Beginning July 1, Robey Memorial Library in Waukon will return to its normal program and event calendar that has been interrupted for the past year-plus by the COVID-19 pandemic. This means the return of programs like Story Time, Tech Tutor and Chess Club. Those who have never been to a library program are especially invited to see what the library has to offer in the following returning programs:
Tech Tutor - Technology help session Thursdays from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Stop in for basic help with computers, gadgets and popular software programs like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and more.
Chess Club - Mondays from 3-6 p.m. through the month of November. Children eight and under must be accompanied by a responsible adult. All skill levels are welcome. Come to learn or just to play with a new opponent.
WAX by Amber receives First Dollar Visit... WAX by Amber, newly opened this year at 102 West Main Street in Waukon, recently received a First Dollar Visit from the Waukon Chamber of Commerce. Pictured above with her First Dollar Visit certificate is business owner Amber Murphy. Photo courtesy of the Waukon Chamber of Commerce.
Providing a service unique to this area and being able to create her own schedule while doing what she loves are just some of the reasons Amber Murphy has opened WAX by Amber, a body waxing salon, at 102 West Main Street in Waukon. Murphy opened her new location in Waukon at the beginning of this year, creating the best possible scenarios for both herself and her clientele.
“I offer services that aren’t found in the area,” she explained. “I’m also very flexible with my hours and days I work. It’s amazing to make my own schedule to accommodate customers. I love what I do and wanted a space of my own to make people hairless. I love making people smile when they leave; when people leave happier than when they come in. I have always been a people-person, working on my service to the community.”
Nightingale Pharmacy, newly opened at 606 Rossville Road in Waukon as of May 14 of this year, recently received a First Dollar Visit from the Waukon Chamber of Commerce. Pictured above at that First Dollar presentation are, left to right, Certified Pharmacy Technician Cherrie Christopher, Pharmacist in Charge Matthew Maker, and Nightingale Pharmacy owners Linda Nightingale, and Sylwia and Eric Nightingale. Photo courtesy of the Waukon Chamber of Commerce.
Lansing Wildlife Management area in Allamakee County ... The aerial treatment area for gypsy moth pictured above is described as including the Lansing Wildlife Management area north of Lansing. The 2,192-acre area shaded in red depicts the area that will receive the aerial treatment this Friday, June 25 and is located between Cedar Hill and Gruber Ridge Road (western boundary) and State Highway 26 (eastern boundary), with the treatment area extending just over Spring Valley Drive to the north and just beyond Whitetail Drive to the south. Image courtesy of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
Black Hawk Point area in Allamakee County ... The aerial treatment area for gypsy moth pictured above is described as near the Black Hawk Point area south of New Albin. The 2,826-acre area shaded in red depicts the area that will receive the aerial treatment this Friday, June 25 and is located just south of the Upper Iowa River and a bit further north than Desert Drive and Majestic View Lane between Morgan Bridge Road and State Highway 26 (with a slight overlap east of Highway 26). Image courtesy of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
Marquette area in Clayton County... The aerial treatment area for gypsy moth pictured above includes the community of Marquette and a 590-acre swath directly to the north for approximately two miles at a width of about one mile. The aerial treatment is scheduled to take place in that area this Friday, June 25. Image courtesy of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
Aerial treatment to control the invasive gypsy moth is scheduled for this Friday, June 25 in specific areas of Allamakee and Clayton Counties. Map images and more specific descriptions of the treatment areas can be found in the images accompanying this article.
Low-flying airplanes will be applying a mating disruption product called SPLAT GM-O. The product does not kill the moth but it disrupts the mating process by using a pheromone to inhibit male gypsy moths from finding female mates. SPLAT GM-O is an organic product and is not harmful to bees, birds, plants, pets or humans.
In Allamakee County, the treatment includes two rural areas around Black Hawk Point and Lansing Wildlife Management Areas totaling 5,018 acres. In Clayton County, the treatment will focus on a 590-acre site including Marquette and the surrounding rural area. Survey data has identified these three areas where gypsy moth populations are starting to grow.
