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Music by the Lake announces 2015 summer lineup
George Williams College of Aurora
University has announced its 15th annual season of Music by the Lake. This
year’s lineup will include six artist
debuts and a range of musical genres
and shows, including American classics,
jazz, contemporary rock, comedy for
families, pop and classic rock. The season, which includes weekend events
from June 27 through August 8, has been
carefully planned to feature performances that all generations will enjoy.
• Emmy and Grammy Award-nominated entertainer and multi-platinum
selling artist, Michael Feinstein will
open the Music by the Lake 2015 season
on June 27, celebrating the centennial of
one of the greatest voices in American
music history, Frank Sinatra.
Dubbed “The Ambassador of the
Great American Songbook,” Feinstein
performs more than 200 shows a year
worldwide while continuing to record
albums and appear in national television
specials.
More than simply an entertainer,
Feinstein has received national recognition for his commitment to celebrating
America’s popular song and preserving
its legacy for the next generation. This
will be his Music by the Lake debut.
• World-renowned jazz guitarist,
singer and bandleader John Pizzarelli
will make his Music by the Lake debut
on July 12. Establishing himself as one
Music by the Lake performances take place in the outdoor Ferro Pavilion at
Aurora Universityʼs George Williams College on the north shore of Geneva Lake.
of the prime interpreters of the Great
American Songbook and beyond, he
brings a cool jazz flavor to his brilliant
performances.
Pizzarelli has experienced a string of
success with his albums and also
appeared as a special guest on recordings for Sir Paul McCartney, James
Taylor,
Natalie
Cole,
Kristin
Chenoweth, Ricky Lee Jones, Buddy
DeFranco, Rosemary Clooney and others. He continues to tour worldwide per-
forming classic pop, jazz and swing,
while setting the standard for stylish
modern jazz.
• Hailing from Waukesha, legendary
rock band the BoDeans will make their
Music by the Lake debut on July 18.
Known as one of the best live acts in
the music industry, the band has entertained audiences for more than 20 years
with their chart-topping hits such as
“Closer to Free,” “Idaho” and
“Fadeaway.” The energetic group has
been honored by Rolling Stone and their
legacy is part of a permanent display
featuring Midwest artists at the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. They
continue to make new music, releasing
their 12th studio album, “I Can’t Stop,”
this April.
• The festival will take a trip back to
the 1970s with one of the world’s most
popular and best-selling ABBA tribute
bands and the closest adaptation of
Sweden’s biggest music export, which
sold over 400 million records. The
group, Arrival from Sweden, will make
its festival debut on August 1, bringing
the music, voices and costumes inspired
by ABBA, as well as famous hits
“Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,”
“Take a Chance on Me” and more.
Arrival from Sweden has toured and
sold out venues across 48 nations, and
appeared on television shows worldwide, having taken audiences on an
exciting and electric journey of sight and
sound.
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
inductees Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo”
Clifford, the original bassist and drummer for Creedence Clearwater Revival,
will celebrate the legendary rock band’s
classic hits such as “Fortunate Son,”
“Bad Moon Rising” and “Who’ll Stop
the Rain,” on August 8, closing the summer season.
(Continued on page 40)
Old World Wisconsin resurrects 19th century base ball
By Gregory Harutunian
Spring has finally arrived, with all of
its climatic mood swings, renewed hope,
sprouting green, and of course, baseball.
You’ll be hard-pressed not to see someone playing catch in an open field,
parks, backyards, or pick-up teams having fun with the national pastime. It’s
easy, and meant for anyone to enjoy.
In Eagle, even the Old World
Wisconsin historic site puts together a
squad to play a handful of games
through the summer. Surrounded by
crowds in a meadow on a lazy Saturday
afternoon with the sun shining, the
teams give off gemütlichkeit (good feelings) but play with one big difference…
they use 1870s rules.
“This is vintage and a time capsule,
where the rules have many similarities to
today’s game, and many differences,” said
Jennifer Van Haaften, the site’s Associate
Director of Programs and Historical
Resources. “From 1867-81, Waukesha
county had 50 different baseball teams.
And it’s base ball, not baseball; two
words, or two words with a hyphen.”
Evidently, the term “baseball” didn’t
come into usage until the 1890s. Another
thing that changed over time was the
demeanor of the players, and the game’s
intent. Players were bound by a code of
fair play, and being gentlemanly in all
aspects, while the actual playing was
more relaxed to give each person an
opportunity to succeed.
“They were called ‘clubs,’ not teams,
and like any club, the members paid
dues or fees,” said Van Haaften.
“Depending upon the amounts they
raised, the club could buy uniforms, bats
A Nineteenth Century lithograph shows “The American National Game of Base Ball” on a diamond in New
Jersey. Old World Wisconsin in Eagle has recreated the game, using rules from the 1870s for a limited schedule of
(Photo furnished)
games this summer. See page 2 for a glossary of base ball terms.
and balls, and no gloves were used at
this time. “The ‘match’ winner got the
ball, which the home team furnished for
the game. It cost about $1.50 back then.”
Commonly, the winning team would
take the ball and have all the club members sign it, inscribe the date of the
match and the final score and apply a
coat of varnish. The ball became a trophy and was never used again. The cal-
ligraphy on the ball also reflected the
aesthetic of the period.
“The overriding fact is the gentlemanly aspect, something more important than winning,” said Ryan Schwartz,
the club’s Captain, and a site interpreter.
“This is only one of my duties here at
Old World Wisconsin, and one of my
favorites because it’s fun and we use it to
make a connection with our guests, the
visitors to the site.
The Old World Wisconsin club is
nicknamed “the Diamonds,” after the
Waukesha team of the same name that
was organized in 1868 and played
through the 1870s. The new team’s
name also pays tribute to the baseball
diamond and their first season of play
came in 2005.
(Continued on page 40)
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1870s base ball terms and rules
Historic base ball is a stark contrast
to today’s modern game. It had its own
lingo and the Old World Wisconsin
team’s players stick to it. Here, from the
Old World Wisconsin website, are some
of the vintage terms.
Ball: apple
Bat: ash, willow, timber
Batter: striker
Catcher: behind
Error: muff, boot, juggle, mug
Fly Ball: cloud hunter, skyer, air ball
Game: match
Ground Ball: bug bruiser, daisy cutter, grass clipper, ant killer
Hit: knock
Hard Hit: hammer, stinger, stunner
Hurrah!: Huzzah!
Home Plate: dish
Infielder: base tender
Innings: rounds
Outfield: garden, outer garden
Pitcher: hurler, bowler
Player: ballist
Run: ace, tally
Shutout: whitewash
Spectators: audience
Team: club, nine, match nine, side
Umpire: umpire (some things stay
the same).
1870s Rules
The rules used by today’s vintage
team are the same rules that guided the
late 1860s and 1870s teams.
• The player is out if the ball is in the
hands of a base tender before the runner
steps on the base.
• If two ballists are already out, no
player running home at the time the ball
is struck can make ace if the striker is
put out.
• The hurler must pitch, not jerk or
throw to the bat.
• The hurler must deliver the ball as
near as possible over the center of home
for the striker.
• Foul balls do not count as strikes.
• The striker is out after swinging
and missing three balls if the behind
catches the third strike on the fly or first
bounce.
• If the behind does not catch the
third strike on the fly or the first bounce,
the striker may try to make first base.
• Any ball first touching the ground
or touched by a player within the base
lines is fair, even if it goes foul thereafter.
• An ace shall be tallied when a base
runner steps on the home base.
• Outs are made when a foul ball is
caught on the fly or first bounce or when
a fair ball is caught on the fly only.
• No person engaged in a match,
either as umpire, scorer or player shall
be, either directly or indirectly, interested in any bet upon the game.
• Clubs may adopt rules respecting
balls knocked beyond the bounds of the
field as the circumstances of the ground
may demand.
Source: Haney's Base Ball Book of
Reference by Henry Chadwick, 1867.
Katelyn OʼBrien, Williams Bay High School student volunteer, was kept busy
making cotton candy for the young and young at heart at the 68th annual fun fair, for
which hundreds of people turned out. The event is sponsored by the School
Community Association. An estimated 40 students, 50 parents and 30 teachers worked
to make the event a success. All raffle and silent auction items were donated. Activities
included a cake walk, games in the gym, food, raffles and a silent auction. The event
generates between $10,000 and $15,000, which is used for scholarships, field trips for
the students, grants and help with a variety of items that enrich the students and their
schools. This family friendly event was packed with hundreds of people.
(Photo by correspondent Penny Gruetzmacher)
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At the risk of boring readers with too
much about Harry Gordon Selfridge,
whom we featured in a front page article
in the March 13 issue, here is a followup on the story.
A man from Delavan saw the article
and wondered if we mightn’t be interested in a photo related to the story.
Several years ago, he was doing
some work on the Harry Hartshorn
estate on Lake Geneva, when he discov-
south shore of Geneva Lake. Selfridge’s
was Harrose Hall and the Drakes,
inspired by a trip to Hawaii, named
theirs Aloha Lodge
In the note Mrs. Selfridge explained
that the photo was taken while she
talked to her son, who was standing in a
window of the castle. She bemoans the
loss of her daughter-in-law, Rosalie,
who had died of the Spanish influenza in
1918. Mrs Selfridge, Sr., herself, passed
As mentioned above, Rosalie died in
1918 and Harry’s mother, Lois, died in
1924. Harry did not do well after his
wife died and began to squander his
money.
The Echo reported on May 16 that
year: “The pretty village of Highcliffe
and its vicinity has, in the death on
Sunday of Mrs H. Gordon Selfridge, lost
a valued friend, whose kindness of
thought for others, and abounding charity, will be much missed.”
The paper highlighted her work
establishing the home for American soldiers. “This was erected on the recreation ground, and there, for many weeks
past, our gallant Allies have found a
home, reaping the full benefit also of the
invigorating sea breezes which make the
site ideal for such a purpose.”
Before her burial, Rose’s body lay in
state in the castle hall, covered by a silk
sheet on which Selfridges employees
had sewn 3,000 red roses. In the following months, her daughter Violette took
over her mother’s work.
Gordon’s mother, Lois, was also
buried at St Mark’s.
Despite being widowed, Selfridge
continued to live lavishly. In 1919, he
bought 700 acres of Hengistbury Head
from Sir George Meyrick and planned to
build a castle there.
He intended his castle to have 250
bedrooms, four miles of walls and its
own theatre.
But it remained a pipe dream, and
instead, he spent £25,000 in 1925 (the
equivalent of $120,000 then, or $1.6
million in today’s money) on improvements to Highcliffe Castle, despite still
only being a tenant.
A card Mrs. Selfridge enclosed with
The Crystal Palace was used for an exhibition of English industry. When the
exhibition ended, everyone thought it would be a shame to use such a magnificient
structure for so short a time, so they disassembled, and moved, it.
ered that the family had thrown away a
large number of photographs and documents. Among them was the photograph
to the far right of Harry Gordon Selfridge’s mother, Lois, which was taken at
Highcliffe Castle, Christchurch, Hampshire in England. Accompanying it was a
note to Mrs. Tracy Drake, of the Drake
Hotel family, The Selfridges and the
Drakes no doubt knew each other from
Chicago, but both also had homes on the
away in 1924.
In 1916 Selfridge leased Highcliffe
Castle, fully furnished, for £5,000 a
year. Although he was only a tenant he
set about fitting modern bathrooms,
installing steam central heating and
building and equipping a modern
kitchen. During the war, Rosalie opened
a tented retreat called the Mrs Gordon
Selfridge Convalescent Camp for American Soldiers on the castle grounds.
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Governing by crisis isnʼt governing at all
A shot of race dialogue
with your frappucino?
By David Horsey
Starbucks is now offering a conversation about race along with the coffee
drinks. Some people think this is a
noble, commendable idea. Even more
folks seem to think it’s about the dumbest move any business has come up with
in a long time. Whatever the judgment
may be, it is no surprise that the idea for
this was born at a company based in the
predominantly white, earnestly liberal,
coolly polite city of Seattle.
In Seattle, baristas might just get
away with chatting up their customers
about hot button racial issues. Just about
everyone will be on the same page,
politically, and any customer who does
not feel like talking will simply mumble
an apology and hide behind her iPad. I
can’t imagine things going so calmly in
Texas or Alabama, though. Or Boston or
Los Angeles, for that matter. Sooner or
later, tempers will flare, voices will be
raised, somebody will scream that this
force-fed political correctness is part of
a commie-socialist plot to denigrate
white, Christian America and soon the
cappuccinos and macchiatos will be flying in all directions.
However well or badly this goes, one
guy thinks it’s worth the risk: Starbucks
CEO Howard Schultz – one of the most
earnest and liberal gazillionaires in the
USA. Schultz has been getting lampooned and harshly criticized for asking
his army of employees to write “Race
Together” on coffee cups and then
engage in race talk with the people who
wander into his ubiquitous caffeine
emporiums. Undeterred by the negative
reception to his idea, he told CNN
Money, “It’s not going to solve racism,
but I do believe it is the right thing to do
The
at this time.”
After holding a series of forums with
employees in which participants
explored race relations, Schultz came to
believe his customers should be brought
in on the conversation. And, since he is
the boss, he could tell everyone who
works for him to simply make it happen.
Apparently, not everyone got the
message. On Wednesday, during a discussion of the Starbucks race initiative
on KPCC, the Pasadena-based affiliate
of National Public Radio, a young
woman called in to offer her perspective.
She identified herself as a Starbucks
employee and said she thought talking
race was a fine idea, but no one at work
had told her anything about it. Another
Starbucks barista called in to say he was
keen to join the effort, but indicated
there had been no training to help
employees navigate the delicate terrain
of race. They are being left on their own
to choose when and how to strike up
conversations, he said.
It sounds as if there is not much of an
actual design to this scheme other than
to write on the cups and see what happens. Second-guessing Howard Schultz
is somewhat presumptuous; he was
genius enough, after all, to turn one little
coffee shop with a mermaid sign into an
international business empire. Still, how
much useful discussion about race can
go on between a barista and a customer
before the next person in line begins to
get testy about having to wait to order
his Tiramisu Latte? Is the time it takes to
whip up a frappuccino long enough to
go deep into the heart of an issue that has
plagued America since Columbus landed and made slaves of the natives?
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By Lee Hamilton
After Congress came a hair’s breadth
from shutting down the Department of
Homeland Security a few weeks ago,
members of the leadership tried to reassure the American
people.
“We’re certainly not going to
shut down the
government or
default on the
national debt,”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell declared on CBS’s
“Face the Nation.” Congress,
Lee Hamilton
he said, would
not lurch from crisis to crisis.
I wish I could be so confident.
Because if you look at the year ahead,
the congressional calendar is littered
with opportunities to do just that.
Next month, unless Congress acts,
doctors will see a steep cut in Medicare
reimbursements. In May, the Highway
Trust Fund runs out of money, meaning
that infrastructure projects all across the
country could grind to a halt. The following month, the federal ExportImport Bank’s charter runs out. By the
end of summer, Congress will need to
raise the debt ceiling. Then it will have
to find a way to fund the government for
next year, deal with across-the-board
spending cuts that are scheduled to take
hold, and make it possible for the
Treasury to continue to borrow money.
I don’t know about you, but my bet
is not on smooth sailing.
This is a huge problem. Great
democracies do not veer from one
doomsday moment to the next, nor do
they fund government on a week-toweek basis. World superpowers do not
risk their creditworthiness or threaten to
strangle their own agencies or force
them to plan repeatedly for shutdowns.
Yet that is precisely the habit Congress
has developed. It’s embarrassing.
Why? Look at what happened with
Homeland Security. The issue, essentially, was that members, unhappy with
President Obama’s plan to shield undocumented immigrants from deportation,
tried to use the DHS funding measure to
force him to back down. In other words,
they tied two unrelated issues together.
The solution ultimately lay in separating
them, allowing a vote on each.
But during the weeks Congress spent
arriving at this commonsense approach,
DHS had to get ready for roughly 30,000
employees to be furloughed, arrange to
wind down administrative support functions, prepare law enforcement across
the country for the loss of training funds,
and ask crucial employees to be willing
to work without pay – we’re talking the
border patrol, Coast Guard, screeners at
airports, cargo inspectors...the people on
the front lines.
The impasse threatened ongoing
research and planning to make the country safer and grants to local communities
to pay salaries for emergency personnel.
At the very point when terrorism overseas was consuming the attention of our
national security agencies, the department charged with protecting the nation
at home had to be consumed with shuttering its operations.
Small wonder that much of the world
thinks the United States is incapable of
governing itself.
I know that the politics of Capitol
Hill are difficult right now. But they’ve
been troublesome for years, and legislating is about getting things done in a difficult environment. Congress is designed to be an institution where the
dilemmas of the moment can be overcome by skillful legislators. We need a
Congress that can address its problems
before a crisis comes up.
What will it take to do so? Part of the
answer lies in dedication to Congress’s
job. Its members need to work at legislating every day – not just the three days
in the middle of the week. Its leaders
need to make clear their determination
to move legislation through in an orderly fashion. The so-called “Hastert Rule”
– that the Speaker of the House will not
allow a vote on a bill unless he has a
majority of his own party behind it –
needs to be jettisoned for good, not just
in extreme circumstances. Allowing a
majority of the House and the Senate to
work its will, whatever the partisan
alignment, would do wonders.
And perhaps most important, the tactic of tying two unrelated issues together in order to force an opponent’s hand
needs to be rejected. The parade of
make-or-break issues that Congress
faces this year presents myriad opportunities for legislative mischief. If all we
see before us is one government-shutdown threat after another, the remaining
faith Americans hold in our chief lawmaking body could disappear altogether.
And deservedly so.
Lee Hamilton is Director of the
Center on Congress at Indiana
University. He was a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives for 34 years.
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Transparency in government
By Dave Bretl
I got so carried away writing about the
state budget the past few weeks that I completely forgot about Sunshine Week.
Sunshine Week, which was observed
March 15-21, is a nationwide effort to
focus on transparency at all levels of government. It is an important topic, and I
usually try to devote a column to it when it
rolls around every
year. What made
my transgression
even more egregious this year is
that
Sunshine
Week is celebrating its tenth
anniversary.
In Wisconsin,
two major safeguards ensure that
the actions of
David Bretl
local governments
are open to public
scrutiny. They are the open meetings and
public records laws. I try to write about
some aspect of open government during
Sunshine Week. Having focused on a number of public records issues this past year,
I chose the open meetings law for this
year’s column.
With limited exceptions, state law
requires that “meetings” of “governmental
bodies” be open to the public. The first
step in achieving compliance with the law
is to determine what constitutes a governmental body. In the case of county boards,
common councils and school boards, the
answer is obvious. Elected governing bodies are covered by the law. What is not
widely known, however, is that many
other groups can be subject to the law as
well. Any board, commission, committee
or similar group established by statute,
ordinance, rule or order can constitute a
governmental body under the law.
Therefore, while the town board fits the
definition, so, too, can the citizens’ advisory group appointed by the village president.
The next step in the analysis is to
determine what constitutes a meeting
under the law. We would all agree that the
monthly county board meeting fits this
definition. To prevent “unofficial” meetings from taking place before noticed
meetings and similar behind-the-scenes
decision-making, the law defines the term
“meeting” broadly. A meeting takes place
under the law whenever members of a
governmental body convene for the purpose of exercising responsibilities, authority, power or duties vested in the body.
Because it can be difficult to prove exactly what was being discussed outside of the
public’s view, the law shifts the burden of
proof. Whenever one half or more of the
members of a governmental body are present, a rebuttable presumption is created
that a meeting is taking place.
Once it is determined that a governmental body is meeting, a number of steps
must be taken to comply with the law.
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Notice must be given at least 24 hours in
advance of the meeting, unless, for a good
cause, it is impossible or impractical to
provide. Then, at least two hours’ notice
must be given.
I have never recommended convening
a meeting with less than 24-hour notice.
While I’m sure that some dire circumstance could occur that would warrant
holding a meeting on such short notice, I
have yet to see one. The vast majority of
business that local government needs to
conduct can wait for one day until adequate notice has been provided.
