Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application at Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital in Rock Rapids at 1:00 PM at Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley Burial will follow at Hillside Cemetery in Doon from 5:30-7:00 PM at Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley Eric “Rick” Lee Bloemendaal was the youngest of 6 children close to where the Rock River and Little Rock River join to form the Big Rock River As a child he attended Doon Christian School and Western Christian High School he and Brenda Van Den Oever were married at the young age of 19 and they went on to share 22 years of life together spent countless hours exploring the “woods” and riding dirt bikes up and down the trails along the grassy riverbanks the dirt bikes were replaced by motor bikes and so began the endless task of keeping them running and “appearance ready” Rick’s passion for anything with a motor led to a career as an auto body restorer he was employed with Arrow Manufacturing in Rock Rapids and was considered one of the best auto body painters in the area. doing what he loved and what was important to him having publicly acknowledged Jesus as his Lord and Savior years ago Anyone who knew him knew exactly how kind and compassionate he was and what a good friend he was to everyone Rick was the type of man who would stop and chat with someone he knew when he would see them He was always there for his children and anyone else who needed his help Rick continued to acknowledge and worship the great God of the universe in his love of everything outdoors quite often using his free time to go down to local rivers to do just that and the two dogs they took care of together Jetta and Onyx acted as his emotional support since they always knew when he needed some comfort and would be right there when he needed them most When he found out he was going to be a grandpa for the first time that she would need to bring his future grandson around so he could teach him how to fish which was something he had always wanted to buy In the time he owned it Rick managed to put on a lot of miles because of how much he enjoyed driving it around Wednesday nights for Rick were spent throwing darts on his dart team which was a hobby he was very dedicated to and passionate about. it was the first day of his Brand-New Life who is expecting a son and Rick’s first grandchild with her partner Mason Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Editors Hoofdklasse |04.05.2025Bloemendaal's women are champions of the Promotieklasse. With three rounds of play to go, they can no longer be overtaken by the competition. They have thus more than achieved their goal of returning to the Hoofdklasse within a year of relegation. Winning against Were Di was goal one this Sunday afternoon. That mission succeeded (3-1). But that did not clinch the championship. Only if runner-up Nijmegen lost by points, which played against Leiden, Bloemendaal could not be caught up. 'Our match was over earlier. We stood in a circle, waiting a bit nervously. We tried to call Leiden's coach Jorge Nolte, but he didn't answer. Then the speaker called out that Nijmegen had played a draw,' Bloemendaal captain Ankelein Baardemans says with a big smile. What followed was a huge discharge. 'We looked at each other, jumped really hard, cheered and danced. Because even though our championship was bound to happen, once it does, it gives such a liberating feeling. This is exactly what we stayed together for after last season. Getting relegated together and getting promoted together. I'm so incredibly proud of the girls.' Indeed, the contrast with last year could not have been greater. Back then, everything was against us for Bloemendaal. Injuries, loss of form, the vicious ghost of relegation that presented itself early in the year. And certainly not least the sudden brain haemorrhage of coach Jeroen Visser, who is still recovering from it. The relegation from the Tulp Hoofdklasse was a sledgehammer blow for a team whose aim was precisely to establish itself structurally at the highest level. Bloemendaal won its last seven matches in the Promotieklasse and remained unbeaten for eight matches in a row after the winter break. In that form, the team proved elusive to the competition. Penalty corner specialist Demi Hilterman (thirteen), Baardemans (eleven) and Rosalie Rosman (eleven) are the Mussen's most prolific players this season. Don't miss anything from the Tulp Hoofdklasse; the Premier Hockey League. Are you already receiving the newsletter?Subscribe quickly to our newsletter and stay up to date with the latest Tulp Hoofdklasse updates This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m December 31st at the Middleburg Free Grace Reformed Church Burial will follow in the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center December 30th with family present from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m at the Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center Kenneth Jay Bloemendaal was born on January 18 the son of Eilert and Pearl (Maliepaard) Bloemendaal He grew up in the Sioux Center area and later graduated from Unity Christian School in Orange City Ken was united in marriage to Donna Faber at the First Christian Reformed Church in Orange City The couple made their home in Sioux Center IA and to this union three children were born Ken worked at Coop Gas & Oil in the service department and drove propane truck for many years He was a member of the Middleburg Free Grace Reformed Church He enjoyed fishing and riding his motorcycle as well as spending time with his grandkids and Jackson and Maicy Lourens; three sisters and Ruth (Pete) Vande Stroet of Rock Valley Ramon Min|02.05.2025The Tulp Hoofdklasse Men is all about the 21st round of play on Saturday, including the Klassieker between Amsterdam and Bloemendaal and an important match for Kampong in Nijmegen. 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MITCHELL — South Dakota’s tourism industry had a banner year in 2023 attracting a record-breaking 14.7 million visitors The historic tourism year generated $4.9 billion in visitor spending across the state Davison County was a major contributor to last year's visitor spending revenue in the southeast region which brought in the most revenue of all five regions in the state an industry outreach and development representative with the South Dakota Department of Tourism highlighted the Mitchell area’s impact on the strong visitor spending revenue that the state’s southeast region has been bringing in lately Bloemendaal met with leaders of the Mitchell Area Development Corporation on Wednesday and provided a plethora of state and local tourism statistics and information “Visitor spending in Davison County accounted for 2.3% of the state’s total visitor spending which is pretty great for a county of this size,” Bloemendaal said “There were 1,588 jobs supported by tourism in Davison County (in 2023).” Davison County hauled in $114.6 million in visitor spending in 2023 which was the second highest visitor spending revenue of all counties in the state’s southeast region A few notable counties in the southeast region includes Minnehaha County As the marketing director with Mitchell’s Convention and Visitors Bureau Johanna Allen has played a key role in marketing the Mitchell area as a popular destination for tourists and visitors alike Allen emphasized how vital the Corn Palace is for anchoring the strong visitor numbers Mitchell and Davison County sees each year “We’re really lucky to have the Corn Palace.” “What I hear from visitors is that they absolutely love it and we see a lot of people come back to see the murals The changing of the murals is a really unique