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They've had youngsters swinging pigtails and bouncing small knees in county schools. And they can make the Allamakee elderly dance, if only down the corridors of memory, where a lifetime can slip inside a few bars of wistful Celtic tunes.
Then, there's Dar's Place. When Switchback's Brian Fitzgerald and Marty McCormack bring their blend of oh-so original music and traditional Irish jigs through the swinging screen door, the result is nothing short of a boot-stomping, Budweiser-banging good time.

The photograph above, compiled by Waukon Standard photographer Lou Swenson, shows an area farm, resting safely it seems, the forefront of the American flag. The image stands as a startling reminder, amidst all the glorious fireworks, thick potato salad and metling ice cream, that the July 4 holiday means owning the freedom to plant as we see fit in our fields, even when it rains down on our efforts.

By Leo V. Ryan, C.S.V.
From Cairns, the Ocean Explorer 1 traveled North along the Australian Queensland coast. Our destinations were Cape York, the Torres Straits and Darwin. Cape York is the "tip" of Australia, the northern most point, wild and underpopulated. Torres Straits is like our Panama Canal, a passage linking the Pacific and the Indian Oceans. Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territories.

Three new staff members have recently joined the health care team at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. They are Mary "Muggs" Berns, Anna Gearhart and Heather Martin.

Mary "Muggs" Berns

As of July 11, Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care public health services will be moved from its current location in the Allamakee Co. Courthouse to Veterans Memorial Hospital.
Anyone wishing to visit the Community and Home Care office can enter Veterans Memorial Hospital through the new main entrance. Community and Home Care is conveniently located just off the new elevator on the upper level.

Mama's boy and daddy's girl - it's no accident that these terms came to being. And though many of us would deny being so, the fact of the matter is that it's human nature to be particularly close to one parent. Perhaps it's the element of nurture and care that a mother has to offer to her son's life while the world around him expects an image of independence, fearlessness and masculinity. Perhaps it's the sense of security a father can offer his daughter in a world that, many times, seems very frightening and insecure.

At the end of this month, I will have six months under my mayoral belt. I thought it might be interesting to look at some things, including how it compares to what I had expected, what has happened during those months and what I see happening in the future.
To begin, I'll say that so far (knock on wood), I have truly enjoyed the mayoral experience. I thought that there would be a lot more disgruntled people either phoning or stopping me on the street. That has actually been very limited, and though it may occur more in the future, for now anyway, things seem to be going well.

I tell myself I don't have time to indulge in a column today. I'm busy with the health, farm and other miscellaneous news under an early deadline.
But something is tugging at me to be addressed, anatomically somewhere between my heart and gut. I know the something to be the fact that today, June 30, would have been my fifth wedding anniversary, if my ex-husband and I were not, in fact, divorced.

Local resident Victor Byrnes, born July 7, 1923, is due to celebrate a birthday this week.
But by no means is it an ordinary birthday. Byrnes, born July 7, is the 7th son of Larry and Norah Byrnes.
Furthermore, on the 7th Byrnes will turn 77.
We guess five sevens to be something of a milestone. Happy Birthday Victor.

Brian Bahr, on probation from the vehicular accident resulting in the death of Waukon teenager Donelle Cunningham, was stopped by a local police officer on June 23 in the parking lot of Hardee's in downtown Waukon.
Bahr, currently under license revocation, was driving at the time.
The defendant was subsequently arrested and taken to the Allamakee County jail for booking.