Students at Waukon High School have selected their Homecoming representatives for 2018, with the coronation of this year's Homecoming Queen and King set to take place at the traditional "Burning of the 'W'" pep rally scheduled for this Thursday evening, October 4, beginning at 7 p.m. at Waukon High School. Pictured in the top photo above are this year's Waukon High School Homecoming Queen and King candidates from the 2018-2019 Senior class, including: Left to right - Front row: Queen candidates Megan O’Neill, Brigid Berns, Madisen Ahlstrom, McKenzie Cooper and Grace Howe. Back row: King candidates Michael Headington, Andrew Mellick, Pryce Hesse, Michael Sweeney and Thomas Byrnes. Pictured in the photo directly above, front to back and left to right, are Freshman Class attendants Alyssa Bublitz and Jordan Sletten, Sophomore Class attendants Madelyn Waters and Daniel Gruman, and Junior Class attendants Elizabeth McQuade and Zach Davison.
Members of the Kee High School Homecoming Court for 2018 include the King and Queen candidates from the Senior class pictured above, as well as the underclassman attendants pictured below. Pictured above are, left to right: Front row - Senior Class Homecoming Queen candidates Neve Goetzinger, Katie Brennan, Makayla Walleser, McKenzie Hawes and Macie Hill. Back row - Senior Class Homecoming King candidates Dylan Walleser, Anthony Martin, Jacob Berns, Josh Walleser and Micah Reinke. Pictured at left, front to back and left to right, are: Junior Class attendants Ashlyn Seitz and Joey Snitker, Sophomore Class attendants Jenessa Stussy and Ryan Conway, and Freshman Class attendants Haley Meyer and Nick Buege. Details of this week's Homecoming events at Kee High School, along with celebratory pages, can be found on Pages 8A-9A inside this issue. Photos courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook.
Waukon State Bank has made a donation of $10,000 to the Waukon Park, Recreation and Wellness Department Tennis Court Project. Pictured above at the check presentation are, left to right, Amy McCormick and Gail Prestemon of Waukon State Bank, Waukon Park & Recreation Wellness Director Jeremy Strub, and Dan Denk and Justin Sweeney of Waukon State Bank. The project will include two tennis courts that will be located near the soccer fields on the west edge of Waukon, close to the new concession stand/restroom building. The tennis courts will be open to the public so anyone can use these courts for tennis or pickle ball with no membership or other fees. The courts will be lighted and could also be used in the winter for ice skating. Prestemon stated, “Waukon State Bank is happy to support a project that can benefit a wide variety of people in our community.
A Waukon man could spend the next 35 to 50 years behind bars for an April 16 fatal shooting.
Monday, October 1, District Judge John Bauercamper sentenced John Michael Quanrude, age 32, to 50 years in prison for the Second Degree Murder of his stepfather and roommate, 60-year-old Dean Russell of Waukon. Last month, Quanrude was found guilty in that fatal shooting incident by a 12-person jury in a case heard in the Allamakee County Courthouse. The crime took place April 16 of this year in the home the two shared at 49 Jean Road in the Parkview Trailer Court in Waukon.
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Before hearing from the attorneys Monday, Bauercamper acknowledged a letter he had received from Quanrude’s aunt, Dianne (Quanrude) Estes, asking for leniency in sentencing. Bauercamper noted Quanrude’s sentence was mandatory and he had no authority to change that.
Cassandra Berger... Photo by Veronica Farley, Demasque Photography.
People’s Choice voting begins this week
The Miss Iowa USA® and Miss Iowa Teen USA® competitions for 2018 are scheduled for this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7 in Newton. Among this year’s contests for a second consecutive year will be Cassandra Berger, the daughter of Rusty and Cynthia Berger of Waukon who was a semifinalist in last year’s competition.
Berger is a 2012 graduate of Waukon High School who also graduated magna cum laude from the University of Dubuque in May 2016, having majored in Accounting, Human Resource Management and Business Administration. She is currently working to complete her Masters of Business Administration degree in the spring of 2019 at the University of Dubuque, currently working on campus as a Graduate Assistant in the Wendt Character Center, which brings together students who want to be proactive about developing their character and making the world around them better.
The first-ever Driftless Half Marathon will be taking place Saturday, October 13 along the Great River Road (County Road X52) between Harpers Ferry and Lansing, and motorists are advised to be aware of event traffic throughout that morning. Although the roadway will remain open to traffic, motorists are advised to try and seek an alternative route from 5 a.m. to 12 noon to aid safety and successful completion of the event.
The Driftless Half Marathon will take place from 7:30-11:30 a.m. that Saturday, beginning at the intersection of Collins Ridge Road and Great River Road (approximately one mile north of Harpers Ferry) and ending at the Softball Complex in Lansing. The route will also include a loop on Red Oak Drive.
The Allamakee Community Players will present their fall comedy production of “Jurassic Park & Wreck” on the stage in the St. John’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in Waukon. Performances are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, October 12 and 13 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, October 14 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available prior to the performance at a discounted rate from any cast member or can be obtained in advance by calling Karla Lubahn at 563-568-4640 or Kris Larson at 563-864-7766. Ticket information can be found in the advertisement on Page 5A of this issue of The Standard.
The Waukon City Council met in a special session prior to a regular session Monday, October 1 to address a variety of matters and agenda items. Mayor Pat Stone called the special session to order at 6 p.m., which began with discussion of the 28E agreement between the City of Waukon and the Allamakee Community School District.
Park and Rec Wellness Director Jeremy Strub discussed short-term and long-term maintenance at the Wellness Center with the boiler and rooftop units being issues in the next 10-15 years which he recommended be planned and budgeted for as future expenses. Strub discussed the school district’s maintenance agreement with Winona Controls which he recommended would be advisable for the Wellness Center as well and that budget planning for 2019 should include ongoing maintenance and a separate fund for future capital expenses.
Preparing to feed those in need ... The store room holds crates of food which will soon be stocked on the LIFT shelves for future recipients. The new LIFT food pantry will be open Wednesdays, beginning October 3, from 4-8 p.m. Photo by Susan Cantine-Maxson.
Frozen and refrigerated offerings ... New refrigerators and freezers are operational and ready to receive frozen and refrigerated foods for Lansing’s new LIFT food pantry. The new LIFT food pantry will be open Wednesdays, beginning October 3, from 4-8 p.m. Photo by Susan Cantine-Maxson.
by Susan Cantine-Maxson
Lansing Iowa Food Trust (LIFT) will open its door to the public for the first time Wednesday, October 3 from 4-8 p.m. Located at 220 South Third Street in Lansing in the former Rethswich Lumber Yard office, LIFT will be dependent upon donations and volunteers for its continued operation.
LIFT will also be dependent on monetary donations to help pay the rent for the site as well as to help purchase some food supplies through the Northeast Iowa Food Bank. Monetary donations may be sent to: LIFT P.O. Box 421 Lansing, IA 52151.
After the site is up and running, future volunteers will be needed to unload trucks, to take in food donations, to stock the shelves, and to work when the site is open.
The Lansing City Council met in its regular session Monday, October 1. Discussion during the meeting centered around postponing the purchase of a back hoe previously considered at an earlier meeting and discussing further consideration of dock quotes received for the City Marina.
The purchase of the new back hoe for City departments will be postponed until the next regular council meeting, which is scheduled for October 15. The postponement was decided upon in order for the council members to do more research on the machine the City is considering purchasing.
