Live Cast Elizabeth Michelle “Beth” Heesch 1990 in Omaha to Donald and Michelle (Moser) Dooley Beth grew up in Yutan and graduated from Yutan High School in 2008 She then received her associate’s degree from Metropolitan Community College She married Nicholas “Nick” Heesch on August 29 Beth participated in Renaissance Fairs in the Omaha area and she enjoyed playing Dungeons & Dragons with friends Donald (Michelle Moser) Dooley of Yutan; siblings NY and Michaela Dooley of Yutan; grandparents Lorina Patterson of Louisiana; niece and nephew 2025 at Heafey-Hoffman-Dworak-Cutler Mortuary 7805 W Visitation will be 4-7 PM Tuesday with a Rosary starting at 7 PM at Heafey’s in Omaha Visitation continues on Wednesday 1 hour prior to the service also at Heafey’s Interment will be at Resurrection Cemetery in Omaha Online condolences may be left at www.mosermemorialchapels.com Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler, West Center Chapel, 7805 West Center Road, Omaha, Ne 68124. (402)-391-3900. www.heafeyheafey.com Our prayers for your healing ❤️‍🩹 are on our lips We pray that you will remember forever the good days and fun times Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler Mortuaries © 2024 All Rights Reserved Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application People often said Craig Faye Heesch “restored their faith in humanity.”  Craig passed away peacefully in Saint George Craig’s arrival into the world was as remarkable as the life he would live After celebrating the 4th of July at a dance where Craig was born prematurely at just 3 ½ pounds beginning a journey that would defy the odds He learned to sing while standing in his crib blending his voice with Frank Sinatra’s instead of taking a nap with his five siblings and several cousins living in log cabins and helping their parents run the Whispering Pines Resort Craig was educated in a one-room schoolhouse where a neighbor—who initially reprimanded Craig and his brother for breaking bottles into the creek—soon became a close friend and introduced Craig to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints He was baptized and remained steadfast in his faith every day of his life It was in this ward where he first met Varna Howell Craig worked installing the telephone system in Medford Air Force and later the Air National Guard and with encouragement from the legendary Mel Tormé Craig pursued singing as a strong interest when he wasn’t providing for his then wife later divorced and then continued his business endeavors Craig's strong work ethic led him to create successful businesses where he survived a plane crash and subsequent jungle imprisonment His plight even caught the attention of President Ronald Reagan Craig returned home to the United States and went on to invent a bellow-type screw that was patented and used in the aerospace industry Craig's brother called him to say that Varna was single and suggested he contact her Craig's smooth voice continued to captivate audiences His singing career included performances at prestigious venues such as the Lincoln Center in New York and he performed as the guest artist with the famed 72-piece Seoul Pops Orchestra in Korea Craig’s album From Out of the Wings was produced by Jim Pike and received many Grammy Award nominations Renowned jazz authority Johnny Adams also praised Craig’s vocal successes “Not since Frank Sinatra or Buddy Greco have I been so impressed with a vocalist.” Craig's keen mind and exemplary ambition led him to employment as a policeman for the Culver City Police Department and a certified Master Golf Instructor who taught on the LPGA Tour and at Dixie College Craig's contributions to both music and business were remarkable but those who knew him best remember him for his unwavering faith He and Varna served for ten years in the San Diego temple and also served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Temple Square from 2016 to 2017 where they were adored by the 200 young women who had the privilege of knowing Craig His impact on their lives was immeasurable One of the many things those close to Craig will remember is his passion for culinary creations With this came a unique and often perfectionist approach to his cooking The reward for his efforts was the joy of sharing his creations with family and friends Craig was a man whose life was first and forever grounded in faith and unwavering belief in the good in others will live on in the hearts of all who knew him After years of struggling with declining health “I’m ready to go home.” Shortly thereafter Varna; son Craig Allen (Angela) Heesch; daughter Colleen Flint; grandchildren Ashley (Shane) Harder and Vincent Craig Heesch; and darling great-granddaughters Sienna and Kira; stepchildren Cheri (David) Meiners and Andrea (Dylan) Wolfe; 14 great step-grandchildren; and sister Diane Smith Preceded in death by Robert Erik Jorgensen A memorial service for Craig will be held on Tuesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints A visitation at the same address will begin at 9:00 a.m Join the Zoom meeting after 9:45 @ https://zoom.us/j/91707904520 Meeting ID: 917 0790 4520 feel free to donate in his honor at: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/light-the-world/giving-machines The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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 which officials say is likely to dissolve in two years without additional funding is putting its third operating referendum in less than a year on the Feb During a special meeting earlier this month the Mauston School Board unanimously voted to put a four-year which will include a primary election for state superintendent of public instruction That same referendum failed by 69 votes on Nov the district began the process of dissolving by the 2026-27 school year saying it would no long be able to fund operations Mauston School District Superintendent Joel Heesch said area stakeholders advised him and the board to retry the $1.75 million per year referendum after the narrow rejection on Nov I see a future with this district and I could see the future for years,” Heesch said during the meeting Dec That’s why the consideration of dissolution.” a $9 million referendum over four years failed by a much larger margin Heesch said that the district must pass the Feb “We are not in a position where we can swing and miss,” Heesch said referring to another potential referendum rejection the owner of a $200,000 home in the district would pay roughly $1,442 in school property taxes in 2025-26 That is a $130 projected decrease from the amount paid for the same home in 2023-24 as the district has paid off capital referendum debt from its technical education wing and Grayside Elementary School projects earlier this decade Heesch has said the district would likely adopt a second resolution in July ordering dissolution The district’s emergency fund balance of just over $2 million would likely be exhausted for operating expenses over the next two school years without referendum funding School Board Vice President Mike Zilisch and member Betty Kryka expressed a desire to go for a four-year $9 million measure again but said a $7 million referendum would have a better chance of approval by district voters “The $1.75 (million) will get us by for at least four years,” Kryka said “Are we then going back to the community again?” Zilisch said that unless the state funding formula for public education changes the district would likely need to propose another referendum after the four-year measure expires $7 million referendum would still result in some program cuts and positions remaining unfilled but it would allow the district to retain and restore many of its current programs and staff Mauston School District residents can contact district Superintendent Joel Heesch at jheesch@maustonschools.org or at (608) 847-5451 New restaurants and businesses are opening in La Crosse area A 47-year-old Blair man faces criminal charges after he was arrested in Holmen during a child sex sting A 34-year-old La Crosse woman faces multiple criminal charges after an April 10 traffic stop in La Crosse A tornado touched down in Eau Claire County Monday according to the National Weather Service A traffic stop of a wrong-way driver in La Crosse on April 3 resulted in drunken driving charges Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account A Juneau County school board is considering dissolving its district after voters failed a referendum needed to continue operations The School District of Mauston’s Board of Education approved a resolution to consider dissolution at their meeting on Monday Superintendent Joel Heesch said there is no immediate action being taken to dissolve But the resolution allows the board to consider the district’s next steps “It’s just a matter of us being able to lay out this timeline,” Heesch said “We have two more years with the current status that we have financially Mauston leaders had tried to address the district’s projected budget shortfall through an operational referendum The first proposal in April would have given the district $2.25 million in each of the next four years But Heesch said voters overwhelmingly rejected the referendum forcing the school board to reconsider their ask The board put another operating referendum on the November ballot for $1.75 million in each of the next four years which Heesch said would have led to some budget cuts by the district Voters failed the referendum again, this time by 69 votes — or less than 2 percentage points. It was one of 30 school referendums that voters failed statewide this month, according to an analysis by the Wisconsin Policy Forum. “What we continue to tell people is that $1.75 (million) gave us a future, something that we could see years down the road,” Heesch said. “Zero did not. We just could not see a future with zero.” Heesch said the board plans to put forward another operational referendum on either the February or April ballot. But the district, which has 250 employees and 1,400 students, is also preparing for the possibility that the measure will not be successful. The school board approved a myriad of budget cuts for the 2025-26 school year that include closing an elementary school and cutting all sports, clubs and field trips. Mike Zilisch, vice president of Mauston’s school board, said