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First Annual Event Annual Date Number of "Swimmers" Air Temp 1st 12/26/1986 1 +22°F

“J. R. Jarosh became the first member of the Jacksonport Polar Bear Club by taking a dip in the icy waters of Lake Michigan,” said Martha Lambiotte in the January 15,1987, Door County Advocate, the only known news article about the founding event.
		(L-R) John Wickstrom, J.R. and Jon Jarosh