Recipient of DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses at Good Samaritan Society in Waukon ... Barb White of Waukon is pictured in the photo above with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses that she received in a ceremony held at Good Samaritan Society - Waukon April 8. Along with the award certificate she is displaying in the photo at right, White is also holding a stone sculpture handcarved for Good Samaritan Society by the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe, a civilization that holds its caregivers in especially high regard. White has been a nurse at Good Samaritan Society-Waukon for more than 32 years, and pictured with her in the photo below at right adding special meaning to the April 8 award ceremony are two of the four Directors of Nursing White has worked with during her career, Connie Pronga (standing at left) and Sarah Welsh (seated). Photos submitted by Good Samaritan Society-Waukon.
Barb White of Waukon was recently awarded “The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses” at a presentation held Thursday, April 8 at the Good Samaritan Society - Waukon. White, who has provided more than 32 years of service as a nurse at Good Samaritan Society - Waukon, was presented the award by Steve Bargar, the new Executive Director at the Waukon facility.
Also present at the award ceremony were Sarah Welsh and Connie Pronga, two of the four Directors of Nursing that White has worked under during her three-plus decade career at Good Samaritan Society - Waukon. White was also presented with a stone sculpture hand-carved for Good Samaritan Society by the Shona Tribe in Zimbabwe.
The serpentine stone sculptures hold special meaning because of the profound respect the Shona people pay their traditional healers. Shona healers are affectionately regarded as treasures by those they care for, and the well-being and safety of the healer is of community-wide importance.
The Corner of Hope Growing Hope Globally local growing project held its annual Blessing of the Seed and Soil Saturday morning, April 10 to kick off the 2021 growing season. The blessing event was held at the field being contributed to this year’s growing project by Dave and Suzanne Hahn located southwest of Waukon. Father John Moser, Pastor at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Waukon, performed this year’s blessing. Submitted photo.
Waukon High School FBLA Chapter finishes as 2021 State Chapter of the Year at Leadership Conference ... Members of the Waukon High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter are pictured above displaying the awards they earned in helping the chapter finish as the State Chapter of the Year at the 2021 FBLA State Leadership Conference held virtually in early April. Pictured immediately at center is outgoing Iowa Region 1 Vice President and Waukon High School senior Lilly Kossman holding the Lloyd V. Douglas Chapter of the Year Award earned by the Waukon FBLA Chapter this year. Pictured below is Waukon High School junior Vivian Khan, who will be replacing Kossman as Region 1 Vice President. Submitted photos.
The Waukon High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter participated virtually in the 2021 State Leadership Conference in early April. Prior to the State Leadership Conference, students spent time preparing projects and taking tests to submit virtually to conference judges.
With the points accumulated through the students’ various project and testing finishes, the Waukon FBLA chapter earned the 2021 Iowa FBLA State Leadership Conference Lloyd V. Douglas Chapter of the Year Award in honor of the chapter’s first-place finish. In addition to the project, testing and overall team honors, Waukon High School junior Vivian Khan was voted in as the Region 1 Vice President for the 2021-2022 year, replacing Waukon High School senior Lilly Kossman, who has been serving as the 2020-2021 Region 1 Vice President.
WHS Prom/Post Prom is this weekend ... Pictured above is a previous Waukon High School Post Prom. Donations and volunteers are being sought to help make the annual event a success again for Waukon High School students and their Prom guests. Submitted photo.
Waukon High School Prom 2021 is scheduled for Saturday, April 24. Parents of high school students are again hosting the annual substance-free Post Prom event at the Waukon High School gym immediately following Prom, from 11 p.m. until 3:30 a.m. the next morning.
Very strong past support from parents of Waukon High School students, as well as from local businesses and civic organizations, has resulted in the continued success of providing Prom-goers a safe alternative for celebrating the annual event. That support has provided these young adults with games, food, entertainment, games and prizes at the Post Prom event each year.
Assistance is needed for the event in two main areas:
The Waukon Middle School presented the play “A Thousand and One Nights of Reality Television” by Lesley James, published by Youth Plays, Friday, March 12. The production featured Scheherazade, who oversees the production of hundreds of reality TV shows, and if she doesn’t come up with a new one each and every night, the Sultan will have her job. The producer comes up with some clever ideas in a mix of fairy tales and reality television. Due to COVID-19 precautions, this year’s production was not open to the general public, only to family members of the cast and crew.
The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) Board of Directors met for its regular monthly meeting Monday, April 19.
Under the consent agenda, the board approved the following personnel matters: Amy Love was hired as an elementary teacher ($61,722), and Brenda Good was hired as a bus driver. The board also accepted the resignation of Joan Schwartz from her teaching position and as Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) advisor, due to retirement, and Jerry Keenan from his varsity bowling coach position.
The board approved Sunday usage of the football field for varsity football. The board also approved usage of the football field October 6 for the Fields of Faith event. The 2021-2022 AEA Purchasing and Luther College Student Teaching agreements were also approved under the consent agenda.
The annual Spring Migration Day Hike at Sugar Creek Bluff Natural Area will be held Saturday, May 8 at 8 a.m. This is the first of the “Linked to the Land” hikes sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Conservancy and hosted by the Ferryville Tourism Council as well. Several changes are needed this year for everyone’s safety. First of all, the hike is limited to 36 participants. Registration is required and can be done at www.mississippivalleyconservancy.org. Masks are also required for the safety of everyone. The group will meet at the trailhead, not at the Ferryville Village Hall as in years past.
Friends of Pool 9 (FOP9) will be hosting its Pool 9 Mississippi River Clean-Up Saturday, April 24 from 8 a.m. to 12 Noon. There will be no mass meetings of individuals at the Lansing VFW building or elsewhere, as in year’s past, and there will not be a lunch following the clean-up. All volunteers are required to sign the 2021 Friends of Pool 9 Release of Liability form before participating in the event.
The regular meeting of the Lansing City Council was held Monday, April 19 at Lansing City Hall. Discussion centered around the consent agenda, citizens action, Streets report and Parks report.
Citizens action consisted of Tom Burke’s tree maintenance plan for trees in City of Lansing parks. He is interested in cleaning up some surrounding trees as well as planting some other trees such as the previous tree at the ball field that was taken down a couple years ago. A motion was made and seconded to approve Tom Burke’s plan for City Park trees. The council also reviewed and considered Resolution #953, which deals with Andrew Burke’s proposed real estate subdivision plot.
Hasn’t missed a medal ... Waukon girls golf senior Mia Strub sends a putt toward the hole in the Indians’ 203-229 home victory over Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, April 12. Strub led all golfers at the meet with a medalist round of 44 strokes. She has won medalist honors in four of the golf Tribe’s five meets so far this season and claimed runner-up medalist honors in the other. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
The Waukon girls golf team continued its early-season streak of success by defeating four more opponents to remain undefeated two weeks into this spring’s campaign at 7-0. The Lady Indians first began their home schedule with a second Northeast Iowa Conference victory, 203-229 over Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, April 12. The golf Tribe then swept three opponents in a home quadrangular Tuesday, April 13, tallying 210 strokes to leave Decorah (280), Postville (284) and MFL/MarMac (310) well behind.
