The Treasure Cove Gift Shop, located in Cass County Memorial Hospital, will hold their annual Holiday Sale Thursday, November 29th from 7 am – 4 pm, in the CCMH Atrium.  Treasure Cove is operated by the CCMH Auxiliary, with all proceeds used for hospital needs, such as medical equipment and facility furnishings, and scholarships to area students pursuing medical careers.

CCMH Auxiliary volunteers Julia McNees (left) and Sondra Jensen are busy preparing for the Treasure Cove Gift Shop holiday sale at the hospital November 29 from 7 am – 4 pm. (CCMH photo)

From 2007 – 2011, the CCMH Auxiliary donated over $125,000.  In 2012 they began funding a $140,000 gift for the recent redecorating of the CCMH Atrium and televisions for the new patient rooms and waiting areas.

The Treasure Cove Gift Shop relocated last summer to the atrium area of the hospital, adjacent to the new addition.  All items are marked down for the Holiday Sale, including special holiday decorating and gift items, as well as the regular inventory of purses, jewelry, Willow Tree angels, scarves and more.  Treasure Cove accepts cash, checks and AtlanticCash.

Police in Council Bluffs are looking for two men who were involved in the robbery of a loan company Monday afternoon. Officials say officers were called to Browns Loan at 717 West Broadway in Council Bluffs, at around 12:15-p.m.  Upon review of surveillance video, officers learned a Caucasian man entered the store and approached the front counter, where he pointed a silver-colored handgun at the clerk and ordered him to the ground.

A second male suspect is observed on video entering the store. That man, and the suspect with a gun then broke the glass on two display cabinets and removed several handguns before leaving the store heading south on foot.

The first suspect was described as being about 6-feet tall with a slender build. He wore jeans, a teal green colored hoodie with a yellow stocking hat. He also wore a dark colored backpack with rainbow colors on the back. The second suspect was an Hispanic male, about 6-feet tall with an average build. He wore dark colored clothing.

Anyone who might have seen the suspects is asked to call the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division, at 712-328-4763.

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Southwest 8 Senior Services, the Area Agency on Aging for southwest Iowa will host and facilitate a legislative roundtable discussion on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 from 10:00am – 11:30am.  The event will take place in Council Bluffs at the American Red Cross building on the Charles Lakin Human Services Campus located on North 16^th Street and Avenue G.

Invitations were extended to all of the newly elected and re-elected Iowa Representatives and Senators from the new districts.  These legislators will begin service in their new designated districts when the Iowa session starts in January.  You are invited to join Southwest 8 to begin the conversation with our elected legislators about aging policy as we go forward in Iowa, where by the year 2030, 88 of our 99 counties will have over 20% of its population age 60 or older.

There is no charge to attend, but seating is limited. Call Kelly Butts at 800-432-9209 or 712-328-2540 ext. 1013 by November 26^th to reserve your place at the meeting, or email kbutts@southwest8.org