This from Kelly Lake’s Roger Bloom!

If you haven’t signed up yet, be sure to take advantage of the current price before it increase by $10 after June 1st.

PLUS, register by June 1st to ensure your commemorative t-shirt will be available for you on race weekend.  Registration will close when the participant capacity is reached.

For those already registered, please feel free to forward this email and the registration link to others we may have missed. Race specific details will be emailed to all registered athletes early next month.

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“Amazing turn out last night for the Tips and Toys Banquet. Always alot of fun with great people. The raffles were all over the place from pistols and rifles to Canadian fishing trips and beautiful ladies jewelry. I even saw a pink camo gun case with ammo!
Thank you again to everyone who came supported or sponsored. lets help support our local business owners, they stepped up as always this year.”  See  http://kellylakesportsmansclub.com/

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The Oconto Falls Friends of the Arts will be celebrating their 10 year anniversary on Saturday, March 24 at Romy’s Holiday Inn-Kelly Lake!  Over $5,000 in raffle prizes have been donated already for the event, including Pre-Season Packer tickets, 2 nights at Christmas Village Mountain in Wisconsin Dells, framed art work, gas cards, 25 variety baskets from local merchants valued between $25-$150, and much more!

Tickets are $38 per person plus a $2 processing fee and include dinner and music by River City Six—the area’s premiere Dixieland band!  Email today if would like your tickets reserved!  Help show your support for the arts in our community by attending this first-ever Friends of the Arts celebration and fundraising event!  Tickets may also be ordered online at www.ocontofallsfriendsofthearts.com  

OcontoFalls Friends of the Arts

Celebration & Fundraiser

Saturday, March 24, 2012

5:30 PM  Doors Open-Raffle tickets available

6:30 PM  Dinner (Romy’s famous chicken & tips)

                Music by RIVERCITY SIX

                Raffle drawings begin-over 100 prizes!

Romy’s Holiday Inn-Kelly Lake

9600 Hwy G ∙ Suring, WI

Tickets:  $38  

*all tickets are subject to a $2 processing fee

Seating is limited-Advanced ticket sales only

Online orders:

www.ocontofallsfriendsofthearts.com

(920) 848-SHOW/(920) 848-7469

Amy Thiel

Choral Director

OcontoFallsHigh School

210 N. Farm Road

Oconto Falls, WI  54154

(920) 848-4467 ext. 1017

The Oconto Falls School District shall not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, political affiliation, physical, mental, emotional, or learning disabilities, handicap, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, marital, parental or pregnancy status, ancestry, color, or any other reason prohibited by state or federal law.

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Anyway, we joined our good friends and Kelly Lake neighbors Saturday—Gary, Kathy, their daughter Jenna and her boyfriend, Clark—for nearly a half-day celebration of Gary’s 59th birthday a day early!  We decided to get the party started here at 2 PM to watch the Brewers WIN, while we imbibed in some libations and munched on hors d’oeuvres.

Later that evening, we headed to Gary and Kathy’s cottage a few doors down the road for cake and ice cream, and watch the Badgers WIN!  Of course, you know the Packers also WON!

Sunday, Gary and his son, Jerad, went pheasant hunting and bagged a couple!   What a weekend for celebrating Wisconsinite sports and Gary’s birthday!  Happy birthday, Gary!  Rog and Shirley

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Son, Jerad, Kathy, Gary, daughter Jenna and her boyfriend, Clark.

Kathy, Gary, Jenna, Clark and Jerad.

Kathy, Gary, Shirley, me, Clark, Jenna and Jerad.

Jerad, Liberty and Gary finishing off a great weekend with some pheasants to bring home.

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(Note:  We weren’t able to attend the ‘Triathlon’ to take photos.  I understand there will be pics coming that I’ll post.  The following from KLAA President, Ken Darby.  Roger)

Hi Roger,

Here’s the list of winners for the races.

Cardboard boat race/
Titanic Award 1st place Nash Darby

(Photos by Shirley Birr; click to enlarge)

2nd place Danielle Darby

Captains Choice 1st place SS Minnow/ Brian Neubauer

2nd place Peace Love Kelly Lake/ Modesta Conklin

3rd place SS Destroyer/ Ken Darby

Race 1st place SS Minnow

2nd place Peace Love Kelly Lake

3rd place Sinker Lee/ Sam Gaguow

Triathlon
1st place Men’s Division Rob Oseland 1:20:51
1st place Women’s Division Lori Wenzel 1:38:10
1st place Relay Division Team Oseland (Niko, Irene, Chandler) 1:46:32

Next Kelly Lake Advancment Association Meeting is Saturday, Sept. 3rd , 2011

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The ‘Cup’ is by invitation and is held at Levars and Matushka’s adjoining cottage/home on the west shore.  There’s usually four teams.

Here’s a couple videos too funny to shake a bat at!

