And the Fish Days float winners are ...

Perennial favorites in the Port Washington Fish Days float contest, the Red Hat Lighthouse Ladies took first place in the Saturday, July 18, parade with a patriotic entry that played off the theme of this year’s festival, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Fish” in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary. Hold the lighthouse trophy and the $1,000 first-place prize were (top photo, front row, from left) Bonnie Knaub and Rosie Weyker. Behind them were (from left) Fish Days Parade Committee members Cole and Cory Baake, Ben Mayer and Kevin Kletzien, Red Hat members Joy Hoard, Donna Call, Karen Stockero, Marge Tamblingson, Diane Keller, Sharon Swatek, Jackie Jushka and Karen Uselding and Parade Committee members Dana Maechtle, Erin Clancy and Carrie and Chris Baake. Accepting the second-place prize for Elliot’s Fishtastic Float were (from left in lower left photo) Andrew Girga, Andrew Karrels, Elliot and Travis Lewein and Mason Helmeid. Taking home the third-place prize for the Sheboygan Jaycees Dominion of Terror float were (front row, from left in lower right photo) Jodie Zajkowski, Dustin Yokiel, Denisa Boy, Dan Panzer, Nicole Testroete, (back row) Dave Gentry and Eric Rosenberry.    Photos by Bill Schanen IV