he worries that these budget cuts will push students and families to start leaving the district, which would further hurt their budget because of the state’s enrollment-based funding formula. “We’re going to lose that (state) revenue from those kids,” Zilisch said. “It really is kind of a death spiral, if you will. As more of these things come to fruition, the more and more tough decisions we’re really going to have to make.” He said the district already chose not to fill more than 20 vacant staff positions for the current school year, which he said has hurt student learning and put more stress on remaining staff. Both Zilisch and Heesch pointed to the state’s school funding formula as part of why the district is facing financial challenges. “It’s so enrollment driven, which is a challenge in rural areas,” Heesch said. “You’re seeing declining enrollments, your revenues are either flat or decreasing based on those enrollments, while your expenditures, especially through an inflationary period, have increased dramatically.” Based on public comment given at Monday’s meeting, Zilisch said he also believes some community members voted down the referendum this month because of misinformation about whether the district was really facing a budget deficit. “We need to push out the message that we really do need this money,” he said. “We’re not asking for $1.75 (million) because we want to. We’re asking for $1.75 (million) because we need it. We need it for our kids. We need it for the community.” He said the board will hold a special meeting in early December to decide how to approach their next operating referendum. Wisconsin Public Radio, © Copyright 2025, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Volume 12 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2024.1386055 A promising pollution control technology is cold plasma driven chemical processing The plasma is a pulsed electric gas discharge inside a near atmospheric-pressure-temperature reactor The system is energized by a continuous stream of very short high-voltage pulses The exhaust gas to be treated flows through the reactor The methods applied involve the development of robust cold plasma systems industrial applications and measuring technologies Tests of the systems were performed at many industrial sites and involved control of airborne VOC (volatile organic compound) and odor chemical and odor measuring data were collected with state-of-the-art methods To explain the test data an approximate solution of global reaction kinetics of pulsed plasma chemistry was developed The latter shows that the amount of removal This variable is electric plasma power divided by gas flow divided by input concentration In the results sections we show that in some cases up to 99% of volatile pollution can be removed at an acceptable energy requirement In the final sections we look into future efficiency enhancements by implementation of (sub)nanosecond pulsed plasma and solid state high-voltage technology and by integration with catalyst technology The plasma is a pulsed electric gas discharge It appears as a cloud of electric mini sparks contained in a reactor at atmospheric pressure This cloud is being energized by a stream of very short high-voltage pulses The air to be treated flows through the reactor The processes run continuously over a long period of time (hours to days or months) the high voltage is not continuous but pulsed The pulses are very short (5 ns - 5 microsecond) and are repeated at high rate (100 Hz–10 kHz) Pulsing the plasma over a long time means that chemical processing behavior is pulsed as well as quasi continuous; actually the process is a near infinite row of short duration To be able to realize this continuous operation systems with robust high-voltage power source and reactor have been developed They can operate over long periods of time (weeks to months) Important challenges within this technology area are raising the levels of performance in the areas: removal efficiency overall reliability and resilience to dust and condensing water The main purpose of this paper is to present the principle of cold plasma processing two industrial plasma processing systems and results of case studies performed with these systems a deeper look at plasma processing kinetics and finally a look into the future of plasma processing The applied pulsed plasma technology relies basically on the combination of a pulsed power source and a plasma reactor at atmospheric conditions The pulsed power source delivers a flow of electrical energy pulses to the reactor 5–100 ns wide and has a power level that peaks at levels up to hundreds of Mega Watt These pulses are repeated at a rate of 10–5,000 pulses per second The pulsed power source takes its energy from the grid and delivers it to the plasma in the reactor at an efficiency of up to around 80%. The plasma delivers this energy to the electrons with an efficiency between ca. 1%–50% (van Heesch et al., 2008) The electrons initiate the chemical process This process is a chemical conversion from reactants into products This conversion can be expressed as the concentration of reactants converted divided by the concentration of reactants on input The conversion will be compared with the electrical energy needed to perform this conversion This electrical energy is expressed as an energy density This energy density is defined as electrical energy divided by treated volume This is the same as the electrical power into the reactor divided by volumetric gas flow into the reactor It is the crucial parameter for pulsed plasma processing Species particle concentration for reactants and products are the other important parameters Figure 1. (A) Layout of the nanosecond cold plasma system (Beckers, 2015). (B) Basic layout of the circuit called “Ch charger” in panel A is given by the left part of the circuit in panel (B). The functionality is described in Beckers (2015) Figure 2. (A) Typical voltage and current traces for the plasma reactor of the nanosecond system. (B) The container with the nanosecond system. More information in Beckers (2015) (A) Layout of the microsecond cold plasma system (B,C) Photos of the container housing the microsecond system and of the ozone reactor Figure 4. (A) Electric layout (simplified) of the microsecond cold plasma system. More information in Li et al. (2018) (B) Typical voltage traces at the terminals of the DBD plasma reactor of the microsecond system We obtained this result by applying circuit simulation software (LTspice) for fitting the calculated response of circuit to the measured behavior The 5 kW and the 20 kW device were mounted in 20-ft freight containers for housing They are equipped with fully automated control Both systems can be remotely controlled via a protected internet connection The microsecond plasma machine was equipped with a post-processing device added to the output of the plasma machine serves as plug flow reactor to convert residual ozone Layout and pictures of the device are shown in Figures 3A–C we made a comparison with an industrial RONS injector device This injector technology is commercially available from several manufacturers It is housed in a reactor chamber separate from the exhaust process flow A very clean air flow is fed into the device and the output flow is injected into the exhaust flow Chemically active species from plasmas (radicals) have short lifetimes (100 microsecond or less) The relatively long transit time from plasma production chamber of the injector device to stack will reduce the effectiveness of the active species Ozone will easily survive the transit time but for O and OH radicals it will be difficult divided by the reactor volume and N is the number of pulses applied during reactor transit time The value of a cannot be well established but can be assumed to be very small 1. Global chemical kinetics developed in (van Paasen et al., 1997; Yan et al., 2001) Multiple pulsed plasma volumes in which reactive species are generated by a high-voltage pulse The sum of transient plasma volumes created during the reactor transit should be larger than the reactor volume (a.N > 1) Reactive species induced oxidative degradation of target compounds Remixing of the plasma volumes into the reactor after each pulse detailed knowledge of rate constants would be needed we performed a least-squares fit on the data to obtain values for γ and k Equation 1 is implicit in the unknown X. It can be found that the solution involves the application of the Lambert function W(z). This function is defined as the inverse of f(z), where f(z) = z.exp(z). We only use the positive part of the principal branch of W, denoted by (W0), and apply real arguments. We used Mathematica from Wolfram (Weisstein, 2002) to obtain the explicit solution of Eq. 1: Figure 5 shows the behavior of the value of the conversion X Three data sets have been plotted: the measured data the model according to the Lambert function (Model 1) and a simplified expression according to an exponential function of k.E/C0 (Model 2): Figure 5. 2D graph of conversion as a function of the parameter E/C0. The triangles are the 82 measured data points collected during 3 days of on-site testing. The squares are the values according to the solution Eq. 2 (Lambert function) of Eq. 1. The smooth curved line is according to the approximation in Eq. 4 Equation 4 was already given in 1986 by Masuda as based on the best fit to his experimental data (Masuda and Nakao, 1986) The parameters k and γ in Eqs 2, 3 were fitted (least squares, linear) to our measured data to obtain γ = 4.813 ppm and k = 2.053 ppm m3/Wh. Figure 6 shows the 3D plot of the solution of Eq. 1, fitted to the measuring data. Figure 7 is the 2D projection of the 3D surface of Figure 6 Figure 6. 3D surface as the implicit solution of Eq. 1 The dashed black lines are lines of constant X The X-E-planes to the left (small C0) show model 3 and the X-E planes to the right (large C0) show model 4 Figure 7. 