p.m.

9/JV Girls Basketball vs. Carlisle,

6/7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 20 Coffee and Chat, everyone welcome,


7 Girls Basketball at Norwalk,

4:15 p.m.

7 Boys Basketball vs. Norwalk,

4:15 p.m.

JH Wrestling at ADM, 4:15 p.m.

JV Wrestling at Roland Story, 5 p.m.

V Girls/Boys Basketball at

Carlisle, 6/7:30 p.m.

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Contact the Chamber for more details 462.1185

Festival of Lights!Friday, November 29

3:30pm Free children’s movie5:00pm Santa Claus Food

5:00pm Free entertainment on Courthouse steps

7:00pm Lighted Christmas parade

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what’s in your garage?

Susan Applegate Hurst with her father’s 1928 Model A Ford sport coupe now and, at left,

when she was a toddler.

Applegate Hurst’s Ford stays in the family

By Kathleen Summy

Model A heirloom

F amilies have different heir-looms they pass from gen-eration to generation —

Grandma’s silver, Mother’s wed-ding gown, Dad’s hunting rifle. Heirlooms in the Applegate family tend to have four wheels. Susan Applegate Hurst has inherited a 1928 Model A Ford sports coupe that has been in the family since it was new, some 85 years. The car was first purchased by Applegate Hurt’s great-great aunt Edna. She had it for 30 years. “My dad, Clarence Hurst, bought it from my great-great-aunt Edna in 1958, and she bought a Studebaker when she sold him this,” says Applegate Hurst. “Many years later she sold him the Studebaker, and my brother has that.” The Applegate family lived in Sigourney, and her father’s hobby was old cars. He is a retired farm-er and has since moved to town. The cars have stayed in the family. “That was his wish,” Applegate Hurst says. “One brother has a Model T, another has a 1918 Nash and one has a Studebaker Lark.”

Her sister also has a car from their father’s collection. Her father was known for entering his cars in parades in Sigourney, including a year when the family portrayed the Beverly Hillbillies in the Model T. Applegate Hursts parents were the grand marshals in the Sigourney homecoming parade this year — they being known for their cars, and her brothers being known for wrestling and football. Although the unrestored Model A still runs, it made the trip from Sigourney to Winterset on a trailer about two years ago. “(My father) was determined to drive it up here, but my brother talked him out of it, and than God he did,” Applegate Hurst says. Applegate Hurst would like to get the Model A back on the parade circuit, but finding the time to invest is a difficulty for the owner of Applehurst. “I run the store and I work seven days a week, so it’s pretty hard to find time to goof off with it,” she says.

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out & about Submit photos to [email protected]

The Madison County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Angel Wings and C.T. on Oct. 15. The store recently moved to its new location on the west

side of the square.

The Madison County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Blanchard Family Dentistry on Oct. 15. Christopher Blanchard, D.D.S. established the new business in the

space currently occupied by Dental Associates.

American State Bank staff gathered for a ground breaking at the location of the bank’s new building on Nov. 7.

James Schipper, founding CEO and now Board Chairman of American State Bank, addressed the crowd gathered at the Winterset American State Bank building ground breaking ceremony on Nov. 7.

