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Door County is a great destination for fall fun
By Ellen Creager & Dennis West
If you don’t like the fish boils,
maybe you’ll like the goats on the roof.
Now that the traditional summer season is drawing to a close and kids are
back in school, this is the perfect time
for adults to visit Door County. Visitors
and residents have told me that tourism
was slow this season, with no traffic or
parking problems, which should mean
immediate access to just about anything
after Labor Day.
Settled by Swedes and Norwegians,
Door County has a Scandinavian flair that
permeates its necklace of quaint tourist
towns – Egg Harbor, Fish Creek, Ephraim,
Sister Bay, Ellison Bay and Gills Rock –
separated by just a few miles.
I found Door County as wholesome
as a glass of milk.
“It is known as the Riviera of the
Midwest,” a real estate agent told me
enthusiastically, “and also as the Cape
Cod of the Midwest.”
Such puffery isn’t necessary. Door
County has its own unique attractions.
Here are just a few:
Goats on the roof: People drive for
miles to Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant in Sister Bay. It’s a one-story building, but its peaked roof is covered with
sod. Every day, goats are led up a ramp
to the peak to nibble the grass and act as
four-legged tourist attractions.
What a gimmick. You can’t look
away. Plus, most of the families snapping pictures of the goats end up inside
the restaurant, feasting on paper-thin
Swedish pancakes with lingonberry jam.
The fish boils: No one from Maine will
mistake it for a lobster boil, but it’s all
good fun, as area restaurants fire up steaming pots over wood blazes outdoors and
boil fresh whitefish fillets and red potatoes. Tourists can find fish boils nearly
every night somewhere in Door County.
Just as the fish finishes cooking, the
chefs douse the flames with fuel oil,
sending up a shooting fireball that’s
guaranteed to draw a gasp from the
crowd. As the Greeks say, “Opa!”
Reasonably priced small plane sightseeing tours: Grizzly Scenic Air Tours
runs out of the Ephraim-Gibraltar
Airport in Ephraim. Up to three passengers can fly 30 minutes for $162 – that’s
just $54 each.
As I arrived, Grizzly’s 4-seat Piper
Cherokee 180 landed, and a beaming
Linda and William Basley of Sheboygan
got out.
“I had the time of my life!” Linda
Basley said about her first plane ride
ever.
Air tours are also romantic, says
pilot Dave Burke. He has had seven
prospective bridegrooms pop the question in mid air, “and six of them were
successful,” Burke says.
The seventh? “He proposed, and she
said, ‘Not in a million years.’ It was a
long four minutes back to the airport, I
can tell you.”
The incredibly gorgeous public golf
course at Peninsula State Park: I am not
a golfer, but this hilly par-71 course with
its giant beech trees on Green Bay has
got to be the prettiest course in
Wisconsin. It was packed in June, but is
much less congested in September.
Cows: Moo! City slickers will love
Schopf’s Hilltop Dairy and the Dairy
View Country Store in Carlsville.
This is not just a working dairy farm
– it has a stainless steel milking parlor
where visitors can watch cows being
milked and learn how milk makes its
way from cow to grocery store; maybe
not a big draw for rural residents of the
Dairy State, but a hit for city slickers and
those who don’t know where their milk
comes from.
Ephraim: As the state of Wisconsin’s
only dry town, it allows no alcohol to be
served at local restaurants or hotels. On
the other hand, its classic seaside architecture makes it [opinion alert!] the prettiest town in Door County. Every building near the water is pure white clapboard – all the resorts, all the churches,
everything.
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Master boiler/owner Matthew Peterson (left) takes a basket full of Lake Michigan
whitefish, potatoes and onions off the fire for the Pelletier’s Restaurant traditional fish
boil. Diners also enjoy a variety of breads, cole slaw and a slice of Door County cherry pie for desert.
(Ellen Creager/Detroit Free Press/MCT)
The Cana Island lighthouse is located just north of Bailey’s Harbor on the lake
Michigan side of the Door County peninsula. Visitors can walk across a causeway to
tour the lighthouse and outbuildings.
Delavan Inlet dredging project
will greatly improve water quality
By Dick Leslie
Delavan Lake will soon be drinking
filtered water and improving its diet thanks
to the long deferred Delavan Inlet
Dredging Project, which will be more than
half completed by the end of August.
When all work is finished in October,
the dredging will improve the quality of
the water flowing into Delavan Lake and
restore boating access into the Inlet area
and the lake.
The $1.46 million project will help
restore the ability of the 210-acre Inlet area
to filter eroded topsoil and nutrients that
enter the lake through Jackson Creek. The
sediment dredged from the north portion
of the Inlet is mechanically dewatered and
the clear water is returned to the lake via
pipeline The remaining phosphorus-rich
topsoil is then hauled to a nearby sand and
gravel facility for reuse.
Sixty-eight percent of the water in the
lake comes from the Inlet and the 3,000foot channel leading to it. The Inlet and the
channel are fed by 2,600-acre Delavan Lake
Watershed. The Inlet and the Mound Road
sedimentation ponds located upstream of
the Inlet act as filters for 70 percent of the
run-off water entering the lake.
These lake enhancements will now
remove as much as 50 percent of the sediment and phosphorus entering from
Jackson Creek. A total of 34,522 cubic
yards of accumulated sediment was
removed from the two ponds. The Inlet
had accumulated so much sediment that it
lost about 56 percent of its natural storage
capacity and became less effective at
cleansing the water flowing into the lake.
In order to be considered a healthy
lake, Delavan should maintain a Trophic
State Index (TSI) of 60 or less. This universally accepted scale rates phosphorus
and chlorophyll levels and water clarity
Phosphorus is the key element that should
be controlled to maintain low levels of
algae growth.
Delavan Lake’s TSI rating has
declined since the early 1990s, but has
remained relatively constant since 2007,
when the push for more work accelerated.
In 2008, the Delavan Town Lake
Committee took the initiative and spearheaded the effort to renovate and rebuild
three of the primary features of the 1989
Lake Rehab Project.
The Inlet dredging, the third of these
projects, is designed to keep the TSI rating in the 55 range and possibly improve
it even more. When completed, the inlet
will have sufficient depth and water quality for boating, fishing and other recreational uses for many years.
Town of Delavan officials and the
Town’s lake committee have worked with
area residents, local organizations, the City
of Delavan, the Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources, and the Wisconsin
Waterways Commission to make the project a reality. The Town is working to reinstitute a comprehensive Water Quality
Monitoring Program to systematically
check lake water quality.
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Started as a Moravian religious community in 1853, beautiful Ephraim, now
a popular location for resorts, maintains
a dignified environment that makes even
the local library seem boisterous. Proof?
The most popular booth at the Fyr Bal
Festival in June was the library’s book
sale .
Nightlife: For theater and classical
music, Door County is your place. It has
professional
theater
(Peninsula
Playhouse, Door Shakespeare), the clas-
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sad pile of charred timbers.
Beautiful Views: See excellent vistas
from Eagle Tower at Peninsula State
Park, from the scenic lookout at Ellison
Bluff County Park or from one of the
many tour boats offering sunset tours. In
my book, though, the best view is from
an airplane, where you can appreciate
the unusual undulating series of harbors
and see Green Bay in its summer glory.
I was there in June, but the hardwood
trees of Door County mean fall color
will be spectacular here, too. I bet the
goats on Al Johnson’s roof have a great
view.
At the “tip of the thumb” is the vil-
Gills Rock is a fishing village located at the northernmost point of Door County.
A tourist takes a picture of the goats that graze atop Al Johnson’s Swedish
Restaurant in Sister Bay. Chances are excellent that he then headed inside for
Swedish pancakes topped with lingonberries.
sical Peninsula Music Festival, plus
dozens of public concerts.
Although it’s billed as America’s
Oldest Resident Summer Theater,
Peninsula Players’ season runs through
Tuesday, Oct. 4. There are tours every
Sunday at 2 p.m. through October 9.
A grittier place to stop used to be the
Carlsville Roadhouse for blues and its
dance hall. However, frequent Door
County vacationers will be sad to hear
the 106-year-old Roadhouse burned to
the ground on June 14, leaving only a
lage of Gill’s Rock. It’s a great place to
buy some smoked fish at Charlie’s
Smokehouse and a cherry pie at Bea’s
Ho-made Products (1/2 mile east of Gill
Rock on Hwy. 42) and enjoy a picnic.
And its the place to catch the
Washington Island ferry if you want to
extend your Door County experience
across the water.
While you’re at Gills Rock, be sure
to visit the Door County Maritime
Museum, open to the public seven days
a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., from late May
through early October.
Museum visitors can board the fishing tug Hope, built in 1930 by Sturgeon
Bay Boat Works (now Great Lakes
Yacht Service), and view its last fishing
trip in 1992. Along with the Hope is the
remake of a net shed complete with fishing boxes, a net reel, and other traditional fishing supplies.
The museum features new exhibits
on shipwrecks and lifesaving, including
a Lyle gun used to rescue mariners from
shipwreck; and houses an area devoted
to marine engines including those built
at Kahlenberg Brothers of Two Rivers.
Other exhibit areas include ice fishing and navigation, the popular photography exhibit “Ghost Ships of the
Wisconsin Schooner Coast” and a print
depicting the first three Coast Guardmanned LCI’s (Landing Craft Infantry)
assaulting Omaha Beach in Normandy,
France, on June 6, 1944. Finally, be sure
to visit the new museum store.
Just north of Bailey’s Harbor is Cana
Island, whose historic lighthouse facilities is open to the public seven days a
week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through
October 31.
Although it’s technically an island,
visitors can walk across the rock causeway from the Door County mainland to
the island. Due to the currently low
water level of Lake Michigan, the causeway is dry, so no wading is necessary.
Step inside the Keepers' House
where, beginning in 1869, the first of a
number of lighthouse keepers tended to
the light which guided sailors and protected them from the dangerous shoals
extending out from the island into Lake
Michigan. Take a look in the Oil House,
where fuel for the light was stored prior
to days when electricity came to the
island.
The buildings and grounds have
been maintained by the Door County
Maritime Museum for nearly 30 years
while the United State Coast Guard continues to oversee the tower with its stunning third order Fresnel lens and light.
The island was conveyed to the County
of Door on May 18, 2007. The lighthouse is located north of Baileys Harbor
off County Highway Q.
More information about what to do
in Door County may be obtained by logging on to www.doorcounty.com. Fall
colors begin to turn in late September
and usually peak by mid October. The
fall color hotline at the Door County
Visitor Bureau provides updates. Call
(920) 743-4456, ext. 3, then 6.
© 2011, Detroit Free Press.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
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It’s been a long time since we heard
from A.B. Esser, who answered questions addressed to Dear Abie. Although
he has been otherwise occupied, here are
a few answers he has come up with for
enquiring readers.
Dear Abie: As a youngster, I listened
to the Lone Ranger, whose sidekick was
an Indian named Tonto. I have heard
some rumors about the meaning of his
name, but want you to verify them for
me.
