Back The K-9 Event, Man Falls From Roof: Greendale Week In Review

Good morning Greendale! John Quinnies here with the latest copy of the Greendale Week In Review. This edition is crammed with anything you need to know about the upcoming back to school, a tale of a Greendale teacher heading to Greece, and everything else you shouldn't miss from this week.

Check back every Saturday bright and early for my next edition of the Greendale Week In Review.

First, today's weather: Humid throughout the day. High: 91 Low: 73.

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Here are the top stories in Greendale today:

A Greendale teacher, well honored for her service in Greendale Middle School, is looking forward to a trip to Greece for educational research. Learn more about her story and how Erin McCarthy plans on bringing the travel abroad back into the classroom. (Greendale Patch)

A Back the K-9 event is coming to Greendale this morning to raise funds for local police K-9 units and to honor police officers that have fallen. The Eric Banas band will play and there will be K-9 demonstrations. (Greendale Patch)

A man recently fell off a roof in Greendale when he was working on the roof. Someone also had their catalytic convertor stolen, and four juveniles were making a ruckus at Highland View Elementary School. This week's Greendale Police logs reveal all: (Greendale Patch)

The J&J Contractors Summer Bash is going on. Check out the festivity details. Drinks, food and more will post up in Greendale for the weekend with this celebration. (Greendale Patch)

Sports:

1. Down but not out; Greendale Martin Luther beats back Greenfield 28-12 | Local News I Racine County Eye (Racine County Eye)
2. Greendale Martin Luther doesn't mess around with Greenfield 28-12 | Local News I Racine County Eye (Racine County Eye)

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Today in Greendale

• The Back the K-9 Event returns to Greendale. (10:30 AM)
• Fireworks - Greendale Lions Club (9:00 PM)

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Greendale Patch Notebook

• Martin Luther High School: "Spartan Tennis keeps serving up success on the road @ Grafton HS! Varsity won 5-2, JV 3-0! Doubles teams only allowed 5 games! With this tremendous afternoon of work, Coach Kollmorgen's crew moves to 2-1 on the year! GO SPARTANS! #Hisgif..." (Facebook)
• Martin Luther High School: "Welcome to the ML teaching team, Mrs. Holly Dykstra! Holly joins us with a wealth of experiences that will serve her well as she leads our choral music program, teaches various humanities electives, and takes over the director role of ML..." (Facebook)
• Greendale Celebrations: "Another beautiful day in Downtown Greendale at the GTO Car Show! Thanks to the Original GTO Car Club & Greendale Lions for donating a portion of their proceeds to the Greendale Veterans Memorial to be used towards purchasing benches at t..." (Facebook)
• The Greendale Historical Society: "Want to volunteer tomorrow? Hear some great music? Between 5-9p? We are in need of help with selling 50/50 raffle tickets. Easy, fun, engaging volunteer opportunity! --- Volunteers Needed! Sat 8/28 from 5-9pm. Come join us near J&J Contr..." (Facebook)

• Greendale Public Library: "New Book Friday is here again! Check out these marvelous new books at the library today Youth: "Join the Crow Crowd" by Elise Gravel https://encore.mcfls.org/iii/e... Young Adult: "How We Fall Apart" by Katie Zha..." (Facebook)

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— John Quinnies

About me: Hi there, my name is John. I live in Milwaukee. I cover Shorewood, Greenfield, Greendale, Oak Creek and Franklin. Email me at john.quinnies@patch.com.

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