August 2, 1988
Kaukauna and Kimberly are alive in the American
Legion tournament. Kimberly went undefeated last weekend winning 16-8 and 19-7.
Kaukauna went 1-1 in the tournament. Jeff Weber went the distance over Kewaunee
striking out nine and walking five in the 8-6 win.
August 4, 1988
Eight is her number – Kaukauna’s Jennifer Anne Jansen will celebrate her
eight birthday, on the eighth day, of the eighth month of 1988.
August 9, 1988
Elmer Otte, former Kaukauna
native, is one of the Ten Most Admired Senior Citizens of Wisconsin for 1988,
Otte was “humble, yet delighted” at being selected to receive the honor
sponsored at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Joellyn Erdmann, of Little Chute, has been golfing
for just eight years and could probably whip many golfers who would challenge
her. What’s more amazing is she is only 13 years old. At age 10 she entered her
first tournament. Now in 1988, she has entered five tournaments and has been
impressive in each one of them. She captured first in the PGA Junior
Championship in Madison in June. A few weeks ago, she won the A-Flight of
Ladies State Amateur Tournament in Appleton.
August 11, 1988
Tammy Ann Leverenz, Kaukauna, has been
crowned 1988 Miss Teen of Wisconsin. She is an eighth grader at Electa Quinney
School and an honor student. She won her title at the Miss Teen of Wisconsin
Scholarship Pageant Saturday evening, August 6 in Eau Claire. She will receive
a $1,000 scholarship to the college of her choice and an all-expense paid trip
to the Teen America Pageant in Hawaii in November.
August 18, 1988
William N. Lamers of Hollandtown, was crowned
king of the Schut last Sunday after he brought down the final portion of the
bird on the 883rd shot. This is the second time Lamers has won the
title winning first in 1960. It took two hours to topple the final portion of
the bird on a hot summer afternoon.
August 23, 1988
Kaukauna’s advisory group on the proposed
greyhound racing track will give its report by September 7. The report will be
based largely on the committee’s observations on their field trip to Phoenix,
Ariz.
August 26, 1988
Many of us have dreams but Kaukauna’s Dave
Viaene is one who can have his cake and eat it too. He has survived the pressure
packed days of two a day practices with the Houston Oilers this summer after
being drafted in the eighth round of this year’s National Football League
Draft. The 1983 Kaukauna High School
graduate made last week’s cut down on the teams’ roster.
August 30, 1988
Airman 1st Class Michael Menozzi of
Kaukauna has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force
Base, Texas. He is a 1988 graduate of
Kaukauna High School.
For John Gerrits, 91, the war ended 70 years age,
but this week, he received a final memento, a certificate from the Army. The
French Army, that is. Gerrits received the certificate of commendation as a
veteran of the American Expeditionary Force which went to France in 1918.
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