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The Waukon boys cross country team faced its busiest week of competition so far this season, taking part in two meets that book-ended the past week. The distance Indians first placed third at their own Waukon Invitational Monday, September 24, a meet rescheduled from Tuesday, September 18 due to rainy weather. The Tribe then finished second behind Class 1A eighth-rated South Winneshiek at the Crestwood Invitational Saturday, September 29.

The Indians were next scheduled to compete at the South Winneshiek Invitational Tuesday, October 2 before preparing for their Northeast Iowa Conference Meet Tuesday, October 9 at Waverly. The distance Tribe will then get ready for its Class 2A State Qualifying Meet to be held Thursday, October 18 at a site yet to be officially announced.

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The Waukon girls cross country team took part in its busiest week of the season, competing in two meets to book-end the past week. The distance ladies first placed third at their own Waukon Invitational Monday, September 24, a meet rescheduled from Tuesday, September 18 due to rainy weather. The Lady Indians then finished second behind the Class 2A top-rated host squad at the Crestwood Invitational Saturday, September 29, where first-year high school cross country competitor, sophomore Maddy Waters, ran to a new school record time of 20:42.1, improving on the previous record of 20:52.67 set last season by teammate Katelyn Benzing in her sophomore season.

The Kee cross country team competed in a pair of meets to begin and end this past week’s competition. The Hawks first competed in the smaller Waukon Invitational Monday, September 24 before taking part in the much larger Steve Johnson Invitational at Wartburg College in Waverly Saturday, September 29. The Waukon meet had been rained out from Tuesday, September 18, and its postponement also resulted in the Hawks opting out of the Tuesday, September 25 Jesup Invitational, the Kee girls finishing second at Waukon and the Hawk boys coming in fifth. At Saturday’s Wartburg meet, the Kee girls finished 13th in a loaded field of 25 scored teams, with the Kee boys not fielding enough runners to compile a varsity team score.

The Waukon volleyball team played through a winless week of five matches, including a pair of Northeast Iowa Conference bouts against top 15-rated teams and a weekend tournament featuring another highly-regarded foe. The Indians first fell at home to Class 3A ninth-rated New Hampton Monday, September 24 and then at Class 4A seventh-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, September 25 before being eliminated early from the Waterloo Columbus Tournament Saturday, September 29 with losses to Class 1A fourth-rated Starmont, Marion and Waterloo East.

Now with a 10-12-4 season record, 1-3 in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the Indians were next scheduled to play at Crestwood Tuesday, October 2 before playing in the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 6. The net Tribe will then play at Charles City Tuesday, October 9 and then prepare for its Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament to be played at Decorah Saturday, October 13.

For the second consecutive week, the Kee volleyball team had just one match on its slate, as the Hawk netters played host to West Central Thursday, September 27 in just their second home match of the season. Still in search of their first win in Upper Iowa Conference play this season, the Lady Hawks fended off a three-set sweep but ultimately fell in four sets to the visiting Blue Devils.

West Central used a nine-point run early in the opening set to pull away to a 1-10 advantage, directly adding another six-point surge to dig the Kee deficit to 3-16. The Hawks could not manage any more than two points in their service series in the set, ultimately suffering the 9-25 defeat.

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The Waukon football team traveled to Oelwein Friday, September 28 to play what many may consider a “trap” game, with the traditionally-troubled Husky program having won just two games in its previous six seasons combined and in search of its first Class 2A District 4 victory after coming off a 54-0 district-opening loss to a single-loss Waterloo Columbus team the previous week, with the Indians staring at that same Columbus team next on their schedule. This season’s Huskies, however, have already equaled the win total of their last six seasons and battled the football Tribe to an even first quarter before the Indians found their bearings and rattled off 38 unanswered points on the way to a 46-16 Waukon victory.

Arla Halverson, age 88, of Decorah died Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at her home in Decorah. Services were held Sunday, September 16 at Decorah Lutheran Church, Decorah with Rev. Brenda Crossfield officiating.

Arla Alvina (Johnson) Halverson was born September 6, 1930, the daughter of Julian “Jack” and Beatrice (Hillestad) Johnson in Decorah. She graduated from Decorah High School and later attended college in Cedar Falls for teaching.

In 1952 Arla married Neale Downing at the Glenwood Lutheran Church outside of Decorah and together they had three children. She taught at country schools in Glenwood Township for a few years before moving to the Chicago area in 1958. In 1975 she married Dale Halverson in LaGrange, IL. Arla worked at Lyons Township High School as a special education teacher until retiring in the mid-90s.

Les Livingood, 83, of Harpers Ferry died Thursday, September 27, 2018 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Memorial services will be held Friday, October 5 at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Waukon with Rev. Duane Smith officiating. Friends may greet the family at the fellowship lunch following the service. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is assisting the family.

Leslie Lynn Livingood was born March 14, 1935 at his parents’ home in Waukon, the son of Lynn and Daisy (Thornton) Livingood. He attended country school and married JoAnn Swenson. Throughout his life, Les worked a variety of jobs. He started as a milk hauler, then worked for a construction company, and also worked for Allamakee County as a road grader. For many years, he and JoAnn owned and operated Livingood’s Supper Club in Frankville, which is best remembered for its beer battered fish. Les also did a lot of real estate developing.

Bertilla “Bert” B. Barthel, 89, of Waukon died Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Memorial services will be held Monday, October 8 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon. A private burial will be held at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of services Monday, October 8 at the church.

Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is assisting the family. Memorials can be made to St. Patrick Catholic Church or the Good Samaritan Center, both in Waukon.

Bertilla “Bert” Beatrice Barthel was born November 20, 1928 in Paynesville, MN, the daughter of Nick and Julia (Yaeger) Lutgen. She grew up in the Paynesville area and, after she finished school, worked as a telephone operator.

Alvina H. Sickels, 92, of Waukon died Friday, September 28, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were Thursday, October 4 at Waterville Lutheran Church in Waterville with Pastor Tim Rupert officiating. Burial was at Waterville Lutheran Cemetery.

Alvina Harriet Sickels was born June 29, 1926 at home in Waterville, the daughter of Otto Cornelius and Martha Elizabeth (Asleson) Nelson. She was baptized and confirmed at Waterville Lutheran Church and attended Waterville school.

September 17, 1944, Alvina married Arthur Andrew Sickels at Waterville Lutheran Church. The couple farmed for a few years in Waukon Junction until they were flooded out too many times. In addition to raising her five children, Alvina also babysat for a few families in the area. Alvina worked for Capco Products in Volney for 13 years and cleaned houses for several years after that.