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ATLANTA (AP) – Rookie Mike Foltynewicz pitched three-hit ball for 7 2-3 innings, leading the Atlanta Braves over the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 Sunday.

Foltynewicz (3-1) allowed one run in his longest start in the majors. He struck out seven.

Jason Grilli struck out three in the ninth for his 13th save.

Jimmy Nelson (2-5) matched Foltynewicz through five scoreless innings before allowing two runs on two walks and two hits, including Andrelton Simmons’ RBI single, in the sixth.

The Braves (22-21) won three of four in the series to move over .500 for the first time since April 27.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Juan Pablo Montoya insisted he had the best car in the Team Penske stable – even to his three teammates, who all believed they were legitimate contenders to win the Indianapolis 500.

With the same confidence he showed 15 years ago when he routed the field, Montoya sliced his way through the field twice and won his second Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

“This is too much,” he said in victory lane, the winner’s wreath around his neck and the traditional bottle of milk in his hand. Flanked by his children, he looked everywhere for his wife.

It was a far different scene from 2000, when the fearless Colombian was single, childless and using Indy cars as a stepping stone to Formula One. But his career has been a series of ups-and-downs through F1, NASCAR and finally back to IndyCar with motorsports icon Roger Penske.

His win gave Penske his 16th Indianapolis 500 win, and first since Helio Castroneves in 2009. Penske also joined Chip Ganassi as the only owners to win the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500 in the same year. Ganassi did it in 2010; Joey Logano won the Daytona 500 for Penske in February.

The 15 years between Indy 500 victories are a record for a driver, surpassing A.J. Foyt, who needed 10 years between his third and fourth wins. That first win for Montoya? It came when he drove for Ganassi.

This victory was almost certainly going to go to a Team Penske or Chip Ganassi Racing driver. With a combined nine cars in the field, the two owners showed over the last two weeks that their organizations were head-and-shoulders above the competition.

Proving that Indianapolis is their own personal playground, Penske and Ganassi drivers led the majority of the laps on Sunday and turned the final restart with 15 laps to go into a three-car thriller between Penske teammates Montoya and Will Power, and Ganassi driver Scott Dixon.

Power finished second and Ganassi drivers Charlie Kimball and Dixon were third and fourth. The two team owners embraced on pit road as Montoya headed to grab his bottle of milk.

It was thought that the leader on the final lap would be a sitting duck, but Montoya didn’t care as he charged past Power with three laps remaining and stayed out front until the checkered flag.

“Montoya got that last run and maybe I was a bit nice to him into (turn) 1 and lifted,” said Power. “That was some serious racing there, a lot of fun.”

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Critics are blasting legislators after the state’s budget committee passed a surprise motion last week that would allow private, home-schooled and online charter students to participate in public school district athletics and activities.

The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee passed a motion early Wednesday morning that included the plan. The plan wasn’t addressed in the meeting.

“For that to be done in a sneaky, behind the scenes fashion and passed at 1:30 in the morning without any discussion … that’s a problem,” said Larry Kaseman, executive director of the Wisconsin Parents Association.

While non-public school students in some cities are currently involved in activities or co-op sports teams, the provision would extend the opportunity to students across the state to be involved in their resident district’s public school activities and athletics. Students enrolled in charter and private schools wouldn’t be able to join a public school sports team if their school offers the sport. Students involved in the public school programs and activities would be subject to the same academic and disciplinary standards.

But the additions in the proposal went a step too far, Kaseman said. Kaseman, head of the home-schooling advocacy group, said Rep. Bob Kulp, R-Stratford, reached out to the association in February to gauge their support for the measure. Kaseman sent a reply letter to Kulp in February that said the association opposed the measure because it could lead to increased government regulation of home-schooled students.

“We are opposed to this and have been for the past 15 years,” Kaseman said. “Most home-schoolers in the state don’t want this.”

Kulp didn’t respond to a request for comment Friday.

Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Deputy Director Wade Labecki said members of the organization, which regulates high school sports, have voiced their frustration about the measure. He said the association was developed to help students graduate on time, but fears that public school students who see home-schooled students playing on their teams would be less motivated to continue their education.

