Friends of the Branch River Watershed Meeting Minutes

2/4/19 Meeting minutes

Attendees: Margaret and Aaron Pauwels, Al Klingeisen, Emily and Tyler Endter, Leigh Duescher, Jean Duzeski, Brian Stanelle, Mike Valleskey, Eileen and Harvey Mleziva.

FOBR received a $1,000 gift from the Harold C Kallies Charitable Trust mid December from a private trust company based in Neenah. Al sent them our tax-exempt status and I also contacted them inquiring if there was family surviving to thank but there wasn’t.

Al purchased a plant from Roorbach’s for the Suchan Family as a gift from all of us at Friends of the Branch River Watershed. We are deeply saddened by the tragic event and our thoughts are with the family during this difficult time.

Fox Valley Herp Club will be at the Manitowoc Public Library again! Lakeshore Dental sponsored the event, the Library will help with publicity at their family events, and Cravings gave us a discount on cookies ordered for the event! Please thank these patrons if possible.

Margaret Pauwels found a Camp at Y-Koda and FOBR will sponsor the camps. If anyone is interested, it is put on by the Sheb County YMCA and is geared towards homeschooling kids but will have one more daycamp in June. The cost is $8/kid for each camp.

Registration opens Friday Feb 15 for Woodland Dunes Day camps! FOBR will pay for your child,grandchild,niece,nephew etc to attend! Let us know which one you sign up for and we will reimburse you. Their programs are amazing!

If anyone wants trees, contact Al ASAP! He will be ordering through Sheboygan County shortly and you are allowed a bunch of trees free with your membership. See number below. He will be picking them up end of April.

Upcoming events:

• Fox Valley Herp Club: March 17 1-3 pm+ Manitowoc Public Library-Balkansky Rooms upstairs help bring reptiles in—come at 12:15/20
• Meeting April 1 6:30 pm Taus Town Hall (14134 Taus Rd)
• Branch River Bridge Crossing Clean-up dates= April 6/7 (raindate weekend April 13/14) Meet at Taus Town Hall at 10 AM Saturday
• Brat frys at Rob’s: April 27, July 6 (call Al to help—anywhere between 9 and 3ish+/-)
• June 8 Family Event at Dodge Preserve…more details ASAP-will have Ann/Monarch expert!

Thanks! Emily Endter, Secretary (920)323-3486

and Al Klingeisen, President (920)901-5166

FOBR address: P.O. Box 301 Whitelaw, WI 54247 also find us on Facebook!