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Conservation Board to meet July 1 at Columbus Property

The Allamakee County Conservation Board will hold its monthly public meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 1 at the Columbus Property located at 1978 Great River Road, Lansing.

Another unfortunate result of last week's storms ...The thunderstorms that blasted the area Wednesday and Thursday, June 18 and 19 brought more than just heavy

rains with them, as lightning and high winds also caused trouble for area residents, as evident above. The home pic-tured above at 709 Second Avenue SW in Waukon was reportedly struck by lightning during the Thursday morning storm that passed through the area, resulting in a small re within the roof area of the structure. The Waukon Fire Department responded to the blaze, having to resort to cutting a hole in the home's roof in order to reach the ames burning inside. There was nobody home at the time of the incident and the ames were extinguished rather quickly, resulting in overall minor damage to the home. Standard photo by Bob Beach.

New Albin Days Past and Present has much to do with the future ...

The annual New Albin Days Past and Present celebra-tion that was held June 13-14 celebrated the community of New Albin in all its past history and present glory, with the youth that represent the future of the community be-ing very involved in the annual event through a wide vari-ety of activities. Pictured at right, Lydia Strong, daughter of Jason and Stacie Strong of New Albin, was crowned Little Miss New Albin at the Friday, June 13 pageant. Pic-tured below, the youth of the New Albin community and also those visiting during the annual New Albin Days cel-ebration helped leave their mark on this year's event by contributing throughout the weekend to the mural now created annually during the celebration. Photos courtesy of Lori Darling. Additional photos can be found on Page 5A in this week's edition of The Standard as well as by clicking on the Photo Gallery link on The Standard's web-site at www.waukonstandard.com.

Heavy rains Wednesday and Thursday bring back all too memorable results

It was nearly a case of very unfortunate deja vu this past week for Waukon and the sur-rounding Allamakee County area, as heavy rains Wednes-day and Thursday, June 18 and 19 brought some of the same results as almost exactly one year ago - although not to the same overall degree.

National Weather Service data reported rain totals of between eight and nine inch-es in the few days prior to and including a Thursday, June 19 storm that topped off that total with a frequency of one to one-and-a-half inches of rain per hour during a two-hour period in the early after-noon hours. It was that same type of rain total frequency, both overall and per hour, that brought fl ash fl ooding destruction to the downtown Waukon community and the greater Allamakee County area during the June 22-23, 2013 time period.

Although the property damage and destruction did not reach overall levels expe-rienced a year ago, some very troublesome similarities did result between the two storm periods. Among those simi-larities are the evacuation and closing of campground areas within Yellow River State Forest through Monday, June 23 due to the fl ooding of its namesake, and the closing of all horse trails within the fa-cility through this Thursday, June 26.

The closing of nearly a dozen area roadways by fl ooding, mostly gravel roads in southeastern Allamakee County, also echoed simi-larities from last year to this year, although, again, not to the same degree as in 2013.

Those road closures have been considerably more temporary this year, with that list dwin-dling to just four roadways by press time Tuesday, June 24, including Donahue Road from State Forest Rd to Coun-ty Road X52 and the Cottage Road dead end from County Road X52 in the Yellow River Forest area; Imperial Avenue from Jefferson Davis Drive to the Clayton County border in southeast Allamakee County; and the Army Drive dead end from Fourth Street in New Albin.

Within the Waukon com-munity itself, the wall of fl ash fl ooding that devastated numerous area businesses in 2013 was replaced this year by basement fl ooding in sev-eral downtown businesses, some businesses reporting fi ve to six feet of water in their basements following Thursday's fi nal dousing. Ad-ditionally, numerous Waukon homes experienced basement fl ooding once again this year, many of them experiencing new fl ooding by water in-fi ltration through basement walls and fl oors, but a large handful of them in lower ly-ing areas once again having sanitary sewer back-up for the second consecutive year.

With the National Weather Service reporting a monthly

average of between fi ve and six inches of rain historically for the month of June in Iowa, the storms that have dumped even more than that monthly average on the area in less than a 24-hour time period during mid to late June in each of the past two years has certainly been pinpointed as the culprit, leaving in its wake a number of questions on how to address the problem, in ad-dition to the destruction. City of Waukon Water Superinten-dent Robert Campbell reports that the treatment plant in southwest Waukon typically handles between 700,000 and 800,000 gallons of water in a day but forced through over three million gallons during this past stormy Thursday.

Infi ltration of storm water into the City's sanitary sewer system by incidental means has been labeled as one cause for the "overloads" that have plagued the Waukon sanitary sewer system each of the last two Junes. Aging sewer pipes and joints can allow ground-water to seep in, especially in ground already heavily satu-rated by rain.

In addition to that inciden-tal infi ltration, Campbell says there are likely a number of homes and businesses who either pump or dump any wa-ter that seeps in through their

basement walls or fl oors directly into the City's sani-tary sewer system, compounding the fl ow even further. His department has been trying to conduct property inspections on a voluntary basis to correct those drain-ing methods that violate City code and would appreci-ate the cooperation of property owners in that quest.

Meanwhile, area residents are left to wonder if such torrential rainfalls labeled by the Na-tional Weather Ser-vice as being of a "500-year frequen-cy" are becoming more the norm than the exception, and wondering even further how to deal with them when they do occur.

Board of Supervisors gives authorization to seek bids for preliminary design plans for proposed jail and public safety centerby Bob Beach

During the regular

meeting of the Allamakee County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, June 17 John Ellingson, Chairman of the Allamakee Public Safety Center Committee, asked for the Board's permission to request proposals from architects for preliminary design plans for a new jail and public safety center to be constructed within Allamakee County. Ellingson said that the cost to develop the plans should be between $8,000 and $12,000 and that the cost to construct a new facility has been estimated at $4.5 million.

Ellingson told the Board that a site for the new facility has not yet been determined, adding that while no sites have been ruled out yet, constructing the new facility on the grounds of the current Allamakee County Courthouse have been deemed as "problematic." He told the Board that the Committee would appreciate input from the Board with regard to acquiring property for the new facility through purchase or condemnation proceedings versus the demolition of the existing Makee Manor building north of Waukon. The Board authorized Midwest Construction Consultants to seek bids for the preliminary plans. Supervisor Sherry Strub thanked the Committee for all of its work through the

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initial stages of the planning process for the proposed new jail and safety center.

The Board also opened bids for the paving of Prairie Drive west of Waukon, having previously rejected the only bid received for the project. Concrete Foundations of New Hampton (a subsidiary of Croell Concrete) was again the only bidder on the project, having reduced its bid to $950,996.63 from the previous bid of approximately $1,026,000. Allamakee County Engineer Brian Ridenour will review the bid before making a recommendation to the Board.

Allamakee County Veterans Affairs Director Heather Homewood informed the Board of a vacancy on the Veterans Affairs Commission due to the passing of long-time member Bob Peters of Lansing. She said that she would post notice of the vacancy for a term that will expire in 2015. Homewood also informed the Board that Jean Brink's term on the Commission is set to expire. The Board voted to re-appoint Brink to the Commission.

