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The resignation of New Albin Elementary School Principal Chad Steckel was approved by the Eastern Allamakee Community School District (EACSD) Board of Directors in a late afternoon special session Friday, September 20. Steckel has served as principal of New Albin Elementary School for the past several years, and EACSD Board members voted unanimously in that special session to accept his resignation from that position, as well as all of his other coaching and teaching positions he held within the EACSD.

EACSD Superintendent Dr. Dale Crozier stated that Steckel’s letter of resignation that was presented to the board stated he was resigning “for personal reasons.” Steckel reaffirmed that reasoning in follow-up correspondence with The Standard, stating, “I will simply say the same.”

Forests and woodlands may not be among the first things that come to mind when people think about what grows in Iowa. But according to Billy Beck, newly-named assistant professor and extension forestry specialist at Iowa State University, forests hold more value and potential than Iowans often realize.

“Forests are important for many reasons, including water quality improvement, wildlife, timber and aesthetics, and we need to be promoting them more,” Beck said.

Beck began his new role in August, after completing his Ph.D. at Iowa State in 2018. He previously held forestry-related jobs in Michigan, Illinois and Kansas, and is excited about the opportunity to grow and promote the value of Iowa’s forestry.

“I really want Iowans to realize that these woodlands are valuable to their property, and they’re a value to their farming enterprise,” he said.

The Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Waukon Center is offering a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Workshop Tuesday, October 15 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. The NICC Waukon Center is located at 1220 Third Avenue NW.

This event is open to the public and is designed to help students complete their FAFSA. NICC Waukon Center staff members will be available to answer any questions. Students and parents are encouraged to attend.

To make a 30-minute appointment or for more information about the workshop, contact DeKote’ Blake at 563-538-6575 (call or text) or curtind@nicc.edu.

To prepare for the FAFSA workshop, visit https://studentaid.ed.gov/npas/index.htm to create a FSA ID for both parent and student; that will be needed to complete the form. Bring a copy of the parents’ and student’s 2018 taxes, W-2s and FSA ID login information to the appointment.
 

The Kee volleyball team battled through a pair of dual matches this past week, coming up short in each of those two battles on different ends of the spectrum. The Lady Hawks first fell to Wauzeka-Steuben out of Wisconsin in non-conference play at home Monday, September 23 in straight sets, 20-25, 6-25 and 23-25, before pulling out one of four sets at West Central with a 25-23 win but also falling by scores of 17-25, 10-25 and 18-25 in that Upper Iowa Conference road match-up.

Holding a 2-15 season record, 0-3 in Upper Iowa Conference play at this point in the season, the Hawks were next scheduled to host Clayton Ridge Tuesday, October 1 before playing at South Winneshiek Thursday, October 3, both of those matches being Upper Iowa Conference contest. Kee’s net squad will then compete in a busy week the following week with a road date at Postville Tuesday, October 8, hosting MFL/MarMac Thursday, October 10 and then playing in the Riceville Tournament Saturday, October 12.

The Kee football team made it the happiest of Homecomings as the Hawks picked up their first win of the season, and in convincing fashion, with a 44-14 Homecoming hurrah over West Central Friday, September 27. An equally effective attack on both sides of the line of scrimmage saw the Hawks find the end zone on all but one of their first seven drives of the game while Kee’s defense proved just as effective in limiting the visiting Blue Devils to just one tally in their first six drives of the ballgame, the Hawks bolting to a 22-0 headstart in the first quarter they would never look back from.

The Hawks will hit the road this Friday, October 4 for a sizable task in facing Eight-Player second-rated Turkey Valley, a team boasting a 5-0 season record and coming off a 48-10 home victory over Central City this past Friday. The highly-regarded Trojans have outscored their opponents by a combined score of 288-75 so far this season.

The Waukon girls cross country team continued its recent achievement of team finishes within the top half of meet fields, the Lady Indians doing so on their home course this time around with a fourth-place finish out of 10 teams - more than half of them ranked - at the Waukon Invitational Tuesday, September 24. The distance Tribe benefited from a pack performance of all five of its scored runners within the meet’s top 31 places in the 159-runner field and finishing within a minute and a half of one another. That large field was the result of both the varsity and junior varsity races being run together due to pending weather concerns, with no junior varsity team scores being recorded.

Although it was a match-up of two teams with equal unbeaten records of 4-0 ranked on each end of some Iowa high school football top-10 rankings, the top-rated Waukon football team’s Friday, September 27 Class 2A District 4 opener at 10th-rated Monticello was anything but equal in a 52-7 Indian victory that was actually delayed in starting for an hour by rainy weather. The match-up also featured the top two passing teams in Class 2A District 4, but the Indians proved to the host Panthers that quantity doesn’t necessarily mean quality, as they used three interceptions, two fumble recoveries and relentless defensive pressure to limit Monticello’s district-leading passing game to considerably less than its 277-yard aerial average per game and a lone late touchdown against Tribe reserves, the Indians tossing three touchdowns on the way to 200 yards of their own through the air.

Maynard “Mike” Garlow, 89, of Plainfield, IL and Holy Cross, after a one-year battle with cancer, passed away Monday, September 30, 2019 at his home in Plainfield, IL surrounded by his family. Mass of Christian Burial for Mike was held Saturday, October 5 at St. Clements Catholic Church in Bankston with Rev. Michael Schueller officiating. Burial was in St. Clements cemetery with Full Military honors afforded by the Farley American Legion Post #656.

Mike was born June 10, 1930 in Dubuque, the son of Maynard “Major” (1908-1997) and Anna (Ward) Garlow (1903-1997). He is a graduate of Harpers Ferry High School in Harpers Ferry.

Jean P. Snitker, 94, of Postville died Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 3 at 11 a.m. at Zalmona Presbyterian Church in rural Waukon with Pastor Tim Rupert officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may greet the family from 9 a.m. until time of service at the church Thursday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Zalmona Presbyterian Church or Good Samaritan Center in Postville.

Jean Phyllis Snitker was born October 30, 1924 in rural Waukon, the daughter of Edward and Clara (Winke) Kugel. She was baptized and, April 2, 1939, confirmed at Zalmona Presbyterian Church. Jean attended Ludlow #2 rural school through eighth grade and graduated from Waukon High School in 1942.

Lillian M. Winters, 92, of Waukon died Saturday, September 28, 2019 at her home. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 3 at 11 a.m. at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon with Chaplain Patrick Malanaphy officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call one hour before services Thursday at the funeral home.

Lillian Mae Winters was born February 5, 1927 in Ossian, IA, the daughter of Gustav and Julia (Tollefson) Russell. She was baptized at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Castalia, attended country school, and helped her dad on the farm. Lillian also helped area families by taking care of new mothers and their families; besides caring for the children, she also did the household chores and the cooking. It was during this time that Lillian really honed her cooking and baking skills and became an amazing cook as an adult; she always made enough food to feed an army and no one could make fried chicken quite like her.