"nat pop sound dominos fling and cheering" eighth graders at mater dei nativity in sioux city brought together their resources to come up with "simple machines." these simple machines, called rube goldberg machines, are contraptions that e a challenge to build but perform easy tasks. "they had to use three different simple machines out of the six we learned about and have a minimum of five steps to complete whatever task they went with," said seth sackmann, a sixth grade science teacher at mater dei nativity. "my sixth periododas mixing baking soda and vinegar." students used toy cars, dominos, homemade pulleys and other items together. "wesed two different pulleys," said collin jackson, an eighth-grader at mater dei inside this side of the pulling, lifting up the card that was blocking the marble which would come down and hit dominos." the students started reading about simple machines and planning about three weeks ago. sackmann says he will be having his students do this again next year. this again next year. still to come on live at five.... the battle between apple and the fbi co

"we used two different pulleys," said collin jackson, an eighth-grader at mater dei nativity. "the car would land inside this side of the pulling, lifting up the card that was blocking the marble which would come down and hit the students started reading about simple machines and ng about three weeks ago. the sioux city community theater tackles a heavy topic in conjunction with tolerance week. that's still ahead on "around <

to complete whatever task they went with," said seth sackmann, a sixth grade science teacher at mater dei nativity. "my sixth period was mixing baking soda and vinegar." students used toy cars, dominos, homemade pulleys and other items to accomplish their goals dorenbach with the forecast... << << work week today as temperatures soar into the 40s after starting the day in the 20s! we'll see a few lingering clouds and perhaps some patchy fog early this morning, but the rest of the day looks sunny and calm. winds will pick up just a little bit saturday which will help boost our temperatures into the 50s and 60s with lots of sun ahead of our next frontal system set to move through saturday night. this will result in a cloudier and cooler day sunday with highs close to 50, strong wind and possibly a quick shower or two. we'll end the month of february on a mild note monday with some sun and highs in the 50s before another disturbance moves through that will give the area a decent chance at seeing a

and, immaculate conception and nativity will form the mater dei cluster. "the same can't be said for 40 other parishes in the diocese, which will close," said matt breen. here's an example of the reorganizatio n: in this cluster the red dots represent parishes in sanborn, primghar, sutherland and sioux rapids, which would close in favor of parishes in hartley and spencer which will stay o en. closing a parish doesn't mean the church will close. instead, the diocese will move those churches to "oratory" status. mass will no longer be celebrated at those sites, but they can be used for catholic weddings and funerals. "what this does is it let us do the hard work now," said rev. brent lingle, director of pastoral planning. "we're going to know where we're going at least for the next 10 years. rather than, every year, a parish wondering 'i wonder if year. i wonder if we'll have a priest?'" lingle says the proposed plan gives stability to the diocese, and the parishes, for the next ten years. >> now that the draft plan has been ininoduced, each pastor in the 10

joseph, and mater dei, which would include immaculate conception and nativity. using mater dei as an example, both would still offer mass, with the same priest and associate clergy serving both churches. but, in the rural areas of the diocese, things would look a little different, with 40 parishes being transitioned to oratory status. those buildings would not longer host mass, but still be available for wedding and funerals. father lingle hopes that will give priests more time with the congregations they serve... and also keep churches full. father lingle says, "if you look at the millenial generation, they're not interested in walking into a church with empty pews. if they walk into a parish and you see life, you see vibrant literagies, you see parish programs, they're more likely to connect themselves with that parish and be part of it." still he knows this will be hard, especially for some communities built around the church. father brent lingle, says, "i know it's not going to be easy for everyone to accept everything in that proposal, but i think if we loo

and, immaculate conception and nivity will form the mater dei cluster. "the same can't be said for 40 other parishes in the diocese, which will close," said matt breen. here's an example of the n: in n is cluster the red dots represent parishes in sanborn, primghar, sutherland and sioux rapids, which would close in favor of parishes in hartley and spencer which will stay open. closing a parish doesn't mean the church will close. instead, the diocese will move those churches to "oratory" status. mass will no longer be celebrated at those sites, but they caca be used for catholic weddings s and funerals. "what this does is it let us do the hard work now," said rev. brent lingle, director of pastoral planning. "we're going to know where we're going at least for the next 10 years. rather than, every year, a parish wondering 'i wonder if we're going to be open next year. i wonder if we'll have a priestst" lingng says the proposed plan gives stability to the diocese, and the parishes, for the next ten years. >> now that the draft plan has been introduced, each

