November 2015

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Mr. and Mrs. DeWayne Gefaller

Mr. and Mrs. DeWayne Gefaller

 

 

DeWayne and Holly (Cranston) Gefaller of Hawkeye were married Nov. 20, 1965, at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Atkins.

They will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a family dinner in Dubuque.

The couple have two children, Todd of Iowa City and Trent (Jennifer) of Oelwein, as well as two granddaughters.

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Mr. and Mrs. Donald Vagts

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Vagts

 

 

Don (Andy) and Audrey Vagts of West Union will celebrate 60 years of marriage on Thursday, Nov. 27.  Their family invites friends and relatives to join in a card shower to congratulate the couple.

Andy and Audrey were married Nov. 27, 1955, at First Lutheran Church of rural Ossian. 

They are the parents of Mark (Joan) Vagts of West Union, Marcia (Hoss) Foadian of Norton, Mass., and Marlys (Chuck) Bushman of Clermont.  Their family also includes 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. 

Anniversary greetings may be sent to the couple at 102 Lincoln Way, West Union, IA 52175.

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Dixie Hennig

Dixie Hennig

 

 

The family of Dixie Hennig invites friends and relatives to shower Dixie with cards or notes sharing memories in celebration of her upcoming 80th birthday.

Dixie was born Nov. 27, 1935, in Aberdeen, S.D.

She has devoted her first 80 years to the service and care of others, including as a longtime employee and volunteer at Maple Crest Manor in Fayette, as a Hospice volunteer, and as a member of First Methodist Church in Fayette.

Dixie’s family includes eight children, Carolyn (Terry) Kiser of Cedar Rapids, Sandy (Dick Hogan) Moses of Central City, Larry Hennig of Orange Park, Fla., Nancy Gerson of Peachtree City, Ga., Ed (Kathy) Traeger III of Readlyn, Brenda (Chris) Kelly of Marion, Barbi (Randy) Holub of Robins, and Keith (Mary) Hennig of Evansville, Wis.; 28 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter.

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Nov

Eischeid one of four new UIU Trustees

Mike Eischeid

 

Eischeid one of four new UIU Trustees

 

 

 

 

Upper Iowa University has elected four new members to its Board of Trustees. The new board members are Mike Eischeid of West Union, Mary Cheddie of Coral Springs, Fla., alumni representative Michele Matt of West Des Moines, and student representative Cody Booker of LaSalle, Ill.

“On behalf of the entire Upper Iowa University Board of Trustees, I would like to welcome our newest members,” said board chairman Dennis Murdock. “We are extremely confident that the professional and personal knowledge these four individuals have compiled will contribute greatly to ensuring UIU continues to provide the greatest possible academic opportunities to our students.”

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Fayette's new police chief ready to embrace Iowa life

Rich Pisanti

 

Fayette's new police chief ready to embrace Iowa life

 

 

 

Janell Bradley

Contributing Writer

 

While Fayette’s new police chief has gotten plenty of questions about why he’d move here from Florida, Rich Pisanti wants everyone to know that there’s plenty he and his wife, Carleen, look forward to in their new home.

A 29-year veteran in law enforcement, Pisanti was born in New Jersey but lived in Florida from age 12. He just completed a long career with the Broward County Sheriff’s Department before he and his wife decided to move to Iowa.

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How to manage your diabetes

 

It’s opposite ends of the spectrum for 75-year-old Jerry Blue and 25-year-old Zakary Kriener. Blue has Type 2 diabetes while Zak has Type 1. Blue takes a number of pills and a large amount of insulin each day to help keep his blood sugar in check, while Kriener uses an insulin pump to automatically provide the right insulin dose. 

 

How to manage your diabetes

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

According to the American Diabetes Association 21.1 million Americans (9.3 percent of the U.S. population) had diabetes in 2012 with 1.7 million new cases being diagnosed each year.

Right here in Fayette County, many have to work hard to keep the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States at bay. It isn’t easy, but here is the story of two, one younger and one older, who have been diagnosed with different types of diabetes and how they have coped with that diagnosis.

Zakary Kriener is a 25-year-old newspaper reporter with the Ossian Bee who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in the spring of 1995. His step-father, Darryl Frana, and his mother Anne Kriener, along with his biological father Ivan Kriener noticed that the 5-year-old had an unquenchable thirst and urinated all too often. After seeing his doctor and being referred to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Zak spent one week in the hospital after his diagnosis. He checks his blood sugar three to four times per day with a finger poke.

On the other hand, Jerry Blue, businessman and former editor/publisher of the Fayette County Union, was diagnosed in 1990 at the age of 50 with Type 2 diabetes. He said it was discovered through lab work and attributed to a poor diet, lack of exercise and busy schedule that didn’t allow him to get adequate sleep on a daily basis.

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Opening Thursday

 

Casey’s General Store in West Union will open its doors to the public at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. Sandra Watson, store manager, and Donna Kolsrud, area supervisor, noted that Casey’s will be a full-service convenience store with a pizza and sub station. 

 

 

Opening Thursday

 

 

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