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For the first time in years, Allamakee Community Players, Inc. (ACPI) will be performing in a dinner theatre event, but that first-time event for many in the current ACPI group will benefit from being held at a location that is no stranger to such a production. Empty Nest Winery has a recent history of hosting successful dinner theatre productions at its rural Waukon location, but for its first time will be teaming up with the local ACPI organization to provide such entertainment.

“Check, Please” will hit the stage Saturday, February 12 for a Valentine’s Dinner Theatre event, beginning at 6 p.m. The two-act comedy follows a series of blind dates that couldn’t get any worse - until they do.

by Joe Moses

The Allamakee County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Monday, January 31 to address a full agenda of items including the consideration of appointments to the Eastern Iowa Tourism Board, the consideration of hiring a full-time deputy sheriff and to set a date and time for the Resolution approving Fiscal-Year 2023 (FY23) Maximum Property Tax Dollars.

The Lansing VFW Auxiliary Post #5981 and the New Albin VFW Auxiliary Post #5603 recently sponsored their annual Patriotic Essay Contest. Third through sixth grade students at New Albin Elementary School shared their ideas in written essays. Pictured above are the top essay entries from New Albin Elementary School. Left to right -  Front row: Caleb Verdon, Iris Reiter-Marsolf, Leon Berg, Evelynn Dibert, Cody Colsch; Middle row: Davina Shako, Henry Martin, Noah Mauss; Back row: Morgan Mohn, Austyn Mohn, Wesley McKee, New Albin Elementary School Principal Donna Thomas. Not pictured: Eli Schobert . Submitted photo.
 

High school students graduating in spring of 2022 are encouraged to apply for Iowa Farm Bureau Federation’s (IFBF) $2,500 scholarship, awarded to 27 eligible Iowa high school seniors and renewable for four years, up to $10,000.

“Iowa leads the nation in agricultural production, and that is because of the innovation and strong work ethic of emerging young leaders,” says IFBF President Brent Johnson. “Iowa Farm Bureau is proud to award nearly $500,000 in annual scholarships to these students whose agricultural knowledge will strengthen the industry and Iowa’s rural communities.”

The Allamakee Music Boosters will be holding their Annual Prom Dress Sale this Friday, February 4, from 6-8 p.m., and Saturday, February 5, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Waukon Banquet Center. This sale welcomes gently used prom and semi-formal dresses to be offered for resale, allowing shoppers an alternative to buying new dresses at higher prices.

Prom and semi-formal dresses can be dropped off Thursday, February 3 from 6-8 p.m. and again Friday, February 4 from 4-6 p.m.  Consignors are charged $5 for each dress they wish to sell, and they can set their own price on each dress they want to sell.

For each dress that sells, the consignor receives the price they set on their dress less a 10% commission that is given to the Allamakee Music Boosters for coordinating this event. Anyone in the tri-state area is welcome to attend this event for consigning dresses, shopping for a dress or both.

The Retreat United Methodist Church Knitting Club from De Soto, WI recently crafted and donated a variety of prayer shawls (some of which are pictured at left) for residents at Thornton Manor in Lansing. Pictured at left displaying some of the prayer shawls are, left to right, Retreat United Methodist Church Pastor Carter Jorgensen, who visits Thornton Manor every Friday morning for Faith and Friendship for the residents, and Thornton Manor Recreation Therapy Director/Volunteer Coordinator Karen Ulrich. “The purpose of a prayer shawl is to warm, comfort and nurture residents with joy, cradle them with hope, grace them with peace and wrap them with God’s love,” Ulrich shared. “Thornton Manor is blessed to have the knitting club think about our residents. We appreciate it very much.” Submitted photo.
 

The Alzheimer’s Association Iowa Chapter is offering a free virtual education series to kick off the new year. The programs are available to help those living with Alzheimer’s and their families understand what to expect so they can be prepared to meet the changes ahead and live well for as long as possible.

The topics covered will range from what changes to expect from a loved one in the different stages of the disease, to legal and financial issues to consider, to new advancements in Alzheimer’s research.

Each virtual education program will be held over Zoom and allows the audience to ask questions and engage with others with an Alzheimer’s journey. The remaining schedule of programs includes:

• Living with Alzheimer’s for Caregivers: Middle Stage - February 9, 3:30-5 p.m.
• Living with Alzheimer’s for Caregivers: Late Stage - February 16, 3:30-5 p.m.

The Kee girls basketball team picked up just one win in three games played this past week, but came well within striking distance of putting all three of those games in the win column. Beginning the week with a 38-35 home loss to MFL/MarMac Tuesday, January 25, the Lady Hawks then posted a 65-37 win at Postville Thursday, January 27 in a game rescheduled from January 18 before falling in another close battle at North Fayette Valley Friday, January 28 by a 52-47 end result.

Junior Jakob Regan crowned NEIC individual champion at 126 pounds

The Waukon wrestling team wrapped up its regular season this past week with one final dual event and a tournament. That final dual event proved to the mat Tribe’s best of the season as the Indians won two of four dual meets wrestled that night, defeating both Postville, 48-27, and Clayton Ridge, 60-4, while also falling to MFL/MarMac, 60-24, and to Nashua-Plainfield, 78-3. The Indians also wrestled in the annual Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) Tournament Saturday, January 29 at New Hampton, finishing fourth in the final team standings and crowning their first NEIC Champion in over 15 seasons in junior 126-pounder Jakob Regan.

The Indians will now begin their postseason journey Saturday, February 5 at their Class 2A Sectional 9 Tournament at Crestwood High School in Cresco.

The Kee boys basketball team played through a winless week, falling in a pair of Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) contests to teams lying in front of the Hawks’ current middle-of-the-pack ranking in the current UIC standings. The Kee boys first came close to reversing an earlier fortune against the only team still unbeaten in UIC play, coming up just short, 51-49, at home against MFL/MarMac Tuesday, January 25, and then suffered a differing trend in falling harder to a North Fayette Valley squad they had fallen to by just a point a couple weeks earlier, being dealt a 66-54 loss in West Union Friday, January 28.

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