In celebration of March being Music in Our Schools Appreciation Month, the Allamakee Music Boosters, with the help of Parents Supporting Students and Teachers (PSST), are bringing OPERA Iowa to the Waukon area. The Allamakee Music Boosters appreciate all of the hard work and dedication of the music department staff in the Allamakee Community School District.
Monday, April 1, the day will begin with elementary students having the opportunity to watch a performance of “Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing,” composed by Malcolm Fox. This is a hilarious story of a serpent in the circus who desires to be more than a snake; he wants to sing!
Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering a Mini-STEAM Camp - K-5th Grade class Wednesday, April 24. This class will run from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the NICC Waukon Center, 1220 3rd Avenue NW.
Keep kids engaged on their day with no school April 24 by signing them up for a mini-STEAM camp. Kindergarten through fifth grade students will be doing Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math activities. Snacks and supplies are provided. Those attending are advised to bring a sack lunch.
The deadline for paid registration is April 17. To register online visit www.nicc.edu/waukon or call NICC Waukon center at 844-642-2338, ext. 6700.
The Allamakee County Conservation Foundation (ACCF) is offering scholarship opportunities for graduating seniors who will be attending a college or university pursuing a degree in natural resources or a related field. One $500 scholarship will be offered to a senior from each of the area high schools in Allamakee County, including Postville, Waukon and Kee High Schools.
Students who would like to apply for the scholarship are encouraged to visit www.allamakeecountyconservation.org, the Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center in Lansing, or their school’s guidance counselor for an application. Applications will be accepted until April 1 of this year and recipients will be notified by May 8.
During its regular meeting Monday, March 18, the Lansing City Council approved the recommendation from Lansing Parks and Recreation to hire Patty Olson as the pool manager for the 2024 season at $14.25/hour.
The council also approved the following hiring recommendations from Parks and Recreation for the 2024 season: lifeguards at their respective hourly rates - Violet Nehman ($11.50), Addison Winters ($11.25), Rylee Mudderman ($11), Riley Troendle ($11.25) and Adam Wheeler ($11); and summer recreation coaches at their respective hourly wages (all hires are based on passing background and substance testing for all new employees 18 and over) - Claire Chandler as head baseball coach ($14.25), Jacob Rolfs as assistant baseball coach ($11), Allison Wagner as head softball coach ($14), Harvey Ekern as assistant softball coach ($12), and Payton Becker as assistant softball coach ($11.25).
Meehan Memorial Lansing Public Library will host a day of art and fun Friday, March 29 from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. This is a drop-in event with stations for make-and-take art such as watercolor painting, make a bookmark, collage-making and crafts from old books. Additional on-site activities include Lego building, puzzle table and STEM station.
Children ages 3-8 are welcome with their caregivers and older youth can come on their own. Teens are also welcome. There will be light snacks served all day. Check the “Meehan Memorial Lansing Public Library” Facebook page for any further updates.
VFW Auxiliary Gustave F. Kerndt #5981 has announced the VFW Auxiliary’s National Anthem Singing Contest, “Get Excited for the Red, White and Blue!” Local youth in Kindergarten through 12th grades can showcase their talent, display their patriotism and express their creativity while competing for their share of $2,000 in national awards.
Contestants must submit a recorded live unedited video of their solo vocal performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The video must be recorded between July 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024. The student shall state name, age and grade level prior to the vocal performance. The student may sing acapella, with backing tracks or instruments, and in the arrangement and genre of their choice.
The Waukon boys basketball team played its way to a season record of 7-15 during this past winter’s campaign, including a 4-6 mark in Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) play that placed the bucket Tribe in fourth place in the final NEIC standings. The season started with a pair of those wins over the two NEIC teams the Indians finished in front of in those final standings, with second wins over those same New Hampton and Crestwood teams making up part of a three-game winning streak in mid-January that would prove to be Waukon’s final wins of the regular season.
The remainder of this season’s regular season schedule wrapped up with an eight-game non-winning streak before a split of two Class 2A District Tournament contests brought this winter’s campaign to a close in a deja vu heart-breaking loss at North Fayette Valley for a second consecutive season.
The Waukon girls and boys bowling teams rolled their way to end results on opposite ends of the win-loss spectrum during their 2023-2024 campaigns. The Lady Indians bowled their way to a 7-3 season record, while the Waukon boys played their way to a 3-7 season result.
The Waukon girls’ regular season schedule started and ended with alternating wins and losses, starting with one of each before rattling off four consecutive wins and then wrapping up that schedule alternating two each of wins and losses. This season’s three losses for the Lady Indians each came by just 15 pins or less, with just a margin of 32 pins preventing the Waukon girls from an undefeated dual match schedule.
The 2023-2024 Kee boys basketball season was undeniably the best in program history, as this winter’s Hawks flew higher and farther than ever seen before. The end result was a best-ever 22-3 season record that took the Kee boys basketball program to the brink of its first-ever State Tournament berth, with a number of other record-breaking and historic achievements taking place along the way (see shaded box accompanying this article on this same page), including being ranked for the first time in program history, as they climbed as high as Class 1A’s eighth-ranked squad and stayed within Class 1A’s top-10 for the remainder of the season.
The 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Tournament has gotten underway, holding its share of upsets and nail-biting finishes in its first two rounds played this past weekend. The Standard’s 2024 Bracket Challenge is also underway, featuring its own close results through those same first two rounds of play.
