Will you have the winning ticket this summer?   (Past-President Mike Kasier not included!)

Cost: $80.00 per person, includes golf, 1/2 cart, Range Balls and dinner ($15). Tax and tip included.

Lunch Available from 11: 15 am (not included in price).

The vision project is off to a very busy start.  289 people seen yesterday and 250 today and everyone is tired.  We could have seen over a hundred more but ran out of time and daylight.

Ken Schumann 

Village of Hartland - Santa and his helpers brought an early Christmas gift to Lake Country children last week, in the form of more than $100,000 in donations toward a proposed "splash pad" project in Nixon Park.

A splash pad is a flat, concrete-surfaced water play area that includes a variety of water features that shoot water in different patterns and directions. In October 2010, the Lake Country Rotary Club announced plans to pursue the construction of a splash pad in Nixon Park, with a fundraising target of $300,000 and a tentative goal of installing the new feature in summer 2012.

That completion date is now looking a lot more solid, thanks to the recent funding commitments, said project co-chairman Mike Kaiser. "We are definitely building this next summer," Kaiser said.

Last week, the Lake Country Foundation committed $75,000 to the project, while the Rotary Club pledged $25,000. Individual donations have also started to come in, and include pledges of $5,000 each made by Tom and Mary Brass, Dick and Karen Bertrand, and Hartland-based firm Rapco Inc., owned by longtime Rotarian Mike White.

Splash pad organizers will now reach out for both monetary and in-kind donations from local businesses, other service clubs and individual community members. The Rotary Club has set up a website, http://www.lakecountryrotarysplashpad.com, that both explains the project and accepts donations toward its completion.

The club also plans to raise money for the project at a gala fundraising dinner May 5 at the Oconomowoc Lake Club, and at special fundraising events during the village's annual Hartland Hometown Celebration next summer. In mid-January, the club plans to erect a fundraising thermometer in downtown Hartland near the Rotary clock at Cottonwood Avenue and Hill Street to illustrate the progress of the fundraising campaign.

Plans for the splash pad have not yet been approved by the village, but the Village Board has expressed support for the project. Current plans show that the splash pad would be between the tennis courts and the park shelter near the sand volleyball court.

Village officials have not yet discussed what would happen with the basketball court, which would be displaced if the splash pad is built where planned.

After construction, the splash pad would be owned and operated by the Village of Hartland. The Rotary is planning to create a $15,000 endowment fund to pay for future maintenance, once the splash pad is turned over to the village.

The Splash Pad committee is working very hard behind the scenes to get the Splash Pad off the ground.  At this time, they could use your help to promote and support the project.  The anticipated opening is in Summer of 2012, and there is still a lot of work to be done. 

The Splash Pad will be an exceptional addition to the Lake Country Community, and your support is essential to making it a success.  Please check out the details and spread the word!

UPDATE:    On December 16, Mike and Gina White donated $20,000 to the Splash Pad.    Thank you Mike and Gina!

June 1
Greeter:            Mark Hornburg
Invocation:        Jacqui Johansson
Pledge:             Gary Jasiek
4-Way Test:       Vicky Jasiek


June 8
Greeter:            Sarah Justin
Invocation:        Mike Kaiser
Pledge:             Rick Kalscheuer
4-Way Test:       Bill Kasch

June 15
Greeter:            Chris Keto
Invocation:        Steve Kopecky
Pledge:             Doug Krueger
4-Way Test:       Mike Kusch

June 22           
Greeter:            Tim O’Malley
Invocation:        Grant Lemke
Pledge:             Vicki Lublin
4-Way Test:       Dennis Martins

June 29           
Greeter:            Jim Allen
Invocation:        Peter Maurer
Pledge:             Mike O’Connor
4-Way Test:       Tim Langer

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June 21 

Meetings are held at Senor Tomas in Hartland at 7am on the 3rd Thursday of each month and last for approximately 2 hours. Please join us ... coffee is served!