The Board also met in closed session with Allamakee County Attorney Jill Kistler for further discussion regarding a 2011 allegation of an open meetings violation by the Board of Supervisors. After returning to open session, the Board affi rmed its vote to settle the case for $1,500. Board of Supervisors Chairman Larry Schellhammer and Supervisor Strub said that the settlement was the cheapest way to bring the case to a close. Though the Board had previously voted to approve the settlement, Kistler said that she wanted to clarify that the settlement does not include any admission of wrongdoing. Supervisor Dennis Koenig voted against the settlement, as he had done previously.

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ford died Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at Gundersen Health Systems, La Crosse, WI. Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, June 23 at Wex-ford-Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with the Rev. John Moser as celebrant. Burial followed in the Wex-ford-Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery.

Alice was born March 9, 1920 in Harpers Ferry to Jo-seph and Ellen (Cota) Ker-nan. She attended country school through the eighth grade and graduated from Waukon High School with the Class of 1937.

Alice taught country school for a few years un-til her marriage of 50 years to Hugh Conway June 12, 1940 at Wexford-Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Twelve children were born to this union. Alice worked alongside Hugh on the farm where they raised their chil-dren. She enjoyed nurturing her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, re-sulting in her being nominat-ed as Mother of the Year for the State of Iowa in 1979; cooking, being known spe-cifi cally for her baked bread, buns, cinnamon rolls, fried bread and roast beef; and gardening, canning and stor-ing produce in the vegetable bin. In later years she en-joyed watching her favorite

Ardis ColeArdis E. Cole, 96, of

Waukon died Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 24 at Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waterville, with Pastor Ken Kimball offi ciating. Burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lansing. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon assisted the family with arrangements.

Ardis Evelyn Cole was born June 30, 1917 at her parents home in the Village Creek area of rural Lansing. She was the daughter of Flavius Myron and Julia Ellen (Miles) Wilder. Ardis attended the Village Creek area schools and then attended high school in Hampton, where she stayed with a cousin.

October 10, 1936 she married Arthur R. Cole in Waukon. After marriage they lived in New Albin and Lansing before starting to farm in rural Village Creek. Following that they rented farms in several northeast Iowa areas before retiring to Lansing. Ardis was a busy homemaker and farmwife and also worked at the Lansing Button Factory and Northern Engraving.

Her favorite pastimes included gardening, raising fl owers, playing cards, especially euchre, and dancing. She was an avid NASCAR fan and accomplished at many kinds of handiwork as she sewed and did crochet, embroidery and quilting. Being a loving mother and family oriented, Ardis enjoyed having relatives in her home as often as possible for any kind of get-together.

Survivors include her three children, Helen Christianson of Waukon, Duane Cole of Calmar and Myron (Sandy) Cole of Dubuque; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and a brother, Gene (Lotus) Wilder of Waukon. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arthur, who died in 1990; two sisters, Iva Sandry and Ella Wilder; and three brothers, Jim and Mark Wilder, and infant Newton Wilder.

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Charles KistlerCharles Francis Kistler,

91, of Scottsdale, AZ passed away June 13, 2014. A Fu-neral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 26 with Rosary starting at 9:30 a.m. at St. Daniels the Prophet Catholic Church, Scottsdale, AZ. Burial will follow at St. Francis Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ. Arrangements entrusted to Messinger Indian School Mortuary.

Charles was born Febru-ary 18, 1923 to Francis and Theresa (Kolb) Kistler in La-Crosse, WI. He was united in marriage with Dorothy Sadler October 30, 1942. Charlie and Dorothy had four sons.

Charles spent several years working as a precision ma-chinist in LaCrosse, WI. In the early 1950s he moved to Waukon, where he worked as a plumber and later owned and operated an earthmoving construction business. For many years he split his time between Scottsdale, AZ and Waukon. In the early 1980s he moved permanently to Scottsdale.

Charles served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946 and was a WWII Veteran. Charles loved to travel. He was a pilot and owned several airplanes throughout his lifetime.

Charles is survived by his wife, Dorothy Kistler of Scottsdale, AZ; four sons, Tom Kistler of Scottsdale, AZ, Jerry Kistler of Mesa, AZ, Dick (Evonne) Kistler of Waukon and Larry Kis-tler of Scottsdale, AZ; nine grandchildren, Steve Kistler, Robert Kistler, Jon Kistler, Janae Kistler, Erin (Chad) Davis, Angela (Jason) Bohn-stengel, Jill Kistler, Ronald Kistler and Leona Wiggins; six great-grandchildren, Will Wiggins, Madeline and Kelsey Davis, Keanau Kis-tler, Emily Kistler and Eve-lyn Kistler; and a brother-in-law, Dave (Shan) Wolfram; as well as several nieces and nephews.

Charles was preceded in death by his parents; his two brothers; and his four sisters.

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television shows, sorting her collection of clothes and pa-per items. She most enjoyed visits from her family, friends and neighbors. Alice was also involved in community orga-nizations such as Farm Bu-reau and 4-H.

Faith was extremely im-portant to Alice, who had a passion for spreading the word of God, which showed with her being involved with ACCW and being CCD Di-rector for many, many years plus being active in all of the parish activities. As a mem-ber of Immaculate Concep-tion Wexford her philosophy of A Family that Prays To-gether Stays Together was shown in her example and everyday living.

Survivors include nine children, James Conway of Lansing, Mary (John) ONeill of Harpers Ferry, Daniel Con-way of Lansing, Ellen (Bob) Zwirlein of Monona, Hugh (Svetlana) Conway of McAl-len, TX, Michael (Jeannie) Conway of Waukon, Rosalie (Don) Ripperger of Laco-na, John Conway of Harpers Ferry and Raymond (Diane) Conway of Polk City; two daughters-in-law, Penny and Sally Conway; 41 grandchil-dren; 68 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Francis (Leonette) Kernan of Lan-sing.

Alice was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Conway, June 26, 1990; her parents, Joseph and Ellen (Cota) Kernan; three sons, Joseph, Leo and Patrick Con-way; two daughters-in-law, Sonja and Josephine Conway; two grandchildren, Jamie and Brian; and six siblings, Mar-cella McGuire, Marguerite Schulte, Sr. Cyrilla Kernan, Genevieve Mohn, Leo Ker-nan and Gerald Kernan.

Condolences may be left at www.graufuneralhomes.com. Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Lansing assisted the family with arrangements.

The Allamakee Coun-ty Historical Society will be hosting a speaker series throughout the summer, be-ginning this Thursday, June 26. The presentations are typ-ically scheduled for the last Thursday of each of the next fi ve months and will be held at various locations with-in communities throughout Allamakee County. Coffee, drinks and snacks will be served after each presenta-tion, and the public is encour-aged to attend. The programs will be held according to the schedule listed below:

Thursday, June 26 - Looking to the Past to See the Future: Conservation and Environmental Educa-tion Then, Now, and Ahead:

Thursday, June 26, the Al-lamakee County Historical Society will be hosting a pre-sentation by Ross Geerdes, Allamakee County Conser-vation Board Naturalist, that is entitled "Looking to the Past to See the Future: Con-servation and Environmental Education Then, Now, and Ahead" that will discuss the national conservation move-ment and the scope of pro-grams offered now (and in the future) by the Allamakee County Conservation Board. Geerdes will also touch on the future plans for an envi-ronmental education center based in Lansing.

