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A benefit event for Gerry and Janette Blong and Betty Ryder, who lost their home and belongings in a January 21 house fire, is being planned for Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds Pavilion in Waukon. Featuring a little something for everyone, the event offers the following schedule:
A meal will be served from 3 to 7 p.m., with a silent auction also getting its start at 3 p.m. and lasting until 9 p.m. A bake sale will also be held throughout the afternoon of the event. A dance DJ'd by Tom Frascht will take place from 7 to 11 p.m. to complete the event.

Navy Seaman Joanna R. Oden, graduate of Waukon Senior High School, completed her U.S. Navy basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Command in late December of 2004.

The Allamakee Mentoring Program is sponsoring a winter event for all mentees and their mentors that will let everybody escape cabin fever for an afternoon. The classic movie "Around the World in 80 Days" will be shown at the Main Feature Theater in Waukon this Sunday afternoon, Feb. 6 at 1:30 p.m. Pizza and pop will be part of the fun as kids and adults leave Iowa behind and explore the whole world.

Veterans Memorial Hospital

ADMISSIONS:
January 26 - Kolby Martin, Waukon; Karen Swenson, Waukon; Twila Schroeder, Postville

DISCHARGES:
January 25 - Kathryn Kirkeby, Waukon; Dorothy Wilke, Postville; Leo Brink, Waukon
January 26 - Vivian Andregg, Waukon; Marlene Lonning and Baby Boy, Waukon
January 27 - Sharon Roe and Baby Boy, Waukon
January 28 - Twila Schroeder, Postville; Milton Iverson, Waukon; Kolby Martin, Waukon
January 30 - Karen Swenson, Waukon

BIRTHS:

The Waukon Fire Department is now equipped with new JAWS of Life equipment that will better facilitate rescue and removal of victims of automobile, farm or industrial accidents. The new equipment purchased replaced the original JAWS of Life equipment the department has been using since 1981, and the replacement was made possible by a combination of Civil Defense grant funding, matching funds from the City of Waukon and the Rural Fire Board, and the local volunteer department's annual pancake breakfast and Fireman's Ball fundraising events.

Discussion with area legislators ...

The 2005 Allamakee County Dairy Days Banquet originally scheduled for Saturday, March 12 has had to be rescheduled due to a potential scheduling conflict with that date. The banquet will now be held the following Saturday, March 19 at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds Pavilion. The meal will still be served from 7 - 8:30 p.m., with the program starting at 8 p.m.
The annual celebration recognizes the importance of the dairy industry in Allamakee County and the contributions dairy families make to this important industry.

The Snowmobile Safety Class cancelled from its original January 22 date due to poor weather will now be offered by the Allamakee County Conservation Board at the Allamakee County Conservation Board Office this Saturday, Feb. 5. The Conservation Board Office is located at 427 North First Street in Harpers Ferry (the public boat landing in Harpers Ferry).

Effigy Mounds National Monument continues its 42nd annual film festival this weekend with another installment in "The Life of Birds" series. The film festival will show segments of this series the first weekend of each month, with this weekend's segment entitled "Finding Partners".
Show times are every hour from 10 a.m. through 3 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 5 and 6. There will also be a 1 p.m. showing Monday, Feb. 7.
The featured art display this week will be handmade baskets by Mary Techau of Waterville.

Gipp, Zieman to host legislative forum in Postville this weekend