We hope that you'll be able to join us at our Oktoberfest celebration. To be held at the new Foxtown Annex, we'll have food, beer, polka music, best costume contest and more!

OKTOBERFEST

Thursday, October 7, 2021
A fundraiser to benefit the Gathering on the Green Music Together and Scholarship Program
5:00 pm - 8:00pm
Polka Music by The Tom Brusky Band
Costume Contest

Ticket package options:

The Sampler - $50 (plus fees and sales tax):  4 tasting pours, appetizers, and a commemorative 5oz Tasting Glass 

The Full Glass - $65 (plus fees and sales tax):  the sampler package PLUS 2 full pour beers, and a cave tour of Foxtown Brewing beer caves (tours limited in size and will require time reservation)

Foxtown Brewing, 6411 W Mequon Road, Mequon, WI 54092

Gathering on the Green - a 501(c)(3) Non Profit Corporation

Rene serenades Mike "Birthday Boy" Kim. Photo by Bob Blazich.

Conley Publishing Group

CEDARBURG — Due to an increase in COVID-19 cases attributable to the delta variant, the Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department has resumed its testing partnership with Curative.

Curative testing will be offered at the Ozaukee County Fairgrounds and Washington County Fair Park on Mondays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.. and Wednesdays from noon to 6 p.m.

According to the WOPHD dashboard, Ozaukee County active cases have risen from 28 on June 29 to 173 on July 30 and were at 740 as of Aug. 27, a level not seen since mid-December. Cumulative deaths have remained at 103 since July 30. The county saw 26 hospitalizations in the last 30 days.

Duration for testing is open-ended and will depend on demand.

Register at www.curative. com or call 1-888-7029042.

If you have further questions, call 262-2848170 or email info@washozwi.gov.

by Ryan Hyland

Rotary joined its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to mark the first anniversary of a historic public health milestone: the World Health Organization’s African region being certified free of wild polio.

The anniversary was celebrated on 25 August during a WHO Regional Committee for Africa meeting, which also addressed current challenges to eradicating polio and new tactics to achieve a polio-free world.

Africa’s milestone has already benefited children’s health and public health across the continent. The infrastructure and innovations that helped the African region become free of wild polio are playing an important role in the COVID-19 pandemic response and are available to use in future public health emergencies. Polio workers also now conduct other routine immunizations, deliver medicines, and provide other health care services.

The achievement in Africa is the result of a decades-long effort by millions of Rotary members, health workers, government officials, religious leaders, and parents. Since 1996, when wild polio paralyzed an estimated 75,000 children across Africa, health workers have administered more than 9 billion doses of oral vaccine, preventing 1.8 million wild polio cases.

From the City of Mequon Facebook Page

The Mequon Community Foundation advocated for the Mequon Police Department and K9 Unit at Gathering on the Green in July 2021 and successfully raised over $8,000 for the police department.  This enabled the police department to purchase two Bulls Sturmvogel Evo Street e-bikes outfitted for bike patrol that can be used throughout the city.

The remaining proceeds will be used for police department and K9 community relation promotional items. Alongside MCF representatives, K9 Officers Djuke and Iron, as well as other uniformed officers were present to answer questions and interact with the community. The response from the community was overwhelming. 

Also, thanks to Sam Wolf and Trailside Recreation for the custom build out of the bikes for our officers to use.