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The local Caregiver Support Group meets monthly at Veterans Memorial Hospital. The meetings take place on the third Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. The next meeting will be held Monday, December 17 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the ICN Conference Room, located on the lower level of Veterans Memorial Hospital.

This informal meeting is open to anyone who provides care and support for a family member or friend. Feel free to attend and bring a friend.  This new Caregiver Support Group meets the third Monday of each month at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon.
 

Memorials were recently received by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation in memory of Curt Brandsmeier by Randy and Karen Loeb, Jeff Moe, Dan and Sue Schlitter, Jerry and Linda Siegrist, Cyril and Shirley Larkin, Bob and Karen Fossum and Mae Jean Bakke.

Memorials were also received in memory of Faith Ericson by Eric and Stephanie Palmer, in memory of Loretta Snitker by Greg and Jan Gordon and Kay Carter, and in memory of Maloy Johanningmeier by Tom and Sheila Neuhaus.

In addition, a donation was made to the Foundation in honor of Bob and Sherri Erickson’s 50th Wedding Anniversary by Jane Dietrich.

Memorials and donations are greatly appreciated by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation.  The Foundation is a 501C3 organization. All donations to the Foundation are tax deductible. Memorials and donations can be sent to the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation, 40 First Street SE, Waukon, IA  52172.
 

An open house birthday celebration in honor of Sharon Brown’s 80th birthday will be held Saturday, December 15 from 9-11 a.m. in the dining room at the Southridge apartments, 607 Second Street SW in Waukon. Family and friends are welcome to attend.
 

Orville Bratrud of Waukon will be celebrating his 95th birthday December 12. In honor of the occasion, cards and well wishes may be sent to:

207 First Avenue NW, Waukon, IA 52172.
 

Franklin “Doc” and Jean Ann Weymiller of Harpers Ferry were married December 27, 1953 at Evangelical United Brethren Church in Lansing. They plan to celebrate the occasion of their 65th wedding anniversary with their family at their home in Harpers Ferry.

Their marriage was blessed with six children, Steven (Chris) Weymiller of Harpers Ferry, Renée (Gary) Van Horn of Buckeye, AZ, Anne (Kevin) Dykstra of Decorah, David (Laure) Weymiller of New Albin, James T. Weymiller (deceased), and Caroline Weymiller (Jonathan Kerr) of Des Moines. They have 19 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Cards and well wishes may be sent to 1291 Lansing Harpers Road, Harpers Ferry, IA 52146.

Kevin and Britany Blume of Maynard announce the birth of their son, Archer Kevin Blume, born November 29, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 8 lbs. 3 ozs. and measured 21-1/4 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins siblings, Grayson (9), Skylar (7) and Emma (6).

Grandparents are Ed and Penny Blume of Elkader, Greg and Becky Benjegerdes of Waukon and Pam Benjegerdes of Waukon.

Jim and Renea Johanningmeier of Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, Claudia Renea Johanningmeier, born November 28, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 8 lbs. 3 ozs. and measured 21 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins siblings, Kaia (18), James (13), Charles (12), Mary (10), Ashton (8), Edward (7), Samuel (5) and Thomas (2).

Grandparents are Gary and Linda Johanningmeier of Waukon and Charles and Mary Ann Andregg of Lansing. James LaRue of Cedar Falls is a great-grandparent.

The following are tributes submitted in honor of former editor and editor emeritus Dick Schilling following his November 27 passing. Those wishing to submit their own tributes may do so by email at news@waukonstandard.com or by mail to The Standard, P.O. Box 286, Waukon, IA 52172.

It was with a sense of loss when I read on the Martin Funeral Home website that Dick Schilling had passed away. I am old enough to remember when the Hulls had the Waukon newspaper and remember when Dick started working for the Waukon newspapers (back in the day when there were two issues - one the Republican and the other the Democrat).

Clear Vision and Words That Both Inform and Unite

Two longtime members of our community of Waukon and the faith community of St. Patrick Parish have died recently. Their professions, and what they did to serve our community, can relate to the Season of Advent and the coming Feast of Christmas.

Dick Schilling’s funeral was Monday, December 3. Dick served as editor of the Waukon Standard for 36 years! To serve for that length of time as editor in one community is remarkable. Dick had written his column “And Then I Wrote…” from 1965 until just two weeks ago. Dick was a man of his word and a man who knew the importance of words. When we think of the power of words to unite, challenge and encourage, we realize just how important our local paper (and our radio station) are for us.

To the Editor:

Phone calls, e-mails, like comments, and even hugs were more than I ever anticipated after my previous letters published in The Standard dated 11-14-18 and 11-28-18. Did I expose some things that were never meant to see the light of day? “The more you stir a stinking mess, the more it stinks” (not my words). How about we all start stirring?

For those who didn’t understand my reference to cost of a culvert versus the cost of a bridge, let me explain. The difference could well be a million or few, besides a road closure for four to six months, plus a change order if we forgot something. You may someday be shocked if you see a couple toll booths at the foot of fairground hill.

I have gotten no answers to questions I put forth. I can understand that they may not want to “own” the situation. When will the planner reveal his hand, streets rebuilt or maintained? We now know that maintained is assumed to be free and yet we are all paying for it.