Riots, on university campuses in particular, are being led by the new Klan. The old Ku Klux Klan pretty much disappeared nearly 100 years ago after being revived briefly by an early Hollywood movie. The members were recognized by the steps they took not to be recognized, that is, by wearing white robes and white cone-shaped headdresses.
But lots of local people knew who they were.
The new Klan calls itself “Black Bloc.” The name does not come from the skin color of its members, but rather from the step they have taken to avoid recognition, that is, wearing black clothing and black hooded masks.
But do locals know who they really are?
The apostle John writes: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29).
In the end there are only 2 religions in the world. One looks to man and his good works for salvation and the other one looks to Jesus and His works for salvation. The one that looks to Jesus and His works for salvation is the Christian religion and the one that looks to man and his good works for salvation is all other religions of the world.
John tells us about the Christian religion, the one that looks to Jesus and His works for salvation. He says: “Behold, the Lamb of God.”
In the OT God told the Israelites to look at the serpent lifted up on a pole, and when they did they would be cured of leprosy. And so too John says in our text: “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”
There is a video made by a veterans organization for viewing on the web (http://www.salon.com/2017/02/06/votevets-calls-out-president-trump-by-na...) and on television, free for the nation to watch and for your local representatives in Des Moines to watch who want to take away healthcare for seriously wounded veterans for a Bush-Cheney war and people who dodged the draft over and over. And now the party in power wants to take away healthcare, known as Obama Care, for these seriously wounded and PTSD combat veterans.
Lansing Hardware, owned and operated by Dave and Laurie Janzen in Lansing, received the 2016 President’s Paint Award at United Hardware Distributing Company’s Spring and Summer Buying Market, which was held January 6-8 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN. The President’s Paint Award is given to the top 100 stores overall that excelled in paint sales and promotions for United Hardware Distributing Company during 2016. Pictured above, left to right, Dave and Laurie Janzen accept the award from Steve Draeger, President and CEO of United Hardware Distributing Co., which is the parent company of Hardware Hank and Trustworthy Hardware stores and is located in Plymouth, MN. Submitted photo.
A year has come and gone since the last report on the New Albin wastewater treatment plant proposal, but the New Albin City Council has been working diligently with Fehr Graham Engineers out of West Union and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to gain a Letter of Consent, which would set out a timeline toward the permit needed to implement a new wastewater treatment system within the community of New Albin.
The City of New Albin wants to incorporate the Algaewheel system, an innovative wastewater treatment system invented at the OneWater Company out of Indianapolis, IN. The present New Albin treatment plant was built in the late 1960s and is currently not compliant with regulations.
In August 2016, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (Refuge) released 23 revised draft Compatibility Determinations (CDs) which re-evaluated uses of the Refuge that were determined to be compatible with the Refuge mission. The original Compatibility Determinations were completed in 2006 as part of the Refuge’s Comprehensive Conservation Plan and are required to be re-evaluated.
Waukon girls basketball’s lone senior Regan Wasson converts this contested shot in the Indians’ 50-27 first-round regional tournament loss at third-rated Crestwood Saturday, February 11. In her final game in a Waukon basketball uniform, Wasson led the Indians with seven points and also had one rebound. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
The Waukon girls basketball team brought both its regular season and overall 2016-2017 season to a close this past week by differing results. The Lady Indians wrapped up their regular season with a 41-37 win at Decorah Tuesday, February 7 before having their season ended by one of the best teams not only in their Northeast Iowa Conference but also in Iowa’s Class 3A, falling by a 50-27 result at third-rated Crestwood in the opening round of Class 3A regional tournament play Saturday, February 11.
The loss to Crestwood ends the Indians’ season at an 11-11 record overall, including a 5-7 mark that placed the Indians in a tie for fourth place in the Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC). Crestwood advanced on to the regional semifinals, where the Cadets will play fellow NEIC squad New Hampton Wednesday, February 15.
