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August Calendar Compiled by the Fond du Lac Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. For detailed information visit www.fdl.com or call (920) 923-3010. Farmer’s market – 7 a.m. to noon, Saturdays, 50 Western Ave. Over 65 vendors, and noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays in the Main Street Plaza, 30 S. Main St., with approximately 15 vendors. 1, 7–8, 14–15, 21–22 • summer LOVe 2014 – 8 p.m. at Maximillian’s Hall, Pub & Eatery, 155 Fond du Lac Ave., Mt. Calvary. A musical revue featuring live performers singing and dancing to standards, county, Motown, pop. Tickets are $16 for adults, $8 for children ages 5 to 12, and free for children 4 and under. 1-2 • reLay FOr LiFe – 6 p.m. at Fond du Lac High School, 800 Campus Dr. Relay For Life walkers on track, cancer survivors, food, games, raffle and auctions. 2 • HOt trOt run/WaLk – 7:30 a.m.
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ith a life-long love of sports, “people person” Jack Francis, 70, of Fond du Lac, has found his niché in life. Long before high school, Jack learned the value of a good work ethic by having a paper route and working at Frazier’s Restaurant as a bus boy. After graduating from St. Mary Springs Academy in 1962, he wasn’t sure what direction his life would be headed. “As a kid, I was very shy,” he said. “In September 1962, Herb Niederehe (whom eventually became president of the National Exchange Bank), approached me and offered me a position at the
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bank as a messenger. After a while, I advanced to teller, and eventually made it to head teller, and was in charge of teller operations.” During that period, Jack began making a lot of friends through the banking experience, and his confidence began to grow. He credits the late Herb Niederehe and the late Miles Phalen as sort of mentors in his banking career of almost 22 years. “I enjoyed my work at the bank, and they both were fantastic. They helped me so much,” said Francis. It was through friends and his love of baseball
— which he inherited from his father, who was a very good baseball player back in the 1930s — that Jack began to coach Little League baseball in Fond du Lac, which he enjoyed doing for about five years. After high school, Jack was really involved in softball and volleyball, and he recalled in his early 20s, he was playing softball five times a week. With his love of sports, an opporunity opened up to become athletic director at Sacred Heart School, as a volunteer. He served in that position for about 10 years and credits that time as another learning experience.
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After leaving the bank in 1984, Jack started to work for Jeff Hopper at Hopper’s Ski and Sport Center (which was at the present Gino’s location) for about three years. Again, he stated: “It was another learning experience, and the people there were fantanstic.” Then in May 1987, Jack had the opportunity to buy Klaetsch’s Sport Shop on Main Street. Leslie “Curly” Klaetsch stayed working for Jack, and he continued with the hand-sewing and handembroider on letter jackets for many years. That was before computerized embroidery machines took over. He called the store Jack’s Team Sports and hired lots of good employees over the years. In the early ’90s, his sister Mary Lang came on board and served in co-worker, manager, and trophy builder positions until October 2008, when ill health ended her work in Jack’s store. Over the years, his business progressed and grew. Again he commented: “It was a very good learning experience.” His store became a fixture in the community and people referred to the store as “Jack’s store” even though it was initially known as Team Sports. The store carried everything related to sports — uniforms for Fond du Lac area sports teams, baseball and equipment, batting gloves, baseball gloves, bats — and also football, basketball, volleyball and soccer accessories, and trophy building. When Jack owned the store, glove relacing was also a big part of the business. “I've met a lot of friends over the years. The flood of 2008 really challenged my business, but several of my friends came to my rescue.” Jack sold the store in May 2011 to Byron and Jill Pegram, but stayed on with them during the transition, to help them learn the business. Jack continued glove relacing and also began to do relacing from his Fond du Lac home. Jack officially retired in May 2013, and has not been involved with the store since then, but has been continuing the art of relacing baseball gloves. When asked about some of his best
