Jacob's Juice

Stuart Scott is fighting a rare form of cancer. He was awarded the Jimmy V award at the ESPYs which signifies a deserving member of the sporting world who has overcome great obstacles through perseverance and determination.

In Scott’s speech he mentioned the struggles that he was going through and the people that were there by his side the whole way. He told us to “live, live, and fight like hell”. He also spoke about the purpose and the reasons he is the way he is. “It’s how you live and why you live. What you live for.”

His daughter came up on stage and gave him a hug. Signifying his words, “This is not a solo fight”.

Stuart Scott is an inspiration to us all. To continue on and make sure we care for the ones that are closest to us.

Tesla made $3.3 billion in their third quarter while selling fewer cars.

Today, Tesla announced that they had made more money than predicted in Q3. It reported revenue of $21.5 billion, up from $13.8 billion.

Tesla sold about 20,000 fewer cars than it made in the third quarter and wait times for its vehicles have been falling.

This may be a cause of interest rates and the increase of vehicle prices.

Would you buy a Tesla if it meant you saved money on gas???

Baseball might be eliminating one of their most used bats.

Ash bats, are a lighter and popular type of bat because they allow for more backspin on the baseball creating a greater result. There is currently maple, ash, hickory, and birch. Maple has now surpassed ash as the most used bat in baseball. This comes from popularity and the feeling hitters get from using the bat.

The issue that has risen for ash bats is not the demand of hickory. It is the trees that the wood comes from. Ash trees are dying at a faster pace. This is due to natural causes within the eniorment, however, emerald ash borers, an insect that is destroying the insides of ash trees. The result of this, bats with holes in them. Now thats, illegal in baseball.

Louisville slugger, the biggest Bat manufacturer in the U.S, has been trying to combat these insects. New Jersey hopes to combat the emerald ash borers by releasing parasitoid wasps to feed on the ash borer’s larvae.

Ash bats will still be around for a while. There are plenty of trees left, but bat companies are preparing to transition too other sources of wood becuase of the scarcity rising.

This past year the Explorers put one hundred thousand dollars into the field. That included new speakers, new grass, new dirt, and better dugouts. These were huge upgrades for the field from what they had before.

The Explorers stadium is located right off the freeway which is very convenient because the baseball team doesn’t have to cross the bridge into South Sioux.

Carter Ades, the fifth-year senior, has been through it all. Playing on all the fields possible in the conference and says that the Explorers stadium in his favorite. He likes it because of the size and feels you get from playing on it. When the stadium gets full of fans you feel electric and it’s like no other.

South Sioux City was great to play on, however, it had bad dirt and it was difficult to experience the real thing we were going to get during the season, said Aiden Bishop, first baseman for MSide.

I asked Wade Canaday, starting pitcher for MSide, how he felt about the stadium. “I’m blessed. not all college athletes get to play on such nice fields.”

This past year the Explorers put one hundred thousand dollars into the field. That included new speakers, new grass, new dirt, and better dugouts. These were huge upgrades for the field from what they had before.

Morningside usually only plays on the field for their season, but this year they got to play on it for the fall. This is a massive opportunity for Morningside to get ahead of its competition on its home field in the future.

I grasped the Blue Berry with my fingers. It felt soft and squishy. Almost like it would burst in an instance.

I took a bite of it and the juices spilled out onto my tongue. It didn’t have a crazy taste to it but the texture was like apple sauce. The skin of the berry was soft but durable. I had to bite it multiple times for it to break into smaller pieces.

The berry was berry beautiful.

Baseball on the dream field

Morningside University is utilizing the Sioux City Explorers Stadium during the fall. In the past, they have played on the South Sioux City field.

South Sioux City was great to play on, however it had bad dirt and it was difficult to experience the real thing we were going to get during season, said Aiden Bishop, first baseman for MSide.

The explores stadium is located right off the free way which is very convenient because the baseball team doesn’t have to cross the bridge into South Sioux.

I asked Wade Canaday, starting pitcher for MSide, how he felt about the stadium. “I’m blessed. not all college athletes get to play on such nice fields.”

