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The Kee volleyball team will return four letterwinners for its 2017 campaign from a team that compiled a 12-21 season record but graduated eight seniors. With a majority of this season’s faces on the court being new to the Hawk volleyball varsity squad, additional new faces will be guiding that charge as well.

Lynn Winters will take the helm of a Kee volleyball program that will see its third head coach at the varsity level in the past three seasons due to staff members transferring to other schools. Her daughter, Alivia Winters, a 2014 graduate of Kee High School and former Hawk volleyball player herself, has assumed the assistant volleyball coaching duties. Although formally new to the head coaching position, Lynn Winters has already been involved with many of the Kee players as a coach for local club volleyball programs and organizer of local Iowa Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) volleyball tournaments.

Joseph “Joe” Neal McKee, 42, of Lansing passed away Friday, August 18, 2017. A celebration of life for Joe will take place Friday, September 1 at TJ Hunter’s Banquet Hall in Lansing from 4 p.m. until close.

Joe was born November 14, 1974 at the Gundersen hospital in LaCrosse, WI.  He was welcomed into our world by his parents, Sandra Jane (Klees) and James Louis McKee of Lansing. Joe graduated from Lansing Kee High School in May 1993.

Ann Renea Peake, infant daughter of Jeremy and Jodi (Gaunt) Peake, of Waukon, was born into the hearts of her family August 25, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, and called home to heaven that same day. Memorial services will be held Thursday, August 31 at 1 p.m. at Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon, with Pastor Samantha Houser officiating.

Friends may greet the family after the services at the church. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is handling the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.

In addition to her parents, Ann is survived by her sisters, Molly and Leah Peake, both of Waukon; her maternal grandparents, Jay and Chris Gaunt of Grinnell; her paternal grandparents, Al and Cathy Peake of Decorah; and her great-grandparents: maternal Helen Weaver of Gilman and paternal Meg Schaller and JoAnn Peake, both of Waukon.

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by Jen Palmer, Certified Dietary Manager/Certified Food Protection
Professional at Veterans Memorial Hospital
 
Bisphenol-A, or BPA, is a synthetic estrogen used in making many plastic products. It is also part of the epoxy resin that lines many metal cans, like those used for canned soups, vegetables, fruits and meats.

by Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN - American Institute for Cancer Research

Q: Recipes and nutrition articles everywhere are promoting kale, a vegetable I never even heard of until recently. Is it really that great?

A: Kale is a member of the cruciferous vegetable family, along with broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower and more. It has become more popular as people try it in restaurants and hear about its nutritional qualities from the media. Just like other healthful vegetables, it’s simply a great way to add variety to a healthy eating pattern.

Like spinach, Swiss chard, collard greens and broccoli, kale’s dark green color signals that it’s very high in beta-carotene (which forms vitamin A and seems to offer cancer protective benefits of its own) and lutein and zeaxanthin (two other carotenoids, linked with eye health). It’s loaded with vitamin C and the calcium it contains is well absorbed.

Veterans Memorial Hospital will be offering a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for health care providers (those working in health-related fields such as physicians, nurses, EMTs, etc.) Monday, September 11, beginning at 5:30 p.m. This “Health Care Professional” CPR class will be held in the Large Conference Room located on the lower level of the hospital.

The cost of the class, for certification or recertification is the same and all registrants should bring along their own pocket mask. The card received with the course does certify attendants in CPR for two years.

Pre-registration plus a minimum of three participants is required. For more information and to register for the “Health Care Provider” CPR Course, call Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
 

The next local LifeServe Blood Center blood drive will be held Thursday, September 7 from 12-5 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in south Waukon. Blood drives are held every month in Waukon, allowing for more donors to give. LifeServe Blood Center supplies Veterans Memorial Hospital with blood and blood products.

Anyone who lives to the age of 72 will have a 95% probability of needing blood or blood products at sometime in their life, so blood donors are greatly needed.

Regular blood donors may donate blood as often as every 56 days. First-time donors will find that donating blood is a safe and easy way to save lives and make a difference in the community. One single blood donation can save the lives of up to three sick or injured hospital patients. An average of 90% of first-time donors give at blood drives in their community, an opportunity for first-time donors to see how easy the donation process is.

The donation process is simple:

The local Grief Support Group will hold its monthly meeting at Veterans Memorial Hospital Wednesday, September 13 at 2 p.m.

This informal meeting is open to anyone suffering from any type of loss, whether it be death, divorce, illness or some other grief.

Feel free to attend and bring a friend. This grief support group meets the second Wednesday of each month at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon.
 

Lois and Nick Jones of Waukon, parents of the bride-to-be, and Susan and Roland Sutherland of Urbandale, parents of the groom-to-be, wish to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children, Dana Jones, originally of Waukon, and Kasey Sutherland, originally of Knoxville. The wedding ceremony is scheduled for August 26 at The Barn in Prairie du Chien, WI.

The bride-to-be is a 2017 graduate of the University of Iowa with a Doctorate in Pharmacy degree and is employed at Mahaska Health Pharmacy in Oskaloosa.

The groom-to-be is a 2012 graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor degree in Marketing and is employed at Kelderman Manufacturing in Oskaloosa.

The couple will be spending their honeymoon in Jamaica and making their home in Montezuma.