Veterans Memorial Hospital, together with Helping Services of Northeast Iowa, will begin offering the ‘Baby and Me - The Basics’ class Tuesday evening, March 14, from 5-8:30 p.m. in the hospital’s Large Conference Room.
Helping Services’ Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians Barb Fjelstul and Rachel Weber will teach the basics of how to correctly secure children in their car seat and getting the seat secured in the vehicle. Barb Fjelstul, also a breast-feeding educator, will guide participants through the challenges and rewards of breast-feeding and provide techniques to ensure baby is getting the most benefit from nursing.
Rachel Stone, RN, a labor and delivery nurse, will give expecting mothers education on breathing techniques and coping with pain during labor.
Veterans Memorial Hospital will be offering Grandparenting Classes again this spring. Corinne Cook, RN, Babysitting Class instructor, will teach the next Grandparenting Class Saturday, April 15 from 9:30 a.m. until Noon. The class will be held in the hospital’s Large Conference Room.
In these classes, new or soon-to-be grandparents will learn all the new protocols to use when caring for their new grandchild. Some topics covered will include basic baby care, car seat safety, Tylenol/Ibuprofen dosing charts, home safety, poison control information, infant/child CPR, choking and other emergency medical information, as well as tips to support parents such as handling the baby blues and postpartum depression. Free-will donations will be accepted to cover the costs of the class.
The Veterans Memorial Hospital Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, March 16 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital.
This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or who may have 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.
Memorials were recently received by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation in memory of Teresa Myers by Lyle and Barb Wilkes; in memory of Larry Evans by Patsy Kerndt; in memory of Bruce Langland by John and Charlene Loven, and in memory of Pat Curtin by Mike and Sue McMillan.
Memorials were also received in memory of Ronald Hesse by Mary Beth Regan; in memory of Deb Metz by Danny and Sue Schlitter; and in memory of Donna M. Ward by Dr. Bill Withers.
Memorials and donations are appreciated by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation, a 501C3 organization. All donations to the Foundation are tax deductible. Memorials and donations can be sent to Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation, 40 First Street SE, Waukon, IA 52172.
Paul and Lisa Heitman of Marshalltown announce the birth of their daughter, Gloria Louise Heitman, born December 22, 2022 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. She weighed 7 lbs. 6.5 ozs. and measured 19 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins a brother, Xander (3-1/2).
Grandparents are Alan and Lori Heitman of New Albin and Mark and Holly Kukkonen of Iowa City.
Adam and Amanda Leiran of New Albin announce the birth of their son, Aiden Lee Leiran, born February 27, 2023 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and measured 20 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins siblings, Adalyn (9) and Alden (5).
Grandparents are Bonnie and Doug Weymiller of New Albin and Tom and Bev Leiran of Waukon.
Randy and Samantha Wagner of Farmersburg announce the birth of their daughter, Lydia Ann Wagner, born February 28, 2023 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and measured 19 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins siblings, Waverly (6) and Tyson (4).
Grandparents are Don and Cheryl Wagner of Farmersburg, Mark and Coral Ehrhardt of Monona and the late Sandra Ehrhardt. Pat Breitsprecher of Monona is a great-grandparent.
submitted by Matthew Welsh, Resource Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA
In his Upstream Ag Insights - July 24th edition, analyst Shane Thomas says if we were to ever see products - like The Weed Seed Destroyer - become mainstream on combines, it could significantly help lower the tolerance for weed seed escapes in a specific area. He noted the ongoing intelligence going into sprayers and harvesting equipment illustrates “why equipment companies are strongly positioned in the fight against resistance weeds and supporting the sustainable production of crops around the world.” The Weed Seed Destroyer is a combine bolt-on unit utilizing mild warming and intense LED rays to saturate weed seed as it passes with the chaff flow during harvest, and the seed-killing device is ready for spring cutting trials in Tennessee wheat and Ohio barley.
Join the Northeast Iowa Dairy & Agriculture Foundation for the 2023 Annual Meeting Wednesday, March 15. The meeting will be held at the Wilder Business Center on the Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar campus starting at 9 a.m. The morning session will feature a variety of speakers discussing business strategies and social media in agriculture followed by the annual meeting in the afternoon.
The first presentation is “Social Media in Agriculture” by Megan McAllister (@Megan_DairyGirl). In September 2020, Megan started sharing her dairy life on the social media platform, TikTok, where she gained an active following quickly. Her TikTok boasts over 317,000 followers, with 10.5 million likes and a rapidly growing Facebook following of nearly 90,000.
Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Consortium for Cultivating Human And Naturally reGenerative Enterprises (C-CHANGE), will host a cover crop workshop Tuesday, March 28 from 12-2 p.m. at the West Union Event Center. We welcome farmers and landowners to attend the free event, which includes a complimentary meal catered by the West Union Event Center.
Cover crops offer many benefits to farmers and landowners, including reduced soil erosion, weed suppression potential, reduced nitrogen and phosphorus loads entering water bodies, increased organic matter in the soil and forage potential for livestock. When paired with no-tillage or strip-tillage, additional benefits include increased water infiltration to further reduce erosion during heavy rain events. Workshop attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about these opportunities, ask questions, and share their experiences.