Click on links below:

http://www.youtube.com/user/rjbirr?feature=mhee#p/u/0/DeS0u-fAHAA

http://www.youtube.com/user/rjbirr?feature=mhee#p/u/1/KL03smLpR6A

(Photos by Shirley Birr; click on pics to enlarge)

Juli (Levar) Pickering announcing the five challenges in the event and final “playoff”..

Christin Kommassa last years winner and MVP lights the torch.

Fly-by as National Anthem is played and Biner shoots off fireworks!

Four judges:  Paul, me, Greg and Jake.

The first event (I’ll try to be brief):  Riders in tubes, all attached to the boat, are blindfolded.  Questions are asked which had a number for an answer.  For example; “What is absolute zero?”  Teammate writes number on pad and secretly shows judges.  Member furthest off looses, and is going to be yanked away by the boat.  The loosing rider unknowingly is left  connected to the boat, but the others are hand-towed for a little ways to give them the feeling they might have lost!  The engine roars as the looser takes off, while those remaining cheer!

Young potential competitors take notes!

“HEY!  Someone check those diapers!  GHISH!”

Second competition, “The bucket brigade”.  Tossers are blindfolded and must throw the water to the catchers who fill the 5-gallon buckets to win.

Blindfolded Juli misses her mark, tossing the water to an opponent; don’t have to tell you everyone was screaming to her!

Competition three; slinging water balloons over trees to the backyard where a catcher with a 5-gallon bucket tries to complete the play; each team goes separately.

Competition four:  Slippery slide along picking up as many flags as the team could get.

A novel approach!  Hey, I thought we were missing a flag!

“Verdy interesting, but verdy strange!”  Dianne Matuska and daughter Lynn Green look on from the shadows!

Fifth competition:  Spin ten times around the bat, run to finish line where you grab your partner “wheelbarrow-style” and race back to finish.  Grab bean backs and toss in hole, gaining more points.

Last competition—Playoff:  Four teams are made into two; red and blue with eight on each team  Build a bridge from start to finish using just two two-by-fours and three 5-gallon buckets!  Teammates in sequence move boards and pails, stepping along without falling; if you fall, you start over.

A CLOSE FINISH!  Jeff and Josh (far lane), just beat Robin and Tracy!  Robin and Tracy fell right at the start, but rebounded to make it one-heck-of-a finish!

Shirley and I had a ball again this year.  We can sit back and enjoy the hard-fought competition with determined competitors!  Every year has been something knew that Jeff and the creators dream up; they must have way too much time on their hands!  But, it’s a blast!  Rog and Shirley

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Family members and friends paraded by the cooks with paper plates extended as sausages and pancakes were mounded on; coffee and/or juice  picked up on the way to find an open seat.  This years turnout was the largest I’ve seen.

The Kelly Lake Advancement Association’s President, Ken Darby, was on hand to cook-up and serve the attendees.  Ken also wanted to do something different this year:  Make it a family/social function as well as an informational venue to share events and issues of lake interest.

On hand were handouts for proper wave runner use and rules; pier rules; signs posted with lines of demarcation representing 100′ and 200′ so people had a reference/perspective of just how far to stay away from other boats, rafts, docks, swimmers SCUBA divers, etc.   Upcoming Kelly Lake Triathlon and Holt Park concerns were also shared.

Addressing these issues in an organizational, relaxing  format where a large group has easy access to information  has been a long time coming; many hate attending meetings.   As President, Ken wants to create a KLAA that can be more of a sounding board and voice for the community to address various issues, as well as a social group to enjoy the camaraderie; an objective and mission I personally feel is needed.  I applaud Ken.  By the way, if you would like a copies of the handouts, contact me at rjbirr@plbb.us.  I’ll scan and email them back.

Here are some photos of families and friends Shirley took this last Saturday morning of the turnout.  Del had enough pancakes and sausage, with a little left!  Click on pics to enlarge.  Roger

Del Darby and Sam Rothermel serving ‘em up!

Shannon Neubaur; juice or coffee with a smile!

Sis Tilkens and Don Swanke, Sr.

Mary (Baba) and Meredith.

Jim Webster, Elsie Marizak and Jane Randerson.

Me, Ken and Greg Levar.

Del Darby, SR. settling back after filling up.

Reminder:  There’s a triathlon coming up!

Holt Park is at issue.

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Get on board—or should I “box”—and join the third annual Kelly Lake Advancement Association sponsored “Cardboard Boat Race”!  After great enthusiasm following the first boat race, last year’s was even bigger and better with more spectators at the spectacle!  Many actually float and survive getting soaked and soggy, navigating around buoys against the clock!  Check out last year’s 2nd annual race:  http://kellylake.net/archives/3674/ .

Race is Saturday, August 6th, 1 PM at the north shore of Holt Park.  See you there!  Roger

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