“The reason for sports in schools is to keep kids in school … it’s the carrot they have to keep kids in school,” Labecki said. “This is a way to get them out the door and still play.”

Stephen Schiell, Amery school district administrator, said he, too, opposed the proposal.

“That is going backward on what high school activities and athletics are supposed to be about,” Schiell said. “And it’s frustrating.”

And while students from outside the district would be able to participate in district activities, they wouldn’t contribute to the district’s per-pupil budget, Schiell said.

“Any student going to another district (through open enrollment) or not going to our schools hurts the district tremendously,” Schiell said.

Schiell said public school students could also be displaced from their teams or activities as students from outside the district join their teams.

“They could be bumping a whole lot of people,” Schiell said. “Parents could find their child watching from the bench.”

The measure is not final. The budget is subject to approval in both chambers, then moves to Gov. Scott Walker for his approval.

GREEN BAY- Two people were seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash on Highway 57 in Brown County.

The crash happened just before 4 a.m. near Gravel Pit Road.

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office says that a 2000 Chevrolet Blazer was traveling northbound on Highway 57 when it left the roadway and crashed.

The Sturgeon Bay driver and passenger suffered serious injuries as a result of the crash.

The driver was transported to a local hospital by helicopter while the passenger was transported by ambulance.

Sheriff officials say the cause of the crash is still under investigation, but preliminary reports indicate that alcohol may have been a factor in the crash.

The northbound lanes of Highway 57 were closed until around 11 a.m.

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (AP) – Authorities in Columbia County are using sonar to try to find the body of a 21-year-old Chicago man who disappeared in the Wisconsin River near Wisconsin Dells.

Authorities say the man went under water at about 7:15 p.m. Saturday while swimming to shore. He did not resurface.

Divers from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office worked until midnight to find the man. Search efforts resumed Sunday morning.

The incident happened in the Lower Dells, a few hundred yards south of the dam. Authorities say the man was fishing on a rock island area and appeared to get caught in a current as he was swimming back to shore. Family members and witnesses tried to rescue him but couldn’t.

The victim’s name is not being released at this time.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Three separate shootings within 21 minutes of each other left one man dead and four injured in the city of Milwaukee.

Authorities are still investigating all three shootings, which happened between 11:37 p.m. and 11:58 p.m. Saturday.

In the first, a 23-year-old Milwaukee man died after he was shot in front of a home in the 700 block of West Reservoir.

The second shooting happened four minutes later on West Lloyd Street. A 25-year-old man said he was “walking down the street” when another man shot him.

Just before midnight, three males were returning to the scene of an earlier fight on North 69th Street to seek retaliation. They were met with gunfire and shot before they got out of their vehicle. They are ages 17, 19 and 24.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – A 35-year-old woman who was a passenger on a motorcycle suffered a serious head injury and died after a crash in Milwaukee.

Police say the woman was not wearing a helmet.

Authorities say the woman and the motorcycle’s driver were both thrown from the bike Saturday night after the motorcycle struck a car that had just pulled out from a stop sign on Fairmount Avenue.

At this time, it appears the motorcycle’s speed was a factor in the crash.

The 35-year-old driver was wearing a helmet and suffered an injury that is not life-threatening. The driver of the car suffered a minor injury.

Ingredients:

1 pound asparagus
1/2 cup finely diced red onion
2 cups grape tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup crumbled Bleu cheese

For the dressing

3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons champagne or white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 teaspoon sugar
Freshly ground pepper to taste

Directions:

Steam or boil asparagus 2 about minutes depending on thickness until tender crisp. Plunge into ice water to stop the cooking. Remove from ice water and pat dry.
In a jar with a lid, combine all the ingredients for the dressing and shake well. Place the asparagus on a serving plate. Sprinkle tomatoes, onion and bleu cheese on top. Drizzle some of the dressing on top of salad. Extra dressing keeps in the fridge for about 5 days.

ASHWAUBENON – Ashwaubenon Public Safety is investigating a series of thefts from garages and vehicles.

Officials say the thefts have been happening when it’s dark out.  In most cases, the garages and vehicles were un-locked.

Authorities are reminding people not to leave valuable items in their vehicles.