Tom Katz, Pell Lake
Dear Tom: The rumors are true;
Tonto is the Spanish word for foolish or
dumb. This must have been an inside
joke by the writer of the Lone Ranger.
Since Spanish-speaking people were as
rare as Muslims in our neighborhood,
there was nobody to point this out to us.
Now that we are up to our huarachés in
Hispanics, this joke would not fly.
We don’t know if Tonto was from
Toronto, as has also been alleged.
Perhaps the masked man’s faithful sidekick was an illegal alien. And maybe
that is why he limited his speech to saying things such as “How,” “Ugh,” and
“You betchum Kemo Sabe.”
Wait, that was Little Beaver on the
Red Ryder radio show who said, “You
betchum, Red Ryder.” As you can see,
Native Americans were given short
shrift in the dialogue department, as well
as in all of their dealings with the palefaces.
In any case, we never heard Tonto
say “out” or “about,” which if he was
Canadian, he would have pronounced
“oot” and “aboot.”
Dear Abie: Has organized religion
turned out to be a bad, or a good, thing
throughout the ages?
Sherman Berman, East Peoria, Ill.
Dear Sherm: That’s quite a question
and calls for more space than we could
possible devote to it. In short, the answer
is probably. As a long-time Unitarian, I
have little personal experience with
organized religion, but here goes.
Some adults teach little children that
those who don’t believe in the exact
superstition of J. Wickleford Bilgepump,
or some other religious leader, will burn
in the eternal fires of hell. This gives
adherents a sense of superiority and the
idea that they have the right to taunt their
benighted, and damned, inferiors for not
adhering to the “true faith.”
When I was an impressionable kid,
one of my Sunday school teachers told
us that his edition of the Bible proclaimed, “And God said ‘Go forth and
multiply.’ Believing that this injunction
had come from On High, people did
what they were told.
This went on for a few generations
until there were a whole lot of people.
“We’re tired of just multiplying,”
some said. “Let us also divide.”
So they divided into races, religions
and language groups. People being what
they are – or what they had become –
were convinced that their race, religion
or language was not only better than any
other, but was the way God had meant
all people to be. And thus was conflict
born. This process, which went on for
millennia, was known as long division.
God supposedly saw that things had
become quite messy, so he gave Moses
the Ten Commandments. But they were
difficult to live by. So man added the
Ten Amendments. And because they
were contrary to the originals, it was
decided that they, too, would be attributed to God, as received by special peo-
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ple who claimed the ability to communicate with the Almighty.
An example of an Amendment
changed the Commandment Thou Shalt
Not Kill to Thou shalt not kill anyone of
the same, race, religion, language group
or nationality – unless it is found to be
necessary, or profitable, which most
people considered to be the same thing.
This was known as providing wiggle
room, which was deemed to be not only
advisable, but necessary, if people were
to advance civilizationally. Most didn’t.
Advance, that is.
Dear Abie: How did the motto “In
God We Trust” come to be on the money
of a supposedly secular nation?
Jack Cass, Pocono Hills, Md.
Dear Jack: In the 1940s, fans of the
canine movie stars Lassie and Rin Tin
Tin lobbied Congress to adopt the motto
“In Dogs We Trust” and even have it
printed on the U.S. currency.
Mindful that the electorate is almost
evenly split between dog and cat
fanciers, Congress delayed.
Finally, in the early 1950s, when the
U.S. was trembling at the thought of a
takeover by the atheistic communists of
the Soviet Union, China and
Macadamia, Congress decided to adopt
the modified motto “In God We Trust.”
What better place to display it than on
the money that drives everything in the
nation; pieces of paper that most residents would see every day of their lives?
Asked about the decision, God
allegedly said it was OK with her.
But what about our other motto?
During the periods shortly after
WWI, there was a movement to change
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Dear Abie: How did the words “religious” and “parochial” come to be
replaced by the term “faith-based”?
Dominico Luminetti, Newport, Wis.
Dear Dom: The people who think it
should be OK to spend tax money supporting religious schooling, even though
they know in their hearts that the
founders really meant to maintain separation between “church” and “state,”
like to hide behind the term “faith
based,” which they hope the secular
humanists will be too stupid to object to.
Don’t get me wrong, faith can be a
wonderful thing, but it often has nothing
to do with truth, or the ability to prove it.
The journalist, and author, H.L.
Mencken said, “Faith may be defined
briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.” But then he
also said, “It is a sin to believe evil of
others, but it is seldom a mistake.”
Obviously, Mencken was a bit of a cynic.
Astronomer Carl Sagan, on the other
hand, said, “I don’t want to believe, I
want to know,” which means that, as a
man of science, he preferred to base his
beliefs on research and logic instead of
literature and revelations from thousands of years ago.
And you’re right, Dom, the term
“Creation Science” is akin to “faith
based,” in that it was coined in an
attempt to sneak Christianity’s Biblical
explanation of creation into the public
schools under the guise of science.
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Perspective
How to listen to a politician
There’s no place like home
By State Sen. Neal Kedzie
As we head into the last month of
summer, many people are still making
time for fun and travel, whether it is a
longer vacation, a weekend getaway, or
even some enjoyable day trips.
September is an especially good time to
take a trip, with warm weather and lots to
do. There are
many
great
options right
here
in
Southeastern
Wisconsin, saving you time,
gas,
and
money.
Tourism is
key to our area
and helps local
economies.
Just a few
weeks ago, Governor Walker Sen. Neal Kedzie
announced
Wisconsin gained 9,500 jobs in the month
of June, with many of those in the tourism
industry.
That’s great news in these trying economic times. For a new thrilling experience, Lake Geneva Canopy Tours has an
eco-green canopy tour, in which individuals spend a couple of adventure-filled
hours in the trees. The course involves
numerous zip lines, sky bridges, and even
a “floating” double helix stairway.
Canopy tours are fast becoming a popular
attraction, both nationally and worldwide.
Lake Geneva is also home to Black
Point Estate, Wisconsin’s latest historic
site. Built in 1888 as a summer home for
Chicago beer baron Conrad Seipp, Black
Point Estate has 13 bedrooms, a four
story observation tower, and one of the
most intact collections of Victorian-era
The
furniture in the entire Midwest. One of
the highlighted options is that visitors
arrive at the estate by boat, just as the former owners did more than 100 years ago.
The Lake Geneva Cruise Line offers visitors a 45-minute guided boat ride on
Geneva Lake, followed by a tour of Black
Point Estate. While the Lake Geneva area
is full of stunning mansions, Black Point
Estate is the only one open to the public.
There are many great destination
spots throughout the area, including golf
courses, lakes, resorts, and fine restaurants, all within a short driving distance.
Walworth County alone has 24 lakes and
about 20 golf courses.
Those who enjoy hiking and biking
may want to visit the Southern Unit of the
Kettle Moraine State Forest, with its 160
miles of trails. For a more relaxing
atmosphere, there are numerous beaches
in the area. Fontana, Williams Bay, Lake
Geneva, and Delavan public beaches all
boast great swimming and picnicking. In
addition, Big Foot Beach State Park
offers great camping opportunities for
anyone wanting to sleep underneath the
stars.
We truly have a gem of a state. With
summer fast fleeting, now is a prime
opportunity to enjoy the best of what we
have here in our area. This is just a small
sample of the best that our state has to
offer. For more assistance in planning a
trip either in the area or in Wisconsin, feel
free to visit the state Department of
Tourism’s Web site at www.travelwis consin.com or contact their office by phone at
1-800-432-8747, or as always you may
contact my office for more information.
Sen. Kedzie can be reached in
Madison at P.O. Box 7882, Madison, WI
53707-7882 or by calling toll-free 1 (800)
578-1457. He may be reached in the district at (262) 742-2025 or on-line
atwww.senatorkedzie.comå.
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By Lee H. Hamilton
As summer draws to a close and next
year’s political campaigns get down to
brass tacks, you’re going to be hearing a
lot more from politicians seeking your
vote. Given the widespread anxiety about
our nation’s course, you’ll no doubt want
to know what these candidates actually
think.
So here’s
one word of
advice on how
to listen to what
they tell you:
Carefully.
Most successful politicians are smart,
articulate, and
highly skilled at
parsing
their
words. Above
all, they want to
win your vote. So Lee Hamilton
you can be sure they won’t tell you what
you don’t want to hear. But this is not the
same thing as telling you what you do
want to hear.
I still remember, toward the end of Bill
Clinton’s
presidency,
how
often
Republican friends and colleagues swore
to me that he had lied to them and reneged
on what they remembered as ironclad
promises. As it happens, I had sat in on
several of those meetings, and I respectfully had to disagree. If my colleagues had
really listened carefully, they’d have
understood that he was not agreeing with
them — he’d left himself outs and plenty
of ambiguity in what he’d said. Then he’d
skillfully rely on their inclination to hear
what they wanted to hear.
An experienced politician is expert at
reading the mood of an individual or a
crowd, at asking questions that tell him
something about how they feel on a given
issue, and at gauging how much his listeners know about the issues and policies
they’re discussing. Simply by the nature
of the job, politicians will often – though
not always – know a great deal about the
matter you’re interested in, and usually
they’ve thought through their position on
it. They may sound homespun, folksy –
remember, self-deprecation is an art-form
among politicians — and no more sophisticated than the average person on the
street, but don’t be fooled. They usually
know what they’re talking about, are cautious when they don’t know, and are adept
at wording their sentences for maximum
appeal. After all, they want you to agree
with them.
Which means that as a voter, it’s really
up to you to be an attentive listener. And
the more you know about the issues you
care about, the better you’ll be. You want
to be able to understand a politician’s positions and be able to sort out where you
agree and disagree. Never jump to conclusions. You shouldn’t hesitate to ask questions in order to gain clarity, or to push for
clear, concise answers that reveal where a
candidate or lawmaker really stands.
You also want to get a sense of what
kind of listener he or she is. Is his mind
made up? Is she prepared to listen to what
you have to say, or does she just want to
talk at you? Is he flexible on the issues you
care about, and if so, how flexible? The
issues that our political leaders confront
every day are so complex that sometimes
they’re searching for an answer and are
prepared to listen to what you think – especially if it’s clear you know what you’re
talking about.
On the other hand, sometimes a politician’s position is already settled, whether
through conviction, analysis, orders from
political leaders, or political expediency. If
that’s the case, try to get a sense of how he
or she arrived at that position – it will tell
you something about the kind of effort he
or she will make as a lawmaker.
The point is that as a voter, you should
never suspend your critical judgment
when dealing with politicians. Give them a
fair hearing, but bone up on the issues,
know what you’d like to hear and what
you don’t want to hear...and then listen
with your mind as well as your ears. It’s
the only way I know to judge what a politician has to say – and to avoid being disappointed when it turns out that you didn’t
actually hear what you thought you did.
Lee Hamilton is Director of the Center
on Congress at Indiana Univer-sity. He
was a member of the U.S. House of
Representatives for 34 years.
Ban the balaclava?