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Q: How does a person slow down the progression of macular degeneration (AMD)?A: Amy Atcha, 47, began to suspect there was something wrong when her 72-year-old mother, Judith Arcy, wasn’t able to read a menu or see the numbers on her cell phone. After a visit to the ophthalmologist, her mother’s diagnosis turned out to be age-related dry macular degeneration (AMD), a chronic, degenerative eye disease that causes central vision loss. AMD “doesn’t come on all of a sudden,” explains David M. Kleinman, MD, MBA, associate professor of ophthalmology at the Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center. With AMD, light-sensitive cells in the macula (the area responsible for seeing fine detail when you look straight ahead) gradually begin to deteriorate and die. As the disease progresses, blind or blurry spots can appear in the center of your vision, making it difficult to read, drive or even recognize faces. These blind spots can get bigger as the disease progresses. (Another form of the disease, wet AMD, is less common but often progresses more rapidly.) If you notice these signs, see an eye doctor for an exam. “If you are diagnosed with early AMD, you can decrease the chances of losing vision,” says Kleinman. “But you have to change your lifestyle.” Here’s how: “The first step is, clearly, don’t smoke,” says Kleinman. If you do, a quit-smoking program can help you stop, he sug-gests. Studies show that smokers have two to three times the risk of developing AMD than nonsmokers. of brightly colored fruits and vegetables. “They have antioxidants that are very protective and supportive of retinal health,” says Kleinman. Dark green leafy vegetables such as kale and Swiss chard are excellent choices, but spinach is “a pretty good surrogate,” he says. A diet that includes fatty fish such as salmon and tuna, high in omega-3 fatty acids, may also help prevent AMD from progressing, according to the National Eye Institute (NEI). Make appointments with your ophthal-mologist, as well as your primary care doctor, to check cholesterol and blood pressure. Maintaining normal blood pressure and cholesterol may be helpful to slow progression of AMD, according to the NEI. Some research suggests that high blood pressure and high cholesterol may put the eyes at risk for AMD. People with moderate AMD showed a 25 percent lower risk of vision loss when they took a formula of certain antioxidants and zinc, according to a 10-year clinical trial by the NEI. The Centers for Disease Control recommend 150 minutes of exercise per week, but simply walking more may help. Though researchers haven’t proven exercise can slow AMD, it “helps maintain blood pressure, and keeps the blood vessels open and working.’’ That means exercise may be as beneficial for eye health as it is for the rest of the body. Although studies haven’t proven a cause-and-effect relationship between sunlight exposure and AMD, research suggests that protecting your eyes may be beneficial. People rarely go completely blind with AMD. If your vision is deteriorating, a service that assists people with visual impairment can help with magnifiers or electronic readers.

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out & about Submit your photos and captions to [email protected]

Kevin Klemesrud, president and CEO of American State Bank, at the American State Bank building

ground breaking on Nov. 7.Board members, managers, representatives and members of the public gathered for the American State Bank

ground breaking at 809 N. John Wayne Drive on Nov. 7.

Winterset Mayor Jim Olson congratulates American State Bank during the bank’s ground breaking

ceremony on Nov. 7.

Dan Nielsen, new bank manager for American State Bank’s Winterset office, at the ground

breaking for the new Winterset branch on Nov. 7.

Dan Nielsen and Kendall Kerns with the sign announcing the new American State Bank to be

built at 809 N. John Wayne Drive.

Jim and Pat Nelson were crowned Covered Bridge Festival king and queen during the Covered Bridge

Festival on Oct. 12 and 13.

The Tom Brommel family’s pink Farmall tractor won Best Theme at the Covered Bridge Festival

parade on Oct. 13.

Restored old cars and tractors were a favorite entry in the Covered Bridge Festival parade on

Oct. 13.

Members of the Winterset American Legion Post 184 led the Covered Bridge Festival Parade

on Oct. 13.

The Winterset High School Marching Band participated in the Covered Bridge Festival parade

on Oct. 13.

The Winterset Junior High School marching band participated in the Covered Bridge Festival parade

on Oct. 13.

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chamber news Call 462-1185

T he trend recently has been to gobble down your tur-key dinner on Thanksgiving

Day, let your stomach settle, then make a bee-line to the nearest shopping mall and grab the deals while they’re hot. Or be one of the masses at a large box store at the crack of dawn Friday morning to shop til you drop. This trend has become known as “Black Friday.” Thank goodness for a wildly successful campaign, launched by American Express in 2010, aimed at boosting the sales of smaller, independent retailers known as “Small Business Saturday.” Small Business Saturday is a day dedicat-ed to supporting small businesses across the country. Small Business Saturday is about supporting the businesses that boost our communities. These businesses are the Little League sponsors, Girl Scout troop leaders and local volunteers. Seventy-four percent of small-business own-ers say they have volunteered for local charities, civic organizations, church groups and youth sports organizations. They are the back-bone of Madison County. Most local businesses are owned by people who live here, who are less likely to leave and who are profoundly invested in our com-munity’s future. These businesses help to define the unique character of our community. Supporting small business isn’t the only reason to shop on Small Business Saturday. You’ll also be bolstering our local economy. Small businesses represent 99 per-