Also, officials say you should report any suspicious activity you see.

FOND DU LAC – Officials were called to a house fire early Sunday morning.

Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue responded to a report of smoke and flames coming from a home on 331 Linden Street.

When crews arrived they saw flames coming from the back side of the home.

Firefighters were able to quickly put out the flames.  Officials say there is extensive heat and smoke damage on the first and second floors of the home.

No one was home at the time of the fire.

Officials say the fire remains under investigation.

GREEN BAY – It looks like rain showers are expected for the rest of your Memorial Day Weekend.

Today will be mostly cloud with rain likely to start in the morning and possible thunderstorms. The high will be near 70 degrees.

Tonight will be cloudy with showers likely, low will be 60 degrees. The weather continues to be gloomy for Memorial Day. Another possible thunderstorm could head our way, highs will be in the mid 70s.

TWO RIVERS – Two Rivers is just one of many communities that has planned Memorial Day observances for Monday.

The day starts at 8:30 a.m. with a ceremony at the Civil War monument at City Hall.

Organizers, local veterans and members of the public will gather to lay a wreath at the monument and names of all the armed forces members from Two Rivers who died in service since the Civil War will be read out loud.

The annual parade will take off from Central Park at 9 a.m. and end at the old cemetery where the community Memorial Day observance.

A ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Park will also be held at noon.

FOX 11’s Pauleen Le spent the morning checking in on final preparations of the Memorial Day events.

For more information on the observances that will be held in Two Rivers on Memorial Day, click here.

STURGEON BAY – Looking for something to serve at your BBQ this weekend?

How about some cheese!

Ann from Renard’s Cheese & Deli joined FOX 11’s Emily Deem on Good Day Wisconsin to shares some great cheese ideas!

Click here to learn more about Renard’s Cheese & Deli.

GREEN BAY – The YMCA has plenty of summer activities your kids will enjoy.

Casey Rentmeester with the Greater Green Bay YMCA joined FOX 11’s Emily Deem on Good Day Wisconsin to talk more about summer camp and how to prep your kids for overnight camp.

Click here to learn more about the summer activities at the YMCA.

Is Your Child Ready For Overnight Camp?

They are probably ready if they:

· Express excitement and interest in overnight camp

· Have had success at a day camp experience (YMCA Camp Wabansi)

· Show independence in social or extracurricular activities

· Have slept away from home and the family for at least one night

Preparing Your Child For Overnight Camp

· Sleepovers at a friend or relative’s home

· Plan a visit to camp

· Attend a Family Camp weekend

· Explore the camp website

· Stories from friends or siblings who have previously attended

· Express how much fun you want them to have

· Do not give your child an “out”

· Send a familiar object from home

GREEN BAY –  This time of year, Green Bay’s Bullfrog population seems to spike, especially at Joannes Stadium.

The cause might just be the start of the Northwoods League season. Saturday afternoon, Bullfrogs’ players getting in their first tosses at their new digs.

About half the roster making it to town to meet the team, coaching staff and pick up their new uniforms. The Bullfrogs return almost a dozen players from last season’s squad. The rest, will be fresh faces from across the country.

Many of those new players are still competing in postseason play for top programs, like Louisville and UC-Berkeley. Most premier college teams are currently in conference tournaments. From there, many will move on to the NCAA Tournament. The process will delay their arrival for at least another week and could extend to another month.

Returning manager Skip Handelsman is just happy to have enough players to put on the field when the season opens Tuesday night.

ATLANTA (AP) – Jace Peterson was much more decisive on his first-pitch swing in the 11th inning than trying to determine if that hit was the highlight of his rookie season.

Peterson’s single to left field drove in Alberto Callaspo from third base, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in 11 innings on Saturday.

Peterson hit the first pitch from Brandon Kintzler (0-1) toward the gap in left-center field. Left fielder Ryan Braun and center fielder Carlo Gomez didn’t bother to field the ball as Callaspo scored.

Braves players swarmed Peterson near second base.

“It was great,” said Peterson, who said teammates covered him with dirt and water. “Probably one of the most fun times I’ve ever had playing baseball. It was awesome.”