factor that drives repeat visitors,” Allen said of the Corn Palace which attracts around 300,000 visitors on an annual basis “Our proximity to both Sioux Falls and the Black Hills is also great for attracting visitors.” Allen said the CVB’s marketing strategies hit a wide variety of media platforms and produced successful results Attracting overnight stay visitors has been a key advertising goal “We really wanted to focus on overnight travel We want people to come see the Corn Palace and then spend the night which leads to more sight-seeing and revenue spent,” Allen said We use recommendations from the state Department of Tourism So that allows you to really hone in on those areas and hit them hard South Dakota’s southeast tourism region generated the most visitor spending revenue of all five regions in the state in 2023 according to the Department of Tourism’s statistics While the Black Hills region is known for its tourist attractions like Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Memorial the state’s southeast region has outperformed the western portion of the state for two consecutive years A key difference in the Department of Tourism’s marketing strategy last year was implementing in-state advertising unlike previous years A visitor is defined as a person who travels at least 50 miles to a new area all of our work was advertising out of the state You would be surprised at the number of people who live in South Dakota and haven’t visited some of the attractions in their home state,” he said Bloemendaal underscored the economic impact tourism has on South Dakota Tourism is one of the state’s major revenue-generating industries It supports thousands of jobs and annually contributes over $300 million in sales tax revenue for a state that doesn’t impose an income tax the tourism industry generated $384 million in sales tax revenue and supported over 57,000 jobs in the state Visitor spending accounts for roughly 16% of South Dakota’s sales annual tax revenue each household would pay $1,403 more in annual taxes,” Bloemendaal said Metrics details the world has seen substantial tropical cyclone (TC) damages Irma and Maria entering the top-5 costliest Atlantic hurricanes ever has proven difficult given the limited temporal and spatial information on TCs across much of the global coastline we present a novel database on TC characteristics on a global scale using a newly developed synthetic resampling algorithm we call STORM (Synthetic Tropical cyclOne geneRation Model) STORM can be applied to any meteorological dataset to statistically resample and model TC tracks and intensities We apply STORM to extracted TCs from 38 years of historical data from IBTrACS to statistically extend this dataset to 10,000 years of TC activity We show that STORM preserves the TC statistics as found in the original dataset The STORM dataset can be used for TC hazard assessments and risk modeling in TC-prone regions Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11733585 and impacts are higher in urbanized areas compared to rural or uninhabited regions of the world reliable TC datasets are only available from 1980 onwards meaning that for many coastal regions there may not even be a single landfalling TC event in available datasets many regions lack information about potential magnitudes and probabilities of TCs This complicates reliable TC risk assessments and corresponding TC risk management having similar characteristics as the ones in the underlying dataset This sampling method can be repeated for a large number of years hereby creating a larger TC dataset including TCs with high return periods 10,000 years under the same climate conditions) enables proper statistical analysis of return periods of various landfalling TCs The dataset is particularly useful for TC risk assessments as it can serve as input for storm surge and wave impact modeling and has characteristics important for wind damage assessments (maximum 10-meter wind speed) To create 10,000 years of synthetic TC data Data preparation and input: Extract TCs from the source dataset IBTrACS (see Figs. 1 and 2, blue column) and this forms the input for the STORM model. Overview of the different basins (red boxes; see also Table 1) and the tracks and intensities of the tropical cyclones in the IBTrACS dataset. Flowchart with the extracted IBTrACS tropical cyclone (TC) characteristics (stage 1; in blue) and the creation of the synthetic tropical cyclones (stage 3; in green) square boxes represent the methodological steps taken to process this input data and hexagonal boxes represent the output data Fitting distributions and relationships: The characteristics of the extracted storms are identified and pre-processed to create various distributions and relationships (see Fig. 2 Creating the synthetic TCs: The distributions and relationships are used to create 10,000 years of TCs, with their corresponding characteristics (see Fig. 2 These three stages are explained in more detail below In the second stage, the extracted TC tracks and characteristics from IBTrACS along with the environmental conditions from ERA-5 are used as input to our synthetic resampling algorithm called Synthetic Tropical cyclOne geneRation Model (STORM). The STORM model follows three main steps that are visualized in Fig. 2 in the red column STORM samples the number of genesis events by adding consecutive changes in longitude and latitude TC characteristics such as minimum pressure and radius to maximum winds are assigned along each of these tracks These three steps are described in detail below we simulate the number of genesis events per year using a Poisson distribution where the Poisson parameter λ is defined as the average number of TC formations a year in the input dataset weighted by the genesis months per basin observed in the IBTrACS dataset after determining the number of TC events in a year and assigning each a genesis month (see Section 2) we derive corresponding genesis locations for each TC event This is based on weighted genesis locations per month from IBTrACS genesis locations are counted in 5° × 5° boxes and assigned to the box center point these points are interpolated (using cubic interpolation) to a 1° × 1° grid The value these grid boxes is then used as weighting when sampling genesis locations the genesis location of the TC is sampled by selecting a random location (at 0.1° resolution) inside the 1° × 1° grid cell $\Delta {P}_{0.01}$ and $\Delta {P}_{0.99}$ represent the 1th- and 99th- percentile values of ΔPt At genesis, we set U10 = 18 m/s, and calculate the corresponding genesis pressure P0 using the WPR (Eq. (3)) is drawn from a normal distribution fitted around the ΔP0 in IBTrACS To inhibit the synthetic TC to dissipate directly after TC genesis we force the synthetic TC to intensify (ΔP0 < 0) for the first 2 to 5 time steps This amount of time steps is used to calibrate the average lifetime of a TC per basin who assume that the TC intensity decreases as a function of the time and distance the TC has covered whilst being over land: V is the maximum sustained wind speed (in kt) of the TC at any time step tL after landfall D represents the distance from the landfall location (in km) When the TC moves back over ocean or if the TC is over land for less than three time steps (9 hours) changes in intensity are modeled according to the set of Eq Scatterplot of the tropical cyclone’s minimum pressure (in hPa) against the radius to maximum winds (in km) The data are taken from the IBTrACS dataset The red lines indicate the selected sub-sections we therefore split the dataset in three subsets: Rmax for P < 920 hPa (relatively small radii); Rmax for 920 hPa < P < 960 hPa (transition) Rmax for P > 960 hPa (wide range of Rmax) This results in