Jill Callison jcalliso@argusleader.com
At the risk of embedding that hideous Disneyland song in all our brains for the rest of the day, I must say this: It's a small, small, small, small world. Steve Hauff can attest to that. Hauff, who often travels abroad for Dakota Sports, recently shared a meal with residents of Great Britain, Australia, the Netherlands and Canada. His interest in other countries sprang from his boyhood in Sioux City. His mother, involved with the county extension service, frequently would host people from other countries. "I learned it was important to meet people with an open hand," Hauff says. That's why when Hauff was asked to join the Sister Cities Association of Sioux Falls in 1991, he barely hesitated. Sioux Falls has had a sister city since September 1990 when an agreement with Potsdam was finalized. At that time, Potsdam was located in East Germany, making Sioux Falls the first (and only) U.S. city to be linked with an East German community. A similar relationship with Strabane, Northern Ireland, began in May 1992 but ended several years ago. Supporters of the Sister Cities program weren't content with involvement limited to one city. They are awaiting the city's...
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By Elisa Sand (Staff Reporter)
Horizon Health Care in Howard has received $795,580 in federal funding from the Recovery Act Capital Improvement Program. The program helps health providers purchase various equipment to move towards electronic medical records and enhance telemedicine opportunities.
Horizon CEO John Mengenhausen said about $400,000 will be used to buy software and hardware to help the clinic with its transition to electronic medical records. Other funds will be used for enhancing telemedicine opportunities by purchasing specializied equipment that can be used during telemedicine consults. The balance of the funding is being used to update other equipment including a digital process for x-rays.
"It's a great opportunity for us to upgrade our equipment," Mengenhausen said. Health care centers operated by Horizon provide service regardless of income and charge based on a sliding scale. Horizon operated medical clinics in Bryant, DeSmet, Howard, Lake Preston, Martin, Mission, Plankinton, Wessington Springs, White River and Woonsocket. It also operates three dental clinics in Martin, Howard, and DeSmet.
Mengenhausen said this is the second round of stimulus funding that has been received by the clinic. The first was a $275,000 award allowed for the hiring of additional staff. Through that funding the system was able...
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