memories from running his store, he was quick to reply, “The people … the customers … I’ve met so many people who have become friends … the downtown sidewalk sales (that was a lot of work but fun) … hiring good people … and the neighbors near his store.” Jack had so many wonderful memories that included having his father helping out at the store almost every day (until his death in 1998). When asked if he ever met any famous people during is ownership, he commented that he sold licensed products for professional teams like the Packers, the Brewers, and the Badgers. He also met several Packers players in by-gone years when they came to Fond du Lac for “signings.” His favorite players were receivers Don Beebe and Robert Brooks. Jack explained he learned the art of glove relacing, “As I went along, using specialty tools that Curly had in the store.” Jack continued with some very interesting facts: Baseball gloves are made mostly of leather. One size does not fit all. Kids gloves start at about 10 inches and go up to 14 inches for adult softball players. Generally, the cost of a glove starts out at $15 for a kid, and could run up to hundreds of dollars for an adult. He noted, the average price for an adult softball player’s glove would be between $60 and $90. It depends on normal wear and tear and how well the glove is taken care of to determine how long a glove will last. A catcher’s mitt and the glove for a first baseman are the hardest to relace. The first step in the process (of relacing a glove) is to examine the glove to see what condtion the fingers and the pocket are in and then he conditions the glove with a special leather cream (conditioner) and starts out by pulling out the broken leather laces. Jack noted it usually takes a minimum of an hour to relace a glove, depending on the condition. “If it’s a simple fix, the cost will start out at about $10, depending on what all has to be done. A complete glove relace would run about
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$45. Most players prefer to keep their old glove and have it relaced because it’s broken in.” When Jack is called upon to do a relacing job, he dons his taylor’s apron, and gets out his assortment of tools, which include scissors, bentnose pliers, lacing needle and the leather laces. The laces come in several different colors and the length can run from 48 to 72 inches. Sometimes Jack will work long hours during the baseball-softball season, but also at any time of the year. “Often a player will call me and drop off his glove in the fall, and request it be ready for the next season,” he said. Besides relacing baseball gloves, Jack enjoys gardening, fiixing up his house, watching softballl games at Lakeside Park with friends, and being a good neighbor. One of his future goals is to restore his ’72 Pontiac convertible. “Right now I’m too busy to get into that,” he said with a laugh.
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very year, participants donate labor, time, materials and expertise to help those in need. A national program, started in the mid-1980s to provide free home heating inspections for the elderly homeowners. Union journeymen, mechanical contractors, suppliers and other industry partners have collaborated to perform free heating system check-ups and whatever repairs are needed, for qualified, income disadvantaged households. The program is coordinated and administered in this area by the Fox River Valley Local 400 Plumbers & Steamfitters union. Local union member service technicians donate their time without pay, while their employers provide the trucks and service equipment. The union service techs diagnose what needs to be done to keep heating systems functioning through the coming winter and will perform anything from routine maintenance to a furnace or boiler replacement if necessary. Union members also install free smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors where needed. Supply houses and local merchants typically donate the materials and equipment. On Saturday, Sept. 27, Local 400 union members and local contractors will once again volunteer to provide free safety inspections and minor repairs of heating systems in the City of Fond du Lac and North Fond du Lac. Additionally, new smoke detectors, batteries for existing, functional smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors will be provided to improve homeowners’ safety to those applicants qualified by local government services through Project Heat’s On. Local 400 Plumbers & Steamfitters,
along with members of the Mechanical Contractors Association of North Central Wisconsin have participated with local merchants, Fire Department, wholesale vendors and Fond du Lac County Senior Services.
How to qualify To qualify for this free service you must be 60 years of age or older and have a current property tax bill that verifies ownership. Homeowners must reside in the City of Fond du Lac or in Village of North Fond du Lac. Income guidelines are as follows: single $1,702 per month and couple $2,294 per month. There is a limit to the number of households that can be serviced so there is no guarantee that service will be able to be provided. Selection of participants will be based on income, age of heating equipment, and order in which application is received. Applications are due to Senior Services no later than Sept. 15. To obtain an application for eligibility you must call Julie Hilbert, benefit specialist for Fond du Lac County at (920) 929-3521, or stop at the City/County Building, Third Floor.
