Community News

by Brianne Eilers

The annual Lenten Breakfast events will are underway, beginning at 6:45 a.m. each Thursday during Lent and taking place weekly at local churches according to the following remaining schedule:
March 4 - St. John's Lutheran Church
March 11 - Zalmona Presbyterian Church
March 18 - Zion United Church of Christ
March 25 - St. Paul United Methodist Church.
Speaking at the March 4 event at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon will be Gloria Payne of Harpers Ferry.

Year 2010 marked the celebration of the 20th annual Have a Heart Day for local area dentists at Family Dentistry Associates of Monona, Dental Associates of Decorah, P.C, Waukon Dental and Dental Associates of Prairie du Chien, P.C. The Saturday, February 13 schedule was full with over 90 patients receiving a variety of dental services including check-ups, x-rays, treatment for toothaches, fillings and sealants at no charge.

by Dwight Jones

by Dwight Jones

The annual Lenten Breakfast events will begin for women Thursday, February 25 at St. Patrick Church in Waukon. The women’s events begin at 6:45 a.m. each Thursday during Lent and will take place weekly at local churches according to the following schedule:
February 25 - St. Patrick Catholic Church
March 4 - St. John's Lutheran Church
March 11 - Zalmona Presbyterian Church
March 18 - Zion United Church of Christ
March 25 - St. Paul United Methodist Church.
Featured speaker at the February 25 Lenten breakfast will be Esther Walleser of Waukon.

The Waukon Chamber of Commerce will be holding its Annual Banquet this Friday, February 26 at the Waukon Banquet Center. Social hour will begin at 6 p.m., with the meal (including fish on the menu this year) scheduled for 7 p.m. and the banquet program to get underway at 8 p.m., including announcement of this year's “Person of the Year” and performances by members of the Waukon High School Vocal Music Department, in lieu of a featured speaker.

by Jennyanne Hager

Free water is available through the use of rain barrels that can be used to collect and store rain water. The concept has been around for hundreds of years and works by capturing run-off from a building’s roof using the gutter and downspout system.
A typical house has a roof area of 1,200 square feet and four downspouts. According to calculations, a three-tenths of an inch rainfall would fill a 55-gallon barrel at one of the house's downspouts. Barrels can be connected together so that even more rainfall is captured during heavier rains.

The beginnings of Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon in 1885 flowed from two other area congregations: Zalmona Presbyterian Church, located west of Waukon, and Ebenezer Church east of Waukon. The Ebenezer historical record notes: “This group of people, combined with the group west of Waukon was organized into a congregation on August 11, 1856 by Rev. Van Vliet, a Presbyterian minister of Dubuque, Iowa and was given the name: German Presbyterian Church."