Meeting notices are typically posted in
one or more public places and provided to
the media. In addition to listing obvious
items, such as the time, date and place of
the meeting, the notice must describe the
subjects that will be discussed in such
form as is reasonably likely to apprise
members of the public and the news media
thereof. With changing technology, many
governmental bodies are posting meeting
notices on their websites. While this may
be good practice, the law does not yet
allow web posting as a substitute for other
statutorily prescribed methods of providing notice.
There are exceptions to the open meetings law. One example is to confer “with
legal counsel for the governmental body,
who is rendering oral or written advice
concerning strategy to be adopted by the
body with respect to litigation in which it
is or is likely to become involved.” The
law recognizes that it wouldn’t make sense
to discuss legal strategy when a party
averse to the action could be sitting in the
room taking notes.
One of the stereotypes of local government is that the little things too often
receive a disproportionate share of the
attention at the expense of larger issues.
Our board is sensitive to this pitfall, but it
still happens. When a discussion about
which model of tractor we should buy
takes longer than the debate over whether
we should construct a multi-million dollar
addition to one of our buildings, we need
to take a step back and look at the larger
picture.
Public discourse over the Open
Meetings Law fits this same pattern. It is
great to discuss the fine points of the law,
but one should keep in mind that the state
legislature has created a huge exemption
for itself from the rules. Partisan caucus
meetings can take place in secret.
We eventually decided on the John
Deere tractor. You can find out what your
supervisor had to say on the topic by reading the minutes of the February 16, 2015
public works committee or watching the
proceedings online. Absent a change in
state law, far less information will be
available on the Legislature’s debate over
the State’s pending $68 billion budget.
The opinions expressed in these
columns are those of the author and not
necessarily those of the Walworth County
Board of Supervisors.
March 27, 2015 — 5
Reining in the high cost of college
should be a priority
By Ann McFeatters
Tribune News Service
High school seniors waiting for college acceptance letters, we feel your
pain. But our nation has collective pain
from the college process that is more
worrisome.
College costs
too much for
what students are
getting and for
what we as a
society get in
return. And, as
usual, Congress
is doing nothing
about it.
About 40 million Americans
now have student
loan debt. The Ann McFeatters
average graduate
in the United States is $40,000 in debt
upon graduation, and millions owe much
more. Some senior citizens are losing
Social Security benefits because of student loans, although the government
says you’re not supposed to lose benefits
if your only income is Social Security.
There’s an entire new industry profiting from student loan repayment plans
even as thousands of college graduates
scramble for low-wage service industry
jobs, trying to figure out whether expensive graduate schools are worth the time
and money.
This is a true Catch 22. It’s difficult
to get a good job without a college or
graduate degree but if you do, you are
saddled with burdensome debt. Unless
your daddy is rich or you are exceptionally good-looking, you probably will not
live as well as previous college-educated
generations.
America’s universities are the best in
the world, which makes them a lure for
the best and brightest from every other
nation. Thus, our good students compete
not only with their U.S. peers but with
the smart children of the world’s richest
people.
College for students in many other
nations is free or costs relatively little.
U.S. colleges cost too much because
two-thirds of students fail to graduate in
four years, colleges and universities
think parents demand incredible facilities (luxurious dorms, top-flight athletic
compounds, student unions with gourmet meals) and bureaucrats will soon
outnumber professors.
A report by the American Association of University Professors found pay
for bureaucrats surpassing salaries for
teachers, especially adjuncts and parttimers. Between 1978 and 2014, the
number of administrative jobs rose 369
percent while the number of part-time
faculty increased 286 percent. Full-time
tenured or tenure-track academic positions increased only 23 percent.
President Obama has tried to make
reining in the cost of college a priority.
Recently, at Georgia Tech, he said,
“Higher education is, more than ever,
the surest ticket to the middle class.” He
said his administration has expanded tax
credits and Pell Grants, reformed student
loan programs and capped loan payments at 10 percent of income for million so they at least can pay their rent.
But Congress has done, and will do,
nothing to implement his plan to bring
the tuition to community college down
to zero on grounds that two years of
higher education should be free and universal.
Frustrated, Obama has a Student Aid
Bill of Rights that every student
“deserves access to a quality, affordable
education. Every student should be able
to access the resources to pay for college. Every borrower has the right to an
affordable repayment plan. And every
borrower has the right to quality customer service, reliable information, and
fair treatment, even if they struggle to
repay their loans.”
Obama is asking for signatures on
his feel-good petition at W hiteHouse.
gov/CollegeOpportunity. Warning: It
can take longer to load than the
Affordable Health Care website in its
infancy.
Once again, parents and students
have to figure this out on their own.
Some high school students who’ve been
slovenly about studying and their grades
should not go to college until or if they
are ready. We need better high school
vocational counselors equipped to determine students’ interests and assets.
Parents, pay for aptitude tests.
Community colleges and state
schools are a good alternative to pricey
private colleges. Studying engineering,
computer science, math, business and
economics will yield higher long-range
salaries than traditional liberal arts studies.
A committed, hard-working student
can get a good education online, but
beware of racking up big tuition fees at
for-profits. Tap every source of financial
aid.
Congratulations to students receiving those coveted acceptance letters.
Tomorrow you can figure out how
painful it will be to foot the bill.
A nn McFeatters is an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service. Readers
may send her email at amcfeatters@
national press.com.
©2015 Tribune Content Agency,
LLC
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Renovations Group of Elkhorn
receives Best of Houzz 2015 Award
Renovations Group Inc. of Elkhorn has
been awarded “Best of Houzz” for Customer
Satisfaction by Houzz, the leading platform
for home remodeling and design. The fullservice design-build remodeling and new
home construction company was chosen by
the more than 25 million monthly unique
users that comprise the Houzz community
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home building, remodeling and design industry professionals. This is their second “Best
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The Best of Houzz award is given in two
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determined by a variety of factors, including
the number and quality of client reviews a
professional received in 2014.
Renovations Group also received six
Wisconsin Remodeler Awards from the
National Association of the Remodeling
Industry (NARI), Milwaukee Chapter in
January. These are annual awards honoring
the outstanding work NARI members have
achieved throughout the year.
Tony Rink, CR, Business Manager of
Renovations Group Inc., said, “We are honored to again receive awards from
Milwaukee/NARI and Houzz. We’re proud
to have a total of six nationally certified professionals on staff, and to have received more
than 80 builder and remodeler industry
awards, as well as individual achievement
awards during our 30 years in business.”
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with technical college grants
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A new Democratic bill creating technical college grants aims to help fill high priority job openings in Wisconsin.
Under the proposal, the Wisconsin
Technical College System could distribute
$49 million in grants over the next two
years to its colleges. Most of the funding
would go towards training programs that
partner with local businesses to address
immediate job needs and skills gaps.
The bill's sponsor, state Rep. Steve
Doyle of Onalaska, said there’s an urgent
need for welders and nurses. He said this
The judge hearing the case challenging
Wisconsin’s right-to-work law recently
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work in a short period of time.
“So this isn’t one where we’re saying
we’re going to create new jobs,” Doyle
said. “What we’re saying with this is we’re
going to fill existing jobs. We know they’re
there and if we can figure out a way to have
our employees job ready, it is an economic
growth situation.”
The bill would also fund grants for veterans, high school students taking technical college classes, and entrepreneurial
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After Assistant Attorney General
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“Why do you call it a right-to-work law?”
Meany replied that he was “not sure of
the genesis of that.”
The phrase “right to work” as it’s used
today refers to laws that ban mandatory
union dues. Meany said he assumed it went
back to the days when the U.S. had “closed
shops” that hired only union members. But
as Foust noted, closed shops were outlawed
by the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.
He asked Meany if there was “anybody alive today who has been denied the
right to work under the Taft-Hartley Act.”
Meany replied that he didn’t believe so.
Despite some skeptical questions,
Foust ultimately rejected a bid by unions
to immediately halt Wisconsin’s right-towork law.
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March 27, 2015
Doctor says exposure to second-hand smoke is child abuse
By Anna Hodgekiss
Repeated exposure of children to
secondhand smoke is child abuse, a
leading doctor has warned.
Adam Goldstein, a professor in family medicine, says exposure is as abusive
as leaving children unattended in hot
car, or drunk driving.
He claims he was forced to speak out
after caring for “too many children hospitalised with asthma and pneumonia,
caused in large part to their repeated
exposure to secondhand smoke.”
His controversial opinion piece has
been published in the latest issue of the
A nnals of Family Medicine.
In it, he argues that purposefully and
repeatedly exposing children to a something known to cause cancer in humans
would strike many people as child
abuse.
“But what if the substance is secondhand smoke?,” he asks.
Dr Goldstein, who is director of the
tobacco intervention programs in the
University of North Carolina School of
Medicine, says the damage from smoke
is “as abusive as many other commonly
accepted physical and emotional traumas of children.”
His comments come after years of
caring for children who have suffered
severe respiratory illness due to secondhand smoke exposure.
In the opinion piece, he writes:
“Scientific research over the past decade
has increasingly demonstrated that
exposure to secondhand smoke is not
simply a nuisance; it is deadly.
“Secondhand smoke exposure causes multiple diseases in children, including asthma and pneumonia, and results
in thousands of avoidable hospitalisations.
“It is a major cause of sudden infant
death syndrome and may cause lung
cancer and heart attacks with repeated
exposure.
“No safe level of exposure exists,
[therefore], purposefully and recurrently
exposing children to secondhand smoke
- a known human carcinogen - despite
repeated warnings, is child abuse.'
In the paper, he goes on to explain
how he and his colleagues treated two
children of smokers “at least 10 times
over three years.”
Despite repeated attempts to get the
parents to quit, they continued to smoke
– and the children, aged 5 and 7, repeatedly visited the clinic with ear infec-
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tions, coughing, bronchitis, and asthma.
In the end, the younger child developed pneumonia, he says.
After treating her with antibiotics
and inhalers, Dr Goldstein and his colleagues implored the parents to stop
smoking – or at least avoid smoking
anywhere near the children – and offered
them counselling.
“The parents, however, refused to
engage with us about quitting smoking,
pharmacotherapy for cessation, or about
not letting their children be exposed to
cigarette smoke,” he says.
Shortly after, the child appeared in
the emergency room with a recurrence
of pneumonia and severe asthma.
“By the time we heard about it, she
was already on a ventilator in the pediatric intensive care unit, where she
stayed for several days before ultimately
improving.
“Out of the 10 adults gathered in the
waiting room – parents, extended family
members, and several friends – six were
heavy smokers,” he writes.
“In retrospect, it is easier to see
where and why we failed: our patient
was suffering from child abuse, and we
had failed to intervene beyond offering
medication, counseling, and referral.”
As a result, Dr Goldstein says it is
time for society – including doctors – to
do much more.
“We must intervene to stop this
abuse,” he writes.
Options he suggests include coun-
selling of parents that smoke, legislation, and even taking children away
from their parents.
The key message, he says, is that
there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
He points out that some U.S. states,
including Texas, Vermont and Washington – already prohibit foster parents
from smoking around children in cars
and homes.
“If this is true for foster families and
smoking, shouldn't it be the case for all
parents?” he asks.
Additional legal protection for
young children exposed to secondhand
smoke makes common sense.
He adds that children already suffering from chronic lung illnesses should
be protected from ongoing exposure.
“Secondhand smoke exposure
decreases lung function and has dozens
of carcinogens; yet often the most vulnerable children continue to be exposed,
and these children often have no voice.”
©2015 Mailonline
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The class will meet once a week for
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There will be a $10 fee for books. Register
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Friday, March 13.
(Beacon photo)
Mercy Foundation is accepting
autism support fund applications
Mercy Foundation is accepting grant
applications for its Autism Support Fund
(ASF). ASF offers the financial means to
help families who live with or care for
children with autism.
To qualify, all applicants must present documentation of a verified diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder, a
completed application and necessary
financial documentation must be presented on or before April 30. Applicants
must be also be residents of Walworth
County. To download the application,
visit MercyHealthSystem.org/founda
tion or call Jennifer Johns at (608) 7558821.
Mercy Foundation's mission is to
inspire positive change and healing
through philanthropic giving. Gifts and
donations support community outreach
programs, certain capital improvements,
technological advancements and other
programs integral to the mission of Mercy Health System.
“I want my patients to feel comfortable, so I create a calm and
inviting environment for them. I’m here to listen to them and
address their every issue to the best of my ability.”
Ese Efemini, MD
Board certified obstetrics
and gynecology
Mercy is pleased to welcome Dr. Efemini to the physician staff at
Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical Center, Lake Geneva.
He earned his medical degree at the University of Illinois, Chicago,
and served his residency at Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated
Hospitals, Milwaukee. He is certified by the American Board
of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
His special interests include:
• Minimally invasive surgery, including da Vinci robotic surgery
• Contraceptive management
• Infertility
• Menstruation concerns
• Uterine prolapse
• Incontinence concerns
• Breast health
Dr. Efemini now welcomes new patients.
To schedule an appointment, please
call the Mercy Walworth Hospital and
Medical Center at (262) 245-0535 or
toll-free at (877) 893-5503.
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March 27, 2015
Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week April 13-17
Listen, Act and Live!
Those words could protect you and
your family during severe storm season.
Listening to warnings and seeking shelter immediately will save lives. That’s
why
Wisconsin
Emergency
Management (WEM), ReadyWisconsin, the National Weather Service
(NWS) and the Wisconsin Broad-casters
Association (WBA) have teamed up for
Wisconsin’s Tornado and Severe
Weather Awareness Week from April 1317.
Did you know that…
Wisconsin averages 23 tornadoes a
year?
In 2014, 22 tornadoes were reported
in Wisconsin by the National Weather
Service. Eighteen of those tornadoes
occurred in June. The strongest tornado
in 2014 occurred on June 17 when an EF
3 tornado hit Verona in Dane County. At
least 30 homes were damaged as well as
the Country View Elementary School.
The tornado traveled about a mile [on
the ground], had wind speeds of 136 to
165 mph and was on the ground for several minutes. An EF 2 touched down that
same night in Platteville in Grant
County. Several homes and businesses
were damaged including the University
of Wisconsin– Platteville.
In 2013, 16 tornadoes touched down
in Wisconsin including six during the
overnight hours of August 6-7. An EF 2
struck near New London in Waupaca
and Outagamie counties injuring two
people and caused millions of dollars in
damage.
A statewide tornado drill is planned
for Thursday, April 16. At 1 p.m., the
National Weather Service will issue a
statewide mock tornado watch and at
1:45 a statewide mock tornado warning. Many radio and TV stations will
participate in the drill. In addition,
NOAA weather radios (also known as
emergency weather radios) will issue
alert messaging. This is an ideal
opportunity for schools, businesses
and families to practice safe procedures for severe weather.
Important: The tornado drill will
take place even if the sky is cloudy, dark
and/or rainy. If actual severe storms are
expected in the state on Thursday April
16, the tornado drill will be postponed
until Friday, April 17 at the same times.
If severe storms are possible Friday the
drill will be cancelled. Any changes will
be issued to local media as well as post-
DO YOU WISH TO PROTECT YOUR LAND FOREVER
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CONTACT THE CONSERVANCY TODAY
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No doubt an Audubon Society in
good standing.
They say there are still polo bears
in the Arctic.
“I view the doctor-patient relationship
as a true partnership. Education and
prevention are our strongest tools as
we work together toward an active
and healthy life. My care reflects the
patient as a whole, not just simply
a disease or set of symptoms.”
Brandon J. Orr, MD, MS
Family medicine
Mercy Health System is happy to welcome
Dr. Orr, who joins the family medicine staff
at Mercy Delavan Medical Center.
With 10,000 lakes (fewer than
Wisconsin), this driver could be paddlinʼ
for a long time.
A Colorado cat-lover.
Dr. Orr’s special interests include:
• Asthma
• High blood pressure
• Diabetes
• Preventive medicine
• Exercise science
• Men’s health
• Allergies
• School and sports physicals
Dr. Orr now welcomes new patients. To make
an appointment, call (262) 728-4301.
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We be talkinʼ enthusiasm here.
That could be a lot of bull.
ed on the ReadyWisconsin website,
Facebook and Twitter pages.
More information is posted online at
http://readywisconsin.wi.gov. Any-one
who wishes to receive further information should contact his or her county
emergency management director or Tod
Pritchard at tod.pritch ard@wisconsin.
gov or (608) 242-3324.
also at www.readthebeacon.com
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March 27, 2015 — 11
Health Through Chiropractic
By Dr. Bernice Elliott
Headaches are a common source of
pain for a large number of Americans.
Ninety-five percent of women
and ninety percent of men have
had at least one
in the past 12
months. And for
about 45 million
of us, those headaches are chronic.
While a wide
variety of overDr. Bernice Elliott
the-counter and
prescription medications have been developed to relieve
this pain, they generally do little to address
the underlying cause of the problem. A
growing awareness of both the limitations
and risks of pharmaceuticals has led many
headache sufferers to explore alternative
approaches to managing them, including
chiropractic.
Headaches occur for many reasons and
can vary greatly in their intensity and duration. They may arise on their own (these
are termed “primary headaches” and
account for about 90 percent of all
headaches) or can be triggered as a result
of some other health condition (described
as “secondary headaches”). Chiropractic
physicians most commonly encounter
three types of headaches in their work:
Tension headaches are primary
headaches that are brought on by unrelieved muscular contractions in the head,
neck and shoulders, usually as a result of
stress that cannot find an outlet. These
muscular contractions can themselves
become the source of broader tension and
stress throughout the body, setting in
motion a feedback loop that eventually
produces a headache.
Migraine headaches are also primary
headaches. They are sometimes referred to
as vascular headaches because they happen when blood vessels in the head suddenly expand, or “dilate.” However, we
know that the nervous system and genetic
factors are also leading contributors.
Sufferers report a wide range of triggers
and related symptoms.
Cervicogenic headaches are secondary
headaches produced when pain begins in
the neck or back of the head and is referred
to the forehead or the area behind, in and
around the eyes. Trauma, chronic tension
and disease are some of the more common
initial sources of neck pain that is referred
to the head. Trigger points in the neck,
shoulder blade and spine may also be
sources of these headaches, though they
can be much more difficult to identify.
How Chiropractic Can Help
Chiropractic care can be effective in
preventing and reducing the frequency and
severity of primary headaches. There is
also some evidence that it may have benefits for cervicogenic headache sufferers.
Chiropractic manipulation of the spine
and neck is used to improve the alignment
of the spine and relieve muscle tension. It
also reduces nerve irritation and improves
vascular flow. Your treatment can also
include massage and other therapies as
part of a well-rounded treatment plan.
Exercise, stretching and relaxation techniques as well as nutritional strategies can
help prevent future headaches.
If you or someone you know is looking
for lasting relief from chronic headaches,
we encourage you to give us call. The
sooner you make the call, the sooner we
can help you put an end to the suffering.
Community Chiropractic Center is
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Walworth State Bank) in Walworth. We
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Treasures in the snow
By Marjie Reed
Even with Boston having had more
than 100 inches of snow this year, I
imagine bulbs are starting to force their
way through the frozen ground.
I walked down our front walk yesterday and to my
amazement, the
iris bulbs are
waking up. The
leaves are about
two inches high.
The first sign
of spring at my
childhood home
in Pennsylvania
was the appearance of the snowd r o p s .
Marjie Reed
Snowdrops are
small white flowers on very slender three inch stems. It’s
hard to imagine that the little stems have
the stamina to push through the snow, but
they do.
One year in early March the snow
was about six inches deep. Mom was sitting at the kitchen table staring out the
window when she suddenly said, “You
know, Marjie, the snowdrops should be
blooming now.”
I looked at her in her dream world
and said, “What should be and what are
are two different things. Mom, did you
notice all the snow covering the
flowerbed where they grow?”
Mom was usually of very sound
mind, but that day she worried me. Her
world was very realistic, not like the fantasy worlds I dropped into from time to
time of thinking I was a cowboy riding
old paint out west, or a princess living in
a castle. I was a kid, I was allowed to
have those dreams.
“Let’s put on our coats and boots and
just go look,” she said with great enthusiasm.
As I struggled into my coat, mom disappeared for a minute. Up she came from
the basement with her garden trowel.
“What are you going to do with
that?” I asked.
“You’ll see,” she said, “This will be
like a puzzle, and I’m pretty sure you’ll
be surprised and love what we find when
our puzzle is completed.”
When we got outside she said, “Bring
the show shovel, we’ll need that, too.”
