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Veterans Memorial Hospital will begin the next Prepared Childbirth Education classes (formerly called Lamaze) Monday, October 8, and those classes will continue for two more consecutive Monday evenings, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Large Conference Room.

The Prepared Childbirth Education classes at Veterans Memorial Hospital are offered in three sessions that allow the expectant parents to choose which topics they wish to learn more on. They may choose to attend one, two or all three sessions. Session 1 covers labor, delivery and the postpartum period following delivery; Session 2 includes relaxation, breathing and pain management; and Session 3 covers infant care. Tours of the OB Department are available with each session as well.  

The local Caregiver Support Group meets monthly at Veterans Memorial Hospital. The meetings will take place the third Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m.  The next meeting will be held Monday, September 17 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital.

This informal meeting is open to anyone who provides care and support for a family member or friend. Feel free to attend and bring a friend.  This new Caregiver Support Group meets the third Monday of each month at Veterans Memorial Hospital.
 

Veterans Memorial Hospital, in cooperation with the American Heart Association, is offering a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for lay people (those not working in healthcare), which includes child care providers, Tuesday, September 18 from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

The CPR class, which will cover adult, child and infant CPR, will be held in the Large Conference Room located on the lower level of the hospital. The cost of the class, for certification or recertification, is the same. The card received with the course does certify attendants in CPR for two years.

CPR is administered when someone’s breathing, pulse, or both, stop. When both of them stop, the victim has suffered sudden death, which can be caused by poisoning, drowning, choking, suffocation, electrocution, smoke inhalation, or the most common cause, heart attack.

Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon will sponsor a Babysitting Seminar Saturday, October 13 from 8:30 a.m. - Noon.  The class will be held in the Large Conference Room located on the lower level of Veterans Memorial Hospital.  

Intended participants are individuals 10 years of age and older who are responsible for their own care after school until their parents come home from work, and individuals who care for other children in or outside of their own home. Girls are not the sole babysitters in this society. Boys are also welcome and encouraged to attend.

Topics to be covered include fire and personal safety, accident prevention and emergency actions, nutritious snacks and basic care of children.

Memorials were recently received by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation in memory of Ryan Schulte by Mary Axmear, Gary and Joan David, Richard Hermeier, Systems Equipment Corporation, Brian and Karen Burke, Bill and Linda Halvorson, Mary Ann Hager, Frances Fahey, John and Lorna Kerndt, Kent and Donna Schultz, Reg and Nicole Schulte, and Pat and Debbie McGeough.

Memorials were also received in memory of Burnell Sorum by Gayle Larkin, Bob and Judy Iseli, and Nyles and Ruby Herman. A memorial was also received in memory of Steve Smith by Maury and Lorraine Gallagher.

Memorials and donations are greatly appreciated by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation. The Foundation is a 501C3 organization. All donations to the Foundation are tax deductible. Memorials and donations can be sent to 40 First Street SE, Waukon, IA  52172.
 

Allison Schulte and Ian Urell, both of Waukon, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding which will take place Saturday, September 15 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon.

Parents of the bride-to-be are Keith and Patrice  Schulte of Waukon. Parents of the groom-to-be are Amy Sweeney and Ed Urell, both of Waukon.

The bride-to-be is a 2010 graduate of Waukon High School and a 2014 graduate of University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. She is employed as a Social Worker at Northgate Care Center in Waukon.

The groom-to-be is a 2011 graduate of Waukon High School. He is employed at Darold Berger Masonry in Waukon.
 

The children of Mary Iseli invite family and friends to be part of a surprise 80th birthday celebration in her honor.

The gathering will take place Saturday, September 15 in the Waukon City Club Party Room from 1-4 p.m.

Help keep this a surprise.

The Black Hawk Bridge in Lansing will be lighted in celebration of this occasion that same evening.
 

Kim and Justin Johnson of Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, Everly Joy Johnson, born August 30, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and measured 20-1/4 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins siblings, Ava (11) and Greyson (5).

Grandparents are Chris and Tim Anthony, Mark Miller, and Kay and Virgil Johnson, all of Waukon. Virginia Roe of Waukon is a great-grandparent.

by Dick Schilling, "Editor Emeritus"

... that this is being written on Labor Day.

And once again, skies are dark and rain is threatening, and actually falling a few miles south this-morning. The day comes after a week during which there might have been one rainless day, and starts a week when forecasters say there may only be a day or two without rain.

It isn’t forty days and forty nights yet, but we suspect Noah has the boat plans handy.

And I also suspect the weather people are doing handstands, since dire forecasts are their raison d’etre; their reason for existing.

For example, a new tropical storm has earned a name, in the Florida and Gulf Coast area, so we can expect to see television personalities standing out in heavy rain and strong winds, to prove the storm is there, as if we would not believe it if they stayed inside and pointed cameras outside.

To the Editor:

What a wonderful sight! While driving through rural Allamakee County, just north of Waukon, my wife and I spotted a beautifully constructed Christian display. To our knowledge, it wasn’t put there by an organization, political group or even a church.

Evidently, a sincere private individual and his family took it upon themselves to “advertise” for Christ. If I’ve tweaked your interest, take a short drive north of town on Hwy. 76 and take the “crossover” to Hwy. 9 and see for yourself.

No offense to our churches, but has anyone noticed how many church marquees mention Jesus or God on them... or, rather, don’t? Just a thought.

Poor Christians, but Christians none-the-less,
Gene and Sherry Averhoff
Dorchester