Dennis and Karla Miller of rural Waukon will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple was married at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon June 28, 1969. An open house celebration in honor of the occasion is being hosted by their four children and spouses, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other family members at the Waukon City Park shelter by the ball diamond Saturday, June 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Anyone who would like to wish the couple congratulations is welcome to attend. Their four children are Stephanie (Steve) Radloff, Jonathan (Kelli) Miller, Kristan (Jason) Dahlstrom and David (Micah) Miller.
Verta Kerr of Postville will be celebrating her 80th birthday May 31. In honor of the occasion, cards and well wishes may be sent to 1278 306th Street, Postville, IA 52162.
Seth and Mullen Beisker of Waukon announce the birth of their son, Hugh Grady Beisker, born April 9, 2019 at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. He weighed 8 lbs. 15 ozs. and measured 20-3/4 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a brother, Griffin (4).
Grandparents are Ray and Kerry Wacker, Deb and DJ Regan and Wes Beisker, all of Waukon. Great-grandparents are Micki Connor and the late Jim Connor, Jim and Mary Nagel and the late Laurayne Beisker, all of Waukon, and Ray and Shirley Wacker of Boscobel, WI.
by Jeremy Leitz, Allamakee County Executive Director (563) 568-2148
Upcoming Deadlines and Important Dates
May 15 - August 1: Primary Nesting Season. No MCM activities on CRP acres
June 3: CRP Continuous Signup 52 Begins
June 14: COC Nominations Begin
June 17: Dairy Margin Coverage Program Sign-Up Begins
July 15: Last Day to Certify Crop Acres
Crop Reporting
Allamakee county farmers are reminded to report all spring planted crops to the FSA office by July 15 to remain eligible for FSA and other USDA programs. Please remember to bring planting dates with you. It is the producer’s responsibility to accurately report acres and producer’s shares in individual crops. Discrepancies found later may affect eligibility for all FSA-administered programs.
Wheat and red clover roots ... Pictured above, wheat and red clover roots. Photo taken April 24, 2019. Submitted photo.
Nematode and bacteria ... A nematode and bacteria (the little dots) under magnification. Submitted photo.
Beneficial in so many ways ... Decaying turnip and worm castings (waste) provide a cyclical benefit to one another and the soil. Submitted photo.
Last fall was far from ideal for getting cover crops seeded. The late crop harvest caused many producers to get cover crops planted very late, resulting in little or no fall growth. The few producers who planted cover crops following small grains or corn silage had the best opportunity for fall growth.
Depending on what was seeded, those cover crop fields may be carpets of green this spring. One of the main soil health principles is to keep soil covered as much of the year as possible.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Department of Natural Resources Acting Director Bruce Trautman invite Iowans to nominate families in their communities for the Farm Environmental Leader Award. Farmers who voluntarily take actions, like planting cover crops or installing conservation infrastructure in their fields, are eligible for the award.
Farmers that are nominated should have made environmental stewardship a priority on their farm and incorporated best management practices into their farming operation. As true stewards of the land, they recognize that improved water quality and soil sustainability reaps benefits that extend beyond their fields to citizens of Iowa and residents even further downstream.
The Nation of Patriots, a volunteer organization with a mission to provide financial support to families of wounded military veterans who have made sacrifices in service to their country, brought its 2019 Patriot Tour through Waukon Sunday, May 19 as part of its annual three-month summer tour across the country. Tour participants display a United States flag which is transferred between riders at each designated stop along the tour that will travel the contiguous 48 United States before it will finally end up back at its original starting location in Beaver Dam, WI in early September.
Hauling precious cargo for more than 40 years ... Tom Garrett of Lansing (second from left in back row wearing white hat) is pictured above with some of the students from the Eastern Allamakee Community School District that he currently transports on his school bus route for the district. Garrett has been driving school bus for the school district for more than 40 years and is retiring from the position following completion of this current school year. Photo by Macie Hill.
by Susan Cantine-Maxson
Tom Garrett of Lansing has put a lot of miles on Eastern Allamakee Community School District buses through the last 41 years. This year marks his retirement from that job.
More than 40 years ago, when he was in his mid-twenties, he heard that the school district transportation director, Vince Mullarkey, was looking for bus drivers. Mullarkey and Donny Johnson were in charge of the busing system and knew Garrett. Through those early years, Garrett was also a full-time deputy sheriff for Allamakee County, but he worked a majority of night shifts, so during the day he could drive school buses.
After he retired from the Sheriff’s department in 2004, he increased his bus load to include more activity buses in addition to his morning and evening routes.
The Allamakee County Dairy Promotion Board invites the public to its Annual Dairy Days Parade, which will be held in Lansing Monday, June 3, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The parade will start at Kee High School, travel through downtown on Main Street, south on Second Street and back west on John and Center Streets to end up at the school.
Those wishing to have an entry in this year’s parade should line up at Kee High School in Lansing between 7-7:15 p.m. For more information, call Jeremy Peake at 563-568-4120.
