Monday Morning

There were 17 members plus two guests, Tracy Reinhardt and Jim Serres at the Monday’s meeting.  Jackie and Jim were the greeters. Gary Miller did the grace. Charlene had the humor. Dawn had happy bucks for the hay harvest and kid’s baseball games. Gary Miller had a happy buck for the great life Donna’s aunt had. She passed away at 102. Charlene had two bucks for kids’ game and her son’s band. Glen had a happy buck for his eight grandkids. Mark had a buck for all his relatives. Steve had a happy buck for his newest grandchild born 8 minutes ago. Special thanks for all those who set and attended the Annual Picnic. We had over sixty people there. We had both baseball teams, Key Club, band boosters and Family Resource Center. Bonnie has the sign up for Dock Spiders on July 30th. If you are signed up, please get your money to Bonnie. Bonnie was winner and loser. She drew the Six of Diamonds. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Rienzi Cemetary, Tracy Reinhardt

If stones could talk, this is the third of Tracy’s presentations to our club. She talked about the Night the church’s burned and Lakeside Park. Rienzi Cemetery was started by Governor Nathaniel Potter Tallmadge in 1845 He donated eight acres to bury his son, William. Today, it covers 100 acres and has 24,000 individuals buried here. In additional to Rienzi there are another 119 cemeteries in Fond du Lac County. James Doty and Mason Darling were two of the original land developers in Fond du lac. For more information, visit Tracy at the Fond du Lac Historical Society’s Thorton Library. Then, take a walk thru Rienzi.