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by Alexis Johnson

The regular Lansing City Council meeting was held Monday, November 4. The meeting discussion centered around the consent agenda, parks report and street report.

The consent agenda consisted of council meeting minutes for October 21, payment of claims, parks board minutes from October 22, library board minutes from October 15, liquor licenses for The Other Place, treasurer’s report for August 2019, and Utility Rec Report for September 2019. A motion was made and seconded with minimal discussion to approve the consent agenda.

The Kee High School Post Prom Committee will host Bingo Sunday, November 10 in the Kee High School cafeteria in Lansing. Games will start at 4 p.m., with doors opening at 3:30 p.m.

Participants can bring a food or household item and play an extra Bingo card free.  All donations will be given to LIFT (Lansing Iowa Food Trust). Every player will be eligible for a door prize drawing at intermission. Proceeds will be used to fund 2020 Post Prom prizes and entertainment.
 

Results from the November 5 City/School Election based on 100% of precincts reporting through the Allamakee County Auditor's Office:

http://www.allamakee.us/uploads/site/unofficial-results-3.pdf

More complete coverage of the November 5 election results will appear in the November 13 edition of The Standard. You can subscribe to The Standard's print edition or e-edition by clicking here.

The Waukon Wellness Center will be holding its Sixth Annual “Turkey Trot” 5K Run/Walk Thanksgiving Day, November 28 at 8:30 a.m., beginning and ending at the Waukon Wellness Center. The Center is located directly across from Waukon High School at 1220 Third Avenue NW in Waukon.

All runners and walkers are welcome to join in this traditional pre-feast workout. The event is being held this year to help fund the new community tennis court project newly constructed across the street from the Wellness Center near the Waukon High School parking lot.

The Waukon football team ultimately started its journey down another Class 2A State Play-Off road by successfully reaching its initial destination, but not without navigating through some bumps in that road dealt by a Tipton Tiger team that traveled nearly two-and-a-half hours north Friday, November 1. Those bumps included giving away four turnovers while gaining just one of their own, along with a multitude of penalties, but the Indians overcame all of that and then some with big plays of greater than 35 yards resulting in five of the Indians’ seven touchdowns on the way to nearly 500 yards of total offense and an eventual 52-16 first-round State Play-Off victory.

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The 2019 Waukon girls cross country campaign was brought to a close where all teams yearn to have their season ended, as the Lady Indians competed in their third consecutive Class 2A State Cross Country Meet held Saturday, November 2 at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course near Fort Dodge on a day that was mostly sunny but definitely chilled, and even more so by a stiff breeze at times. Ranked 12th in the final Iowa Track and Field Coaches poll heading into the season grand finale, the distance Tribe made that prophecy ring true, placing 12th in that final 15-team Class 2A field and scoring 262 team points to finish just a single point shy of equaling last season’s 11th-place finish for the Indians.

The 2019 State Cross Country Meet proved to be somewhat surprising and bittersweet for the Kee cross country team and many others, as the season grand finale held Saturday, November 2 at a chilly, windswept Lakeside Municipal Golf Course near Fort Dodge provided plenty to cheer about but also some results different than what may have been anticipated, and by more than just the Kee contingency.

The sweetest for the Hawks was nearly as sweet as it can be when Lady Hawk sophomore Haley Meyer ran to Class 1A State Runner-Up honors, just six seconds behind this year’s State Champion. However, with the Lady Hawks ranked third in this season’s final Iowa Track and Field Coaches poll heading into Saturday’s season grand finale, they ended up in sixth place among this season’s Class 1A elite teams.

Helen May (Gillespie) Maust, age 92, of New Albin died October 25, 2019. Celebration of Life Services will be held Saturday, November 9 at the New Albin Community Center from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. with officiant Dick Wohlgemuth. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lansing.

Helen was born November 18, 1927 in Northboro to Charles and Eva (Van Fosson) Gillespie, and she graduated from Northboro High School. She married Robert “Bud” Maust January 14, 1950 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, and God blessed them with 65 years of marriage.

Helen worked as a secretary at several places in Omaha, NE, and she managed apartments and worked at the button factory in Lansing. She also enjoyed being a stay-at-home mom with her family. She was active in women’s fellowship and served as secretary for the V.F.W. Auxiliary for several years, being an Auxiliary member since 1963.

Norma C. Barr, 95, of Waukon passed away Thursday, October 31, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 5 at Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waterville. Burial was in the church cemetery.

With the assistance of her grandmothers, Norma Christine Barr was born on the family farm near Waterville July 4, 1924 to Olvin and Esther (Gronlid) Sorenson. She attended elementary school in Waterville and later Waterville High School, where she played alto saxophone in the band and was a member of the girls’ six-player basketball team that vied for a state championship. After graduating in 1942, she attended a nursing program in Iowa City for a year before returning to northeast Iowa, where she worked for the Ration Board in Waukon during World War II.

Adeline Maxine Hammel, 93, of McGregor died Friday, October 25, 2019 at Great River Care Center, McGregor. Funeral Service was held Saturday, November 2 at Giard United Methodist Church, Giard with Rev. Deb. Parkison as the officiant.

Adeline Maxine was born January 22, 1926 to George and Mildred (Lamphere) Ingles at home in Lodomillo Township, Littleport. She attended country school in Mays Prairie, Waterville.

In her younger years, Adeline worked as a waitress at Indian Isle for many years. Adeline also worked at 3-M in Prairie du Chien, WI. She loved to travel, read and play cards.