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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013 • THE ENTERPRISE • 7B
Let’s get jumpin’
Dousman Derby Days are this weekend
By Don L. Weltzien
Special to the Enterprise
DOUSMAN – The 58th
annual Dousman Derby
Days is here with festivities
commencing on Friday
through Sunday at Cory
Park on Main Street in
downtown Dousman.
Derby Days is large family event with baseball tournaments, a parade, food,
libations, live music, a carnival and a frog jumping
competition.
The Wisconsin State
Championship Frog Jumping competition is a twoday competition with each
contestant allowed two
frogs each day with an
entrance fee. Frogs are
allowed three consecutive
jumps with the winner having the longest distance
jumped in a straight line
from the starting point.
Numerous cash prizes are
awarded, but the competition is tough with almost
500 entries last year. There
are also rental frogs available for those that left their
own in a nearby pond or at
home.
“There are some third
generation frog-jumping
families who compete every
year,” Commander of Dousman American Legion 405
Chuck Brockmeyer said.
“This is a worthwhile event
with the proceeds going to
the Legion Post 405 to support their activities
throughout the year.”
File photo
Members of the University of
Wisconsin marching band
bend over backwards as they
entertain the crowds that line
the parade route at the annual Dousman Derby Days
parade last year
Last year Senator Paul
Ryan and his two sons participated in the famous
event.
The kickoff is at 6 p.m. on
Friday with food, beverage
and carnival rides available
as well as the start of the
Southwest Division of
Land O’ Lakes men’s softball tournaments. At 7 p.m.,
the Mad Pole Cats will provide music until 11 p.m.
Saturday continues the
men’s softball tournaments
beginning at 8 a.m. and
then at noon the carnival
re-opens and food will be
available. On Saturday
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. there
will be unlimited carnival
rides from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Charles Auer/Enterprise Staff
Heat waves distort and reflect a car traveling last Wednesday
afternoon as temperatures hit the mid 90s.
File photo
Congressman Paul Ryan helps his son, Charlie, get his frog ready
to compete Sunday afternoon in the annual Dousman Derby
Days frog jumping contest.
with a wristband for a fee.
Frog jumping will be from
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and championship wrestling at 5 p.m.
with live music from 16
West until 11 p.m.
The parade steps off at 11
a.m. Sunday with a route
traveling on Main Street
from Wilson Avenue to
Highway Z east and ends at
the KM Middle School at
301 E. Ottawa Ave.
The UW Marching Band
will perform The 5th Quarter at the completion of the
parade. Frog jumping continues from 12:30 p.m. to 4
p.m. along with food and
rides. Stuie & Friends will
have live music at 1:30 p.m.
and the Dousman Frogs
will verse the North Prairie
Dawgs hardball game starting at 2 p.m.
For more information, go
to
www.dousmanchamber.org.
IN BRIEF
Johnson Creek Child
Safety Fair on Aug. 1
JOHNSON CREEK –
Area residents are invited
to attend the Johnson Creek
Child Safety Fair. The fair
will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
on Aug. 1.
Presenters scheduled for
this year’s Child Safety Fair
include the Johnson Creek
Fire & EMS Department;
Johnson Creek Police
Department; Johnson Creek
School District; Johnson
Creek Family Chiropractic;
Karate America of Johnson
Creek; Limelight Impressions LLC of Johnson
Creek; Fort HealthCare;
Fruit and Veggie Bingo
with Heidi Hartz; Watertown Family Center; Jefferson County Birth to Three
Program; Jefferson County
Head Start; Jefferson County Public Health Department; Jefferson County
Sheriff’s Department; The
Humane Society of Jeffer-
son County; Bradley J. Glassel Agency, LLC; and
Carter’s/Oshkosh.
Children and adults
attending the fair will have
the opportunity to tour a
police car and a fire engine,
learn about boating safety,
ride a school bus, and
become acquainted with a
K-9 unit from the Jefferson
County Sheriff’s Department. For further information, call 920-699-3741.
Bible school in August
OKAUCHEE – “The
Amazing Praise Band” sessions will be hosted at 8:30
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 5
through Aug. 9 at Holy
Trinity’s Vacation Bible
School. Children that are
ages 4 through sixth grade
are invited to participate.
There will be Bible stories,
crafts,music and snacks.
Call the church office at
567-2737 for questions. The
school is located at N49W35181 Wisconsin Ave.
