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The Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation’s annual Three Person Best-Shot Golf Tournament is set this year for Monday, June 19 at the Waukon Golf and Country Club. Teams of three will begin the day with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. and play 18 holes of golf. Breakfast rolls, lunch, dinner and prizes for everyone will all be provided for a donation of $75. All those interested in joining the event are asked to pre-register their team by calling the Waukon Golf and Country Club at 563-568-9939. For more information about the golf tournament, call Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411. Submitted photo.
 

The ‘annual’ Veterans Memorial Hospital “Family Wellness Fair” returned in full this year Wednesday, May 10. As pictured in the surrounding photos from the event, visitors toured the Medical Clinic, Hospital and Gundersen Clinic in their route to the over 40 booths and educational displays and demonstrations provided by the numerous agencies who service Allamakee and northern Clayton counties, as well as from nearly 20 hospital departments. Entertainment for the evening included balloon artist Mike Chapman, face painting by Claire Butchkoski, Paramedic, a health career photo booth, and a fly-in with helicopter tours by Gundersen Air. In addition, a Waukon Fire Department fire truck and hospital ambulance were on site for all to view. This family event is held each spring on the hospital campus and is free and open to all members of the area communities. Submitted photos.
 

The Veterans Memorial Hospital Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, May 18 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference Room on the lower level of the hospital.

This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or who has a friend or loved one with diabetes. For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, call  Angie Mettille, RN, at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon at 563-568-3411.
 

Destiny Welsh Teixeira and Leonardo Teixeira of Des Moines announce the birth of their son, Josiah Buck Welsh Teixeira, born April 1, 2023 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. He weighed 6 lbs. 15 ozs. at the time of his birth. He joins a brother, Dominic.

Grandparents are Betty Welsh and the late Lloyd Welsh of Lansing and Valtier and Edneusa Teixeira of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Margarita and Bradley Brandt of Sumner announce the birth of their son, Gavin Theo Brandt, born May 3, 2023 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 9 lbs. 2 ozs. and measured 21 inches in length at the time of his birth.

Grandparents are Theresa and Jack Brandt of Cedar Falls and Lana and Galen Herr of Hastings. Great-grandparents are Christa Schons of Cedar Falls and Deane Adams of Liscomb.

To the Editor:
In the Word for Word column in the May 3 edition of The Standard, Pastor Laura Gentry talks about how it is growing season, both in our gardens and in our spiritual lives. She discusses the deep concept of how to grow spiritually by mentioning four simple steps: dive into the word, sing the songs, live the life, and tell the story.

Sometimes we tend to make our spiritual journey too complicated as we seek to draw nearer to God. We can put the burden on ourselves and be bound down by legalism, or in our self-righteousness we can cause others to feel bad about themselves.

Religious people have been heard to say, “I don’t smoke, drink, chew, or go with those who do.” That is fine for those who have conquered such habits, but what about those who are still bound by these habits; how does such a self-righteous comment make those people feel?

To the Editor:
Iowans are good people with common sense and compassion who care about one another. They value their public schools which are the hub of rural communities. They want to drink clean water and they want a government which works for them.

When Iowans voted, did they ask for their public schools to be starved and weakened?

Did they want to make it harder for the hungry to be fed?

Did they ask for  books to be banned and the teaching of Black and Native American history suppressed?

Did they want facts about Iowa’s dirty, polluted water to be hidden and ignored?

Did they want the governor, who favors corporations and wealthy donors,  to have more power?

Did they ask for waste, fraud and abuse of public money to be concealed?

The Iowans I know would answer “no” to each of these questions.

Upcoming Deadlines/Dates
May 15 - August 1: Primary Nesting Season
June 2: ERP Phase 2
June 2: PARP
July 15: Spring Crop Reporting

A Dairy and Ag Outlook Seminar: Understanding a Changing Industry, will be held Wednesday, June 14 at Ridgeway Community Center, 690 County St., Ridgeway, from 9:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. This seminar is sponsored by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, University of Minnesota Extension, and University of Wisconsin Extension. The seminar is targeted toward assisting ag lenders and farm financial advisers in helping farmers manage risk and understand market outlooks.

“Price risk management continues to be a major variable for profitability in many commodity enterprises while land has seen record inflation,” said Jennifer Bentley, dairy specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. “Understanding the ag markets is a necessary part of lender portfolio management.”

Iowa Learning Farms will host a relay intercropping field day on Thursday, June 1 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Jason Russell’s farm near Monticello. The free event is open to farmers and landowners and includes a complimentary meal.

The field day aims to equip attendees with best management practices for establishing and managing a relay intercropping system designed to improve soil health and reduce nutrient losses while increasing productivity and profitability. The relay intercropping system begins following corn with the seeding of winter wheat or rye. The soybean crop is planted into the winter wheat/rye the next spring and the winter wheat/rye is harvested for grain in June. Following soybean, oats are planted as a cover crop ahead of corn.