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The Waukon High School music department has selected “The Addams Family” as this year’s musical production under the direction of Louise Wild and musical director Sarah Palmer. Three performances are being planned for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 1, 2 and 3, all at 7:30 p.m. The  performances will be held at the Waukon High School auditorium.

The ghoulish Addams family is visiting the graveyard for an annual gathering of all family members (living, dead and undecided) to celebrate what it is to be an Addams. Uncle Fester (played by Sean Liddiard) stops the ancestors’ return to their graves to enlist their help. He explains that Wednesday (played by Oonagh Ahouse), under protest, has invited her new (normal) boyfriend, Lucas Beineke (played by Denzel Decker), and his parents, Mal (played by Robbie Drew) and Alice (played by Emily Kolsrud), to dinner.

At the end of August, the sixth grade students from St. Patrick School in Waukon participated in an overnight retreat at Village Creek Bible Camp in rural Lansing. The retreat consisted of many activities that focused on communication, problem-solving and working together as a team. The sixth graders were also able to focus on their faith and grow spiritually. Submitted photo.
 

Allamakee County Pheasants Forever, Mississippi Valley Sportsman Club, Allamakee County Conservation Board, Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Riverland Conservancy will again be sponsoring a mentored youth pheasant hunt Saturday, October 20. The event will start at 8:30 a.m. at the Mississippi Valley Sportsman Club located two miles south of Lansing. DNR officers will start the morning discussing the importance of habitat for pheasant survival and review some of the hunting regulations. Hunter safety instructors will then go over safe gun handling and hunting in the field, followed by a trap shoot at the clubhouse.

The Waukon Wellness Center will be holding its Fifth Annual “Turkey Trot” 5K Run/Walk Thanksgiving Day, November 22 at 8:30 a.m., beginning and ending at the Waukon Wellness Center. The Center is located directly across from Waukon High School at 1220 Third Avenue NW in Waukon.

All runners and walkers are welcome to join in this traditional pre-feast workout. The event is being held in part this year to help fund the new community tennis court project planned for location diagonally across the street from the Wellness Center near the new concession stand.

The Kee volleyball team played through a busy week full of two dual matches followed by a weekend tournament. Those two dual battles were in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play and left the Hawk netters still in search of their first UIC win this season, Kee falling at Clayton Ridge by scores of 12-25, 17-25 and 11-25 Tuesday, October 2 before also falling at home to South Winneshiek by sweeping finals of 19-25, 13-25 and 22-25 Thursday, October 4. The Hawks then split two matches reported from the Riceville Tournament Saturday, October 6, defeating the host school but falling to Postville, both in three-set battles.

The Waukon volleyball team came within a few points of breaking a now month-long dual match losing streak this past week before finally breaking a similar overall streak of three weeks with a weekend tournament match victory. That dual match close call came in a Northeast Iowa Conference match at Crestwood Tuesday, October 2 where the net Tribe fell by scores of 16-25, 11-25, 25-21, 25-19 and 13-15, with the Indians then winning one of three pool play matches at the Hudson Tournament Saturday, October 6, defeating Don Bosco, 21-19 and 21-14, and falling to South Tama, 19-21 and 17-21, and to Aplington-Parkersburg, 17-21 and 12-21.

Controlling rights for the top of Class 2A District 4 were on the line - along with a happy Homecoming, when the Waukon football team played host to Waterloo Columbus in a match-up of Class 2A top 10-rated teams Friday, October 5. Despite identical records of 5-1 and 2-0 in district play, the experience of the more recent winning Waukon program matched up against a Columbus program experiencing its first winning season - and more than two wins in a season - since 2010 made for a not nearly as similar final result, as the Indians posted a 20-0 second quarter burst on the way to a 38-12 Homecoming victory.

A rain-soaked field did not allow for much traction Friday, October 5 when the Kee football team hosted Easton Valley in this season’s Homecoming contest, at least not enough traction for the Hawks to get on to the scoreboard in falling by a 34-0 final result to the visiting River Hawks. Having moved the game’s start time up an hour to avoid what was forecasted to be the worst of Friday night’s weather, the previous and existing weather conditions and some hard-grinding football action made for some challenging conditions that left the Hawks’ home field and both teams a muddy mess.

Those conditions resulted in four Kee turnovers, two of which were returned right away for Easton Valley touchdowns. The Hawks also found enough traction to get themselves to the scoreboard door step, but suffered another of those turnovers and two fourth down denials within just a step or two of the goal line.

Bob J. Heffern, 86, of Waukon died Sunday, October 7, 2018 at his home surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 11 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon with Fr. Mark Osterhaus officiating. Burial with military honors will be at St. Joseph’s Paint Rock Cemetery, Harpers Ferry.

Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, October 10 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, where there will be a 2:45 p.m. scripture service. In lieu of flowers the family would like all donations to go to the Waukon Wellness Center or Crossing Rivers Health Hospice.

Robert John Heffern was born June 30, 1932 in La Crosse, WI, the son of John and Anna (Kelly) Heffern. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s at Paint Rock Catholic Church near Harpers Ferry and graduated from Waterville High School. Bob served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955, during the Korean War.

Joyce Margaret Brennan, 88, of Lansing died peacefully Sunday, October 7, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in La Crosse, WI. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, October 11 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Lansing with Rev. John Moser as the Celebrant. Burial will follow at Gethsemane Cemetery, Lansing.

Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. with a 3:30 p.m. Rosary and a 4 p.m. Scripture Service Wednesday, October 10 at Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Lansing. There will also be a one-hour visitation before Mass at the church Thursday.

A full obituary will be printed in next week’s issue of The Standard.