-The Corporate Challenge is upon us and this year’s event starts Tuesday, May 3 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Hospital with the “Great Walk.” It will include staff from companies like Delta Defense, Cedar Community and the Kettle Moraine YMCA. Contact Lucas Nieman at 262-247-1023 or [email protected] for more information.
-Shred Fest is Saturday, April 30 from 9 a.m. – noon at Thrivent Financial, 810 Paradise Dr. in West Bend.
-Homer Justman won $5,000 in the Threshold drawing held Tuesday night at the Washington County Fair Park. Barb Justman has already laid claim to the winnings saying she has two teeth that need to be fixed.
-National Independent Bookstore Day is April 30 and All in Books, 136 N. Main Street in West Bend will be celebrating.
-Spring Bling a Diva thing is Thursday, April 28 from noon – 8 p.m. at businesses in downtown West Bend and Barton.
-A hat tip to Johnson Bus and driver John Schmidt, 58, who helped transport Korean War veteran Wally Daggett, 86, of Kewaskum get to Milwaukee on Saturday so he could take part in the latest Stars & Stripes Honor Flight tour to Washington D.C. Schmidt, who has been driving for Johnson Bus for 41 years, just saw it as the right thing to do.
– The Optimist Club of West Bend is holding a brat fry next weekend April 30 and May 1 at the little red shed outside Reis’.