Fond du Lac woman $50K richer after winning Agnesian Samaritan Cash Raffle: Weekly dose
FOND DU LAC - Ellen Kant, a Fond du Lac resident, was the grand-prize winner of the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation’s Samaritan Cash Raffle, being randomly drawn for the $50,000 cash prize.
More than 4,000 tickets were sold in this year’s raffle with the cash raffle raising approximately $120,000. All money raised by the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation stays local and supports the Fond du Lac community.
Other prize winners include second prize of $10,000, Sandra Fryda, Fond du Lac; and third prize of $5,000, Wayne Sobotta, Fond du Lac.
There were also several winners of $2,500, $1,000 and $500 prizes.
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▶ Audubon members lead Tuesday evening walks: Fond du Lac Audubon Society will explore trails and yards during Tuesday Evening Summer Walks.
Walks begin at 6:30 p.m. and participants should wear good walking shoes and take insect repellent and binoculars. All are welcome.
The June schedule follows:
The June 6 walk will be Oakfield Ledge and Trail Marker Tree. Karl McCarty will lead the walk. Meet in the small parking lot on County Y, just south of the water tower.
Diana Beck will lead the June 13 walk at Kiekhaefer Park, W4235 Kiekhaefer Parkway
Explore Lakeside Park West on June 20 with Diana Beck. Meet by the dog park.
On June 27, Evelyn McLean-Cowan will lead the group through Greenway Arboretum. Meet at the west side of the parking lot at the south Pick ’n Save store, 55 W. Pioneer Road.
For more about the summer walks, contact dianahbeck@gmail.com or 920-922-7931.
▶ Lomira High seniors awarded Kondex scholarships: Annually, Kondex awards five $400 scholarships to graduating seniors of Lomira High School.
The recipients are chosen based on their academics, future field of study, career goals, as well as participation in extracurricular clubs such as 4-H, Future Farmers of America, Future Business Leaders of America, and National Honor Society.
The 2023 recipients are Emma Doyle, Aidan Keiler, Oscar Lopez, Talan Luedtke and Isaac Wolf.
Doyle plans to attend UW-Oshkosh to pursue marketing. Throughout high school, she was active in the student council and FBLA.
As future students of UW-Platteville, Keiler and Lopez will pursue mechanical engineering degrees. Both students were part of FBLA and National Honor Society.
Luedtke and Wolf intend to pursue degrees in mechanical engineering at MSOE and were both involved in Project G.R.I.L.L. (Growing Readiness in Learning and Leading) during high school.
▶ Agri-Business Council names 2023 scholarship winners: Envision Greater Fond du Lac’s Agri-Business Council has selected scholarship winners of the 2023 Fond du Lac Area Agri-Business Council Scholarship and the Fond du Lac Area Foundation Harold Reinecke Scholarship.
Katlynn Steffes of Mt. Calvary is this year’s recipient of the Harold Reinecke Scholarship. She attends University of Wisconsin-Platteville, pursuing a degree in agriculture education.
Winners of the Agri-Business scholarship are Kaylee Mess, Rosendale, attends UW-Platteville, majoring in agricultural education; Grace Clark, Rosendale, will attend the UW-Platteville, majoring in agricultural business; Samuel Mess, Rosendale, attends Fox Valley Technical College, majoring in agribusiness science and technology-animal science; and Katelyn King, Brownsville, attends Purdue University, majoring in agribusiness.
The Fond du Lac Area Agri-Business Council Scholarship is open to Fond du Lac County residents pursuing post-secondary training at a university, trade school, technical college, UW-Short Course, etc., in the fields of agriculture or agri-business. The Fond du Lac Area Foundation Harold Reinecke Scholarship honors the long-time county extension agent, open to those seeking careers in agriculture.
For more information, visit envisiongreaterfdl.com.
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