Milk Carton Regatta Sets Sail on Madison Lagoon
Madison residents Guy LaPierre and his son Gabriel enter The Great Dairy Carton Regatta on June 15, using a sail powered craft built from about 1,200 milk cartons. The race, co sponsored by a local foundation, a Madison newspaper and a radio station, emphasizes wind dependent sailing with strict carton only water contact rules and many entrants using paddles or sail.
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Guy LaPierre
Gabriel
Vilas Park Lagoon
LaPierres
The
Methodist Health Foundation
Madison
LaPierre
Gabriel LaPierre
Vilas Park
Wisconsin dairy board election set with 19 candidates
Nineteen dairy farmers compete for eight Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board seats in districts 2 5 8 11 14 17 20 and 23 ballots go to all district farmers with voting through June 10 Incumbents Fisher Rue and Dosch seek re election in districts 17 23 and 20 while Don Schmidt does not run in district 14 Eugene Anderson seeks reelection in district 11 and other candidates include Zarling Eckstein Makovec Enge Faber Kepler and Eberle plus a Madison dairy carton regatta fundraiser at Vilas Park with prizes and Australia trip sponsor efforts by the Methodist Health Foundation to support dairy industry promotion and nutrition awareness.
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Ag Department
Fred Fisher
Valders
Harland Rue
Barneveld
Don Schmidt
Melrose
Jerome Servais
Coon Valley
Eugene Anderson
Oshkosh
WMMB
Anderson
Holmes
Australia
America
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Mr. LaPierre
Milk Board
Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
State Department of Agriculture
Donald Zarling
Omro
Zarlings
Mr. Zarling
Abe Eckstein
Larsen
Eckstein
Winchester
Mr. Eckstein
Merlin Dosch
Milk Marketing Board
Mr. Dosch
Joseph Makovec
Muscoda
Wisconsin
Makovec
Maurice Enge
Sauk City
Enge
Norman Faber
Richland Center
Mr. Faber
Illinois
Carroll Kepler, Jr
Yuba
Richland County
Eileen Eberle
Lone Rock
District 20
Diane
London
England
Brad Holmes
Australian Regatta Committee
Geoff Battersby
Shelter House
Ohmeda Medical Products
Jim Massey
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