2D graph that is the projection of the surface plot in Figure 6 Dashed black lines are lines of constant X The best fit between the data points and Eq. 4 is obtained for a slightly different value than the one for k in the calculations to obtain Figure 6 We denote the related new parameter by k* and its best fit is k* = 3.25 ppm m3/Wh where SIE (specific energy density, sometimes denoted as beta in literature) is the engineering constant for a specific process, used in literature. SIE is the specific input energy, defined as the energy density needed to obtain a 1/e reduction of the pollutant concentration. We can notice the following: Eq. 4 has a power series expansion that for small arguments ε, ε = (k*.E/C0), that simplifies to Eq. 6 Furthermore, it can be noticed that Eq. 5 is the analogue of Eq. 4 for SIE = C0/k* This latter observation shows that the model based on an SIE value can only be used if C0 is constant during the test and that the actual SIE value depends on the value of C0 of the specific test Moreover, these findings show that the model according to Eq. 4 combines both former models given by Eqs 5, 6 The 3D graph of Figure 6 was made to show the global behavior of the implicit solution of Eq. 1. The axes ranges were chosen in accordance with the ranges during the described measuring campaign. The measuring data are superimposed. The figure also clearly shows the models 3 and 4 of Eq. 5 (small C0 X-E-plane) and 6 (large C0 X-E-plane) Testing was performed during a project for plasma assisted odor reduction at an animal feed plant The described 20 kW microsecond DBD system was fed with a flow that was branched off from the main flow The DBD system has the earlier mentioned rest-ozone reactor as the permanent post-processing unit The industry plant was equipped with a plasma injector system fed into the main flow far behind the branch-off location for the DBD system This injector device was running permanently Results of GCMS and odor measurements at an animal feed production facility We compared the concentration in the input of the two considered plasma systems with the concentrations in the output of the DBD-Ozone reactor system and with the concentration in the output far behind the plasma injector system Odor reductions of up to 91% were achieved with the DBD machine The injector machine showed odor reductions of up to 90% The product with the highest protein content (B) has the highest odor reduction an energy density setting for the DBD system significantly higher than that of the plasma injector machine does not lead to significantly more odor reduction by the DBD system The project proved that the investigated cold plasma DBD machine functions well and reliably during long times of operation We were able to perform extensive measurements and analysis of the performance of a 20 kW DBD machine for the industrial odor emissions of an animal feed plant The plasma injector machine showed odor reductions of up to 90% Two animal feed products (A and B) have been tested For product A there is no clear correlation between the reduction of total VOC (volatile organic compounds) concentration and the reduction of the odor concentration For product B there is a slightly positive correlation between total VOC reduction and the odor reduction an energy density setting for the DBD system significantly higher than that of the plasma injector machine does not lead to more odor reduction by the DBD system A higher energy density does lead to more VOC reduction and its interaction within the complex of particles-VOCs-SVOCs-oxidation-water semi-volatile organic compound) have consequences for the performance Fine dust removal following the production process should be at a higher rate than present to prevent contamination of the DBD machine an injector system does not pollute from fine dust because the injector plasma source is not in contact with the process air VOC clustering into aerosols by ozone and radicals can in theory also bind the odorous VOCs This possible mechanism could in theory mask odorants The water vapor condensation also leads to interactions with VOCs This system of particles-VOCs-oxidation-water can mask or can cause odors and can also mask and cause VOCs Ad hoc solutions have been found for the nuisance caused by condensation of water by adding water conduits and by temperature management of the DBD machine the DBD machine must be kept at a temperature near or above the dewpoint of the exhaust gas of the plant The ideal location of the full-scale DBD machine is therefore in line with the chimney The 20 kW microsecond system in combination with the ozone reactor placed behind the plasma reactor, has been tested for emissions from a hot mix asphalt manufacturing facility and for effectiveness of the rest-ozone reactor. As in Section 4.1 the ozone reactor is the post processing device that employs the rest ozone from the microsecond plasma system The emissions being tested contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) Naphthalene is the major constituent of the PAH We measured total VOC content with a three-channel FID (flame ionization detector) setup Channel 1 measures the VOC content in the flow from the stack of the asphalt plant Channel 2 measures the VOCs after plasma process Channel 3 measures the output gas from the ozone reactor The results are shown in Figure 9 and can be described as follows Time records of the conversion X for the full process (DBD plus Ozone reactor) and for the Ozone reactor alone for two different Asphalt products (A) The process 17/11: We see a conversion larger than 40% under wide spectrum of parameters The post-processing conversion of this device alone is up to 55% (B) The process 18/11: We see a total conversion of up to 59% The post-processing device alone converts up to 40% It turns out that the product 18/11 is more difficult to convert the total conversion X and the share in it by the DBD-reactor increase with energy density E During the time from start and end of a tests we notice a time delay effect between settings of the energy density and the response seen in the conversion In parallel we notice a background conversion that possibly can be attributed to capture of PAH by aerosol formation around mist droplets We should keep in mind these uncertainties in the following summary: At an energy density of 17 Wh/m3 we see a conversion of 69% on total VOC for process 17/11 At an energy density of 56 Wh/m3 we see a conversion of up to 78% On all measurements we see a conversion larger than 40% under wide spectrum of parameters For the process 18/11 we see a total conversion of up to 59% During operation of the microsecond plasma machine we encountered a problem due to water vapor condensation if reactors and piping cool down below the dewpoint temperature of the exhaust gas of the plant a demister should be used in future as a supporting solution For a range of input parameters, the total conversion was measured and documented. We collected 82 data points, for C0, the input concentration, and for the accompanying output concentration CN. The results have been summarized in Figures 5–7 Testing was performed for odors/VOCs from processing manure into fertilizers We applied the 5 kW ns plasma machine A small post processing device was connected the output of the machine It is an activated carbon filter of 0.45 m3 Odor was monitored by a certified laboratory Total VOC content was measured by the Mulitrae-Lite PID (photo-ionization detector) device The tests were done during a 1.5-h (run1) and a 4-h run (run2). The results are summarized in Table 2 Results of tests with the nanosecond system on odor and VOC conversion at a facility that processes manure into fertilizer The tests prove that odor reduction is effective for a manure processing plant by application of a nanosecond plasma machine in combination with a small carbon filter Extrapolating the energy density to the full exhaust flow of 100,000 m3/h of the plant we calculate a power need of 280 kW for the plant This number fits in the range of the other power needs of the plant The nanosecond plasma system was applied at a manure processing facility. The product of the process is compost. We applied the nanosecond cold plasma system (Winands et al., 2006) The VOC samples were collected by Pra-Odournet BV and analyzed by GC-MS Various combinations of conventional processing and cold plasma processing were investigated It turned out that the certified odor measurements only partially reflect the results of the chemical measurements The case acid scrubber nearly off in combination with cold plasma at its high mode (3.2 Wh/m3) has a good performance. These results are summarized in Table 3 Results of tests with the nanosecond system on odor and VOC conversion at a facility that processes manure into compost: The case acid scrubber nearly off in combination with cold plasma at its high mode (3.2 Wh/m3) The case acid scrubber fully on and cold plasma at its medium mode (2 Wh/m3) has a rather mixed performance but the VOC conversion has turned into VOC production Results of tests with the nanosecond system on odor and VOC conversion at a facility that processes manure into compost: The case acid scrubber fully on and cold plasma at its medium mode (2 Wh/m3) In the drive towards industrialization of the pulsed plasma technology two aspects are important: energy efficiency and solid-state technology Both these topics will be addressed in this section where we look towards future implementations of pulsed plasma systems for industrial air cleaning Figure 10. (A) Ozone production efficiency as a function of the applied voltage and rise time in a 50-mm diameter, 1-m long, coaxial pulsed plasma produced by the sub-nanosecond pulse source. (B) Overview of ozone generation yields and concentrations for different experiments done in Eindhoven. The <10 ns results are those performed with the sub-nanosecond pulse source. The other results are those of systems such as shown in, e.g., Figures 1, 2 An overview of results from pulsed corona systems from Eindhoven is shown in Figure 10B. The results show that while the industrial nanosecond system (from Figures 1, 2) performs very well it is outperformed by the sub-nanosecond pulse source the sub-nanosecond pulse source is very much a lab prototype using an oil spark gap the aim is to achieve the results of the sub-nanosecond pulse source but then with a pulsed power system that lends itself for commercialization One such a system would be a solid-state system Figure 11. (A) The 20-kV solid-state IMG. (B) Some example waveforms (van Oorschot and Huiskamp, 2023) In this paper we presented the principle of cold plasma processing The developed apparatus for VOC abatement performed very well. Tests conducted on VOC and odor removal at industrial sites in Netherlands proved that in some cases, up to 99% reduction is achievable. For the PAH Naphthalene, being a hard to convert VOC, a conversion of 75% could be obtained, which is a promising result. 