By Dennis West
I thought I might be losing control
when I decided that anyone seen wearing a
balaclava when the temperature is above
freezing should be shot on sight.
That’s the conclusion I came to recently while watching footage of hoodlums
torching property in London’s East End,
and people throughout the Middle East
engaging in terrorist – or is that revolutionary? – activity.
The same garments are often used by
robbers in our own country, though the
preferred outfit seems to consist of a hood-
ed sweatshirt.
It’s a pretty safe bet that anyone who
goes to great lengths to hide his or her face
is up to no good.
But what about burkas, you say.
In that case, there is a whole society
that is stuck in the Middle Ages that wants
to keep women “in their place,” which
means obedient and subservient.
If that sounds a lot like the pledge
women such as Michelle Bachman have
made to their male masters, so be it. The
mind set is similar, as are the ancient books,
written by men, from which they stem.
The Beacon
Budget Letter
By Dave Bretl
Walworth County Administrator
Labor Day for me usually means just
that; a fair amount of labor as I put the finishing touches on the county’s 2012 budget. After weeks of number crunching and
meetings with county staff, the first draft
of next year’s spending plan, known as the
county administrator’s budget, is traditionally presented to
the county board
on Thursday following Labor
Day.
The
final
piece of the budget, that I always
vow I will finish
before the holiday weekend,
but never do, is a
letter to county
board superviDavid Bretl
sors that accompanies the budget materials.
The budget letter, as it has come to be
known, is an attempt to describe, in words,
what all the numbers mean and to explain
the overall strategy that the budget hopes
to accomplish. The budget letter has
grown considerably over the years. The
first one that I wrote to accompany the
2002 budget was three pages. Last year’s
ran 18 pages and this year’s, well, it’s not
done yet, but I still have a good seven or
eight hours before my final “drop-dead”
deadline.
Despite consistently missing my preholiday deadline, one lesson I have learned
over the years is the time it takes to physically produce the materials that comprise
the administrator’s budget. After struggling with balky printers and jammed
copiers one year, minutes before the board
meeting, I now allow a full business day to
produce all of the documents. When I
occasionally forget this rule and suggest a
few last minute changes, the panicked
expressions of staff members, furiously
copying and assembling all of the paperwork, remind me that at a certain point I
have to leave well enough alone.
The budget letter has grown, over the
years, in part, based on the demands for
information. Supervisors, swamped with
all of the documents comprising the $150
million spending plan, use the letter as a
starting point to learn what is being proposed. The media, likewise, gravitates to
the letter, at least in early stories, to inform
the public about the budget.
When the board makes its decisions in
November, the letter is revised and included in the county’s “Budget in Brief.” That
pamphlet, which provides a snapshot of
county finances, is used as a handout for
school and civic groups throughout the
year. Finally, we have noticed that the letter is used by financial analysts who evaluate the county’s credit-worthiness. While
these analysts examine many other financial documents to prepare our bond rating,
the budget letter helps them put County
finances in context. Two major factors
shaped this year’s budget.
State budget picture. The political
turmoil that gripped Madison earlier this
year will have significant effects locally as
the county implements mandates of the
state budget and budget repair bill. The
effects of that legislation are three-fold: a
reduction in aid, increased employee pension contributions and work rule changes,
and strict tax levy caps.
The state balanced its books, in large
measure by cutting the amount of money
that it will return to local governments. To
offset the loss in revenue the budget repair
bill provided “tools” to allow leaders to cut
costs. The primary tool was a requirement
that public workers, with the exception of
sworn law enforcement officers, contribute 5.8 percent of their wages towards
their pension. Walworth County began collecting this premium from non-union
workers in August. With union contracts
set to expire this December, we are estimating that this contribution will total
more than $2 million in 2012. As other
expenses, such as fuel, utilities and many
purchased services continue to escalate,
employee retirement contributions played
a critical role in balancing the county’s
2012 budget.
Effects of poor economy. In each
budget letter since 2009, I have had the
unpleasant task of outlining some of the
local effects of the lackluster national
economy. Low interest rates continue to
reduce county investment revenue. Sales
tax, which dropped by $1 million per year
since the start of the recession, shows no
signs of improving. Equalized value posted its second consecutive negative year,
dropping more than one percent in
Walworth County in 2011. In addition to
adding fewer non-property tax dollars to
the county treasury, these factors demonstrate the stress that many taxpayers are
under. Despite increased demands for
county services, controlling costs must be
an important goal of the 2012 budget.
By mid-September, budget documents
including the budget letter will be posted
on the website at www.co.walworth.wi.us.
Those documents are updated throughout
September and October to reflect board
and committee changes. If you are interested in learning how the county will be
spending your tax dollars next year, I
would encourage you to check it out. If you
have a better idea, contact your county
board supervisor. The board has the final
say as to what makes it into the budget.
Better yet, you can share your views,
in person. There are numerous opportunities for public input throughout the
approval process. During meetings, which
take place during the week of September
19, standing committees of the county
board will modify the county administrator’s budget and approve a preliminary
budget. The preliminary budget, in turn,
will be the subject of a public hearing on
November 1, with final approval scheduled for November 8. In my next column I
will provide highlights of the 2012 plan.
The opinions expressed in these
columns are those of the author and not
necessarily those of the Walworth County
Board of Supervisors.
Sept. 9, 2011— 5
Mr. President, try the Truman approach
By Dick Polman
The Philadelphia Inquirer
An unsolicited memo to Barack
Obama:
Mr. President, can you speak Truman?
If you want to stay in office beyond 2012,
you need to channel his language.
Enough, already, with all your overtures to the
Republicans.
Why bother trying to extend
your hand to
people whose
primal impulse
is to devour it?
You
surely
remember what
happened the
other day. You
suggested
extending the
Dick Polman
payroll tax cut
in order to boost consumer spending, and
key House Republicans naturally said no.
They won’t even cooperate with you on a
tax cut. That alone proves there’s no point
in talking to them anymore.
I know you’d prefer to believe, as you
said in your ’04 convention speech, that
America is not fundamentally divided
between red- and blue-state mentalities.
But your experience in office has surely
taught you that it is. There are people who
want to destroy you politically. Your only
choice is to use them as a foil – just as
give-’em-hell Harry stumped in 1948
against “the do-nothing Republican
Congress.” The sole viable strategy is to
confront them and win.
Nobody thought Truman would win, in
part because he was deemed a national
joke. Americans quipped, “To err is
Truman.” They would ask, in moments of
crisis, “What would Truman do if he were
alive?” And he was beset by many crises –
inflation, strikes, housing shortages. The
Republicans had captured Congress in
1946 with the slogan “Had enough?” and
believed they had a mandate to slash government. They routinely blocked Truman’s
proposals, including equal rights for black
citizens. In response, Truman campaigned
against their obstructionism. He converted
it into an asset and reframed the terms of
debate.
You need to do the same. Americans
don’t want to hear you whine anymore
about how frustrated you are. They respect
a president who fights – even a president
with whom they may disagree. And this
Congress could be the perfect foil.
Truman’s Congress at least managed a few
signature achievements, such as passing
the Marshall Plan. The current Republican
House is best known for going on record
with a plan to eradicate Medicare, and
driving us to the precipice of default.
To your credit, you’ve started to speak
Truman already. At an event Monday
night, you said that you would soon unveil
specific job-creation proposals, and
warned that if the Republicans obstruct
again, “then we’ll be running against a
Congress that’s not doing anything for the
American people, and the choice will be
very stark and very clear.” You said that
it’s wrong “to reward unreasonableness.
Look, I get that.”
Finally, you get it. The key is to stay
combative. Too often in the past, you have
oscillated between fighter mode and doormat mode. There’s no need to lapse,
because most Americans are primed for a
message about Republican overreach.
They’re teeing you up, so swing away.
Perhaps you’ve seen the latest CNN
poll. The Republicans’ approval rating has
plummeted since they fomented the debtceiling crisis. Currently, only 33 percent of
Americans view the GOP favorably, while
59 percent don’t. The Democrats are at 4747, roughly the same as they’ve been all
year. Most important, the GOP’s 59 percent thumbs-down rating is the worst that
CNN has ever recorded, dating back to
1992.
Elsewhere, Gallup now reports that
when Americans are asked to state a preference in the 2012 congressional races, 51
percent want a Democrat and 44 percent
want a Republican. Gallup says the
Democrats have steadily ascended since
early this year. One can only attribute this
shift in public mood to the GOP’s intransigence. Indeed, the party’s mentality was
reinforced last Thursday, when all eight
presidential candidates at a GOP debate
voiced opposition to any future budget
deal that includes any tax hikes.
And did you see what an ex-Bush
White House adviser wrote online?
Quoting Peter Wehner: “If taxes cannot be
raised under any circumstances, then we
have veered from economic policy to religious catechism. There is something amiss
when the political pressure in a party, any
party, is so intense that it prevents a serious
intellectual conversation from even taking
place.”
If a former Karl Rove deputy can say
those things, surely that is more than sufficient cover for you to go medieval on the
GOP brand.
Get specific about job creation. Send
specific bills to the Hill. Dare the
Republicans to do nothing. When they do
nothing, call them on it. Spend the next 15
months speaking Truman.
Last, heed the words of Cicero, the
orator of ancient Rome, who reputedly
said that if you find yourself stuck in politics, start a fight. Even if you don’t know
how to win it, it’s only when the fight is on
that you can hope to see your way through.
Dick Polman is a columnist for the
Philadelphia Inquirer. Readers may write
to him at: Philadelphia Inquirer, P.O. Box
8263, Philadelphia, Pa. 19101, or by
email at dpolman@phillynews .com.
© 2011, The Philadelphia Inquirer.
6 — The Beacon
Sept. 9, 2011
Business & Investment
IRS says beware of tax scam
Steven Fincutter, member of Elkhorn FFA and Spring Prairie 4-H, displays the
certificate he received as Walworth County Bankers Association’s $1,000 scholarship
award winner for 2011. The son of Tony and Diane Fincutter, he is attending UWMadison’s Farm Industry Short Course this fall. Steven has been an active member of
FFA, holding the offices of president and vice president, while receiving numerous
awards, such as Outstanding Senior for 2011 and Outstanding Junior for 2010.
(Photo furnished)
Elkhorn resident is third
generation sign builder
Elkhorn resident Rick Rossetti has
the sign-building business in his blood.
Both his grandfather and father were
sign builders and Rick carries on that
tradition as part owner of Sign Effectz, a
Milwaukee-based custom sign manufacturer.
His company has created many of
the Elkhorn areas’ most visible signs and
graphics: the Elkhorn Business Center,
Holy Canoli Restaurant. Southern
Lakes Plumbing & Heating, Lockhart
Service, Abell’s Restaurant, Hometown
Motorcycle, G & S Builders, Mann
Sisters Storage, Babcock Services and
Lord of the Lawns to name a few.
Rossetti played an instrumental role
in the creation and installation of the
signs at both Frank’s Piggly Wiggly
locations. He has worked with Frank’s
since it was a little grocery store in
downtown Elkhorn (then known as
Frank’s discount foods).