The program is at 7:30 p.m. at the Ethel Robinson Meehan Community Center in Harpers Ferry, which is lo-cated at 234 Fourth Street.

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Thursday, July 31 - Leg-ends, Facts and Fictions: The History of the Waukon Junction to Waukon Rail-way Spur Line:

Thursday, July 31, the Al-lamakee County Historical Society will be hosting a pre-sentation by railway historian and author Cecil Cook that is entitled "Legends, Facts and Fictions: The History of the Waukon Junction to Waukon Railway Spur Line". Cook, who is widely recognized as the authority on railway histo-ry in Allamakee County, will present an illustrated history of life along the line and what the railway meant to the communities that lived with its existence and died with its eventual abandonment.

The program is at 7:30 p.m. at the Waterville Public Library, which is located at 82 Main Street in Waterville.

Thursday, August 28 - Of Grist, Woolen and Wood: Nineteenth Century Mills in Allamakee County

Thursday, August 28, the Allamakee County Histori-cal Society will be hosting a presentation by Michael Perry that is entitled "Of Grist, Woolen and Wood: Nineteenth Century Mills in Allamakee County". Perry is a Project Archaeologist with the Offi ce of the State Ar-chaeologist in Iowa City and in 2013 researched and pub-lished a comprehensive sum-mary of Allamakee County mills in the Journal of the Iowa Archaeological Society.

The program is scheduled

to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the community room in the base-ment of the Robey Memori-al Library, which is located at 401 First Avenue NW in Waukon.

Thursday, September 25 - Perspectives of Fish Farm Mounds: American Indian & Archaeologist

Thursday, September 25, the Allamakee County His-torical Society will be hosting a presentation by Christine Hall and Chloris Lowe that is entitled "Perspectives of Fish Farm Mounds: Indians & Archaeology". Hall is an archaeologist who conduct-ed signifi cant research on the Fish Farm Mound Group, and Lowe is a member of the Sky Clan and is past president of the sovereign Ho-Chunk Nation. Together they will explore current and past per-spectives relating to archaeol-ogy and the long-term protec-tion of the Fish Farm Mound Group.

The program is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at the New Albin Library, which is located at 176 Elm Street in New Albin.

Thursday, October 30 - Pots, People & Ideas: Up-per Mississippi Missionar-ies at 1,000 AD

Thursday, October 30, the Allamakee County Historical Society will be hosting a pre-sentation by Danielle Benden and Robert Ernie Boszhardt that is entitled "Pots, People & Ideas: Upper Mississippi Missionaries at 1,000 AD". Around 1,000 years ago, people from an American Indian cultural group known as Mississipians made a 500-mile journey up the Missis-sippi river from an ancient city near St. Louis known as Cahokia, eventually fi nding a home in Trempealeau, WI. They settled, and then within a short period of time, they disappeared. Benden is the curator of Anthropology at the University of Wiscon-sin-Madison and Boszhardt is an instructor at the Center for Wisconsin Archaeology at the University of Wiscon-sin-Baraboo-Sauk County.

The program is at 7:30 p.m. at the Kerndt Brothers Savings Bank Community Room, which is located at 370 Main Street in Lansing.

NEIA RC&D to host Paint Creek Japanese Knotweed Project Field Day this Friday

Last summer, Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D), the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the U.S. Forest Service, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Allamakee County Supervisors, and area landowners partnered together to implement a new three-year initiative to control Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica) on private lands in the Paint Creek Watershed of Allamakee County.

Since then, the Driftless Chapter of Trout Unlimited (based in Decorah), the Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association (based in Cedar Rapids), the Allamakee County Master Gardeners, and many individuals have volunteered to join the effort to control and ultimately eradicate Japanese Knotweed in the watershed.

The work began last summer with GPSing the knotweed stands in the

watershed. To date, 26 acres of the weed have been surveyed, the majority on Paint Creek between Waterville and the west border of the Yellow River State Forest, plus several stands on homesteads in the watershed away from the stream. Plans are to complete the survey between Waukon and Waterville this summer. Also prepared last summer were three project demonstration sites to show results of different innovative treatment methods and timing.

PUBLIC FIELD DAYThe public and local

offi cials are invited to attend a Japanese Knotweed Project Field Day visiting the demonstration sites Friday, June 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. There is no charge for the event.

The morning will begin with registration from 8:30 to 9 a.m. at Allamakee County

Waterville 55 Park located at 938 White Pine Road east of Waterville. The program will begin promptly at 9 a.m. and will include presentations by RC&D Project Coordinator Richard Kittelson, who will talk about the history of knotweed and the projects beginnings; DNR Fisheries Biologist Bill Kalishek, who will discuss knotweeds impact on stream habitat and the streams fi sh; and a demonstration of trout stocking by the Big Springs Fish Hatchery.

The program will continue with stops to at least two, and if time allows, three demonstration sites to view and discuss knotweed control techniques and results of herbicide stem injecting and using a recently developed spray foam applicator system that appears to be very promising. Also presenting information will be DNR Forester Bruce Blair, who will discuss the background on the DNRs control efforts in the Yellow River State Forest, and John Lampe, developer of the foam applicator system.

As much of the infested area as possible will be treated with the ultimate goal of complete eradication of the Japanese Knotweed in the watershed. However, because of the current extent of the plant and its tenacity, three years will not be enough time to accomplish the goal. It is hoped that initial successes will encourage more partners to join the effort. This is the fi rst and largest eradication effort of its kind undertaken in Iowa. Volunteers in the effort are needed and will be heartily welcomed.

For further information or to volunteer to help, contact Project Coordinator Richard Kittelson at NE IA RC&D at 563-864-7112 or kittelson@northeastiowarcd.org.

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Tuesday Story Time taking place throughout

summer at Robey LibraryTuesday Story Time at Robey Memorial Library in Waukon

continues through the summer each Tuesday morning from 10:30-11 a.m. Interested individuals are invited to join guest readers Sue Kiesau, The Story Lady, and her puppet friends each fi rst and third Tuesday throughout the summer.

Waukon Mayor Loren Beneke joins Rep. Bruce Braley, other mayors, leaders from northeast Iowa in request for equality inresources for battle against EAB infestation

Iowa District 1 U.S. Rep-resentative Bruce Braley re-cently wrote U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to ask that the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture (USDA) allow Iowa to receive the same amount of funds that other states have received as they combat the emerald ash borer, an invasive species that could potentially cause bil-lions of dollars in damage in Iowa.

