Colfax Rescue Squad raises $1,849 from spaghetti dinner for equipment
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By LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — The spaghetti dinner at the Colfax Rescue Squad on Sunday, May 5, raised $1,849.
The Colfax Village Board approved at the May 13 meeting using the money raised to purchase a medic bag for the Colfax Rescue Squad and two binder lifts.
According to a report from Chrystal Smith, director of the Colfax Rescue Squad, the spaghetti dinner served approximately 140 people.
“They pretty much ran out of everything,” said Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer.
According to the report, the spaghetti dinner used a box and a half of bread sticks donated by Anne Jenson, village trustee and owner of A Little Slice of Italy.
Another 17 pounds of hamburger had been donated by Alfalawn Farm. Diners consumed 16 pounds of spaghetti as well. All of the sauce donated by Carey Davis, village trustee, also was consumed.
Rescue Squad staff donated many of the other items needed for the spaghetti dinner, according to the report.
“The food was great, the company was great, and thanks to everyone’s hard work and donations, we were able to raise enough money to get our new first-in bag for Medic 8 as well as a Binder Lift for both Medic 7 and Medic 8,” Smith wrote.
A Binder Lift is used to help get someone up off the floor, and can be especially useful in situations where someone is in an awkward position, such as falling in the bathroom and ending up wedged between the toilet and the wall.
The Colfax Village Board unanimously approved using the money raised during the spaghetti dinner to purchase a medic bag and the two binder lifts.
The Colfax Rescue Squad is owned by the Village of Colfax and in addition to the village, serves the Village of Elk Mound and the Village of Wheeler along with the Towns of Colfax, Elk Mound, Grant, Otter Creek, Sand Creek and Tainter.
Other business
In other business, the Colfax Village Board:
• Approved a training request for Police Chief William Anderson and Colfax Police Officer Ryan Strzok to attend Defense and Arrest Tactics Refresher Training at Northwood Technical College in Rice Lake on May 23.
• Approved sending Don Logslett, department of public works employee, to Bloodborne Refresher and Consolidated Safety Refresher Training at the Village of Baldwin on June 4.
• Approved Bloodborne Pathogens Refresher Training at the Village of Baldwin on June 4 for Sheila Riemer, deputy clerk treasurer; Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public Library; Jolene Albricht, youth services librarian; Police Chief William Anderson; and Officer Ryan Strzok.
• Approved Bloodborne Pathogens Refresher Training for the Colfax Solid Waste and Recycling collection site workers on June 4 at the Village of Baldwin.
• Approved a condition of employment agreement for Robert A. Kelsall Jr. for the Colfax Rescue Squad that states if Kelsall resigns his position or is fired for cause within the first 24 months of the hire date, he will reimburse Colfax Rescue for the full cost of pre-employment medical examinations and for any and all training-related expenses to gain certification that he did not possess at the time of hire. The reimbursement would be deducted from Kelsall’s wages, and he would be responsible for paying any amount which his wages did not cover.
• Waived the fee for weekly use of Tower Park, next to the Colfax Municipal Building, for Bible study on Wednesday evenings from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. hosted by Believer’s City Church. The Bible study is open to the public, and there is no cost to attend the event.
• Approved a six month temporary Class “B”/“Class B” retailer’s license from May 13, 2024, to October 31, 2024, for the Colfax Softball Association.
• Approved a bartender operator’s license from May 13, 2024, to June 30, 2024, for Rachel Radonz (A Little Slice of Italy).
• Approved a recommendation from the Colfax Zoning Board of Appeals at the May 6 meeting, to grant a request for a variance from Logan Mittelstadt, 803 University Avenue, to construct a lean-to, which will not have sides but will will have a roof extending from the current garage to the property line to allow for one-stall parking and storage.
• Approved a detour for state Highway 40 for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for resurfacing that will include milling and overlay of 3.25 inches of asphalt sometime between May and October of 2026. The detour through Colfax would be for seven days. The village is requesting that the detour be routed from Fifth Avenue to Dunn Street to East Railroad Avenue and that the detour not occur during the Colfax Free Fair in June or the first weekend after Labor Day during the Colfax Firefighters’ Ball.
• Received a reminder about the Board of Review scheduled for May 29 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Learned that the village had received a close-out letter from the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the lagoon stream bank project at the Colfax wastewater treatment facility. The letter was dated April 9.
• Learned that the Colfax Responsible Unit for recycling has received a $25,214.24 recycling grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
• Learned that the village has received a dividend payment of $1,174 for 2023 from League Mutual Insurance.
