The KANDU organization in Janesville runs a variety of services and employment for people with disabilities. One of their areas is Best Events Catering. On October 8th, they had a special Friday fish fry. The blurb in the paper announced it as the
Fantastic Fish Fry Fundraiser.
The KANDU building is down on the south side in one of Janesville's industrial-business-esque areas. Best Events has a dinning hall and bar on site. Heide noted they had it decorated nicely with white table cloths. Each table was sponsored by a local business.
The dinner was presented in a serve yourself buffet line. The eats choices were abundant. There was deep fried Cod, Baked Cod, and baked chicken. Sides included cole slaw, marshmallow fruit salad, and apple sauce. The heavy sides included macaroni and cheese, pre-made potato pancakes, and au gratin potatoes. For dessert we grabbed a couple apple and cherry slices.
During the meal there was some raffle activities going on. After our meal we gravitated to the bar and the bartender offered up a bit of a history about KANDU and Best Events. They sponser many civic ventures, but apparently one that caught my interest is that they have an Alzheimer's day center. I used to work in an Alzheimer's center and that work is no easy task.
All in all, they put together a nice fish fry presentation. The
Fantastic Fish Fry Fundraiser is cool with Cool Dadio. Hopefully, they will keep it around as an annual event. Visit the KANDU Web site at
www.kanduindustries.com . Their main office is at 1741 Adel Street, Janesville. Call (608) 755 - 4123 for more information on all their services.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
Army Private First Class Jon Bailey St. John II, 25, Neenah, Wisconsin, was killed on Saturday, January 27, 2007, in Taji, Iraq. Taji is just north of Baghdad. He was one of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle during convoy operations. PFC St. John was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned St. John was born May 13, 1981, in Neenah, Wisconsin. He excelled in many areas while in school and was known for his proficiency in math, tennis, football, guitar, and piano. Jon graduated from St. Mary Central High School of Menasha (now in Neenah, Wisconsin) in 1999. He was said to love reading and made the Dean's List at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse where he majored in business and marketing. He had six credits left to graduation. He had also attended the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley. The Journal Sentinel went on to note that during college Jon worked at a ski hill near La Crosse and enjoyed downhill skiing. He also enjoyed snowmobiling and hunting grouse and deer in Bayfield County. St. John joined the Army in 2005 and was deployed to the Middle East in 2006. He working as a machine gunner on top of a Humvee. The Web site iraq.pigtye.net (a site with military casualty data) quoting information from an Appleton/Fox Cities data base, mentioned Jon's home area was in the small community of Vineland a town of about 1900 just south of Neenah. At the time of his death Jon St. John II was survived by his parents Jon and Katie St. John; and, his sister Sonja. Jon St. John II was the 70th Wisconsin military service person to be killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
98,585 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,761 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,432 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1356 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
318 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
824 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,979 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
8,951 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
102 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
24 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
144 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
21 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Wisconsin military service person special mention of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; www.defense.gov/news/casualty.pdf; and, icasualties.org.