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The school board voted last month to consider dissolving the district over the lack of funding The board also approved myriad budget cuts for next school year including closing an elementary school and cutting all sports School board vice president Mike Zilisch said the group decided to bring the referendum back right away instead of waiting for the spring election in April He said it hopes to prevent families and staff from leaving the district which would further complicate the district’s budget projections “April is getting to that point where students and family are going to start looking at options for the next school year “We felt February was the most prudent (time) to get that through to be able to give people enough time to prepare if District leaders say they have continued to battle misinformation about the budget including some claims that the district does not need the additional funding and But Superintendent Joel Heesch said his district is far from alone in their budget struggles He said almost all of the state’s school districts have gone to referendum to cover increasing operating expenses “I find it hard to believe that 90 percent of the school districts in the state are overspending or misappropriating funds,” Heesch said “I know that that’s not the case So I would like people to be able to take a step back and see the root of the problem is not your local school district it’s the funding formula that we have at the state (level).” Heesch said state lawmakers have acknowledged to him that the state’s funding formula isn’t working But he said there appears to be little interest in fixing the system to help schools keep pace with rising costs Heesch said the district will not be able to get another question on the April ballot He said they will continue to answer the community’s questions and offer public listening sessions ahead of the next vote to try to gain more support Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board Home / Sports / Iowa High School Sports Solon senior will be relied on even more to help round out team scores this season SOLON — Brennan Heesch is not new to the Solon boys’ golf lineup the Solon senior has been a mainstay in it since he joined the program Heesch was part of three straight Class 3A state tournament teams His final campaign will be a little bit different serving as one of the Spartans leaders behind all-state performers Isaiah Zoske and Jack McCarty “There’s more pressure to shoot good scores and I feel like I have shot good scores I like it a lot more than not having expectations Heesch has been an important contributor for those successful Spartan teams and will be relied on even more to help round out team scores this season. He helped Solon open the season Monday with a 151-166 dual victory over host Mount Vernon at Kernoustie Golf Club “He’s been a key cog in our teams over the last few years,” Solon Coach Adam Stahle said “He’s going to be critical for any success that we have this year.” He averaged 38.29 for nine holes last season and carded 80.83 per 18 with a 41.02 combined adjusted average (which combines all competition and factors in course difficulty) Stahle noted that Heesch can get overshadowed by Zoske’s and McCarty’s accolades but he provides stability to the Spartans with his experience Heesch has played in stressful competition during major tournaments and knows how to handle it He leads by example and demonstrates a strong work ethic “He adds that consistency,” Stahle said I know there are a lot of kids that look at him and see what they want to try and get to and emulate his game He’s not going to be the first to lead the charge and say a lot He works extremely hard and dedicates a lot of time to it.” he can usually be found playing at Lake MacBride Golf Course “It is something I do a lot,” Heesch said all I’m pretty much doing is golfing It (time) depends on how busy the course is The biggest emphasis in the offseason was his mental game Heesch possesses confidence in his ability thanks to good rounds posted during the summer and in last season’s sectional and district meets He said he knows that he can post low scores and it is a matter of doing it during the varsity season “It’s all about believing in yourself and having trust in yourself,” Heesch said “A lot of (mental focus) is on the course It’s forgetting about the last shot and focusing on the next.” Heesch set his sights on a specific goal this year He wants to add all-Wamac Conference honors to his resume and is determined to earn multiple medals — team and individual — in all three postseason meets A feat he managed in sectional and district competition as a junior the goal is a state championship,” Heesch said “I think we lost a few people but we definitely have enough good people to get there and win.” The Spartans have about 65 golfers out at all levels Solon played well and still identified things to improve preparing for a tough schedule in a stacked Wamac that had three state-qualifying teams a year ago “They were able to put up pretty good scores,” said Stahle adding the Wamac could have three to four teams at state this year We lost three seniors that were on the team that played a lot of golf The thing that is really cool behind it is we have a lot of kids who patiently waited their time For them to get out there — varsity and JV overall — to play like we thought they were able was very encouraging to see.” Prep Sports & Hawkeye Wrestling Reporter. Get the Sports Newsletter The Gazette has been informing Iowans with in-depth local news coverage and insightful analysis for over 140 years independent journalism with a subscription today © 2025 The Gazette | All Rights Reserved Wes will be deeply missed by his seven children TX; fifteen grandchildren; twenty-six great grandchildren;  one great-great grandchild; numerous nieces and nephews; sister-in-law I will miss wes,,I saved all my soda cans for him he would walk by with JD and collect them a couple times a week wes was a very sweet man with a heart of gold..to wes’ family may you keep him in your heart and he will be with you for ever,,as a lot of us will do,,,May you Rest In Peace Wes with JD and website in this browser for the next time I comment Metrics details Overexpression of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) on the vasculature of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) presents a promising avenue for targeted endogenous radiotherapy with [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T This study aimed to assess and compare the therapeutic efficacy of a single dose with a fractionated dose of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T in an orthotopic model of TNBC Rj:NMRI-Foxn1nu/nu mice were used as recipients of MDA-MB-231 xenografts The single dose group was treated with 1 × 60 ± 5 MBq dose of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T while the fractionated dose group received 4 × a 15 ± 2 MBq dose of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T at 7 day intervals Tumor progression was monitored using [18F]FDG-PET/CT Ex vivo analysis encompassed immunostaining Tumor volumes were significantly smaller in the single dose (p < 0.001) and fractionated dose (p < 0.001) groups Tumor growth inhibition rates were 38% (single dose) and 30% (fractionated dose) Median survival was notably prolonged in the treated groups compared to the control groups (31d [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T decreased the size of viable tumor areas that [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T binds specifically to the tumor-associated vasculature This study highlights the potential of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T for endogenous radiotherapy of TNBC [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T was produced by a GMP approved clinical routine procedure primarily used for patient care a cassette synthesizer type GRP 3 V (Scintomics Germany) dedicated to the radionuclide (SC-05 for 177Lu using acetate buffer during labeling) Germany) was transferred to the reactor containing precursor PSMA-I&T and acetate buffer the solution was quenched by a saline solution containing DTPA Radiochemical purities and yields were > 95% (measured with radio-HPLC) France) was purchased with a volume activity of 600 MBq/mL at the time of calibration Germany) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and 1% penicillin/streptomycin (Pan Biotech Cells were tested biweekly for mycoplasma contamination France) at 6–8 weeks of age were used for orthotopic TNBC xenograft implantation Animals were housed at 20–24 °C in a 12 h daylight cycle and given at least 7 days for acclimatization before the start of the experiment 5 × 106 MDA-MB-231 were resuspended in a 10 µL culture media/10 µL matrigel mixture (Corning Mice were inoculated in the mammary fat pad on the right flank Tumor growth was monitored daily using caliper measurements Tumor volume was calculated daily according to the following formula assuming an ellipsoid shape: In addition to the daily caliper measurements image analysis of [18F]FDG-PET/CT based tumor volumes was blinded to avoid bias Animals were finalized upon reaching a humane endpoint for the therapy study (i.e. 15 mm tumor diameter or 1500 mm3 tumor volume 6 mice were not considered for the quantification due to reaching an unusual early end point (tumor diameter 15 mm Animals were randomly distributed into 3 groups: Control (n = 6) [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T single dose (60 MBq) (n = 7) or fractionated dose (4 × 15 MBq) (n = 5) Randomization was done based on equivalent distribution of tumor volumes Under 1.5–2.5% isoflurane in medical grade compressed air at 0.8 L/min the lateral tail vein was injected with [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T (single dose: 60 ± 5 MBq once fractionated dose: 15 ± 2 MBq every 7 days for 4 weeks) diluted with 0.9% NaCl to a total volume of 50 µL The administered dose was calculated by subtraction of decay-corrected syringe activity