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Julie Phillips, 55, a lifelong resi-dent of Fond du Lac, strongly attributes her deep-rooted faith for helping her become a

strong, courageous person. Julie’s maternal grandparents emigrated from Greece — as did her father, Steve. Her mother, Virginia was a first-generation Greek-American. Julie was the youngest of three children. Her sister, Arlene is now deceased and her other sister, Donna is married and lives in Mount Prospect, Ill.

At 3 months of age Julie’s parents took her to a photo session at Larsen Studio in Fond du Lac. The photographer noted to her parents that she did not respond to simple c o m m a n d s babies usually would respond to during a photo session.

“My parents took me to see Dr. (Frank) Cerny, a very well-known and prom-inent ophthalmologist,” she said. “I was diagnosed with congenital cata-racts with an undeveloped nerve. My parents were devastated.”

Julie’s parents referred to Cerny as ‘an angel from heaven.’ To this day, Julie has felt the same way.

Proud of her Greek-American heritage, Julie is an active member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Fond du Lac and has sang in the church choir since the age of 12. She is also president of the Greek ladies church group, PHILOPTOC, translated from Greek meaning “friend of the poor.”

Although Julie was born and raised in Fond du Lac — she attended school in Oshkosh — mainstreamed into regular classrooms. Julie cred-its Tom Guy, director of attendance and transportation for the Fond du Lac School District for arranging her transportation to Oshkosh. She graduated from Oshkosh West in 1979.

“Larry Klausch, who once served

Cover Story: Julie Phillipsas head of the choral music depart-ment at Oshkosh, took time with me and taught me voice,” Julie said. “It meant the world to me.”

After high school, Julie attended UW-Fond du Lac from 1979 to 1981. She began with general educa-tion courses, but soon switched to music education, ultimately earn-ing an associate’s of arts degree.

“Because of my love for music, I was encouraged to attend Marian College (now Marian University) from 1981 to 1983,” Julie said. “I was the recipient of the first music education degree from the college.”

Julie’s love of music began at an early age. She had always been exposed to Greek music in her parents’ home and started to sing with family at the age of 2. Julie’s talent soon became apparent as a youngster and

she started to take voice lessons. She fondly recalled her first voice teacher in seventh grade as Audrey Palmquest, a music teacher from Oshkosh West.

“She volunteered her time with me after school,” Julie said of Palmquest. “Those were the best lessons.”

She sings with the Fond du Lac Women’s Chorus and is president of that group. She has sang in the South Shore Choral group for 34 years, and previously sang in the Green Lake Festival Chorus under the direction of world-renowned choral conductor Sir David Willcocks. Julie has also sang with the FDL Symphonic Band.

Singing, and practicing singing, baking, cooking, writing and house-work keep her busy.

“I’m on the go a lot,” Julie joked.Julie considers writing a hobby

and does much of the correspon-dence for her church, including the annual Greek church picnic, and is the publicity chairwoman for the Women’s Chorus.

She is a freelance singer, has sang for weddings and funerals, commu-nity events and many times sang as a soloist.

“My hobby, my love, my work … all combined,” she explained.

Many times, as a little girl, Julie could not deal with her blindness.

“It was very frustrating, but thank God, I had very patient parents and loving family and friends around me who helped me accept this, and my faith in God,” she said.

Julie has fond memories of grow-ing up and working in her parents’ cafe, Phillips Cafe, on South Main Street, at the same location from 1946 to 1982.

“It was a family-operated café,” she said. “Dad did all the cooking, but we kids helped out with some of the cooking, cleaning and waiting on tables.”

The Coney Island hotdogs (conies) were their specialty, and her dad was known for the hot works.

“You have to have faith, or you won’t make it,”

— Julie Phillips

“Dad’s special recipe was known as Steve’s conies,” she said. “It is a guarded family recipe, and Dad wanted to keep it in the family and not be sold.”

She said in previous years the special Coney Island hotdogs were sold at the farmers market with her dad’s recipe. This past July, Julie was requested to make Steve’s Coney Island sauce for a large family gathering. She humbly stated, “It received rave reviews and was such a nice feeling.”

Julie considers herself very fortu-nate to be loved and supported — not only by her sister Donna, three nieces and a nephew — also her many friends in the community, especially Darlene Oelke.

Even though Julie has been visu-ally impaired all her life, she has made peace with herself.

“I am blessed with all the special people who make my life so perfect,” she said. “I really feel lucky.”

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The CDC recom-mends that everyone 6 months and older receive influenza (flu) vaccine every year. The Fond du Lac County Health Department will be conducting flu clin-ics throughout the community, cost is $30 per dose. The Health Department can bill Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage plans, and Medicaid if accurate information is provided, bring your cards with you. Receipts for cash issued upon request. For more informa-tion contact the Health Department at 920-929-3085, or visit fdlco.wi.gov.

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“Dad’s special recipe was known as Steve’s conies,” she said. “It is a guarded family recipe, and Dad wanted to keep it in the family and not be sold.”

She said in previous years the special Coney Island hotdogs were sold at the farmers market with her dad’s recipe. This past July, Julie was requested to make Steve’s Coney Island sauce for a large family gathering. She humbly stated, “It received rave reviews and was such a nice feeling.”

Julie considers herself very fortu-nate to be loved and supported — not only by her sister Donna, three nieces and a nephew — also her many friends in the community, especially Darlene Oelke.

Even though Julie has been visu-ally impaired all her life, she has made peace with herself.

“I am blessed with all the special people who make my life so perfect,” she said. “I really feel lucky.”

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Divorce is a painful and overwhelming process, as anyone who has gone

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