First Baby of 2025 Born January 4!
We are pleased to announce that the First Baby of the Year Contest was won by Zion Jo Sanders, son of Trevyn Sanders, and Cheyenne Decorah Strasser of Waukon.
Zion was born on January 4, 2025, at 4:43 am. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and was 21 inches long. He joins three siblings at home: Ezra, age 9; Zane, age 7 and Royal, age 6. Katy Maker was the provider assisting with the delivery.
This fortunate child and his family received the following generous gifts compliments of these area merchants:
- $100.00 Cash from Moellers and Moellers Family Dentistry, Lansing
- 1-Year Subscription to the Standard from The Standard/News Publishing
- $25 Gift Certificate from Outdoor Creations, Monona
- Free Haircut & Style from the Hair, Body and Mind Salon and Day Spa, Kim Sylvester
- $40 Gift Card from Dollar Fresh
- A $20 Gift Certificate from the S&D Café
- $15 Gift Certificate from the St. Pat’s Thrift Store, Waukon
- $10 Gift Certificate from the Village Farm and Home, Waukon
- Tastefully Simple Gift Basket from consultant Jan Baumler
- $25 Gift Certificate from Sycamore Floral
- Mother/Child Pendant from Elliott Jewelers
- Insulated Grizzly Travel Mug and Piggy Bank from Freedom Bank
- 10 Punch Pass from the Waukon Wellness Center
- Breakfast Burritos and Beef Sticks from Recipes from French Creek
- Baby Quilt from the Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital, made by Cindy Hertrampf
- Mary Kay Hand Cream from Debbie McGeough, Mary Kay Consultant
- Fleece-tied blanket from Aveka, Waukon
- Diapers, Wipes, and Laundry Basket from Veterans Memorial Hospital
All other babies born at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the year 2025 will receive a Baby Coupon Book coordinated by the hospital through coupon donations from nearly 60 area businesses in Harpers Ferry, Lansing, Monona, Postville, and Waukon. The hospital coordinates this in an effort to assure all babies born at the hospital are treated extra special and to encourage shopping at home.
Congratulations to grandparents Kelly Sanders of Waukon, Amanda McCloud of Sparta, WI, Robert Bonner and Raliegh Decorah both of LaCrosse, WI; and to great-grandparents Jim and Dee Von Haden of Tomah, WI, and Marilyn Amundson of West Salem, WI.
