Tuesday 11/27/18
27 November 2018 News
Badger 5 Winner In Waupun
Someone in the Waupun area will be having happier holidays after buying a Badger 5 ticket worth $127,000. The ticket was sold for last Friday night’s drawing. The winning numbers that night were 5,6, 19, 26 and 27. Winners have 180 days to claim their prizes.
County Clerks Oppose Election Shift
Fond du Lac County Clerk Lisa Freiberg was one of thirty clerks who signed a statement last week opposing a shift of the State Supreme Court Race and Presidential Preference Primary to March in 2020. That would put the primary between a primary election in February and the Spring Election when the Presidential Primary is usually held in April. The cost of staging that primary statewide would be $7 million, which Freiberg says taxpayers would have to bear. “To be predicting something like this at the cost of approximately $7 million to the taxpayers because that is who will be paying this will be the taxpayers will be paying this cost for election.” Freiberg feels even more of the 72 county clerks in the state would have signed onto the statement, but it came out just before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Snowplow Driver Appreciation
Fond du Lac County Highway Commissioner Tom Janke says the best way you can show your appreciation for their snowplow drivers is to give them the room they need to do their job. It’s recommended drivers stay at least 200 feet behind a working snowplow. Janke has a much simpler rule of thumb. “If you can’t see their mirrors they generally can’t see you. So a lot of times when they are at intersections for instance they got to back up and do certain things to clear those intersections out so if you are right behind them chances are they wouldn’t even see you when they back up.” Janke says as tempting as it is to pass a snowplow remember the road in front of the plow is in worse shape than those behind it. He recommends staying behind the plow. Monday was Snowplow Driver Appreciation Day.
Gift Card Advice
Gift cards are convenient and easy to use whether you’re giving them or receiving them as Christmas gifts, but an official with the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has a couple of tips about them. Jerad Albracht says if you purchase them in a store make sure their protective package hasn’t been tampered with. “That any protective stickers are still on there and the PIN number hasn’t been exposed that’s usually the biggest thing to look out for. When you do buy keep hold of that receipt so you have proof of activation and proof of the actual value at the time of purchase.” He also recommends using any gift cards you receive as soon as possible. Albracht says stores can go out of business rendering those cards useless. He also notes that some cards lose value over time.
Thrivent Involved In Giving Tuesday Effort
In honor of “Giving Tuesday” Thrivent will be matching 50 cents of every dollar donated toward “Feed the Hungry” programs of six churches or parish groups in the Neenah and Oshkosh areas today. In Oshkosh people can donate at the atrium of the Oshkosh Convention Center from 8 am to 6 pm and in Neenah in a new brewery on South Commercial Street from 10 am to 6 pm. Contributions can be made through cash, check or electronically. Thrivent will match up to a maximum of $10,000. Donations will be divided between the six churches or parish groups.
Neenah churches or parish groups benefiting include: Immanuel UCC & New Hope, St. Mark’s Lutheran; St. Thomas, Calvary, and St. Paul.
Oshkosh churches or parish groups benefiting include: St Andrew’s, First English, Our Savior’s.
Waupun Holiday Parade Tonight
Waupun kicks off its annual Avenue of the Angels celebration with a Holiday Parade tonight. The parade route is along Main Street from St. Joseph’s Church to Fond du Lac Street and begins at 6:30. Santa will be available for pictures following the parade. Free hot chocolate, cider and cookies will be available at City Hall at 7 pm. Each evening through Friday from 6 to 8 pm the Festival of Trees will be held in the Waupun City Hall auditorium. It features trees decorated by area businesses and the public is invited to vote for their favorites.
Dodge County Vehicle Sales Up Thanks To Truck Sales
Brisk truck sales are boosting vehicle sales in Dodge County pushing them to outpace 2017 totals. The Waterloo-based industry tracking firm Reg-Trak, says there have been 3,117-vehicle sales in the first ten months of this year. That’s up nearly five-percent from the 2,980 sold during the same period last year. Truck sales were up by 13-percent, while car sales have fallen by 27-percent. For the nine-county, south-central Wisconsin region through last month vehicle sales totaled around 39,500 down one-percent from the 39,900 sold through October of 2017. Car sales in the region are down 18-percent while truck sales are up six-percent.
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