the following set of equations: Overview of tropical cyclone tracks in IBTrACS and the STORM dataset The top panel represents 38 years (1980–2018) of tracks in the IBTrACS dataset (a) the bottom panel represents a random period of 1,000 years of tropical cyclone tracks in the STORM dataset (b) Colors indicate the maximum wind speed of the tropical cyclone Every entry in an array is comma-separated Bar charts showing the mean value of each of the different tropical cyclone characteristics, as listed in Table 3 given as one standard deviation from the mean Each of the colors represents a different basin The largest deviations are seen for the North Atlantic basin with an observed average Rmax of 69.7 km versus 50.3 km in the STORM model This large deviation is likely caused by the sampling process used in the STORM model to calculate Rmax (see Section 2) All observed Rmax values were grouped in one global dataset and from that dataset Rmax values were drawn corresponding to the TCs intensity This grouping was done to overcome data scarcity in the smaller basins Although procedure seems to work well for the other basins (i.e the larger Rmax values in the North Atlantic basin are diminished when grouping them together with the lower Rmax values in other basins One way to overcome this would be to group and consecutively sample Rmax values per basin however the Rmax dataset needs to be sufficiently large per basin we conclude that the STORM dataset performs sufficiently to be used for TC risk assessments and TC hazard analyses Values of peak intensities and landfall pressures in the STORM dataset closely correspond to those found in the original IBTrACS data The landfall counts also closely correspond to the ones in the IBTrACS dataset there is a large year-to-year difference in annual landfall counts in both datasets driving the large standard deviations found in both datasets Overview of 38 years of tropical cyclone tracks in the IBTrACS and STORM dataset per basin The left column represents 38 years (1980–2018) of tropical cyclone tracks in the IBTrACS dataset the right column represents a random 38-year period in the STORM dataset and should therefore be omitted from any TC-related analysis at such latitudes TCs tend to grow more intense while moving westward However they are cut off once they surpass 180°W As there is little landmass in these regions such TCs do not affect TC risk assessments and as such we decided to leave the basin boundaries as is We have written the STORM algorithm in a modular and flexible way so that it could be used to generate a large number of years of TC activity using any meteorological dataset as the input dataset The resulting dataset with 10,000 years of TC activity can be used by anyone interested in researching TCs and TC risk over the open ocean and in coastal areas Different aspects of TC hazards can be studied with this dataset this dataset is applicable in various fields of study Because of its global coverage and the large number of TCs there are also enough TCs to perform a risk assessment in regions rarely hit by TCs Here we have used IBTrACS and ERA-5 as input datasets for the STORM model Such meteorological dataset should be a realistic representation of TC characteristics such as forward speed and direction realistic monthly mean MSLP and SST fields are necessary for the modeling of environmental effects important to note that the presented STORM dataset is based on the average climate conditions of the last 38 years and does not capture (multi)-decadal variability on longer time scales the STORM model statistically resamples the same climate conditions as the input dataset the STORM dataset as presented here cannot be used to assess climate change impacts over longer time scales We recommend end-users interested in modeling synthetic TCs under future climate scenarios to either (i) re-run the STORM model with a future climate-dataset; 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FAQs - Tropical Cyclones, https://public.wmo.int/en/About-us/FAQs/faqs-tropical-cyclones (2018) Download references We thank SURFsara (www.surf.nl) for the support in using the Lisa Computer Cluster NB and JCJHA are funded by a VICI grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) (Grant Number 453-13-006) IDH was funded by NERC Grant CompFlood (Grant Number NE/S003150/1) SM received funding from the research programme MOSAIC with project number ASDI.2018.036 which is financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) is the primary developer of the STORM model and resulting dataset have actively contributed to the development of the model All authors were actively involved in the interpretation of the model outcomes and the writing process The authors declare no competing interests Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ applies to the metadata files associated with this article Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0381-2 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Communications Earth & Environment (2025) Sign up for the Nature Briefing: Anthropocene newsletter — what matters in anthropocene research 11/21/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis Bloomington, Ind.- Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass announced today that he has dismissed men’s tennis coach Randy Bloemendaal arising from his Secondary/Level III violations of NCAA rules and other violations of Athletics department policies.  five members of the men’s tennis team approached and met with department compliance staff expressing concerns about the program two complaints were submitted to the university’s anonymous Ethics Point website also raising concerns about the program five additional team members and one former team member presented similar concerns to department compliance staff At the Athletic Director’s request also on November 10 the Office of the Vice President and General Counsel joined the department’s compliance staff to investigate the complaints.  On November 10 Coach Bloemendaal was notified of the anonymous complaint involuntary leave by the Athletics department for the duration of the investigation including interviewing many individuals (including all of the members of the tennis team and Coach Bloemendaal) and reviewing multiple documents and other evidence Counsel and the department compliance staff presented their findings and conclusions to the Athletic Director Faculty Athletics Representative Kurt Zorn The investigation concluded that Coach Bloemendaal was responsible for Secondary/Level III violations relating to Voluntary Athletically Related Activities and Required Time Off.  (Attached is a copy of Indiana University’s self-report to the NCAA in this matter dated November 21 which provides additional detail regarding these violations.) In addition the investigation concluded that Coach Bloemendaal attempted to interfere with student-athletes reporting potential NCAA violations to the department’s compliance staff and that he did not appropriately defer to the judgment of the medical staff regarding student-athletes’ ability to participate in athletic activity.  The Athletic Director and other department staff met with Coach Bloemendaal on November 20 2014 to again give him the opportunity to address the allegations against him After considering the findings and conclusions presented to him the Athletic Director dismissed Coach Bloemendaal effective November 21 2014.  “While the Secondary/Level III NCAA violations in this matter are certainly concerning by themselves they would not have led me to dismiss Coach Bloemendaal,” said Glass “I dismissed Coach Bloemendaal because the investigation’s conclusions that he attempted to interfere with student-athletes reporting potential NCAA violations and that he did not appropriately defer to the judgment of the medical staff are completely contrary to the clear repeatedly expressed expectations and values of me I commend the student-athletes involved for bringing this situation to our attention.” Associate Athletic Director Jeremy Gray will oversee the program until a new head coach is hired. That search will begin immediately and be led by Gray.    Peter Klanke|03.05.2025On the 21st and penultimate round in the Tulp Hoofdklasse, Kampong's men claimed the fourth and final ticket for the playoffs. The Utrechters won 5-3 on Saturday on a visit to bottom-placed Nijmegen. Bloemendaal was the strongest in the Klassieker. Nijmegen - Kampong 3-5Kampong qualified for the playoffs thanks to a 3-5 win over bottom-placed Nijmegen. The Utrechters enjoyed a dream start in Nijmegen. Jip Janssen opened the scoring from a penalty corner, his 150th major league goal. Within fifteen minutes, the score was already 0-3 thanks to a penalty corner by Bram van Battum and a goal by Duco Telgenkamp. Rik Sprengers even made it 0-4, before Cas Leenen did something back for Nijmegen. After half-time, the home team came back to 2-4 through David Blom, but Derck de Vilder's penalty corner gave Kampong a margin of three again. Tijn Stuve's late goal did not prevent Nijmegen from suffering its tenth defeat in a row. Next week Nijmegen and Hurley will decide which team will be relegated directly to the Promotieklasse. Jasper Brinkman opened the scoring in the third minute from a penalty corner and not much later Jorrit Croon also doubled the lead from a penalty corner. In the last quarter, Amsterdam came back into the game thanks to a scored penalty stroke by Boris Burkhardt. With his 27th goal of the season, he brought back tension, but the Amsterdammers could not come alongside. With the win, Bloemendaal secured first place in the regular league, a position that entitles them to participate in the EHL. SCHC - Rotterdam 1-2Rotterdam climbed to fifth place on the league table after the 2-1 win in Bilthoven over SCHC. The Rotterdam team took the lead in the first quarter through Guus Jansen. After half-time, the home team equalised through Alistair Empey. Rotterdam eventually pulled out the win after a goal by Tjep Hoedemakers in the last quarter. It was the eighth win in a row for the Rotterdammers in a mutual match with SCHC, which remains tenth, three points behind number nine HDM. Pinoké - Hurley 4-1Pinoké had few problems with Hurley during the Bosderby. It finished 4-1. Miles Bukkens accounted for half of the production of Pinoké. He took his season total to 26 goals and equalled the club record of Justin Reid-Ross, who scored the same number of goals in the 2011-2012 season. For Hurley, this seventh consecutive defeat means the team can prepare for a crucial game against Nijmegen next weekend to avoid direct relegation from the Tulp Hoofdklasse. Ramon Min|11.04.2025In the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men, we get ready for round 19. Oranje-Rood face a crucial match at 't Kopje against Bloemendaal, while Amsterdam and Kampong take on each other. Here are the stats. Ramon Min|03.02.2025Bloemendaal have signed Belgian international Arno Van Dessel (21). The midfielder from Royal Herakles and the national team joins the club after the summer of 2025 and signs a multi-year contract. Van Dessel, winner of the 2022 Golden Stick and former Talent of the Year, is considered one of the biggest promising players in Belgian hockey. He made his debut for the Red Lions in 2021 and played at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Bloemendaal board member Michiel Hilders called Van Dessel a player with "hockey talent, drive and winner's mentality. We also got to know him as a real leader and that is very special at his young age.' Van Dessel himself is looking forward to his new challenge: 'Bloemendaal's identity suits me perfectly. I am ready for a new phase in my life and in my hockey career and look forward to working with Michel van den Heuvel again, whom I know well from the national team.' DON 'GORDON' BLOEMENDAAL was born on June 24 1937 to John and Margaret Bloemendaal near Hospers He was the brother to Mary Miedema of Hull and Pixie Balt of Hospers he attended Northwestern College in Orange City for one year and then enlisted in the U.S He then became employed in Hospers for eleven years Gordon was called into ministry and returned to Northwestern College Michigan where Gordon attended Western Theological Seminary and was ordained to the Gospel Ministry in the First Reformed Church of Hospers He served as Pastor at the First Reformed Church of Alexander and as calling Pastor at the First Reformed Church Gordon and Barbara Hellenga were married May 31 Three children were born into their union: Bevan Lani Bloemendaal and partner Tony Blythe Joal Bloemendaal and wife Trish and their 5 children and 1 granddaughter and Bobette Dawn Walton and husband Fred and their 3 children and 4 grandchildren Brian Hellenga and John Hellenga and sister were also very much part of the family after both of their parents Al and Margaret Hellenga passed away in 1959 Barbara Hellenga – Bloemendaal preceded Gordon in death in 1996 as a result of Alzheimer’s 1997 Gordon and Marlou Van Klei were married and just celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary Brenda Halverson and husband Ben and their 3 children Shelly Kunkel and her husband Bob and their 2 sons and Jill Kunkel and husband Brian and their son Pastor “B” [as most people called him] was passionate about 2 things The first was everything “family” It was clearly always family first every day He carried with him the most selfless positive outlook on life and touched so many lives in loving and countless ways – from a kind word a song and of course we will always remember those gleaming eyes and a smile that knew no end The second was that he loved everything John Wayne 2013 Gordon succumbed to his Lewy Body disease care at Sanford Luverne Hospital He went to his eternal home at the age of 76 years and fifteen days Gordon’s entire family would like to thank the staff members of both the Minnesota Veterans Home and the Sanford Hospital for their genuine love and support during this past year they tirelessly treat residents with such respect To all of Gordon’s friends [who are many] he spoke of you often with fondness…thank you Ceynowa who always knew that when he had an appointment with Pastor B he was going to run late the entire day…thank you for being there through our Mom’s journey and now through Dad’s he had a very special place in his heart for you…thank you In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in Gordon’s name to the Alzheimer’s Foundation or the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Sponsored, Vision by Emily Chavous Foster | Oct 15 “I’ve seen a broader diversification within industry,” says Bloemendaal who consults with business owners in addition to their families “The spirit for growing this valley is really developing it into a hub for commerce to thrive Sunday, December 13, 2009 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST Dykstra Funeral Homes Northwood Chapel 295 Douglas Avenue Holland, MI 49424 (616) 392-2348 Driving Directions 2009 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST Fellowship Reformed Church At the family's request memorial contributions are to be made to those listed below Please forward payment directly to the memorial of your choice Meijer Heart Center 100 Michigan St Grand Rapids was a man who experienced “a life well lived.” Never one to let grass grow under his feet His parents were embarking on what was to be a successful medical practice in Zeeland with