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It’s still dark outside; the weather is bitter and cold.  It’s the perfect day to get together with good friends, reflect on life, walk the countryside, and bring home that trophy buck or prize pheasant. You’re fully prepared this year; your scope is right on, you’ve scouted out the perfect spot for your stand and you’ve been punching paper targets for months. But is your body ready?

Like any sport, hunting requires the participants to train, focus, and be mentally and physically fit for the activity required. When hunters aren’t in shape, their trips can sometimes end in tragedy. Hunting may be the most demanding physical exertion some hunters experience all year.

“Dragging a heavy deer through the snow or brush can be exceptionally stressful on the heart,” said Steven Perkins, D.O., family physician at Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare in Waukon. Studies show that excitement of sighting a deer can send a hunter’s heart rate soaring,

An open house birthday celebration in honor of Lyle Mohwinkle’s 80th birthday is scheduled for Saturday, November 17 from 2-6 p.m. at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds Pavilion in Waukon.

Friends and family are welcome to attend. No gifts are necessary.
 

The Waukon High School Class of 1961 will meet November 16 at 11:30 a.m. at Gus & Tony’s for lunch. All classmates are invited.

Jodi and Dustin Egeland of Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, Audrey Rose Egeland, born October 12, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 9 lbs. 7 ozs. and measured 22 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins a brother, Hudson (3).

Grandparents are Jeff and Penny Sweeney of Waukon and Roger and Joan Egeland of Ossian. Great-grandparents are Don Egeland and Lucille Holthaus of Ossian.

Eric and Becky Haler of Springfield, VA announce the birth of their son, Hobbs Eric Haler, born October 28, 2018 at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Fort Belvoir, VA. He weighed 7 lbs. 8 ozs. and measured  21 inches in length at the time of his birth.

Grandparents are Don and DiAnne Haler of Waukon, Roy and Diane Hobbs of O’Fallen, IL and Sterling and Jack Topping of Hampton, VA.
 

by Dick Schilling, "Editor Emeritus"

... that I had to smile to myself recently when I looked at the issue of National Geographic that had arrived.

There were several photos of dark-skinned South American native females with bare breasts. It brought to memory the olden days when librarians, school and municipal, felt the need to leaf through issues of the magazine before shelving one, to make sure young boys didn’t see such things. It still happens a few times, as I recall after being a subscriber for many years.

I wonder if that still goes on? Maybe not, since the advent of such magazines as Playboy and Penthouse have provided the opportunity for American boys to see American girls in like mode of undress. Or more. Or less, more accurately.

Thankfulness to God - Psalm 116:7-18

I thank God for the life and the care he has given to me to share this word with you about Thanksgiving. The word Thanksgiving means thanking God for the things He has given us.

November is the month we give thanks to God and we remember the good things God has done for us in our lives.

In the bible, King David was thinking about all the good things God had done for him such as delivering him from enemies and giving him peace.  He asked himself “What shall I render to the Lord for all the bounty he has given to me.” (II Samuel 7:1-3) King David worshipped and thanked God saying “I’ll worship you and give glory among the People.” (Psalm 40:10-11)

So today I want you to thank God for all the good things he has done for you. Jesus died on the cross for our sin. We thank God for the sacrifice of his son who gave his blood for us so we can have life eternal.  Amen.   

To the Editor:

I have been having a bad night; somehow (I think) I got hold of some potato salad that may have been more than a couple days old. But during my sleepless night I pondered the letter I had received in the mail, dated 10-25-2018. The return address was “City of Waukon”.

The important message was that my property is not covered with Exterior Water Line Coverage from Service Line Warrants of America, which has partnered with the City of Waukon to offer the coverage to eligible home owners. But for peace of mind, I could buy this protection for just $6.33 per month or just $75.96 annually.

To the Editor:

Thomas Hill has it wrong once again. He has distorted some facts and ignored others to try to prove his point that only a few Americans are benefiting from the Trump Tax Bill in his letter October 24.

Mr.  Hill claims that only a few people are actually seeing any benefits and suggests that the tax reduction for corporations has resulted in windfall profits for those corporations. He fails to understand that the tax cuts allowed those corporations to repatriate almost three trillion dollars at a lower tax rate that had been sitting in offshore accounts. The money they have repatriated has been used to buy back stock in some instances.

To the Editor:

For the past several months, a rare sighting has been spotted here in Allamakee County. It has been thought to be disrespectful and is met with concern, puzzlement and probably anger. It has, down through the years, with respect to the best of my knowledge, been proudly flown over the land that it represents. I speak of the Stars and Stripes Flag of the United States of America.

For the past several months, it has been flown upside down. My wife and I totally respect it and have assisted our armed forces with seven years of our lives serving in the U.S. Army and Air Force, responding to a call to help protect this country with our love for this country and the banner that flies so proudly over it, being discharged honorably.