post-injection from pre-injection activity Initially the animals received an intraperitoneal injection with 10 MBq of [18F]FDG diluted with 0.9% NaCl to a total volume of 100 µL; 30 min later each animal was placed on the scanner bed and the CT scan was initiated under 1.5–2.5% isoflurane in medical grade compressed air at 0.8 L/min All mice were imaged with a small animal PET/SPECT/CT system (Tri-umph®II however only the PET and CT modalities were used for this study The exposure settings used were as follows: 130 uA and 360° rotation with 512 views; the duration of the CT scans was ~ 5 min A dynamic 30 min PET scan was initiated at the end of the CT scan The CT had an axial field of view of 91.1 mm and a PET of 112 mm the isoflurane concentration was adapted to achieve a respiratory rate between 75 and 50 breaths per minute where μw is the linear attenuation coefficient of the water and μt is the linear attenuation coefficient of the tissue The PET data were reconstructed using a 3D ordered-subset expectation maximization (i.e. OSEM-3D with three iterations and eight subsets) with a maximum a posteriori probability algorithm (30 iterations) into a 240 × 240 × 192 image matrix (resulting in final voxel dimensions of 0.25 × 0.25 × 0.597 mm) and CT scatter correction were applied to all PET reconstructions The PET images were automatically aligned to the CT using a custom-made transformation in PMOD software package from a capillary phantom To exclude the bed and other objects from the CT image an automatic isocontour detection around the mouse using -500 HU as a minimal threshold on the coronal view was used The newly created images were used to show exemplary CT by capturing with a window from − 1000 to + 1000 HU PET images were captured using a window from 0 to 2.6 SUVbw the images co-registered PET/CT scans were used small intestine) were fixed with 4% PFA overnight at 4 °C the organs were kept for 2–3 days at 4 °C in 30% sucrose Cryosections (6 μm) of tumor and organs were made using a cryostat (Leica The TUNEL staining procedure was carried out with the in situ cell death detection kit accordingly to the manufacturer’s instructions (Roche Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI and slides were mounted in mowiol permeabilized for 5 min with 0.1% triton/PBS and blocked for 90 min with 5% goat serum at room temperature Samples were incubated overnight at 4 °C with primary mouse α-PSMA (Abcam sections were incubated with goat α-mouse Alexa Fluor 488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific 1:1000) and goat α-rabbit Alexa Fluor 555 (Cell Signaling 1:1000) antibodies for 1 h at room temperature Germany) staining was applied for 3 min and the cells were mounted with mowiol Images were acquired with an Imager Z.1 microscope (Zeiss All following steps were performed at room temperature Sections were immersed with PBS and rinsed with running water followed by incubation in Haematoxylin (10 min) Sections were rinsed again with running water and subsequently incubated in Eosin (1 min) followed by washing twice with running water for 5 min xylol: 1 and 10 min) were performed and tissues were mounted in pertex (Medite After the complete decay of injected 177Lu tumor cryosections were washed 3 × with PBS and were incubated with 2 MBq [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T per tissue for 4 h at room temperature the slides were coated with NTB solution (Kodak USA/NY) and incubated at − 20 °C in the dark After 6 days the slides were equilibrated for 30 min at room temperature and incubated in developer (Tetenal and destilled water (10 min) and stained with H&E Tumor cryosections were washed with PBS and incubated with 2 MBq [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T per tissue for 4 h at RT sections were exposed on plates (Fuji Film BAS-IP SR 2025 Germany) for 24 h at room temperature and scanned using the Typhoon FLA 7000 (GE Healthcare USA/IL) to obtain an image of the [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T distribution All statistical analyses were performed using the Graph-Pad Prism software (Version 8) Kaplan–Meier survival curve was analyzed with the log-rank test Comparison of mean values was analyzed with ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc correction after testing for normal distribution A Schematic therapy regime of single dose (pink) and fractionated dose (violet) of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T Tumor growth was monitored weekly via [18F]FDG-PET/CT (blue arrows) single dose (pink) and fractionated dose therapy (violet) animals (n ≥ 5); ** p = 0.002 C Waterfall plot analysis of tumor volumes on the day of finalization Volumetric differences were significant for the single dose (** p = 0.003) and fractionated dose (** p = 0.001) treated animals when compared to the control group A Tumor growth analysis comparing the time period (in days) until reaching 200% of the initial tumor volume (TV) in control and therapy receiving groups (n ≥ 5); ** p = 0.008) B Kaplan–Meier survival of single dose and fractionated dose group compared to the control Representative PET/CT images of [18F]FDG distribution 30 min post injection in control (A–D) and fractionated dose (I–L) group before (− 1d) and 6 or 27 d after therapy Colored images represent PET/CT images with a SUVmax of 2.6 and HU range from − 1000 to 1000 Black and white images represent PET with a SUVmax of 2.6 TUNEL staining (green) of tumor and organs of control (A Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (blue) The staining solution without enzyme served as negative control (S–U) Microscopic evaluation of HIF1α (red) expression in tumor tissue from control (A The black box inside the schematic tumor tissue illustrates the location of interest Evaluation of PSMA expression in TNBC tumors using [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T AURA (A–C; zoom-in: D–F) with corresponding H&E staining (G–I); and [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T mAURA (J–L) with corresponding PSMA/CD31 immunofluorescence staining analysis (M–R) despite the fact that the necrotic core contributes to the overall tumor volume the vital tumor tissue (indicated by [18F]FDG uptake) decreased under treatment with [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T The corresponding H&E images further demonstrate that the tumor tissue of the treated groups contains less viable regions compared to the control group assuming that [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T efficiently decreased the blood supply and thus the overall cell viability Further we could prove the presence of PSMA on the tumor-associated blood vessels via mAURA and immunostaining verifying the expectation that the tumor growth inhibition is a direct consequence to the irradiation of the tumor-associated vasculature These radiation effects might contribute to the therapeutic potential of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T Considering the predominant PSMA expression on the vasculature [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T destroys the tumor-associated endothelial cells and therefore stops or decreases the blood supply to the tumor The prognosis of patients diagnosed with TNBC is poor and due to the lack of therapeutic options targeted strategies are urgently searched for this is the first in vivo evaluation of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T therapy in TNBC mice comparing a single dose and a fractionated dose approach It is clearly demonstrated that [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T inhibits tumor growth and improves survival [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T accumulates in the blood vessels and thus acts as an anti-angiogenic radio therapeutics Further studies need to address the dosimetric aspect to improve the therapeutic effect of the fractionated dose it would be interesting to test if a combination of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T and chemotherapy could enhance the tumor growth inhibiting effect We are aware that experiments regarding biodistribution and toxicity are not included in this study [117Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T is a very common and frequently used radiotracer therefore the biodistribution and 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Furthermore he has an interventional research contract with CURIUM All animal experiments were approved by a German competent authority (Landesamt für Natur Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen) for compliance with the Animal Protection Act in conjunction with the regulation for the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-024-01787-9 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article 1995 in Sioux Falls to Arlen and Betsy (Teerink) Heesch She was raised and attended school there and graduated from Washington High School in 2014 She attended college in Minneapolis at the Minnesota Art Institute Ashley was a free spirit that was learning who she was and blossoming beautifully She loved her truck and spent hours driving around and listening to music in it Ashley also liked “Anime” and “Monga” and watched many movies and read books involving the Japanese art Her friends were very important to her as well and hangin’ at Fryin’ Pan was one of her “things.” She will be deeply missed by everyone who knew her Ashley was greeted in Heaven by her one sibling a go fund me account has been established @ http://www.gofund.me/ashleyheesch Our deepest sympathy to you as you go though this tough time I know that Grandpa Jesse was waiting for you to wrap his arms around you…life will never be the same without the two of you…you both taught us what unconditional love was all about…you shared your quick wit and humor to brighten our days…your laughter and shared moments were a joy to behold…I will always hold those moments close to my heart May the God of all comfort give you the strength to endure the pain in your hearts at this time Keep the hope alive of being together again in the near future Please extend our deepest sympathies to your family We were fortunate to know the Bears chefs when we lived in Hartford and always look forward to your welcoming smile at McDonalds My heart goes out to everybody who has lost this beautiful light in their lives far too early