Step One of our puzzle was to use the
snow shovel to find the unshoveled sidewalk; the flower bed containing the
snowdrops was just to the right of it.
Step Two, was to dig down and find
the corner edge of the sidewalk that met
the flower bed.
“Just put the shovel down gently a
few times and keep moving a few inches
to the right till we don’t hear cement anymore.” This adventure was turning into
both a puzzle and a mystery.
“Listen, I don’t hear cement anymore
when I push the shovel down,” I said.
“Ok, good,” She whispered, as if she
didn’t want to let the snowdrops know
we were looking for them.
“Let’s start to carefully remove the
snow about here,” she said as she drew
an 8-10 inch square on the top of the
snow with her trowel.
“Now we know that snowdrop stems
are about three inches long, so we can
remove about two inches of snow from
our square.” With the trowel, she deftly
removed the snow.
“Now, we must be very careful as we
remove the rest of the snow.”
Nothing grows under snow, I was
sure of that, but then, mom was just as
sure the delicate flowers would be there.
My faith was growing as I watched her
work.
After 15 minutes of careful digging,
she whispered even more quietly than
she had before, “Marjie, look.”
There under the cold, cold snow was
the head of a white snowdrop blooming
its little heart out. I was speechless.
Mom gave me the trowel to carefully
uncover more of them. We gently
brushed snow away and began to pick
them. Eventually, our puzzle was completed and we had a beautiful bunch of
flowers for the kitchen table.
As we ate our breakfast and looked at
the little miracles in the pink vase, I
asked her, “How did you ever know they
would be there under all the snow?”
“Because, Honey, it’s time for them,
and when it’s time for something to
grow, nothing can stop it.”
Dear God,
As parents, sometimes we wish we
could “freeze” our children at a certain
stage because they are so cute. But you
know best, and our children continue to
grow according to the natural order of
things, regardless of our wishes.
Thank you, also, for a beautiful natural world of order. Help us to teach our
children that nature is not a puzzle, it is a
plan – God’s plan – and He does all
things well.
Amen.
I wish all my readers a renewed
Easter joy of the resurrection of Jesus
from the tomb; another of God’s plans –
that He did very well.
Marjie Reed lives in Harvard, Ill.,
with her husband, Bob. They have been
married nearly 45 years and have three
children and eight grandchildren.
Contact Marjie at [email protected].
By Shawn Johnson
Wisconsin ranked 40th in the nation
in private-sector job growth during the
one-year period between September
2013 and September 2014, according to
the latest detailed job numbers from the
federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The numbers come from the
Bureau’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, which economists say
is the gold standard of job metrics.
Because the QCEW is so thorough, the
numbers take a long time to report.
They showed Wisconsin added private-sector jobs at a rate of about 1.16
percent from September 2013 to
September 2014. By comparison, private-sector jobs grew by 2.3 percent
nationwide.
All neighboring states fared better
than Wisconsin, and when matched up
against a broader region of 10 Midwest
states, only Nebraska fared worse.
The Walker administration also
released less-accurate monthly job estimates on March 19, which were much
more positive. They showed Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.8
percent in February of 2015.
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Report: Wisconsin drops to
40th in nation in job growth
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March 27, 2015
Mercy Health
April Is Foot Health Awareness Month
Most of us don’t give much thought
to our feet, until they start giving us
trouble. Almost 75 percent of Americans
will have foot problems in their lifetime.
Unlike other parts of our bodies, feet
really take a pounding, literally. They’re
stuffed into ill-fitting footwear for hours
on end, are subject to viruses like warts
and fungi like athlete’s foot, are easily
injured when we walk barefoot, and
often bear the first signs of more serious
health problems like arthritis, diabetes,
anemia, kidney problems, gout, and
nerve and circulatory disorders.
The average person walks several
miles a day, adding up to almost 115,000
miles or more over a lifetime. The pressure exerted by walking is more than a
person’s body weight; running can triple
or quadruple that pressure. As the miles
add up, so does the wear and tear. That’s
why many foot problems tend to occur
as we age.
Ill-fitting shoes are the major cause
of foot problems. Many of us wear shoes
that are too small, too narrow in the toe
box, pointed, poorly-made, worn out or
have an excessively high heel. Foot
problems caused or aggravated by ill-fitting shoes include blisters, bunions,
corns and calluses, hammertoes,
ingrown nails, heel pain and neuromas.
You don’t have to be an athlete to be
concerned about finding and wearing
comfortable and well-fitting footwear.
Taking the time and investing the money
to purchase quality shoes, boots and sandals is time and money well spent. Here
are some tips on choosing proper
footwear:
• Determine your needs. Will you
wear your shoes to run 20 miles a week,
to the office or factory, to a formal event,
to the beach, to play racquet sports? Of
course you wouldn’t wear steel-toed
work boots to the beach, but you may
think that your walking shoes are good
enough for running, your office shoes
will work fine for a day at the shopping
mall, or your cheap tennies will do for a
full day of cycling, which is not always
the case.
• Where to shop. Reputable stores
specializing in certain types of footwear
are the best places to purchase shoes that
will best meet your needs. For example,
uniform stores carry footwear for
employees who are on their feet all day.
Remember that “one style fits all” doesn’t apply to shoes. Knowledgeable
employees can help you determine your
foot type (flat, normal or high-arched)
and then suggest the size, style and type
of shoe you need.
• When to shop. Shop for shoes late
in the day when your feet are at their
largest.
• How to shop. Always take along
the socks or hosiery you’ll be wearing
with the shoes, and if you wear
orthotics, take those as well. Most of us
have one foot bigger than the other so
choose the size for the bigger foot. Try
on both shoes and walk more than just
once around the store. Wiggle your toes
and make sure your big toe is one thumb
width from the front of the shoe. Feel for
areas that are being pinched or rubbed. If
your feet feel cramped or the shoe feels
tight, don’t count on them to stretch;
well-fitted shoes don’t require a “breaking in” period. Avoid shoes with heels in
excess of two inches.
Feet flatten as we age so you may
need to increase your shoe size as you
get older. Weight gain and pregnancy
change foot size too. Your athletic shoe
size may differ from your dress shoe
size. If you’re unsure about your size,
ask a clerk to measure your feet while
you stand.
If, despite purchasing new shoes that
fit well, you are still experiencing problems, see a board certified podiatrist; a
physician who specializes in the treatment of foot and ankle problems.
As mentioned earlier, your feet mirror your general health so you could
have something more serious going on.
Foot pain is NOT normal so don’t ignore
it. Untreated foot problems can lead to
larger complications, including a change
in your gait, which can lead to knee, hip
and spine problems. And if you’re the
fix-it-yourself type, know that improper
self treatment can turn a minor problem
into a major one.
People with diabetes have special
concerns regarding their feet. About 60
to 70 percent of people with diabetes
have mild to severe forms of diabetic
nerve damage that can impair feelings of
pain in the foot. Foot disease is the most
common complication of diabetes leading to hospitalization.
If you have diabetes, it is extremely
important that you work closely with
your doctors and diabetes educators.
Between appointments, examine your
feet daily for signs of redness, warmth,
blisters, ulcers, scratches, cuts and nail
problems. Check between toes, the
entire bottom of the foot and around the
ankle. Call your doctor immediately if
you experience any injury to your feet.
Even minor injuries are an emergency
for people with diabetes.
Our feet are biological masterpieces
that serve us well when we serve them
well. They deserve to be pampered with
regular exercise (walking is the best
form of exercise for the feet), daily
hygiene, properly fitted shoes and medical attention when needed.
Mercy HealthLine is a paid column.
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health-related questions, visit the Mercy
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at the intersection of Highways 50 and
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March 27, 2015 — 13
Q: Do dental problems get better or
worse as you get older?
A: Every stage of life has its challenges and opportunities. That applies to
dental problems as well. Dental health
doesn’t necessarily get worse as you
age, particularly if you have been attentive to your teeth all your life.
Adolescents, for instance, have to
deal with gingivitis, the gum inflammation that some researchers think is a byproduct of hormonal change at puberty,
or the result of a typical teenage diet and
poor oral hygiene. They may also deal
with appliances their parents opt for to
straighten their teeth.
The elderly, on the other hand, deal
with changes such as receding gums, a
condition that leaves the cementum that
covers each tooth's root exposed. Hence
the saying, “long in the tooth” for a person who is aging. The exposed part of
the tooth is susceptible to decay and to
abrasion from brushing.
Older adults who have not consistently practiced optimal oral hygiene
could also be dealing with the problem
of lost teeth. In addition, seniors are also
prone to a potentially serious problem
with wrinkling around the mouth, a condition that stems from skin that does not
contain as much water and fat as a
younger person’s does.
Every age presents its challenges
when it comes to oral health. The best
way to be prepared for these challenges
is to visit your dentist regularly and
practice good oral hygiene all through
your life.
In another collaboration between the
Good Earth Church of the Divine and
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute,
Ecoartist Donna Tronca of Palmyra will
“give new life to old bags,” as she laughingly says.
Tronca’s mixed media works will be
on display through June 18 in the big
brown barn at Michael Fields Agricultural Institute.
Whether it is a radiant butterflyladen kimono or a humorous take on the
food consumption of caterpillars, Tronca
grabs attention.
“Born and raised on California’s
Monterey Peninsula, I developed an
appreciation for form and color early in
life. The beautiful images in coastal rock
formations and tidal pools, brilliant sunsets over the ocean, and soft wafting fog,
all contributed to my fascination with
color, texture, and contrast.
“I don’t believe plastic is going
away,” she says, “so I decided to use the
positive aspects of the material while
doing my part to keep it out of the landfill. About six years ago I started experimenting with fusing various types of
plastic to create ‘fabric,’ which I use,
among other ways, to replicate traditional
and contemporary quilt patterns, or 3-D
projects to create contrast and surprise.”
Tronca employs a background in
weaving, felt-making and Kumihimo
braiding (Japanese gathered threads), as
well as her international travels, in her
approaches to color, texture and design.
Her fabric-like constructions are
made with reused and recycled materials: a fish sculpture with shimmering
scales may actually be made from bubble wrap. An origami kimono may contain plastic shopping bags. A quilt-like
creation uses waste labels.
With a commitment to recycling and
nod toward humor, Tronca’s works
cause smiles of recognition and many
curious second looks at wearable, decorative and highly collectible works.
“Travels to Australia, New Zealand,
England, Scotland, Germany, France,
and Spain have strongly influenced how
I approach my work,” she says. “Color,
texture, and interlacement are the constants of design throughout time and
geography. Whether creating wearable
art or decorative Eco Art, working in this
medium ties me to countless other generations who have worked with textiles
since the beginning of time.”
Exhibition hours are Monday
through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
weekends by appointment 10:00-4:00;
weekends by appointment in the big
barn at Michael Fields Institute, W2493
County Road ES, East Troy.
The Good Earth Church of the
Divine, a regional interfaith community
welcoming all traditions, is a center for
soul care and earth-care that also celebrates the healing effects of music and
the arts. It was founded on Earth Day of
2012. Services are at 10 a.m. Sundays at
Michael Fields Institute.
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
is an internationally respected thirtyyear-old non-profit organization that
nurtures the ecological, social and economic resiliency of food and farming
systems through education, research,
policy, and market development.
Tooth Chatter is presented as a public service by Dr. Paul Kreul, who has
been practicing general dentistry since
1990. His office is located in the West
Side Professional Building at 715
Walworth St. in Elkhorn. To make an
appointment, call 723-2264.
Tooth Chatter is a paid column.
Ecoart exhibit in East Troy
Jerry Sjoberg, from Home Deign Mfg. in Fontana, shows off his form on the
large balance board located in The Fontana Paddle Company booth at the Geneva
Lake West Chamber of Commerce Business Expo at Geneva Ridge on Tuesday,
March 17. Owner Kevin Kirkland said the board is a great device to work out on while
waiting for the official paddle board season to open.
(Photo by correspondent Penny Gruetzmacher)
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March 27, 2015
Spring Home & Garden
Have it made in the shade in your backyard this summer
(BPT) – In the midst of the winter we
love to think of the summer as this idyllic time when we live barefoot under the
sky and everything is perfect and beautiful. Then when the summertime comes,
we find ourselves complaining about too
much sun, being too hot or bugs – and
stay inside in the cool AC to avoid them.
The good news is you can create a cool,
shady and even bug-free spot for yourself, no matter the size of your outdoor
space or your wallet.
Natural tree shade
Before building a patio or deck
canopy, take another look at your yard.
Perhaps nature has a solution. If you
don’t have a nice tree already, consider
planting one. Trees provide natural
canopy, especially during the summer
when they have the most leaves.
If that is not an option or you want to
enjoy shade while your newly planted
tree is growing, take a good look at your
backyard and think of how and when
you want to use the space, which will
help you pick the right solution
Umbrellas
A freestanding umbrella, grouped
with a table or a chair, will provide shade
for alfresco dining or a morning coffee.
Also, a bright umbrella can add a splash
of color to your home’s exterior. Most
umbrellas can be easily moved, so you
can block the hot sun from any direction
If your house doesnʼt have a covered porch, there are many options to provide
shade from the hot sun this summer.
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or stow it away when not in use.
Pergola
For a more traditional and permanent
option consider a custom-made pergola.
They can provide a real sense of having
a room outside that is either open to the
sky, air and nature, or fitted with an
automated system of fabric or slats. You
can also screen the sides of your pergola
for added privacy or insect protection.
Think low maintenance materials
such as acrylic trim boards, fiberglass
columns and woods such as redwood.
This way you can enjoy your pergola
rather than spending time cleaning,
scraping and painting it.
Cabana
For a tropical option at a fraction of
the cost, go with a cabana that you can
pick up at most outdoor furniture stores.
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you’re expecting a storm.
Retractable Awning
Motorized retractable awnings are a
great adaptable option, which allow you
to enjoy the sun or shade, whenever you
choose, at a press of a button. Maximize
energy savings by having your awning
react to the weather or a schedule set by
you. Automatic sensors will also protect
your awning during high winds or rain
by retracting it.
Shade “sails”
Tension fabric shade sails can be
ready-made or custom designed. Select
durable material and make sure that the
cloth is pitched to allow rainwater to fall
off of it. Water that collects in the middle of the cloth sail can stretch the fabric
or damage the system. Design it so you
can easily take down the fabric canopy
and store it for the winter, especially in
climates that get ice and snow.
Covered patio
If you already have a covered patio
or are adding one to your home, consider integrated, automated screens to keep
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How to ready your wood deck
With the long-awaited arrival of
spring, it’s time to ready your wooden
deck for the summer fun ahead. Tackling
the project sooner, rather than later, is
smart for a couple of reasons.
“Not only is it more comfortable to
work in springtime temperatures, but deck
stain forms the most durable, long-lasting
finish in mild weather,” says Debbie
Zimmer, paint and color expert at the Paint
Quality Institute. “So, there’s little sense in
delaying this project.”
Begin by assessing the condition of
your deck to make sure it’s structurally
sound. If you see any rotting or damaged
boards, carefully replace them before
doing anything else.
Next, remove any loose paint or stain
either by scraping and sanding the surface,
or by treating it with a commercial deck
conditioner, then power washing the entire
deck with plain water. If you are changing
the color of your deck, be sure to remove
all of the old coating.
With the prep work finished, the fun
begins as you plan the color and appearance of your deck. This is where you need
to know a few basic facts about deck stain.
For starters, deck coatings are available in solvent-based and water-based
(latex) formulations; however, the latter
offer some big advantages. Water-based
stains dry more quickly, are relatively
odor-free, and offer simple cleanup with
plain soap and water. Most importantly,
these stains have better resistance to
weathering.
Both types of stain are available as
clear finishes and in an array of attractive
colors.
If you are thinking about applying a
clear finish to show off the natural appearance of the wood on your deck, be aware
that these coatings offer very limited protection from the sun’s UV rays – so little, in
fact, that you will probably have to reapply
your clear coating every year.
For longer-lasting protection, consider
applying a pigmented stain. They come in
two types: “semi-transparent” stains,
which help protect the wood without hiding its grain or texture; and more heavily
pigmented “solid-color” stains, which
show the texture, but not the grain. Semitransparent stains typically need to be
reapplied every 18 months or so, while
solid-color stains can last three to five
years.
Regardless of the type of stain you prefer, it’s extremely important that you
choose a top quality coating. That’s
because a deck stain is subject to enormous stress. Not only is it exposed to all
types of weather – from strong sunlight to
standing water, snow and ice – but it also
must endure physical abuse from foot traffic, as well as abrasion from patio furniture, planters and playthings.
So, how can you spot a high quality
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should zero in on a water-based stain made
with 100% acrylic.
“Top quality 100% acrylic latex waterbased stains are extremely tough and
durable. Many of these coatings even contain special ingredients that help prevent
mildew from forming, so they are a great
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You can apply your deck stain with
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with a brush. However, if you use a roller
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brushing the stain – to help it penetrate the
wood. When applying 100% acrylic latex
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Milwaukeeʼs Socialist sweetheart
“I will always be true to the working
class,” promised Milwaukee Mayor
Daniel Hoan in 1935.
Today, Wisconsin is so closely associated with the nation’s resurgent conservative movement that it’s hard to
imagine a major politician making such
a statement. But 100 years ago, the
state’s political pendulum swung far the
other way. Mayor Hoan is a good example of its popular leftist leadership.
He was born poor in 1881 and
worked menial jobs while taking
evening classes. In 1908 he passed the
bar and in 1910 was chosen Milwaukee’s city attorney. He made a name for
himself prosecuting corruption and in
1916 was elected mayor. He was successively re-elected until 1940, the longest
continuous socialist administration in
U.S. history.
Hoan’s initiatives in Milwaukee
were nicknamed “Sewer Socialism” –
government-run services that improved
residents’ quality of life in the most
basic ways. He made public health and
transportation more efficient, reformed
the civil service, provided public markets, and built low-cost housing.
In 1936 Time magazine claimed that,
“under him Milwaukee has become perhaps the best-governed city in the U.S.”
At a banquet honoring his decades of
public service, Hoan reflected that, “It
has not been strewn with roses... There
were plenty of brickbats.”
Daniel Hoan served as Milwaukeʼs
first Socialist mayor, from 1916 to
1940.
(Wisconsin Historical Society)
He ran unsuccessfully for governor
in 1940, and as the nation became more
conservative after World War Two,
retired from politics altogether. The
Hoan Bridge arcing above Milwaukee’s
waterfront memorializes the nearly forgotten era when its citizens voted again
and again for their socialist mayor.
Doan wasn’t Milwaukee’s last socialist mayor. Frank Paul Zeidler (September
20, 1912 – July 7, 2006) served three
terms as Mayor of Milwaukee, from
April 20, 1948 to April 18, 1960. He was
the most recent Socialist mayor of any
major American city.
This and many other fascinating stories about history in Wisconsin are available on the website of the Wisconsin
Historical Society, www.wisconsinhistory.org.
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March 27, 2015
Learn about plants and worms
According to the Kettle Moraine
Chapter of Wild Ones: Native Plants,
Natural Landscapes, terrestrial invasives
are beautiful, prolific, and hard to kill;
and that’s just the plants.
The relationship above and below
ground is poorly understood, though
when you start looking at the soil and
what’s crawling around you’ll see the
world in a whole new way.
Learn more than you ever wanted to
know about the plants you never thought
were weeds and the worms you thought
were your friends. Bernie Williams, the
“worm person” for the Wisconsin DNR
Forestry Division, Forest Health, will
present this program on Saturday, April
11 at 10 a.m. at the South Kettle
Moraine State Forest Headquarters,
S91W39090 Highway 59, one mile west
of Eagle.
Bernie has been researching the relationship between the spread of terrestrial
invasive plants and the presence of invasive worms. “If you have one, odds are
you’ll have the other,” he says.
The program will be open to the
Public and there is no admission fee.
Among the handiest tools to spruce up your home and property is a versatile
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Five ways to increase the curb
appeal and value of your home
(Family Features) Whether you’re
planning to list your home for sale soon
or you’re simply working to maintain
features that attracted you to the charming abode in the first place, careful attention to curb appeal is a must.
In the real estate world, the advice to
avoid judging a book by its cover does
not apply. The exterior of your home
sends an important message about its
character, and even its value, making
people eager to see what’s inside. This
first impression sets expectations for the
entire property for potential buyers,
appraisers and even your guests.