Mayors from 30 Iowa mu-nicipalities, representing over 900,000 Iowa residents, have signed on to Braleys letter. Among those mayors and other city government lead-ers is Waukon Mayor Loren Beneke, along with mayors from 16 other communities in eastern Iowa.

Communities all over our state are, or soon will be, dealing with costs associated with the ash borer - and these mayors know fi rsthand that these pests dont just harm trees, they harm city budgets as well, Braley said. Re-sources were available to communities in other states when they were battling the ash borer infestation and Im going to do everything pos-sible to ensure that Iowa is

treated fairly.States that found cases of

the beetle in years past were given resources to aid in the mitigation and removal of infected trees, but federal funding has since been dras-tically cut, leaving states like Iowa with limited resources to combat the problem.

We hope that you will work to expand efforts to con-trol and eradicate the emerald ash borer, and restore funding for this effort, Braleys letter reads.

Iowa is home to over three million ash trees. Each infect-ed ash tree must be removed to maintain safety on pub-lic and private land, costing roughly $1,000 for the re-moval and disposal of each tree.

The emerald ash borer has now been confi rmed in more than 20 states. Just days ago, Johnson county became the tenth Iowa county to iden-tify the ash borer. The fi rst infestation in Iowa of the em-erald ash borer was found in Allamakee County in 2010 and has since spread to Des Moines, Black Hawk, Cedar, Jefferson, Union, Bremer, Wapello, Jasper, and Johnson counties. It is widely expect-

ed to spread to other parts of the state in the near future.

In February, Braley intro-duced legislation restoring funding to a program that helps combat the emerald ash borer. His legislation also funded two grant programs that would be available to communities facing signifi -cant costs from tree removal.

In March, Braley wrote a letter to congressional leaders urging that the funding be in-cluded in the 2015 appropria-tions bills.

Robey Memorial Library to be part of IPTV Reading Road Trip

Fizz, Boom, Read is this years theme for Robey Memorial Librarys Summer Reading Program (SRP), which begins with Family Night Monday, July 7 from 5:45-7:30 p.m. Scheduled events for that Family Night kick-off event include Read-ing Challenge Registration, Storytelling by Sue Kiesau and puppet friends, and The Zinghoppers Fizz, Boom, Read, a fun, interactive pro-gram for the whole family. Young children attending must be supervised by an adult.

The four-week Reading Challenge runs from Mon-day, July 7 through Satur-day, August 2. Children ages infant-through sixth grade (completed) will be given prizes for each week of partic-ipation. Teens, grades seven through 12 (completed), will receive a weekly prize with a special prize for the top read-er. Visit the library's website or stop in to Robey Memorial Library for more details and participation rules.

Again this year our top readers will receive Experi-ence Prizes. Organizations, businesses and City depart-ments around Waukon have agreed to give private tours to our top readers along with fi ve to six family members and/or friends. Experience Prize destinations are Martin Funeral Home, KNEI Radio, Bruening Rock Products,

Robey Memorial Library to begin 2014 Summer Reading Program, along with many more activities

WW Homestead Dairy, Wau-kon Fire Station, Waukon Po-lice Station, and Allamakee County Museum.

As in past years, Reading Challenge participants will be displaying a Library Cham-pion sign in their yard. Area residents can watch for these as they drive around town.

In addition to the Sum-mer Reading Program, Kids/Teens Make-and-Take will be held Wednesday afternoons from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Kids dates for that activity will be July 9, 23 and 30, and August 6. Teen dates for that activi-ty will be July 9, 16, 23 and 30. Participants may come in anytime during that two-hour period to participate in a project. Stop in and view the Make-and-Take creations.

Disney Nature Movie Night is scheduled for four consecutive Thursdays, July 10, 17, 24 and 31, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Reading Road Trip w/ Dan Wardell of Iowa Public Tele-vision (IPTV) is scheduled for two programs Wednesday, July 16 at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Robey Memorial is one of 68 libraries to be visited by the Reading Road Trip this sum-mer.

Robey Memorial Library (RML) Trustees and staff will be available at a booth in the Pavilion during the Allama-kee County Fair Wednesday, July 16-Sunday, July 20 pro-viding information and an-swering questions regarding the library collection, ser-vices, construction, etc. Also, RML will have special activ-ities planned during Kids Day Friday, July 18 from 12-4 p.m. Stop in and visit the childrens booth for fun science activities and attend Blank Park Zoos Egg-cit-ing Science program held at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Join a zoo educator to learn about the many different types of eggs and meet some creatures that came from those eggs.

The Allamakee County Conservation program Liq-uid Oil Lab is scheduled for Monday, July 21 at 6 p.m. at Robey Memorial Library. See fi rst-hand how oil interacts with water and environment.

Chasing 4 Life Preparing our Family is scheduled for Thursday, August 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Robey Memorial Li-brary. Learn about home di-saster and emergency prepa-ration.

Tuesday Story Time con-tinues each Tuesday morning from 10:30-11 a.m. Sched-uled readers through the sum-mer are Sue Kiesau, reading the fi rst and third Tuesdays, and Ross Geerdes, Allamakee County Conservation, along with his critters, reading the second Tuesdays, in addition to library staff members.

Robey Memorial Library's 2014 Literary Elements Adult Reading Challenge is still go-ing on for area adults. Those already signed up are encour-aged to keep reading. For those not participating, its not too late to join. A prize donated by area businesses is given each month to one of the participants.

For more information visit the library's website at www.waukon.lib.ia.us or call 563-568-4424.

Iowa Public Television's (IPTV) eighth annual sum-mer Reading Road Trip will include Robey Memorial Li-brary in Waukon once again this year. Dan Wardell, pop-ular host of the IPTV KIDS Clubhouse, will welcome kids and families in commu-nities across Iowa throughout the summer.

Wardell will be visiting both Decorah and Waukon July 16 as part of the Read-ing Road Trip, featuring his presentation at the Decorah Public Library at 10 a.m. and again at 11 a.m. and then pre-senting at Robey Memorial Library in Waukon at both 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. that day.

Wardell will tell an inter-active original story at the

libraries that is connected to this year's summer library reading theme: "Fizz! Boom! Read!" (see accompanying story on this same page).He will also be encourag-ing kids to spend time read-ing, playing outside, using their imagination and eating healthy snacks. Every child who comes to see Wardell's presentation will receive a special gift.

In addition to the sched-uled story times at libraries across Iowa, Wardell will keep an online Reading Road Trip journal with pictures, an interactive map, video and more. Families can follow Wardell online at www.iptv.org/dantastic or on Facebook at IPTV KIDS Clubhouse.

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Waukon Corn Days celebration to undergo some enhanced changes for August 15-17 event

W a u k o n will launch this years W a u k o n Corn Days End of S u m m e r Celebration, an enhanced version of the t r a d i t i o n a l Corn Days ce leb ra t ion held each year. The 2014 event is scheduled to include three days and nights of family e n j oy m e n t , commencing F r i d a y , August 15 and lasting through Sunday, August 17.