father Dirk becoming a true “country doc” and Lillian supporting him as a nurse The family home was always full of activity known then as “Dick,” was always in the middle of it Sports held his interest at Zeeland High School Dirk then enrolled at Alma College to study pre-medicine He attended Alma for two years but during the summer while working as a lifeguard at Holland State Park transferring to Hope College to finish his degree and to be closer to Pat where the first of their five children was born Dirk and Pat back to West Michigan to begin a life together something that would prove fortuitous in the lives of many students Dirk worked at Holland’s General Electric Plant for a bit and then began what would be a 37-year teaching career beginning for one year at Hudsonville High and then predominantly at Holland High School He was rigorous and tough but it was fun to be in his classes His physiology classes are well remembered for two things: the dissection and memorization of body parts of doubly-injected cats Many students developed a lifelong love of bird watching from these expeditions Dirk also developed an arboretum on Holland High’s campus resulting in today’s campus of a great variety of trees from across the Continent he spent his summers photographing heavy construction jobs writing for Michigan Contractor and Builder spending time with “big trucks and cranes,” getting to jaw with rough-and-tumble project superintendents Dirk authored five editions of the “Michigan Pictorial Campground Guide,” a guide which resulted in the family camping in nearly every state park He also co-authored the “Tulip Time” book with his brother Bill Dirk could be gruff but extremely loving and generous He also instilled in each a strong “Dutch work ethic.” did a yearly pilgrimage with his buddies Zeke Piersma and included hiking and canoeing at Isle Royale Dirk was out on the Big Lake in his beloved Boston Whaler Pat died unexpectedly from cancer at University of Michigan Hospital Dirk and Pat had been married nearly 40 years Dirk met a woman he’d grown up with in Zeeland They married in 1995 at Nashville’s Opryland constructing a log home on the site of the family cottage in Idlewood Beach long known as “ruling the roost,” suddenly became a care-giver which followed him around wherever he went Dirk suffered heart pains on December 8 while hauling wood for his wood stove and was transferred to the Meijer Heart Center where he died early that evening Much of the family was able to be present and they were blessed when Dirk passed into the arms of the Lord – he had a smile on his face children Dirk and Jill Bloemendaal (Patrick and Tim) Betsy and Shahrouz Zayanderoudi (Rana and Dara) Dirk is also survived by his great step-grandchildren Nathalie and Luke and stepdaughter Mimi DeJonge (David) and their sons Tyler and Zack Donations may be given to the Outdoor Discovery Center A 4214 56th Street in Holland and the Meijer Heart Center JavaScript is disabled. In order to use all of the features on dykstrafuneralhome.com, enable JavaScript.Close Sunday, June 3, 2012 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT Dykstra Funeral Homes Northwood Chapel 295 Douglas Avenue Holland, MI 49424 (616) 392-2348 Driving Directions 2012 2:00 PM EDT Third Reformed Church 111 W Renucci Hospitality House @ Spectrum 100 Michigan St. 2012 at Holland Hospital surrounded by family Bill courageously battled complications following heart surgery in February Bill earned his pilots license at the age of 16 I can always fly." He graduated from prep school at Wayland Academy in Beaverdam and he earned his Masters Degrees from the University of Michigan and Claremont College in California Bill was a teacher at West Ottawa Schools for 39 years and served on the district's board of education for 20 years until resigning in the fall of 2011 Bill loved teaching and challenging students Following his retirement he continued his craft by teaching many classes in the HASP program Bill sought employment in other places even moving his family to Hawaii He always returned to his community and his beloved Holland He loved being able to tell his students that he had their parent or even grandparent as a students Bill was a mentor for many students even during his retirement Bill started the Icon (the school year book) and the West Ottawan (the school newspaper) Bill taught a wide range of classes and subjects and was involved in many school activities at West Ottawa Bill was the owner and publisher of “Ottawa Observer” a local newspaper as well as the first Tulip Time souvenir magazine called “Tulip Time.” was the curriculum director and a past president He especially enjoyed going to Stratford to see the Shakespearean plays Many of us recall him quoting Shakespeare to his students and reciting sonnets to Audrey Audrey Stachel at Lake Forest College in IL Their relationship was like two peas in a pod In the 59 years they never did anything apart but Bill and Audrey became engaged on their first date Bill is survived by his children; William F Jamie Bloemendaal and Michele of Manitou Beach John and Jean Bloemendaal of Maine; sister–in-law; Keri Bloemendaal of Zeeland; as well as several nieces A memorial service will be held Monday June 4 Friends may call on the family Sunday June 3 Memorial gifts may be given to; HASP Scholarship Fund or the Renucci Hospitality House at Spectrum Please visit www.dykstrafuneralhome.com to sign an on-line registry or to leave a memory Metrics details Tropical cyclones (TC) are one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters it is essential to know extreme exceedance probabilities we demonstrate the use of the STORM dataset containing synthetic TCs equivalent of 10,000 years under present-day climate conditions for the calculation of TC wind speed return periods The temporal length of the STORM dataset allows us to empirically calculate return periods up to 10,000 years without fitting an extreme value distribution We show that fitting a distribution typically results in higher wind speeds compared to their empirically derived counterparts especially for return periods exceeding 100-yr By applying a parametric wind model to the TC tracks we derive return periods at 10 km resolution in TC-prone regions The return periods are validated against observations and previous studies The accompanying global-scale wind speed return period dataset is publicly available and can be used for high-resolution TC risk assessments To minimize future loss of life and property it is crucial to perform accurate TC risk assessments and identify high-risk locations so that appropriate protection measures can be designed are statistically resampled and modeled to generate synthetic this procedure is repeated recurrently to construct a TC dataset having the same statistical characteristics as the input dataset but spanning hundreds to thousands of years The STORM dataset spans 10,000 years of global TC activity under present-day climate conditions we demonstrate usage of the STORM dataset by creating wind speed RPs at three different spatial scales: (i) basin level; (ii) within 100 km for 18 selected coastal cities and 63 islands; (iii) at 10 km resolution in TC-prone regions This dataset is unique in presenting (high) RPs at a global scale for all TC-prone regions it represents an important step forward to calculating global TC damages and risk Comparison of the wind speed return periods based on fitting five different extreme value distributions to 1,000 random realizations of 38 years and applying an empirical distribution (the Weibull plotting formula) to the full 10,000 years of data Data is aggregated at basin level for each of the 6 ocean basins (a–f) The extreme value distributions are the