cent of all employers in America, and they create more than half of all jobs. Nearly 70 percent of small businesses plan to offer special deals on Small Business Saturday. The Madison County Chamber of Commerce supports Small Business Saturday as part of our ongoing mission to make Madison County a better place to live, work, play and conduct business. The significance of small busi-nesses to the local and national economy is often overlooked and under-appreciated. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, small business-es represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms in the country. They accounted for 65 percent of the new jobs created during the last two decades. Shopping at locally owned small businesses has a ripple effect that benefits the entire communi-ty. According to the 3/50 Project, which encourages people to sup-port independently-owned busi-nesses, for every $100 spent at a local small business, $68 returns to the community. Friendly service, convenient parking, and unique product offer-ings in the shops mean you can have the best of all worlds in the midst of the frenzied rush of holi-day hustle and bustle. So, when you’re out shop-ping Saturday, Nov. 30, stop in to see your neighbors on Small Business Saturday. They’re eager to make your holiday season brighter. Think small, think local and shop Madison County for the holidays.

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health

Information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provided by Chris Nolte, director, Public Relations and Development, Madison County Health Care Systems, 300 West Hutchings, Winterset, 515-462-9749.

I hear a lot about obesity and diabetes. What is diabetes and how do you treat it?

A: In 2011, the American Diabetes Association found that 25.8 million children and adults — 8.3 percent of the population — have been diag-nosed with diabetes. There are two major types of diabetes but let’s just look at Type 2 diabetes, which is the more prevalent of the two types. It is often the result of inactivity and obesity. More than 40 million Americans have pre-diabetes (which often comes before Type 2 diabetes). It is thought that there are many more with diabetes, as Type 2 diabetes develops slowly, and some people with high blood sugar have no symptoms First, what is diabetes? Diabetes is usually a lifelong (chronic) disease in which there are high levels of sugar in the blood. Diabetes can be caused by too little insulin, resistance to insulin or both. Insulin is a hor-mone produced by the pancreas to control blood sugar. To understand diabetes, it is important to first understand the nor-mal process by which food is broken down and used by the body for energy. Several things happen when food is digested:

of fuel for the body.

to move glucose from the bloodstream into muscle, fat and liver cells, where it can be used as fuel. People with diabetes have high blood sugar because their body can-not move sugar into fat, liver and muscle cells to be stored for energy. This is because either their pancreas does not make enough insulin, their cells do not respond to insulin normally or both of the above. High blood sugar levels can cause several symptoms, including blurry vision, excess thirst, fatigue, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss. Diabetes can lead to other serious problems, includ-ing eye problems, including trouble seeing (especially at night) and light sensitivity and blindness; skin problems, including painful sores and infec-tions. Can lead to amputation. Nerves in the body can become damaged, causing pain, tingling and a loss of feeling; and digestive problems. Early on in Type 2 diabetes, you may be able to reverse the disease with lifestyle changes. Also, some cases of Type 2 dia-betes can be cured with weight loss surgery. Treatment usually involves medicines, diet and exercise to control blood sugar levels and prevent symptoms and problems. Getting better control over your blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure levels can help reduce the risk of kidney disease, eye disease, nervous system disease, heart attack and stroke. To prevent diabetes complications, visit your health care provider at least two to four times a year and talk about any problems you are having. Learning how to live with diabetes is important, and at Madison County Memorial Hospital we have a dedicated team of professionals to help you take control of your life. Our certified diabetic educator works with our dietician to help those diagnosed with diabetes take positive steps to ensure a healthy future. Call (515) 462-5206 for more informa-tion.

Diabetes Awareness Month

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