About Dane County, WI

Annual Dane County Fire Truck Parade
Oct 5, 2008 1-3PM
State Street & Capitol Square

Over 30 fire trucks from around Dane County will travel up State Street and Parade around the Capitol Square, there they will remain on display for everyone to look at.

Bring the kids, bring your camera and come out to see some beautiful fire trucks and meet the firefighters who protect our communities every day.

The Dane County Fire Chiefs Association sponsors the annual Fire Truck Parade up State Street and onto the Capitol Square on Sunday, October 5 from 1 PM to 3 PM. The fire trucks will be on display until 3:00 PM on West Mifflin and North Carroll streets.

For further information contact Ed Ruckriegel at (608) 261-9845.

The Mad City Ski Team held their 14th Annual Banquet at the Lake Wisconsin Country Club

Despite incredible challenges posed by the flooding this Spring, the team perservered to win

the Wisconsin State Championship, and then took the 2008 National Championship

for the Fourth Time in Five Years!!

Winners honored at the Banquet include:

MOST VALUABLE FEMALE: Kristen Block

MOST VALUABLE MALE: Paul O'Connor

MOST IMPROVED FEMALE: Brea Imse

MOST IMPROVED MALE: Russ Tiemann

SHOWMANSHIP FEMALE: Lori Taschau

SHOWMANSHIP MALE: Jimmy Hackbarth

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Hannah Zinck

MOST DEDICATED: Bugsy Hansen

SHOW DIRECTORS' AWARD: Matt Heilmann, James and Austen Germaine

HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBER: Jerry Weston

Photos courtesy of: Jim's Photos, jimsphotos.org

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This weekend, the ZONTA Club of Madison dispatched three teams of members to post the Purple

Silhouette Displays in Madison, WI.

The message "DOMESTIC ABUSE AFFECTS EACH OF US" must be recognized by each one of us.

Displays can be seen at:

Saint Bernard's Atwood Avenue

Midvale Luthern Midvale Avenue

Mineral Point Road

The Purple Silhouette Project is just one of many efforts ZONTA Club of Madison undertakes to raise awareness of the problems and support the many victims of Domestic Violence. ZONTA members make regular donations to the shelter, support outreach programs & fundraisers, and complete improvement projects for the premises.

We share the vision of our local Domestic Abuse Intervention Service, "Peace Begins at Home."

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! OCTOBER 18th !!!

Talula Polooza, a restaurant on Atlas Ave.

(the pink building near Cottage Grove Rd. and Stoughton Rd.)

***** COME ONE ***** COME ALL *****

to the Grand Opening Celebration with a fundraiser to benefit Madison Mounted,

the non-profit supporting our Mounted Patrol Team and a local food pantry.

2 PM up until 10 PM

Fun Family Activities, including an Inflatable Moon Walk,

Face Painting, Pumpkin Carving and Hula Hoops!

Two bands are Featured: Black Water Gin from 4p - 6p

and Honor Among Thieves from 7p - 9:30p

Mounted Patrol officers will have their Horses on the Grounds from 2p - 5p.

For each canned good item you bring, you receive an entry for the door prize drawings.

Have the kids bring their canned goods because some of the door prizes will be kid oriented.

SEE YOU ON OCTOBER 18th!!! at TALULA POLOOZA!!!