Bonds, Ice Rink Skate Date, Bay Ball, etc.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
First up, the highlight of yesterday's Trustee meeting was that WFB participated in a sale of bonds. One was a re-funding of higher-rate bonds to lower, saving the Village $335k at a paltry 2.7% interest rate, near the 42-year low for rates. Amazing.
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The Civic Foundation is hosting a new event in 2010 .. the First Annual Skate Date at Cahill Ice Rink this Saturday, Jan. 23, starting at 4pm.
From 5-6pm, the First Annual WFB Broom Ball Bowl will commence. (Ok, I made that up. But there will be broom ball games at 5pm.)
The Civic Foundation will provide brooms & ball as well as hot water and hot chocolate mix. Bowls, spoons, and napkins will also be available for residents who bring their own pot of chili to eat. (Which reminds me, if you've ever wanted to make home-made "Real Chili" here's a link to a few recipes -- we've made #2 several times. It's not exactly Real Chili, but it's close enough.)
Hopefully, the ice rink will stay frozen for this new Civic Foundation event.
Here's the Facebook event link, and please join the Civic Foundation Group, if you're a Facebook fan.
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Finally, Bay Ball is going to happen this year on Friday June 4th at the new Harley Museum.
Pulling off the Bay Ball takes a load of volunteers. If you could help out with publicity, raffles, logistics, baskets, reservations .. whatever, please drop an email to one of these co-chairs:
Joe &Lori Kampschroer: lkamp@att.net
Larry & Rega Plaster: regap@sbcglobal.net
Michael Pyter & Mary Beth Jacobs: mjacobs10@wi.rr.com
Kevin,
I'm surprised not to hear you speak of the 17 reported car break last Wednesday. Seems like we have a problem, as this issue keeps coming up. Have you heard anything from the police regarding these matters?
I did see the break-in reports .. they occurred right around my house! I took the list and forwarded it to my neighbors the day it happened.
I'm not sure I'd call it a "problem" in that all of the events occurred on one night .. meaning one bad kid (probably) tried every single outside car in a 3-4 block area. Probably tried to open mine, too.
Lucky I had locked it. But you know what .. I'd say 2-3 times per month, I forget to lock my car because I'm juggling a kid or a bag and just don't get it done. I'll bet this kid hit 200 cars and 14 of them were open. I'll bet that's just a common number, with few people routinely leaving the cars open, and most just forgetting occasionally, like me.