President Elect Beth Naughton brought the meeting to order at 12:12pm. Pledge of Allegiance and 4 Way Test recited. Fifteen Rotarians were in attendance plus 3 on zoom. Guests: Abigail from the Leader, student reps from Lake Mills HS, rep from Findorff Construction plus 4 student Rotarians were also in attendance.
Student Rotarians:
Lake Mills High School: Sophia and Greta gave a fun fact
Lakeside Lutheran High School: Chloe and Gabe gave a fun fact
Calendar Raffle:
Sponsors for today are Shine Realty and Topel’s Towing & Service. Thank you to our sponsors.
Winners:
$200 Brad Sanft
$100 Marie Galston
$100 Brenda Steinhock
$100 Tonya Olson
Announcements:
Fun Kids Dog Show posters have arrived and are available to display. Please contact Amy for a poster. Event is set for April 25, 2026 at Commons Park.
Club Service Project:
Habitat for Humanity in Fort Atkinson has an active site
This is a global non profit. Buyers put in sweat equity.
Sign up sheet to help was passed around.
Training and tools provided
May 27 from 8:30am-3:00pm
Next week program will be CAPE (Citizen Advocates for Public Education) President Sandy Whisler will be the speaker
March 24 – no noon meeting
March 25 (5:30pm) meeting at the Grist. Speaker will be Tami Baker from Break the Silence: Mental Health Affects Everyone. Possibly have zoom at this meeting.
Round Up check received from the Lake Mills Market ($2,148.10)
Ed had a question about attendance and credit for Rotary activity (make up slips) Beth will investigate and report back.
Trivia Night with Interact will be April 10.
Speaker/Presentation:
Dr. Tonya Olson, Superintendent of the Lake Mills School District along with 3 student reps and Project Manager Aaron Kutz presented updates for the construction of the elementary, middle, high schools and bus barn in Lake Mills.
Elementary school is on schedule and on budget. Project will be done at the end of the summer. Addition is on the front of the school. Working on plumbing, electrical, etc. then concrete slab will be poured. 4K and early childhood will have new furniture and each room will be different. Play based curriculum. Promote social and emotional learning. Students and teachers will move each quarter into new room to experience all the different play sets.
Middle school has completed bids. Design is complete. Mostly capital maintenance (electrical, HVAC). Bulk of project will be in the library and office. New furniture will also be purchased.
High school design is complete and incoming bids on budget. Will be tearing down old bus barn and existing gym. Capital maintenance, addition to gym, locker room renovations. Received bids in December and materials have been ordered. Cafeteria and main entrance will be completed in 2027. The new bus barn broke ground last summer. Barn is located on Highway 89 north of Lake Mills. It will have 19 bays, concrete floor, 4 offices and a wash bay. End of school year will be a wall smashing.
Happy Bucks:
Lakeside Lutheran HS boys basketball has completed their season. Lake Mills HS boys basketball will go to sectionals this Thursday playing Luther Prep at Watertown High School.