The trademark of this event is the Waukon Chamber of Commerces Annual Corn Days Meal, but Waukon Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Stephanie Dugan says that with the help and hard work of many

local businesses this years celebration is planned to be extra special.

Once again, the Waukon Chamber will serve sweet corn and pork loin sandwiches as part of that traditional celebration. In addition to the meal this year, planned activities - some new

and some more traditional - will include a Corn Days Parade, the Crowning of Corn Days Junior Royalty, the Veterans M e m o r i a l Hospital 5K Run/Walk, kids games, a Classic Car & Bike Show, a street dance, a fl y-in breakfast, Park-It activities, a penny hunt, an Aquatic Center Pool Floaty Day, and much, much more. The Waukon Chamber will

be releasing in early July a complete listing of events and additional information for this year's Corn Days event.

For additional information contact Chamber Director Stephanie Dugan at the Waukon Chamber of Commerce at 563-568-4110 or at waukoncc@mchsi.com.

The Offi ce of the State Long-Term Care Ombuds-man is seeking volunteers for its new Volunteer Ombuds-man Program (VOP). The VOP wishes to place one to two volunteers in every nurs-ing facility, residential care facility and elder group home in Iowa.

Volunteer Ombudsmen are trained, certifi ed volunteers that visit one local long-term care facility to advocate for residents rights. This in-cludes visiting with residents about their quality of care and quality of life in the facility and seeking to resolve their concerns. This unique and re-warding opportunity requires a minimum commitment of three hours per month for one year.

Skills necessary include a friendly disposition, active listening, collaborative prob-lem solving, and a strong ap-preciation for older Iowans and Iowans with disabilities. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. Previous ex-perience in health care is not required. Certain confl icts of interest may prevent some people from serving, includ-ing current employees of long-term care facilities and their family members.

The benefi ts of becoming a Volunteer Ombudsman in-

Volunteers needed to advocate for residents in long-term care facilities

clude: Training, resources, and

continuing support from the State Long-Term Care Om-budsmans Offi ce;

Rewarding relationships with long-term care residents;

A fl exible schedule - vol-unteers are able to conduct their service as it suits their lifestyle; and,

The opportunity to learn more about navigating the system of long-term care.

New volunteer trainings are scheduled around the state this summer, including Des Moines (July 8 and 10), Fort Madison (July 16), Dubuque (July 17), Marshalltown (July 22), Waverly (July 24), Cher-okee (July 29), Ottumwa (July 30), Davenport (August 5), Red Oak (August 7), Fort Dodge (August 12), and La-moni (August 14). Make-up trainings may be offered as needed. Interested persons must submit a volunteer ap-plication prior to attending training.

To learn more about the Volunteer Ombudsman Pro-gram, and to request an application, contact Sarah Hinzman, Volunteer Om-budsman Program Coordina-tor, at 866-236-1430, or visit the VOP website at www.io-waaging.gov/vop.

Boy Scouts to hold "Can Round-Up"

fundraiser SaturdayWaukons Boy Scout Troop 64 is contributing to a

sustainable future by helping to fi ght litter and save valuable resources with its fi rst Can Round-Up fundraiser. The proceeds obtained from recycling used beverage aluminum cans and plastic bottles will support funding a Boy Scout High Adventure trip in July. Scouts will accept donations of beverage cans and plastic bottles (with Iowa redemption) Saturday, June 28 from 8 a.m. until 12 noon at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds in Waukon. Supplemental funds provided by Thrivent Financial - Allamakee County Chapter.

Corn Days Parade also expanding this year

As part of this year's Corn Days celebration, there will be a Corn Days Parade through downtown Waukon Friday, August 15, beginning at 7 p.m. Although in previous years this parade has only been open to classic cars and tractors, this year ev-eryone is invited to participate with an entry. Those wishing to enter the parade are asked to be lined up by 6:30 p.m. that Friday at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds.

The parade route will be the same as in past years, begin-ning from the Allamakee County Fairgrounds and heading down Allamakee Street to the stoplight intersection with Main Street. Turning right on to West Main Street, the parade will venture up to Second Street NW, where the entries will turn right at the Post Offi ce, travel north on Second Street NW, and then turn right to travel east on Eighth Avenue NW to head back to the fairgrounds. For additional information about the parade contact Chamber Director Stephanie Dugan at the Waukon Chamber of Commerce offi ce, 563-568-4110.

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Public invited to learn more about Mosaic's Host Home program at June 25 public forum

Mosaic in Northeast Iowa is offering a community fo-rum to learn more about the opportunity to become a Host Home Provider through its organization to assist those with intellectual disabilities. The forum will take place Wednesday, June 25 from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank Community Room in Wau-kon.

Those who are looking for a second career, or a job that offers fl exibility and a high degree of satisfaction and ful-fi llment would be ideal can-didates to learn more about being a Host Home Provider. This opportunity would also be ideal for anyone wanting to help create a life of pos-sibilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, or for those who have the desire and the passion to support indi-viduals with disabilities but may not have the desire or means to perform shift work.

The Mosaic Host Home program has been established in numerous other commu-nities in the state of Iowa, including Des Moines, and is looking to provide this op-portunity in northeast Iowa. Host Home Providers can

provide services to people with intellectual disabilities in a family-like or roommate setting in what is considered to be the least restrictive and most natural living environ-ment, all while helping these individuals achieve the high-est degree of life satisfaction and personal goals.

Mosaic offers training to each Host Home Provider, as well as ongoing support and monitoring and 24-hour access to an emergency sup-port system. Those seeking further information and who may or may not be able to at-tend the Wednesday, June 25 Host Home forum may con-tact Mosaic in Northeast Iowa at 563-568-3992 or may visit the Mosaic website at www.mosaicinnortheastiowa.org.

RIVER VALLEY THE STANDARD Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Email: news@waukonstandard.comPAGE 5ANEW ALBIN, LANSING, HARPERS FERRY

& SURROUNDING AREAS

Helen Maust hosted the 500 card club Wednesday af-ternoon. A dessert luncheon was served. Virginia Moore won High Prize, Shirley Weymiller Low and Norma Freuchte Door Prize.

Thursday afternoon Rose Zoll hosted the Sexy Sixes card club. A dessert luncheon was served. Phyllis Breeser won the prize for having the most lone hands.

The New Albin Senior Citizens met for a recreational meeting Friday, June 13 at the New Albin Town House. There were 11 members present. At progressive euchre, Ace Lewis won High, Leona Mooney Second High and Shirley Weymiller Guest. Ace Lewis, Rose Zoll and Donna Luttchens served treats for their birthdays and the birthday song was sung for them. The next meeting will be a potluck dinner at noon and cards beginning at 1 p.m.

Helen Maust hosted the Birthday Euchre club Tuesday afternoon, June 17. Norma Freuchte won the prize for hav-ing the most lone hands. A refreshing drink was served later.

New Albin Newsby Phyllis Breeser, correspondent

Harpers Ferry Area Heri-tage Society will be sponsor-ing a History Day for the Harpers Ferry area. This is the fi rst major project of the newly formed Harpers Ferry Area Heritage Society, estab-lished to preserve and share Harpers Ferry area history. The group hopes to collect peoples old photos and other old history items of the Harp-ers Ferry area.

