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More than 450 FFA members from 35 Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin high schools participated in the annual Tri-State Ag & Dairy Expo held Thursday, September 15 at Iowa’s Dairy Center in Calmar. The expo featured dairy judging and dairy products contests where students enhanced their evaluation skills on dairy cattle and products.

The Lansing FFA Chapter from Kee High School and the Little Switzerland FFA Chapter from Waukon High School each participated in the annual event. Teams and individual members of each chapter placed well in this year’s evaluation skills events.

by Susan Cantine-Maxson

The Eastern Allamakee Community School District (EACSD) Board of Directors met Monday, September 19 for its regular monthly meeting. Board members present included Tony Becker, Bobbie Goetzinger, Melanie Mauss, and Arla Wagner, via Zoom due to illness. Kelli Mudderman was absent. EACSD Superintendent Dr. Dale Crozier, New Albin Elementary School Principal Donna Thomas and Board Secretary Michele Martin were also in attendance, as well as new EACSD staff members Susan Pitzenberger, Nell Hogan, Theresa Havlik, Kathy Ehlers, Hud Johnston and Ashton Kolsrud.

After the adoption of the agenda, the September consent items, minutes of the August meeting, bills for September, and Activity and Food Service August Reports were approved.

The State Preserve Advisory Board will tour Yellow River State Forest and Turkey River Mounds State Preserve to prepare for review of issues that will be discussed at an upcoming business meeting (to be determined and announced later).

The board will tour Yellow River State Forest in Harpers Ferry (Allamakee County) September 29, beginning at 1 p.m., at the headquarters office (729 State Forest Road). The tour will feature options to manage oak woodlands.

The board will then tour Turkey River Mounds State Preserve, near Millville (Clayton County) September 30, beginning at 8:30 a.m., at the parking lot of the former Bootleggers Tavern, in Millville (36835 Noble Road). The tour will examine options for forest management in the archaeological mounds area and recent hill prairie restoration work.
 

by Julie Berg-Raymond

The Lansing City Council heard from Larry Schellhammer about his interest in renovating the Old Stone School at its regular meeting Monday, September 19. Schellhammer, of rural Lansing, told the council that he was interested in hearing the direction the City wants to go with the property.

Schellhammer - who currently serves as chairman of the Allamakee County Board of Supervisors - told the council, “there’s a lot of space, a lot of potential; but it also needs a lot of work. I don’t know that without some sort of grant it would be economically feasible to make apartments.”

He told the council that he is working on a building of a similar age in Waukon. “I have a passion for old buildings,” Schellhammer said. “This one intrigues me.”

Waukon native and 2011 Waukon High School graduate Morgan McMillan, now the general manager and golf professional at Oneota Golf & Country Club in Decorah, won the Iowa PGA (Professional Golfers’ Association) Women’s Professional Championship played Friday, September 16 at Des Moines Golf & Country Club, where she is pictured in the photo above. The tournament format was 18 holes.

McMillan turned in a winning total of 77 strokes, which is five strokes over par, to win the event by a single stroke over Janet Rooney, golf professional at the Des Moines Golf & Country Club that hosted this year’s tournament. The former Waukon High School and Wartburg College stand-out golfer parred nine holes and recorded two birdies during the event on holes 10 and 11, which were par 4 holes measuring 260 and 269 yards, respectively. Submitted photo.
 

Waukon High School celebrated its 2022 Homecoming this past week, and the Waukon football team provided plenty to celebrate in its Friday, September 23 game against Oelwein. With a Homecoming theme of “Hammer the Huskies,” the grid Tribe did just that with a 49-0 shut-out triumph that featured more than 400 yards of Indian offense while limiting the Oelwein visitors to just 76 yards, although that number was obviously impacted by the fact that the Huskies were missing some key personnel, both initially and as the game went on.

In what proved to be a rollercoaster of a ballgame at home against Riceville Friday, September 23, the Kee football team couldn’t quite get over the final climb after a fourth quarter descent that watched a 44-30 Hawk advantage erode away to a 50-44 Kee defeat. The game was a non-district battle that came about after the Hawks’ fellow Eight-Player District 5 squad Central Elkader announced it would not be able to field a varsity team this season.

The Hawks were riding the momentum of consecutive wins over the past two weeks, and Riceville looked to be another addition to that streak coming into the game with nothing but losses on their 2022 schedule so far this season. However, it was the losses the Hawks have recently suffered in their player personnel due to injury that head coach Chad Winters feels factored into his team not being able to come away with Friday’s victory.

Roger W. Campbell, age 80, of Stromsburg, NE passed away September 20, 2022 as a result of a car accident. A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Memorial donations may be directed to Robey Memorial Library, 401 1st Avenue NW, Waukon, IA 52172.

Roger was born October 17, 1941 to Lloyd and Mary (Maloney) Campbell in Waukon. He attended school and graduated from Waukon High School in 1960. Following high school, he joined the Wisconsin National Guard. Roger started work at New Holland in Grand Island, NE.

March 24, 1979 he was united in marriage to Ila Mae Werner in Lakewood, CO and in March of 1979 he moved to Denver, CO where he began his career with Sundstrand. In September of 1994, they moved to Stromsburg, NE and Roger continued working at the York Sundstrand location until he retired in 2004. He continued living in Stromsburg, NE until his passing.

Janet Ruth Deeney, 85, of Marion, formerly of Postville, died Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at her home in Marion. Graveside Service was held Sunday, September 25 at Postville City Cemetery in Postville with Pastor Karla Johnson as the officiant.

Janet was born May 1, 1937 in Postville, the only child of Harry L. and Ann E. (Anderson) Overeen. She attended school in Postville and continued her education at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. Upon graduation in 1957, Janet became a kindergarten teacher in Keystone.

She would meet the love of her life, Richard F. Deeney, at the Hiedelberg in Luana in the summer of 1959. They were united in marriage in 1961 and settled and raised a family in Marion. Janet eventually returned to the education community, working as a librarian and media aide specialist for Mentzer Elementary and Marion High School, retiring in 1993.

Esther C. Walleser, 96, of Waukon died Saturday, September 24, 2022 at Northgate Care Center in Waukon, surrounded by her loved ones. She was a prominent community member of the New Albin, Harpers Ferry, Waukon and Lansing communities in which she lived for 96 years.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 29 at 11 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lansing, with Fr. John Moser officiating. Burial will be at Gethsemane Catholic Cemetery in Lansing. Friends may greet the family from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, September 28 at Martin - Grau Funeral Home in Waukon where there will be a 3:30 p.m. scripture service. There will also be a  visitation one hour before services at the church Thursday.