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Betty Trent, foster grandparent volunteer “Grandma Betty,” as she is affectionately known by the students at Pier Elementary School, is a Foster Grandparent Volunteer in Joyce Finn’s kindergarten classroom. The classroom is full of 24 busy little kindergarteners ready to learn academics and enjoy their day as they develop social and emotional skills. There is no better person to help them with that positive development than Betty Trent. Betty says “I feel I can give the children the gift of time and love. I can listen to them and help them in their growth and development.” Sometimes, with that many children in the classroom, another person to listen to a child read or help them complete a project is the difference in making a successful day for a child. Somehow, Betty’s smiling face and
positive attitude seems to have a way of communicating to the children that she believes in them and they can accomplish anything. The best part is, they believe it. Joyce Finn, the kindergarten classroom teacher, notes that “Betty is talented and fun loving. She works so hard to strive to make every child feel special and unique.” Betty explains what it’s like volunteering with the kindergarten students in the classroom — “Years seem to disappear as you are welcomed and included into their young lives. They accept you and you become a part of their world of learning, loving and growing. Joyce opens her class and heart to encompass you. She makes you feel valued and appreciated.” When asked why should others consider volunteering in the schools,
Fond du Lac County Senior Dining Menu AUGUST 1 Chopped Steak in Burg/Mush Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Fudge Brownie, Seedless Grapes,* Sliced Bread AUGUST 4 BBQ Pork Cutlet, Baby Red Potatoes, Green Beans, Applesauce, Cookie,* Sliced Bread AUGUST 5 Chicken, Broccoli & Rice Casserole, Spinach Salad with Rasp. Vinaigrette, Choc. Chip Cookie, Peach Slices,* Dinner Roll AUGUST 6 Country Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Peas and Carrots, Fruited Gelatin, Ice Cream Cup,* Sliced Bread AUGUST 7 Baked Spaghetti Casserole, Mixed Italian Salad, Birthday Cake, Pear Slices,* French Bread AUGUST 8 Orange Glazed Chicken Breast, Baked Potato, Chinese Ramen Salad, Pineapple Tidbits, Tapioca Pudding,* Sliced Bread AUGUST 11 Ham, Rolls, Au Gratin Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Rasp. Frozen Yogurt, Plum Halves,* Sliced Bread
AUGUST 12 Baked Chicken, Twice Bk Style Pot., Pickled Beet, Salad, Apricot Halves, Cookie,* Dinner Roll AUGUST 13 Pork Jaegerschnitzel, Mashed Potatoes, Red Cabbage, Applesauce, Cake, Honeydew Melon,* Sliced Bread AUGUST 14 Hawaiian Meatballs, Baby Red Potatoes, Carrots, Watermelon Slice, Cinnamon Roll, * Dinner Roll AUGUST 15 Beef Stew, Tossed Salad, Butterfinger Torte, Apple Slices,* Cheddar Biscuit AUGUST 18 Roast Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Cranberry Gelatin Frosted Cake,* Sliced Bread AUGUST 19 Meatloaf, Baked Potato, Peas and Carrots, Coconut Cream Pie, Pear Slices,* Dinner Roll AUGUST 20 Escalloped Potatoes & Ham Casserole, Winter Blend Veg., Cantaloupe Slice, Cookie,* Sliced Bread
AUGUST 21 Beef Frank on a Bun, German Pot. Salad, Summer Blend Vegetables, Ice Cream Cup, Peach Slices AUGUST 22 Chicken Breast, Mashed Potatoes, Three Bean Salad, Petite Banana, Fudge Brownie,* Sliced Bread AUGUST 25 Swiss Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Swiss Spinach, Choc. Rasp. Torte, Fruit Cocktail, * Sliced Bread AUGUST 26 Cranberry Glazed Pork Cutlet, Baked Potato, Peas and Carrots, Fruited Gelatin, Vanilla Pudding,* Dinner Roll AUGUST 27 Baked Chicken, Twice Bk Style Pot., Health Slaw, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, Applesauce, * Sliced Bread AUGUST 28 Pepper Steak, Baby Red Potatoes, Tossed Salad, Pineapple Tidbits, Sugar Cookie, * Dinner Roll AUGUST 29 Roast Pork Loin, Mashed Potatoes, Baby Carrots, Egg Custard Pie, Honeydew Melon,* Sliced Bread
