Veterans Memorial Hospital will not be offering a CPR course in October. The next class available will be offered November 21.
The cost of all CPR classes, for certification or recertification, at Veterans Memorial Hospital is the same and all registrants should bring along their own pocket mask. The card received with the course does certify attendants in CPR for two years.
Pre-registration plus a minimum of three participants is required. For more information and to register for next the CPR Course, call Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
The Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital will be holding its monthly Euchre Marathon for all individuals of the community interested Thursday, October 18. Men and women are welcome to attend, even if not an Auxiliary member. The Euchre marathons are held the third Thursday of each month at the Senior Citizens Room at the Waukon Wellness Center.
The Auxiliary’s Euchre Marathons begin at 11:30 a.m. with dinner, if chosen. Call Northland Agency on Aging at 877-838-8077 if choosing to eat dinner. Card playing will follow at 12:30 p.m. until approximately 2:30 p.m. Anyone wishing to stay and play cards following the Senior Citizens meal is welcome to do so. All proceeds go towards the Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital. Prizes will be awarded.
Anyone interested in attending but preferring to play Bridge is also welcome to join in. It is asked that they come with their own table of four players, however.
The Veterans Memorial Hospital Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, October 18 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital. This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or has a friend or loved one with diabetes. For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, call Angie Mettille, RN, at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
John and Lorna (Severson) Kerndt of Waukon were married October 19, 1953. They plan to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with a mass and a private family dinner.
The Kerndts have five children: John (Karen) Kerndt of Decorah, Tom (Beth) Kerndt of Waukon, Craig Kerndt of Waukon, Kari (Gary) Hammel of Waukon and Kristi (Robert) Campbell of Waukon. They have seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Cards and well-wishes may be sent to 205 9th Street NW, Waukon, IA 52172.
Walter and LaVon Germann of Postville will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. Walter Germann and LaVon Kurth were united in marriage October 22, 1958 and have four children, Lynn (Brian) Monroe, Jeff Germann (special friend Bridget), Karen (Gary) Crawford and their son, Kevin Germann, who is with them in spirit.
In honor of the occasion, cards may be sent to 752 Woodchuck Drive, Postville, IA 52162.
An open house birthday celebration in honor of Carlton Christianson’s 80th birthday is scheduled for Saturday, October 20 from 1-4 p.m.
The celebration will take place at the Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank basement meeting room located at 201 West Main in Waukon. Everyone is invited to attend.
Rachel and Ian Kemp of Decorah announce the birth of their daughter, Alayna Louise Kemp, born September 23, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, MN. She weighed 4 lbs. 11 ozs. and measured 17-1/2 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins a sister, Maci (4).
Grandparents are Steve and Amy Marlow of Independence and Tom and Judy Kemp of Decorah. Great-grandparents are Cyril and Shirley Larkin of Waukon, and Jan and Al Kemp-Isen and the late Louis Kemp of Harpers Ferry.
Jacob Jannsen and Morgan Stegen of Waukon announce the birth of their son, Judah Sylvan Jannsen, born October 9, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 7 lbs. 8 ozs. and measured 20-1/2 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a brother, Elijah (3).
Grandparents are Jeff and Janet Jannsen of Waukon, Mikki Stegen of Lansing and Marty Stegen of Greencastle, PA. Great-grandparents are Wayne Johnson of Waukon, Denis and Marlene Welch of Lansing and Lela and Carol Blagsvedt of Houston, MN.
... that a story in one of the Sunday papers about Iowa’s first governor, Ansel Briggs, noted that he was responsible for setting the state’s borders. The east and west limits were easy because ol the two major rivers, and he noted that Iowa’s “rivers as borders flow to an inseparable union.”
After weeks of a further separation of the nation’s two political parties, I wish I could express the same hope for the country.
But I can’t.
And the main reason I feel that way is not the differences in philosophy, but rather all the evidence of mob rule ... monocracy instead of democracy.
It is an honor and privilege to represent you in Iowa Senate District 28 and I appreciate your support. I’ve received numerous calls about a letter to the editor written by former educator Steve Paul and published in last week’s paper. In the letter he asked people to call me and warned that SF 45 was going to take away IPERS from all State employees.
According to Mr. Paul, “Breitbach’s party is pushing this change. This is being done under the table.” He failed to mention only one Senator proposed this bill, it had no co-sponsors, no subcommittee meeting and no support to move forward in the Senate. The bill would have affected Chapter 411 employees, such as peace officers and firefighters, but not IPERS employees.
