Community News

The first organizational meeting of the Corner of Hope Steering Committee for the 2011 Foods Resource Bank (FRB) local growing project will be held Tuesday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon.

With Memorial Day approaching, the Allamakee County Veterans Memorial Committee would like to remind those interested that orders for individual memorial bricks are still being taken.
This year, those interested in ordering a memorial brick should place their order no later than April 21. Every effort will be made to have the bricks ordered by that date in place by Memorial Day this year. If possible, orders received after April 21 will be placed prior to Memorial Day, but most likely will be put in place at a later date.

The first Women’s Lenten Ecumenical Breakfast will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon, with a change in the usual rotation for this year. The first breakfast will be Thursday, March 17 at 6:45 a.m. All women in the area are invited to attend.
Joan Moody and her daughter, Brenda Dougherty, will present the program at St. John’s about child sponsorship entitled “Making a Difference-One Child At a Time.”

by Dwight Jones

Beginning March 17 and continuing through March 20, Iowa law enforcement will be out in force looking for traffic violators as part of the Special Traffic Enforcement Program (sTEP). This enforcement event is one component in a statewide project to help change driver behavior and encourage motorists to obey traffic laws with an emphasis on buckling up, slowing down and driving sober. During the same effort in 2010, law enforcement reported three traffic fatalities.

Helping Services for Northeast Iowa is looking for mentors. During the second annual Chocolate Extravaganza Tuesday, March 15 at McCaffrey’s Dolce Vita in Decorah beginning at 5:30 p.m., Helping Services will encourage everyone 17 and older with four to five hours per month to be a friend to a young person between the ages of 5-16 to join its mentoring program.

The Waukon Lions Club 22nd  Annual Variety Show will be held Saturday, April 2 at the Waukon High School Auditorium. Doors for the event open at 6 p.m., with performances beginning at 7 p.m.
Tickets are available at Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank, Waukon State Bank, Fidelity Bank, Hartig Drug, Elliott Jewelers, Krambeer’s Barber Shop, or from any Waukon Lions Club member.

The first Women’s Lenten Ecumenical Breakfast will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon, with a change in the usual rotation for this year. The first breakfast will be Thursday, March 17 at 6:45 a.m. All women in the area are invited to attend.

by Dwight Jones

by Brianne Eilers