The family of Helen “Tiny” May will be hosting an open house celebrating her 90th birthday July 16 from 1-3 p.m. at Empty Nest Winery, 1352 Apple Road, Waukon. No gifts are requested, the presence of family and friends will be her gift. In honor of the occasion, cards and well-wishes may be sent to 920 Waterville Road, Waterville, IA 52170.
Vernalene Oelberg will be celebrating her 80th birthday with an open house reception Saturday, July 8 from 1-4 p.m. at the Waukon City Club Party Room. Friends and family are invited to join her in celebrating the occasion.
Marion “Ole” Olson of Monona will be celebrating his 90th birthday with an open house hosted by his family July 9 from 2-4 p.m. at the Tri-City Golf Course in Luana. In honor of the occasion, cards and well-wishes may be sent to Garden View Senior Community, 800 Darby Drive, Apt. 104, Monona, IA 52159.
Lucile Palmer, formerly of Waukon, will be celebrating her 90th birthday July 10. She relocated to Kansas in 2007 to be closer to family. In honor of the occasion, cards and well-wishes may be sent to 301 W 13th Street, Ellsworth, KS 67439.
Kai and Jessie Becker of Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, Olivia Nicole Marie Becker, born June 26, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 6 lbs. 5 ozs. and measured 20 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins a sister, Makenzie (4).
Ashlee Pitts and Paul O’Neill of Waukon announce the birth of their son, Rex Francis O’Neill, born June 21, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 7 lbs. 5 ozs. and measured 20 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins sisters, Ebonie (10) and Alivia (2).
Grandparents are Nancy Renk of Waukon, Robert Kelsey of Missouri and Frank and Donna O’Neill of Waukon.
Andy and Jessica Henkes of Monona announce the birth of their daughter, Emberly Grace Henkes, born June 18, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 9 lbs. 10 ozs. and measured 21-1/2 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins siblings, Lizzie (16), Taylor (12) and Ambryss (1-1/2).
Grandparents are James Johanningmeier of McGregor and Jim and Mary Lou Henkes of Monona. Stella Huinker of Monona is a great-grandparent.
Family of the late Karilyn Lenth recently commemorated her cherished time spent at the Waukon City Park, as well as her affection for cats, by donating a bench in her memory. The memorial bench, attractively engraved with feline images, is precisely located in one of Karilyn’s favorite spots, between the dam and ball diamond at the Waukon City Park, where she was able to look across the pond to the “Memory Garden.”
This year's ride extra special for Waukon area native ... Tim Dougherty (center), a 1974 graduate of Waukon High School, celebrates with his brother, Dean (right), a 1981 Waukon High School graduate, after dipping their tires into the Mississippi River in Muscatine to end their 2016 RAGBRAI journey last July. Tim Dougherty is excited to be returning to his native Allamakee County for this year's
RAGBRAI ride, organizing a tree planting dedication ceremony in Waukon City Park
with fellow members of the Team BackStoppers organization he helps support in honor
of law enforcement, fi refi ghting and other emergency personnel. Submitted photo.
Waukon High School 1974 graduate Tim Dougherty (second from right) stands
with some of his fellow Team BackStoppers bicyclists who ride in support of The
BackStoppers, Inc., displaying a banner for their benefactor during their 2016 RAGBRAI
journey last July. The BackStoppers, Inc. provides financial support for wives and
children of firefi ghters, law enforcement officers and other emergency responders who
lose their life or are catastrophically injured in the line of duty. Submitted photo.
Tree planting ceremony in Waukon City Park to honor local emergency responders through Team BackStoppers
For many riders, RAGBRAI® is exactly what its name says it should be - a great bike ride across Iowa. But for 1974 Waukon High School graduate Tim Dougherty, the annual event has become so much more, and he has something extra planned when the ride comes through his native Waukon later this month. Dougherty, who currently lives in Eureka, MO, has only become an avid road bicyclist within the past half dozen years or so, but the most recent half of those years has developed much more meaning. This will be the fourth consecutive year that Dougherty has ridden RAGBRAI as part of a group called Team BackStoppers.
Faith Cooper ... 4th-6th Grades winner. Not present for photo.
The Waukon RAGBRAI Youth Art Contest was held for local kindergarten through sixth grade students in conjunction with RAGBRAI's July 28 overnight visit to Waukon. The contest offered area youth the opportunity to use their creativity to make original artwork that reflects their impressions of RAGBRAI®. Winners in each of three different grade categories, along with an overall winner, were announced at the June 28 town meeting held at Iron Ridge Church in Waukon. Photos of those winning entries are pictured surrounding this article. One entry was chosen as the overall local winner and will now compete for a $350 prize in the Statewide RAGBRAI Art Contest. Willa Troendle, age nine, was selected as that overall local winner and will now compete against overall winners from each of the other overnight stop communities along this year's RAGBRAI route.