Two events have been scheduled to collect historical items and information:

Wednesday, July 23rd from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Ethel Robinson Meehan Commu-nity Building in Harpers Fer-ry. Oral histories and family stories will be video-taped or transcribed and a copy given to contributors from 1 to 6 p.m.

Saturday, September 13 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Harpers Ferry. Oral histories and family stories will be tak-en as well.

Dig out those old shoe boxes, photo albums, scrap-books and boxes from the at-tic, basement, closet or under the bed and bring those trea-sures to be scanned and re-turned. Items could include: old photographs, postcards, slides, old phone books, obit-uaries, Bibles with old family histories, church directories, newspapers and articles, Pi-att books, letters, diaries, old signs and advertisements, school records, documents, bills of sale, ticket stubs/pro-grams and real estate docu-ments.

Subjects of interest: events

Harpers Ferry Area Heritage Society to host History Days

such as parades, celebrations, school events, athletics, mili-tary service, farming, schools, churches, businesses, cem-eteries, railroads, commercial fi shing, boating, disasters and building of the lock and dam.

Volunteers will be needed to help with the History Day events.

To participate, volunteer or arrange for an appointment on a different date, contact Betty Palmer at 563-586-2642, Bill Nation at 563-586-2708 or Jane Hasek at 563-586-2554. More information is available at the Dolores Tillinghast Memorial Library in Harpers, Ferry.

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Knights of ColumbusThe Knights of Columbus

Council 12244 met Tuesday, June 15. The Council is do-nating $150 to the Rick Tro-endle family of Bettendorf, who lost their home to a fi re.

The Council is mourning the loss of two members, Bob Peters and Dave Carroll. The Council also welcomes new members Tony Spalla Sr., Tony Spalla Jr., Tom Diggins and Jim Hosch.

Knight of the Month: Lor-nie Mitchell.

Family of the Month: Marge and Tony Spalla Sr.

Youth of the Month: Logan Brown.

Adventurers sought for free day on the river ...We need more little people to apply for this great day on the river, said Freinds

of Pool 9 President Bruce ReVoir. There are still openings for kids to have a day of adventure and learning from professionals during the Mississippi River Adventure Day (MRAD) sponsored by Friends of Pool 9. The day of the event is July 15 and all costs for the day are paid by Friends of Pool 9. Kids (ages 5-13) and parents will meet at the Lansing baseball diamond at 8 a.m. for check-in and instructions. They will board one of the Mississippi Explorer vessels and be transported to the beach area north of Lansing. Planned activities (based on age level) include visiting an eagle nest site, pollywogging for clams, collecting river invertebrates, seining for sh, canoeing and searching for buried treasures (these last two are planned for the 9-13 age group only). Professionals from area agencies will be leading the activities. Lunch will be provided for all kids and parents at the beach. Life jackets are required and provided by Friends of Pool 9. The boats return to the Libbey Mississippi Explorer dock at 2:45 p.m.

The deadline for registering is July 1. Forms will be found at the Friends website, found at friendsofpool9.org. Click on the Events section and a drop-down box with MRAD appears. Click and complete the application online.

Pictured above, enthusiastic children search for and retrieve clams during a past Friends of Pool 9 MRAD event on the Mississippi River. Submitted photo.

Scenes from New Albin Days ...A classic car show, a performance by Brat Pack Radio,

in atable fun for the kids and a demonstration of re ght-ers skills were only a few of the amusements available during the New Albin Days celebration this year. Other events and attractions included live music, a dunk tank, reworks, a museum display, a quilt show, a bean-bag tournament, a pedal-pull tractor competition, a sand pile treasure hunt and food and fun for all ages. Photos by Lori Darling.

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Dean's List at Luther CollegeLuther College in Decorah has announced its Spring

2014 Dean's List. Among those honored students are the following area individuals:

Allison Colsch, a junior and the daughter of Angela and Bruce Colsch of New Albin;

Hannah Kelly, a senior and the daughter of Rebecca and Merlin Gesing of Waukon;

Mullen Wacker, a junior and the daughter of Kerry and Ray Wacker of Waukon;

and Natasha Walleser, a freshman and the daughter of Frederick Walleser and the late Dora Torres-Walleser of Lansing..............................................

Dean's List at Mt. MercyMount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids has released its

Spring 2014 Dean's List. Among those honored students is Abigail Myers of Waukon, who is studying in the school's Nursing program..............................................

Dean's List at NICCNortheast Iowa Community College (NICC) in Calmar

has released its Dean's List for the 2014 Spring Semester. Among those honored students are the following area in-dividuals:

From Harpers Ferry: Breanne Bolt, Kelsey Cota, Haley Hackett, Regan Hackett and Mary Melcher;

Blair Cooper, Maryanne Harris and Stacie Leppert of Lansing;

Josh Jacobs and Wesley Ridenour of Luana;from McGregor: Drake Jensen, Erin Kinley, Fred Pa,

Baxter Pufahl, Tyler Rochleau and Darcy Troester;from Monona: Joshua Bentley, Mercedes Burroughs,

Emily Palmersheim, Amy Peterson, Jazmine Soule, McK-enzie Wagner and Rachel Wagner;

from Postville: Breanna Althouse, Ana Camarillo, Whitney Deering, Nicole Harris, Tyler Heying, Gerardo Moncada, Luis Moncada-Cardona, Joel Rucal, Alla Sam-bur and Penny Vega;

Jill Lowery, Alexandria Schwartz and Samuel Schwartz of Waterville;

and from Waukon: Bryce Bahr, Sarita Becker, Chris-tine Bell, Riley Bodley, Shelby Bodley, Breanna Bublitz, Kari Burke, Kayla Burroughs, Kiersten Christianson, Lola Dahlstrom, Jackolyn Halverson, Hunter Hammel, Parker Hesse, Shanna Holzwarth, Krystal Johnson, Brady Link, Brittany Link, Zach Manning, Thea Meyer, Makayla Mitchell, Colin Ness, Marc Otting, Rachel Otting, Grant Protsman, Laura Riese, Landon Sivesind, McKayla Stock, Samantha Swartz, Hannah TeKippe, Victoria Vivtcharen-ko, Jacqueline Welch, Michelle Winkie and Stevie Wurt-zel..............................................

Graduates of NICCNortheast Iowa Community College (NICC) in Calm-

ar has released its list of Spring 2014 graduates. Among those graduates are the following area individuals:

M'Liss Burrier and Dylan Hammel of Dorchester;Jordan Cooper of Lansing;Melissa Deutsch and William Riggle of Luana;Erin Blietz, Kayla Thompson and Darcy Troester of

McGregor;Megan Egan, Jordan Henkels, Donna Krambeer, Catali-

na Pagaza and McKenzie Wagner of Monona;Allison Bahr, Debra Kerr, Jennifer McNamara, Dolores

Schultz and Brittni Seitz of Postville;Megan Eubanks and Ethan Osterhaus of Waterville;and from Waukon: Mary Aarsvold, Sarita Becker,

Christine Bell, Kristie Bloem, Kari Burke, Heather Col-lins, Leanne Dee, Daniel Eickelberg, Myriah Groth, Tues-day Hansen, Roxanne Johanningmeier, Desiree Kregel, Brittany Link, Garret McKenna, Colin Ness, Marc Otting, Serena Rubendall, Matthew Schmidt and Michael Wha-len..............................................

