It wouldn’t be Walleye Weekend without the Kiwanis of Fabulous Fond du Lac Cheese Curds! Walleye Weekend starts on Friday again this year with burgers, brats and yes, 3,000 pounds of cheese curds. We’d love to see you there! Stop in, say hi, and, by all means, support the children of Fond du Lac and the world by purchasing some delicious, deep-fried cheese curds!
Monday Morning
We had 16 members and two guests at our Monday meeting back at the Retlaw Hotel. Joining us were our guest speakers Valerie Graczyk and Sr. Diane Bauknecht from the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes (CSA). “Happy Bucks” were offered up by Jackie King for her daughter’s wedding this past weekend plus her and Jerry’s anniversary on June 2nd, Vickie Goldapske for their Shoe Drive at work, John Cooper for being awarded the $1,000 Walleye Weekend Essay Prize and Charlene Pettit for surviving three days in the hospital and not missing a Monday meeting. Bonnie Baerwald was the 50/50 Raffle drawing winner and she drew the Ten of Hearts, a $10 winner. Next week’s drawing will have 37 cards, including six pay cards, and a pot of at least $179. Nice Job Bonnie.
Adelante Mujer
Sr. Diane Bauknecht from CSA joined us on Monday morning to tell us about a new mission that they’ve undertaken.
Adelante Mujer provides scholarship assistance (tuition and supplies) for women who are studying to become medical doctors at URACCAN University n Bilwi /Puerto Cabezas on the North Atlantic coast of Nicaragua.
CSA’s support of this ministry allows them to finance the education and training of Nicaraguan women wishing to become doctors. These medical students attend the nationally certified School of Intercultural Medicine at URACCAN University which is located in their own country of Nicaragua. The average family income is less than $2,000 (US dollars) per year and approximately $1,600 is used for food. Because medical students have unique expenses for supplies and equipment, Adelante Mujer pays approximately $1,000 year per student per semester. Their first eight Adelante Mujer doctors graduated on December 12, 2014. Currently there are an additional 17 medical students receiving financial assistance.
Sr. Diane also told us about a book reception introducing Called to Serve-Ministry Stories of the Sisters of St. Agnes in Latin America and Russia on Wednesday, June 224th from 6:30-8:00PM at Marian University’s Stayer Center.
Monday Morning
We had 19 members and three guests at our Monday meeting back at the Retlaw Hotel. Joining us as guests were our speaker, Sergeant Jeff Bonack and FDL High School Key Clubbers Jacob Kroll & and Annie Moore. “Happy Bucks” were offered by Bonnie Baerwald for surviving her first MPTC graduation as Interim President, Gary Miller in memory of fallen law enforcement officers who were remembered last week and Chris Serres for her and Jim’s upcoming trip to Washington, DC with several other couples to visit their son. Chris Serres was the 50/50 Raffle drawing winner this week. She drew the Four of Clubs so she’s not taking any extra cash with her on vacation, sorry. Next week’s drawing will have 38 cards, including seven pay cards, and a pot of at least $174.
Jeff Bonack, Fond du Lac Sheriff’s Department Dive Team
Sergeant Jeff Bonack has been part of the FDL County Dive Team since 1991 and is currently the Team Leader. Jeff is a 1985 graduate of Waupun High School and he was able to get his first patrol job with the FDL County Sheriff’s Department at the age of 23. The Fond du Lac County Dive Team consists of eight members trained with the following dive certifications; basic open water, advanced open water, rescue diver, and ice diving. The team responds to all bodies of water throughout Fond du Lac County and provides mutual aid assistance to other jurisdictions if requested. The Dive Team is utilized for underwater search and rescue/recovery of victims, evidence, and other water related services. To aid the Dive Team in faster response times the dive team has a fully equipped dive van. When responding on bodies of water the dive team utilizes the department’s boats and emergency rescue windsled. The dive team trains several times throughout the year to remain proficient in all aspects of diving.
Jeff talked about the various equipment that the Dive Team uses and he also talked about some of the excursions that they’ve had while he’s been on the Team. All the Dive Team members have full time jobs in the Sheriff’s Department and respond to Dive Team calls as their duties and schedules permit. Thanks Jeff.