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The Tuesday Night Men’s League at the Waukon Golf and Country Club completed its season with a championship match between the team of Kyle Halverson/Robert Campbell (pictured left to right above) and the team of Dan Headington/Kris Krueger. The Halverson/Campbell team won the final play-off match with a two-hole sudden play-off to become the 2018 Men’s League Champions. Seventeen two-man teams competed in the Tuesday Night Men’s League at the Country Club. The Men’s League has been held each summer at the Country Club since 1977. The season is made up of eight weeks of team matches between three different divisions, including match and medal play. Play-off qualifiers were involved in a five-week play-off. Submitted photo.
 

The Kee cross country teams finally returned to the race course after more than two weeks idle from competition, with the Lady Hawks returning right to the top of their team race and the Hawk boys placing fifth in their first team-scored race of the season at North Fayette Valley Thursday, September 6. The Hawks sat completely idle two weeks ago when the August 28 Oelwein Invitational and August 30 Charles City meet addition were both canceled due to weather, and then had the Tuesday, September 4 Clayton Ridge Invitational also canceled before finally being able to compete at North Fayette Valley.

The Waukon volleyball team got its Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) season off to a successful start this past week before playing in a weekend tournament in Cresco. The Indian netters swept Decorah in three sets to open both their NEIC and home season Tuesday, September 4 before winning four of six matches to finish third at the annual Kepros Tournament hosted by Crestwood High School in Cresco Saturday, September 8.

The volleyball Indians will now prepare to host their own home tournament this Saturday, September 15, details of which appear in a shaded box elsewhere on these Sports pages. The Tribe netters will then host Oelwein Tuesday, September 18 and will then host New Hampton Monday, September 24 before traveling to Waverly-Shell Rock Tuesday, September 25.

The Waukon football team continued its early-season non-district schedule against fellow Northeast Iowa Conference teams, traveling to New Hampton Friday, September 7. Although the two squads have waged war in some classic battles with postseason implications in recent years, this latest match-up was anything but that as the Indians rolled to a 46-21 victory over a New Hampton squad they eliminated in last season’s play-off run but whose now 0-3 season record provides evidence that it has obviously not rebounded from last year’s graduation loss as well as the Indians.

by Jeremy Leitz, Allamakee County Executive Director (563) 568-2148

Upcoming Deadlines and Important Dates
• September 28: ARCPLC Signup Deadline; MPP-Dairy Premiums Due

Market Facilitation Program
USDA announced the trade mitigation program (Market Facilitation Program, MFP) the other week.  This program will aid farmers who were impacted from trade retaliation. The Farm Service Agency will administer this program and provide payments to corn, dairy, hog, soybean, wheat, cotton, and sorghum producers.
The signup period will run through January 15, 2019, and you are encouraged to apply after harvest is 100% complete. We recommend you bring production evidence with you when you apply. Payments will be issued on 50% of the production multiplied by the MFP rate for the specific commodity.  A second payment period, if warranted, will be determined by the USDA.

Disease has no human health or food safety concerns, but could cause significant trade disruptions

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig highlighted the importance of strict biosecurity by pork producers following the confirmation of several cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Pork Producers Association are encouraging pork producers to be on the lookout for clinical signs of the disease and to contact their veterinarian if they have herd health concerns.

Norbert “Butch” Schulte, 90, of New Albin died Monday, August 27, 2018 at Gundersen Health Systems in La Crosse, WI. Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, August 31 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, New Albin with Rev. John Moser as the celebrant. Burial followed at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, New Albin.

Norbert was born May 2, 1928 in Dorchester, the son of John C. and Ella G. (Connor) Schulte. He attended rural country school in Dorchester. June 28, 1951 he was united in marriage with Rita Kelly. To this union six children were born.

Norbert worked for the Allamakee County Highway Department. In his free time, he enjoyed watching sports, news and his favorite weekly show, “Mollie B”. He also enjoyed feeding and watching the birds, along with the neighborhood animals. Norbert liked tinkering and doodling and was a “Jack of all trades”. He took great pride in his family and especially loved their trips to the lake in northern Minnesota.

Michael George Goyer, 64, of Reeseville, WI passed away August 25, 2018 of natural causes. Mike is survived by his brother, John; his sister, Pamela; and his children, Nicole, Andrew and Lindsay.

Mike loved his friends in Waukon and his family cats. Mike was preceded in death by his mother, Irene; his father, Clayton; his beloved sister, Pauline; his grandparents, Mike and Pauline; and his uncles, Alex and John.

Mike’s sense of humor, his hilarious stories and his love for life will be missed. May you rest in peace.
 

Virgil Charles LeRoy William Johanningmeier, age 89, of Waukon died Friday, August 24, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society in Waukon. A Celebration of Life is being planned for this Saturday, September 15 at the Monona Community Center in Monona from 12-6 p.m.
 

Thomas “Tom” J. Kilpatrick, 81, of rural Palo passed away peacefully Sunday, September 9, 2018 at his home after a six-month battle with cancer. Visitation will be held Wednesday, September 12 from 4-6 p.m. at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids. Funeral mass will be conducted by Fr. Dustin Vu Thursday, September 13 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John XXIII Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the mass at the church. Burial will follow the ceremony at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.

Tom was born May 3, 1937 in Waukon to John and Mildred (Mellick) Kilpatrick. He attended rural schools and graduated from Waukon High School in 1955. May 11, 1957, he married Jeanette Magner at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in West Ridge. He was a member of St. John XXIII Catholic Church.