I loved going to work to see your hugh smile when you walked thru the door I also loved the after work trips to fry’n pan breakfasts May you RIP and god be with you on your next resting place in HEAVEN will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday Cards may be sent to them at 1322 Eighth Ave Their family includes Jayson and Amy Heesch They have 12 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter Janet Malloy and Jerry Heesch were married April 22 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Fort Dodge LLC | https://www.messengernews.net | 713 Central Ave. Pella Regional Health Center has named Chris Heesch to the role of Director of Clinic Services This position is responsible for the direction and coordination of Pella Regional’s medical clinics in Pella Heesch was most recently employed at Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing He provided leadership and management to all aspects of clinic operations including Family Medicine His previous experience includes working as a Registered Nurse at Sandford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Douglas Perry | The Oregonian/OregonLiveThe bombings started near Mount Hood in the early fall of 1974 The huge explosions made the ground jump even miles away -- and caused three Bonneville Power Administration transmission towers to topple sending three additional massive towers crashing to earth but the big bangs spread fear through the region the Bonneville Power Administration released a letter from “J (Reorganized Veterans of Viet Nam).” The letter demanded $1 million had “the men and equipment to keep as many towers down as is necessary to force compliance with our demands.” One letter stated that they would cause an enduring blackout in Portland and set fire to the Bull Run watershed if authorities attempted to capture the men the group planned to send to pick up the ransom The letter called the bombings so far a “demonstration project.” was not a criminal organization but simply “demanding just compensation from the government.” This was an era of politically motivated bombings in the U.S There were more than 2,500 of them during an 18-month period in 1971-72 Hawker -- the pseudonym was a nod to the Jayhawkers the determined anti-slavery guerrillas in Kansas and Missouri during the Civil War period -- sent off another “impeccably typed” letter on Tuesday stated that the group was temporarily suspending the threat against the “U.S Government” because of poor weather conditions landing in the mailbox of a Portland teacher Postal Service wasn’t getting the job done Hawker began communicating with the FBI through citizen’s band (CB) radio The bomber used a duck call and Morse code to maintain anonymity but it ultimately proved to be the “BPA Bomber’s” undoing Forty-five years ago this month, FBI agents used mobile “direction finders” to zero in on the CB radio signal 34-year-old Beavercreek truckdriver David W When Sheila turned around in her seat and noticed an official-looking car carrying official-looking men right behind them The agents pulled over the car and searched it finding a CB radio and a duck call that the agents determined “sounded like the transmissions we had been receiving.” FBI agent-in-charge Julius L. Mattson added in a statement to the press: “We also found in Mrs Heech’s purse a 22‐caliber derringer pistol David Heesch immediately confessed to the bombings and he admitted his actions had nothing to do with revolutionary politics He explained he had recently lost his long-haul driving job and was desperate David was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison He would spend nearly five years behind bars before being paroled ended up serving 11 months in prison after originally receiving a 10-year sentence The couple remained married -- and very much in love David, who became a TriMet bus driver after serving his time, died in 2006. Eight years later, Sheila told Sandy Post columnist Paul Keller that she and their children still missed him “very much.” And she expressed admiration for her husband including his ability to teach himself how to handle explosives for that long-ago criminal sojourn “He knew what he was doing with that dynamite,” she said “He knew which direction he wanted those towers to fall -- and they did.” “David thought that if he could get that money he would be able to spend more time with his kids,” she said of the $1 million ransom demand Sheila told Keller that she and her husband had been very “young” when they tried to pull off their audacious extortion plot and that their criminal actions were an aberration She claimed the reason both she and her husband had their sentences cut was because judges recognized the kind of people they really were “We certainly weren’t terrorists,” she said @douglasmperry Visit subscription.oregonlive.com/newsletters to get Oregonian/OregonLive journalism delivered to your email inbox Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. 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This course has the look and feel of an adult basic education course for English Language Learners This class is not provided at a school; it is in a conference room And these learners are learning occupational English skills to help them perform their jobs successfully at GNP Co.'s chicken processing facility in Cold Spring "This is about engaging people," said Janelle Heesch GNP human resource manager at the Cold Spring facility "It's an awesome opportunity to learn English and to help our employees better themselves here." GNP's ELL course can be traced back to 2002 the program was not as definitively organized until 2006 has been working to provide limited English speakers the chance to improve their language skills to help them with both their workplace and social interactions The class is open to all non-English speakers "We have the biggest participation from our Somali employees It just depends on who is looking for the opportunity." The GNP ELL program is a 16-week course on paid time that meets every Tuesday and Thursday in the midst of the company's shift change "The team members either come into work an hour early or stay an hour late in order to be in this class," Heesch said The company has made arrangements with other employees to fill the gaps while students are in class Each employee interested in participating in the voluntary program has to complete the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems test prior to being enrolled "It's a standardized adult basic skills test," Scott Wallner assistant director of community education at St Wallner said between 50 and 60 employees sign up each semester to take the test About 22 students will be selected to enroll in the GNP ELL course "Basic test scores have a lot to do with (the selection process)," Heesch said Those who already have some English skills are more likely to be selected Heesch said selection is also heavily influenced by the length of time the employee has been with the company (students typically have worked between 90 days and six months) and whether the employee is in good standing with the company on issues such as as attendance students work together with an instructor to master some of the basic materials and given personal instruction and group activities A lot of the work focuses on discussion with peers and completing worksheets But the GNP ELL program is primarily focused on helping employees improve their occupational English skills including skills needed on the production floor "Some of the basic pieces are that we help with forms such as internal promotions and open enrollment (for insurance)," Heesch said Wallner said the course also helps teach employees how to communicate with their supervisors and ask questions about their pay stubs "We try whenever possible to use nonsensitive GNP memos and incorporate them into our lesson," Wallner said Students also will have quality assurance lessons where once or twice a semester processed birds will be brought into the classroom and students will have to identify if certain birds are acceptable to be sent out to consumers "It's all really relevant to their work life at Gold'n Plump," Wallner said "One of the things about adult basic education is there needs to be enough students to generate enough hours to make it worthwhile," Wallner said this program has generated enough hours to sustain itself." Overwhelming demand led GNP to convert its ELL course into a two-semester The semesters are broken down by level of proficiency with one semester geared toward beginners and another for intermediate and advanced learners "The retention rate is very high," Wallner said "Which is not always the case in a voluntary program." GNP executives and even local lawmakers are invited to a small graduation ceremony at the end of each semester Students are required to take a post-program CASAS test to determine if advancements have been made in their English comprehension Wallner said most students see an eight- to 12-point jump qualifying them to to move up at least one level on the English proficiency portion of the assessment Heesch said the biggest success of the program has come in the employee attitudes and confidence "We see our employees are more comfortable to step up Heesch said about 25 percent of graduates of the GNP ELL course have been promoted within the company "We can't speak specifically to the link," Lexann Reischl "But we are seeing improved work performance and engagement we are creating a better work experience and they are more involved." Reischl said GNP covers costs of materials and invests about 5,000 labor hours annually in the ELL program Instructors are compensated through the company's partners But the monetary investment made by GNP is an investment both Reischl and Heesch said has been worth it "We truly believe in our people and want to give them the opportunity to grow in their career paths," Heesch said Reischl said the program's success  is partially due to the investment GNP has committed to providing career development opportunities we are hiring with the long term in mind," she said "We enter into relationships with our employees Our mindset is that we are entering a relationship And we will invest more in the long term for the advancement and development of our team members." The other reason for success is the positive engagement between team members "We are so excited that all of the people (who go through this program) are excited and proud of what they have accomplished," Reischl said Follow Vicki Ikeogu on Twitter @VickiSCTimes or call her at 259-3662 If you or someone you know is doing something innovative, creative or unique in Central Minnesota business, let us know and it could be featured here. Call Times reporter Vicki Ikeogu at 320-259-3662 or email vikeogu@stcloudtimes.com and let us know your Bright Idea What does an occupational English Language Learner program look like? Times reporter Vicki Ikeogu had the opportunity to observe one of GNP Co.'s ELL courses and has your behind-the-scenes look how GNP is working to improve the language skills of its employees. Check out www.sctimes.com for the video .