University of Dubuque Dean's ListThe University of Dubuque has released its Spring Se-

mester 2014 Academic Dean's List. Among those honored students are Cassandra Berger and Blaine Snitker, both of Waukon..............................................

Spring 2014 President's List at Western Technical College

Western Technical College in La Crosse, WI has re-leased its President's List of High Distinction for Spring Semester 2014. Among those honored students are Jill Hammel and Angela Dunkin, both of New Albin..............................................

UNI Spring 2014 Dean's ListThe University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls has

released its Spring 2014 Semester Dean's List. Among those honored students are Kaley Heffern of Harpers Fer-ry; Haylee Hanson of Lansing; Christina Converse, Abi-gail Eberling and Rene Girasek of Postville; and Jessica Koester, Kevin Mark, Allison Schulte, Leeta Sivesind and Sarah Wullner of Waukon..............................................

UNI Spring 2014 graduatesThe University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls has

released its list of Spring 2014 graduates. Among those graduates are Jacob Galema of Lansing, who complet-ed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology; Jonathan Haberichter of Waukon, who completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance: Financial Services and Real Es-tate; Allison Schulte of Waukon, who received a Bache-lor of Arts degree in Gerontology: Social Sciences Health Promotion: Women's Health; and Leeta Sivesind of Wau-kon, who graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology.

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The Little Switzerland FFA Chapter at Waukon held its annual banquet Saturday, May 10, where FFA members were awarded for their hard work and dedication through-out the past year. The night started with an invocation from Chapter Sentinel Ni-cole McGeough and a meal prepared by Jets Meats and Processing.

The fi rst awards hand-ed out were Greenhand and Chapter degrees. The Green-hand degree was awarded to 23 fi rst-year FFA members who have a satisfactory Su-pervised Agricultural Expe-rience (SAE), enrolled in an Agriculture Education class and many additional require-ments. A total of 15 members received the Chapter degree, which is awarded to Green-hand degree holders who have also met an extensive list of requirements.

Each October, members of the Waukon FFA Chapter sell fruit, meat and cheese community members. The proceeds from this fund rais-er are used for many activ-ities that chapter members take part in throughout the year. This year, 38 members sold over $500 worth of fruit. The top seller this year was Corey Hoffman, who sold $2,160 worth of product. The second-place seller, Kourtney Stone, sold $1,808 worth of product.

FFA members who excel in their SAE are acknowl-edged for their achievements through the Profi ciency Award Program. The Waukon chapter recognizes students with outstanding projects in different areas ranging from ownership of livestock or crops to being employed at an agricultural business. The list of this years recipi-ents includes Mary Melcher, Dairy Production-Placement; Michelle Winkie, Diversifi ed Livestock-Entrepreneurship; Krystal Johnson, Agriculture Communications-Entrepre-neurship; Mariah Kucera, Agriculture Education-Entre-preneurship; McKayla Stock, Agriculture Services-Place-ment; Shaylie Stortz, Swine Production-Entrepreneur-ship; Rachel Kucera, Sheep Production-Entrepreneur-ship; Carli Quandahl, Beef Production-Entrepreneur-ship; Megan Leiran, Equine Science Profi ciency; and Sam Schwartz, Dairy Production- Entrepreneurship.

The Little Switzerland Chapter encourages its FFA members to strive for aca-demic excellence, and awards the top FFA member from each class with an academic achievement award. These awards are based on the stu-dents' overall grade point av-erage, not just their academic achievements in the agricul-ture education classes. This years recipients are: Fresh-man Christa Heffern, Soph-omore Bethany Stock, Junior Riley Bodley, and Senior Sam Schwartz.

Star Greenhand awards are handed to the chapters most active fi rst-year members who

Little Switzerland FFA Chapter holds annual banquethave a strong SAE and have shown leadership throughout the year. This year's recipi-ents include Christa Heffern, Hannah Hennessy, Emma Johnson and Carmen Wille.

The Star Chapter Farmer award goes to a FFA mem-ber who has an excellent SAE in production agricul-ture and has demonstrated involvement in all phases of the chapters activities. This year's award recipient was Chase Pladsen, who owns and operates his own Red An-gus herd.

The FFA member with the best SAE placement program and who has shown leader-ship skills was selected for this years Star in Agricul-ture Placement winner. Sam Schwartz has been a valued employee at Rolinda Acres for many years and was the recipient of this award.

Carli Quandahl received the Craig Levi Mathis award. This award is presented to the FFA member who shows dedication, service and out-standing leadership qualities within the Little Switzerland chapter.

The DEKALB Agri-cultural Accomplishment Award was presented to Sam Schwartz. This award is pre-sented to a senior who exem-plifi es a students scholarship, commitment and work ethic in their academics, leadership and agriculture work experi-ence.

The Of the Year Awards were given out at the ban-quet also. These awards are presented to students who provide chapter members with memories throughout their time in the organization. Members who received these awards include Bill Johns as the Biggest Flirt, Seth Snitker as the Biggest Procrastinator, Kevin Goetsch as the Most Informed Person and Nolan Hagen as the Biggest Red-neck.

The State FFA believes in high academic standings. Senior FFA members who maintain a high academic standing are recognized each year at the District FFA con-vention. The four Waukon FFA seniors receiving the

award this year have reached all the requirements for this award, including a certain GPA and a satisfactory SAE. Sam Schwartz, Seth Snitker, Michelle Winkie and McK-ayla Stock have reached these requirements and were recog-nized for their achievements over the last four years.

The Little Switzerland FFA chapter depends on the sup-port of administrators, teach-ers, community members and local businesses to provide

support to the chapter and members. These businesses and individuals make the Lit-tle Switzerland FFA Chapter successful. Honorary Chapter degrees are given each year to those who have made out-standing contributions to the Waukon FFA chapter and its members. Danny Schlitter, Nikki Schulte, and Adam and Julie Quandahl received these awards for their assistances this year.

At the end of the night it

was time for offi cer installa-tions. The 2013-2014 Little Switzerland FFA offi cers re-tired from their offi ces and the newly-elected offi cers took offi ce for 2014-2015. These offi cers include Riley Bodley as President, Chase Pladsen as Vice President, Megan Leiran as Secretary, Mary Melcher as Treasurer, Carmen Wille as Reporter, Bethany Stock as Historian, and Christian Wenthold as Sentinel.