generalized extreme value distribution (purple) the Gumbel distribution (also known as the Generalized Extreme Value Distribution Type-I; yellow) the Weibull distribution (also known as the Generalized Extreme Value Distribution Type-II; green) Shaded areas indicate the 95%-confidence interval based on the bootstrap with 1,000 realizations Empirically derived return periods from observations (IBTrACS) are given as red scatter points See Methods for a full description of the basin domains Return periods of maximum wind speed (10-minute 10-meter average) within a radius of 100 km for a selection of coastal cities Color tones correspond to the different basins: North Atlantic (blue) Graphs show the return period on the x-axis versus the corresponding maximum wind speed (in m/s) on the y-axis Category-classifications are based on the Saffir-Simpson scale (converted from 1-min to 10-min thresholds we can also derive RPs at high (10 km) spatial resolution While a single extreme event might be captured well in historical datasets (e.g there are not enough events in such datasets to robustly calculate high RPs we fit a 2D-parametric wind model to each synthetic TC (see Methods) Note that RPs inherently depend on the spatial scale they are computed at each one potentially reaching a given max U10 RPs are lower when computed at higher resolution Spatial distribution of 10-meter 10-minute sustained maximum wind speeds (m/s) at 10 km resolution derived from applying a 2D-wind parametrization to the synthetic tropical cyclone tracks in STORM The wind speeds are the average value of 1,000 random realizations of 10,000 years of data (sampled with replacement) and determining RPs using Weibull’s plotting formula to each realization performed at each coordinate at the 1-in-100-year (a) and the 1-in-1,000-year return period (b) The return period-analysis is carried out at the basin scale: as such there is often no smooth transition of wind speed values at the basin boundaries Inset figures show the distribution of wind speeds around the Philippines (a) and the United States East Coast (b) at the given return period Spatial distribution of return periods (yr) at 10 km resolution The return periods are the average value of 1,000 random realizations of 10,000 years of data (sampled with replacement) and determining RPs using Weibull’s plotting formula to each realization at each coordinate at Category 1 (wind speeds ≥ 29 m/s) (a) and Category 3 tropical cyclone strength (wind speeds ≥ 43.4 m/s) (b) At basin-level, we have shown that the STORM-RPs compare well with observations (Fig. 1) the observational dataset used here only spans 38 years making it unfit for RP analysis past this timespan here we compare our results to other studies that derived RPs based on thousands of years of synthetic TC tracks We first compare model outcomes at the local scale after which we discuss global-scale patterns in RPs speculate that they underestimate the TC hazard Further differences are likely driven by the use of different track modeling methods wind field parameterization schemes (including different resolutions) and RP estimation techniques and thus TCs have a higher probability of affecting FSM and Palau STORM-RPs are around 90-yr while CHAZ-RPs are approximately 10 to 50-yr for a Category-3 the STORM-RPs show good agreement with other studies with differences in max U10 for a given RP often being less than 5 m/s we observe similar spatial patterns of RPs for a Category-1 TC but deviations at smaller scales occur when assessing Category-3 RPs we have demonstrated that the STORM-RPs for max U10 perform well some limitations regarding the usage of this dataset as well as giving directions for future research Future research could study these aspects by e.g or by generating synthetic TCs per oscillation phase STORM does not model the extratropical transition of TCs so systems in these regions may be represented incorrectly and end-users should therefore pay attention when using this regional data We have demonstrated the application of the STORM dataset to generate a novel open-access dataset of wind speed RPs for all TC basins We empirically derived RPs at three spatial levels: at basin-level within 100 km of selected coastal locations we demonstrated the benefit of using such large synthetic dataset composed of 10,000 years of TC activity for present-day climate conditions over using a climatological dataset of 38 years for the calculation of RPs fitting a continuous EV distribution to 38 years of data typically leads to higher max U10 we calculated RPs for TCs within 100 km of 18 coastal cities and found that RP-curves differ substantially between locations we estimated RPs at 10 km resolution by applying a 2D-wind field model to the synthetic TCs This dataset is applicable for high-resolution TC wind risk assessments particularly at the local scale such as Pacific island countries or the Caribbean These properties can be used to construct a parametric 2D-precipitation field model similar to the parametric wind field model autoregressive formulas model consecutive changes in the longitudinal/latitudinal position of the TC (in °) the minimum pressure (in hPa) and the maximum wind speed (in m/s) at every time step during a TC’s lifetime STORM also simulates the size of the TC eye represented via the radius to maximum winds (in km) Results show that STORM preserves the TC statistics as found in the IBTrACS input dataset The average number of both genesis and landfalling events in the STORM dataset as well as landfall intensity was found to closely correspond (within one standard deviation) to those in the IBTrACS dataset The largest deviations in max U10 along a TC track were found to be approximately 2 m/s in the STORM dataset compared to the IBTrACS dataset ${P}_{exc}(\overrightarrow{v})$ represents the exceedance probability ${P}_{exc}$ for a given maximum wind speed $\overrightarrow{v}$ at rank i n is the total number of events in the set and m the total length of the dataset (in years; here The return period $T(\overrightarrow{v})$ is then given as the inverse of ${P}_{exc}$ Because the STORM dataset represents 10,000 years of TC activity we empirically calculate RPs up to 10,000 years which is approximated by the translational speed of the TC We compute the 2D-wind field using a mesh with 10 km resolution this calculation is done in parallel using a separate mesh per basin we store the max U10 at each grid cell whenever max U10 ≥ 20 m/s we apply Equation 1 to the max U10 values at every grid cell to estimate the RPs This paper is accompanied by four different datasets: (i) The “fixed return periods” dataset, with wind speed estimates (m/s) for a predefined range of return periods for every longitude/latitude position of the 10 km grid per basin (demonstrated in Fig. 3, see Table 4); (ii) The “fixed wind speeds” dataset, with return period estimates (yr) for a predefined range of wind speeds for every longitude/latitude position of the 10 km grid per basin (demonstrated in Fig. 4, see Table 5); (iii) The “cities” dataset, with return periods (yr) for a predefined range of wind speeds (m/s) and wind speeds for a predefined range of return periods, occurring with 100 km of the respective city (demonstrated in Fig. 2; see Table 6) (iv) The “island” dataset, with return periods (yr) for a predefined range of wind speeds (m/s) and wind speeds for a predefined range of return periods, occurring with 100 km of the capital city of the respective island. 