This past year the Explorers put one hundred thousand dollars into the field. That included new speakers, new grass, new dirt, and better dugouts. These were huge upgrades for the field from what they had before.

Carter Ades, fifth year senior, has been through it all. Playing on all the fields possible in the conference and says that the Explorers stadium in his favorite. The reasons he likes it is because of the size and the feel you get from playing on it. When the stadium gets full of fans you feel electric and its like no other.

Morningside usually only plays on the field for their season, but this year they got to play on it for the fall. This is a huge opportunity for Morningside to get ahead of their competition on their home field for the future.

Hearing aids are coming back to the consumer… cheaper too!

It’s been very difficult for hearing aids to be purchased for people over the counter at a high quality. The FDA announced in August that they will be making hearing aids access-able over the counter.

Hearing aids would cost people four to five thousand dollars. Insurances didn’t cover this for most people either. For some, that is a lot of money to pump out of their pockets.

Barbara Kelley, the executive director of the Hearing Loss Association of America, stated: “It’s a new frontier”

There will be nine over the counter hearing aids available. Customers will take an assessment and choose which one best suites them. Prices will range from $200 to $3,000

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/10/health/hearing-aids-fda.html

Pastor Andy Nelson, the on campus Chaplin for Morningside University, shared his insight with us about being a pastor. 

Wade asked, “what do you do for the school?” he responded with, “ I tend to the spiritual life of the morningside community”. Pastor Andy is very involved in the school and the outside walls he works within. Working with churches as a Christian/ Lutheran pastor. 

On campus, he has an open door policy where students can come in and talk about life, problems, or their faith. 

He was asked, “How did you end up at Morningside?”. “I was doing a year-long internship and was a pastor for USD. My wife works at Morningside and when the position opened up I applied.” 

He thinks that since his wife was already at Morningside, he was able to have a better chance of getting in. 

Outside of the ministry work he does in the community, Pastor Andy likes to go deer hunting with his dad and tend to his family. He has 4 children and loves them all very much.

Currently he is focused on helping his kids grow up in the best way possible. They are involved with school activities such as band, choir, and soccer. 

When he was a junior, he enrolled in the National Guard. He wanted to make an impact somehow. This comes after the question of, “Did you always want to be a pastor?’’. 

After he enrolled in the National Guard, he realized he like helping people and went back to the minister and finished out his devotion. Later becoming a pastor.

The forefront of his story revolves around helping people. He doesn’t always feel like he is making an impact on the world but there are those moments where he truly feels special. “Do you feel like you make an impact everyday?”, Jax asked. “There are days where I don’t feel like I’m doing anything. But then there are days where I help just one person and it makes everything worth it.”, Pastor Andy. 

Targets Annual Report from Brian Cornell, Chairman and CEO.

Target has been building their team from the inside out. Focusing on family and culture is what they value the most. According to Cornell, “we’ll keep growing because we’ve invested in the team, strategy and capabilities to do what’s at the very heart of our company culture.”

He is positive with his shareholders that during COVID-19, Target had the most growth they’ve ever had.

“In 2021, we grew comparable sales by 12.7%, on top of record growth in 2020.”

The re-modeling of their stores has enabled Target to change their marketing, culture, and feeling internally and externally. With the growth of the stores, the shareholders will be pleased with the investments they have made with us. Target will continue to invest back into the shareholders through store improvements and company culture.

Morningside is home to the two time GPAC Player of the Week, Wade Canaday. Wade plays baseball and loves every moment he is on the field.

Off the field he is an academic weapon. In his advertising class, he is working with the Oscar Carl Winery in Sioux City, on their marketing campaigns. He is in charge of “helping the company with strategies for promotion and content creation.”

Wade’s leadership skills in the classroom are an attonement to his high school baseball coach. I asked Wade who the most influencial person in his life and he responded with “Coach Steve Hanson.” This is what Wade had to say about Hanson.

“He pushed me and he would chew me out when I did bad. he knew that I could handle the tough conversations. He still keeps in contact with me and the best thing he did for me was last year. We played Hastings College and he drone three and a half hours to watch me pitch. He sat right behind home plate and took two pages of notes. Steve gave it to me and that meant a lot, seeing him proud of me, and still coaching me after all these years.”