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Currently, Magner is a Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant in both the Civil Engineering and Geological Engineering Departments at MS&T, instructing classes in Soil Mechanics, Foundation Design, Earth Dams, Subsurface Exploration and Rock Engineering. His research has included full-scale load testing of foundations; modi ed soil analysis utilizing y-ash mixtures; and advanced eld sampling and testing of shale to assist in site classi cation.

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Waukon FFA Horticulture students team up with Bright Beginnings students..

April 24 the Waukon FFA Horticulture students helped plant a variety of owers and made dirt cups with the Bright Beginnings students in the Allamakee Commu-nity School District. The Horticulture students set up different stations to help the Bright Beginnings learn about plants.

Topics included the parts of a ower, taught by Krey-ton Hermanson, Corey Hoff-man and Jacob David. At this station the Horticulture students taught the Bright Beginnings students the ba-sic parts of a ower by us-ing an interactive poster that allowed students to put the parts of a plant in the correct spot. The Bright Beginnings students helped by showing the Horticulture students what parts of a ower went where, step-by-step.

Devin Ryan, Bill Johns, Brody Regan and Zach Crandall (pictured above) directed the station of planting owers. The Horticulture students taught the children how to plant ower seeds then helped the Bright Beginnings students plant Marigolds and Zinnias in cell packs. The Horticulture students also showed the Bright Beginnings students the stages of seed development from the day they were planted to day 12.

The Bright Beginnings students also got to take "grass buddies" home. Horticulture students Heather Van Ruler, Michelle Winkie and Shaylie Stortz planted grass seed in small cups ahead of time so it was ready by the time the students came over to the agriculture room for their ower lesson. Each child got to give their grass buddy a haircut with scissors and got to decorate their cups by putting a face on them.

Horticulture students Carli Quandahl, Katie Kerndt and Ava Spieker conducted a station on how to plant and make a snack. The students shoveled cookies into a cup using a small Dixie Cup, the cookies represented dirt. Then the Bright Beginnings students chose the kind of pudding (chocolate or vanilla) they wanted to use to represent the fer-tilizer. To represent the nutrients needed for soil, they placed a worm on top. On the last step, the students placed a paper ower on a toothpick in the pudding, which represented planting.

Students from Bright Beginnings occasionally came to the greenhouse at the high school to check on their owers to see how tall they have gotten, the types of leaves their owers have and how many seeds grew to owers. At the end of their lesson Bright Beginning students helped Waukon FFA members plant owers outside the Waukon Junior High School (pictured below). Submitted photos.

Withers completes tenure on IPTV Board..Waukon native Dr. Bill Withers, professor of jour-

nalism and communications at Wartburg College in Waverly, has concluded his tenure on the Iowa Public Television board of directors. He was appointed in 2009 by then Iowa Governor Chet Culver to fill the term of Grant Price, his former colleague on the Wartburg faculty and an Iowa broadcast legend who died a year earlier. Gov. Terry Branstad reappointed Withers to a full three-year term in 2011. Dr. Withers (left in above photo) is pictured above receiving a plaque in honor of his service to IPTV from board president Gary Steinke.

I was honored to complete Grants term, and it was important for me to honor his legacy, said Withers, who held Wartburgs Grant Price Chair in Communications at the time and continues to be assistant director of its Institute for Leadership Education. Withers helped lead IPTVs national search for a new network executive director and general manager. During what he called perilous financial times, he also said it was important for IPTV to continue its focus on childrens education, literacy in Iowa, statewide sports coverage and improve its social media presence."

"The great challenges we have faced are no differ-ent than any other state board in Iowa, he added. Its routinely about lobbying, appropriations, fiscal manage-ment and a keen eye toward the future. But Ive been blessed to sit in the boardroom of one of the nations most-watched, per capita, public TV networks, which truly has been an honor. More than two million people watch IPTV monthly, including 260,000 children ages two to 11. It is supported, in part, by 55,000 member households. Submitted photo.

Waukon FFA plants test plot ...The Little Switzerland FFA chapter at Waukon High School planted May 22 on its

newly purchased test plot. The chapter has partnered with Brad Sherwin, Agronomist with Syngenta; Troy Peterson, Agronomist with Waukon Feed Ranch; the Waukon Feed Ranch and Adam Anderson, who provided the chapter with planting equipment to complete this task. The land that was purchased by the school is located west of the football field at Waukon High School. The type of soil that the plot contains includes Downs Silt Loam and Muscatine Silt Loam, with an average Corn Suitability Rating (CSR) of 90.6.

The plot is called P3 Plot, which stands for Product Placement and Positioning. This means that the hybrids and varieties planted in the plot are in the final stages of product development. These hybrids and varieties will not be available to farmers for at least another year. The FFA chapter will also complete scouting reports for Syngenta. These reports include information about plant emergence, weather conditions, plant stand, root information, stages of development, insect, weeds, and disease pressure and control methods. These reports are completed periodically and then sent to Syngenta. At the end of the season the FFA chapter will take information about yield at harvest time. Syngenta will then gather the data to share with other producers.

In the fall the FFA chapter will host a plot day and will invite the community to view the plot and the information that Syngenta has gathered. Information regarding this opportunity will be provided at a later date. Submitted photo.

Seeking AmeriCorps members to promote healthy schools in the northeast Iowa area

The Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative, or FFI, in partnership with Luther College in Decorah are ac-cepting applications for the anticipated 2014-15 Ameri-Corps positions.

The AmeriCorps service members will join a team of enthusiastic people work-ing in more than 16 schools throughout northeast Iowa to promote healthier school environments. Members will serve one or two districts within northeast Iowa as they integrate healthy living into school culture through mod-eling and education.

Members will develop youth leadership programs and deepen community in-vestment in local healthy food access and opportuni-ties for physical activity. As part of their service, members will support school gardens, encourage Safe Routes to School and integrate Farm to School activities across their assigned district.

Luther College is the host organization for the Ameri-Corps State of Iowa 4-H po-sitions. AmeriCorps members will live and serve within school districts across north-east Iowa transforming school environments to be healthier for students and models for their communities. Member-ship is open to U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents age 17 and older.

On the ground, members will assist with school gar-dens, conduct nutrition and health education, and coor-dinate and train others to be leaders in this work. Members will deepen the understanding for students, teachers and staff about the benefi ts of grow-ing and consuming healthy, green, affordable food and being physically active.

With coaching, members will become a resource for school wellness committees in one or two districts and provide active programming that infuses healthy living into school culture.

AmeriCorps members may live within one of the fol-lowing communities in the six-county region: Elkader, West Union, Oelwein and/or New Hampton. When not working in their communi-ty, members can expect to

work from the Environmental Studies department at Luther College where they will have offi ce space including a desk, computer and phone, and will be able to connect with other folks doing similar service.

The term of service is September 1, 2014 through August 31, 2015. Luther Col-lege is currently accepting applications on a rolling ba-sis and positions will remain open until fi lled. Applicants may submit an electronic let-ter of interest and a resume highlighting experiences and rationale to Emily Neal, di-rector of School Outreach at Luther College, nealem01@luther.edu.

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