Keep your house looking young and
inviting with these five home care tips:
1. Look at the landscaping. Curb
appeal is about the whole picture your
home presents, which includes your
lawn, shrubs and features such as flower
beds and rock gardens. Keep grass neatly trimmed and prune vegetation for a
well-kept look. Also give your home a
thorough look from the street. Are trees
or shrubs obscuring an appealing architectural detail? Does vegetation dwarf
your home, making it seem small?
Would a pop of color from some flowering plants add to the overall look?
2. Beware of a dingy appearance.
Because you see your home every day,
you may not realize the exterior has
become dull with a layer of dust and dirt.
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Briggs & Stratton POWERflow+ technology will let you wash siding, garage
doors and shutters without stripping
paint, as well as delicate items such as
glass top patio tables. Then switch to the
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five gallons per minute for extended
reach to clean second story windows,
eaves and gutters or to blast away hardto-reach cobwebs and insect nests.
3. Update with paint. If a thorough
washing leaves a ho-hum look behind, it
may be time to revisit your home’s exterior color scheme. Even modest adjustments, from pale beige to a deeper tan,
for example, can completely alter the
look. Or, focus on adding color to the
trim, door and shutters if new, all-over
color is out of the question.
4. Wash where you walk. The favorable impression created by impeccable
landscaping and a fresh, clean facade
can be swept away in an instant if sidewalks, driveways and patios are unsightly. Skip the messy buckets and brush,
and instead reach for a high pressure,
high flow pressure washer such as those
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adjustable pressure and flow as well as
power-soaping detergent tanks to let you
clean tough stains then quickly wash
them away with a single machine.
5. Dote on the details. Decks, fences,
mailboxes, birdbaths, gazebos and other
decorative features all factor into your
home’s exterior image. Thoroughly
clean these items, repair any loose or
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March 27, 2015 — 17
Retired Educators to meet
Changing oil and sharpening the blade on your mower are two steps to making sure you are able to keep your lawn healthy.
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The Walworth County Retired
Educators will kick off their 2015 season
with its first meeting at Sperino’s Little
Italy in Elkhorn (around the back of the
Monte Carlo room) at noon, Tuesday,
April 14. The program will feature Kathy
Pomaranski, director of instruction for
Elkhorn schools. She will explain what
Common Core is and will give examples
of how it will affect the schools.
The organization sponsors a food
drive at every meeting and ask attendees
to take non-perishable food items to go
to the East Troy food pantry. Raffle tickets will be sold with profits going
toward the scholarship fund. A short
business meeting will follow.
Any and all retired educators, admin-
istrators, teachers, or support personnel
are invited to attend. Anyone who is new
or in need of a ride, may contact the
name and number listed below.
Lunch reservations and payment
(non-refundable) must be made before
April 6. The cost of the lunch is $14 and
includes tax and tip. This will be a full
meal including entrée (broasted chicken), desert, and refreshments.
Send reservations to Beverly Faust,
W1928 Pastime Lane, East Troy, WI
53190. Anyone with questions may call
her at 684-5500 or email her at
[email protected].
The next scheduled meetings are
June 9 (Brain Fitness), September 8 and
November 10.
Four easy steps to a lush lawn
(Family Features) Want to get the
best out of your lawn this year?
Implement these simple tricks to keep
your lawn green and growing, your
equipment up and running, and your
yard looking great:
1. Feed your lawn. In order to maintain a healthy lawn, you should fertilize
twice a year. Start the process one month
after the lawn starts growing in the
spring, and one month before the lawn
goes dormant in the fall. Spring fertilization is imperative, as it replenishes nutrient reserves that have been used up during the first growth spurt of the season.
Avoid “burning” the lawn by only fertilizing at the recommended rate and ratio
for your lawn. Check with the experts at
your local lawn care supply store to
choose the correct dose.
2. Perform mower checkups. A properly running mower is essential to keeping your lawn looking great. Make sure
it’s ready for every mow by incorporating these maintenance tips into your routine:
• Change your mower oil. This
should be done every 25 hours of use for
a walk-behind mower, which is once a
year for most users. For a lawn tractor,
change the oil every 50 hours.
• Keep your mower clean. Brush
away grass clippings from the cooling
fans and keep air intake screens clear so
air can pass through. Make sure that all
safety shields are in place to protect you
and your family.
• Sharpen your blade. A dull blade
will split grass blades, leaving them susceptible to disease. Sharpen the blade to
about one sixty-fourth of an inch for a
clean cut. Also, be sure the blade is balanced to ensure an even cut.
3. Mulch instead of bag. Mulching
while you mow leaves a thin layer of
grass clippings on the lawn. These clippings gradually break down to provide
additional nitrogen to the lawn. This
provides a natural fertilizer throughout
the mowing season. Look for mowers
with specifically designed mulching
mower decks and blades that cut clippings into tiny pieces, returning them to
the turf. A riding mower, like the John
Deere S240 Sport allows you to choose
if you want to mulch, side-discharge or
bag clippings without the need for additional tools.
4. Do more with your mower. You
can now do more than ever with your
tractor by adding implements to help
complete yard tasks more quickly, and
enjoy some rest and relaxation on the
weekend. Use utility carts for hauling,
spreaders for applying fertilizer, aerators
to renew the soil, or even a snowblower
attachment to remove the snow from
your driveway.
From mulching to mowing to feeding, keeping your lawn green and growing requires a little strategic care, but the
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annual event.
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of April. Items will be donated to the following community organizations:
The Association for the Prevention of Family Violence
Uniquely Recycled-helping the less fortunate in our community
Lakeland Animal Shelter
Love, Inc
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March 27, 2015
Gold Rush gloriosa daisy is a
must-have plant for spring
By Norman Winter
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Planning your garden color for the
spring and summer is one surefire way
to ignore the deep freeze that recently
gripped much of the country. I thought
about writing about outdoor fireplaces
but they were no match for the extremely cold temperatures we were experiencing. Planning where to add some Gold
Rush rudbeckia, however, will warm
you up mentally and get you thinking
about the season around the corner.
Gold Rush is a new double gloriosa
type of daisy or rudbeckia selection
courtesy of Ball Flora Plant. This one
captured the attention of everyone at trials across the country, with its large
blossoms that show splashes of burgundy finishing mostly golden yellow.
This is a unique plant in that it is vegetatively propagated, while most Rudbeckia hirtas in the in the market are seedproduced.
The plants reach 24 plush inches in
height with an equal spread. For 90 days
this will be the showiest plant in the garden, attracting butterflies and admiring
glances from your visitors. If you keep it
deadheaded, your bloom period will be
extended. This is a must-have choice
this spring.
It seems this is the year of the striped
petunia. To be honest striped flowers
have never really been my cup of tea,
but Rose and Shine, also being introduced from Ball Flora Plant, is just too
pretty to ignore. You would have to consider this a novelty type petunia that will
really have an extreme wow factor in
mixed containers.
The plants will reach about 16 inches tall with a spread of a little more than
20 inches. The base color of the flower
is predominately creamy white, but then
you have a deep burgundy star of narrow
stripes radiating outward from the center. This alone would make for a winning petunia, but there is much more.
Along the margins of the burgundy star
are hot-rose colored swatches that look
almost hand-painted. This petunia is
absolutely stunning.
Lastly is a new gaillardia or Indian
blanket series, Galya Spark. This is a
hybrid of a U.S. native gaillardia, but
breeding is courtesy of Danzinger in
Israel. Galya Pink Spark caught my eye,
but in trials from north to south and east
to west everyone had their own favorite
color and they all ranked very high,
including the coveted Flame Proof
Award at the Dallas Arboretum.
David Horsey
Customer: “Totally. Like Ferguson.
That really sucks.”
Barista: “It really does suck.”
Customer: “And slavery. That was so
lame.”
Barista: “Yeah, really lame. ... So, do
you want a muffin or anything?”
Continued from page 4
Maybe Schultz will be proved right
and some useful national discussion will
emerge from this well meant, but seemingly awkward effort. Nevertheless, I
can’t help but imagine a typical discussion going something like this:
Customer: “I’d like a double short
Americano with room.”
Barista: “I wrote ‘Race Together’ on
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Students limber up during a Bayside Athletics training session at their new
Inspiration Ministries campus location.
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on Inspiration Ministries campus
The Rose and Shine petunia is like
none other you have grown. It will look
stunning in mixed containers.
The Spark series, which is considered double, is mostly treated as an
annual – although you might get a couple of perennial-like years in zones 8
and warmer. But even as an annual in
colder regions it will bloom like there is
no tomorrow. They will reach about 12
to 15 inches tall and as wide and need
well-drained soil and plenty of sun. This
is one plant that has no appreciation for
overhead irrigation. In matter of fact,
established plants are extremely tough.
There are several colors, one of which is
sure to fit your palette. In addition to
making your landscape show out you
will also notice that you are playing host
to a variety of butterflies – just another
reward for growing the Galya Spark
series of Gaillardia.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
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for the Los A ngeles Times.
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of the stores available for future planning. Even before all the furniture had
been moved to the other store, plans
began to tumble into place for these two
local nonprofits to team up.
Founder and head coach Jessica Viss
says Bayside Athletics is the organization she has always dreamed of. Viss
lived in Lake Geneva before her family
moved to the west coast. Pop Warner
Cheerleading provided an avenue to promote her passion for the sport of cheerleading. Later, she became a cheerleader
for the San Diego Chargers. Now she
says her mission is to develop young
athletes spiritually, mentally, and physically through the media of cheerleading
and tumbling.
Bayside Athletics programs have
been developed for young people ages
3-18. They also offer cheerleading and
tumbling programs to special needs athletes from youth through young adult.
They recently began the process to
become a Special Olympics facility for
gymnastics – floor routine and tumbling
– for men and women.
“We will be fully ready for the 2016
Special Olympics season” says Viss.
Several Inspiration Ministries’ residents are already involved in Special
Olympics Wisconsin and are excited
about the opportunity to be a jump ahead
of the rest in another sport. Along with
Special Olympics, Inspiration Ministries
will be working side by side with
Bayside to develop special camps for
children and adults, utilizing the beautiful camp and retreat center on their campus.
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And that future is now. Leaping their
way into the new facility, Bayside students began their first session at
Inspiration Ministries on March 2. The
excitement was oozing out of everyone.
“The parents and kids loved it” said
Viss. “One of the kids (and her mom)
made a congratulations card and gift. They
said they have been praying for Bayside. It
was a truly amazing afternoon,”
The public is invited to cheer along
with Bayside Athletics at their upcoming
open house on Saturday, March 28 from
1 to 3 p.m. Anyone who is unable to
attend the open house might want to
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Their new location at Inspiration
Ministries, is at the corner of County
Road F and Hwy 67 between Williams
Bay and Fontana.
“We are proud to serve Walworth
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athletes and their families through the
sports of cheer and tumbling. More
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March 27, 2015 — 19
Pet Questions and Answers
Q: We have had a guinea pig for six
months, and we noticed that she was
drooling and rubbing at her mouth. We
took her to a vet and were told that her
front teeth were overgrown. She trimmed
the teeth back and told us that we would
have to bring her in every few months to
be trimmed for the rest of her life. The
guinea pig is much happier now. However,
we do not understand why the teeth grew
so long as we have lots of chewing toys in
the cage for her. Is there is any way we can
avoid this situation in the future?
A: All rodents, including guinea pigs,
and even lagomorphs such as rabbits, have
two upper teeth in the front of the top of
the mouth that perfectly meet with two in
the bottom jaw, and these four teeth grow
for the animal’s entire life. As the four
teeth meet in the course of the day, they
grind each other down and thus are kept at
the perfect length.
However, if something is wrong with
the animal’s jaw such as a malocclusion or
if one or more of the teeth are growing at
an angle instead of straight, then the four
teeth no longer match and thus one or more
will grow out to the side and keep growing
until the tooth or teeth actually pierce the
roof of the mouth or the jaw. No amount of
chew toys can fix such a situation.
So the animal needs regular dental care
for the rest of its life. Without vet care such
as this, an animal could suffer a very
painful death eventually as the teeth grow
out of control.
Q: The winter has been brutal for all,
but we wonder how the animals cope with
the frigid temperatures. We have a couple
of rabbits that visit all year. Today we saw
one nibbling on one of our bushes. We do
leave some lettuce and bread out, which
usually disappear. Where do they stay to
keep from freezing? The birds and squirrels seem to be OK. We leave seed and
suet for the birds, although the squirrels
help themselves, too. We have an electrically heated bird bath the squirrels and
birds both use. What other food can we
leave out, especially for the rabbits?
A: I have always wondered the same
thing. How do these animals cope with the
cold? And if you think it was bad here, just
imagine winters in Minnesota, where it
can be 20 or 30 below zero.
The scientific answer is that animals
survive winter by migrating, hibernating
or adapting. All three are amazing. How in
the world can a little warbler that weighs
only a couple of ounces fly all the way
from Canada to Mexico on those teeny
wings and then manage to come back to
the same area again in the spring?
Hibernation sounds like the easy way
out, but that brings up all sorts of other
issues: How does a chipmunk sleep underground all winter without the need to urinate? Or how does a turtle – which breathes
air – sleep underwater in a pond that is covered with two feet of ice and not suffocate?
Some frogs that hibernate under leaf
litter in forests produce a natural antifreeze
so that even though the blood in their bodies may freeze solid, their cell walls won’t.
However, the animals that adapt to winter get the prize in my book. To see a chickadee or a kinglet bouncing around from
branch to branch in the forest in the frigid
winter looking and actually finding food is
unbelievable, especially when I go back into
Itʼs hard to tell who is more fascinated, the St. Bernard or the chick.
my nice warm house and see my pet zebra
finches and canaries that start to shiver when
the temperature dips below 60 degrees.
These animals all adapt by finding
food and shelter in the most obscure
places. Some birds find hollow cavities
that will just fit their bodies and tuck in at
night, using their little bit of body heat to
warm the cavity enough to keep them from
freezing. Squirrels and white-footed deer
mice line their nests with leaves and any
other insulating material they can find.
However, the cottontail rabbits you
mentioned have a very hard time, as they do
not live in burrows as European rabbits do
nor can they build a nest as squirrels do. By
winter’s end, they have usually eaten any
and all available grass, but they can still survive well on bark from shrubs and trees.
At this time of the year, the sap is starting to rise and the bark is full of sugars and
other nutrients, so supplemental feeding is
not usually necessary for cottontails. But
natural cover is what’s hard for them to
find in this day of well manicured yards.
Wild rabbits need brush, thickets of shrubs
like forsythia or rugosa roses to crawl into
at night to block off the winter weather. If
you really want to help the bunnies on
your property, then leave a corner of your
yard in a thick and natural state for them to
call home in the winter.
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March 27, 2015 — 21
Check out the advantages and drawbacks to reverse mortgages
Reverse mortgages have become the
cash-strapped homeowner’s financial
planning tool of choice.
Introduced in 1989, such loans enable
seniors age 62 and older to access a portion of their home equity without having to
move.
Reverse Mortgage Basics
• How does it work? The bank makes
payments to the borrower based on a percentage of accumulated home equity.
• When does it need to be repaid?
When the borrower dies, sells the home or
permanently moves out.
• Who is eligible? Seniors age 62 and
older who own homes outright or have
small mortgages.
• How can money be used? For any
reason. Retirees typically use cash to supplement income, pay for health care
expenses, pay off debt or finance home
improvements.
Better yet, you can never owe more
than the value of your home in a reverse
mortgage loan, regardless of how much
you borrow. And if the balance is less than
the value of your home at the time of
repayment, you or your heirs keep the difference.
How much can you get?
According to the National Reverse
Mortgage Lenders Association several factors determine the amount of funds you are
eligible to receive through a reverse mortgage.
• Age (or the age of the youngest
spouse in the case of couples)
• Value of home
• Interest rate
• Lending limit in your area (in some
cases)
To be eligible for a reverse mortgage,
you must either own your home outright or
have a low mortgage balance that can be
paid off at the closing with proceeds from
the reverse loan.
• You must also use the home as your
primary residence.
• Generally, the older you are and the
more valuable your home, the more money
you can get.
• There are no restrictions for how the
money from a reverse mortgage loan must
be used.
Many people in retirement use it to
supplement their income, pay for health
care expenses, pay off debt or pay for
home improvement jobs.
Retirees can collect their payments on
a reverse mortgage as a lump sum, fixed
monthly payment, line of credit or some
combination.
The Downside
However, before you rush to apply,
there are some serious drawbacks to consider.
“Reverse mortgages are a wonderful
tool to have at your disposal, but you
should only play that card if you’re out of
other options,” says Phil Cook, a CFP professional in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
For starters, reverse mortgages are
complex and costly – and may affect eligibility for Medicaid and Supplemental
Security Income benefits.
As a result, homeowners interested in
taking out a reverse mortgage are required
to receive mandatory (free) counseling by
an independent third party, including an
agency approved by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development or a
national counseling agency such as AARP.
These organizations help homeowners
review alternative options.
“As you get older, it gets harder to
grasp some of the terms in these kinds of
transactions, so it’s not a bad idea to have
someone younger whom you trust, like an
adult child, involved in the process,” says
Cook.
If you decide to proceed with the loan,
you can expect to pay higher-than-average
closing costs based on the value of your
home, including origination fees, upfront
mortgage insurance and appraisal fees.
The interest rate you pay is also generally higher than that for a traditional mortgage.
Keep in mind that anyone who takes
out a reverse mortgage remains responsible for paying property taxes, insurance
and repairs on their home. If you fail to
comply, you may be required to repay your
reverse mortgage early.
Spending the equity in your home, of
course, also diminishes the value of your
estate – leaving you less to pass along to
your heirs down the road.
“Always explore all other sources of
income first before tapping into your home
equity,” advises Cook. “Liquidate your
portfolio and cut down on your living
expenses. If you still don’t have enough, a
reverse mortgage may make sense.”
To locate a Federal Housing Authorityapproved lender or HUD-approved counseling agency, you can visit HUD’s online
locator or call the Multifamily Housing
Clearinghouse at 1(800) 569-4287.
NRMLA also maintains a database at
ReverseMortgage.org.
Visit Bankrate online at http://www.
bankrate.com.
©2015 Bankrate.com
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22 — The Beacon
By Kathi West
The weather has given us a break and
we can see that the end of winter is near.
There may be a snow or ice storm yet,
but it won’t last long. The flowers are
pushing their way out of the ground. My
forsythia bush has big buds on it’s
branches and the crocuses are in bloom.
It’s time to make a spring flower quilt,
wall hanging or table runner. Get out
your lighter, bright-colored fabrics and
get sewing. Rejoice, spring is here at
last.
I meant to tell you in our last issue
that March is National Quilting Month.
Somehow it got deleted. Hurry to your
local quilt stores, guilds, and sewing
bees and celebrate.
Four of us went to the Sun Prairie
show. It’s always fun to go with other
quilters. It was a small show with some
very lovely quilts.
When this paper comes out, I’ll be in
Rosemont, Ill., at the international Quilt
Show with two friends, taking pictures
and having fun. I hope to see you there.
I love this time of year when there are so
many opportunities to look at fantastic
quilts. I always take pictures that I can
share with you and also get some ideas
for my own projects.
QUILT EVENTS
April 11 and 12, Crazy Quilters
March 27, 2015
Guild’s show is in Mukwonago at
Parkview Middle School, 930 N.
Rochester. There will be more than 300
quilts on display, a vendors mall, raffles,
a bed turning and appraisals by appointment. This is a judged competition with
cash rewards. See www.mukwonago
crazyquilters.com for more details, categories, and deadlines to enter quilts.
April 22-25, AQS Quilt Week in
Paducah, Ky. is a farther away, but if
you can get there and get a hotel room
it’s well worth it. There are classes,
workshops, quilts and venders everywhere. See www.A QS.com for more.
May 2-3, Sinnissippi Quilters of
Rockford, Ill., will present The Art of
Collaboration Quilt Show at the Indoor
Sports Center, Sportscore Two, at 8800
Riverside Blvd. in Loves Park, Ill.
