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Frances Luther of Kasson, MN will be celebrating her 90th birthday with an open house hosted by her family at the Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank at 201 W. Main Street in Waukon.  Friends, coworkers and former students are invited to attend the celebration Saturday, August 25 from 2-4:30 p.m.

Cards and well wishes may be sent to: 800 5th Ave. NW, Apt. 312, Kasson, MN 55944. No gifts are requested.
 

Emily and Jesse Spors of Marion announce the birth of their daughter, Tessa Anne Spors, born July 23, 2018 at St. Luke’s Birth Care Center in Cedar Rapids. She weighed 8 lbs. 9.7 ozs. and measured 20 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins a brother, Karter (2-1/2).

Grandparents are Mark and Barb Howe of Waukon and Steve and the late Teresa Spors of Ettrick, WI. Great-grandparents are Bill and Karen Ferring of Waukon, the late Emmett and the late Betty Howe of Waukon, Les and June Spors of Edgerton, WI and the late Dale and the late Gloria Haried of Edgerton, WI.

Ted and Kori Troendle of Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, Tierney Jane Troendle, born August 2, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 6 lbs. 5 ozs. and measured 21 inches in length at the time of her birth.

Grandparents are Ron and Sue Troendle of Waukon and Doug and Teresa Berg of Postville.

Heath and Danialle Draeger of Lansing announce the birth of their son, Lawson Porter Draeger, born August 2, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and measured 20-1/2 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a brother, Weston Terrance Draeger (2).

Grandparents are Terrance and Gail Draeger of Waupaca, WI and Roderick and Sherri Rupert of Parkers Prairie, MN.
 

Omar and Heather Azurdia of Elgin announce the birth of their son, Aceson Lazaro Dahl-Azurdia, born August 1, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 8 lbs. 5.8 ozs. and measured 21-1/4 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins siblings, Alex (12), Addison (8), Aiden (7) and Anthony (3).
 

Mireya Bolanos and Jorge Anaya of Waterville announce the birth of their daughter, Leah Anaya Bolanos, born August 6, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 7.15 lbs. 4 ozs. and measured 19.5 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins siblings, Ashley (10) and Joseph (4).

Grandparents are Rosalina Meneses and Cervando Meneses and Luisa Angela Marroquin and Felix Anaya, all of Mexico.

Colin and Kayla Ness of Waukon announce the birth of their son, Clayton Earl Ness, born August 7, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 7 lbs. 10.6 ozs. and measured 20 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a brother, Liam (2).

Grandparents are Chad and Diana Ness, Carmen McCormick and John Farley, all of Waukon and Terry and Ronda Burroughs of Caledonia, MN. Great-grandparents are Barb and Sigurd Ness, Janice Dougherty and the late Ralph Dougherty, all of Waukon and Milton and Elaine Burroughs of Caledonia, MN.

by Dick Schilling, "Editor Emeritus"

... that current debate about what constitutes real news or fake news convinces me that my chosen profession, journalism, has undergone a major change since my university education.

A major factor in that thinking is that I know Jim Acosta’s name.

I should not.

He is the CNN White House correspondent.

And as such he frequently reports on his beat to his network news shows. Which is as it should be. But I don’t spend a lot of time watching the evening news on that channel, and yet his name is perhaps best known of all network beat reporters.

Why?

Because his open antagonism to the current administration plays out in Shakespearean tragedy at every White House news conference. As a result, he often not only gets air time on his own network but his name is repeated on others as well.

A journalist should never allow that to happen.

To the Editor:

Mr. Engle missed the point of the book How Democracies Die and my letters. The book examines the manner in which democracies around the globe have transformed into authoritarian states.  Neither the authors nor I said Trump was Hitler.  The book points out Hitler was a member of the political fringe when he was asked by the President of Germany to form a government as Chancellor, combining his extreme right wing party with more moderate conservatives in order to break a political stalemate.  Once   Hitler was brought into power, he used his position to turn the country to totalitarianism. Trump was also viewed by the Republican Party as an outsider who was unfit to lead the country.  Mitt Romney, for example, in March 2016 in a speech at the Hinckley Institute of Politics saw Trump as a danger to the party and the country, calling him a “fraud” and “having neither the temperament nor the judgment to be president”.

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

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