The Allamakee Community School District Board of Directors held a pair of meetings thus far in the month of June, a special meeting Friday, June 4 and the board’s regular monthly meeting Monday, June 21. Coverage of both meetings appears below.
FRIDAY, JUNE 4
The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) Board of Directors met Friday morning, June 4 for a special meeting. The following personnel were approved for hire: Jessica Keenan as Food Service Director; Kirby Jones as School Nurse; Sarah Hagen as Assistant Musical Director; Caitlyn Owens as Elementary Vocal Music Teacher; Jason LaPage as Middle School Play Director; and Heath Kelley as Technology Director.
Big contributions in three wins ... Waukon softball senior shortstop Annika Headington unloads on a pitch in the Indians’ home doubleheader sweep of New Hampton Thursday, June 17 that resulted in the softball Tribe’s first Northeast Iowa Conference wins since the 2019 season. Headington was a combined six-for-seven at the plate in those victories of 9-8 and 12-11, scoring four runs and driving in one. She followed up that big night with another memorable performance the following night in the Indians’ 4-1 win at MFL/MarMac Friday, June 18, collecting three hits in four at-bats that included a solo homerun that marked the 18th round-tripper of her Waukon softball career, breaking the career record previously held by 2004 Waukon High School graduate Tami Magner. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
Senior Annika Headington breaks career homerun record with solo shot at MFL
A swinging start ... Kee softball eighth grade second baseman Summer Walleser starts her swing at a pitch in the Hawks’ home doubleheader with Turkey Valley Wednesday, June 16. The Hawks earned a split of that twinbill, scoring an 8-5 victory before falling in the nightcap by a 4-1 final result. Photo courtesy of Maggy Weymiller. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
Recording a win and a loss in each of its four days of competition this past week, the Kee softball team’s even week of results included the Hawks’ first Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) losses of the season but also involved one of their UIC wins resulting in Class 1A 13th-rated Turkey Valley’s first UIC loss of the season as well. The Lady Hawks first split a doubleheader at Central Elkader Monday, June 14, winning game one by a 15-4 count before falling by a 15-5 result in the nightcap, and also split another UIC double-dip at home against that ranked Turkey Valley squad Wednesday, June 16, winning game one by an 8-5 tally before falling in game two by a 4-1 final result.
A second consecutive undefeated week on the diamond this past week of six consecutive games has the Kee baseball team in the midst of a 14-game winning streak and still sitting atop the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) standings with a yet perfect record of 10-0. That unblemished week began with four more additions to the Hawks’ perfect UIC campaign thus far in 2021, sweeping a pair of games at Turkey Valley by scores of 5-0 and 17-2 Monday, June 14 before defeating Postville at home Tuesday, June 15 by a 35-1 final result in three innings and then winning at MFL/MarMac Thursday, June 17 by a mercy-rule final of 10-0 in six innings. The Kee boys continued their winning ways by sweeping two games at Gladbrook-Reinbeck Saturday, June 19, first downing the host school by a 13-0 final result in five innings before handing Class 1A top-10 rated Janesville its first loss of the season, 11-3.
The Waukon baseball team alternated wins and losses in an even week of four games this past week, ending what had amounted to a five-game Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) losing streak while also extending a non-conference win to a fourth consecutive game. The Indians began the week with a 14-8 win at Osage Tuesday, June 15 before splitting a NEIC doubleheader at Crestwood Wednesday, June 16 with a 7-4 loss followed by a 4-3 triumph. The Tribe ended the week with an 8-4 loss at Charles City Friday, June 18.
The Harpers Ferry Fireflies took second place at the Iowa State Granny Basketball Games held June 11-12 in West Des Moines. The Fireflies were in Pool B and played the Oklahoma Rockers, winning by a score of 69-47 before also winning their second game vs. the Dubuque Cuties, 79-38. Their final game of the day was against the Wild Things and resulted in another win by a score of 59-37 to finish 3-0 for the pool play portion of the event. In Sunday’s championship round, the Fireflies first defeated the Center Point Model T’s, 55-42, advancing them to the championship game, where they ended up falling to the Cedar Rapids Sizzlers by a score of 56-43 to end up as the tournament runner-up.