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Brendan KirbyMOBILE, Alabama – A local doctor who accuses his former employer of firing him for exposing fraud will get his day in court Dr. Christian Heesch, a cardiologist who worked for Diagnostic Physicians Group before his termination in 2011, recently won $4.41 million in a whistleblower suit against the medical practice and a pair of health clinics affiliated with the hospital company He has a separate claim against Diagnostic Medical Group alleging retaliation for his firing District Judge Kristi DuBose to rule in its favor without a trial arguing that Heesch had failed to demonstrate the necessary elements of a retaliation claim But DuBose ruled this week that those are issues for a jury to decide there are credibility and factual determinations that must be made by a jury as to why DPG terminated" Heesch Heesch filed a lawsuit in 2011 under a provision of federal law that allows private citizens to pursue fraud claims on behalf of the federal government and then share in the proceeds of any monetary damages He alleged that the financial compensation of doctors in the practice violated anti-kickback provision of the Stark Law which is designed to prevent excess payments from Medicare Medicaid and other government health programs Heesch maintained that doctors improperly received bonuses based on the number of tests and procedures that they referred to Infirmary Health's clinics The federal government took over the suit last year and negotiated a settlement last month in which the defendants agreed to pay $24.5 million Diagnostic Physicians Group asked Heesch to resign on July 11 a month after he requested extensive records form the firm concerning Medicare payments The board voted to terminate him on July 25 of that year and notified him two days later Diagnostic Physicians Group lawyers argued that the practice did not know that Heesch was investigating fraud until December 2011 when it received a subpoena from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General The lawyers also argued that the practice terminated Heesch because he was difficult to work with But DuBose wrote that Diagnostic Physicians Group was on notice when Heesch hired a lawyer and began requesting documents she wrote; it is sufficient that he complained directly to supervisors (Heesch's) counsel and forensic analysis asked specifically for information on Medicare and Medicaid payments and the billing and collection amounts on professional services separated by group member," she wrote As to defense arguments that it had a valid reason to fire Heesch the judge wrote that the law requires only that the plaintiff establish that his investigation of the company's financial practices was not unrelated to his dismissal there is sufficient evidence to clear the low bar set for establishing this element," DuBose wrote "Only two weeks passed between (Heesch's) July 13 letter expressly citing Stark violations and DPG terminating his employment." DuBose wrote that "a reasonable jury could infer that retaliation was also a motivating factor in (Heesch's) termination The Court finds particularly significant the timing of (his) termination; five weeks after (his) counsel requested information regarding payments covered by the Stark law and one week after (he) wrote a letter stating (his) belief that DPG was violating the Stark law." DuBose's decision paints a picture of a rocky relationship between Heesch and his bosses The Stark law allegations were not the first time he had butted heads with his superiors he often submitted written complaints about work-related issues he sent a 12-page latter t the Infirmary chief of staff expressing concerns about the catheterization laboratory he objected in writing after the Diagnostic Physicians Group board asked cardiologists from the Heart Group to join the practice he documented complaints regarding call coverage he wrote about his frustration with an insurance company faxing confidential papers to a receptionist in the office "The record plainly shows (Heesch) did not shy away from making his complaints known," DuBose wrote Heesch's peers acknowledged that he provided quality care but made it clear he was difficult to work with at times Colleagues sent two separate letters to the board in 2010 complaining about their working relationship with him Heesch returned to the office several times to retrieve personal belongings he secretly recorded conversations with his former co-workers Attorneys for both sides quoted excerpts from those conversations to bolster their legal arguments Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. 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There’s one picture and he was working outside on a house painting it and we asked him to come to the shoot and we ended up talking a lot what do you do in your spare time?I do ballet I go surfing because I live on the Baltic Sea I started that when I was 9 and I go with my brother and it’s not far away from where I live Normally I don’t like classical music that much songs you can dance to.Do you keep a specific diet?My family and me always — organic foods and a lot of vegetables And I think it’s important to drink a lot of water Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York Michael Heesch grew up in suburban Chicago and dreamed of one day pitching at Wrigley Field when the University of South Carolina Beaufort left-hander was invited to participate in a pre-draft workout for the Chicago Cubs last weekend Now Heesch begins the quest of making the dream come again as the Cubs selected him in the eighth round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday Heesch tried to keep his mind off the draft as much as possible Tuesday but knowing the Cubs had every intention of selecting him he couldn't pull himself away from the MLB.com coverage for long "I knew the Cubs were going to try to take me I was waiting for their phone call," Heesch said When the call came - a bit earlier than expected - Heesch left the room to take it saw his son's name flash across the screen Heesch was on his way to Wrigley Field to meet with representatives from the organization including president of baseball operations Theo Epstein for a physical and extended spring training in a week but it's the first draft for Theo Epstein with the Cubs," Heesch said "It's an unbelievable privilege to be drafted and to be thought of so highly by the guy who broke the curse of the Bambino." The news that he will get the chance to pitch at the next level - and for his favorite team no less - comes on the heels of a remarkable senior season at USCB Heesch went 9-3 with a 2.21 ERA and a school-record 118 strikeouts to earn Sun Conference Pitcher of the Year honors and help the Sand Sharks win a school-record 41 games and advance to the Avista-NAIA World Series for the first time In two seasons after transferring from Illinois-Chicago Heesch compiled a 14-8 record and a 2.81 ERA in 34 games (30 starts) He struck out 196 and walked 34 in 198 2/3 innings he was named a second-team NAIA All-American - the first USCB player to earn All-America status - and on Tuesday All that good news didn't happen by accident "He's as hard of a worker as I've been around," said USCB coach Bryan Lewallyn is the Cubs' minor league pitching coordinator and he's done everything that was asked of him and more He has turned himself into the guy that he is." The guy he has become is an intimidating lefty - he stands at 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds - with a fastball that sits around 90 mph and gets to 93 or 94 when needed an effective slider and a developing changeup as evidenced by his 9-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio this season and he was durable enough to pitch 122 1/3 innings this year with five complete games That endurance indicates Heesch could project as a starter especially if he can develop better command of his changeup "The other thing he has going for him is he doesn't think he has to throw 95 or 96 to get people out," Lewallyn said "He has a good feel for pitching and holding runners and that sort of thing and he understands that he can pitch at 88 to 90 and get guys out and then when he needs to he can run one up to 93 or 94." Heesch is the second USCB player to be drafted Price was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 30th round of last year's draft He went 3-2 with a 4.96 ERA in 15 games (11 starts) for the Missoula Osprey in rookie ball last season and is currently in extended spring training at the Diamondbacks' training facility in Scottsdale Jeff and Kelly Heesch of Watertown announce the engagement of their son Steven Charles Heesch to Averi Louise Schmidt daughter of Dan and Michelle Schmidt of Bismarck The bride-to-be graduated from Bismarck High School and N.D State University/Valley City State University She is employed with Bismarck Public Schools Her fiancé graduated from Watertown High School and S.D 5 wedding in the Legacy United Methodist Church at Bismarck 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 iForward high school junior Reni Van Heesch was disappointed she and her peers never got to give their school presentation about Black historical figures and ways to celebrate the month and Van Heesch joined other students whose efforts to honor the month were resisted by administrators and public officials in Wisconsin “We spent the whole week trying to get it ready,” Van Heesch As student council president, Van Heesch and other student council members wanted to give a 10-minute virtual presentation to high school homerooms using Google Classroom.  