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By Jim Schipper
Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation Board Member

Many families turn to federal and private student loans, like those offered by Iowa Student Loan (ISL) Education Lending, to cover remaining college costs after savings, earnings and other financial aid. But the options for college financing can be confusing. Here are seven tips for finding the right loans for your family.

The Waukon Golf & Country Club hosted its annual 4-Gal Invitational Tournament Monday, June 24. In addition to crowning a tournament champion with its own unique story this year, the tournament has also adopted a theme in the past two years of “Pink Out” in support of breast cancer awareness.

Chris Weymiller of Harpers Ferry inspired the tournament participants with her talk about her own breast cancer journey from 2023, and the tournament raised $500 this year that is being donated to the Veterans Memorial Hospital Mammography Program. The tournament received donations from Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon Golf and Country Club, Pop’s Produce, Howard’s Home Furnishings, Aztec Parlor, Hello Sunshine, Steel Cow, Laurie Moody, and the committee of Barb Hanson, Nancy Einck and Linda DeBuhr.

by Joe Moses

The Allamakee County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Monday, July 8 to address a full agenda of matters including the consideration of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Management Agreement for several locations, discussion of the Resolution reinstating the County Compensation Board and the consideration of an “Adopt-a-Highway” application for State Forest Road. The meeting was called to order by Board of Supervisors Chairperson Dan Byrnes with Supervisors Mark Reiser and Dennis Keatley present.

by Julie Berg-Raymond

During its regular meeting Monday, July 1, the Lansing City Council approved City Clerk Katie Becker’s resignation, effective July 26, 2024. Becker informed the council that she has taken a job as the city administrator for the City of Riceville. The city clerk position is being advertised (see Page 26 of this week’s edition of The Standard).

The council also approved the hiring of Elizabeth Carlson Jones as the deputy city clerk, at a rate of $18.50/hour with a $.50 raise after 90 days.

Robert O’Connor, dressed in full attire as Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguard, will give a first-person account of his relationship with President Lincoln and explain why he was not at Ford’s Theater the fateful night of President Lincoln’s assassination. The program is being held at Meehan Memorial Lansing Public Library Thursday,  July 24 at 6:30 p.m. O’Connor is an author of a number of books with their stories centered around the Civil War period.
 

Monday, August 5 more than 100 area kids and their adult chaperones will have the opportunity to explore the Mississippi River with the assistance of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Osborne Nature Center, the Prairie du Chien Rod and Gun Club, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Genoa Fish Hatchery, and Robert Vavra with Maiden Voyages.

Mississippi River Adventure Day (MRAD) is planned to take place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, August 5 at Lawler Park in Prairie du Chien, WI. This is a free educational event with a lunch provided for all participants. Register online at https://docs.google.com/MRAD.

The 64th annual reunion of the Bulman, Hartley, Sadler, and Beardmore families is scheduled for Sunday, July 21 at the Community Center in Eitzen, MN. A potluck meal will be served at 12:30 p.m. with a meeting to follow.

The five Bulman ancestors who came to America from Little Thetford, England in the 1850s were Thomas, George, William, John and their sister, Mary Bulman Sadler. All descendants of these early settlers are cordially invited to attend this reunion meal. Beverages will be provided. Those planning to attend are asked to bring their own table service, family pictures and stories to share.

A Sunday morning church service will be held at the “home church,” Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church, rural New Albin at 9 a.m.

The Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Postville  Medical Clinic is celebrating its two-year anniversary. The new clinic opened July 5, 2022, replacing the Postville Medical Clinic previously owned and operated by Dr. Thomas McMullan. The new clinic began with Michelle Crary, Nurse Practitioner, providing patient care full-time in the clinic with Dr. McMullan remaining on, two days per week.

Crary continues to provide care in the Postville Clinic a few days a week, along with Minji Na, a new Nurse Practitioner who has also joined the Postville Clinic team. Both of these providers also care for patients at the hospital’s Waukon Clinic as well.

In addition, Katy Maker, Nurse Midwife and Nurse Practitioner, visits the Postville Clinic once per week, each Friday, to meet with expectant moms, and delivering their babies at VMH when the time comes. She also sees patients as a nurse practitioner for all family practice cares.

by Brandy Strub, MS, RD/LD, Dietitian, Veterans Memorial Hospital

Inflammation is a normal response to injury in the body. It may be acute and happen after an infection or injury, and you may see swelling, redness, and feel warmth, or it may be chronic. Chronic inflammation can affect different tissues and organs of the body, may not always be obvious, and can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, some types of cancer, and cognitive decline.

The American diet is high in refined grains, sugar, sodium, processed meats, high-fat dairy, food additives (e.g., emulsifiers and sweeteners), saturated fat, and excessive alcohol, all of which are thought to promote inflammation.

Visitors to the Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Fair Booth this year will be invited to play Allamakee County Trivia, being asked about the wide variety of resources that are now all offered through the new Allamakee County Public Health Resource Guide.  Prizes will be awarded, provided by Veterans Memorial Hospital and the Mental Health Today-Matt Howe Foundation, that will promote the future use of this guide.  The game is open to all ages.