There will be more than 300 quilts and
wall hangings, a boutique and silent auction, special exhibits, bed turnings, a raffle quilt, door prizes, demonstrations,
and of course vendors. It’s very easy to
get to; just drive down I-43 to I-90 and
south to the Riverside Blvd. exit. Turn
right and, as the British say, Bob’s your
uncle! If you need more information or
want to enter a quilt in the show see
www.sinnissippiquilters.org.
June 5-27, Wisconsin State Shop
Hop. Put this on your calendar now.
This spring quilt was appliqued with felted wool on a cotton background. It
won a blue ribbon at the Crazy Quiltersʼ Show in 2014.
(Beacon photo).
About 66 shops are participating and
they are all over Wisconsin. The grand
prize is a trip for two to the International
Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas for five
days and four nights. It includes air fare,
lodging at the Hilton, tickets to the festival and more. There is much more information about the shop hop, including
bus trips, more prizes, the shop addresses and hours (too much information for
this page). See www.wisconsinquiltshophop. com.
September 10-12, Quilt Expo in
Madison. If you want to enter a quilt,
entry forms and photos must be postmarked by June 30. You can visit
www.wiquiltexpo.com to print entry
forms and to learn more about the expo.
QUILT GUILDS
Chocolate City Quilters meet the
second Monday of each month at 6:30
p.m. in the Burlington High School
library, 400 McCanna Parkway.
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Aram Public Library, 404 E. Walworth
Ave., Delavan. Library Hours: Mon. - Thurs.,
9 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Sunday, 1-4 p.m.
• 1000 Books before Kindergarten. Help
your preschool child acquire learning and literacy skills through exposure to books and a
language-rich early childhood experience.
This program is open-ended, so you can read
at your own pace, year-round.
• Storytime with Ms. Denise,
Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Morning
sessions are for babies and toddlers, afternoons are for all-ages.
• Tech Tutorials, Wednesdays from 9:30
to 11 a.m. Registration is required. Baffled
by technology? Sign up for a 45-minute oneon-one session with a librarian for assistance
with anything computer related. Bring in
your own device or use one of our computers.
• Craft-er-noon, Monday, March 30 from
1 to 3 p.m. Join us for a craft-er-noon of creativity. A variety of art and craft supplies will
be provided, and you can make whatever you
please.
• De-clutter Today for a Carefree
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31 at 6 p.m.
Registration is required. Discover how decluttering can improve your life. Join Kathi
Miller, Clutter Coach, as she helps us gain a
new perspective on our belongings and learn
how to re-evaluate them. Anyone can create
a clutter-free life. You’ll be inspired and
motivated to begin!
• We also invite you to check out our special carts of sale books on the main level.
New arrivals in hard cover are featured near
the adult services desk for $1, and children
and teen’s books of all sizes, shapes and topics are offered for 50 cents each, or three for
$1 near the elevator on the entrance level.
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Barrett Memorial Library, 65 W. Geneva St., Williams Bay. Open Mon. and Wed.
9 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Tues., Thurs., Fri. 9 a.m. - 6
p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Check the library’s
new Web site at www.williamsbay. lib.wi.us/
• The Williams Bay Historical Society
will sponsor a program on Saturday, April 11,
at 1:30pm in the Community Room. Fifty
years ago, on Palm Sunday, April 11, 1965, a
tornado swept through the Village of
Williams Bay. There will be many historical
pictures and newspaper reports of the event.
Everyone is welcome.
• Friday Morning Playgroup in the children’s room, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Meet other
families with young kids.
• StoryTimes: Tuesdays 10 a.m. and
Thursdays 1:30 p.m. Crafts to follow. Same
books and craft both days.
• Video Game Tournaments, Fridays at 4
p.m.
• Lego and Beading Club: Mondays at 4
p.m. Ages 9 and up.
• Movie Showings. Watch our website,
www.williamsbay.lib.wi.us, for upcoming
dates.
• Scrabble Club, Wednesdays 10 a.m. noon.
• Knitting Circle, Wednesdays 1-3 p.m.
All skill levels welcome. Take a project to
work on.
• The Saturday Morning Book Group
meets the second Saturday of the month at 10
a.m.
• “What Are Teens Reading?” book
group meets the third Wednesday of the
month at 7 p.m. This group is for parents to
read and review teen books. Stop at the
library to pick from a great selection of
young adult books.
• Ongoing sale of a great selection of
used books. Browse Barrett for Books.
All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 2452709 or e-mail [email protected].
wi.us.
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Brigham Memorial Library, 131 Plain
St., Sharon. Hours: Mon. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.;
Tues. 12-8 p.m.; Wed. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Thurs.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat. 9
a.m. - noon. Phone 736-4249.
• Story Time, Wednesdays, 10 – 11 a.m.
A theme will unite a story and a craft.
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Clinton Public Library, 214 Mill St.,
Clinton. Hours: Monday and Friday 8:30
a.m. - 5 p.m.; Tuesday - Thursday 8:30 a.m.
- 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Phone (608) 676-5569.
• Storytimes at the library, Mondays at
10 a.m. for 3-24-month-olds; Fridays at 1
a.m. for 2-5-year-olds.
• 55+ Tech Desk. A new technology service offers free help to people 55 and older.
Available every other Thursday. Call to register. Free one-on-one help is available for all
ages by appointment.
• Adult book discussion the fourth
Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
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Darien Public Library, 47 Park Street,
Darien. Hours: Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m.
to 7 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed
Friday and Sunday. Phone: (262) 882-5155.
Web page: www.darien.lib.wi.us.
• Photocopies 10 cents per page. Faxes
sent or received for $1 per page
• Free Wireless access
• Ten computers for patron use at no cost
• Free library cards
• Book Cub for Adults, third Wednesday
of the month at 5:45 p.m.
• Ongoing library book sale: children’s
books for 25 cents; adult paperback books
for 50 cents; adult hardcover books for $1;
and DVDs for $2.
• Wide selection of magazines, music
CDs and DVDs to check out
• Large selection of children’s joke
books, including Small Critter Joke Book,
Huge Animal Joke Book, Hysterical Dog
Jones, Silly Cat Jones, and Brainless
Birthday Jokes.
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East Troy Lions Public Library, 3094
Graydon Ave., East Troy. Hours: Mon. Thurs. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Phone 542-6262.
• Story Time, Fridays, 11 a.m., for ages
18 months – 4 years.
• Lego Club, Thursdays at 3 - 4 p.m.
For more information, call 642-6262.
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Fontana Public Library, 166 Second
Ave., Fontana. Open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 8
p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday.
• Happy-to-Be-Here Book Club, third
Thursday of each month, 1 p.m.
• Evening Book Club, third Thursday of
each month, 5:30 p.m., sometimes off-site.
All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 2755107 for more information.
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Genoa City Public Library, 126 Freeman St., Genoa City. Hours: Mon. and Wed.
9 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Tues., Thurs. and Fri. 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Story time, Fridays, 10 a.m. for kids
ages 3-5 and siblings.
• Ongoing book sale. Donations of new
or slightly used books, including children’s
books, may be dropped off at the library.
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All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 2796188 or email [email protected] for
more information.
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Lake Geneva Public Library, 918 W.
Main St., Lake Geneva. Hours: Mon. - Thurs.
9 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Fri. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sat. 9
a.m. - 1 p.m. Phone 249-5299 or visit the
Library’s website at www.lakegene
va.lib.wi.us.
• “Hola & Hello,” a Spanish and English
story time on Saturday, March 28 from 9:3010 a.m. Babies and children to age 5 are
especially encouraged to attend this half hour
bilingual reading program. However, families and children of all ages are also invited.
May include participatory singing.
• Fairy and Goblin Craft Party, Tuesday,
March 31 from 2-3:30 p.m. Boys and girls
between 4 and 10 years old are invited to
dress up as friendly fairies or impish goblins
and travel to the library’s Smith Meeting
Room, which will be decorated thematically
to look like a fairyland. The children may
choose to make lovely fairy accessories
and/or magical trappings fit for a goblin. The
crafts will include wands, masks, headpieces,
and wearable wings. Magical decorating supplies will include jewels, lace, tulle, stickers,
ribbons, feathers, stars, sea shells, webs, artificial flowers and butterflies, and paper
snakes and spiders. No registration is
required.
• Otaku Club will meet on Monday, April
13 from 4-5:30 p.m. Teens are invited to talk
about their favorite Anime and Manga, share
their original Manga style artwork, and work
with Librarian, Miss Sara, to build the
library’s young adult graphic novel collection. After school snacks will be served. No
registration is required.
• Tuesdays at the Theater, Tuesday, April
14 from 6-8 p.m., features the Academy
Award-nominated film, “Into The Woods,”
which is rated PG13.
• Preschool Story Time” every Friday
through May 29 from 9:30-10 a.m. Children
ages 3-5 years are especially encouraged to
attend this half hour reading program, however, families and children of all ages are
also invited. Each week, library staff read
aloud stories that are often based on a seasonal theme. “Preschool Story Time” may
include singing, dancing, and other participatory activities.
• Toddler Time for babies through age 2
every Thursday from 9:30-10 a.m. through
May 28. Toddlers are invited to enjoy stories,
rhymes, songs, and play.
• Computer coaching and basic computer
problem-solving sessions are available at the
library for adults of all ages. Tutors will be
available Tuesdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. in
the library’s reference room. Computer
coaching is led in a question and answer format by volunteers from Volunteer Connection of Walworth County. It is a one-on-one,
or two or more, training session that covers a
specific technology topic of interest, such as
setting up an email account. This service is
intended for all levels of users who need to
get more comfortable with specific computer
topics, such as using Google. People may
attend an unlimited number of sessions.
Topics covered include: email, Internet,
basic computer set-up, and basic troubleshooting. Topics not covered include:
hardware problems, Adobe Photoshop,
Linux Software, or other specialized, jobrelated software.
Please contact the reference desk staff to
register for a session at 249-5299 at least one
day in advance. Sessions are free.
For more information, call the library at
249-5299 or visit the Library Web site, www.
lakegeneva.lib.wi.us.
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Matheson Memorial Library, 101 N.
Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. Open Monday Thursday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. - 6
p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 723-2678.
• Retirement classroom, March 24, at 4
p.m., Planning for Nursing Care and Final
Expenses and at 6 p.m., Strategies for Social
Security and Retirement Income.
• Family Genealogy program, Tuesday,
March 31 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Volunteers
from the Walworth County Genealogy
Society will be available to assist you
with…beginning genealogy, sharing your
research with others, census records,
researching women, military records, New
England and the East Coast, various ethnic
groups, genealogy websites and software.
The library has ancestry.com! No registration
is required. Visit our website for all the
details.
• The library hosts two book clubs per
month. The Page Turners meet on the first
Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. and the
Afternoon Book Club meets on the third
Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m. You can
check out a copy of the book club selection
3-4 weeks prior to the book club meeting. All
meetings are held at the library and are facilitated by staff librarians.
• Story times are about 30 minutes and
are filled with books, songs and more. Each
week will bring something new. No registration required. Toddlers on Tuesday at 10 a.m.
and 11 a.m.; Books n Babies on Thursday at
10 a.m.; Preschool age on Wednesday at 10
a.m.; and Tiny Tots 2nd and 4th Monday at
6:30 p.m. We Explore, ages 3+, Friday 10
a.m.
• Slipped Stitches, every Wednesday, 68 p.m. in the Youth Services story room. A
group for anyone who does some sort of
stitching: knitting, crocheting, needlepoint,
tatting etc.
• The Lego Building Club for all ages
meets every other Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in
the community center. Each meeting will
feature a different building theme. Creations
will be displayed in the library and online.
Lego donations greatly appreciated.
• Messy Art Club meets on the alternate
Thursdays from the Lego Building Club at
3:30 p.m.
• The Walworth County Genealogical
Society Library is open Tuesdays from 10
a.m – 3 p.m. and by appointment, which can
be made by calling the WCGS librarian at
215-0118. A board member will always be
there to render assistance if needed. To
obtain membership information or find literature regarding Walworth County, visit walworthcgs.com.
All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 7232678 or visit www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us for
more.
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Twin Lakes Community Library, 110 S.
Lake Ave., Twin Lakes. 877-4281. Hours:
Monday - Wednesday 10 a.m. -8 p.m., Thurs.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday – Sunday 12-4 p.m.
• Books and Boogie, Family/Preschool (
ages 2 1/2 – 5), Thursdays 10:30-11 a.m.,
March 19, April 9, 23, May 7, 21.
Registration appreciated, but drop-ins welcome. Bounce on in for Books & Boogie.
Play our rhythm instruments, dance to music,
and hear lively tales.
• Wee Reads, Fridays 10:30-11 a.m.
Registration appreciated but drop-ins welcome. Learn pre-reading skills the fun way.
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Plan ahead. Look through the calendar to
make advance reservations for events that
require them. Phone numbers are in area
code (262) unless otherwise indicated.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27
“The Living Passion,” an uplifting musical rendition of Christ’s last week of life, crucifixion and resurrection, 7:30 p.m. at the
Christian Arts Centre. Adult tickets are $10,
all children, 12 years and under admitted
free. Tickets may be purchased online at
brownpapertickets.com or you may reserve
your “Will Call” tickets at www.chapelonthe
hill.net/connect/living-passion-will-call. If
available, tickets will be sold at the door. Call
245-9122 with questions. The Christian Arts
Centre is located four miles west of Lake
Geneva, on Highway 50 at Cisco Road,
across from the Geneva Ridge Resort.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28
Volunteer work day at Kishwauketoe
Nature Conservancy, 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Volunteers meet at the main entrance on
Highway 67 across from the Lions Field
House parking lot.
Elkhorn Community Dinner, 5-6:30
p.m., Commiunity Center at Matheson
Memorial Library, 101 N. Wisconsin St.,
Elkhorn. Four churches host the event. Call
742-3457 for more information.
“The Living Passion,” an uplifting musical rendition of Christ’s last week of life, crucifixion and resurrection, 7:30 p.m. at the
Christian Arts Centre. Adult tickets are $10,
all children, 12 years and under admitted
free. Tickets may be purchased online at
brownpapertickets.com or you may reserve
your “Will Call” tickets at www.chapelonthe
hill.net/connect/living-passion-will-call. If
available, tickets will be sold at the door. Call
245-9122 with questions. The Christian Arts
Centre is located four miles west of Lake
Geneva, on Highway 50 at Cisco Road,
across from the Geneva Ridge Resort.
Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra present The Beethoven Project, featuring his
Third Symphony, The Eroica, as well as
Higdon’s Blue Cathedral and Mozarts
Overture to Cosi Fan Tutte. 7:30 p.m. in the
auditorium at Badger High School, 220
South St., Lake Geneva. Tickets are $12 for
adults; students in grades K-12 admitted free.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29
“The Living Passion,” an uplifting musical rendition of Christ’s last week of life, crucifixion and resurrection, 3 p.m. at the
Christian Arts Centre. Adult tickets are $10,
all children, 12 years and under admitted
free. Tickets may be purchased online at
brownpapertickets.com or you may reserve
your “Will Call” tickets at www.chapelonthe
hill.net/connect/living-passion-will-call. If
available, tickets will be sold at the door. Call
245-9122 with questions. The Christian Arts
Centre is located four miles west of Lake
Geneva, on Highway 50 at Cisco Road,
across from the Geneva Ridge Resort.
A benefit for Michael “Catfish” Vance,
noon - 8 p.m., Studio Winery, 401 Sheridan
Springs Rd., Lake Geneva. A $10 donation
will include live music,
MONDAY, MARCH 30
American Red Cross Blood Drive, 12-6
p.m., Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 416
W. Geneva St., Delavan. Walk-ins welcome.
Blood drive, 2-7 p.m., sponsored by the
Eagle Lioness at the Eagle Village Hall,
Main St. (Hwy. NN). Free homemade
dessserts and juice provided after donation.
Full Moon Snowshoe Social Hike, 7-8
p.m., Big Foot State Park, 1452 S. Wells St.,
Lake Geneva. Snowshoe rentals available
from Clear Water Outdoor. Call 348-2420.
Lake Geneva.
TUESDAY, MARCH 31
Tuesdays@2 presents a history The
Belfry Theatre by Anne Sperry Connors,
Development Director for the transforming
theatre venue. Geneva Lake Museum, 255
Mill St, in downtown Lake Geneva. Free to
museum members and a guest, $5 for nonmembers. Free parking at the rear of the
museum. Call 248-6060 for reservations.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 (NO FOOLIN’)
Elkhorn Limber Timbers Square Dance
Club, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Darien Senior Center,
47 Park St., Darien. Caller Bob Asp, cuer
Jerry Buckmaster. For information call Barb
at (608) 883-2017.
THURSDAY, APRIL 2
BloodCenter of Wisconsin blood drive, 9
a.m. - 1 p.m., Gateway Technical College,
200 Co. Road H, Elkhorn.
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Elkhorn. Thursday, April 2, 2015 from
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Gateway Tech, 200
County Rd H.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
Senior Travel Club of Walworth County
will meet from 10-11 a.m. at a new location,
Como Community Church, W 3901 Palmer
Road, Lake Geneva. Due to an increase in
membership, they have outgrown the library
in Elkhorn. The program will be about
roundabouts by a member of the Walworth
County Sheriff’s Office. Sign up will continue for Wednesday, May 6 Trip, “Last
Potluck Supper,” The Church Ladies at Circa
21 Playhouse in Rock Island, Ill. Reservation
deadline is April 3. Reservations for June 9 12, “Circle Lake Michigan Featuring
Frankenmuth,” can be made with a deadline
of May 1. Also sign up for a “Country Cruise
and Clydesdales,” a sightseeing cruise on
Green Lake, lunch at The Heidel House and
a show featuring the famous clydesdales.
Deadline for sign-up is May 1. Call Judy
LaBianco at 245-6792 or Nedra Taylor at
642-3452 with questions.
Saturday, April 4
Easter egg hunt for youngsters to age 9,
10-11 a.m., Phoenix Park, Delavan,
Easter egg hunt, 10-11 a.m., Duck Pond
Park, Fontana. Separate areas for different
age groups.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
Breakfast With the Easter Bunny, hosted
by the Delavan Lions Club, 8 a.m. until
Noon, Delavan American Legion Hall, 111
S. 2nd St., Delavan. The menu will include
eggs, sausage, pancakes, biscuits and gravy,
juice, milk, coffee. The price is $6 for adults,
$3 for children 6-12, Free for kids 5 and
younger. Tickets will be available at the door
or at Stinebrink’s Piggly Wiggly. Parents can
take pictures of their kids with the Easter
Bunny. Raffle prizes will also be available.
Proceeds benefit charitable organizations in
the community supported by the Delavan
Lions Club. For more information call Lion
Diane Morrison at 745-2164.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7
BloodCenter of Wisconsin blood drive,
2:30-6:30 p.m., St. Joseph’s Church Parish
Center, 1440 Mills St., Lyons.
Tuesdays@2 presents “Beyond the
Jiggle.” by Joan Davis, who is known multistate wide as the Jell-O lady. Geneva Lake
Museum, 255 Mill St, in downtown Lake
Geneva. Free to museum members and a
guest, $5 for non-members. Free parking at
the rear of the museum. Call 248-6060 for
reservations.
Walworth County Genealogical Society,
6:30 p.m. at the Community Centre, 826 E.
Geneva, Delavan. See article on page 27 for
details.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8
BloodCenter of Wisconsin blood drive, 8
a.m. 1 p.m., Elkhorn High School, 482 E.
Geneva St., Elkhorn.
Butchers Model Car Club 4H models
project meeting , 6-9 p.m. at the Walworth
County Fair Grounds Activity Center, 411 E.
Court St. (Hwy. 11), Elkhorn. Take models
for display and projects to work on. Sale and
swap items are also welcome. The club also
hosts the 4H scale models project and young
people in the project are encouraged to
attend. Call Keith at 728-1483 or Barry at
248-1075 for more information.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9
Geneva Lake Branch AAUW, (American
Association of University Women) meeting
will feature a program featuring Jane Pegel,
three times US Yachtswoman of the Year,
who will share her sailing experiences and
her ongoing volunteer work inspiring girls,
boys, men and women as they take up their
lifetime sport of sailing. The meeting will
take place at 7 p.m., Linn Presbyterian
Church, W3335 Willow Road, Lake Geneva.
