To the Editor:

The Bill Cook Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of Portage County invites everyone out to their 55th Annual Winter Jamboree on Saturday, February 2, 2019 from noon until 4 p.m.  As usual, the event is held just off Patch Street near McDill Pond.

This is a great excuse to get out of the house and enjoy some great family fun.  We will have a large heated tent and will be serving our famous “Ike” burgers with or without fried onions.

In addition to having our main raffle with over $3,000 in prizes, we will also be drawing for over 80 door prizes.  The main raffle prizes will be drawn at 4 p.m. to close the day.  An ice fishing contest for adults and kids will also take place.  In addition, we will be having some great snow sculptures by Jeff Schobert and a lumberjack demonstration by the UWSP competitive lumberjack club.

As always, we will make a pile of snow so that the kids will have some great sledding along with the Boy Scouts setting up a winter camp site.

So, come out and meet your neighbors and friends at the 55^th Annual Winter Jamboree on Patch Street, Saturday. February 2, from 12 to 4 p.m.

See you there!

Mike Splinter
Isaak Walton Winter Jamboree Chairperson