Thielmann’s Athletic Club to host ‘New Velcro Classic Bowling Tournament’ fundraiser — and more Sheboygan news in weekly dose
SHEBOYGAN - The non-profit Thielmann’s Athletic Club will hold a fundraising adult bowling tournament April 8 at Lakeshore Lanes, 2519 S. Business Drive, Sheboygan.
Billed as the “New Velcro Classic Bowling Tournament,” organizer Gary Gasper, a Thielmann’s Athletic Club member, said the tournament aims to resurrect the “famous” Velcro Invitation bowling tournament that was organized by Randy Reklaitis and Randy Thiel starting in 1988 and held at the Avenue Pub Tavern in Sheboygan.
Proceeds from this new tournament and its cash raffle will go toward the Thielmann’s Athletic Club’s Youth Scholarship Bowling Tournament, which is held in December at Lakeshore Lanes. The youth scholarship bowling tournament has awarded more than $80,000 in scholarships to area youth, Gasper said.
Cost to enter the New Velcro Classic Bowling Tournament is $25 per person. There will be 12 four-person teams competing with a handicap. People can contact Gasper at garyjgasper@gmail.com with questions. The athletic club can be reached via email at info@TAClub.org. And Lakeshore Lanes can be contacted at 920-458-1352.
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▶ LTC partners with Hmong Mutual Assistance Association: In an effort to provide additional support to underrepresented student groups, Lakeshore Technical College has announced it’s partnering with the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association of Sheboygan by providing on-site staffing at the association’s 2304 Superior Ave. location.
“By placing a program counselor on site, we are able to provide accessible academic planning and connection to student support services that can keep students on track to degree completion,” LTC Executive Director of Program Counseling and Student Resources Foua Hang said in a news release.
The partnership also helps HMAAS provide educational programming that promotes post-secondary education.
“With having LTC here at the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association of Sheboygan, we are able to provide another service to the community,” Moua Yang, HMAAS board president, said in the release. “HMAAS and LTC together are helping students explore, begin or continue their higher education.”
LTC program counselor and Sheboygan resident Choua Lee began holding office hours at HMAAS in January. Lee is fluent in both Hmong and English. She works with individuals enrolled in high-demand health and human services-related programs, including nursing assistant, early childhood education, dental assistant and medical coder.
Lee is available at HMAAS by appointment 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Wednesdays with drop-ins welcome 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays. She can be reached at 920-693-1237 or choua.lee@gotoltc.edu.
Census data for Sheboygan County show 7,200 Asian American and Pacific Islander residents, with the largest group among them from the Hmong community. According to LTC, the college serves 646 Asian American and Pacific Islander students. Almost 300 are undergraduate students living in Sheboygan County.
▶ Visit Sheboygan STEAM cuts ribbon on solar array: Visit Sheboygan STEAM held a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 23 for a 19.5-kilowatt solar array.
The project, installed by Arch Solar, consists of 52 solar panels and is projected to offset approximately 28% of the building’s electrical needs and 56% of Visit Sheboygan STEAM’s production.
Visit Sheboygan STEAM, 826 S. Eighth St., is a nonprofit organization that provides innovative science, technology and urban ecology education. The project was primarily funded by the organization’s existing donor base and business sponsors. In addition, RENEW Wisconsin’s Solar for Good program provided Visit Sheboygan STEAM with a $5,000 grant to assist with the upfront cost of the solar array.
▶ Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive collects more than $665K worth of supplies: Family Radio Network reports its 31st annual Help for the Homeless Hygiene Drive collected more than $665,000 worth of new hygiene and cleaning supplies for 101 crisis programs in 19 Wisconsin communities.
These Sheboygan County agencies benefit from the drive: Catholic Charities, Lakeshore CAP, Love INC., Safe Harbor, Sheboygan County Interfaith (SCIO), Sheboygan County Warming Shelter, St. Vincent de Paul, The Production Farm and The Salvation Army.
The radio network said 927 businesses, churches and schools hosted collection boxes this year.
Since 1992, the drive has provided more than $5.4 million worth of hygiene and cleaning supplies for local Wisconsin crisis programs and those they serve. The goal of the hygiene drive is to supply a year’s worth of products to each of the participating programs, with donations remaining in the communities where they are collected.
▶ Sheboygan Tractor Supply store to host Plant-A-Seed event for kids April 8: The Sheboygan Tractor Supply store is inviting young gardeners to its Plant-A-Seed event for a free opportunity to learn the basics of gardening with a hands-on activity.
From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. April 8, young customers can visit the store to plant a Perennial Butterfly Garden, while supplies last.
A team member will be available to guide children in the activity and explain the best ways to nurture and care for their future garden.
The Plant-A-Seed event will take place at 3650 County Highway A. For more details, contact the Sheboygan store at 920-803-0120.
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