The Lansing City Council regular meeting was held Tuesday, September 4 due to the Labor Day holiday falling on its usual Monday meeting night. Discussion was centered around fixing the brick at the fire station, hiring a new part-time police officer, raising winter storage fees at the City Marina and adding to the winter storage contract verbiage, and setting the fall clean-up date.
A motion was made and approved to fix the brick in the Fire Station for an estimated amount of $4,450. Makenze Kriener has been hired for part-time police help.
The winter storage fees at the City Marina have been raised by $50.00 upon the recommendation by the Marina Board. A motion was made and approved to add the statement, “Any ice damage to dock is not the fault of the city”, to the winter storage contract.
Fall clean-up day has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 9.
The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) school board members met at East Elementary School in Waukon Monday evening, September 10 for a work session with representatives from Shive Hattery to discuss some of the issues the firm addressed in its recent study of the East Elementary building. The initial reason for the study of the building was to investigate the issues with the pipe system involved with the heating of the building.
The report was presented to the school board members and then explained by the representatives from Shive Hattery, who presented the board members with several options as well as other things noticed that could be added to the project if the board chooses to. The baseline fix is that all piping would have to be replaced, but it was pointed out that the overall system would still be outdated.
The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) is once again partnering with the Northeast Iowa Food Bank to offer the BackPack Program to students in order to provide meals for kids when school meals aren’t available. Any student, 18 years old and younger, who qualifies for the free and reduced lunch program in the school district may participate in the BackPack Program.
Parents and guardians of ACSD students may apply for the free and reduced lunch program at any time throughout the school year. The applications are available through the school secretaries. Families are encouraged to apply for assistance if they are in need.
Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering “Find Your Inner Artist: A Guided Painting Experience” Tuesday, September 25 from 6-9 p.m. at the NICC Waukon Center, located at 1220 Third Avenue NW.
Even if students have never painted before, they will find their inner artist as they follow the step-by-step instruction. By the end of the evening, class attendees will have created a 11”x14” canvas masterpiece and perhaps even made some new friends. There is a supply fee due to the instructor the night of class.
To register online for “Find Your Inner Artist: A Guided Painting Experience” (#65812) or for more information, visit www.nicc.edu/solutions or call NICC Business and Community Solutions at 800-728-2256, ext. 399 (Calmar campus) or the NICC Waukon Center at 563-568-3060. Registration deadline is this Friday, September 14.
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.
Stride for stride ... Kee girls cross country senior Makayla Walleser battles stride for stride with this MFL/MarMac runner at the North Fayette Valley Invitational Thursday, September 6 at West Union. Walleser finished 17th overall in a time of 24:07.42. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Holds him off ... Kee boys cross country senior Ryan Whalen races toward the finish line with this determined Postville runner on his trail at the North Fayette Valley Invitational held Thursday, September 6 at West Union. Whalen was able to hold off the Pirate challenger by just over half a second, finishing 45th overall in a time of 23:07.32. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
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.
Team-high nine kills ... Waukon volleyball senior Brigid Berns swings away in the Indians’ three-set home sweep of Decorah Tuesday, September 4. Berns pounded out a team-high nine kills and also recorded five digs and two assists in the match. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Bulman blasts ... Waukon volleyball junior Leah Bulman unloads on an attack in the Indians’ three-set home sweep of Decorah Tuesday, September 4. Bulman hammered out four kills in the match and also had one ace serve and three digs. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
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.