Exactly one week earlier, Peterson’s first career homer was a grand slam off Mat Latos that powered the Braves to a 5-3 win over Miami. Peterson couldn’t say if either was his favorite highlight.

“First home run, first walk-off, they’re both awesome,” Peterson said.

Peterson had two hits and the Braves improved to 7-2 when the second baseman hits leadoff.

With one out in the 11th, Kintzler walked Callaspo. Andrelton Simmons’ sharply hit grounder hit third-base umpire Chad Fairchild and bounced into left field instead of heading toward the left-field corner. Runners advanced to second and third on pinch-hitter Eric Young Jr.’s grounder to Kintzler.

Kintzler’s first pitch to Peterson ended the game.

“I don’t know how low it was but he went down and got it,” Kintzler said.

Luis Avilan (2-0) pitched the last 1 1/3 innings for Atlanta, including getting a double-play with runners at first and third to end the 10th.

Atlanta’s Shelby Miller and Milwaukee’s Mike Fiers each allowed two runs and seven hits.

The Braves scored two runs in the fifth on doubles by Miller, Cameron Maybin and Freddie Freeman.

Gomez doubled to lead off the game and scored on Braun’s single. Martin Maldonado’s single drove in Aramis Ramirez in the fourth.

Milwaukee blew a scoring chance in the ninth. Jason Grilli gave a two-out walk to pinch-hitter Jason Rogers. Luis Sardinas singled to right field but was thrown out at first. Simmons took the cutoff throw from Markakis toward third base and quickly threw to first base, where Freeman applied the tag as Sardinas slid back too late.

“It’s a great play from Simmons,” said Brewers manager Craig Counsell. “I think it’s a play you learn a lot of lessons on.”

SMITH RETURNS

Milwaukee left-hander Will Smith allowed one hit in 1 2/3 innings in his first appearance since being ejected for having a foreign substance on his arm in Thursday’s 10-1 loss to the Braves. Smith, appealing his eight-game suspension imposed by Major League Baseball, struck out the side in the eighth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Brewers: Counsell said RHP Wily Peralta, who left Friday night’s win after four innings due to tightness in his left side, should make his next scheduled start on Wednesday against the Giants. … Ramirez remained in the game after being hit by a pitch on his left hand in the sixth.

Braves: LHP Alex Wood, who was scratched due to a stomach virus on Friday, worked out before the game. Manager Fredi Gonzalez said Wood may be available in the bullpen on Sunday “in case we get in one of those crazy games.” Wood is scheduled to start Wednesday at the Los Angeles Dodgers. … 3B Chris Johnson (broken left hand) may take batting practice with the team at Turner Field on Sunday as he prepares to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday.

UP NEXT

Brewers: RHP Jimmy Nelson, who snapped a four-game losing streak with a win at Detroit on Tuesday, will face the Braves for the first time.

Braves: RHP Mile Foltynewicz will make his fifth start, including his fourth at Turner Field, where he is 2-1 despite a 6.46 ERA. He’ll face the Brewers for the first time.

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MENASHA – Fox Cities Greenways promoted Bike Week on Saturday with its Family Ride.

The nearly five mile ride was free to all participants, and encouraged families to get out and ride their bikes together.

Bike Week is an effort to help push people to think about biking as a means of transportation.

Organizers point out it’s not only fun, but also say it’s a great way to explore the different modes of transportation.

“We think it’s great that we have a community that’s able to have multi-modes of transportation that you don’t have to drive every place. You can do things in a multitude of different ways,” said Menasha Mayor Don Merkes.

Everyone that rides a bike is encouraged to log their miles as part of the National Bike Challenge.

DUBLIN (AP) – Ireland’s citizens have voted in a landslide to legalize gay marriage, electoral officials announced Saturday – a stunningly lopsided result that illustrates what Catholic leaders and rights activists alike called a “social revolution.”

Friday’s referendum saw 62.1 percent of Irish voters say “yes” to changing the nation’s constitution to define marriage as a union between two people regardless of their sex. Outside Dublin Castle, watching the results announcement in its cobblestoned courtyard, thousands of gay rights activists cheered, hugged and cried at the news.