Waukon wrestling 182-pound senior Blain Swenson celebrates after winning the Class 2A District 1 championship Saturday, February 11 at Decorah and earning his first-ever qualification for the Class 2A State Wrestling Tournament taking place later this week in Des Moines. Swenson began his District Tournament success with a 6-0 first-round victory over Independence senior Peyton Nolting before avenging two previous championship losses to Decorah senior Daniel Ott (photo at right) with an 11-5 triumph in the championship match. Swenson will now wrestle Charles City senior Alex Koehler in the opening round of the Class 2A State Tournament in Des Moines, which begins this Thursday, February 16 at 6 p.m. Photos courtesy of Nate Troy, Cresco Times Plain Dealer.
Opens State bid Thursday against Charles City opponent
For Waukon wrestling 182-pound senior Blain Swenson, the Saturday, February 11 Class 2A District 1 Tournament at Decorah High School just kept getting better and better, with every wrestler’s ultimate goal of State Tournament qualification being just the beginning.
While Swenson’s first-round win put him in great position to achieve that ultimate goal, making that achievement even better was the fact that he then also won his second match to finish an undefeated day as the District champion and earn automatic State Tournament qualification. To then top it all off, that District championship came by virtue of an 11-5 win by decision over Decorah senior Daniel Ott, who had beaten Swenson in two previous championship matches the past two Saturdays at the Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament and Class 2A Sectional 2 Tournament.
Waukon boys basketball junior Mitchell Snitker glides to the basket under some Monticello defensive pressure in the Indians’ 57-39 loss to the Panthers in the opening round of Class 2A District Tournament play at MFL/MarMac High School Monday, February 13. Snitker led the Indian offense with 11 points. 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 basketball team had both its regular season and overall season brought to a close this past week with a busy four-game slate that included a single win in three final regular season games and a season-ending loss in the opening round of Class 2A District Tournament play. The Indians began the week with an 80-63 handling of South Winneshiek on the road Monday, February 6 before falling in back-to-back home games to end the regular season, 70-59 against Decorah Tuesday, February 7 and 78-67 against New Hampton Friday, February 10. The Tribe’s postseason also ended as its regular season did, as the Indians fell by a 57-39 count in a Monday, February 13 first-round match-up with Monticello that took place at MFL/MarMac High School.
That busy final week wrapped up the Indians’ 2016-2017 campaign with an overall season record of 6-15, including a mark of 2-10 that placed the Tribe sixth in front of winless Oelwein in Northeast Iowa Conference play.
Kee boys basketball senior Danny Brennan proudly displays the poster that indicates the scoring milestone of 1,000 varsity career points he achieved during the Hawks’ final regular season game of this 2016-2017 season played at Coulee Christian High School in West Salem, WI Friday, February 10. Coming into the game, Brennan needed 13 points to reach that scoring height, and his final tally before the halftime break pushed him into that elite Kee boys basketball company that includes just four other players, Ric Zarwell, Pat Heiderscheit, Gabe Schultz and Quinn Schultz. Brennan accomplished that feat in 61 games over the past three seasons, averaging 16.6 points per game during that timeframe. He is pictured above with Kee boys basketball head coach Patrick Sullivan (right) and assistant coach Ben Wagner (left), and the poster was made by his younger sister, sophomore Katie Brennan. Submitted photo.
The Kee boys basketball team brought its regular season to a close this past week, falling in a pair of final non-conference road games but still being able to celebrate something notable. The Hawks suffered a 60-41 loss at Houston, MN Thursday, February 9 and also fell at Coulee Christian by a 68-60 final result Friday, February 10, but it was in that final loss that Kee senior guard Danny Brennan reached the 1,000 career point milestone to etch himself even more firmly among Kee’s basketball elite. The final shot Brennan put through the nylon before the halftime break of Friday’s game placed him in that Kee boys basketball 1,000 point club, a group that includes just four other Hawk hoopsters, Ric Zarwell, Pat Heiderscheit, Gabe Schultz and Quinn Schultz.
