The members of the Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital are actively recruiting new and returning members to join them during their annual membership drive.
The Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital is devoted to providing the hospital and its patients and visitors with many services. The Auxiliary also holds annual fundraisers, such as the Women’s Health Day Luncheon each fall, the Pillow-Perk in early November, the Masquerade sales and their annual membership drive each July.
The next local LifeServe Blood Center blood drive will be held Monday, August 7, 12-5 p.m., at First Baptist Church in Waukon. Blood drives are held every month in Waukon, to allow for more donors to give. LifeServe Blood Center supplies Veterans Memorial Hospital with its blood and blood products.
Anyone who lives to the age of 72 will have a 95% probability of needing blood or blood products at sometime in their life, so blood donors are greatly needed.
Regular blood donors may donate blood as often as every 56 days. First-time donors will find donating blood is a safe and easy way to save lives and make a difference in the community. A single blood donation can save the lives of up to three sick or injured hospital patients. Ninety percent of first-time donors give at blood drives in their community. This is a great opportunity for first-time donors to see how easy the blood donation process is. The donation process is simple:
Virginia (Ashbacher) Roe of Waukon celebrated her 80th birthday July 26, with a family celebration held July 15. Cards and well wishes may be sent to her at 942 Prairie Avenue NW, Waukon, IA 52172.
Ren Pape and Alison Hallberg of McGregor announce the birth of their daughter, Denver Elaine Pape, born July 19, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 7 lbs. 5 ozs. and measured 20-1/4 inches in length at the time of her birth.
Grandparents are Michelle Hallberg and Gregg Hallberg, both of McGregor, Dan and Janice Pape of Luana and Jerry and Lynette Kansier of Monona. Great-grandparents are Darwin Hallberg and the late Patricia Hallberg of McGregor, Sharon Peters and the late Gene Peters of Monona, and the late Gerald and Marilyn Pape.
Nathan and Genna Welch of Monona announce the birth of their son, Brooks Orin Welch, born July 23, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 7 lbs. 13 ozs. and measured 20 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins siblings, Kaylee (11) and Gracyn (6).
Grandparents are Richard and Kim Brooks of McGregor, Kaaren and Darryl Schlitter of Monona, and Kevin and Lori Welch of Monona.
Randy and Ashley Welch of Ossian announce the birth of their son, William John Welch, born July 15, 2017 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. He weighed 9 lbs. and measured 21-1/2 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins siblings, Sophia (4) and Francis (2).
Grandparents are Arnold and Shirley Zezulka of Dorchester and Margaret and the late Robert Welch of Lansing. Great-grandparents are Evangeline and Robert Schellsmidt of Caledonia, MN.
by Jeremy Leitz, Allamakee County Executive Director (563) 568-2148
Upcoming Deadlines and Important Dates
• September 1 - December 15: 2018 Margin Protection Program Sign-Up
USDA Farm Service Agency Offers Text Alerts to Allamakee County Producers
Allamakee County producers can now receive notifications from their county office through text messages on their cell phone. Whether producers are in the field, on a tractor or even on horseback, this service enables FSA customers and stakeholders to receive notifications while on the go. Producers will receive text messages regarding important program deadlines, reporting requirements, outreach events and updates.
Soil health expert Ray Archuleta, pictured above, speaks to a crowd of 150 at the Steinlage family’s Flolo farms in West Union during a full day of soil health workshops. Those in attendance included professional farmers, Natural Resource and Conservation Services agents, community members, and visitors from as far away as Saskatchewan and Arkansas. Submitted photo.
Soil health experts Ray Archuleta and Doug Peterson drew a crowd of 150 to the Steinlage family’s Flolo farms in West Union for a full-day soil health workshop supported by Fayette County Extension, Fayette County NRCS, and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Region 4. Those attending included professional farmers, Natural Resource and Conservation Services agents, community members, and visitors from as far away as Saskatchewan and Arkansas.
Ray Archuleta is known around the world for his analysis of soils under different tillage systems and his promotion of healthy soils and conservation tillage systems. He has 25 years of experience with the USDA’s National Resources Conservation Service across the United States, and has lectured internationally, earning the nickname “Ray the Soils Guy.” Doug Peterson is the Regional Soil Health Specialist with the USDA’s Natural Resources and Conservation Service, who also runs a cow-calf operation in northern Missouri.
It can be very difficult for landowners to figure a fair rental rate. They need to be able to pay taxes and likely want to make a profit as well. But, landowners also have to consider how the commodity market prices impact the profitability of farming their land. Often, rental rates lag behind crop prices and tend to reflect past years prices more than expected prices for the upcoming year. Cash rental rates have fallen for the fourth consecutive year in Iowa, but have not fallen as dramatically as the commodity prices. However, the rental rates during the peak prices for corn and soybeans of 2012 were also lagging and had not risen at the same rate as the commodity prices.
Greg Tylka, Iowa State University nematologist, has found that soybean cyst nematode (SCN) resistant soybean varieties are becoming less effective.
“This is an alarming trend and sets the stage for even greater yield loss from SCN in the future,” Tylka said.
Resistant varieties have helped farmers manage the nematodes for decades. Almost all SCN-resistant soybean varieties possess the same resistance genes, from a soybean breeding line called PI88788.
