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This year at the Iowa State Fair held in Des Moines August 11-21, a total of 213 youth from 63 Iowa counties participated in Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach Skillathons for dairy, meat goat, sheep and swine. Each skillathon team was comprised of three individuals and included five stations where youth worked together to solve problems and identify dairy, meat goat, swine or sheep production components. Participants identified feed samples, breeds and meat cuts while also answering questions about genetics, nutrients, quality assurance, handling and biosecurity.

The Allamakee County 4-H trio of (left to right in above photo) Sophia Palmer, Keagan Palmer and Emma Palmer participated in the Skillathon event and finished as the top team in the Dairy division of the competition. They are the children of Stephanie and Eric Palmer of Waukon and are members of the Elon PMC 4-H Club.

Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering Rock Weaving at two different times Friday, September 30. One class time will be from 3-5 p.m. and the second class will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the NICC Waukon Center, 1220 3rd Avenue NW.

Create unique and beautiful art pieces to display in the home or gift to someone special. Participants will learn to wrap and weave rocks with reed and sticks using basket weaving techniques, making textural little pieces of art.

For those who bring stones of their own that have special significance - a memento from a trip, a unique shape, a rock found on a beach or hike - the finished pieces become even more meaningful. Enjoy a peaceful, zen-like experience working with stone and fiber.

Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering Kids in the Kitchen - Fresh Salsa class Tuesday, September 27 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the NICC Waukon Center, 1220 3rd Avenue NW.

Have a Farmers Market adventure with kids shopping for fresh, healthy and delicious ingredients that the kids will use to make a fruit salsa. Get kids involved in choosing and making their own food and help them establish healthy eating habits for life. The class will talk about incorporating a variety of ingredients, taking advantage of in-season fruit, and then sample results and send participants home with their own fresh salsa.

The deadline for paid registration is September 20. To register for the class online, visit www.nicc.edu/waukon or call NICC Waukon Center at 844-642-2338, ext. 6700.
 

Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering a Cooking with Aronia (Choke) Berries class Tuesday, September 27 from 6-8 p.m. at the NICC Waukon Center, 1220 3rd Avenue NW. Nicknamed the super berry, Aronia (Choke)Berries are merging into the mainstream as a bona-fide health food and they are native to Iowa.

Participants can learn about the potential health benefits, how to use them and sample them in recipes that will be demonstrated. The tentative menu includes Aronia Hummus, Butternut Squash-Stuffed Aronia Pasta, Smoked Pork Loin with Aronia Chutney, Aronia Brussels Salad, Aronia Scones.

The deadline for paid registration is September 20. To register online visit www.nicc.edu/waukon or call NICC Waukon Center at 844-642-2338, ext. 6700.
 

Lansing’s farmers market had a successful summer and has added three more dates to keep the market going into the fall, including September 15 and 29 and October 13. New hours will be 4-6 p.m. each of those additional days. The market will be located in the same place, Clear Creek Park in Lansing. The five-dollar farmers market tokens that were distributed in Lansing and New Albin earlier this year - sponsored by Kerndt Brothers Bank and New Albin Savings Bank - will still be accepted as cash at the fall markets. Photo by Bob Modersohn.
 

by Julie Berg-Raymond

During its holiday-delayed regular meeting  Tuesday, September 6 due to the Labor Day holiday falling on its usual Monday meeting day, the Lansing City Council voted to approve Ordinance No. 23 - an amendment to the recently revised City Code involving the use of off-road vehicles within city limits.

Ordinance No. 203 reflects changes the State of Iowa recently made pertaining to UTVs and ATVs (utility terrain vehicles and all-terrain vehicles) and brings the City Code into agreement with what the State has mandated regarding use of these vehicles. Among the changes is the raising of the age requirement for operation from 16 to 18 years of age. The changes may be reviewed in full at the Office of the City Clerk in Lansing City Hall.

The council approved waiving of the second and third readings of the ordinance; it will go into effect the day after it is published in The Standard newspaper.

The Lansing Women in Business (LWIB) Group will host its 2nd Annual Fall Fashion Show Friday, September 16 from 6-9 p.m. at Coffee on The River in Lansing. This event will host local boutiques and salons along with other businesses.

Ticket sales are taking place through September 15, and tickets can be purchased at Coffee On The River, or online via www.Eventbrite.com (search for Lansing Iowa events and the Fall Fashion Show will list).

Each ticket holder will enjoy an evening of fun and fashion, along with hors d’oeuvres, wine and door prizes. There will not be any day-of or at-door sales.

The LWIB Group was formed by the many women in the Lansing Area that own or work in the area’s businesses with the direct goals of encouraging entrepreneurship with continued support and networking.

“Remembering Civil War Veterans Of Lansing, Iowa and How They Helped Form What Lansing Is Today” is the topic of a program being held Thursday, September 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Meehan Memorial Lansing Public Library. The public is invited to attend, or to share a story of their Civil War ancestors.

There are around 50 Civil War Veterans buried in Oak Hill Cemetery and at Gethsemane Cemetery in Lansing about which nothing was known, until now.  Through researching old newspapers on http://lansing.advantage-preservation.com/, library staff was able to put together some of their stories. The public is welcome to help celebrate the lives of these men and Lansing’s heritage.

Trying to avoid the program’s first 0-3 start to a season in over a decade - dating back to its final campaign as a Class 3A squad when a 0-5 start led to a 2-7 final mark in 2011, the Waukon football team was playing host to its final larger school non-district opponent of the season when Crestwood came to town Friday, September 9. Being able to avoid their early two-touchdown deficits that proved insurmountable in their first two losses of the season, the Indians instead suffered that fate to open the game’s second half that saw them give up 30 unanswered points and watch a 7-7 halftime scoreboard knot erode away to suffering a 44-20 loss.

The Waukon volleyball team played another full week of dual and tournament play this past week, recording four victories in its total of seven matches played during the week and having all three losses come to highly-rated opponents. The net Tribe was dealt its first dual match loss of this fall in a Tuesday, September 6 home Northeast Iowa Conference match-up with Class 4A third-rated Waverly-Shell Rock, who dealt the Indians losses of 7-25, 14-25 and 17-25. The Indians then played in the Kepros Tournament hosted by Crestwood High School in Cresco Saturday, September 10, winning four of six matches to finish in second place at the tournament, with both of their losses coming to Class 2A sixth-rated Lisbon, including in the title match.