“With today’s vote, we have disclosed who we are: a generous, compassionate, bold and joyful people,” Prime Minister Enda Kenny proclaimed as he welcomed the outcome. Beside him, Deputy Prime Minister Joan Burton declared the victory “a magical moving moment, when the world’s beating heart is in Ireland.”

Ireland is the first country to approve gay marriage in a popular national vote. Nineteen other countries, including most U.S. states, have legalized the practice through their legislatures and courts.

The unexpectedly strong percentage of approval surprised both sides. More than 1.2 million Irish voters backed the “yes” side to less than 750,000 voting “no.” Only one of Ireland’s 43 constituencies recorded a narrow “no” majority, Roscommon-South Leitrim in the boggy midlands.

Analysts credited the “yes” side with adeptly employing social media to mobilize young, first-time voters, tens of thousands of whom voted for the first time Friday. The “yes” campaign also featured moving personal stories from prominent Irish people –  either coming out as gays or describing their hopes for gay children – that helped convince wavering voters to back equal marriage rights.

Both Catholic Church leaders and gay rights advocates said the result signaled a social revolution in Ireland, where only a few decades ago the authority of Catholic teaching was reinforced by voters who massively backed bans on abortion and divorce in the 1980s.

Voters legalized divorce by a razor-thin margin in 1995 and now, by a firm majority, have dismissed the Catholic Church’s repeated calls to reject gay marriage.  Abortion, still outlawed, looms as the country’s next great social policy fight.

Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said the “overwhelming vote” against church teaching on gay marriage meant that Catholic leaders in Ireland needed urgently to find a new message and voice for reaching Ireland’s young.

“It’s a social revolution. … The church needs to do a reality check right across the board,” said Martin, who suggested that some church figures who argued for gay marriage’s rejection came across as harsh, damning and unloving, the opposite of their intention.

“Have we drifted completely away from young people?” he asked. “Most of those people who voted ‘yes’ are products of our Catholic schools for 12 years.”

David Quinn, leader of the Catholic think tank Iona Institute, said he was troubled by the fact that no political party and only a half-dozen politicians backed the “no” cause.

“The fact that no political party supported them must be a concern from a democratic point of view,” he said.

Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin, a Cork politician whose opposition party is traditionally closest to the Catholic Church, said he couldn’t in good conscience back the anti-gay marriage side.

“It’s simply wrong in the 21st century to oppress people because of their sexuality,” he said.

After the result was announced, thousands of celebrants flooded into the Irish capital’s pubs and clubs – none more popular Saturday night than the city’s few gay venues.

At the George, Ireland’s oldest gay pub, drag queens danced and lip-synced to Queen and the founding father of Ireland’s gay rights campaign, Sen. David Norris, basked in the greatest accomplishment of the movement’s 40-year history.

“The people in this small island off the western coast of Europe have said to the rest of the world: This is what it is to be decent, to be civilized, and to be tolerant! And let the rest of the world catch up!” Norris, 70, shouted with jubilant zeal to the hundreds packing the disco ball-lit hall.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Norris waged an often lonely two-decade legal fight to force Ireland to quash its Victorian-era laws outlawing homosexual acts. Ireland finally complied in 1993, becoming the last European Union country to do so. This time, the gay community in Ireland managed to build a decisive base of support.

“People from the LGBT community in Ireland are a minority. But with our parents, our families, or friends and co-workers and colleagues, we’re a majority,” said Leo Varadkar, a 36-year-old Irish Cabinet minister who in January announced on national radio that he was gay. “For me it wasn’t just a referendum. It was more like a social revolution.”

Many gay couples took the moment to declare their intentions or renew their vows. One lesbian couple in Limerick proposed on bended knee at the vote count there, while one of Ireland’s most prominent advocates for gay marriage, American-born Sen. Katherine Zappone, asked her wife live on Irish TV: “Today in this new Ireland, Ann Louise Gilligan, will you marry me?”

The couple, who met at Boston College and already were married legally in Canada in 2003, sued Ireland unsuccessfully in 2006 to have their marriage recognized as valid. Once parliament passes enabling legislation by this summer, that Canadian wedding license will become legal in Ireland. But Zappone and Gilligan, a former nun, still plan an Irish ceremony.