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IU tennis coach dismissed for NCAA, dept. violationsBLOOMINGTON Indiana men's tennis coach Randy Bloemendaal has been dismissed from his position, following an investigation into NCAA and department-level violations. According to a press release, Bloemendaal "was responsible for Secondary/Level III (NCAA) violations relating to Voluntary Athletically Related Activities, Summer Workout Sessions, and Required Time Off." Earlier this month, several complaints were brought to the attention of IU athletics administrators, both anonymously and by members of the men's tennis program in person. According to the report filed by Indiana to the NCAA, "The men's tennis team participated in mandatory summer-workout sessions in addition to having a week of practice during the academic year where no day off was provided." That report states that the men's tennis team was required to attend mandatory workouts during the summer "not initiated by the student-athletes," that Bloemendaal " asked student-athletes to report back their activity, and there were incentives and disincentives for summer-workout participation and outside competition participation." Additionally, "during the week of October 20-26, the men's tennis program failed to provide the mandatory required day off." Through its investigation into the violations, Indiana found that Bloemendaal "attempted to interfere with student-athletes reporting potential NCAA violations to the department's compliance staff and that he did not appropriately defer to the judgment of the medical staff regarding student-athletes' ability to participate in athletic activity." Indiana Director of Athletics Fred Glass met with Bloemendaal on Thursday about the results of the investigation. Glass dismissed Bloemendaal a day later, on Nov. 21, the same day Indiana self-reported the NCAA infractions. The report indicates assistant coach Sander Koning was also dismissed. According to that report, Indiana has taken various corrective measures in light of the discovered violations. Bloemendaal's dismissal is the most serious of those steps. Indiana will also allow the men's tennis program an extra day off during a designated week, and provide further oversight and training to all of its sports. Bloemendaal had been the head men's tennis coach at Indiana for eight years. He was installed by Rick Greenspan, Glass' predecessor, when Greenspan promoted him after two seasons in Bloomington as an assistant. A national search will begin immediately. Jeremy Gray, an associate athletic director, will oversee the program in the meantime, and lead the search, according to the press release. Follow Star reporter Zach Osterman on Twitter: @ZachOsterman. Text description provided by the architects. The new Bloemendaal Town Hall opened its doors on 25 June 2015 The realisation of the new town hall is the coping stone of a process set in motion with the ‘uniting’ of the municipalities of Bloemendaal and Bennebroek in January 2009 With these central premises the municipal organisation which now encompasses the civic centres of Bloemendaal Located at the edge of sand dunes and mire, the landscape architect J.D. Zocher built a country house here in 1820, a white plastered villa in neoclassical style. In 1950 the estate was bought by the Bloemendaal municipality, with the intention of extending the property. This intended extension was never realised however, and in 1966 a new building was finally constructed, incorporating a faithful copy of the facade of the original villa. Floor PlanWith this design the history of the country estate can clearly be seen. The original building and the new building are united in a layered fashion; the design represents a dialogue between old and new, between history and the present. © Dirk VerwoerdA New Heart The centre of the new building is formed by the Citizens’ Hall, a light and spacious area in which the ambition of the town hall to be the home of the community finds its ultimate expression. Here it will be possible to organise major events such as concerts and investitures. The council chamber, situated on the first floor, opens out onto the Citizens’ Hall. Together they formed the democratic heart of the building. Floor PlanSustainability Sustainability forms an integral element within the new town Hall By means of a wide range of technological applications the building benefits from smart energy management This keeps the total environmental cost as low as possible In the first place this is realised by including recycled material in the construction and by seeking to achieve a great deal of efficiency in maintenance In order to keep energy consumption as low as possible hot and cold storage technology Furthermore the introduction of modern working practices means that the use of space per employee is reduced When people are absent they no longer take up space or consume energy You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Bloemendaal has been on cloud nine since she arrived two weeks ago but this is so different,” said Bloemendaal PAUL LEON BLOEMENDAAL was born to Peter and Rosella (Eernisse) Bloemendaal on October 23 Minnesota and began attending school in Slayton Minnesota where he continued his education After he graduated from Edgerton Public High School in 1971 he became employed as a mechanic at Skelly’s Service Station in Pipestone they lived in Pipestone and Paul continued to work at Skelly’s He joined the National Guard in 1973 where he served until 1979 he began working as the service manager at Amdahl Motors in Pipestone for three years he became employed at Bayliner Boat Manufacturing in Pipestone He enrolled at Minnesota West College for cabinet making in 1992 he became employed at Minnesota West as a custodian he returned to his job at Minnesota West for a short time before he had to retire due to his health he returned to part-time work at the City of Pipestone where he enjoyed his time mowing the many properties for the city Minnesota where he sampled grain as a probe operator Paul was admitted to the University of Minnesota Fairview Hospital for tests He remained there until his death on Saturday Paul enjoyed being a member of the Pipestone Area Facebook Motorcycle Club He could often be found riding his scooter around the streets of Pipestone with a friendly wave and a smile on his face He always looked forward to bow hunting deer each year He loved watching his grandchildren play softball He was an avid golfer and enjoyed singing karaoke He was well known for making and sharing his special treats he especially enjoyed babysitting and “spoiling” his newest grandson Michael Bloemendaal and his wife Leann of Pipestone Melissa Landhuis and her husband Jacob of Chandler Keith Bloemendaal and his wife Jenny of Frisco Gene Bloemendaal and his wife Arlene of Pipestone and Dave Bloemendaal and his wife Joan of Hinkley Lori Hoogheem and her husband Darrel of Marshall Doris Cameron and her husband Lloyd Hilgart of Maple Grove Theresa Hartog and her fianc Vaughn Holcer and Lois Hegland and her husband Mitch of Eden Prairie He was preceded in death by his son Chad; his father; and his mother-in-law and father–in-law Bloemendaal Joins Men's Tennis Staff7/29/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis Bloemendaal Named Head Men's Tennis Coach5/29/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis Randy Bloemendaal Goes Face-To-Face on the Indiana Sports Network2/17/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis Vision by Steven Biller | Oct 10 CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER and Senior Vice President of Investments at Raymond James Marcia Bloemendaal continues to excel in the Coachella Valley with her financial practice After relocating from Seattle 16 years ago with her husband Anthony she can attest to the growing appeal that the valley offers retirees Marcia and her husband were attracted to the pace and climate of the desert The influence of her father sparked her interest in the market at an early age Bloemendaal always understood the importance of saving “Everyone needs to have a rainy day fund,” she says This invaluable lesson continues to be her mantra with every client Most individuals fail to plan for the longevity of their future wellbeing “You have to confidently advise and manage clients though the unexpected My experience over the years has allowed me to navigate these difficult times with my client.” Bloemendaal has built a “relationship business” based on trust and some of her client relationships exceed 25 years “Money means different things to people at different times in their lives.” Having relationships based on trust allows clients to confide with their financial advisor about their concerns “I do not ever foresee the element of personal interaction and trust going away in the future when it comes to advising someone on their financial affairs.” Raymond James & Associates, Inc. 74710 Hwy. 111, Suite 101, Palm Desert, CA 92260. 