“Rummage Along the River” is a 70-mile garage sale event that winds along Hwy. 35, Wisconsin’s Great River Road, and includes the communities of Stoddard, Genoa, the Bad Axe, Victory, De Soto, Ferryville and Lynxville, as well as Seneca and Mt. Sterling along Hwy. 27. The annual event is taking place this Friday and Saturday, May 17-18 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. each day. More information about the event can be found online at www.rummagealongtheriver.com or other social media venues. Submitted photo.
During worship services Sunday, May 5 there were two baptisms at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Lansing. Jack Ryun Schwarz, son of Lee Langager and Daniel Schwarz, had Jennifer Moen and Corey St. Mary as his baptismal sponsors, and Asher Lee St. Mary, son of Corey St. Mary and Lee Langager, had Jennifer Durfee and Abigail Heiller as his baptismal sponsors. Pictured above, left to right, at the baptism celebration are: Front row - Abigail Heiller, Jack Ryun Schwarz, Lee Langager, Asher Lee St. Mary, Corey St. Mary; Back row - Jennifer Moen, Jennifer Durfee, Pastor Laura Gentry. Submitted photo.
NEICAC Allamakee County Board members ... Serving as Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation (NEICAC) Board of Directors members for Allamakee County are, left to right, Marcia Hesse and Dan Byrnes. Not pictured is board member Jenny Cole. Submitted photo.
The month of May is “Community Action Month” and Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation (NEICAC) has been serving the residents of northeast Iowa for 54 years. NEICAC is a part of the National Community Action Network - over 1,000 community action agencies serving the entire United States.
In Iowa, there are 17 community action agencies, serving all 99 counties. NEICAC serves Allamakee, Bremer, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek counties.
Dan Byrnes, Marcia Hesse and Jenny Cole represent Allamakee County on NEICAC’s Board of Directors. Additionally, Byrnes is the Board Secretary/Treasurer and the Chair of the Finance Committee. Hesse and Cole both serve on the Public Relations/Media Committee.
Two-time throwing events qualifier ... Waukon girls track sophomore Annika Headington unleashes a shot put toss at the Indians’ Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Monticello Friday, May 10. Headington won the event with a personal best launch of 40’2” to earn automatic State Meet qualification and a return to the season grand finale in that event, and she also powered out a discuss toss of 112’7” that placed her fifth overall at Friday’s meet and was good enough to earn at-large qualification for this week’s State Meet in that event as well. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Headington is double qualifier in throwing events, Snitker qualifies in 400m dash and helps 4x400 and 4x800 earn State Meet berths, shuttle hurdle relay also qualifies for season finale
The Waukon girls track team crowned just one event champion at its Friday, May 10 Class 2A State Qualifying Meet hosted by Monticello, but ended up extending the 2019 season in six different events with qualification for this year’s State Track Meet being held later this week in Des Moines. In addition to a shot put championship won by sophomore Annika Headington for the track Tribe’s lone automatic qualification for this year’s season grand finale, the Indians also had a pair of third-place event finishes and a trio of fifth-place efforts earn advancement to this week’s Class 2A State Track Meet, helping pace the Indians to 60 team points and a sixth-place finish in the meet’s final 12-team field.
Double qualifier in throwing events ... Waukon boys track senior Brady Sullivan unleashes a shot put effort at the Indians’ Class 2A State Qualifying Meet at Monticello Friday, May 10. Sullivan won the shot put with a toss of 52’9” to earn a return trip to the Class 2A State Meet with a victory in that event, and he also launched a 150’9” discus toss that placed him second in that event for another automatic State Meet qualification. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Sullivan is double qualifier in throwing events, Behrend qualifies in high jump, Hatlan in 100m
The Waukon boys track team competed for the right to extend the 2019 season for as many events and competitors as possible, doing so for three such Indians in four individual events at the Tribe’s Class 2A State Qualifying Meet hosted by Monticello Friday, May 10. The event was delayed a day due to cold weather conditions the previous night, with the Indians ending up with one event championship and two event runner-up finishes to earn automatic qualification for this week’s State Track Meet, and also getting one other at-large qualification with a fourth-place finish to help lead the way to 55 team points and a seventh-place team finish in the final 12-team meet standings.
