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Tobacco Free Living Presents

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Monday Morning

We had 17 members at Monday’s meeting along with four guests,  Sara Ballwanz & Cindy Duffy from the NFDL Post Prom Committee and Maria Wusterbarth from the Oakfield Post Prom Committee along with our guest speaker, Sandy Bernier from Fond du Lac County Tobacco Control.  Gary Miller, Chair of the Youth Services Committee presented donations of $100 each to the NFDL and Oakfield Post Prom project.  Gary also announced that the Friends of Taylor Park Pool were holding a fundraiser “Blues Concert” this Saturday evening (3/8) at the Elks’ Club starting at 7:00PM.  Chris Serres was the 50/50 Raffle winner and she drew the Five of Diamonds, another $5 winner.  Next week’s drawing will have 30 cards with five pay cards and a pot of at least $288.

Fond du Lac County Tobacco Control

5 Counties for Tobacco-Free Living serves Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Washington and Waushara Counties. Their mission is to create nicotine and tobacco-free environments in which we live, work and play while promoting healthy lifestyles through education, advocacy and policy.

Despite the fact that you must be 18 years of age to purchase or possess tobacco products, more than 80% of current adults who smoke started as teens. The coalition works with local school districts and youth-serving organizations on youth prevention strategies. The coalition also conducts tobacco retailer compliance checks, monitors the marketing practices of the tobacco industry, and supports efforts to increase the price of tobacco products.

Exposure to secondhand smoke increases the risk of heart disease, asthma, cancer and many other chronic health conditions. Smoke-free building policies are the only effective means to eliminate this risk. The Coalition is available as a resource to help local businesses develop or expand tobacco free policies.

If you need additional assistance with a tobacco-related issue, or are interested in promoting tobacco free policies, contact Sandy Bernier, Program Coordinator, at (920) 906-5537 or their website

Blandine House Presents Mission to Kiwanis

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Monday Morning

We had a light turnout of 13 members at Monday’s meeting along with our guest speaker, Dave Engebretsen from the Blandine House. “Happy Bucks” were offered up by Gary Ring to celebrate that Lois was going to be a grandma, Gary Miller for his return from a 4,000 mile geo-caching trip, Vickie Goldapske for seeing “Wicked” at the Appleton PAC and it was awesome and Jackie King to celebrate her son’s 150 lb. sturgeon spearing success. Gary Miller reminded everyone that the Noon Club was holding their “Grilled Cheese & Chili” fundraiser on Thursday so he’s looking for members that attended so he can document an InterClub. Our speaker, Dave Engebretsen, was the 50/50 Raffle winner and he drew the Queen of Spades, close but no cigar. Next week’s drawing will have 32 cards with 7 pay cards and a pot of at least $268.

Dave Engebretsen, Blandine House

Blandine House was dedicated on Dec 13, 1970 and was born out of the spirit-driven mission of Sister Blandine Eisele, who felt spiritually moved to develop compassionate programs for suffering alcoholics. Sister prayed about the dilemma of finding a down payment for a residence she sought, a benefactor came forth (Ben Sadoff) and Blandine House has not stopped living out the mission of Sister Blandine.

Over the years Blandine House has evolved into a long term care residential treatment center that includes the transitional component of guiding recovering men back into the world as responsive and responsible individuals.

Blandine House Inc. is a non-profit facility and is governed by a board of directors who have volunteered their time, energy and guidance to continue to follow and expand upon the original vision of Sister Blandine to help alcoholics and addicts. The Blandine program is certified under Wisconsin DHS 75.14.

Referrals come from various county, native, state or private agencies as well as generated from personal motivation and private pay. A limited number of insurance providers will fund our service. The average length of stay is around 90 days.

Blandine House has capacity for 12 men at any given time and is staffed by the Executive Director, a full-time and part-time counselor and off hour’s house managers.

FdL Wastewater Treatment Process Explained

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Monday Morning

There were 20 members at Monday’s meeting along with our guest speaker, Autumn Fisher, Dave Krug’s wife Beckie and Paula Thalacker from the Noon Club. “Happy Bucks” were offered up by Dan Leeds for a successful school auction fundraisers last Friday, Jan Krug for Del’s going home from St. Francis, Harry Schneider for his lucky numbers in the Super Bowl, and Paula Thalacker ($2) for our Club getting up so early and for letting her sell tickets to their Feb 20th grilled cheese and chili fundraiser. Vickie Goldapske was the 50/50 Raffle winner and she drew the Eight of Diamonds, a non-winner. Next week’s drawing will have 34 cards with seven pay cards and a pot of at least $240.

Autumn Fisher, Fond du Lac Waste Water Treatment Plant

Autumn Fisher, Dave Krug’s niece, joined us on Monday to talk about the FDL Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Autumn is a graduate of UW-Oshkosh with a degree in Chemistry and has been a Laboratory Analyst/Chemist at the FDL WWTP for the past six years. Autumn distributed a nicely done color brochure that told the history of the FDL WWTP and outlined the process that waste follows through the plant. It also presented a number of pictures and diagrams that showed the plant at various stages of its existence. Autumn also had a PowerPoint that helped her show the various stages that exist in the FDL WWTP and what each of those processes accomplishes in the waste treatment process. Autumn also talked about the various plant expansions that have occurred over the years and how that’s impacted the capacity of the plant and the efficiency and improved water quality that has resulted from those expansions. Autumn also talked in some detail about the probable changes in the State of Wisconsin regulations related to phosphorus and allowable limits in the waste water end result. The current limits are 1.0 mg/L monthly average and FDL WWTP averages 0.7 mg/L. It looks like the new State regulations will be in .04 mg/L. As Autumn put it so well, we can meet those limits, it’s just a matter of what it will cost to meet the new limits. It will not be cheap.