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by Brianne Eilers

The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) Board of Directors met Monday evening, January 20 for its regular monthly meeting. Board President Al Rissman was absent.

Items approved under the consent agenda were as follows: staff for after-school programming was approved, as was a request for Sunday practice for the varsity boys basketball team due to postseason play and an out-of-state trip for middle school after-school programming. One open enrollment out was also approved.

Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering “Mini STEAM Camp K-5” Wednesday, February 12 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the NICC Waukon Center, located at 1220 Third Avenue NW.

It’s full steam ahead on a day off from school with this mini-camp. The STEAM mini-camp is perfect for students in Kindergarten through fifth grades and keeps their creative minds engaged. Experienced instructors will lead students in hands-on activities that explore science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) in a fun, creative way. Snacks and supplies are provided. Participants are invited to bring a sack lunch.

To register online for “Mini STEAM Camp K-5” (#75570) or for more information, visit www.nicc.edu/solutions/75570, or call NICC Waukon Center at 844-642-2338, ext. 6700. Registration deadline with applicable registration fee paid is January 31.
 

The Waukon boys basketball team faced one of its busiest schedules of the season this past week, but had a late-week winter storm trim that slate just a bit, postponing the Indians’ Friday, January 17 home game with New Hampton. Prior to that postponement, the basketball Tribe did end up playing a pair of games, handling a pair of Upper Iowa Conference opponents by double-digit final margins. The Indians first took care of North Fayette Valley in West Union Monday, January 13 by a 72-55 final result before pouring in their highest point total of the season on the way to an 88-74 victory at home over MFL/MarMac Thursday, January 16. Holding a 6-5 season record that includes a 1-4 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference play, the Indians were next scheduled to host Spring Grove, MN Monday, January 20 before making up that January 17 postponement but playing at New Hampton Thursday, January 23 prior to also playing at Oelwein Friday, January 24.

The Waukon bowling teams opened this past week making up a December 13 postponed meet at home with North Iowa, hosting the Bison Monday, January 13 and ending up with opposite results, but only by a slim margin in the girls competition. The Lady Indians had a slim early lead reversed in the Baker round of their competition to fall by just a 1947-1960 result, while the Waukon boys easily handled their North Iowa competition limited in participation numbers this season, 2498-1774.

The bowling Indians were also scheduled to host Waterloo Columbus Friday, January 17 but had that meet postponed because of winter weather to a date yet to be determined. The Tribe is next scheduled to host Oelwein this Friday, January 24 and will then travel to Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday, January 31 before competing in the Waterloo Columbus Tournament Saturday, February 1.

The Waukon girls basketball team ended up with just one game on its schedule this past week, as a late-week snow storm claimed a Friday, January 17 home game with New Hampton. The lone Indian contest of the week was a Monday, January 13 home game with North Fayette Valley. Trailing their North Fayette Valley guests throughout a majority of the ballgame, the Indian basketball girls put together a fi nal 16-7 surge over the game’s fi nal fi ve minutes to grab the lead and pull away to a 60-52 non-conference victory over the visiting TigerHawks. The three-point and free throw lines helped the Lady Indians clinch that comeback win, as 14 of the Tribe’s final 16 points of the ballgame came from either of those stripes at a nearly equal split. The Tribe will then play the top two teams in the Northeast Iowa Conference, playing at Crestwood Tuesday, January 28 before hosting Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, January 31.

Waukon football seniors Alyx Ede (photo above) and Tyler Block (photo below) have each been named among the more than 90 Iowa high school football seniors selected for the Iowa Football Coaches Association (IFCA) Academic All-State Honor Roll following completion of the 2019 football season. Players named to the list must be nominated by their head coach, must be a senior starter on the football team, must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.7 or better at the end of their junior year, and must be involved in other extra-curricular activities.

Shirley Jean Guyer, 79, of Luana passed January 14, 2020. She was born September 29, 1940 to Henry Paul William Mueller and Viola Clarice (Thompson) Mueller.

Shirley married Harold LeRoy Guyer October 5, 1963. Shirley went to a one room country school near St. Olaf for kindergarten through sixth grade. She attended seventh through 12th grade at the Luana High School and graduated in the class of 1959.

After marriage she lived on a farm near West Union as a farm wife, then moved back to her home farm by Luana in 1971. She worked one summer at the Elgin Corn Factory. She loved working at the McGregor Ceramic Shop for 17 years before retiring in 1995.

Gertrude Jean Hagen, 90, of Waukon died Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Monday, January 20 at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waukon with Pastor Ken Kimball officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Gertrude was born August 9, 1929 in Ludlow Township, rural Waukon, the daughter of Theodore and Emma (Grotegut) Henning. She was baptized and confirmed at Salem United Church of Christ in rural Waukon and graduated from Postville High School. After high school, she taught for one year in rural Allamakee County.

November 1, 1947, she married Roland Lawson at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They farmed in Jefferson Township, where they raised their family; they later divorced.

Grace Clarice Erickson, age 90, of Decorah died January 10, 2020 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah. Memorial Services will be held in the spring. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Aase Haugen, 4 Ohio Street, Decorah, IA 52101, or Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 701 Iowa Avenue, Decorah, IA, 52101.

Grace was born October 20, 1929 to George and Carrie (Bolson) Hill of Decorah. February 23, 1947 she married Myron Erickson, a farmer in rural Decorah. She was a hard-working farm wife for many years and a devoted mother to her children, Julie, Alan and Lori. Later in life, Grace took a job in the Luther College food service, where she greatly enjoyed interacting with students and other employees. She said that the students kept her young, which helps explain why she waited to retire until she was 81.

Shirley A. Schulte, 83, of Waukon died Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 22 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon with Fr. Mark Osterhaus officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, January 21 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, where there will be a 3:30 p.m. rosary.

Shirley Ann Schulte was born May 28, 1936 in rural Winneshiek County, the daughter of Joseph and Loretta (Drew) Ryan. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John the Baptist-West Ridge Catholic Church in rural Waukon and graduated from St. Patrick High School in Waukon. August 6, 1955, Shirley married Leon John Schulte at St. John the Baptist-West Ridge.