joseph, and mater dei, which would include immaculate conception and nativity. using mater dei as an example, both would still offer mass, with the same priest and associate clergy serving both churches. but, in the rural areas of the diocese, things would look a little different, with 40 parishes being transitioned to oratory status. those buildings would not longer host mass, but still be available for wedding and funerals. father lingle hopes that will give priests more time with the congregations they serve... and also keep churches full. fathereringle says, "if you look at th millenial genenetion, thth're not interested in pews. if they walk into a parish and you see life, you see vibrant literagies, you see parish programs, they're more likely to connect themselves with t tt parish and be part of it." still he knows this will be hard, especially for some communities built around the church. father brent lingle, director of pastoral planning, says, "i know it's not going to be easy for everyone to accept everything in that proposal, but i think if we look a

joseph, and mater dei, which would include immaculate nativity. using mater dei as an example, both would with the same priest clergy serving both but, in the rural areas of the diocese, things different, with 40 parishes being oratory status. would d t longer be available for wedding and father lingle hopes that will give priests more time with the congregations they serve... and also keep churches full. father lingle says, "if you look at the millenial generation, they're not interested in walking into a church with empty pews. if they walklk into a parish and you see life, you see vibrant literagies, you see parish programs, they're more likely to connect themselves with that parish and be part of it." still he knows this will be hard, especially for some communities built around the church. father brent lingle,e, director of pastoral planning, says, "i know it's not going to be easy for everyone to accept everything in that proposal, but i think if we look at it as people of faith and understand that our main priority is our relationship with

. >>> students at mater dei school in sioux city showed off their mastery of overcomplicated machinery. students in mr. sackman's saturday night class built rube goldberg machine. they used items like toy cars, dominoes, and linken logs to design and build their machines. >>> painters have completed painting a vietnam war era jet. it will be on display in it took two weeks for the air guard painters to completely restore the fighter jet which was used in myrtle beach, uth carolina as a trainer jet for pilots going to vietnan. it will now be in display and no longer flown. if you want to see more images of it, go to the photo gallery on this story on siouxlandnews.com. >>> still to come tonight at 9:00, chevy is trying to spark sales of the volt electric car. what they are doing coming up in tonight's fox news business report. >> but first, just a few months after the deal blockingngiran from developing a nuclele weapon, the nation appears to be investing in bullistic technology. the latest coming up in tonight's safe and secure report. >> you are watching siouxland news at 9:00 on fox

and, immaculate conception and nivity will form the mater dei cluster. "the same can't be said for 40 other parishes in the diocese, which will close," said matt breen. here's an example of the

joseph, and mater dei, which will combine immaculate conception and nativity. no sioux city churches will still offer sunday mass. however, 40 rural churches will be moved to oratory they will not host mass, but will still be used for events like weddings and funerals. father brent calling it "ministry 2025" and the proposed response to declining attendance at catholic sioux city diocese and also fewer priest being ordained. by 2025, the diocese expects to have 31 available full-time priests, down from 58 this year. that number just can't perform all the masses cuheld diocese-wide. as a result ... 40 siouxland churches in small communities will no longer offer sunday mass. father brent lingle, director of pastoral planning says, "we know that's a loss and it's hard for a community to be able to accept that, but from the same perspective, we have to make decisions based on the health of our priests and our future ministries, so we can actually reach out to those individuals in a more effective way than maybe we are now." father linggull says for people will be a

"nat pop sound dominos falling and cheering" the students at mater dei nativity in sioux city for their science class. a rube goldberg machine is a contraption that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated way. "they had to use three different simple machines out of the six we learned about and have a minimum of five steps to complete whatever task they went with," said seth sackmann, a sixth grade science teacher at mater dei nativity. "my sixth period was mixing baking soda and vinegar." students used toy cars, dominos, homemade pulleys and other items to accomplish their goals dorenbach with the forecast... << << work week today as temperatures soar into the 40s after starting the day in the 20s! we'll see a few lingering clouds and perhaps some patchy fog early this morning, but the rest of the day looks sunny and calm. winds will pick up just a little bit saturday which will help boost our temperatures into the 50s and 60s with lots of sun ahead of our next frontal system set to move through saturday night. this will result in a cloudier and cooler

there are labs and labe mixes. 3 students at (mah - ter) mater (day)dei school in sioux city showed off their mastery of over - complicated machinery yesterday afternoon.students in mr. sackmann's science class designed and built what are called "rube goldberg" machines... which use at least three simple machines to complete a simple task. the fish tank. 3 "we came up with the idea during school, we had to make a plan and then i had to bring, we had to bring different stuff. like i brought race tracks and they brought cars and a marble and then we just made a pulley and pretty much made it from our minds."students used things like toy cars... dominoes... and lincoln logs to design and build their machines. 3 painters from sioux city's 185th air refueling wing have finished painting a vietnam war era f - 100 jet.the f - 100 super saber jet will be on display in washington d - c later this spring. it took two weeks for the air guard painters to completely restore the fighter jet... which was used in myrtle beach south carolina as a trainer jet for pilots going to vietnam. it'll now be a s