So close in a pair of events ... Kee boys track senior Jacob Berns clears the high jump bar at the Hawks’ Class 1A State Qualifying Meet at Edgewood-Colesburg Friday, May 10. Berns was on the brink of earning a return trip to the Class 1A State Track Meet in the high jump, clearing the same 5’10” height as the meet’s third-place finisher - who ended up being the last State Meet qualifier in this year’s Class 1A field - but ending up fourth on the criteria of more jumps required to clear that height. Berns was also third in the 400 meter dash, missing the final State Meet qualifying spot in that event by less than a second to have his Kee High School track and field career brought to a close. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
The Kee boys track team had its 2019 season brought to a close at its Class 1A State Qualifying Meet hosted by Edgewood-Colesburg Friday, May 10. The meet was delayed a day due to colder weather Thursday, May 9 but that nearly 30-degree temperature improvement couldn’t quite get the Hawks over the hump to qualifying any events for this season’s State Track Meet, the Hawks managing event finishes as high as third place to help them to an 11th-place team finish in the final 14-team meet standings with 30 points.
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Completes varsity team score ... Waukon boys golf senior Carson Jones sends a putt toward the hole in the Indians’ third-place finish in their home quadrangular Tuesday, May 7. Jones turned in a round of 46 to complete the Tribe team score. Standard photo by Joe Moses. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
The Waukon boys golf team played a full week of multi-team competition, including one that dictated the future of this 2019 season. The Indians first placed third in both an 18-hole triangular at Charles City Monday, May 6 and in a home quadrangular Tuesday, May 7. The golf Tribe then played in its Class 3A Sectional Tournament at Charles City Friday, May 10, placing sixth as a team and not placing any individual golfers high enough to advance further down the postseason trail.
The Waukon boys were next scheduled to host the Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament Monday, May 13. Completion of that tournament will bring an end to the golf Tribe’s 2019 season.
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Works for three of four qualifications each... The Kee girls track tandem of senior Makayla Walleser and freshman Haley Meyer (left to right) work a hand-off at the Hawks’ Class 1A State Qualifying Meet at Edgewood-Colesburg Friday, May 10. That hand-off combination worked for three Kee event qualifications for this year’s State Meet, including Kee wins in the 4x800 and distance medley, as well as a runner-up effort in the sprint medley. Meyer also won the 1500 meter run for State Meet qualification and Walleser also helped the Hawks to a qualifying win in the 4x400. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Brennan, Makayla Walleser, Peters and Meyer each qualify in four events, Mitchell helps three events qualify, Mudderman earns two berths, Rachel Walleser wins 3000m
The Kee girls track team continued repeating history, and making even more, when the Lady Hawks won their second consecutive Class 1A District team championship at the Friday, May 10 State Qualifying Meet hosted by Edgewood-Colesburg. The meet was delayed a day due to colder weather Thursday, May 9, but the temperature wasn’t the only thing heating up for Friday’s meet, as the Kee girls won seven events for automatic State Meet qualification and finished second in four more. Three of those runner-up finishes also earned at-large qualification for this season’s grand finale being held in Des Moines later this week and further helped the Hawks to a team championship total of 115 points.
A funeral mass for Robert John Wellendorf, 68, of Lansing, who passed away January 18, 2019, will be held Saturday, May 18 at 11:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church in Lansing with Father John Moser officiating. Burial will be at Gethsemane Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour before services at the church.
Charlie A. Vavra, 88, of Harpers Ferry died Saturday, May 11, 2019 at Thornton Manor in Lansing. Memorial services and military honors will be held Saturday, May 18 at 11:30 a.m. at the Harpers Ferry Legion with a lunch to follow. Friends may greet the family from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the Harpers Ferry Legion. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Harpers Ferry American Legion Post 722. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is handling arrangements.
Charles A. Vavra was born July 5, 1930 in Cedar Rapids, the son of Charles F. and Helen (Hellwig) Vavra. He graduated from Franklin High School in Cedar Rapids and was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving from 1951-1953 while stationed in South Carolina. As a teen, Charlie became a certified lifeguard and later used those skills in the Army at Myrtle Beach, accumulating 13 saves. In 1960, he married Barbara Owen in Cedar Rapids; they later divorced.