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Meal Sites: FOND DU LAC – Riverview Apartments, 101 Western Ave., Mon-Fri 11:45am; Westnor Apartments, 653 W Arndt St. noon; Portland Square Apartments, 55 N. Portland, 11:45am; Senior Center, 151 E. First St. Mon-Thurs 11:45am; NORTH FOND DU LAC – Northgate, 350 Winnebago St., noon; RIPON – Russell Manor, 504 Russell Dr., 11:45am; Willowbrook Apartments, 615 W. Oshkosh St., noon; WAUPUN – Senior Center, 301 E. Main St., noon. Eligibility & Nutrition: All persons or married to someone 60 years or older are eligible for the Fond du Lac County Elderly Nutrition Program. Each meal contains 1/3 of the current daily Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Registration: Preregister at least one day in advance by 1pm, by signing up at a meal site or calling Fond du Lac Courthouse, 929-3937; Waupun Senior Center, 324-7930. For cancellations call the Department of Senior Service at 929-3937 before 1pm the business day prior to the meal. Donations: There is a suggested donation of $3 for those 60 years of age or older or married to someone 60+. Mobile Meals donation of $3.50. Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for the Senior Dining Program of the Fond du Lac County Dept. of Senior Services. Call 929-3114 for more information.
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Betty replied “It helps make your life richer and purposeful. The acceptance and love you receive is priceless.” Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) is currently recruiting tutor volunteers for the 2014/2015 school year. All volunteers 55 years and over receive support and training, mileage reimbursement, excess accident/liability insurance, and annual recognition. Some volunteers who are over age 55 and meet specific income guidelines may also qualify to receive a small stipend through the Foster Grandparent Program.
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the “Upside-Down Flower Towers.” Flower towers are made by inverting the root ball of a tree pointing towards the sky. The tree is placed trunk first ayne, the other half of our into the ground and buried 5-7 feet. “Someday” travel team, Fish netting is placed over the root ball is an avid gardener and and soils and mosses are laid down to landscaper. In our tours, we usually provide nutrients and water. Over 100 include at least one garden to visit. Three of the most spectacular gardens flowering plants are then planted on top and the results are fabulous! we have seen include Tivoli, located I have visited Versailles and walked near Rome; Mendenhall Glacier Gardens in Juneau, Alaska; Chateau of the Hall of Mirrors with our tour groups at least three times but I Versailles in France. Narrowing all these gardens to three never realized the significance of the gardens until I read the book, “The was difficult because we had to leave out the 17th Century groomed gardens Gardener of Versailles” by Alain Barton, head gardener for the past 40 of Henry the VIII at Hampton Court years. I intend to return and spend an Palace in England; the Five Queens Gardens at the Chateau Chenonceau in entire day wandering this 2,100-acre the Loire Valley, France; the Alhambra park where Marie Antoinette had her in Granada, Spain, with its spectacular own playhouse and theater. As we tour the world wherever we fountains; and the Boboli Gardens in go we seek out the beauty of the nature Florence, Italy. The 15th century Villa d’Este — a through a gardener’s eye. Wayne and Valerie Graczyk at Tivoli Gardens, outside of Rome. SUBMITTED PHOTO UNESCO World Heritage Site — is located in the town of Tivoli, north We cooperate of Rome. We will visit these Italian with other local Renaissance Gardens on our Italy real estate agents. tour in April 2015. The gardens were Fond du Lac County Department of Senior Services commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II 1-800-215-5494 d’Este, grandson of Pope Alexander VI, as his summer palace — a palatial setting surrounded by a spectacular Service Type Priorities Cost Model Open Sat and Sun • 11 am - 3:30 pm terraced garden with cascading water, Elderly pools and fountains. Knights Way Condos Walk-on vans Medical, Employment, Nutrition $2.50 each way On one of our Alaskan excursions, 60+ years of age Personal Business, $2.50 each way Main to Camelot, east on Camelot to Knights Way we selected Mendenhall Glacier Education/Training, $2.50 each way Gardens. The Reader’s Digest named 2 Bedrooms • 2 Full Baths • 2 Car Garage Social/Recreation $2.50 each way it the “Most Interesting Landmark,”
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