The public is invited to share this informative
and entertaining program. For more information about AAUW, Call Sue Greben at 7454983.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9
BloodCenter of Wisconsin blood drive,
2-6 p.m., Linn Rescue Squad, N1457
Hillside Rd., Lake Geneva.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
Tractors and Implements, 9 a.m. - noon,
Michael Field's Agricultural Institutem
W2493 County Rd. ES, East Troy. This is a
hands-on training learning how to drive and
safely operate a tractor and attach implements. Instructors: David Andrews and Jim
Stute. Cost: $25. Youth 16 to 18 years old
attend free of charge. Call (262) 642-3303 or
log on to www.michaelfield.org for details.
~ ~ ~ Ongoing events ~ ~ ~
Geneva Lake Museum will be open every
Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11
a.m. -3 p.m. from Jan. 2 through March 31.
Special hours during Winterfest will be
announced later. The museum is located at 255
Mill St. in downtown Lake Geneva.
Volunteer work day, every Saturday
from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at Kishwauketoe
Nature Preserve, Highway 67, north,
Williams Bay. Meet at the main entrance.
The work location will be posted at the
kiosk. Contact Harold at (262) 903-3601 or
email [email protected] to get on the list.
AARP Local 5310, 9:30 a.m. the fourth
Tuesday of every month (except August and
December) at Peoples Bank, 837 N.
Wisconsin St. Elkhorn. For information, call
Shirley Grant at 473-2214 or email
[email protected].
American Legion Auxiliary meeting,
6:45 p.m. on the second Monday of each
month at the Legion Hall on Second Street in
Delavan. The group raises money for scholarships and to send gifts at Christmas time
to the servicemen and women that are hospi-
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talized due to injuries while in combat.
Attention horse lovers – Walworth
County Boots and Saddle Club is looking for
new members. Meetings take place at 7 p.m.,
second Saturday of each month for potluck
and to plan events. Sugar Creek Town Hall,
N6641 Co. Road H, Elkhorn. Call Fred
Campisano, 716-6355 for more information.
OFA-LG, meets at 6:30 p.m. the fourth
Monday of each month at Caribou Coffee in
Lake Geneva. Come join us for discussion
and updates on the happenings in
Washington, D.C.
Southern Lakes Masonic Lodge #12,
1007 S. 2nd St., Delavan. Stated meetings
are second and fourth Mondays at 7 p.m.
Geneva Masonic Lodge #44, 335 Lake
Shore Dr., Lake Geneva. Regularly stated
meetings, second and fourth Tuesdays, 7:30
p.m. 725-3062.
Ice Age Trail Alliance, monthly meeting,
third Tuesday of each month 7 p.m. at U.S.
Bank, Elkhorn (Downstairs in the community
meeting room, enter at the back door).
Home-brew Club, 7 - 9 p.m., Lake
Geneva Brewing Emporium, 640 W. Main
Street, Lake Geneva, meets the third
Wednesday of every month. Call 729-4005
for more information.
Bingo, second and fourth Thursday of
the month at the Delavan American Legion
hall, 111 S. 2nd St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.,
a 15-game session begins at 6:30.
Progressive session follows. $1 face, progressive pot grows until it is won. $100 consolation prize.
Bingo, St. Andrew Parish in Delavan.
The games will be played on the first Friday
of every month, with doors opening at 6 p.m.
and play starting at 7 p.m. For more info see
www.standrews-delavan.org.
Bingo, St. Francis de Sales Church, 148
W. Main Street, Lake Geneva. First and
Third Wednesdays of the month. Doors open
at 5:30, bingo starts 7. Refreshments available. Games include 50/50, Pull Tabs,
Progressive. For info call Mary or Bill
Gronke at (847) 840-8878.
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March 27, 2015 — 25
Burger Throwdown to take place
at Geneva Ridge Resort on April 12
The 4th Annual Burger Throw Down
will take place at Geneva Ridge Resort
on Sunday, April 12. Attendees will
enjoy all-they-can-eat burger samples
from more than 12 area restaurants and
cast their vote for their favorite.
With live music and entertainment
by Big Al Wetzel, a free photobooth,
inflatable activities, and a cash bar, it’s a
whole lot of fun for the whole family.
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Event opens
to VIP ticket holders
12:30 – 3 p.m. Event is open to general admission ticket holders
2:30 p.m. Peoples’ Choice voting ends
3 p.m. Awards for Judges Choice and
Peoples’ Choice
Tickets, which includes burger sam-
ples, chips, cookies, soda and water, are:
VIP, $30 in advance...only while they
last; Adults 14 and up, $20 in advance,
$25 at the door; Children 6-13, $10 in
advance, $15 at the door. Persons
younger than 6 will get in free with
someone who pays for admission.
Organizers advise burger fans to buy
their tickets early as the event has a tendency to sell out.
For advance ticket purchases, limber up
your typing finger and log on to
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benefit the Badger High School
Culinary Arts ProStart Program.
JoJoʼs Pizza staff displaying the First Place Award certificate and trophy for
The 2015 Williams Bay Womenʼs Civic League Chili Cook-Off, which took place on
February 7, are (from left) Fernando Mercado, Jacob Scheff, Saul Gonzales, Ramiro
Gallegos, Gustavo Romero, Marc Gallegos and Joeleen Gallegos. Honors also went
to The Abbey of Fontana and Hunt Club Steakhouse of Lake Geneva who were tied
for second place. Winners were selected by those tasting chili donated by 12 local
restaurants. The Civic League holds fundraisers that benefit youth in the community.
JoJoʼs is located at 308 Highway 50 in the Delavan Inlet.
(Beacon photo)
Quilt Connection
Continued from page 22
The Crazy Quilt Guild Quilters meet
the second Wednesday of each month at
7 p.m. at the First Congregational
Church, 231 Roberts Dr. in Mukwonago.
The Harvard Village Quilters meet
the third Wednesday of the month, 1
p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church 504
East Diggins Street Harvard, Ill. Visitors are always welcome.
Quilts of Valor and Quilts of Honor
Quilt Group meets at 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at Ellen
Weber’s house on Theatre Road. Take
your sewing machine, fabric to make a
QOV quilt or a quilt that you have started and any sewing tools you will need.
The Scrappers Quilt Guild meets at
6:30 p.m. at the Lion’s field house on Hwy
67 in Williams Bay on the third Tuesday of
the month. Take your show and tell quilts.
Visitors are always welcome.
If you have some quilting news to
share with quilters in the greater
Walworth County area, e-mail me or
send mail to P.O. Box 69, Williams Bay,
WI 53191. Make sure you send it about
a month before the event and I will try to
get it into the next issue.
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The German Interest Group of
Wisconsin will meet at 7 p.m. on
Monday, April 6, at St. Mark Lutheran
Church, 2921 Mount Zion, Janesville.
Cora Lee Kluge from the Max
Kade Institute at University of
Wisconsin – Madison will talk about
her course on “German Americans and
World War I.”
The meeting is free and open to the
public. For further information, contact
John at (608) 362-4311.
“Football isn’t a contact sport; it’s a
collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.”
Vince Lombardi
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March 27, 2015
Pet Wellness Expo to benefit
Lakeland Animal Shelter
Most pet owners are clear about the
immediate joys of snuggling up with
their furry friend, but there are a lot of
other added health benefits to owning a
pet. Studies show that pets can ease
loneliness, reduce stress, promote social
interaction and encourage exercise. So
having a happy, healthy pet means a
happy, healthy pet parent.
The Pet Wellness Expo is a one-day
event focused on everything to help
make a pet happy and healthy. There
will be a wide variety of booths to visit
including pet sitting, homemade pet
treats, grooming services, pet insurance,
veterinary care, animal shelters and rescues, food and nutrition for our furry
friends and much more.
The 11th annual Pet Wellness Expo
will be held at the Elkhorn Area High
School, 482 E. Geneva Street in
Elkhorn, on Saturday, April 18 from 104 p.m.
The Pet Wellness Expo was held at
the Burlington High School for the past
10 years but has relocated to Elkhorn to
partner with Lakeland Animal Shelter.
The public is invited to attend but asked
to leave their pets at home as they will
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not be allowed into the event.
General admission tickets are $5,
children can enter free. One hundred
percent of the proceeds from ticket sales
will benefit Lakeland Animal Shelter.
For a complete listing of participating
exhibitors visit www.petwellnessexpo
.com. Exhibitor space is still available.
Those interested in participating, visit
the website above and fill out the
exhibitor application, or call (262)
215.0991.
The Lakeland Shelter is a non-profit
organization located at 3551 State Road
67 in Delavan. Their skilled and committed staff, with the help of 50-75 dedicated volunteers, care for more than
2,500 homeless animals annually from
the southeastern Wisconsin area. Their
ultimate goal for these animals is to
reunite them with their owners or find
suitable new adopted homes.
Lakeland Animal Shelter requires in
excess of $750,000 annually, which
amounts to approximately $400 per animal.
For more information on Lakeland
Animal Shelter visit www.lakelandani
malshelter.org.
Heather and Lee Ann Hazlett, both from Delavan, look at Lia Sophia jewelry during the Geneva Lake West Chamber of Commerce Business Expo at Geneva Ridge
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March 27, 2015 — 27
Yerkes to host Star Party on April 11
Participating in a letter of intent signing ceremony are (front,from left: Brooke
Boss; Rebecca Gove (Brookeʼs mom) (back row) Coach Hank Johnson, Connor Gove
(Brooke's brother), assistant coach Nieves Gonzalez, assistant coach Marty Speth.
(Photo furnished)
Boss signs letter of intent
Delavan-Darien High School senior
softball player Brooke Boss has signed a
letter of intent with Purdue North
Central University. Boss earned a .378
batting average and a slugged .602 her
junior season with the Comets.
From the PNC website: Brooke
Boss brings a blue collar work ethic to
the shortstop position and good power
to both sides of the ball. Not only will
she be an addition on the field but her
talents in the classroom will be welcomed as well with Boss holding a solid
3.5 GPA.
In preparation for the 2015-2016
Season with the Panthers, Boss will join
her 18U team, Team Glory, for one more
travel season. Team Glory is one of the
premier teams in the country with multiple teams qualifying for the PGF nationals each year. Boss currently plays shortstop and utility for the team.
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whichever planets, stars, and constellations happen to be visible. Yerkes
Observatory, at 373 W. Geneva Street,
Williams Bay, will host a public Star
Party on Saturday, April 11 from 7:30 to
9:30 pm.
Participants will say farewell to winter constellations and hello to spring
ones. If skies are clear, they will observe
both with the unaided eye and through
telescopes. Venus dominates the western
sky. In the east, giant Jupiter with its
four moons steals the show. The very
bright constellation Orion and its Great
Nebula hang nearby, close to Sirius, the
brightest nighttime star.
Even if it is too cloudy to observe,
there will be much to do. Indoor fun will
include hands-on activities, presentations, and facility tours. The Yerkes tour
features a look at, but not through, the
40-inch Great Refractor within the
unheated 90-foot diameter dome.
Attendees should remember to dress
appropriately for standing outdoors on a
chilly night, with hats, mittens, scarves,
winter coats and sturdy shoes.
The cost is $5 per person, with a
maximum of $15 per family. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
No pets, please. Anyone who wishes is
welcome to take her or his own binoculars, digital cameras on a tripod, or telescope.
To register, or for more information,
visit http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/
scroll down and follow the link to Public
Star Party.
Throughout the year, Yerkes is open
for free public tours on Saturdays.
Yerkes now offers weekday tours for a
fee. Other programs and events are posted on the website given above. The
Yerkes Observatory main telephone
number is 245-5555.
Genealogy Society to hear about
member’s intercontinental search
The Walworth County Genealogy
Society member Mary Ann Schmidt will
present the program “Travels For My
Family Genealogy Research” when the
group meets Tuesday, April 7, 6:30 p.m.,
at the Community Centre, 826 E.
Geneva, Delavan.
Schmidt will describe her journeys
to Germany, Poland, and South Africa in
search of her family's true history. She
reminds genealogists not to give up. She
speaks from 10-15 years of experience
which all started in order to prove her
niece wrong. She says she has learned a
lot and made “awesome” friends along
the way.
A short business meeting will be
held prior to the program. The event is
free and open to the public.
The March 3 program, “Witch
Tales: the Stories of Mary Bliss
Parsons and the Rev. George
Burroughs,” has been rescheduled for
Tuesday, October 6, at 6:30 p.m. Beth
Vold and Sylvia Linton will reveal the
discoveries of witchcraft accusations
in their family trees.
Guests are invited to join WCGS by
paying annual dues: Individual $15,
Family $18, Student $7.50. The WCGS
Genealogy Library in the Matheson
Memorial Library, 101 N. Wisconsin
Street, Elkhorn, is open Tuesdays from
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Visit the WCGS website, www.walworthcgs.com for more
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Taking part in the DAR Good Citizenship Award ceremony for middle school
students are (front, from left): Esther Jeninga, Delavan Christian School; Camron
Winstead, Lakeland School; Samantha Romine and Jessica Sanchez of Walworth
Middle School; Elizabeth Sirkman, Phoenix Middle School; (back) Timmie Clemetsen,
DAR Regent; Pat Blackmer, DAR Vice Regent; Irene Straz, teacher at Lakeland
School; Pam Larson, District Administrator Walworth Middle School; Jim Karedes,
Assistant Principal of Phoenix Middle School; Anne Karedes, language arts teacher at
Walworth Middle School; Jess Rima, 8th grade team leader, Phoenix Middle School.
Award winners not pictured are Marcus Robinson, Saint Frances de Sales School and
Tao Yi Dallman, Wisconsin School for the Deaf.
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! S ERVICE N EWS !
Army Pfc. Alexander Wales has
graduated from basic combat training at
Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training,
Wales studied the Army mission, history,
tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military
weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet
training, drill and ceremony, marching,
rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed
combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system,
basic first aid, foot marches, and field
training exercises.
A 2010 graduate of Elkhorn Area
High School, Pfc. Wales is the son of
Thomas Wales of Elkhorn, and Pamel
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Juergens of Lake Geneva.
Air Force Airman 1st Class Stacey
Devries has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, San Antonio, Texas.
Airman Devries completed an intensive, eight-week program that included
training in military discipline and studies,
Air Force core values, physical fitness,
and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training
earn four credits toward an associate in
applied science degree through the
Community College of the Air Force.
A 2011 graduate of Big Foot High
School, Devries is the daughter of
Timothy Devries of Delavan and Corina
Devries of Belleville, Ill.
DAR honors area students
The Samuel Phoenix Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
honored several Walworth County students during their March meeting at the
Geneva Lake Museum.
Students
receiving
the
Good
Citizenship Award at the middle school
level included: Esther Jeninga from
Delavan Christian School, Camron
Winstead from Lakeland School in
Elkhorn,
Samantha
Romine
and
Jacqueline Sanchez from Walworth Grade
School, and Elizabeth Sirkman from
Phoenix Middle School in Delavan, Tao Yi
Dallman from the Wisconsin School for
the Deaf, Marcus Robinson from St.
Francis De Sales Catholic School in Lake
Geneva.
The respective staff members of their
local schools selected the students. The
students received awards for exhibiting
honor, service, courage, leadership and
patriotism.
At the high school level, the Good
Citizen Essay Awards went to Jennifer
Mitchell, a senior from Elkhorn High
School and Kaitlyn Hansen, a senior at
Badger High School. Non-DAR judges
evaluated the essays locally and Jennifer’s
essay was selected to advance to the State
level DAR office where she placed eighth
out of 128 entries.
Taken from a series of phots entitled ʻWhy Men Die Younger than Women,ʼ
this dandy shows a painter standing on two short boards several stories in the air. Even
if he doesnʼt lose his balance and fall forward, the board in front is liable to slip off the
board itʼs sitting on. And he isnʼt wearing his super-hero cape.
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Taking part in the DAR Good Citizenship Award ceremony for high school students are (from left): Timmie Clemetsen, DAR Regent; Jennifer Mitchell, Elkhorn High
School; Kaitlyn Hansen, Badger High School, Lake Geneva; Pat Blackmer, DAR Vice
Regent.
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non-members. White market umbrellas,
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Bingo, 1 p.m., Sunday, March 22, Elks
Lodge, 627 S. Second St., Delavan. Progressive
game. Call 728-9820 for information.
Civil Air Patrol, Walco Composite
Squadron, meets every Thursday from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. at the Elkhorn National Guard
Armory, 401 East Fair St., Elkhorn. Visit
www.gocivilairpatrol.com/ or call Maj.
Robert Thomas at (262) 642-7541.
Authors Echo Writers group meeting, 7
p.m., first and third Tuesday of every month,
Grace Church, 257 Kendall St., Burlington.
Call Frank Koneska at 534-6236.
Yerkes Observatory, 373 W. Geneva St.,
Williams Bay. The observatory offers free,
45-minute tours, Saturdays, 10 a.m., 11 a.m.
and noon as well as night sky observations
for a fee of $25. Visitors may also view the
Quester Museum, which covers some of the
observatory’s history. For more information,
call 245-5555 or e-mail [email protected].
Cards and games, Mondays, 1 – 4 p.m.
Darien Senior Center, 47 Park St., Darien.
Call 882-3774.
Thursday Senior Card Club, 11:30 a.m.3:30 p.m., Matheson Memorial Library
Community Room, Elkhorn. Bridge, 500 or
bring your own group. Call Judy at 723-1934
or Liz at 723-5036 for more information.
Bridge, (open to new members), every
Tuesday 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., Lake Geneva City
Hall, second floor conference room.
Bridge - every Tuesday, 12:30-3:30 p.m.,
Lake Geneva City Hall, second floor conference room.
~ HEALTH AND FITNESS ~
Mercy Walworth Grief Support Group
provides comfort, guidance and stability in
times of loss. Experts in the field of grief
counseling provide their expertise and compassion when healing is needed. The group
meets on the third Tuesday of every month, 6
p.m. in the lower level community education
rooms at Mercy Walworth Hospital and
Medical Center, highways 50 and 67 in the
Town of Geneva. For more information or to
reserve a spot in the next meeting, call (888)
396-3729.
Mercy Walworth’s Stroke Support Group
provides compassionate and understanding
care for those who have experienced a stroke
as well as their caregivers. The group meets
on the second Tuesday of every month at 2
p.m. in the lower level community education
rooms at Mercy Walworth Hospital and
Medical Center, corner of highways 50 and
67.
Cancer Support Group meets in the
church at Chapel on the Hill, 4 miles west of
Lake Geneva on Highway 50, the third
Friday of the month at 3 p.m. For more information, or to receive answers to questions,
call Lou Kowbel at (847) 922-5461.
Alcoholics Anonymous Walworth
County Hotline is 723-1224. Their website is
www.area75.org. Call or check online to get
information about meetings in your area.
Alanon self help program, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, VIP building, 816 E. Geneva St.,
across from Elkhorn High School in Elkhorn.
Mindfulness and Loving kindness
Meditation each Thursday, 7-8 p.m., at
Elkhorn Matheson Memorial Library
Community Center Room, 101 N. Wisconsin
St. Beginners and experienced practitioners
are always welcome. No registration is necessary, just drop in. Meditation is practice for
being more awake and attentive in our daily
lives. Sponsored by Wisconsin Blue Lotus, a
meditation group led by Buddhist nun
Vimala (Judy Franklin). For more information, call 203-0120, or visit www.bluelo
tustemple.org.
Diabetes Support Group meets at 6 p.m.
on the second Monday of the month, April
through October at Aurora Lakeland Medical
Center, Highway NN, Elkhorn. This group is
for adults with insulin or non-insulin dependent diabetes and their family/support person.
The purpose is to provide support and education to the person with diabetes to help manage this chronic disease. The group is facilitated by a registered nurse. Call the diabetic
educator at 741-2821 for further information.
Breast Cancer Support Group meets the
first Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m. at
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Highway
NN, Elkhorn. The group addresses the fears
and adjustments faced by women with breast
cancer. It encourages participants to develop
a positive attitude about the future and discuss common concerns after being treated for
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breast cancer. Contact Leann Kuhlemeyer at
741-2677 for more information.
Stroke Support Group provides emotional support through opportunities to interact
with others who have experienced stroke.
Informational programs will also be provided
on topics related to stroke/brain attack. The
group welcomes individuals newly diagnosed
and those with a history of stroke. Family,
friends and caregivers are also encouraged to
join. The group meets the third Monday of
every month from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Call Pat
Positano at 741-2402 for further information.
