November 2018 Highlights

Happy Sunday Community Friends,

Exciting things continue to happen in Hales Corners Park. On November 11, 2018 the Veterans Memorial Committee sponsored the 7th Veterans Day Ceremony since the Memorial was dedicated in May 2012. Over 50 hearty souls showed up on the cold and snowy Veterans Day.

Michael Zens, Whitnall High School Band Director, participated in his third veterans ceremony and was terrific playing taps on his trumpet. Also, I was honored and privileged that the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars allowed me to participate again this year.

Please see the pictures below from the month of November in Hales Corners Park, which include Michael Zens and myself along with Mike Seavert, Whitnall Middle School teacher and longtime Friends volunteer, who is hard at work on Saturday morning, November 18, cleaning up in the front area of the Hales Corners Pool house with Whitnall Middle School 7th grade student Brian, his mom, Lynette, and dad, Mark.

Brian had called me in early November about wanting to do some clean-up in Hales Corners Park for a science project. Well done Brian. Thank you very much to you, and your mom and dad.

Your time and hard work exemplifies our Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool continuing efforts (year 17 begins in January) to make “Hales Corners Park the cleanest Park in Milwaukee County.”
Finally, kudos to my Village Board colleague, Ken Meleski, who is also pictured, Ken helped me take down the Friends community volleyball net on the 18th.

In a few short weeks we will be installing the temporary Alyson Dudek International Ice Rink in this area for the fifth winter season of recreation and fun for the community!

If anyone would like to be on the Friends winter volunteer squad to care for the community ice rink please contact me.

Also, the work on the new bridge in back of Hales Corners Park has been completed. A special shout out to Milwaukee County Supervisor Patti Logsdon who worked with a City of Franklin resident and the Milwaukee County Parks Department to make this project happen.