St. Olaf’s annual ice
cream social is Sunday
RUBICON – St. Olaf
Lutheran Church is inviting the community to its
annual ice cream social and
car show from 3 p.m. to 8
p.m. Sunday.
A free scoop of ice cream
will go to the first 100 attendees.
Share your automotive
interests and display your
cars, trucks, tractors,
motorcycles and farm
equipment.
No need to call, just bring
your vehicle the day of the
social.
There will also be hot
sandwiches, banana splits,
root beer floats, milkshakes
and sundaes.
The proceeds benefit the
church’s youth programming. The church is located
at Highway O and Roosevelt
Road, five miles west of
Highway 83 and Highway O,
or east of Highway P, east of
Deertrack Golf Course.
Contact the church office at
920-474-7042 with any questions.
Retreat for women
to begin Aug. 12
OCONOMOWOC – The
Redemptorist Retreat Center will hold a retreat for
women Aug. 12 to Aug. 17.
The “Private Together”
silent retreat will be an
opportunity for women to
take time for optional common prayer and reflection
in a retreat setting. Susan
Fischer is the facilitator of
this retreat.
The cost of the retreat is
$290 dollars per person and
includes room, board and
materials.
Registration begins at 3
p.m. Aug. 12. Call 567-6900,
or visit www.redemptoristretreat.org to register.
The Redemptorist Retreat
Center is located at 1800 N.
Timber Trail Lane.
Pottery retains value; chest has fake keyhole
BARBARA
EASH
Antiques Appraised
Q.
In 1898, my mother
was born in Kansas. This
pottery piece belonged to
her. – L.F., Oconomowoc
A.
This rim-molded pattern was made from 19151920 in the pottery district
of Zanesville, Ohio. In 1872,
a young man named Samuel
Augustus Weller started to
sell pottery from his small
settlement home. Using
nearby rich clay deposits
and tenacity, success soon
followed. Employing creative artisans, adding new
patterns, colors and glazes
kept Weller Pottery producing through 1948. The naturalistic line included this
“Baldin” planter pattern,
with rustic colors of green
or blue-ground, low-relief
molded apples, leaves and
branches. Weller used a
variety of ID marks and
often no mark at all. Your
bowl has the impressed
block letters, “WELLER,”
used in middle-production
years. For highest value,
pieces need to have color
brightness, no chips, flawfree glaze and sharp details.
$155 for this example.
FYI: Forgotten pottery
(stored in the basement)
often has a higher value
than silver or porcelain
items.
Q. I have no history on
this metal chest that I purchased 20 years ago through
a classified ad. The keyhole
in front is fake, the real one
on top is hidden by a decorative metal disk.
– R.H. Pewaukee
A.
This iron strongbox
was designed way before
armored trucks; most were
made around Nuremberg,
Germany, through the 18th
century. These portable
safes transported and stored
valuables on international
shipping routes. Driven by
necessity, craftsmen continually devised more ingenious and complicated locking systems. The rectangular body surface is mounted
with sheet iron, reinforced
broad strap fittings and systematic riveting. The ironlined interior has a side
receptacle with sliding latch
for smaller valuables. The
front Gothic-design cartouche disguises the false
keyhole, where according to
legend, gunpowder was
packed and could explode
from forced entry. The pair
of vertical hasps holding
padlocks was the second
deterrent. Even with padlocks cut off, the lid would
not open. The detailed locking mechanism is fitted to
the inside of the lid.
Unlocking the mechanism
using the top, hidden, keyhole, six deadbolts release
in sync. The immense
weight was the final deterrent. Using the oversized
forged handles, often four
men were needed to transport. Your 27-inch x 15-inch
x 14-inch strongbox is missing the interior metal panel
covering the locking system. It has been repainted
and has a working but
replaced key. $800: Don’t
we wish it could talk?
Have an item
for appraisal?
If you have an item you’d
like to be appraised, mail
entries to Waukesha
Health officials
urge precautions
in future heat
Preparation procedures
for ambulance staff
By Kevin Passon
Special to the Enterprise
WAUKESHA – Emergency management and health
officials are urging residents to take precautions
in the face of hot, humid
weather that took place last
week and possibly during
the rest of the summer.
Bill Stolte, emergency
management coordinator
in Waukesha County, said
people without air conditioning should seek out
places in the community to
escape to and take a break
from the heat.
“We encourage people to
find safety in places like
stores, shopping malls,
libraries, restaurants and
movie theaters,” he said.