760-340-1618; www.raymondjames.com/palm-desert-wealth-management the view of the Red River can be picturesque even during the long winter months when winds blow snow into dune-like drifts partly hidden throughout the prairie grass people are struggling to survive in all kinds of weather the warmer months see an increase in homeless people camping along the Red River have braved the winter elements when area shelters were full He has two crosses for a brother and a cousin who died from alcohol-related illnesses on his fingers The word “Ace” is permanently in ink on his temple in remembrance of a veteran relative He learned to survive along the river from a mentor We would go to dumpsters and find stuff to make shelters We disguise our stockpiles and only we know where they are,” Bloemendaal said “I look at it as being Native American and that’s how our ancestors did it,” Bloemendaal said make you feel like you are nothing,” Bloemendaal said “It is a peaceful place where nobody will be bugging you compared to 13th Avenue Bloemendaal has been homeless since the start of the coronavirus pandemic He used to work with a tow truck company in Grand Forks but lost his job in part because of his drug habit and upon arrival his best friend told him he wasn’t looking good and then one day I couldn't breathe and she brought me to the emergency room I was starting to turn green a little bit,” said Bloemendaal Two elderly people died in rooms next to his ‘Am I next?’” Bloemendaal said.He recovered Sometimes he slept in areas along 13th Avenue South and one time doctors had to pull ice particles from his throat has been accepted into the ND Rent Help program but he couldn’t have done it without Fargo's Downtown Engagement Center which provides services to homeless people a program coordinator at the center who was sitting by him “You've been here for me when I needed it,” Bloemendaal said People living along the Red River have attracted public attention for the past two years a program coordinator for homeless outreach at the Harm Reduction Division of Fargo Cass Public Health Part of her job is to find homes for those who have none Numbers of those living along the river have stayed steady since 2021 but the pandemic has “really played a huge part in the increasing homeless population.” the numbers of homeless people living by the Red River decrease like the several inches predicted for later this week a harm reduction advocate who runs a downtown community service program said she goes down to the river to help before the riverbank is cleaned each week A coalition of organizations including the Fargo Park District a group that seeks safe and sustainable use of the river clean up the river area nearly every Wednesday during the warmer months “I go down prior to the police department going down there and I let them know that on Wednesdays somebody is going to come and clean this area out and get connected to get an ID to get working there are not a lot of problems,” Windus said this helps these issues and we can stay connected to get them housed,” Raaen said The faces of the people living by the river change constantly They consider themselves a separate group from those who typically hang out on Broadway you don’t see the same people down by the river camping But many times they can’t get through the hoops of finding a home,” Windus said Some prefer the hardships of living off the grid "It’s just a matter of having enough places to house all these people and having the supports in place to keep them housed,” Windus said The Forum discovered two camps along the Red River during the first week of November One of the camps was active and littered with empty booze bottles Fire pits and stone circles were scattered throughout the river bank from Oak Grove Park to First Avenue North The nearby railroad bridge that crosses the Red River also appeared to be a favorite spot for those getting out of the wind Campfires strewn with empty cans of Mission Pride apricots soups and other fruits dotted the area and appeared to be newly opened an empty liter of vodka sat on a cement slab a used syringe was discarded.The area is also home to white-tailed deer who aren’t afraid to stand still to watch a trespasser Bloemendaal has been helping out at shelters and is known as the “toilet king” for his volunteer work he’s used the Downtown Engagement Center’s assistance with public service work It’s like a second home where I can come to with any needs knowing that help is here and help for my friends as well Without this place a lot of us would not be alive today we would be seeing a lot more overdose deaths,” Bloemendaal said and incorporate sustainable technologies and modern working practices the process began with the intent to create a small extension to the building and it was later decided to scrap the former — save slightly separated physically from the retained entrance element this modernized design allows for the history of the estate to be clearly seen the original and recent are united in a layered fashion the center of the construction is formed by the citizens’ hall spacious area that is to be the home of the community major events such as concerts and investitures will be debated and organized opens towards the great expanse; together they form the democratic heart of the building atriums and a patio bring daylight deep into the compact structure ten meter high sections are located on either side of the hall with a center section of twelve meters height the gap caused by staggered façade draws large amounts of light via floor-to-ceiling glass aesthetic innovations work in tandem with modern efforts into work flow and space doing so doesn’t mean people have drastically less room than before rather the building is now organized for specific activity related work it is possible that workers find places cohesive to concentration natural materials like bamboo and a subtle color palette further aids the interior architects also developed a series of designed carpets which reflect the municipality’s art collection large windows bring natural light into the space ‘bloemendaal town hall’ opened last month and is the final realization of a unification process that began in early 2009 the central location now encompasses the civic centers of bloemendaal gap between original and new building name: bloemendaal city hall design architecture and interior: NEXT architects rudy uytenhaak architecture bureau landscape design: peter de ruyter landscape architects construction advisers: pieters civil engineers haarlem installation and sustainability advisers: deerns engineering consultants main contractor: J.P designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. 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