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Golden anniversary announced

Bill and Rita Votsmier will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, July 9, with a 10 a.m. mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Waukon.
An open house in honor of the couple will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at the KC Hall, Waukon. All friends and relatives are invited.
Bill Votsmier and the former Rita Meier were married on Aug. 10, 1950, at St. Mary’s church in New Berlin, IL.
They are the parents of two sons, Chuck (Lois) Votsmier of Waukon and Mark (Anita) Votsmier of Beverly Hills, CA.

County Farm Bureaus are the strength of the state's largest general farm organization, according to Iowa Farm Bureau President Ed Wiederstein, who recently praised members for conducting activities that help farm families prosper and improve their quality of life.

The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) applauded the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) announcement to investigate the reasons behind soaring fuel prices. At the same time, the state's largest farm organization criticized the oil industry for dragging its feet in offering consumers cleaner burning fuels as called for under the Clean Air Act.
The FTC plans to investigate whether competitive behaviors, such as price-fixing or collusion, are causing prices to skyrocket.

Letter to the Editor:
I am writing this letter regarding the bids for the computer equipment for the Waukon Junior High. I know that there were three low bidders competing for the job. I know that two of those bidders were businesses from Waukon. I have read in the paper that the person that won the bid was not a business from Waukon but and out of town individual. I am really angry at the school board that decided this.

... that soon after he arrived in San Francisco, well over 100 years ago, Mark Twain, in a letter to a friend, wrote: “I discovered that San Francisco was no place for a Christian, so I did not long remain one.”
It's beginning to look as if the United States is also “no place for a Christian.”

As our small family, packed tightly into our small car, cruised the highway leading home from La Crosse this past weekend, I watched intently as the Mississippi passed us by, or as we passed it by, and found myself reflecting on a time that seems eternities ago.

Two new staff members recently joined Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon in the Laboratory and Rehabilitation departments.
Stephanie James recently joined the Laboratory staff at Veterans Memorial Hospital as a Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT). Stephanie graduated in 1997 from Pipestone/Worthington Community College, and is currently working on her Bachelor of Science degree through the University of Iowa. She is nationally board certified with the American Society of Clinical Pathology.

The Veterans Memorial Hospital Healthy Lifestyles Center will be offering a new 4-week program called “Jump Start" to all area athletes beginning July 10.
Jump Start is a program for area students and athletes wanting to improve their speed, agility, flexibility, strength, coordination, vertical jump and reflexes. The focus of the program will depend on the athlete's sport and will be sports-specific.

The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Department responded to a one vehicle car accident seven miles west of Lansing on Highway 76 on Sun., June 18.
The accident report indicates Joshua Allen Koch, 17, of Lansing was traveling west in his vehicle, when he failed to negotiate a curve while going down a hill and entered the north ditch.
An estimated $7,500 of damage was done to the vehicle. Koch was not injured in the accident.

We're on our way “down under” where everyone is called “matey” and the standard greeting is “G'day.” Australia is the world's largest island and the smallest continent. Australia is the size of the United States. The Pacific Ocean and the Coral Sea lie to the east; the Indian Ocean lies to the west. Australia has 22,500 miles of shoreline. There is a perimeter road with local bus service all around the continent. The Australian landmass embraces every climate and terrain from tropical to frigid, from mountains, valleys and deserts to rich grazing fields and fertile farm land.