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Students, parents and community members are invited to join thousands of others on athletic fields all across the nation Wednesday, October 10 to share their Christian faith with fellow students during the seventh annual national Fields of Faith event. This rapidly-growing, interdenominational outreach event will be held at more than 400 locations throughout the nation on this same date.

The fifth annual Big Pumpkin Contest was held Sunday, September 30 under near-perfect weather conditions at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds in Waukon. The biggest pumpkin weighed in at the contest topped the scales at 415 pounds, and was turned in by TASC, Inc. of Waukon.
Along with the biggest pumpkins weighed in, other winners of the various cooking contests are also listed below:

Jacob Beneke, formerly of New Albin, was among six people killed Thursday, September 27 in a workplace shooting that took place at a Minneapolis, MN sign company. Reports from the incident indicate an employee of Accent Signage Systems responded to being fired that same day by shooting the business owner, several other employees (including Beneke) and a UPS driver before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life.

The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Department and the Veterans Memorial Hospital Ambulance from Waukon responded to a report just after 10 a.m. Thursday, September 20 of a farming accident at 1058 Chestnut Road, rural Waterville. The Sheriff’s Department reported that Neil Bresnahan, age 71, was killed when a corn chopper head he was working on fell on top of him. Bresnahan’s full obituary appears in this week's issue of The Standard.

The 2012 Iowa Future Farmers of America (FFA) Milk Quality & Products Career Development Event was held in conjunction with the Blue Ribbon Dairy Classic in West Union Saturday, September 15. A total of 16 teams and 54 individuals participated in this year’s Career Development Event designed to provide students an opportunity to display their knowledge and skills in the area of milk quality and dairy foods.

by Bob Beach

The fifth annual Big Pumpkin contest is scheduled for Sunday, September 30 in Waukon. The event, which takes place at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds, will begin with weigh-in at 9:30 a.m., with those big pumpkins being on display that day and this year’s winners being crowned at a 12:30 p.m. awards ceremony.

by Dwight Jones

by Bob Beach

The fifth annual Big Pumpkin contest is scheduled for Sunday, September 30 in Waukon. The event, which takes place at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds, will begin with weigh-in at 9:30 a.m., with those big pumpkins being on display that day and this year’s winners being crowned at a 12:30 p.m. awards ceremony.