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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.

What’s Happening in the Best City in Wisconsin?

Monday Morning

There were 14 members and one quest at our Monday meeting. Jordan Skiff  was our guest speaker. Charlene and Steve were our greeters. Jackie had grace.  Gary had a happy buck. Charlene had humor. Charlene needs candy for the Cardinal Singers. Mark started the signup sheet for the December 4th Bell ringing. Gary Miller was our winner and loser. He drew the six of clubs. There are 48 cards left and a pot of $72.00. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.

City of Fond du Lac, Jordan Skiff

Jordan is the Director of Public works. He presented a number projects in the City of Fond du Lac that will need financial help in the future. There is need to do the final dress up on the bike loop. Plans are to redo the pavilion in Lakeside Park. It will start in 2020 and finish in 2021. The $200,000 is in the budget for the splash pad in 2018. For the Sturgeon Spectacular, there will be ice skating on Oven Island. Plans are to add a number of kayak launches in different area of the park. They would like to do a second Police Memorial on the new Police Memorial Dr. The Miracle Baseball League would like a new diamond at Plamore Park. The Friends of McDermott Park want to add more items. Other construction in the city is work on Fond du Lac Ave. in 2018. In 2020, they will add a roundabout at the K/C hall. For more information on the city go www.fdl.wi.gov