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6A | Lake Geneva Regional News | November 2, 2017 Lake Geneva Area News Associated Bank has broken ground for con- struction of a new Lake Ge- neva branch located at 728 Williams St. The new branch is ex- pected to open mid-year 2018 and will replace As- sociated’s in-store branch at Piggly Wiggly, 100 East Geneva Square. All em- ployees will move to the new branch location. The 2,900-square- foot branch will feature a full-service teller lobby, drive-thru banking with a 24-hour, deposit-enabled ATM, and access to online banking capabilities. The new branch will of- fer Associated’s full line of products and services to consumers and businesses. “This exciting new branch and updated branch design demon- strates Associated Bank’s long-term commitment to the Lake Geneva commu- nity and our customers,” said John Halechko, exec- utive vice president and di- rector of branch banking. “The same professional bankers and an extended hours format will be com- plimented by our newest digital technology.” Associated Bank has operated a branch in Lake Geneva for the past 10 years. The parent company, Associated Banc-Corp., has total assets of $30 bil- lion and is one of the top 50 publicly traded U.S. bank holding companies. Headquartered in Green Bay, Associated is a lead- ing Midwest banking fran- chise. Associated Bank building new Lake Geneva branch Associated Bank has started construction of a new branch bank, depicted in this rendering, at 728 Williams St., Lake Geneva. (Contributed image/Regional News) “Why replace it with anything else?” she said. Stagnant funds McGrath said her fund- raising team has been able to raise $31,541. However, some of the money has al- ready been spent on emer- gency repairs. The church began rais- ing funds in 2014, and had already reached the $20,000 mark by the sum- mer of 2015. That’s when the organ’s blower motor stopped working. Without the motor, the organ cannot be played at all, McGrath said, so re- placing it right away was crucial. But after that work was completed, another prob- lem arose: Fund-raising slowed to a stop. “We got to this point, and then it just kind of sat there,” she said. Manpower needed Since then, efforts have been renewed to increase funds. The church has held benefit concerts, placed a chart outside its building to show how much money is needed, and even started a Go Fund Me page. But the project will also require some manual labor. Since wood expands during the humidity of summer and contracts dur- ing the cold, dry winter, McGrath said the restora- tion will need to be done during the winter when the wood is contracted. John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Rebuilders will need to transport the organ to its Illinois workshop for about two months. But getting the giant musical instrument there will require disassembling it. Atkinson said the task of taking apart the organ will likely fall to the pa- rishioners themselves, who will have to crawl inside the wooden structure and hand pieces to people on the out- side. “Just taking it apart is a big thing,” she said. Atkinson said she is hoping this “organ removal party” will happen in time for the organ to be moved around Jan. 1, 2019. Organ FROM PAGE 1A How to help For more information about the church or- gan restoration effort, or to make a donation, go to the church’s Go Fund Me page at gf.me/u/bnxm8u By Jen Gragg [email protected] Along with homecoming and Halloween, students at Badger High School took a week to celebrate some- thing even more important in the month of October — National Teen Driver Safety Week. Badger High School, in coordination with the Crossroads Teen Driving Program, created a safe drivers week for the third year in a row Oct. 15-Oct. 21 in honor of National Teen Driver Safety Week. Between 2014 and 2016, 338 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 were in- jured in a motor vehicle crash in Walworth County, according to data from the WisTransPortal database of Wisconsin crash data. An additional four peo- ple in the same age range were killed in motor vehicle accidents during the time period. “That’s the number-one cause of death for teens ages 16-19, is motor ve- hicle crashes,” said Carissa Hoium, the motor vehicle safety coordinator for the Crossroads Teen Driving Program. The event came to Bad- ger after Crossroads, which is a program of the Chil- dren’s Hospital of Wiscon- sin, urged schools in Wis- consin to celebrate driver safety week. And the kids at Badger were more than happy to participate. Outreach The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, or FCCLA, is a stu- dent outreach organization at Badger. Dee Dee Giovingo, who runs the organization, said her students took the initia- tive and chose to do some- thing to promote safe driv- ing. “We do whatever they want to do,” Giovingo said. “So we’re kind of ambitious.” This year, the students put on multiple activities to promote safe driving throughout the week. According to Giovingo, the group conducted seat- belt checks as student driv- ers pulled into school. Any driver wearing a seat belt was given a free coupon for a doughnut. Students with instruc- tional driver permits also got a doughnut. “We were celebrating the kids who take the ini- tiative to go to the class,” Giovingo said, explaining that unlike in the past, stu- dents who want their driv- ing permits have to sign up for classes outside of school if they wish to learn how to drive. The group also put on multiple activities for the students to participate in throughout the day, in- cluding a game called How Many Hours. Here, the students had to guess how many hours of training different jobs require, and then compare that to the 30 hours that are required to learn how to drive a car. Moving forward Going