VMH continues face mask requirement for patients and visitors ... Since Veterans Memorial Hospital is a health care facility, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) does still require that masks be worn by every patient and visitor to the hospital. Pictured above is a number of hospital staff who can still be found wearing masks around the facilities. Masks are extremely effective against the COVID-19 virus and should be worn by everyone not vaccinated at all non-health care related locations. Call 563-568-5660 to schedule. Submitted photo.
Since Veterans Memorial Hospital is a health care facility, masks are still required to be worn by every patient and visitor to the hospital. Masks are effective against the COVID-19 virus and should be worn by everyone not vaccinated at all other locations that are non-health care related. At this time, the Centers for Disease Control does mandate that even those vaccinated must wear masks at all health care facilities.
According to the CDC, once an individual is fully vaccinated for COVID-19, they can resume activities they did prior to the pandemic. Fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by law or regulations, such as a health care setting.
Those who haven’t been vaccinated yet are urged to find a vaccine. Being fully vaccinated begins two weeks following a second or final COVID-19 vaccination. Keep using all personal protective tools until that two-week wait time has expired.
VMH Safety Day Camp to be held Thursday, June 10 ... Veterans Memorial Hospital’s bi-annual Safety Day Camp will be held in Waukon Thursday, June 10 at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds in Waukon. This event teaches all types of safety for children ages six to 14. Many large group demonstrations as well as 10 other small group sessions, such as the one pictured here, are taught throughout the day. To register, call Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411 or log on to the hospital’s website at www.veteransmemorialhospital.com for a registration form. Submitted photo.
There are a few spots still available for any six- to 14-year-old children who would like to attend the Veterans Memorial Hospital Safety Day Camp. This camp will be held Thursday, June 10, at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds in Waukon from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The day camp is designed to increase children’s awareness of a wide variety of safety hazards, as well as provide them with hands-on, first aid training to help themselves or someone else survive an accident should one occur.
Individual topics covered at this year’s safety camp will include the following:
• ATV & Motorcycle Safety
• Farm Equipment Safety
• Electrical Safety
• Lawnmower/Weed Eater/Chainsaws
• Pinch Point Safety
• Bicycle Rodeo
• Grain Bin Safety
• Internet Safety
• Firearm Safety
• First Aid
• Water Safety
• Drone Safety
• Snake Awareness
Another generous donation of $5,000 to the Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon Clinic was recently received from Brad and Judy Herman of Waukon. Pictured above, left to right, are Veterans Memorial Hospital CEO Michael Coyle, along with Judy and Brad. Judy is also a member of the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation. “We believe it is extremely important to support our local health care for the overall growth and stability of our community,” states Brad and Judy. “We are very fortunate to have the outstanding facilities that we currently have. We encourage everyone to consider a donation to the new clinic to meet current and future demand and to maintain continued access to quality health care in our area.”
Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) in Waukon will be hosting a free weight loss support group the first Tuesday of each month at VMH. The focus of this support group will be learning how to stop emotional eating and over-eating, creating new habits that support each one’s journey to weight loss and discovering the importance of mindfulness in eating and lifestyle.
Those interested in attending may register online by going to the hospital’s website at www.veteransmemorialhospital.com. This support group will be offered two different times the first Tuesday of each month, at Noon and again at 5 p.m., so those attending can choose the time that is most convenient for them. Face masks will be required to attend.
For more information or assistance in registering, call Jill Fleming, Registered Dietitian, at 563-568-3411 ext. 567.
The Veterans Memorial Hospital Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, June 17 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. Masks will be required to be worn.
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 at 563-568-3411.
The local Grief Support Group will be holding its monthly meeting at Veterans Memorial Hospital Tuesday, June 8 at 5 p.m. in the Meditation Chapel Room, located just inside the main entrance of the hospital. Masks will be required.
This informal meeting is open to anyone suffering from any type of loss, whether it be death, divorce, illness or some other grief.
Those attending should feel free to attend and bring a friend, and be sure to wear a mask. All attendees will be able to physically distance during the meeting. This grief support meets the second Tuesday of each month at Veterans Memorial Hospital.
Veterans Memorial Hospital will hold a Prepared Childbirth Education class (formerly called Lamaze) Saturday, June 26 from 8 - 11 a.m. in the Large Conference Room.
The Prepared Childbirth Education classes at Veterans Memorial Hospital are now offered in one half-day session. Tours of the OB Department are available with these sessions as well. These Prepared Childbirth Education classes are available for a small fee per session and will be offered every three months at Veterans Memorial Hospital. Following the June 26 class, the next class is scheduled for September 25.
Pre-registration is necessary, as seats are limited. To register, email childbirth@vmhospital.com or contact Jayne McCormick, RN, Nursing and OB Manager at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
Carl and Romona (Hawes) Mullarkey of Lansing are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary June 6, 2021. Carl and Romona were married at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Wexford and are the children of Leo and Kathryn Hawes and Mike and Mary Mullarkey. The couple has been blessed with four children, including Sr. Kathryn of Falls Church, VA; Ray of Wexford; Phyllis (Roger) Troendle of Verona, WI and Theresa (Ron) Heuker of Wexford, as well as two grandchildren, Brian (Sara) and Tami Heuker.
In honor of the occasion, cards and well wishes may be sent to 1506 Great River Road, Lansing, IA 52151.
At an ecumenical prayer service in Latvia on September 24, 2018 Pope Francis said: We Christians are very much aware that “if the music of the Gospel ceases to resonate in our very being, we will lose the joy born of compassion, the tender love born of trust, the capacity for reconciliation that has its source in our knowledge that we have been forgiven and sent forth. If the music of the Gospel ceases to sound in our homes, our public squares, our workplaces, our political and financial life, then we will no longer hear the strains that challenge us to defend the dignity of every man and woman.” Fratelli Tutti, pp. 115-116
I am wondering: as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic are you more in tune with the music of the Gospel or are you seemingly “off key” with the Gospel’s music in your life?
The Allamakee Democratic Party honors the brave men and women who lost their lives fighting to defend our country. We are grateful for our veterans and active military who keep our nation safe.
We thank you. May we be worthy of their sacrifices and service by protecting democracy against the internal and external forces seeking to destroy it. May we make our nation united and strong by seeking truth over lies, conspiracies and disinformation.
Ann Hart & Karen Pratte
Allamakee Democratic Party
