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9 July 2018 News
Grant Will Aid Green Lake Conservancy Effort
Joint Finance Committee member Joan Ballweg was pleased to see the committee approve funding to help the Green Lake County Conservancy purchase a former campground on Big Green Lake. The State Representative from Markesan says the local effort raised quite a bit of money to go along with the grant they requested from the JFC. She says, “They have raised $2 million to match what the state was going to do to make that purchase and so that is going to be part of the conservancy now. So the Joint Finance Committee approved that.” According to the Green Lake Conservancy website over 550 people pledged over $2 million in just a few months all in support of preserving and restoring the Camp Grow property to its original vegetation cover, oak savanna.
Geese Run Over Near Plymouth
The state’s DNR is investigating the deaths of six geese that were run over in Plymouth. The DNR believes the geese were hit by a vehicle on Pleasant View Road near the Aurora clinic Wednesday morning. Smaller goslings survived the incident and migrated nearby to live with another family of geese. The DNR is looking for tips from anyone who might have information about the driver or vehicle that was involved in the incident. They can be called at 1-800-847-9367.
Primary Election Could Decide Sheriffs Races
At least two area County Sheriff’s races could be decided in the August 14th Primary Election. Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s candidates Mike Norton and Ryan Waldschmidt are both running as Republicans. Norton is a Sheriff’s Deputy and Waldschmidt a Sheriff’s Captain. Incumbent Mick Fink is not running for reelection. In Dodge County Sheriff’s Lieutenant James Ketchum is challenging incumbent Sheriff Dale Schmidt. Both of them are also running as Republicans. In Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll is running unopposed. Winners in those primaries will likely have no challengers in the November General Election.
Eliminating The Swim Suit Competition
The very first Miss Oshkosh believes it is time to eliminate swim suit competitions from beauty pageants. Carol Genal Fenrich says she was actually the City’s Centennial Queen when it celebrated its 100 year anniversary in 1953. She recalls competing in the Miss Wisconsin pageant in Reedsburg with about 30 others that year. She feels today’s contestants are talented enough that there is no need for a swim suit competition as part of a pageant. She says, “It’s a good idea to eliminate it. It is very hard because some of the girls right now have had corrective surgery, they have special swimming suits. No I think it is a good thing that they have done away with that.” Carol Genal Fenrich recently participated in the Oshkosh 4th of July parade.
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