Rossetti has lived in the Elkhorn area
his entire life graduating from East Troy
High School in 1987. He started out in
the sign business as a young boy working for his father’s sign business and
helping his grandfather in his sign business. He became passionate about the
sign business and knew that was the
career he wanted to follow. Since the
start, his goals have been the same: to be
like his dad and grandfather in establishing working relationships with customers and to see the excitement on their
face when they receive the finished
product.
At Sign Effectz, Rossetti is involved
in many aspects of the business:
finance, estimating, scheduling and
maintenance. He’s the type of manager
that rolls up his sleeves to get the job
done, which keeps him in front of the
customer and not behind a desk.
According to Rick, “the highlight of my
career in sign-building has been watching the company go from just a fourperson operation in a garage to an 18employee company with a perfectly laid
out 17,000 square foot custom manufacturing facility.
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Mike Woitowicz, who plays in The
Banjo Barons Ragtime Band and The
Dixie Barons Dixieland Band displays
this plate with no strings attached.
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The Internal Revenue Service is
warning of a scam in Wisconsin and
Illinois that promises a tax refund or
rebate based on Social Security benefits.
The scam is prevalent across parts of the
Midwest and South.
“We are seeing the scam grow particularly in the Milwaukee and Racine
areas, but it is present in other parts of the
state as well,” explained IRS spokesperson Christopher Miller. “The scam
encourages people to file tax returns, for
a fee, to get a refund, rebate or stimulus
check based on withholding from Social
Security benefits. The problem is that the
withholding never took place, and is
therefore false, and the refund is neither
allowed nor legitimate.”
The scam targets people who aren’t
normally required to file tax returns,
including seniors and low income individuals. Flyers and advertisements for
“free money” from the IRS, suggesting
that the taxpayer can file a return and get
a refund with little or no documentation,
have been appearing in community
churches and senior centers around the
country. These schemes are often spread
by word of mouth among unsuspecting
and well-intentioned people telling their
friends and relatives.
People are being victimized because
they end up paying the scammer a fee to
prepare the returns, only to find out
their claims are rejected or they have to
return the money to the IRS, plus potential penalties and interest.
“That’s why it’s important to make
sure your family and friends are aware
of the scam, so that innocent people
don’t fall victim to it. Remember, if
something sounds too good to be true, it
probably is, “said Miller.
In general, the IRS pursues enforcement actions against those who promote
schemes or entice others to violate the
law. The penalty for filing fraudulent
returns with the IRS can be up to $5,000.
The IRS pursues the organizers of
scams and can recommend criminal
prosecution.
“At the IRS, protecting taxpayer
money is a matter we take extremely
seriously,” said Kelly R. Jackson,
Special Agent in Charge of the IRS
Criminal Investigation Division. “An
integral part of the agency’s mission
involves detecting and catching fraudulent tax refund claims. The object of
these schemes is to defraud the government and the taxpaying public.”
The IRS says taxpayers should be
wary of any of the following:
• Fictitious claims for refunds or
rebates based on excess or withheld
Social Security benefits.
• Claims that Treasury Form 1080
can be used to transfer funds from the
Social Security Administration to the
IRS enabling a payout from the IRS.
• Unfamiliar for-profit tax services
teaming up with local churches.
• Home-made flyers and brochures
implying credits or refunds are available
without proof of eligibility.
• Offers of free money with no documentation required.
• Promises of refunds for “Low
Income – No Documents Tax Returns.”
• Claims for the expired Economic
Recovery Credit Program or Recovery
Rebate Credit.
• Advice on using the Earned Income
Tax Claims based on exaggerated
reports of self-employment income.
• In some cases non-existent Social
Security refunds or rebates have been
the bait used by the con artists. In other
situations, taxpayers deserve the tax
credits they are promised but the preparer uses fictitious or inflated information
on the return which results in a fraudulent return.
Anyone with questions about a tax
credit or program should visit
www.IRS.gov, call the IRS toll-free number at 800-829-1040 or visit a local IRS
Taxpayer Assistance Center.
Mecum Auctions gets a new sign at their headquarters, which is located in the
former Spiegelhoff Pick n Save building on Hwy. 14 in Walworth. The company, which
conducts auctions of everything from antique tractors to classic boats, has owned the
property for approximately two years.
(Beacon photo)
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Sept. 9, 2011 — 7
NLRB requires new notice
Kim Howarth of Godfrey, Leibsle,
Blackbourn & Howarth, S.C., says the
National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB) has issued a new rule requiring
all employers, union or not, to post
notice of employee rights under the
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
The rule goes into effect on Monday,
November 14. The notice may be downloaded for free from the NLRB website
(www.NLRB.gov).
Employers are required to print the
notice on 11 x 17 paper or two 8.5 x 11
inch pages that are taped together. The
notice must be posted wherever notices
to employees are normally posted.
If 20 percent or more of the workforce is not proficient in English, the
employer is required to post/provide the
notice in the native languages represented. Translations are available on the
NLRB website.
This is a non-exhaustive summary of
the rule and its requirements. In light of
the required new posting, employers
should ensure there has been a recent
review of their non-solicitation and nondistribution policies. Anyone with further questions may contact Kim Howarth
at Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn &
Howarth, S.C. 741-1525 or email him at
khowarth@godfreylaw .com.
Business briefs
Dave Scurek has been appointed an
agent in training with American Family
Insurance - The Mike Spragia Agency.
According to Mike Spragia, Scurek
has been involved in, and successfully
completed, the American Family education and training program. He may be
contacted at [email protected], or by
calling 723-3313.
CFP Financial Advisor Steve Jensen
was recently named to Milwaukee
Magazine’s Five Star Wealth Manager’s
list representing those who provide
exceptional service and overall satisfaction to their clients. Five Star Award
recipients are selected from more than
9,300 registered financial service professionals in the Milwaukee area and
less than 5 percent were chosen this
year. Final selection criteria include not
only client evaluations but peers and
industry experts.
A resident of the Town of Delavan,
Jensen received his BA and BS degrees
from Geneva College and his MA from
Purdue University. He received his
Certified Financial Professional designation in 2007. He formed the Henry and
Jensen Group of Wells Fargo Advisors
this year with his associate, Alan Henry,
First Vice President, Investments, in
order to expand services to clients in the
southeast Wisconsin area. The firm’s
offices are located at 20800 Swensen Dr.,
Crossroads Corporate Center, Suite 200,
in Waukesha.
Elkhorn Chamber of Commerce ambassadors Shane Griffin and Tobie Watts
present a membership plaque to Midwest Labor account manager Barb Astin (second
from left) and staffing specialist Letisia Hureta (far right). A full service employment
agency, Midwest opened its office June 1 at 5 W. Walworth St. in Elkhorn. According
to owner Steve Manske, Midwest Labor is Wisconsin’s largest full service employment
agency with offices in Appleton, Baraboo, Eau Claire, Elkhorn, Janesville, Madison,
Marshfield and Wisconsin Rapids. Contact them at 723-1181 or log on to their Web
site, www.midwestlabor.com.
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8 — The Beacon
Sept. 9, 2011
Health & Fitness
Community strength training and
heart health programs begin in fall
UW-Extension of Walworth County
is again offering the StrongWomen
Program, an exercise program for middle-aged and older adults. Classes will
be offered in Elkhorn for both the Strong
Bones and Healthy Hearts programs.
Classes are held twice weekly. The
Strong Bones program includes progressive weight training, flexibility and balance activities while the Healthy Hearts
program includes cardiovascular weekly
exercise and nutrition information.
Jenny Wehmeier, Family Living Educator, will be the instructor for the
Healthy Hearts program and Colleen
Lesniak, Volunteer Coordinator, will
lead the Strong Bones program.
Both instructors have been trained in
the Strong Women program and have
had personal successes participating in
and leading the programs.
The Strong Women Program was
developed by Miriam Nelson, Ph.D., an
associate professor at the Friedman
School of Nutrition Science and Policy
at Tufts University. The Strong Women
Program is based upon years of research
on how strength training, cardiovascular
exercise, and proper nutrition improve
the health of women of all ages.
“Strength is a critical factor in living
healthier, more active lives,” says Dr.
Nelson. “Our research shows that a pro-
gram of strength training not only
improves bone density but reduces falls,
improves arthritis symptoms, and
increases flexibility and strength.”
The program is appropriate for both
sedentary and active women.
This will be the second set of
Walworth County Strong Women classes.
Results indicate that participants gained
physical strength, flexibility, balance and
knowledge of nutrition and health. These
women have also indicated that they have
benefited socially from meeting and getting to know new people. During the
Healthy Hearts program, participants
logged more than 6 million steps in 12
weeks and lost more than 40 pounds.
Anyone who is interested in participating in the Strong Women Program,
should contact UW-Extension for proper
paperwork and a list of the equipment
required for participation. The cost for
the UW-Extension Strong Women program is $25 for new participants and $20
for returning Strong Women. Men can
also participate.
An informational meeting will be
held on Friday, September 16 from 9:3010:30 a.m. at the Walworth County
Government Center, 100 West Walworth
Street in Elkhorn. Interested parties
should reserve a spot by calling Jenny at
741-4962.
Surgery helps Parkinson’s symptoms
By Jane Glenn Haas
Movement disorders related to diseases such as Parkinson’s afflict about one
in 100 people older than 60, say specialists
at the University of Michigan. Essential
tremor, another disease causing uncontrolled movement, affects about 5 percent
of that population, the doctors say.
Medications that reduce symptoms
often do not work as well over time. While
the tremors do not affect a person’s activities, people often are embarrassed and isolate themselves, said Dr. Kelvin Chou, codirector of the University of Michigan’s
Surgical Therapies Improving Movement
program and head of the department of
neurology.
However, patients can see dramatic
life changes after deep brain stimulation
surgery, says Dr. Parag Patil, co-director of
the STIM program and assistant professor
of neurology.
“Deep brain stimulation is like a pacemaker,” he says. Electrodes are placed in
the brain while the patient is awake, and
reactions can be tested in the operating
room. Then the patient is put under anesthesia and surgeons insert a thin, flexible
wire, and a pulse generator is placed in the
chest.
Q: What is the difference between
Parkinson’s and essential tremor? (Full
disclosure: I was diagnosed with earlystage Parkinson’s more than six years
ago.)
A: Chou: Essential tremor is the opposite of Parkinson’s. In Parkinson’s, the
tremor occurs when the hand is relaxed
and not being used. With essential tremor,
there is difficulty eating and writing, for
example.
Parkinson’s patients essentially lose the
dopamine in the brain, and that leads to
tremors and sometimes stiffness and rigidity.
Q: Deep brain stimulation surgery is
not really new. Why discuss it now?
A: Patil: We believe there is a difference in the way patients are evaluated and
told risks and benefits. By educating people about the surgery, we hope to improve
their quality of life. And many physicians
are not at all clear when to send patients
for this surgery. Some, of course, are not
eligible. Michael J. Fox, the actor with
Parkinson’s, had an older surgery around
2000 that kills some cells causing problems in the brain. It is not reversible.
