Accreditation recognizes a museum's commitment to excellence and the high professional standards of operation. This excellence is achieved through an ongoing process of learning and improvement.

A lot of boards have chosen to discontinue them totally. Our members decided to continue with the program, however change the name. It's just to get away from the image that the public feels that recipients of the Million Dollar Club are millionaires.

We are very, very pleased the jury was able to see through this insanity defense, ... It was a stack of excuses.

It has been proven to safely eliminate or reduce many of the normal discomforts of pregnancy.

It's like somehow you stand out, over and above others, who don't have that recognition.

We hope to have about 100 people sleeping out. We're asking for community leaders to participate.

Through a program with Community Support services, they place around 50 homeless into apartments every year. Shesler Hall houses about 40 per year and Henry Hall just opened. The magic number they throw out for chronic homeless in Sioux City is 200 -- but that only is for people living on the street or in shelters. That doesn't count people doubling up.

On behalf of the board of trustees, staff and volunteers, it is my great pleasure to announce the award of accreditation.

If it's from his district, he looks at it.