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Man drowns at Schoolhouse Beach

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  • File photo by Heidi Hodges
    A view of Schoolhouse Beach
  • By Emily Small –

On Saturday July 18 at approximately 5 p.m. Island rescue services were dispatched to Schoolhouse Beach in response to 911 calls about a possible drowning.

The victim, 26-year-old Masnoon Nafees, visiting the Island with friends, was pulled from the water by his friends and fellow beachgoers, unconscious and not breathing. Onlookers, including a doctor who was at the beach with his family, took turns performing CPR until paramedics arrived. Nafees was underwater an undetermined amount of time.

The victim was taken by helicopter to a Green Bay hospital and died on Monday July 20. The Green Bay medical examiner’s office ruled his death an accidental drowning. Washington Island Police Department released a statement thanking Good Samaritans who assisted in the attempted rescue.

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Fly-In Fish Boil draws a crowd

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  • By Monica Novak –

Sunny skies and a light northerly breeze greeted approximately 100 planes at the 2021 Washington Island Lions Club Fly-In Fish Boil on Saturday, July 17. The beautiful day brought everything from Cessnas to sea planes.

The community and aviators brought their appetites. Approximately 500 fish boil dinners were served from 700 pounds of whitefish donated to the event by Henriksen Fisheries in Ellison Bay. After a number of Island events were canceled in 2020, including the Fly-In Fish Boil, the Lions Club volunteers planned and worked hard to successfully bring the Washington Island community together again for this much anticipated and cherished annual event.

See more photos of the annual event in this week’s issue of the Observer.

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