Stimulation is reversible, and it re-creates
the signals creating dopamine in the brain.
Geneva Lake Manor resident John Koczy receives congratulations from family and staff members on his 100th birthday, July 12.
(Photo furnished)
Geneva Lake Manor resident
celebrates 100th birthday
Geneva Lake Manor Resident John
Koczy turned 100 on July 12. John was
a middle school teacher in Poland before
World War II, where he served in the
war as a Captain in the Polish Army. In
1948, he came to the United States and
became a draftsman for the Cook
County Highway Department in
Chicago. He retired at the age of 71 and
moved to Pell Lake. He has always been
an avid reader and still loves listening to
music, especially polka and opera.
John’s family came to celebrate his
birthday with him at Geneva Lake
Manor and the staff and residents celebrated with him too.
Geneva Lake Manor is a 60-bed, 24hour skilled nursing home and rehabilitation facility, serving the geriatric community. For more information, visit
www.genevalakemanor.org.
Welcoming ...
Mark Grzeskowiak, MD
Family medicine
Mercy Lake Geneva Medical Center is pleased
to welcome Dr. Mark Grzeskowiak to its staff.
Dr. Grzeskowiak joins Gary Myron, MD, family
medicine physician, and Mark Pfeifer, DPM,
podiatrist.
As a family doctor, Dr. Grzeskowiak is trained
in all areas of medicine and diagnoses and treats
a full range of health concerns. His areas of
special interest include:
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Diabetes
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
Preventive care
Physical exams and wellness checks
Asthma
COPD
Dr. Grzeskowiak is now accepting new patients.
For more information, call Mercy Lake Geneva
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Sept. 9, 2011 — 9
Health Through Chiropractic
By Bernice Elliott
Community Chiropractic Center
It’s that time of year again. Children
will be returning to school soon. Whether
in grammar school or graduate school,
most students these days use a backpack.
Unfortunately, backpacks that are
worn incorrectly and can cause neck and
upper back pain due to increased stressors
on the spinal column. Here are some helpful tips for safe backpack use.
1. Choose Right. Choosing the right
backpack is the most important step to safe
backpack use. Have a parent or a friend
help you measure your backpack properly.
2. Pack Right. The maximum weight
of the loaded backpack should not exceed
15% of your body weight, so pack only
what is needed. If the backpack is too
heavy, it forces the wearer to move forward, placing stress on the neck and upper
spine.
3. Lift Right. Face the pack, bend the
knees, use both hands and check the
weight of the pack. Lift with the legs.
Apply one shoulder strap and then the
other. Do not sling the backpack onto one
shoulder.
4. Wear Right. Use both straps; snug,
but not too tight. Align the bottom of the
pack to the waistline. When the backpack
has a waist strap, use it.
These tips will help you to know how
to safely use your backpack and, in turn,
promote spinal health. We will be doing
complimentary backpack fittings through
the month of September. Please call or
stop at our office.
Dr. Elliott can be found at COMMUNITY CHIROPRACTIC CENTER. Our
office is at 541 Kenosha St. (across from
Walworth State Bank) in Walworth. We
accept most insurance and Medicare
assignment. We are accepting new patients
and can usually see you the same day. Call
us at (262) 275-1700 today to see how chiropractic care can benefit you. Have a
happy and healthy school year.
This column is sponsored by Community Chiropractic Center.
Jim and Janice Anton dine al fresco during one of the many events held in
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(Beacon photo)
Alzheimer’s Walk set for Sept. 17
Wearing a backpack improperly can
lead to discomfort and injury.
Plastic Surgery
Hundreds of community members
will gather at Lake Geneva’s Library
Park on Saturday, Sept. 17 for the
Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End
Alzheimer’s. More than 750 people
from Walworth and surrounding counties are expected to participate in this
year’s event, which will feature both a
three-mile scenic walk along the
lakeshore path and a one-mile historic
walk in the Maple Park neighborhood.
The 2010 walk raised more than
$100,000 to help individuals and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease,
including the Alzheimer’s Association
24/7 Helpline, support groups, research,
education and training.
Pre-walk registration and entertainment will begin at 9 a.m., with the walk
starting promptly at 10. Post walk festiv-
ities will include music by the Petty
Thieves, along with a hot-dog lunch,
compliments of Stinebrink's Piggly
Wiggly and the Lake Geneva Jaycees.
Dr. Britton Kolar, MD, a specialist in
Geriatric Medicine at Aurora Senior
Health and Wellness Clinic, is this year’s
Honorary Chairperson.
The event is being co-chaired by
Andy Kerwin, principal and owner of
Geneva Lakes Crossing, and Wendy
Betley,
Family
Care
Manager,
Alzheimer’s Association. This event is
supported by a committee of community
leaders along with staff from the
Alzheimer’s Association.
Participants can register, support
another walker and get information
online at www.alz.org/sewi. For a
brochure, call 800-272-3900.
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Mercy Health Line
Fight Osteoporosis in Childhood
When we’re younger, we think of
osteoporosis as one of those ‘old age’
diseases we might get far in the future.
While it’s true that osteoporosis takes
decades to develop and its effects don’t
usually show up in most people until
their 60s, prevention of osteoporosis
starts in childhood.
Adolescence is a critical period of
bone growth. During childhood, the
body makes new bone faster than it
breaks down old bone, a process known
as remodeling. This happens until our
20s, when we reach our peak bone mass.
Starting in our 30s, the process reverses
and we lose a bit more than we gain.
That’s why it’s important for kids to
consume adequate calcium and vitamin
D and be physically active so they’ll
develop strong, dense bones and a higher peak bone mass in young adulthood.
The higher the bone mass they have
before remodeling reverses, the less
likely they’ll be to develop osteoporosis
as they lose bone while aging.
Of course, adolescence is a tough
time for youngsters to eat healthfully
and exercise. Junk food is often the center of their diet. How many would
choose a glass of calcium-fortified
orange juice over a heavily advertised,
caffeinated soft drink? Why play basketball when that new X-Box is sitting in
the family room?
Although boys are at risk, girls can
become so obsessed about their weight
and appearance that they can develop
eating disorders like anorexia nervosa
and bulimia. These restrictive diets are
highly injurious to developing bones. In
a short time, anorexia can lower bone
mass. The longer the eating disorder
continues, the lower the bone density
drops. Studies have shown that a partial
weight gain will not reverse this process.
Only when the child regains her entire
normal weight will she be able to start
building bone mass again, although,
unlike a boy, she will be unable to fully
regain her lost bone mass.
Concerned and influential adults,
parents, relatives, health care professionals, coaches, teachers must help
children make wise food choices and get
proper exercise. Parents especially
should model healthy eating and exercise habits for their children.
Boosting their self-esteem helps
them make wise choices and keeps them
healthy too.
A calcium-rich diet doesn’t have to
be boring. Make a milkshake with fatfree chocolate milk and frozen yogurt.
Spread almond butter on toast or celery.
Eat a grilled cheese sandwich made with
whole-grain bread and have yogurt for
dessert. Create your own smoothie
recipe with fruit and fortified soymilk.
Have a slice or two of everyone’s
favorite cheese pizza. Lots of foods are
now calcium fortified, so look at labels.
With your physician’s approval, take a
calcium supplement if you are unable to
get enough from your diet.
Just as important as a nourishing diet
is physical activity. Growing youngsters
are always hungry and being active
helps keep their weight down.
Studies have shown that kids who
are the most physically active have the
greatest bone density. While aerobic
exercises such as biking, swimming and
skateboarding are great for the heart,
bones need weight-bearing exercise to
grow strong. Many types of sports and
play are weight bearing, which means
working against gravity. Kids of all ages
and adults can keep their bones healthy
by participating in any one of these
activities:
" Soccer and field hockey
" Hiking, walking and jogging
" Basketball
" Cheerleading
" Dancing
" Martial arts
" Tennis
" Jumping rope
" Push-ups and weightlifting
" Gymnastics
" Skiing
Osteoporosis is a serious disease.
Bone can become so porous and weak
that something as simple as coughing or
bending over can fracture a rib. Spinal
fractures can happen spontaneously and
lead to pain and a stooped posture. Hip
fractures, usually from a fall, can result
in disability and even death from postoperative complications. Active kids
who eat a well-balanced diet are laying
the groundwork to prevent this disabling
disease.
Health Line is a paid column. For
information on this or dozens of healthrelated questions, visit the Mercy
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Parkinson’s
Continued from page 8
Q: How quickly does Parkinson’s
advance?
A: Chou: It is a slowly progressing disease. It could be 15 years before it interferes with the patient’s quality of life.
Patil: We have performed studies with
patients who do and who do not get deep
brain stimulation surgery when the disease
has progressed. For most, there is a definite improvement in their quality of life.
Chou: More important, it does not
wear off over time. And you can turn it off
when you are asleep because you don’t
need it then.
Our data shows main motor symptoms
can be preserved for 10 years or longer as
a result of this surgery.
Many Parkinson’s patients who are
Sept. 9, 2011
forced to take medications every two hours
or so just to keep themselves going – or
essential tremor patients who don’t feel
medications are helping _ may turn to surgery. Patients often see dramatic, lifetransforming changes.
Q: There is something about brain surgery that sounds scary.
A: Patil: Many people are afraid. We
hope to educate them to make an informed
decision, to make the best choice for themselves.
Q: Has the number of surgeries you do
increased?
A: Patil: We have gone from about five
to 30 or more a year. And with the boomers
aging and displaying symptoms, we expect
to do even more.
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The Pint-Sized Rembrandt
By Marjie Reed
When a mother has great artistic
ability, one would think her offspring
would have the desire and ability to
draw. I had one of the two. If desire to
draw was the
only
requirement for artistic
success, as a kid,
I would have
been the Shirley
Temple of the
artistic world.
However,
from examples
of my art which
hung on the wall
of our home art
gallery — the
Marjie Reed
refrigerator door
— my future as an artist looked bleak at
best. Did Mom suggest lessons? No, she
suggested a paint-by-number set.
At the store, she found an easy pastoral scene. The cows were black and
white, trees had two shades of green,
and a pond consisted of light and dark
blue upon which a brown duck floated.
“Marjie, learn with this simple picture and get the feel of the brush in your
hand,” Mom strongly urged. No doubt,
she dreamed that someday, with easels
side by side, we would share the wonderful world of pastels, acrylics and
watercolors.
Jerking her back to reality, I showed
her my choice. Thinking back 56 years,
seems to me the cover showed something like a French bistro scene with
about 500 tiny spaces to be painted.
Looking at it, Rembrandt himself would
have broken a sweat.
Seems like Mom said something
about it being too hard for my age, but
knowing life-lessons would also be
tucked in the box, she purchased it for
me. Predictably, almost before we were
in the house, I had the lids off all 20
paints pots giving them a head start on
the drying-out-and-becoming-useless
process.
