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The Parks Have Gone to the Dogs

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Monday Morning

There were 17 members at our Monday Meeting plus two guests, our guest speaker, Misty Gedlinske and Kathy Treml. We were greeted by Sharon aka Dawn. Harry and Misty had the humor for the day and both were good. John had the grace. Glenn had two happy bucks, for being back and new grandchild. Charlene had a happy buck for the good turnout at the Thursday night social. Gary Miller was a winner and a winner. We don’t know what the final total was but stay close to him at the Officer Installation for free drinks. Side note – Del is at home and  loves visitors.  We have a possible interclub from Ripon Early Birds. Their golf outing is September 7th. Cost is $85 for golf an dinner. See Dawn to sign up. Ripon Noon Kiwanis have pancakes on September 16th.  Finally, Kewaskum has their 65th Annual Turkey Shoot on Sept. 10th. See me for all the details. Sharon will be our representative for the Boys and Girls Club on October 12th.  Mahala’s Hope has their open house on September 17th. Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.  We have a projector for our speakers; please contact Gary Miller if you need it. Speaking of programs for the future, get information to Dave or myself. Member names are being added under Programs for your future dates.

Misty Gedlinske and Kathy Treml – Dogs in the Park

Misty Gedlinske and her husband are founders of Fond du Lac Dogs in Parks. They have designed and self-funded two pet waste stations for Prairie and Peebles Trails. Now they are looking for funding for stations in the twelve parks that the city council has approved for being able to walk your dogs in these parks. The total startup costs for the commercial waste stations are $7,500.  The annual cost for upkeep is about $1,000. They feel that the city should not have to cover these costs and that is important to have dogs in our parks.

A Fair Fair

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Monday Morning

There were 14 members at our Monday Meeting plus our guest speaker Alexis Newton. We were greeted by Mark and Sharon. Charlene had the humor for the day. Harry had the grace. Happy bucks came from Dawn, Charlene, and Sharon. Happy anniversary to Donna and Gary. John was the raffle ticket winner and drew the six of spades, no winner. Monday’s 50/50 raffle will have 14 cards including four pay cards with a pot of $501. Side note – Del is at home.  From Community Service committee, they are collecting nonperishable food items for the Food Pantry. Please bring donations this Monday. Social committee is planning a night at Thelma street band on August 25th. See Thelma or Charlene for details. Sharon will be our representative for the Boys and Girls Club on October 12th.  Remember that we have a Kiwanis web page and Facebook. If you are on Facebook, like our page.  We have a projector for our speakers; please contact Gary Miller if you need it. Speaking of programs for the future, get information to Dave or myself. Member names are being added under Programs for your future dates.

Alexis Newton – Fairest of the Fair

Alexis Newton was just elected Fairest of the Fair for 2016. We support the event with a $600 scholarship. Alexis is a senior at Carroll College. She is an Oakfield native. She started out with the 4H club. 4H clubs take both farm and city kids. This was Alexis second try at Fairest. After the application, they had interviews and lunch. The day ends with a formal dinner and crowning. In January, she will compete for the state title.  

Why You Should Visit the Y

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Monday Morning

There were 12 members at our Monday meeting plus two guests. Joining us were our speakers, Ali Harasha and Alexis Berg.  We were greeted by Glen. Steve handled the prayer and rumor. Side note – Del is at home. Call for an appointment to visit. Next Monday’s 50/50 Harry was the winner. He drew the Jack of Hearts, no winner. Raffle will have 20 cards in the game including the five pay cards with a pot of about $431.  We have a work day to paint buildings at the Children Museum on July8/9th.  In addition, we will have prep day to get some of the displays on the building ready on July 6th at 4:30 at MPTC. Bonnie has the signup sheet.  We have a projector for our speakers; please contact Gary Miller if you need it. Speaking of programs for the future, get information to Dave or myself.

Ali Harasha & Alexis Berg, Fond du Lac YMCA

Ali is Sports & Fitness coordinator at the YMCA. The Y is offering Healthy Living Exercise Program. It is three phases over twelve weeks. The program is free. The wellness coaches will work one on one to increase physical activity in a safe and engaging program. Ali is also in charge of the personal trainers at the Y. Alexis is responsible for the Parkinson’s program, diabetes prevention program and Livestrong. Livestrong is 12 week program using exercise methods to ease cancer survivors back into fitness.  These are just a small portion of the programs that the Ymca offers. In some from, we all need 150 minutes of exercise each week.