Postville News

by Tanya O’Connor

When the Federal Government called the Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) last September 30, it wasn’t about taxes, or the lottery, and Barb Winters couldn’t have been more excited.

What’s Happening in & around Postville.....

Spring clean-up day is April 19

Allamakee Rural Recycling will be having their spring cleanup day Tuesday, April 19. This event is for rural residents of Allamakee County only. The hours for this event are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and it will be held at the Recycling Center two miles north of Waukon on Hwy 9.

Freshmen

Gabriela Campos

Kala Henning

Sophomores

Amanda Horns

Megan Heins

Kelsie Deering

Anastasia Lavrenko

Kyle Bauch

Justin Landsgard

Hanna Schutte

Nick Zieman

Brady Schultz

Andy Livingood

Asa Waters

Juniors

Lindsey Ash

Megan Kruckenberg

Jackie Delaney

Samantha Wahls

Shaun Rekow

Shauna Lechtenberg

Kallee Martins

Stephanie Gelo

Last week in my newsletter I mentioned an innovative new idea for financing a proposed race-car track in Newton. The measure was voted out of the Senate Ways and Means committee this week and is now awaiting debate on the Senate floor. Some have expressed concern that this is bad tax policy, but I do not share that view.

Letter to the Editor:

April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Alcohol is the oldest and most widely used drug in the world. Nearly half of all Americans over the age of 12 are consumers of alcohol.

Although most drink only occasionally or moderately, there are an estimated 10-15 million alcoholics or problem drinkers in the United States, with more than 100,000 deaths each year attributed to alcohol.

Among the nation’s alcoholics and problem drinkers are as many as 4.5 million adolescents.

Funeral services for Jerry Anderson were held Friday, April 1, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. in the Ossian Lutheran Church at Ossian, Iowa. The Reverend Dave L. Lenth officiated. The organist was Elaine Knutson. Casket Bearers were: Brian Manning, Ron Anderson, Bob Anderson, Rick Anderson, Duane Hermen, Gerald Blumhagen, and Honorary Casket Bearers were: Virgil Johanningmeier, Sandy Schott, Merle Monroe. Burial was in the Bloomfield Cemetery, rural, Castalia, Iowa. The Schutte Funeral and Cremation Service of Postville was in charge of arrangements.

FROM: Schutte Funeral and Cremation Service, Postville

Phone: 563-864-7252

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DES MOINES, IA -- Carrie Gunderson of Castalia has been named to the Honor Roll at AIB College of Business for the 2004-2005 Winter Quarter. To be on the Honor Roll, a student must have a grade point average between 3.00 and 3.49 for 12 or more consecutive credit hours.

Gunderson is a graduate of John R Mott High School in Postville, Iowa. Gunderson is majoring in Accounting & Financial Services at AIB. She is the daughter of Rick and Renee Gunderson of Castalia.

DECORAH, Iowa – Jon Lund, Luther College vice president for enrollment, has announced that Aaron Kruse of Postville, Iowa, has been accepted for admission to Luther for the 2005-06 academic year.

Luther is a selective four-year college located in northeast Iowa. The college has an enrollment of 2,600 students. and offers a liberal arts education leading to the bachelor of arts degree in 60 majors and pre-professional programs.

Kathryn Sanderson & Darby Suckow of Postville would like to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. They are planning a May 7 wedding at St. Paul Lutheran Church. A reception and dance follow at Huckleberry’s in Prairie du Chien.

Kathryn is employed at Drahos & Senft, CPA’s, PC, in Postville and Darby is the owner of Suckow Dairy in Postville.