After getting another glass of water
to rinse my brush, (I had already spilled
the first one) I was ready to get under
way. Mom set me up at the dining room
table, then took time to get a sharp point
on one of her good brushes. I guess she
figured she would give me a fighting
chance at my masterpiece.
Instead, I chose one of the nice fat,
blunt bristled brushes that came with the
set. Five hundred spaces, 20 colors and 3
spilled glasses of water later, I was done.
It took me about an hour. I could have
gotten it done sooner, but my water glass
just kept falling over. I wasn’t good, but
I was fast.
It’s funny how things change. Before
putting paint to “canvas,” the picture
was a quaint Paris-type street scene with
folks served by mademoiselles. The kind
of scene you might close your eyes and
dream about on a warm spring day.
After my whirlwind paint job, it
looked vaguely like a town invaded by
creatures being served by ghouls. The
kind of scene Steven King might close
his eyes and dream about on a warm
spring day.
I complained to Mom that the picture
on the box didn’t look like my picture.
As usual, I needed a change in perspective. Mom showed me that mine didn’t
look like the one on the box.
One thing I do clearly remember
after 56 years is that Mom never talked
to me in an “I told you so” tone of voice.
She would grab whatever moments she
had when I was really listening and gently reinforce the lesson she was hoping I
would absorb.
Dear God:
Every day we parents color our kid’s
lives, and they color ours. We have
many pots of color in life from which to
choose. Please help us to think about the
atmosphere of our home and recognize
and change, if need be, the predominant
color permeating our home.
Purple—the exciting passion for life
our kids reawaken in us.
Red — anger that festers, then
explodes within a family
Black — despair when life gets out of
our control and all seems lost
Green and Blue — cool relief that
abounds when family members forgive
one another
Yellow — the warmth “I love you”
brings as it floods the home
Please, God, no matter what problems exist under each roof, may the sunshine yellow of their parents’ love surround every child. Children must be
reassured that Mom and Dad’s love and
encouragement will stay vibrant.
If their childhood has been an easel
of support with love, discipline and
encouragement, teens and young adults
will make wiser choices as they begin to
color in their own spaces on this canvas
we call life. Amen.
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].
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Lake Geneva man has narrow escape as boat catches fire and sinks
By Dennis West
Tuesday, August 30, wasn’t a good
day for Lake Geneva resident Harry
Bublitz. But it could have been worse.
Harry, 54, who has been a quadriplegic for many years, wanted to go for one
last ride in his 1976, 400 h.p. 19-foot
Waikiki inboard motor boat before he
sold what he owned and moved from
Lake Geneva to Hawaii. A friend, Mike
Halpin, agreed to take him out.
Halpin and an unidentified juvenile
used bungie cords to strap Harry to the
seat of his boat and then they weighed
anchor. While they were out in the lake,
the engine caught fire and it quickly
became apparent that the only thing to
do was to “abandon ship.”
As the boat began to sink in about 60
feet of water off the north shore of
Geneva Lake, west of Geneva Bay
Estates, the two able-bodied seamen
began to push their quadriplegic friend,
still secured to the boat’s rear seat,
toward shore.
Karen Martino was engaged in her
daily jog along the shore path when she
“heard someone screaming ‘Call 911!’”
“I dove in and was the first one to
reach them to help pull the seat and Mr.
Bublitz to shore,” she said. “Two men
working nearby and a woman named
Nancy Neumann also dove in to help.
“It was very difficult because,
although the cushions had been designed
to float, they were old and began taking
on water,” Martino said. “The cushion
Bublitz was sitting on had been added to
the boat.”
“If people hadn’t gone after them,
Mr. Bublitz might not be here today,”
said Water Safety Patrol Director Ted
Pankau. As of Sept. 2, divers from a pier
service had been working to locate the
boat. Everything, including some of the
other cushions that separated, just sank.
“We got them to shore where Harry
Bublitz could be propped up and safe
from drowning,” said Marino. When the
Water Safety Patrol and Lake Geneva
Fire Department and Rescue Squad
arrived, crew members got him out of
the water and onto a dock belonging to
the Hillcroft Estate, got him onto a backboard and covered him with a blanket.
Members of the Lake Geneva Fire Department Rescue Team maneuver their
airboat near a pier at the Hillcroft Estate on Tuesday, Aug. 30. The seat into which a
disabled boater was secured (foreground) is all that was left of the 19-foot inboard, that
caught fire and sank in about 60 feet of water off the north shore of Geneva Lake.
(Photo by Kim Martino)
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Mike Halpin (in the green shirt) explains what happened to the boat he was
driving as medical personnel tend to his passenger, Harry Bublitz, on the dock in the
background. Bublitz is well known in Lake Geneva and can often be seen taking his
dogs for an outing while seated in his motorized wheelchair. (Photo by Kim Martino)
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Members of the Elkhorn High School Class of 1956 who attended their 55-year reunion Friday-Sunday, Aug. 5-7 included (front row, from left): Robert Gregerson,
Blanco, Texas; Ken Rambatt, Hot Springs Village, Ark.; Gabe Colombe, Stoughton; Tim Hayes, Delavan; John Martin, Elkhorn; Richard Jones, New London, Minn.; Bruce Mitchell,
Elkhorn; Mike Kelley, Kenosha; (middle row) Judy Anderson Morello, Mequon; Betsy Ague Dade, San Dimas, Calif.; Rosemarie Larsen Barber, East Troy; Amy Williams Kaul,,
Cambridge, Wis.; Dorothy Schinke Papenfus, Elkhorn; Kathleen Babcock O’Hearn, Jefferson; Judy Whitmore Kyle, Elkhorn; Pat Collins Smiley, Elkhorn; Calvin Los, Byron Center,
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Christine Swiech Miller, Hurst, Texas; Dan Harkness, Elkhorn; Jerry Share, Miami, Fla.; Ralph Morello, Mequon; Jack Kirkham, Elkhorn; Jeanne Schoenbeck, Elkhorn; Den
Brockmann, Whitewater; and Alex Smith, Elkhorn. The class has held a reunion every five years since they graduated. The classmates and their spouses gathered Friday night
for dinner at The Village Supper Club. Saturday activities began with a golf outing and concluded with dinner and a program at The Bunker at Evergreen Golf Club north of
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Home and Family
Law Enforcement Explorers learn basics of policing
By Marjie Reed
The backbone of our nation’s domestic defense against terrorist attacks will
continue to be the men and women in
local law enforcement and emergency
services. Sen. Saxby Chambliss
One of answers to strong local law
enforcement in Harvard, Ill., is to get
more young people interested in policing as a career. One way the police have
found to do this is through a nationwide
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accident scene procedures, bomb threat
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Some specific, everyday things officers must know and that are taught in the
program are handcuffing, proper use of
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Older Explorers can earn the privilege of
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The Explorers engage in ride-alongs
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never taken to violent situations.”
“Explorers help us with traffic at
intersections during Harvard Milk Days,
and young people get a taste [of being a
police officer] without enduring the
risk,” Deputy Chief Krause pointed out,
“The Explorers also end up getting a
mentor to hang with – almost like a big
brother.”
An Explorer learns how to properly handcuff a subject during a training session. Any young person between the ages of 14 (having completed the 8th grade) and
20 can join to investigate law enforcement as a career
After youngsters have attended five
months of Explorer meetings, they get a
uniform. The uniform fee is nominal,
and in years past the police department
has had items donated, which they raffled, to raise money for the uniforms and
other needs of the program.
“It has been a while since the program has had anything donated,” said
Officer Schultz, the head of the Harvard
Explorers. “Donations are always appreciated. Young people today think all
police work is the same as the television
program NCIS, and it is not. Kids drop
out of the program because they come in
with unrealistic expectations of police
work. They need to get on the internet
and watch shows like Dragnet and
Adam 12 to see what average day-to-day
policing is like. A police officer’s shift
can be 7 hours and 50 minutes of pure
boredom with ten minutes of sheer terror.”
“The exam to become a police officer is a college-type test and anyone
with just a high school diploma probably
wouldn’t pass it”, Officer Schultz said.
His advice to young people is, “Become
an Explorer to see if law enforcement is
a career you would enjoy. If so, use the
years after high school graduation until
age 21, when they can apply for the
police force, by joining the military for a
few years, taking a two year course in
Criminal Justice or, better yet, get a four
year college degree.”
Officer Schultz entered the Army
directly out of high school and became
an MP (military policeman) for three
years, well-equipping him to pass the
test and become a civilian police officer.
He has been an officer for nearly 19
years.
Youngsters who don’t live in
Harvard and want to get into an Explorer
program should visit their local police
station to see if they have a program, or
if the department would start one.
Anyone is welcome to join Harvard
Explorers, but Officer Schultz would
like to see more towns start the program.
For more information on Law
Enforcement Explorers in general, log
on to www.learningforlife.org. (There is
also information on Explorer groups for
teens wanting to investigate fire fighting
law, aviation, culinary and other career
choices.)
For questions, or to request an application packet to join Harvard Explorers,
or to donate towards the group, call
Officer Schultz at the Harvard Police
Department, (815) 943-4431.
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Tips on painting weathered wood
When painting a home with a wood exterior, it’s not unusual to find areas that are
worn and weathered. In extreme cases, the
entire house may be weather-beaten.
Sometimes, a home is this way because
it’s been years since the last paint job. But
even new construction – a recent addition,
for example – can be “weathered” after only
a few weeks if unpainted wood is left
exposed to the elements.
“If the wood exterior you’re about to
paint meets one of these descriptions, you’ll
need to do some extra surface preparation,”
says Debbie Zimmer, spokesperson for the
Paint Quality Institute. “That’s the only way
to end up with a high quality, long-lasting
paint job on weathered wood.”
Assuming that the wood has been painted before, start your surface preparation by
scraping away all of the loose or peeling
paint. (But if your home was built before
1978 and you suspect the presence of leadbased paint, first call 1-800-424-LEAD to
learn how to avoid potential health hazards.)
Then, carefully inspect the exterior of your
home for damaged or rotted wood.
Dry rot (dry, crumbly sections of wood)
and wet rot (soggy, soft spots) are both
caused by microorganisms that thrive in
damp conditions. Rot can destroy the wood
so completely that a finger can be pushed
right through it. To test for rot, poke suspicious-looking boards with a screwdriver; if it
goes in easily, the wood has rotted.
Remove all of the rot you find. Use
wood filler to repair small problem areas,
and totally replace any wood that is damaged
beyond repair. If the damaged wood is structural – roof support posts, railing posts on
elevated decks, and the like – consider hiring
a professional to make the repairs.
Since wood can rot wherever there is
excess moisture, be sure to caulk and seal
inside and outside corners, seams, and other
gaps in the wood exterior where rain or other
moisture could penetrate the surface. For the
best performance, use a paintable siliconized
acrylic caulk.
Thoroughly sand surfaces that have any
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degraded wood fiber. If you are painting
cedar shakes or another type of wood that is
uneven, use a wire brush rather than sandpaper for this work. Then brush off the surface.