Hot and humid weather
will continue today into
Friday, according to the
National Weather Service
in Sullivan.
Daytime temperatures
will warm mostly into the
90-degree to 95-degree
range today, and in the
upper 80s to lower 90s Friday.
These temperatures
along with the high humidity will result in heat index
readings peaking in the 95degree to 103-degree range
during the afternoon.
“A heat wave like this
doesn’t happen every summer, but it can happen any
summer,” Stolte said. “It
may happen just once, but
it may happen more than
once. It just depends.”
People with a medical
condition that causes poor
blood circulation and those
who take medications or
diuretics to get rid of
water from the body may
be more susceptible to the
heat.
Of course, anyone who
gets too much of it can be
affected.
Ambulance company
ready for cool-down calls
Bell Ambulances, based
in Milwaukee but also serving Waukesha County, is
preparing in advance for
calls of heat-related cases.
“Each of our ambulances
is equipped with an ice
chest that includes ice and
water-downed sheets that
we can use to begin to cool
down patients as soon as
we arrive,” said Jim Lombardo, partner with Bell
Ambulance.
He said part of the
responsibilities of the
management team is to
watch the weather and be
ready for heat advisories
throughout the summer.
“We usually start these
precautions a few days
before the heat wave sets
in,” he said. “We are more
proactive than reactive.”
Among the many suggestions for dealing with the
heat is one to remind people not to leave children
and pets inside a closed
vehicle.
A few summers ago, the
Antique Shop, 1427 E.
Racine Ave., Unit E-2,
Waukesha, WI 53186. Your
entry could be selected.
Send sharp, well-lit photos
of front, back and underside of your item, and measurements are important.
List any known history or
even hearsay, length of ownership and all markings,
even partial ones. Include
your name, address and
phone number. No photos
can be returned and no purchase of antiques will
occur.
(Barbara Eash is a member of the Certified Appraisers Guild of America, specializing in appraisals of
antiques and collectibles and
has extensive experience
writing and speaking about
antiques.)
Cooling it during
a heat wave
WAUKESHA – Heat exhaustion
and the more serious heatstroke
can easily occur during a heat wave
like the one gripping Wisconsin
through Friday.
The Waukesha County Department
of Emergency Preparedness and the
National Weather Service offer
these safety tips:
■ Stay indoors as much as possible.
If your home is not air conditioned,
consider spending the warmest part
of the day in public buildings such as
libraries, schools, movie theaters,
shopping malls and other community facilities.
■ Eat well-balanced, light and regular meals. Foods like meat and
other proteins that increase
metabolic heat production also
increase water loss.Avoid using salt
tablets unless directed to do so by
a physician.
■ Drink plenty of water, non-alcoholic and decaffeinated fluids.Your
body needs water to keep cool.
Drink plenty of fluids even if you
don’t feel thirsty. Persons who have
epilepsy or heart, kidney or liver
disease, are on fluid restrictive diets
or have a problem with fluid retention should consult a physician
before increasing their consumption
of fluids. Do not drink alcoholic
beverages and limit caffeinated beverages.
■ Never leave children or pets
alone in closed vehicles.
■ Dress in loose-fitting clothes that
cover as much skin as possible.
Lightweight, light-colored clothing
reflects heat and sunlight and helps
maintain normal body temperature.
■ Protect face and head by wearing
a wide-brimmed hat.
■ Avoid too much sunshine. Sunburn slows the skin’s ability to cool
itself. Use a sunscreen lotion with a
high SPF (sun protection factor) rating (i.e., 15 or greater).
■ Slow down. Reduce, eliminate or
reschedule strenuous activities until
the coolest time of the day. Use a
buddy system when working in
extreme heat and take frequent
breaks. Children, seniors and anyone with health problems should
stay in the coolest available place,
not necessarily indoors.
■ Check on family, friends, and
neighbors who do not have air conditioning and who spend much of
their time alone.
– Kevin Passon, Special to the Enterprise
National Weather Service
in Sullivan conducted an
unofficial experiment in 93degree weather.
The experiment determined that a car’s inside
temperature, after being
cooled to 83 degrees by its
air conditioner, rose to 120
degrees within 15 minutes.
Many unofficial experiments have been conducted
that indicate inside temperatures can rise 35
degrees to 45 degrees above
outside temperatures.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services
says last year 27 people
died in Wisconsin as a
result of heat-related
issues.
This year, one heat-related death in Wisconsin has
been reported and that was
last month in Juneau
County.
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