Free blood pressure screening, courtesy
of The Walworth County Public Health
Department on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of
every month from 9 – 10 a.m. at the Walworth
County Public Health office, located at the
east entrance of the Department of Health and
Human Services building, W4051 County
Road NN, Elkhorn. The screenings are open
to all. Contact the Health Department at 7413140 for more information.
Free blood pressure screening, last
Friday of every month, 2 - 4 p.m., Williams
Bay Care Center, 146 Clover St., Williams
Bay.
Narcotics Anonymous meetings in the
southern lakes area. Call (877) 434-4346
(toll free) for times and locations.
White River Cycle Club, 7 p.m., VIP
Services, 811 E. Geneva St., Elkhorn, second
Tuesday of each month. Contact Mike Lange
for more information at 723-5666.
Lake Geneva Alzheimer’s support group,
6:30 p.m., third Wednesday of the month.
Arbor Village of Geneva Crossing, 201
Townline Road, Lake Geneva. Call Andy
Kerwin at 248-4558.
Alzheimer's/Dementia support group,
third Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m.,
Delavan Community Bank Community
Center located at 826 E. Geneva Street in
Delavan. Call Bob Holland at 472-0958 or
Arlene Torrenga at 728-6393 with questions.
Alzheimer’s Support Group, first
Thursday of the month, 1:30 p.m.,
Hearthstone/Fairhaven, 426 W. North Street,
Whitewater. Facilitators: Janet Hardt,
Darlene Zeise, 473-8052. Respite care is
available with no advance notice.
Parkinson’s Disease support group, 1
p.m., second Monday of every month, Lower
level conference room, Fairhaven Retirement
Community, 435 W. Starin Road,
Whitewater. Contact Julie Hollenbeck, 4314772,
or
by
email
at
[email protected].
Huntington’s Disease Support Group for
anyone affected by Huntington’s Disease,
meets the third Saturday of the month on the
lower level, conference rooms A and B, of
Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave,
Milwaukee. Call (414) 257-9499 or go to
www.hdsawi.org for more information.
Harbor of Hope grief support group, first
Thursday of each month, 3 - 4:30 p.m.,
Aurora VNA of Wisconsin, 500 Interchange
North, Lake Geneva. 249-5860.
NAMI, The National Alliance on Mental
Illness, Support Group, first and third
Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. at the Health and
Human Services building on Co. NN,
Elkhorn. Call 495-2439 for more info.
A support group called “Entouch,”
(Encouraging others Touched by suicide),
meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of
the month at Riverwood Church, 6919
McHenry St., Burlington. The group is for
those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Attendees do not need to attend the church
or, indeed, have any religious affiliation.
Everyone is welcome. Call 758-0886 for
more information.
Families Anonymous (FA), a 12-Step,
self-help support program for parents, grandparents, relatives, and friends who are concerned about, and affected by, the substance
abuse or behavioral problems of a loved one,
meets every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at the
First Congregational United Church of
Christ, 76 S. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. Enter
through the double glass doors on W. Geneva
St. Parking is available on the street or the
parking lot west of the church. Additional
information may be obtained by calling (262)
215-6893, Maureen at 723-8227 or through
the
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Anonymous
website:
www.FamiliesA nonymous.org.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS),
Tuesdays 8-9 a.m. Community Center, 820 E
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Geneva St., Delavan. Encourages nutrition
and exercise with a positive attitude. Guests
are welcome, no weekly meeting fee.
Contact Marilyn Wilkins at 249-0304.
T.O.P.S. (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly)
Tuesdays 9:15 - 9:35 a.m., Community
Center, U.S. Bank, 101 E. Walworth St.,
Elkhorn (call 723-3791 with questions) and
Tuesdays 5:30 - 6 p.m., United Methodist
Church, corner of 2nd and Washington
Streets, Delavan.
T.O.P.S. (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly)
meets Tuesdays, 1:30-2:15 p.m., Immanuel
Church of Christ, 111 Fremont St.,
Walworth. Group support with self help,
good times. Information: 275-8071.
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Milwaukee Keyboardist Al White,
Sunday, April 19, 4-8 p.m., Ye Olde Hotel in
Lyons. 1 (262) 763-2701. No cover charge.
Pianist Rex Wilkinson, Wednesday and
Sunday nights 6:30-10 p.m. at Mars Resort
on Lake Como’s south shore.
Scott Thomas, karaoke, Fridays and
Saturdays from 9 p.m. - 1 a.m., Lake Lawn
Resort, Highway 50, Delavan
Pianist Kathy Fry, Wednesdays from 5-8
p.m., Lobby Lounge, Grand Geneva Resort,
Highway 50 and 12, Lake Geneva, and
Fridays from 6-11 p.m., Lake Lawn Resort,
Delavan.
Guitarist Paul Silbergleit, Thursdays
from 5-8 p.m., Lobby Lounge, Grand
Geneva Resort.
Live entertainment, Saturday and
Sunday 2-5 p.m., Village Supper Club, 1725
South Shore Drive, Delavan. 728-6360.
Live Music Fridays 9 p.m. to midnight,
Champs Sports Bar & Grill, 747 W Main St.,
Lake Geneva. No cover charge. Call 248-6008,
or log on to www.foodspot.com/champs.
Karaoke, Saturdays 9 p.m. - close (usually 2 a.m.)., Snug Harbor Lakefront
Campground Pub and Restaurant, Highway
A and P (not the food store) Richmond, Wis.
Call (608) 883-6999 or log on to
www.snughar borwi.com for details.
Pianist Tom Stanfield, Thursdays 6-9
p.m. in the music parlor of The Baker House,
327 Wrigley Dr., Lake Geneva; every Friday
and Saturday from 6-9 p.m. and Sundays
from 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the Fontana Grill
and 9:30-11 p.m. in The Helm, Abbey
Resort, 269 Fontana Blvd.
Monday Morning Dixieland Band,
Thursdays from 6-9 p.m., FIBS Restaurant,
105 W. Main St., Rockton, Ill.
Brian Fictum, That Sax Guy, Thursdays
from 6-9 p.m. at B.J. Wentkers, 230
Milwaukee Ave., Burlington.
Wizard Of Oz, through April 19 at The
Fireside Dinner Theatre, 1131 Janesville
Ave., Fort Atkinson. Log on to www.fire
sidetheatre.com or call (800) 477-9505 for
schedule, prices and reservations.
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The Word Detective
grew with contemplation.”1918), which
is very strange. Perhaps there’s an anagram I’m missing there.
In any case, “corking” as an adjective is an outgrowth of the noun “corker,” a slang term from the early 19th century with two related, but distinct, senses. The original sense was “something
that settles and puts a definite end to a
discussion or argument; an irrefutable
argument or fact,” much as a cork tightly seals a wine bottle (“It’s a corker. If it
[a proposed law] passes we’ll have to
quit.” 1889). From this usage came an
extended sense of “something shocking
or astonishing.” A “corker” in this sense
can be either something good or something bad.
The second sense of “corker,” which
arose in the late 19th century, is unambiguously positive. Meaning “a person
or thing of surpassing size or excellence;
a stunner” (OED), this “corker” led
directly to the “corking” your mother
uses to praise a book.
Incidentally, occasionally you’ll hear
someone complaining about the use of
“read” as a noun, usually coupled with a
modifier such as “good,” “riveting,”
etc., in the sense of “material to read”
(“My Friend Sandy can be hugely recommended ... as a pleasantly light,
bright sophisticated read.” 1961). I’ve
never understood exactly what the problem with this usage is supposed to be,
but it dates back to at least the mid-20th
century and it has lasted because it’s
useful, which is, after all, the whole
point of language.
Dear Word Detective: The other day,
while listening to the radio on the way
home from work, I heard an advertisement for a company called “Counter
Intelligence.” They install countertops
but have that nifty double entendre
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which can mean: “something (or someone) that counts,” “a flat surface on
which you can place a glass of beer,” or
“opposite to” as in “counter-clockwise.”
And also about the word “count,” which
can mean “to say numbers in order or
measure things in this way,” “a member
of the nobility,” or however you would
describe “count” in the phrase “make
things count.” Are all or some of these
senses of “count/counter” related somehow? — Fernando.
“Counter Intelligence” is cute. Do
they “terminate” your ugly old kitchen
“with extreme prejudice”? But cute business names make me queasy. We hired a
roofing company with a cute name several years ago. They sent us three guys who
spent their time drinking beer, screaming
obscenities and threatening to kill each
other on our front lawn. After they finally left, we discovered that part of our
new roof was done, for no apparent reason, in bright green shingles. It looked
like the house had been struck by a giant
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I actually answered a query about
“counter” a few years ago, though it came
from a slightly different, and weirder,
direction. Two guys were having an argument over whether “countertop” was a
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legitimate word
because every
counter has a top,
or it wouldn’t be a counter. Yeah, really.
Far as I know, they’re still duking it out in
the aisle at Lowes.
There are actually two distinct kinds
of “counter” mentioned in your question, plus “count” in the Sesame Street
“Count von Count” sense.
The “countertop” sort of “count”
comes from the verb “to count,” which,
in its most basic sense, means “ to assign
to objects, actions, etc., the numerals
one, two, three, etc. so as to ascertain
their number; to determine the total of a
group.” The root of “count” is the Latin
verb “computare,” to calculate (“com,”
together, plus “putare,” to think).
“Count” doesn’t bear much resemblance
to its Latin root (or to its relative “computer”) because it was filtered through
Old French. To “make something count”
and similar uses mean to include it in a
metaphorical “total.” “Counter” as a
piece of furniture comes from the desk
in banks, shops, etc., where money is
taken in and counted. The noun and verb
“account” and its relatives (e.g.,
“recount”) mean both “to arithmetically
total” and “to tell a story” (e.g., “The
victim’s account of the crime”).
(Continued on page 33)
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Dear Word Detective: My mother
often referred to a newly read book as “a
corking good read.” Any comments on
the term and its origin? — R.J.
Well, it depends. It’s difficult to
know, when folks send their questions in
by email, where they’re writing from,
and while geographic location may seem
(and usually is) largely irrelevant, it does
figure in this case.
If your mother is an inhabitant of, or
has some close family connection to,
Great Britain, no problemo. I’d say she
was simply employing a mainstream colloquialism of that fair land. If, however,
your family hails from the US, I suggest
that you hightail it over to your mother’s
house and unplug her TV. She has clearly been watching too much PBS programming, probably the powerfully hallucinogenic Downton Abbey, and is on
the verge of ordering Marmite by mail.
She must be stopped for her own good.
The Oxford English Dictionary
(OED) defines the adjective “corking”
as “unusually fine, large, or excellent;
stunning.” The OED also notes that the
term first appeared in print in 1895 and
is “chiefly US” in usage, which strikes
me as odd, since I’ve never heard anyone but a hopeless Anglophile here use
the term in a non-ironic sense. They
even cite a use by P.G. Wodehouse
(“There’s nobody I think a more corking
sportsman than Maud.” 1919) who was
about as non-US as you can get.
[Actually, Wodehouse spent the last
decades of his life in the United States,
becoming an American citizen in 1955.
He died in 1975 at the age of 93. Editor.]
Incidentally, the citation preceding that
one for “corking” in the OED does not
actually contain the word “corking”
(“Arthur’s approval was fortified and
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March 27, 2015
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(TNS) – Jeep appears to have nailed
the formula for a small, capable and
affordable SUV with the 2015 Jeep
Renegade Trailhawk (I give it four out
of four stars).
The subcompact SUV delivers value,
room, comfort and off-road ability in an
appealing and affordable package. Jeep
developed the Renegade primarily to
win new customers in Europe, Asia and
South America, but it’s likely to find
plenty of fans in the U.S., too.
Renegade prices start at $17,995 for
a front-wheel-drive model with a 160horsepower 1.4-liter turbocharged fourcylinder engine and six-speed manual
transmission. Adding four-wheel drive
raises the base price to $19,995. A step
up is the 180-horsepower 2.4-liter fourcylinder engine with a nine-speed transmission. It starts at $21,295 for frontwheel drive and $23,295 for 4WD.
The Renegade offers two different
4WD systems. The more capable features a 20:1 crawl ratio for rough terrain
and hill descent control. It comes on the
Renegade Trailhawk, starting at
$25,595.
I tested a well-equipped Renegade
Trailhawk with voice recognition, navigation, backup camera, power driver
seat, heated front seats and steering
wheel, iPod and Bluetooth compatibility, 6.5-inch touch screen and more. It
stickered at $30,195. All prices exclude
destination charges.
The Renegade will compete mainly
with subcompact SUVs like the Buick
The styling, round headlights and
seven-slot grille make the Renegade
immediately recognizable as a Jeep. The
high roof and upright sides lend themselves to big windows and good sight
lines. Combined with the Renegade’s
large side mirrors, I barely missed blindspot alert, one of my favorite features.
The interior materials are pretty
good. My car had cloth upholstery. The
dash and armrests were covered in
attractive, padded vinyl.
Fiat Chrysler’s controls are among
the auto industry’s best. My vehicle
combined excellent voice recognition
with touch screen, buttons, dials and
switches.
On a reasonably challenging offroad course north of Montreal, the little
Jeep overcame snow and ice that would
almost certainly stymie its competitors.
The Renegade performed equally
well on road. The 2.4-liter engine provided plenty of oomph for zipping
through Montreal traffic. The Renegade
was a comfortable highway cruiser on
the nine-hour drive. It was quiet at highway speeds, despite its boxy shape and
the snow tires required by Quebec law.
The automatic transmission hesitated
a bit before downshifting to pass at highway speeds, probably to maximize fuel
economy.
The Renegade’s small size and quick
steering makes it a breeze to park, even
in the narrow streets of Old Montreal.
The Renegade Trailhawk’s fuel
economy is at the low end of its segment, as you’d expect from a vehicle
(Continued on page 33)
The 2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk with a 2.4 liter v-6 and nine speed automatic transmission had no problems navigating snow drifts north of Montreal.
(A.J. Mueller
Encore, Chevrolet Trax, Mazda CX-3,
Mini Countryman, Mitsubishi Outlander
sport and Nissan Juke. None is likely to
match the Renegade off-road.
The Renegade shares its platform
and some parts with the upcoming Fiat
500X. The two look nothing alike and
the 500X lacks the Jeep’s off-road gear.
The field of subcompact SUVs is
still taking shape, but the Renegade’s
price looks very competitive.
Jeep doesn’t offer memory for the
driver’s settings, a feature I’d appreciate. About the only available features my
car didn’t have were leather seats, blind
spot/cross traffic monitor and removable
roof panels.
Just 166.6 inches long, the Renegade
is 8.5 inches shorter than a Jeep
Compass.
The Renegade is small even compared to other subcompact SUVs. It’s
2.5 inches shorter than the Honda HR-V
and nearly two inches shorter than the
Buick Encore and Chevrolet Trax.
Despite that, the Renegade is very
spacious, with tons of headroom and
good leg and shoulder room in the front
and rear seats. Cargo capacity is useful,
though at the small end of its class.
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Jeep Renegade
Continued from page 32
that has more power and off-road ability
than its competitors. The Environmental
Protection Agency rates the 4WD 2.4liter at 21 mpg in the city, 29 on the
highway and 24 combined. That’s lower
than the other subcompact SUVs, but
unlikely to be an issue for buyers who
want the Trailhawk’s capability.
The base 1.4-liter Renegade should get
better fuel economy, but the EPA hasn’t
released test results yet.
This little Jeep seems destined to be
a big success.
2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk
All-wheel drive, five-passenger subcompact SUV
Price as tested: $30,195 (excluding
destination charge)
Rating: Four out of four stars)
Reasons to buy: Four-wheel drive;
off-road ability; interior room; controls
and voice recognition
Shortcomings: No memory for driver’s settings; fuel economy; mild shift
lag on highway
Competitive EPA
fuel economy ratings
(Automatic transmission, fourwheel-drive models)
Jeep Renegade Trailhawk 4WD: 21
mpg city/29 highway/24 combined.
The Renegade Trailhawk has a surprisingly roomy interior and simple controls.
(A.J. Mueller)
Regular gasoline.
Buick Encore Premium AWD:
24/30/26. Regular gasoline.
Chevrolet Trax LTZ AWD: 24/3{7.
Regular gasoline.
Fiat 500X AWD: TBD.
Honda HR-V AWD: 27/32/29.
Regular gasoline.
Mazda CX-3 AWD: TBD
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport AWD
CVT 2.4-liter GT: 23/26/24. Regular
gasoline.
Nissan Juke SL AWD: 26/3{8.
Premium gasoline.
Source: www.fueleconomy.gov
Comparative base prices
(excluding destination charges)
(Automatic transmission, all-wheeldrive models)
Jeep Renegade Trailhawk 4WD:
$25,995
Buick Encore Premium AWD:
$30,935
Chevrolet Trax LTZ AWD: $26,530
Fiat 500X AWD: TBD
Honda HR-V AWD: TBD
Mazda CX-3 AWD: TBD
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport AWD
CVT 2.4-liter GT: $24,995
Nissan Juke SL AWD: $26,940
Source: A utotrader.com
Specifications as tested
Engine: 2.4-liter 16-valve four-cylinder
Power: 180 horsepower @ 6,400
Word Detective
Continued from page 31
The “counter” meaning “opposite”
(as in “counter-clockwise”) and “in
response to” (as in “counter-intelligence”) comes from the Latin “contra,”
meaning “against.” It’s also a verb
meaning “to oppose or respond in kind”
as in “The boss countered the union’s
demands with an offer of permanent
rpm; 179 pound-feet of torque @ 3,900
rpm
Transmission: Nine-speed automatic
Wheelbase: 101.2 inches
Length: 166.6 inches
Width: 74.2 inches
Height: 66.5 inches
Curb Weight: 3,573 lbs.
Where assembled: Malfi, Italy
Key features on vehicle tested
Standard equipment: Antilock
brakes; stability control; driver’s knee
air bag; front seat side air bags; curtain
air bags; backup cameras; halogen fog
lights; tinted glass; automatic halogen
headlights; daytime running lights;
power seats, windows and mirrors; allweather floor mats; 115V power outlet;
leather wrapped shift knob; cruise control; Bluetooth phone and audio compatibility; auxiliary input; USB port; full
size spare; tow hooks; 17-in. aluminum
wheels.
Options: Heated front seats; heated
steering wheel and windshield wiper deicer; 115V power outlet; 40/20/40 folding rear seat with pass through; ninespeaker audio system with subwoofer;
dual-zone automatic climate control;
power adjustable driver seat; one-year
SiriusXM satellite radio subscription;
five-year subscription to SiriusXM traffic and travel information; 6.5-inch
touch screen; navigation system; HD
radio; USB port; tonneau cover; remote
start; keyless entry; hood decal
Mark Phelan is the Detroit Free Press
auto critic. He can be reached at [email protected].
©2015 Detroit Free Press
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Lastly, “count” as a title of nobility
comes from the Anglo-Norman
“counte,” in turn derived from the Latin
“comitem,” literally “companion,” used
as the term for a provincial governor or
other official close to the Emperor in the
Roman Empire. In European use since
the 11th century, a “count” was roughly
equivalent to an British “earl.”
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The wisdom on late night TV
The following are noteworthy, or not
so noteworthy, things said by comedians, mostly on late-night television.
• When it comes to “green thinking,”
remember that a developer is someone
who wants to build a house in the
woods. An environmentalist is someone
who already owns a house in the woods.
Dennis Miller
• One time we were driving through
a construction zone and the sign said
Speed Limit 35 Ahead. There were four
of us. We were through there in no time
at all.
Geechy
Guy
• Doctors are crooks. Why do you
think they wear gloves? Not for sanitary
reasons – fingerprints.
Jackie Mason
• What do they mean “It’s a dog’s
life?” Dogs lead a nice life. You never
see a dog with a wristwatch.
George Carlin
• It’s a sad fact that 50 percent of
marriages in this country end in divorce.
But hey, the other half end in death. You
could be one of the lucky ones!
Richard Jeni
• A Democrat sees the glass of water
as half full. A Republican looks at the
same glass and wonders who the hell
drank half his glass of water.
Jeff Cesario
• I’ve been on so many blind dates I
should get a free dog. Wendy Liebman
• I was walking through the park and
I had a very bad asthmatic attack. These
three asthmatics attacked me. I know…I
should have heard them hiding.