forward, Giovingo said that FCCLA will contin- ue to do work that promotes safe driving for teens. On Oct. 27, for example, she said the FCCLA stu- dents went to Star Center Elementary School to talk to kids about the importance of using a booster seat until they are tall enough to ride without one. Members of the group also recently got the chance to go to Washington, D.C., to attend the Youth Interac- tive Traffic Safety Lab at the National Organization of Youth Safety. According to Giovingo, the Badger organization won the trip after reaching 97.8 percent of Badger stu- dents who consistently wear their seat belts. The way the week was structured also reaped ben- efits. According to Hoium, the fact that the FCCLA stu- dents worked on the event made a difference in the re- sponsiveness of Badger stu- dents. “It’s not always just some adults coming in and preaching to the kids about what they should be doing,” she said. “The kids got more into it, and they really par- ticipated.” Badger promotes safe driving for teens Students play the “How Many Hours” game at Badger High School during safe driving week activities to encour- age behind-the-wheel safety for teens. (Contributed photo/ Regional News) Badger High School Performing Arts is present- ing “Oklahoma,” a Rodgers and Hammerstein collabo- ration that has entertained audiences since 1943. The shows opens Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. and continues Nov. 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m., plus a matinee performance on Nov. 11 at 1:30 p.m. Ticket costs are $10 for adults and $7 for seniors (+55) or children (5-17). Tickets are available at the high school office, open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and at the door. Tickets can also be pur- chased on Eventbrite.com (search Oklahoma! Lake Ge- neva) or link to Eventbrite through Badger’s Facebook page @BadgerHighSchool. Badger High set to stage music classic ‘Oklahoma’ The cast of “Oklahoma” at Badger High School is rehearsing and preparing for opening night on Nov. 9. (Contributed photo/Regional News) Showtime at Badger High School 1238405 LADIES... don’t miss this one!!! Wine Tasting & Snacks Included! Our facilitators will lead you step by step to draw the human form with a live male model & dancer! Gather your single dollar bills for a surprise finale you’ll never forget! (Tipping the dancer is expected). DEER HUNTER’S WIDOW FIGURE DRAWING PARTY Event Date: Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 • 3-5 p.m. Event Location: Harbor Shores Hotel 300 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva, WI 53 147 Cost: $99 only $69 (Covers wine & snacks, and all materials needed) Reserve your seat today! Sell Out expected. www.GetOutAndPaintTheTownRed.com 21+ Adults only for this event, please.
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6A | Lake Geneva Regional News | November 2, 2017 Lake Geneva Area News
Associated Bank has broken ground for con-struction of a new Lake Ge-neva branch located at 728 Williams St.
The new branch is ex-pected to open mid-year 2018 and will replace As-sociated’s in-store branch at Piggly Wiggly, 100 East Geneva Square. All em-ployees will move to the new branch location.
The 2,900-square-foot branch will feature a full-service teller lobby, drive-thru banking with a 24-hour, deposit-enabled
ATM, and access to online banking capabilities.
The new branch will of-fer Associated’s full line of products and services to consumers and businesses.
“This exciting new branch and updated branch design demon-strates Associated Bank’s long-term commitment to the Lake Geneva commu-nity and our customers,” said John Halechko, exec-utive vice president and di-rector of branch banking. “The same professional bankers and an extended
hours format will be com-plimented by our newest digital technology.”
Associated Bank has operated a branch in Lake Geneva for the past 10 years.
The parent company, Associated Banc-Corp., has total assets of $30 bil-lion and is one of the top 50 publicly traded U.S. bank holding companies. Headquartered in Green Bay, Associated is a lead-ing Midwest banking fran-chise.
Associated Bank building new Lake Geneva branch
Associated Bank has started construction of a new branch bank, depicted in this rendering, at 728 Williams St., Lake Geneva. (Contributed image/Regional News)
“Why replace it with anything else?” she said.Stagnant funds
McGrath said her fund-raising team has been able to raise $31,541. However, some of the money has al-ready been spent on emer-gency repairs.
The church began rais-ing funds in 2014, and had already reached the $20,000 mark by the sum-mer of 2015.
That’s when the organ’s blower motor stopped working.
Without the motor, the organ cannot be played at all, McGrath said, so re-placing it right away was crucial.
But after that work was completed, another prob-lem arose: Fund-raising slowed to a stop.
“We got to this point, and then it just kind of sat there,” she said.Manpower needed
Since then, eff orts have been renewed to increase funds.
The church has held benefi t concerts, placed a chart outside its building to show how much money is needed, and even started a Go Fund Me page.
But the project will also require some manual labor.
Since wood expands during the humidity of
summer and contracts dur-ing the cold, dry winter, McGrath said the restora-tion will need to be done during the winter when the wood is contracted.
John-Paul Buzard Pipe Organ Rebuilders will need to transport the organ to its Illinois workshop for about two months.
But getting the giant musical instrument there will require disassembling it.
Atkinson said the task of taking apart the organ will likely fall to the pa-rishioners themselves, who will have to crawl inside the wooden structure and hand pieces to people on the out-side.