iForward is a growing virtual charter school that’s part of the Grantsburg School District but serves students across the state. Last school year, there were 695 students enrolled in grades 6-12. In October, the school expanded to include kindergarten through 5th grade said in an interview that she wanted the student council to focus on planning more social activities like virtual game nights and movie nights.  what about doing something about Black History Month,’ I said ‘Black History Month is very important but we have an African American history class and we have it infused in our curriculum My concern is we really need you to do that important job of having events planned that bring kids together and promote friendships,’” Quade said.  Quade also contended there would be an equity issue if the school allowed for a program about Black History Month while not doing anything special for months that celebrate other ethnicities and communities.  don’t have space in their schedules for the optional African American history class She thought the presentation would be a helpful supplement.  can’t we do a presentation on it?” Van Heesch said.  Other students around the country who pushed for recognition this February also faced opposition. Such incidents come up annually, said Jalaya Liles Dunn, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Learning for Justice project that provides resources for educators unfortunately," Liles Dunn said. "It is arising and coming up more and more particularly in February but throughout the year."  Just in the Milwaukee metropolitan area, a resolution drafted by five high school students to recognize the month was blocked by the Common Council, which instead passed a more “positive” proclamation written by the mayor.  In New Berlin, where students and parents signed a petition asking for more curriculum on Black history, a school board member said he disagreed with the concept of Black History Month.  Liles Dunn said the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and recent protests around the country have activated more students who have turned the racial justice lens on their own schools.  "Young people had a chance to see a modern movement and it reminded them they have power and they can use it," Liles Dunn said "I’m proud of the young people for standing up for themselves and using their voice but I’m also disappointed sometimes in the schools." The presentation also included suggestions for celebrating the month such as reading a book by a Black author or registering to vote.  youth organizer for the ACLU of Wisconsin who reviewed the students’ draft slides at the request of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said the presentation would have been a fruitful learning opportunity.  "A student-led assembly addressing a real-world issue is a powerful authentic learning opportunity something that schools implementing best practice ought to encourage rather than shut down,” Owens-Wilson said.  Contact Rory Linnane at rory.linnane@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @RoryLinnane.  Esther who is represented by Next Models wears for the cover top and trousers 3.1 Phillip Lim gloves Carolina Amato and earrings Bjorg PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY HERE DSCENE is curated as a daily art, design, fashion & lifestyle destination. 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Griselle is active in the community and was a leader for the Blair School PTO faces one count of first-degree attempted homicide domestic abuse and use of a dangerous weapon carrying a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison according to a criminal complaint filed May 7 in Waukesha County Circuit Court Van Heesch can only hope the family can pull together "I hope that Griselle and her family will be able to move on from this and build an even stronger A way to helpDonations for Griselle Cruz and family can be dropped off at any Waukesha State Bank location or mailed using this address: whistleblower will receive $4.41 million from settlement .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Brendan KirbyMOBILE, Alabama – Infirmary Health and three other defendants have agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a federal fraud lawsuit, and a doctor who blew the whistle will reap millions according to a settlement announced Monday Attorneys indicated they would file the settlement paperwork by Saturday. The Justice Department outlined terms of the agreement in a news release. The federal government picked up the lawsuit from Dr who had filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that the company was improperly paying incentives to induce doctors to order tests reimbursed by Medicare and other federal health programs "Financial arrangements that compensate physicians for referrals encourage physicians to make decisions based on financial gain rather than patients' needs," Assistant Attorney General Stuart Delery said in a prepared statement "The Department of Justice is committed to preventing illegal financial relationships that undermine the integrity of our public health programs." The agreement settles claims against Infirmary Health a pair of affiliated clinics and Diagnostic Physicians Group Infirmary Health CEO Mark Nix noted that the company the largest private health care provider in Southwest Alabama admitted no wrongdoing as part of the settlement He added that patient care never was an issue nurses and employees work to provide the highest quality of care to the 800,000 patients we treat each year," he said in a statement "This agreement to settle these claims represents our strong desire to move past litigation about what has been a very complex issue and allow us to end this distraction so that we can focus on our mission and purpose as a community healthcare provider." Nix noted that claims made by the government and Heesch against Infirmary Health and Infirmary Medical Clinics had been dismissed earlier this year The settlement resolves claims against the affiliates and removes the possibility that the government could appeal the judge's earlier dismissal "This settlement will allow us to avoid additional expenses of defense and the distractions associated with litigation," Nix said in the statement "Our intent has always been to comply with the very complex and extremely technical Stark Law This complaint resulted from what has been a disagreement with the government over our interpretation of the law as written." formally called the Physician Self-Referral Act places limits on referrals of Medicaid and Medicare patients It is intended to ensure that a doctor's medical judgment is not tainted by improper financial incentives The government's civil complaint alleged that the two Infirmary Health-affiliated clinics IMC-Diagnostic and Medical Clinic in Mobile had agreements with Diagnostic Physicians Group to pay doctors a percentage of Medicare payments for tests and procedures referred by the group's doctors Authorities contended that amounted to a violation of the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute Also named in the lawsuit was Infirmary Medical Clinics an affiliate of Infirmary Health that directly owns and operates the two clinics named in the suit and about 28 other practices in the Mobile area Infirmary Medical Clinics purchased Diagnostic and Medical Clinic from Diagnostic Physicians Group in 1988 and agreed to pay the group a share of the revenues the clinics collected including Medicare payment from diagnostic imaging and laboratory tests After Infirmary Medical Clinics acquired the IMC-Northside Clinic in 2008 the physicians practicing there joined Diagnostic Physicians Group and agreed to the same key terms as the earlier agreement with Diagnostic and Medical Clinic The government alleged that these payments were illegal kickbacks and that in June 2010 an attorney for Diagnostic Physicians Group warned employees of both medical practices that the compensation likely violated the law The allegations first came to light in a lawsuit filed by Heesch a cardiologist who had been employed by Diagnostic Physicians Group Heesch sued under a provision of the False Claims Act that allows private citizens to act on behalf of the government and share in recovery Heesch's complaint described a complicated financial relationship between the doctors and Infirmary Health It listed $521.6 million in payments from government health insurance programs from 2004 through 2010 to affiliated doctors The suit also alleged that doctors' pay was tied to referrals and that they received more than $18.6 million in bonuses during the time period The Justice Department said Monday that Heesch will receive $4.41 million as part of the settlement "Today's settlement represents a single but significant step towards achieving integrity in the administration of public health programs in this region," Mobile-based U.S Attorney Kenyen Brown said in a prepared statement physician groups and other medical entities operating illegally within public health programs will be held accountable who helped bring this particular case to light." The defendants agreed to sign a "corporate integrity agreement" as part of the settlement The agreement with the inspector general of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services requires the defendants to enact internal compliance reforms and submit federal health care program claims for independent review for the next five years "Patients must know that medical advice is based on best practices not on their provider's bottom line," Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Derrick L "We are pleased these allegations are resolved and will continue to work with the U.S Department of Justice to investigate and pursue illegal the government has recovered more than $20.2 billion through False Claims Act cases since January 2009 with more than $14 billion of that amount coming in cases involving fraud against federal health care programs Models' subtle hair styles are courtesy of hair stylist Mark Hampton and makeup by makeup artist Kirstin Piggott Find more of the men's campaign on our Male Model Scene We’re always looking for new people who can broaden our scope and expertise