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The 77th annual Lebanon Firemen's Picnic will be held Friday, through
Sunday, at Lebanon Firemen's Park, County Highway R, Lebanon.

Festivities will begin Friday with the softball and co-ed volleyball
tournaments, which will be held throughout the weekend. There will
also be a bean bag tournament Friday and Saturday with registration at
5:30 p.m. Friday. To register, contact Kevin Muche at (920) 342-0626.

All musical entertainment for the weekend is free, with no cover
charges for the bands. There will also be free shuttle buses from
Watertown. Anyone interested in having a volleyball team can contact
Ben Tietz at (920)925-3145, while those interested in the softball
tournament can contact Nic Demetropoulos at (920)925-3316.

Friday night activities begin with fish fry baskets being served 4 to
9 p.m., with music by the Jolly Time Dutchmen 4 to 8 p.m. Those
attending the picnic will be able to dance under the new
park shelter, which replaces the large tent of years past.
The band Six Pack will take the main stage at 8:30 p.m. The five piece
band, Six Pack, is new this year to the picnic. Their sets include
classic rock, southern rock, disco, county, and more. Six Pack
entertains with the sounds of midi sax, alto sax and tenor sax, along
with bass drums, and guitar. Six Pack is co-sponsored by A & S
Plumbing, Heating & A/C and Maas Brothers Construction, and Brad
Stas-Hendricks and Stas Electric.

The two man horseshoe tournaments will begin at noon on Saturday.
Anyone interested in participating can contact Brent Boyd at
(920)925-3459.

The Lebanon Lions will host bingo again this year on Saturday from
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Also on Saturday, a free sweet corn roast will begin
at 2 p.m. and will be served until gone. Beginning at
4 p.m. there will be live music by Country Storm, a band that plays a
blend of contemporary country, southern rock, classic country and old
time rock n' roll.

The country/ rock show band, Madison County, based out of Madison will
make a return appearance this year at the picnic. This band will take
to the main stage Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
and play until 12:30 a.m. The eight-piece band has been voted as
"Madison's Favorite Local Group of the Year" for the last five years.
The band has six vocal parts, and just about every
instrument in the country market. Kevin Raether of Platinum Realtors
and Eric Howlett of Midwest Electric will be co-sponsoring the band
this year.

Sunday's activities will begin at 10 a.m. with an outdoor worship
service. Envelopes will be provided for the church offering, on which
participants may designate the offering to go to their
own local church or they can have their offering given to a worthy
cause designated by the fire department. One may also bring their own
church envelope with the church's name listed on it and the fire
department will forward the offering to the congregation.

The picnic will be serving a chicken and ham dinner from 11 a.m. until
gone. The menu includes cream-style or regular chicken, ham, mashed
potatoes and gravy, vegetables, coleslaw, buns, milk, coffee and
homemade desserts. The dinner will be catered by Turner Hall. Tickets
for the dinner are $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 2-10, under
2 are free.

The Lebanon Band, in its 118th season, will perform from 1-3 p.m. and
The Goodtime Dutchmen will close out the day with polka music from 3
to 7 p.m.

There will also be a raffle held in conjunction with the Lebanon
Firemen's Picnic. Tickets for the raffle may be purchased at the Town
and Country Bank in Lebanon or Watertown, or from
any fire department member before the picnic and at the headquarters
stand during the picnic.

Also at the headquarters stand those attending the picnic can make
donations to the new park shelter which still needs some final
touches, but will be making its debut at the picnic, instead of the
large tent of past years. Donations also to the Lebanon Fire
Department can be made at the headquarters stand.

The free shuttle bus from Watertown to Lebanon will run from 7 p.m. to
1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Stops for the bus will be Main and
Washington streets at the top of every hour, First and Main streets 10
minutes after every hour, and Fourth and Madison streets 20 minutes
after every hour. Those helping sponsor the bus this year include
River City Distributing-Bud Light, Wisconsin Wetgoods-Miller,
Bismarck's, Thirsty Rhino, and Yangers.

There will be hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, brats, french
fries, onion rings, beer, wine coolers, soda and bottled water, plus
plus the picnic will be serving Lebanon’s very own Lebby’s pizza.

The Lebanon Luckies 4-H Club will operate the ice cream stand and
games below the band shell serving a variety of ice cream treats,
nachos, popcorn, glow necklaces, LED lights and
other lighted items, and offering old-fashioned carnival games,
including fish pond, duck pond, dice toss, soda ring toss, ring toss
and ping pong throw.

The annual picnic is a fund-raiser for the Lebanon Volunteer Fire
Department. This year the Lebanon Fire Department is celebrating its
78th year of service. Money raised goes
towards training costs, equipment purchases and expenses. Volunteers
are needed to help in various stands. If any individuals or
organizations would like to volunteer, donate or need more
information, call (920)925-3145.

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