Blackhawk Golden ‘K’ General Meeting
Minutes
January 29th, 2025
Richard Johnson presiding, called the meeting to order with a ring of the bell at 9:30AM.
The meeting was lead with the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of America, the National Anthem.
Invocation: Ron Shuler, mentioning the need for ice, and the children.
Raffle: Maury Frey oversaw the ticket sales and drawing this week.
The weekly pot was $7 and the big (Joker) pot was $25.
Jerry Langdok drew a ticket from the bucket, ticket number 2212. Congratulations to the winner, Dick Fay.
The deck of cards has 51/53 cards remaining. Dick drew the 8♦.
Richard Johnson thanks greeters Dick Fay and Don Kellogg, Ron Shuler for the invocation, rafflemaster Maury Frey and server Linda Bontly.
Happy Box: Dick and Don announced they are happy because they won the raffle, and are donating winnings to the Truck on Ice.
Jokes: Steve Skelly had a good joke about the perfect pitch.
Member Health: Linda Bontly had a status update on Dave Thill, who is recovering nicely from surgery Monday, and may not be in attendance for a month.
Maury Frey had a status update on Glenn Disrude, who received bypass surgery on Monday and may not be in attendance for 30 days.
Gregg Dickinson introduced the day’s speaker, Curtis Fell. Curt is the Rock County Sheriff Captain. In his role, he oversees 221.35 active positions, a 29.412M budget, 231 employees, an inmate population of 409 (on the 27th).
Some fast facts: Rock County has 164K residents. The jail has 101 sworn officers, 10 part-timers and 81 jail correctional officers.
Recently, the jail inspector said no more to use of the existing since 1929 Pinehurst facility, which was originally a sanitorium. Plans were drafted by a Milwaukee company specializing in jails and high security. The new 90-some million-dollar complex is consistently one story, due in part to poor ground quality. Inmates now have an outdoor activity area. Officers now have indoor parking. The six evidence rooms, which have for years taken up to a week for yearly inspections, are now merged into one, which is fully inspected in roughly 1.5 days. The two tiny meeting and one break rooms, fitting less than 2×20 people and less than ten, are now full-sized. The tiny staff lockers, in demand / short supply, are now full-sized and outnumber employees. The new jail has a hall of memories, with murals of old photos covering the walls, including two previous jails (one, a single building with bars on the lower level and sheriff living quarters above). Blackhawk Technical College has a two-sheriff satellite office, for ease of access in our 720 sq. mi. county. The RECAP program, Rock County Education and Addictions Program, a way for sentenced individuals to undergo a rehabilitation program, while participating in education services and helping in the community, continues to operate. The new facilities now have the means to house up to 20 additional inmates at a profit of $125/inmate/day.
Gregg Dickinson thanked Curt Fell for speaking and presented him with a Kiwanis Parker pen.
Richard Johnson adjourned the meeting with a ring of the bell at 11AM. Minutes by Ryan Lewis.
Credit: Dave Figi, photographs
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