“There’s nothing like an Irish wedding,” Zappone said.

The Dublin Castle crowds saved their greatest roars of approval for Panti Bliss, Ireland’s most famous drag queen, who strode gingerly into the castle’s central square in high heels and a body-hugging floral dress to conduct a joint live interview on Irish TV beside Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald and Sinn Fein party chief Gerry Adams.

“It feels like we asked the whole country to marry us and they just said yes,” said Panti, aka Rory O’Neill, who in a viral-internet speech last year inspired a national debate on the level of homophobia in Irish society.

“Today’s vote isn’t actually for 46-year-old aging drag queens like me. This vote is about all the young faces out there,” Panti said, gesturing to the square-full of mostly 20-something onlookers, some donning rainbow-colored feather boas and parasols. Panti said that within a few years going to a gay marriage “will become an ordinary, normal part of life – and that’s what changes hearts and minds.”

When asked whether she – Panti’s preferred gender of pronoun – intended to marry, the already surreal scene turned flirty. “Sure, why not, if I can find the right fella,” Panti said, slyly putting an arm around a beaming Adams. Laughter cascaded through the crowd.

Political analyst Sean Donnelly, who has covered Irish referendums for decades, said Saturday’s landslide marked a stunning generational shift. He noted that two decades ago in Ireland’s last tortuous vote challenging a benchmark Catholic teaching, voters barely approved divorce – but only because heavy rain deterred voters in the then-conservative west. More than half of Ireland’s constituencies recorded “no” majorities to divorce.

Not this time. Even far-flung Donegal in Ireland’s northwest corner, renowned for its reactionary record of voting against the national mood, voted “yes” to gay marriage.

“We’re in a new country,” Donnelly said. “When I was reared up, the church was all powerful and the word ‘gay’ wasn’t even in use in those days. How things have moved from my childhood to now.”

HORTONVILLE- The Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office says an altercation involving a handgun occurred on the Wiouwash State Trail at the intersection of WI-96 in Hortonville.

According to officials, two males began an argument over a dog leash.

The argument escalated to the point where one of the males pulled out brass knuckles and a hand gun.

A witness called 911 immediately and deputies arrived quickly to the scene.

The male with the gun took off before officers arrived.

Witnesses gave a vehicle description to 911 dispatchers, which helped officers locate the suspect.

The male was taken into custody by Outagamie County Sheriff’s Deputies with the assistance of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department.

He was booked on numerous charges including reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.

The Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department is still investigating the incident.

WINNECONNE – To thank them for their service, a group of veterans spent their Memorial Day weekend on the lake.

Saturday marked the 3rd Annual Wounded and Retired Veteran Fishing Event in Winneconne.

Chances are, the veterans heading out on Lake Winneconne will tell you it’s a great day to fish.

“It’s a chance to get out. It’s the only time that I actually go fishing and its nice weather” said Navy veteran Paul Poellinger.

For some, like Cody Henry, it’s their very first time participating in the free fishing event.

“[I’m looking forward to] just enjoying it and just being out on the boat and catching fish,” Henry said.

For others, the annual trip has become a tradition.

“I was here last year,” Poellinger said.

With fishing rods, hooks, and plenty of bait, 65 veterans spent the day on the lake.

• Click here for more information about the event

Around 40 professional anglers volunteered to help the military men and women reel in a big catch.

“These guys give up their valuable time to do this on a Saturday which is very important to everyone,” Poellinger said.

Even though the veterans are thankful for the fishing opportunity, those who started this event look forward to meeting the vets every year.

“The vets that I’ve had in my boats and just the stories that I’ve heard from them, as much as we’ve touched their hearts, they’ve touched mine,” said Ryan Foster, event organizer.

Many of the fishermen say it’s a great way to meet and talk to other veterans.

“It’s been a pretty relaxing atmosphere here, just spending the day out on the water with wounded warriors and retired veterans and talking about old times,” said Marine Corps veteran Dean Dittberner.

In between catching walleye, they also took time to remember and honor their fellow military men and women who lost their lives serving our country.

Thanks to a number of donations, veterans took home fishing rods, tackle boxes and lures.