Are mammograms covered by Medicare Part B? What coverage can I get with Medicare supplement insurance? Do long-term care policies cover people with Alzheimer’s disease? Does every Medicare beneficiary have to make a decision about Medicare Part D?
Answers to these questions can be found by meeting with the Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) volunteers at Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH). Nancy Schoh of rural Dorchester is a trained volunteer and available by appointment to meet with any person or family with Medicare questions and concerns.
“This volunteer job is rewarding,” stated Nancy Schoh, SHIIP volunteer at Veterans Memorial Hospital. “It feels so good to help people. Many of them are older and don’t even have a computer at home so they really need the help. SHIIP is just what they need.”
Health tips from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Veterans Memorial Hospital Wellness Committee
March is National Nutrition Month. Building a healthy plate is easy when you make half your plate fruits and vegetables. It’s also a great way to add color, flavor and texture plus vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. Make 1½ cups of fruit and 2 ½ cups of vegetables your daily goal. Try the following tips to enjoy more fruits and vegetables every day.
1. Load the top of your pizza with a variety of vegetables. Try broccoli, spinach, green peppers, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms and zucchini.
2. Mix up a breakfast smoothie made with water or milk, and frozen fruit - try strawberries and banana, or mango with pineapple or peach. Toss in a handful of fresh spinach too!
3. Make a veggie wrap with roasted vegetables and cheese rolled into a whole-wheat tortilla.
Tatum and Michael Wagner of Monona announce the birth of their daughter, Scotlyn Anne Wagner, born March 7, 2023 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 7 lbs. and measured 19-3/4 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins siblings, Holden (6), Scarlet (4) and Sylvie (2).
Grandparents are Don and Mary Meyer of Waukon and Steve and Paula Wagner of Monona. Great-grandparents are Dennis and Jane Meyer of Waukon and Carolyn Livingood of Postville.
Mullen and Seth Beisker of Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, Jorgie Josephine Beisker, born December 2, 2022 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, WI. She weighed 8 lbs. 15 ozs. and measured 20 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins brothers, Griffin and Hugh.
Grandparents are Ray and Kerry Wacker, Deb and DJ Regan and Wes Beisker, all of Waukon. Great-grandparents are Ray and Shirley Wacker of Boscobel, WI, Jim and Mary Nagel of Waukon, and the late Jim and Micki Connor, Laurayne Beisker and Roger Beisker, all of Waukon.
Upcoming Deadlines/Dates
March 15: ARCPLC Signup
June 2: ERP Phase 2
June 2: PARP
Farm Loan Presence in Allamakee County
The USDA/FSA Farm Loan team will have a Loan Officer in our office every Tuesday during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). If you would like to visit with the loan officer, call or stop in.
Rolling Out Revenue Based Disaster and Pandemic Assistance Programs
Beginning January 23, 2023, agricultural producers can begin to apply for two new important programs for revenue losses, from 2020 and 2021 natural disasters or the COVID-19 pandemic. Both programs equitably fill gaps in earlier assistance.
Farm trends publication highlights the changing landscape of Iowa agriculture
A recent farm trends publication from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach discusses changing farm trends between 2011 and 2021, including farm sizes, production values, net incomes and debt.
In Rural Iowa at a Glance, Farm Trends (2022 Edition), David Peters, professor and extension rural sociologist at Iowa State University, shares data that shows the way agriculture in the state is shifting.
One aspect of farming that has seen a great deal of change is farm size. In the past 10 years, the number of large commercial farms has doubled, while the number of small farms has decreased by 27%. Small farms have also seen sizable reductions in sales and acres farmed, with sales dropping by 59% and acres farmed dropping by 47%.
Community Based Corrections, or CBC, provides a vital service to Iowa communities. In corrections, prisons and jails are well known, but CBC is a part of the system that you may not know about because it has been operating quietly in the background for the past 50 years, saving millions in taxpayer dollars.
Unfortunately, legislation has been proposed that may have serious unintended consequences to our unique and effective system. We are asking all Iowans to learn about CBC to understand why its current structure is valuable.
CBC is responsible for providing services to Iowans involved with the criminal justice system, from pretrial release all the way through to parole. The majority of our clients are on probation, given an opportunity to remain in the community while on supervision in lieu of going to prison.
I had an incident early one recent Saturday morning around 3:30 a.m. that called for the ambulance, EMTs and other volunteers from the Waterville Emergency Services crew. After their prompt response, I have a huge appreciation and respect for what they do for the community.
They are selfless and dedicated people. They donate themselves to be called on any time of the day or night and also do the training to be the best they can be when called. In our community they are ordinary citizens, like most of us, but when called on they are truly the heroes among us.
These volunteers, which include firemen as well, are in every community in the area. I thank them for all their service and the sacrifices they make to do it. It’s comforting to know we are in good hands.
In the March 8 edition of The Standard, Tim Wagner went on a rampage against our congressional representative Ashely Hinson. There was very little that was honest and most of his letter was outright lies.
Ashley Hinson is 100% correct in claiming that we have open borders and open skies, which is pretty obvious from the fact that over five million illegals have entered the country since Biden took office. He is 100% responsible for that influx. I wonder if Mr. Wagner will still believe his own lies when Iowans start dying from Fentanyl? How many Americans must die from this scourge before he says enough? The drug, coming from China and Mexico, killed more people in one year than were killed in WWII. Did Mr. Wagner not see the CCP balloon?
The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Waukon has been scheduled for this Sunday, March 19 and will begin at 1 p.m. with many festivities taking place as in years past throughout the community, including some new ones this year.
The parade route will be the same as in past years, beginning from the southeast edge of town and heading north up Rossville Road and Spring Avenue to the stoplight intersection with Main Street. Turning left on to West Main Street at the stoplights, the parade will venture up to Second Street SW, where the entries will turn left at the Post Office intersection, travel one block south to First Avenue SW, and then east back to Spring Avenue, turning right at Kwik Star to head back south to its point of origin.