Emo Philips
• I don’t buy temporary insanity as a
murder defense because when people
kill people, that’s an animal instinct. I
think breaking into someone’s house and
redecorating it is temporary insanity.
Sue Kolinsky
• Donald Trump doesn’t have much
money invested in the stock market per
se. Most of his money goes into junk
blondes.
David Letterman
• Anybody here abuse rental cars? If
I’m really bored I’ll take one to Earl
Scheib and have it painted for $29.95.
This messes up their paperwork for
months and months. The thing that bothers me is when you have to return one
with a full tank of gas. You know what I
do? I just top it off with a garden hose.
They didn’t say full of what.
Will Shriner
• Cannibals love Domino’s Pizza.
Not for the pizza. For the delivery guy.
Shang
• There are only two places in the
world; over here and over there.
George Carlin
• Why are our days numbered , and
not, say, lettered?”
Since Pa won the lottery, he has spared no expense to bring the old homestead
into the 21st century.
(Found photo)
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L au g h in g M at t e r
For the first time in
many years, an old man
traveled from his rural
town to the city to attend a
movie. After buying his
ticket, he stopped at the
concession stand to purchase some popcorn.
Handing the attendant $5,
he couldn’t help but comment, “The last time I
came to the movies, popcorn was only 25 cents.”
“Well, sir,” the attendant replied with a grin,
“You”re really going to
enjoy yourself. The
movies have sound now.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
A tiny but dignified old
lady was among a group
looking at an art exhibition in a newly opened
gallery. Suddenly one
contemporary painting
caught her eye.
“What on earth,” she
inquired of the artist
standing nearby, “is that?
“He smiled condescendingly. “That, my
dear lady, is supposed to
be a mother and her
child.”
“Well, then,” snapped
the little old lady, “why
isn't it?”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
The same little old lady
got onto a crowded bus
and stood in front of a
seated
young
girl.
Holding her hand to her
chest, she said to the girl,
“If you knew what I have,
you would give me your
seat.”
The girl got up and
gave her the seat to the old
lady. It was hot. The girl
took out a fan and started
fanning herself. The
woman looked up and
said, “If you knew what I
have, you would give me
that fan.”
The girl sighed and
gave her the fan. Fifteen
minutes later the woman
got up and said to the bus
driver, “Stop, I want to get
off here.” The bus driver
told her he had to drop her
at the next corner, not in
the middle of the block.
With her hand across her
chest, she told the driver,
“If you knew what I have,
you would let me off the
bus right here.”
The bus driver pulled
over and opened the door
to let her out. As she was
walking out of the bus, he
asked, “Madam, if you
don’t mind my asking,
what is it you have?”
The old woman looked
at him and nonchalantly
replied, “Chutzpah.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
The President has left
the country on a tour of
friendly nations. He’s
expected home by supper.
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
A worker approached
his employer and held up
his paycheck. “This is
$200 short,” he said.
“I know,” said the boss.
“But last week I overpaid
you $200 and you didn’t
say anything.”
“Well,”
said
the
employee, “I don’t mind
an occasional mistake, but
when it gets to be a habit,
I feel I have to call it to
your attention.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
“I have an excellent
memory, except for three
things; names, faces
and…something else.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
“When did you first
realize your wife had
stopped loving you” a
man asked his neighbor.
“When she pushed me
through the second floor
window and wrote for an
ambulance.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
“You idiot!” yelled the
superintendent of the zoo
to a new keeper. “You left
the door to the lions’ cage
open all night.”
“So what?” said the
employee. “Who’s going
to steal a lion?”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
Tom and Brad went
hunting in the woods and
got lost. Tom remembered
that the international distress signal in a situation
such as this is to fire three
shots into the air. Brad
fired three shots and they
waited, but no one came.
It started to snow heavily
and the sun was dropping
below the horizon.
“Well, this is it,” said
Brad. “If this doesn’t
work we’re done for. We
only have three arrowa
left.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
A man went into a bar
with an ancient lamp.
After he’d had a few
drinks, he said to the bartender, “This lamp is
magic, y’know. If you rub
it a genie comes out and
grants you a wish.”
“Oh, yes?” said the bartender. “Let’s try it then.”
He rubbed the lamp
and out popped a genie.
“Fantastic,” said the
bartender. “It works. Uh,
let’s see. Can I have a million bucks, please?”
Suddenly the bar was
filled with ducks.
“I forgot to tell you,”
said the customer. “The
genie’s a little bit deaf.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
A Native American
took a trip to New York.
He got lost and asked a
traffic cop for directions.
The policeman pointed
him in the right direction
and then said, “And how
are you enjoying our fine
city?”
“It’s great,” said the
Indian. “And how are you
enjoying our fine country?”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
What’s the difference
between a rottweiler and
an Italian mother?
Eventually, the rottweiler lets go.
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
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by Brian Crane
March 27, 2015 — 35
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Mr. Boffo
by Joe Martin
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Garfield
by Jim Davis
March 27, 2015
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Willy and Ethel
by Joe Martin
March 27, 2015 — 37
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F uN a nd G a m eS
Crossword Clues
Across
1 Nature photographer’s lens
6 __ facie
11 Dells, at times
14 Steer clear of
15 Charged
16 Impressed reaction
17 Wright
20 “Far out!”
21 Begins
22 Soothing application
23 Dupes
26 One getting a share
27 Rite
33 North Carolina’s __ Banks
34 “America” soloist in “West Side
Story”
35 Hardy heroine
36 They may be dusted
37 Indication of freshness?
41 Weasel relative
42 Feudal lord
43 Right
47 Theater sweepings
48 Drops from the staff
49 Like most pets
50 Showy neckwear
54 Actress Carrere
57 Write
61 End of a texter’s amusing comment,
perhaps
62 Paramount output
63 Mazda two-seater
64 Cornerstone abbr.
65 Comets, long ago
66 With 12-Down, exile site
All puzzle
answers are on
page 24.
♠
♥
Bridge
Finesse
Goren on Bridge with Bob Jones
East-West vulnerable. North deals.
NORTH
♠ A, 7, 3
❤ J, 9, 8, 6
♦ A, K, 7, 2
♣ 10, 4
WEST
♠ 10, 8, 4, 2
❤ 4
♦ Q, J, 10, 9, 3
♣ K, 7, 3
Down
1 Bryn __ College
2 Reebok rival
3 Ham at a party, say
4 Tease
5 Norfolk, Va., campus
6 Phone in a play, e.g.
7 Uncommon
8 Privy to
9 Rover’s turf
10 Four-wheeler, briefly
11 Common allergen
12 See 66-Across
13 Sleep on it
18 __ Hashanah
19 “Othello” villain
24 Metal bearers
25 Big name in ATMs
26 Doc bloc
27 Sleep on it
28 Peach or plum
29 __-loading
30 Name on a historic bomber
31 Closer to being harvested
32 Little green men
36 “Cash __”: TV game show
37 Set of Web pages
38 Under
39 Scotch bottle datum
40 Soup veggie
41 Many AARP members: Abbr.
42 Loose
43 John of “Necessary Roughness”
44 Turbulence
45 52-Down victim
46 Computer input
47 Stone marker
50 Bit that can be split
51 Cantabria-born golfer, familiarly
52 Slayer of 45-Down
53 Till fill
55 Kappa preceder
56 Shrinking sea
58 Latin trio word
59 Worker at home
60 Haberdashery item
EAST
♠ 9, 5
❤ A, 5, 3, 2
♦ 8, 5, 4
♣ 8, 6, 5, 2
SOUTH
♠ K, Q, J, 6
❤ K, Q, 10, 7
♦ 6
♣ A, Q, J, 9
The bidding:
SOUTH
NORTH EAST
1♦
Pass
1❤
Pass
2♠
2❤
Pass
4NT
3❤
Pass
6❤
5❤
Pass
Pass
Opening lead: Q of ♦
WEST
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
New bridge players eagerly seek opportunities to take finesses. Experienced play-
Sudoku
♦ ♣
ers look for ways to avoid them.
South's two-spade bid was an attempt to
verify that North had four-card heart support
- he might have raised with three. The threeheart bid confirmed this, so South used
Blackwood and drove to slam when North
showed two aces. South won the opening
diamond lead in dummy and saw that his
contract was cold if the trumps did not split
5-0 and East had the king of clubs. Could he
avoid taking the club finesse? Yes!
Declarer cashed the king of diamonds at
trick two, discarding a club and then ruffed
a diamond with the king of trumps. Next
came the seven of trumps to the board's
eight, which East allowed to hold.
Dummy's last diamond was ruffed with the
trump queen and the 10 of trumps was overtaken by dummy's jack.
East won his ace and shifted to a club.
Declarer rose with his ace, crossed to
dummy with the ace of spades, and drew
both of the outstanding trumps while shedding his remaining clubs. He claimed the
balance with only high spades left in his
hand. Well done!
(Bob Jones welcome readers responses
sent in care of Tribune Content Agency,
LLC., 16650 Westgrove Dr., Suite 175,
Addison, TX 75001. E-mail responses may
be sent to [email protected].)
Complete the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 box (in bold
borders) contains every digit, from 1 to 9.
Fie on book bags! This is what the well-dressed agribusiness student uses on
campus these days. He/she can also use it after graduation to carry governmentrequired documents to and from the accounting firm.
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(Continued on page 39)
A lap-sit program designed just for babies 0
– 2 years with plenty of activities including:
stories, songs, bubbles, scarves, and parachute play.
• Storytime for pre-schoolers age 2 1/2-5,
Thursday, April 16, 30, 10:30 – 11:15 a.m.
Registration appreciated, but drop-ins welcome. Develop listening and language skills
while enjoying books, storytelling, puppetry,
and crafts.
• Lego Club for kids age 5-12, Saturday
1-3 p.m., April 11 , May 9. No registration.
The library will provide the Legos, while the
kids provide the imagination. All materials
must stay at the library, so take a camera to
capture your adventures. Please leave Legos
at home so you don’t lose your favorite
pieces.
• Craft Club for ages 5-12, Tuesday,
April 21, 4-6 p.m. Registration appreciated,
drop ins welcome. Come in for Craft Club
and work on your own creative crafts. All
materials provided.
• Books and Blankies, Tuesday, April 28,
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6:30-7 p.m., Family/All ages. Registration
appreciated, drop ins welcome. Come to the
library for bedtime stories, songs, and lots of
fun. Stuffed friends are also encouraged to
attend.
• Lego Night for ages 5-12, Tuesday,
March 31, 4:30-6:30 p.m. No registration
required. Build with the library’s Lego collection at this special spring break Lego
night. All you have to bring is your imagination and a camera to capture your adventures.
All Legos must stay at the library.
• Lego Day for ages 5-12, Wednesday,
April 1, noon to 2 p.m. The Lego fun continues with this special spring break Lego day.
Build what you can imagine. All materials
must stay at the library, so bring a camera to
capture your adventures. Please leave your
Legos at home.
• Boredom Blaster Crafts for ages 5-12,
Thursday, April 2, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Registration appreciated, drop ins welcome.
It’s the end of spring break. Are you looking
for something fun to do? Forget being bored.
Come to the library to work on a craft. All
materials provided.
• Pajama Storytime for the family and all
ages, Tuesday, April 7, 6:30-7 p.m.
Registration appreciated, drop ins welcome.
Unwind at the end of a busy day with our
evening storytime. Listen to some great stories and make a ‘go-with-the-story craft.’ All
ages (and teddy bears) welcome.
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Walworth Memorial Library, now located in the West Garden Plaza in Walworth,
south of Aurora Health Care, Aurora
Pharmacy and Tracy Building. Grand
Opening will be held after New Years. Open
Mon. and Wed. 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Tues.,
Thurs., Fri. and Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Now offering wireless Internet service.
• Knitting and crocheting classes,
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. Call for details.
• Preschool Story Hour, Fridays, 9:45 –
10:30 a.m., for preschool-age children infant
to age 5 and their caregivers. The hour will
include stories, snacks, crafts and more.
• Children’s story hour, age kindergarten
through grade 3, Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30
p.m.
• Book Club for adults, third Saturday of
each month, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
• Digital downloads of electronic books
(e-books) are growing in popularity.
The
Digital
Download Center
( h t t p :/ / d b o o k s .
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Base ball
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Initially organized by the late Marty
Perkins, the site’s Research Curator, the
program had a substantial foundation.
He and a group of interns gathered
information through newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and by scouring
libraries.
“When he passed away in 2012,
there were many donations in his name
that were forwarded to the site,” said
Schwartz. “It is how this was kept going,
and we were able to move the playing
field to an area by the Framer’s Hall,
nearer the main parking lot.
“This summer, we’ll have the use of
full 90-foot baselines, which is a first,
and it will make the whole experience
very interesting.”
The new playing area was formerly a
horse pasture, and will be readied by
removing scrub trees, a layer of grass,
grading, leveling, and gouging out dirt
baselines, as well as a 16-foot path from
the pitcher to the batting area. The pitcher has no mound to throw from, but tosses the ball underhand from a square box
area and must stay within the lines to be
considered a legitimate pitch.
Other differences and similarities
between 1870s and modern-base ball are
highlighted by a simple hypothetical
batting sequence. Schwartz said that
when the striker (batter) is on the line, he
can tell the pitcher where he would like
the ball. Not wants, “would like.”
Whether shoulder-high, waist-high, or at
the thighs, the pitcher does well to
accommodate the request. There was no
actual “strike zone.”
The striker can choose his pitch, and
Music by the Lake
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Reunited as Creedence Clearwater
Revisited in 1995, the band has toured
worldwide for more than 20 years,
amazing audiences with astounding concerts jam packed with hits that still
remain staples on radio and throughout
popular movie soundtracks. The band
has also reached a new generation of
fans through their performances and
their platinum-selling live album,
“Recollection.” Creedence Clearwater
Revisited adds a new chapter to Cook
and Clifford’s legacy with vibrant and
exhilarating energy, and pure American
spirit.
• Science and comedy meet with the
July 26 debut of Doktor Kaboom in
“Look out! Science is Coming!” The
creation of actor/comedian David Epley,
Doktor Kaboom is a physicist with a
passion for science that knows no
bounds. His improvisational skills and
character-driven one-man interactive
A Diamonds ʻhurlerʼ lofts an underhand pitch to the batter. Note that none of the
players, called ballists, wear gloves.
(Wisconsin Historical Society)
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rate information regarding the game, and
we’ve been doing our best to adhere to
historic accuracy in our efforts.
“It’s about sharing base ball history,
and getting spectators involved too,’ she
said. “If a player gets ‘injured’ the club
captain might go into the crowd and
select a youngster to be a replacement
player. The new player is taught how the
game was played back then, with coaching from our club members in the field.”
The Eagle Diamonds base ball club
had its initial sign-up meeting Mar. 21,
and slated 3-4 practices before game
day. So far, a schedule of five games is
set: June 6 (vs. Wade House), July 11
(vs. Milwaukee Grays), Aug. 1 (vs.
Wade House), and an away contest July
19 (vs. Wade House.)
“All games start at 1:30 p.m., and a
late-season Sept. 12 match is an exhibition with our club against one comprised
of museum guests,” said Schwartz. “I
look forward to that one because it’s
informative, everyone is involved, and
it’s good fun.
“The 1870s teams had a high priority to play fair and be gentlemanly. And
we want our visitors to know that it’s an
accurate trait, and the program fits neatly into the fabric of the historical society because this is America’s sport.”
The cost of admission to the game is
included in the cost of admission to the
museum: Adults (13-64) $19; Students/Seniors (18 & older with school
ID/65 & older) $16; Children (4-12)
(children under 4 are free) $10. Parking
is free.
Old World Wisconsin is located 1.5
miles south of Eagle, just over the
Walworth County line in Waukesha
County. Take Highway 67 north from
Elkhorn.
strikes are called only if the umpire feels
he is abusing the privilege of selecting
his attempt. Likewise, the umpire only
begins to call balls, if he feels the pitcher is not acquiescing to the striker’s
location of choice.
“When there is a third strike, if the
catcher misses the ball or doesn’t catch
it on the first bounce, the striker can still
run for first base,’ said Schwartz. “The
idea is to give the striker every opportunity to enjoy the sport. Other than the
extremely courteous approach, the
‘dropped’ third strike is the only one of
those rules still in effect today.”
At the match’s end, the clubs line up
and the umpire declares the winner. He
gives the ball to the winning captain,
and he gives it to the other.
“Both teams applaud as a gesture of
respect. Both captains get to speak and
thank the umpire, scorekeeper, the
squads, and the crowd for attending. The
winning club gives three ‘hurrahs’ for
the other team. There is competition, but
it’s not the main purpose, which is
enjoyment.”
Other teams slated to play the
“Diamonds” include the Lake Delton
Base Ball Club, Greenbush Dead
Citys, Wade House Red Jackets,
Milwaukee Cream Citys, and Milwaukee Grays. The latter two Milwaukee
entries are based on real clubs that
existed in the 1870s.
“There’s a Vintage Base Ball
Association that tries to follow the old
rules but they’ve had some problems
with inaccurate terms and modern-day
rules entering into their contests,” said
Van Haaften. “They’ve been adopting
new criteria to return to historically accu-
show entertains all ages with explosive
comedy, demonstrating that the foundations of scientific discovery are fun tools
for everyone.
Doktor Kaboom has toured the U.S.
and Canada for more than 20 year,
encouraging audiences to express their
awe of scientific demonstrations, to creatively explore the world around them,
and discover that science and mathematics can be entertaining.
Free parking and shuttle service for
all events is located close to campus at
Williams Bay High School, 500 W.
Geneva St., in Williams Bay.
The festival provides convenient
food options for patrons to enjoy before
or during the show. Easily-accessible
food booths are located on campus featuring snacks and sweet treats as well as
bottled water and sodas. Other a la carte
items such as sandwiches, salads, burgers and ice cream, are available at the
College Inn, located west of the pavilion. Patrons may also bring their own
food and drinks onto campus, as well as
small coolers and picnic gear. Alcohol
ABBA tribute band, Arrival From Sweden, will make its festival debut on August
1, bringing the music, voices and costumes inspired by ABBA, as well as famous hits
“Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” “Take a Chance on Me” and more.
(Photo furnished)
Grammy Award-nominated entertainer and multi-platinum selling artist, Michael
Feinstein celebrates the centennial of one of the greatest voices in American music
history, Frank Sinatra. His concert will kick off the Music by the Lake summer season
on June 27.
(Photo furnished)
can only be consumed on designated
lawn areas.
All 2015 artists are making their
Music by the Lake debut this season. All
events will take place in the Ferro
Pavilion on the campus of George
Williams College of Aurora University
in Williams Bay. Performances will take
place rain or shine.
Tickets for all summer events will go
on sale to festival donors at 9 a.m. on
April 21. Those who support the festival
at the Friend level or above receive early
access to tickets. Visit musicbythelake.
com/support. Public ticket sales will
begin at 9 a.m. on May 5. Patrons can
purchase their tickets at musicbythe
lake.com or by contacting the Music by
the Lake ticket office at 245-8501.
Music by the Lake does not charge a
service fee on ticket orders.
Saturday, June 27, 7:30 p.m.
Michael Feinstein: Sinatra Centennial Celebration. Tickets: Reserved $90-
$70 / Terrace $45 / Lawn $25 / Campus
opens at 6 p.m.
Sunday, July 12, 4 p.m.
John Pizzarelli Quartet. Tickets:
Reserved $55-$35 / Lawn $20 / Campus
opens at 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 18, 7:30 p.m.
BoDeans/ Tickets: Reserved $85$65 / Terrace $45 / Lawn $20 / Campus
opens at 6 p.m.
Sunday, July 26, 4 p.m.
Doktor Kaboom! Look Out! Science
is Coming! Tickets: Adults $20,
Children $10 (4-10), Children 3 and
younger free. Campus opens at 2:30
p.m.
Saturday, August 1, 7:30 p.m.
Arrival from Sweden: The Music of
ABBA. Tickets: Reserved $90-$70 /
Terrace $50 / Lawn $20 / Campus opens
at 6 p.m.
Saturday, August 8, 7:30 p.m.
Creedence Clearwater Revisited. Tickets: Reserved $100-$80 / Terrace $50 /
Lawn $25 / Campus opens at 6 p.m.