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How to Find the Purest Coffee in Fond du Lac

Monday Morning

There were 14 members plus one guest, Annie Culver at our Monday meeting. Jim was our greeter. Dan had grace.  Charlene had humor.  Gary had a happy buck. Boys/Girls Club have their annual fund raiser “Reach for the Stars” February 9th at Holiday Inn. Jim was our winner and loser. He drew the six of shades. There are 43 cards left and a pot of $142.00. Your editor will be on vacation next week. Therefore, there will be no newsletter. Please reread this week newsletter. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, you can like our page.

Annie’s Fountain City Cafe, Annie Culver

Annie and her husband Gary purchased the old McKnight’s Drug store. It has always been her dream to have a coffee shop. They just reached the two year mark. They are not a Sysco company. They use Farm To Table Coop, Bakers Pride and Butcher Block .The soups and cookies are homemade. New items are catering and a gift shops. She has 14 part time employees.  They have no TV’s but they do have a” Pay it forward Wall”. On Wednesday, they have “open mic night”. Extra good news, they won a Main Street makeover contest. First prize is $10,000. You can visit their Facebook page or stop in for a visit.

Merry Christmas from Kiwanis

 

Monday Morning

There were 19 members and 14 guests at our Monday meeting. In addition, we were joined by seven Key Clubbers; Ashley Waldvogel, Rachel Hays, Nate Arkin, Abe Stoffel-Murray, Elizabeth Ziequr, Hannah Joslin & Anistyn Dreifuerst. Glen & Pete were our greeters. Harry had grace.  Dawn had a happy buck.  Charlene presented candy bags to the Cardinal Singers. Dave & Becky were our winner and loser. They drew the seven of diamonds. There are 45 cards left and a pot of $120.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.

Fondy High Cardinal Singers, Annual Family Christmas Party

We were entertained by the 2017 Cardinal singers. It was a great way to start the Holiday Week. In addition to numerous performances during this week, the Singers were part of Night of silence at the High School last week . Charlene arranged for all Singers to take away a holiday candy bag. Pete presented a holiday check to their director Corey Schneider. Corey also joined us for breakfast. Special thanks to Pete for setting up the program, Charlene for setting up the breakfast and the Cardinal singers.

Fond du Lac County Plans Projects Aplenty for 2018

Monday Morning

There were 16 members and three guests at our Monday meeting. Allen Buechel was our guest speaker. Nathan Arkon and Rachel Hays visited us from the Fond du Lac Key Club. Harry and Sharon were our greeters. Sharon had grace.  Gary, Mark and Pete had a happy bucks Welcome back Mark.  Charlene had humor. Charlene needs candy for the Cardinal Singers. Gary Miller was our winner and winner. He drew the five of clubs for $5.00. There are 47 cards left and a pot of $82.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.

Fond du Lac County, Allen Buechel

Allen is the Fond du Lac County Executive. In order to please the Federal judge, they will update the traffic counts on Hwy 23. The state hopes to restart construction in late October 2018 in Plymouth. There will be interchanges at G, UU and K. They are planning a new county garage at South Hickory at the bypass. In 2019, a new roundabout will be added at the K/C Hall on Fond du Lac Avenue. Mercury Marine report, their $50,000,000 loan has help grow employment of 1,526 to 3,100 in eight years. With Alliance Laundry’s $6,500.000 loan, it helped grow the company to1,000 employees. The opioid drug epidemic impacts schools, law enforcement, Social Services, court system, jail, and drug abuse programs. In response, the county is suing the drug companies to help fund these problems. For more information, go to the county web page or visit the monthly county board meeting.