“Just taking it apart is a big thing,” she said.
Atkinson said she is hoping this “organ removal party” will happen in time for the organ to be moved around Jan. 1, 2019.
OrganFROM PAGE 1A How to help
For more information about the church or-gan restoration eff ort, or to make a donation, go to the church’s Go Fund Me page at gf.me/u/bnxm8u
By Jen [email protected]
Along with homecoming and Halloween, students at Badger High School took a week to celebrate some-thing even more important in the month of October — National Teen Driver Safety Week.
Badger High School, in coordination with the Crossroads Teen Driving Program, created a safe drivers week for the third year in a row Oct. 15-Oct. 21 in honor of National Teen Driver Safety Week.
Between 2014 and 2016, 338 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 were in-jured in a motor vehicle crash in Walworth County, according to data from the WisTransPortal database of Wisconsin crash data.
An additional four peo-ple in the same age range were killed in motor vehicle accidents during the time period.
“That’s the number-one cause of death for teens ages 16-19, is motor ve-hicle crashes,” said Carissa Hoium, the motor vehicle safety coordinator for the Crossroads Teen Driving Program.
The event came to Bad-
ger after Crossroads, which is a program of the Chil-dren’s Hospital of Wiscon-sin, urged schools in Wis-consin to celebrate driver safety week.
And the kids at Badger were more than happy to participate.
OutreachThe Family, Career and
Community Leaders of America, or FCCLA, is a stu-dent outreach organization at Badger.
Dee Dee Giovingo, who runs the organization, said her students took the initia-tive and chose to do some-thing to promote safe driv-ing.
“We do whatever they want to do,” Giovingo said. “So we’re kind of ambitious.”
This year, the students put on multiple activities to promote safe driving throughout the week.
According to Giovingo, the group conducted seat-belt checks as student driv-ers pulled into school. Any driver wearing a seat belt was given a free coupon for a doughnut.
Students with instruc-tional driver permits also got a doughnut.
“We were celebrating the kids who take the ini-
tiative to go to the class,” Giovingo said, explaining that unlike in the past, stu-dents who want their driv-ing permits have to sign up for classes outside of school if they wish to learn how to drive.
The group also put on multiple activities for the students to participate in throughout the day, in-cluding a game called How Many Hours.
Here, the students had to guess how many hours of training diff erent jobs require, and then compare that to the 30 hours that are required to learn how to drive a car.Moving forward
Going forward, Giovingo said that FCCLA will contin-ue to do work that promotes safe driving for teens.
On Oct. 27, for example, she said the FCCLA stu-dents went to Star Center Elementary School to talk to kids about the importance
of using a booster seat until they are tall enough to ride without one.
Members of the group also recently got the chance to go to Washington, D.C., to attend the Youth Interac-tive Traffi c Safety Lab at the National Organization of Youth Safety.
According to Giovingo, the Badger organization won the trip after reaching 97.8 percent of Badger stu-dents who consistently wear their seat belts.
The way the week was structured also reaped ben-efi ts.
According to Hoium, the fact that the FCCLA stu-dents worked on the event made a diff erence in the re-sponsiveness of Badger stu-dents.
“It’s not always just some adults coming in and preaching to the kids about what they should be doing,” she said. “The kids got more into it, and they really par-ticipated.”
Badger promotes safe driving for teens
Students play the “How Many Hours” game at Badger High School during safe driving week activities to encour-age behind-the-wheel safety for teens. (Contributed photo/Regional News)
Badger High School Performing Arts is present-ing “Oklahoma,” a Rodgers and Hammerstein collabo-ration that has entertained audiences since 1943.
The shows opens Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. and continues Nov. 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m., plus a matinee performance on Nov. 11 at 1:30 p.m.
Ticket costs are $10 for adults and $7 for seniors (+55) or children (5-17).
Tickets are available at the high school offi ce, open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and at the door.
Tickets can also be pur-chased on Eventbrite.com (search Oklahoma! Lake Ge-neva) or link to Eventbrite through Badger’s Facebook page @BadgerHighSchool.
Badger High set to stage music classic ‘Oklahoma’
The cast of “Oklahoma” at Badger High School is rehearsing and preparing for opening night on Nov. 9. (Contributed photo/Regional News)
Showtime at Badger High School
1238405
LADIES... don’t miss this one!!! Wine Tasting & Snacks Included! Our facilitators will lead you step by step to draw the human form with a live male model & dancer! Gather your single dollar bills for a surprise fi nale you’ll never forget! (Tipping the dancer is expected).
DEER HUNTER’S WIDOW FIGURE DRAWING PARTY
Event Date: Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 • 3-5 p.m.Event Location: Harbor Shores Hotel
300 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva, WI 53147
Cost: $99 only $69 (Covers wine & snacks, and all materials needed)
Reserve your seat today! Sell Out expected.
www.GetOutAndPaintTheTownRed.com21+ Adults only for this event, please.
