Fonner Files: The Satellite And Simulcast View Of Fonner Park Sponsored by:
Fonner Park
Fonner Park CEO Chris Kotulak shares slices of life from the Grand Island, Neb., racetrack throughout the 2021 meet in the Fonner Files.
The view of Fonner Park from a satellite is quite impressive as an ever-evolving, 240-acre campus of arenas, livestock and expo buildings, restaurants, home of the Nebraska State Fair and Hall County Fair, our racing facility and a casino in the plans.
Who knew? It turns out the current simulcast view of Fon is quite popular too. A peek into the last three years is worth a look.
JIM McKEE
For the Lincoln Journal Star
Nebraska has produced a number of philanthropists through the decades, some becoming known nationally and even worldwide, while a few, through their efforts, have been felt over a large area, still remain almost unknown.
Such was David Kaufmann of Grand Island, a âquiet hero,â who died at the age of 93 âwithout anybody but the people he helped knowing what he did.â
David Kaufmann was born in Munstereift, Germany, in 1875. After apprenticing in a German department store from 1891 to 1894 he served a year in the German army, moving to Cologne to study window dressing and store display, becoming a salesman for an umbrella manufacturer then clerking in a retail store from 1898 to 1903.