Next, wash off any remaining dust with a
power washer, or scrub the surface with
soapy water using a long-handled brush.
Start at the top of the wall and work down
toward the bottom. Be sure to rinse off the
soap residue.
If any mildew remains, remove it by
applying a solution of one part bleach to
three parts water, letting it sit on the surface
for 20 minutes, then scrubbing it away.
Again, rinse the area clean.
Apply a coat of top quality latex or oilbased primer to the entire exterior. Then finish the project by applying one or two coats
of top quality 100% acrylic latex exterior
paint. (A second coat will provide better protection from the elements and make your
new paint job last longer.)
“When painting weathered wood, you
may be tempted to skip the extra work
required to properly prepare the surface, but
it’s a temptation you have to resist,” says
Zimmer. “By going about the project in the
right way, you’ll be rewarded with many
years of great performance from your new
paint job.”
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The son of Bruce and Patricia
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Airman Schneiderman graduated in 2006
from Border Technical High School,
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Coast Guard Seaman Jared
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Duncan of Sharon, recently graduated
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physical fitness, health and wellness,
first aid, fire fighting and marksmanship. Men and women train together
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all recruits are trained in preventing
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basics of the work-life balance.
Duncan and other recruits also
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Sept. 9, 2011
CROP Walk set for October 9
When the project is completed, about
900 truckloads of sediment containing
40.8 tons of Phosphorus will have been
removed. Before the dredging, about
7,000 pounds of phosphorus entered the
lake through the Inlet every year. A big
percentage of this material will now be
trapped before it enters the main body of
the lake.
HDR Engineering of Springfield,
Ill., designed the project and is managing the dredging and de-watering. The
design was researched and planned to
assure that the lake would be provided
physical and ecological benefits, such as
reduced phosphorus, improved recreational access, better fishing, and overall improvements in water quality. By
studying and testing the sediment in the
Inlet, the research team determined that
the Inlet had lost a good percentage of its
storage capacity and had to be made
more efficient at trapping phosphorus
rich sediment.
The Town of Delavan solicited bids
four times over 18 months, and the
fourth solicitation brought an acceptable
bid from JND Thomas of Riverdale,
Calif., and Daytona Beach, Fla. JND
Thomas was awarded the contract after a
thorough review of its credentials and
similar work. The firm specializes in
providing water-borne environmental
and commercial work requiring minimal
set-up space and high volume output
under stringent return water quality
requirements for customers across the
United States.
Dennis Thomas, president of JND
Thomas, said “the Delavan project
offers us the opportunity to showcase
our environmentally friendly green tech-
Walworth County Bankers Association Outstanding Youth Award winners
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nology. The project is proceeding exceptionally well with all stakeholders working together on planning, financing, and
execution.” He offered compliments to
all participants and Delavan area residents.
The firm has eight full-time employees on site, working in two shifts until
the project is completed. Supplies, materials, and services are secured from local
vendors. The company began set-up
work in late June and has completed
about 1,900 feet of the 2,940-foot channel. Noise and other project effects have
has been minimized and supervisors
have attempted to accommodate area
residents and visitors. Progress can be
followed on the internet at townofdelevan.com/inlet-dredge-project.
Most of the total project cost of
$1.464 million is being paid by the
Town of Delavan. The town’s share is
$1.34 million in local taxes, with the
City of Delavan contributing $125,000
and
the
Wisconsin
Waterway
Commission contributing $100,000.
In 2005, a study conducted by the
Fiscal and Economic Research Group at
the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
found that Delavan Lake generates about
$77 million in local spending annually,
along with 812 jobs and $17 million in
direct labor income. The researchers
found that if lake water quality levels
were to return to 1992 levels, economic
activity would be reduced as much as 13
percent annually Additionally, home
values would fall with a decline in water
quality.
The report went on to say that
improvements in water quality would
increase economic activity by about 11
percent annually. The study concluded
that the connection between lake quality,
the property tax base, and regional economic activity is strong and needs to
nurtured for the benefit of all.
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Delavan Inlet
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as coordinator in the absence of the Rev.
Jean Wallenfang, who is on sabbatical.
Churches that have participated in the
past will also have information about the
event.
The walk raises money to help fight
hunger around the world, with 25 percent
of the money raised returning to the local
area.
The walk raised more than $16,000
last year, with the local portion of funds
divided among seven area food pantries
and service agencies: Loaves and Fishes
Food Pantry, Genoa City; Lake Geneva
Food Pantry; Chapel on the Hill Food
Pantry; Twin Oaks Shelter, Darien; St.
Andrew’s Food Pantry, Delavan; Big
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It has nothing to do with farm fields.
CROP is the acronym of a national
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The annual Geneva Lake Area walk
will take place on Sunday, Oct. 9, beginning at the Lions Field House in
Williams Bay. It will be sponsored this
year by the United Church of Christ,
Williams Bay. The goal is $25,000.
Registration will start at noon, with
the walk beginning at 1, followed by a
kick-off prayer. The three walking
routes of various lengths will all return
to the Field House, where there is ample
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Sept. 9, 2011
Howling can be symptom of disease
By Jeff Kahler, D.V.M.
Nathan isn’t getting enough sleep.
Pumpkin, his 13-year-old cat, is
keeping him up at night. Pumpkin especially likes howling in Nathan’s bedroom, and Nathan is losing his patience.
Excess vocalizing in cats, especially at
odd times such as is being demonstrated
by Pumpkin, can be associated with certain disease processes. This is especially
true in older cats. Two of these conditions can be linked and can occur as a
result of the other. These conditions are
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM,
and hyperthyroidism.
Elevated blood pressure of a longstanding nature can cause cats to wander
through the house vocalizing. We think
this is because chronic high blood pressure is uncomfortable. This discomfort
leads to difficulty sleeping, and excess
vocalization can be the result.
High blood pressure in cats can be a
primary disease caused by a heart problem termed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM. With this disease, the heart
muscle thickens, effectively decreasing
the size of the chambers in the heart and
causing the heart to beat more often to
provide the same amount of blood output over time. The heart, like any muscle
when worked hard, will increase in size,
leading to HCM. This disease is progressive and fatal if untreated.
Kidney disease can cause high blood
pressure and, conceivably, excess vocalization. However, these cats usually
have other symptoms that show up first,
including increased water intake,
increased urination and decreased
appetite.
Another possibility is hyperthyroidism. This disease is caused by tumor
development in or on – or both – the thyroid glands. These are benign tumors,
but they are functional and produce
excess thyroid hormone. Over time, this
excess production wreaks havoc on the
cat by raising the metabolic rate. This
causes the body to, in essence, burn up.
These cats are often ravenous and, even
though they eat excessively, lose weight.
Progression of hyperthyroidism can lead
to deterioration of the liver. The heart
becomes hypertrophic because the
raised metabolic rate causes the heart to
overwork, which increases the blood
pressure, just as in primary HCM. Also,
as with primary HCM, hyperthyroidism,
if left untreated, is fatal.
It is time for Pumpkin’s trip to the
veterinarian. With a thorough examination, blood-pressure measurement,
blood analysis and possibly an echocardiogram to assess the heart, all of these
possibilities can be ruled in or out.
Hyperthyroidism is curable and something to root for as a result. Primary
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is treatable but not considered curable. Kidney
disease, though, is not likely curable, but
is treatable.
There are other possibilities including a behavioral problem, but I assure
you it is best to find out there is no physical disease before assuming a behavioral cause.
Eye-rubbing may indicate glaucoma
Penny is a 10-year-old cocker
spaniel who has had her share of ear
problems.
Pat isn’t sure whether Penny is hav-
ing a problem now, but she is noticing a
new behavior. Penny is rubbing the left
side of her face on the carpet, and she’s
started to do it more frequently.
Pat thinks Penny is specifically rubbing her left eye. There is some redness
around the eye and the eyeball. Pat first
thought Penny may have gotten something on her face, but she no longer
believes that to be the case.
Well, Pat, there is a problem. That’s
the easy part. Determining the underlying problem is the not-so-easy part.
I am going to assume that Penny is
indeed rubbing her eye and not some
other area close to it. So we can conclude there must be something irritating
Penny’s left eye or the lids around it.
There are many possibilities that can
cause eye irritation. Penny may have
damaged the corneal layer of the eye,
causing significant discomfort. The
cornea is a very specialized layer of
clear cells that covers the colored portion of the eye, the iris. The pupil is
behind the cornea. Damage to the cornea
can come from contact with anything
that can score or puncture the tissue.
Foreign material in the eye is but one
possibility.
Penny may have developed a conjunctivitis or inflammation of the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva is a very thin
layer of tissue that covers the inside of
the eyelids and eyeball itself. It can
become inflamed from an allergic
response or a bacterial infection or a
combination of both. This list can go on,
but there is one possible cause that is
potentially very serious and could lead
to blindness. Cocker spaniels are a highincidence breed for this disease.
Penny may have glaucoma.
Glaucoma occurs because of increased
pressure within the eye. The eye is actually filled with a viscous fluid that supports its round structure. The fluid is
maintained at a constant pressure
through constant production within the
eye and constant drainage out of the eye.
If this system is disturbed, usually
affecting the drainage, the pressure within the eye can increase; if left untreated,
this increased pressure will destroy the
retina at the back of the eye, causing
blindness.
This process can be extremely
painful and is considered an emergency.
In humans with acute glaucoma, the
increase in pressure and corresponding
discomfort can be communicated to the
doctor and therapy immediately performed. Pets do not usually do this, at
least early on, although Penny may have
done so with her rubbing behavior.
Penny needs immediate veterinary
attention. If she does have glaucoma and
there is still sight present, we may be
able to save her eye. If not, she will need
to have treatment done to alleviate her
pain. This might include removal of her
nonfunctioning eye.
(Jeff Kahler is a veterinarian in
Modesto, Calif. Questions can be submitted to Your Pet in care of LifeStyles,
The Modesto Bee, P.O. Box 5256,
Modesto CA 95352.)
© 2011, The Modesto Bee (Modesto,
Calif.).
Cats are naturally curious, but they are more curious about some things than others. This cat is apparently an ornithologist with a special interest in birds.
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Aram Public Library, 404 E. Walworth
Ave., Delavan. Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m.
to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. to Noon.
• Putting Your Garden to Bed Workshop,
Thursday, September 22, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Horticulturist Chrissy Regester, UW
Extension returns to talk about your garden
in the fall and laying the ground work for
spring, sponsored by the Friends group.
Free. 262/728-3111 for info.• Family Games
and Lego Club every Monday at 1:30 p.m.
There will be Lego building sets and loads of
board games, as well as card games and puzzles, available for families.
• English Conversation Group, Wednesdays at 1 p.m. For students learning English
as a second language, this is a chance for you
to practice everyday conversation skills.
• Preschool Story Time – Fridays at 10
a.m. Help your preschooler get ready to read.
Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and
movement with your children and build language skills. Activities are age-appropriate
for children from age 3 through Kindergarten, and each program includes a variety
of activities. The program is free and registration is not required, but caregivers are
expected to stay with children.
• Cuentos y Artes en Español (Spanish
Story Time), Wednesday, Aug. 24 at 5 p.m. A
family story time in Spanish and English.
For Spanish-speaking families with children
of all ages. Enjoy stories, songs, crafts and
other activities in this hour of reading fun.
Library programs are free and open to
the public. Contact the library at 728-3111
(TDD 262-728-2620) for more information
or to register.
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. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Check the
library’s new Web site at www.williamsbay.
lib.wi.us/
• Congratulations to all the participants in our Summer Reading Program.
Totals to date: 159 kids read for a total of
1,607 hours; 18 teens read 127 books; 39
adults read 137 books.
• “What Are Teens Reading?” book
group meets Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.
This group is for parents to read and review
teen books. Stop by the library to pick from
a great selection of YA books.
• Saturday Morning Book Club. The discussion on August 13 will center around the
novel “Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter” by
Tom Franklin. September 10 will be any
books members recommend. The novel for
October 8 will be “Clara and Mr. Tiffany” by
Susan Vreeland.
• Fall story times will begin again after
Labor Day. Offered two times each week,
Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Thursdays at 1:30
p.m. Crafts to follow. Same books and crafts
both days.
• Knitting Circle, Mondays 10 a.m. noon and Wednesdays 1-3 p.m. All skill levels welcome. Take a project to work on.
All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 2452709 or e-mail [email protected].
wi.us.
Brigham Memorial Library, 131 Plain
St., Sharon.
• Story Time, Wednesdays, 9:30 – 10:30
a.m. A theme will unite a story and craft.
Snacks will be available.
• Young adult book club, every second
Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Darien Public Library, 47 Park St.,
Darien. Hours: Mon-Thurs 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.,
Sat. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 882-5155.
• Wireless Internet now available. Bring
your laptop and ask at the desk how to access
the wireless connection.
• Ongoing book sale.
• The schedule for our popular free adult
computer classes is now available. Stop in or
call 882-5155 for information.
Diggins Library, 900 E. McKinley St.,
Harvard, Ill.
• Pre-school Story Time for 3-5-yearolds, Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Must pre-register and have a valid Harvard library card.
• Digg In Books Discussion for adults,
second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.
Location and book selections vary. Call the
library for details.
• The library is also home to a very challenging letterbox. To obtain the clues to this
letterbox, go to letterboxing.org and search
for LbNA 8311. More information is available on this website for letterboxes all around
the U.S.
Call (815) 943-4671 for more information. Most events are free and open to the
public.
East Troy Lions Public Library, 3094
Graydon Ave., East Troy.
• Book club, 6:30 p.m., first Tuesday of
each month.
• Story time, 11 – 11:45 a.m., for children
and their caregivers. Registration required.
• Story Time, Fridays, 11:30 a.m., for
ages 18 months – 4 years.
For more information, call 426-6262.
Fontana Public Library, 166 Second
Ave., Fontana.
• Happy-to-Be-Here Book Club, first
Thursday of each month, 1 p.m.
• Evening Book Club, third Thursday of
each month, 6:30 p.m.
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 2755107 for more information.
Genoa City Public Library, 126
Freeman St., Genoa City.
• Story time and craft 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.
Lake Geneva Public Library, 918 W.
Main St., Lake Geneva.
• The Teen Reads series continues on
Saturday, September 24 from 11 a.m.-12:30
p.m., with “Same Difference” by Siobhan
Vivian. Teens are invited to enjoy the
refreshments and talk about young adult
books. Pre-registration is required for free
copies of the book, available to the first ten
registrants at the circulation desk. In “Same
Difference,” Emily needs a change of
scenery. She's been pegged as the “arty girl”
by the kids in school. There's some truth to
that, but there's more to how she sees the
world than painting or drawing, and no one
seems to understand. So when Emily gets the
chance to go to an art program in Philadelphia for the summer, she jumps at it. A new
cast of characters enters her life, and suddenly she has to figure out who she wants to be.
She's gone from the suburbs where everyone’s trying to be the same to a school where
everyone’s trying to be unique.
• Preschool story time Tuesdays and
Fridays from 10:30 – 11 a.m. Children ages
2-5 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. The event may include singing, dancing, and other participatory activities.
• Family Movie Night is a monthly program that featureS films that are especially
appropriate for children age four to eleven,
accompanied by an adult. However, people
of all ages are welcome to attend. Families
and people of all ages are invited to attend.
The Library will show the Disney/Pixar
movie “Toy Story 3” on Thursday,
September 15 from 6-8 p.m.
In Toy Story 3, Andy, the owner of
beloved toys Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the
rest of the gang, gets ready to leave for college. The toys wonder if this is the end of the
line. But, when a mix-up lands them in the
Sunnyside Day Care Center where they meet
14 new toys, they soon discover that a wild
new adventure is just beginning and discover
what being a friend is truly all about.
Children are encouraged to come in
comfy clothes, bring pillows and blankets,
and relax in front of the library’s movie
screen. Popcorn will be served. “Family
Movie Night.” Newly-released and favorite
classic films will be shown.
• Generations online computer tutoring is
now available for senior citizens. Tutors will
be available Tuesdays from 10 – 11 a.m. and
Wednesdays from 2 – 3 p.m. in the library’s
reference room. The goal of the program is to
provide seniors with beginning computer skills
and to interest them in exploring elementary
uses of the World Wide Web and e-mail.
Interested senior citizens may sign up at
the reference desk or call the Library at 2495299 to make a reservation. Volunteer tutors
are made possible by the Retired and Senior
Volunteer Program (RSVP). The laptop computer used for the tutoring sessions was made
possible by a grant received by Lakeshores
from the Racine Community Foundation and
administered by Generations on Line.
For more information, call the library at
249-5299 or visit the Library Web site, www.
lakegeneva.lib.wi.us.
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.
• On September 17 at 10:30 a.m., children of all ages are invited to sample the
library’s programs and services. Celebrate
the library’s 110th anniversary and check
crafts, treats, and a scavenger hunt. New to
Elkhorn? Stop by and see what the library
has to offer and check out community information for children and parents.
• Book and movie tie-in. The Evening
Sept. 9, 2011 — 21
Book Club meets the first Wednesday of the
month at 6:30 p.m.
• 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 or Friday
at 10 a.m.; Books n Babies on Wednesday at
10 a.m.; Preschool Age on Thursday at 10
a.m.; and Tiny Tots 2nd and 4th Monday at
6:30 p.m.
• The Lego Building Club for ages 6-12
meets every other Wed. at 3:30 p.m. in the
story room. Each meeting will feature a different building theme. Creations will be displayed in the library and online. Lego donations greatly appreciated.
• Make it and Take it, the library’s popular tween program, will resume in September
with a new structure. Meetings will now be
held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the
month from 4-5 p.m. and books on the current month’s theme will be available in the
children’s area. For ages 6 and up.
• Teen Cafe, September 20, 6 p.m.
Youngsters in sixth grade and up are invited
to make some fun back to school projects,
including locker magnets and mini journals,
check out new books, and eat snacks.
• Stamp & Scrap group for Rubber
Stampers and Scrapbookers meets from 10
a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Mary Bray room the last
Saturday of the month.
• The library provides homebound delivery of library materials on a regular basis to
those residents who are eligible. “Homebound” is defined as being generally confined to the residence either temporarily, due
to illness or accident, or permanently, due to
age, disability or other mobility problems.
Eligibility is extended to residents within the
Elkhorn city limits and the immediate service
area in Sugar Creek, LaFayette, La Grange,
Delavan and Geneva Townships, but not to
other municipalities.
Homebound delivery is free. Overdue
fines are not charged on homebound materials, but the library’s standard fee schedule
will apply for lost or damaged items.
All formats of materials are eligible for
homebound delivery, but items in high
demand may be excluded. A limit of 6 audiovisual items (movies, audio books) and 6
books will apply. Only materials owned by
Matheson Memorial Library are eligible for
home delivery, but requests for purchase will
be considered for items that the library does
not own. Call the library at 723-2678 and
ask for Gail (ext. 11).
• The Walworth County Genealogical
Society Library is open Tuesdays from 10
a.m – 3 p.m. and the second Saturday of each
month from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. A board member
will always be there to render assistance if
needed. Special appointments for other times
can be made by calling the WCGS librarian
at 215-0118. To obtain membership information or find literature regarding Walworth
County, visit walworthcgs.com.
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 7232678 or visit www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us for more.
Powers Memorial Library, 115 Main
St., Palmyra. 495-4605
• Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday, 1 to 7
p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday.
• All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 4954605. for more information or to volunteer.
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.
Walworth Memorial Library, 101
Maple Ave., Walworth. 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 and
their caregivers. The hour will include stories, snacks, crafts and more.
• Book Club for adults, third Saturday of
each month, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
22 — The Beacon
By Kathi West
Cooler weather is here and I’m
itchin’ to get stitchin’. All the quilt shops
have their fall and Christmas fabrics in
stock. I think fall has the best colors of
all the seasons – rich greens, oranges,
burnt reds and browns. Fall makes me
think of patterns like log cabin, schoolhouse, sunflowers, and pumpkins.
All the quilts on this page were
shown at the Madison Expo last
September. They are all samples of fall
colors. I hope these will inspire you to
get quilting. I also urge you to go to the
Madison Expo this year. You’ll see
beautiful quilts, get in on great lectures
and maybe eat a great hot dog, too. See
you there.
Here are some events to see.
September 8-10, Madison Quilt
Expo at the Alliance Center is a great
small show. Be sure to put it on your calendar. For more information see
http://wiquiltexpo.com.
September 16-17 North Suburban
Quilters Guild will host their show at the
Prairie Stone Sports & Wellness Center,
5050 Sedge Blvd. in Hoffman Estates,
Ill. (847) 285-5400. For more information about admission and vendor list, go
to: http://nsqg.net/quiltshows.html.
QUILT GUILD SCHEDULES
Chocolate City Quilters meet the
Sept. 9, 2011
second Monday of each month at 6:30
p.m. in the Burlington High School
library, 400 McCanna Parkway.
The Crazy Quilters meet the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.
at the First Congregational Church, 231
Roberts Drive in Mukwonago.
The Harvard Village Quilters will
meet on the third Wednesday at the
Trinity Lutheran Church; 504 East
Diggins Street in Harvard Guests are
welcome. For further information, contact Arlene Perenchio at (815-701-8354)
or [email protected].
The Scrappers Quilt Guild meets
on the third Tuesday, of every month, at
6:30 p.m. in the Lions Field House on
Hwy 67 in Williams Bay. Remember to
bring your latest project to show and tell.
Guests are always welcome.
The Stone Mill Quilters meet the
third Wednesday of each month at 6:30
p.m. at the Congregational Church in
Whitewater, 130 S. Church Street, but
enter through the door on Franklin off
Main Street.
If you have some quilting news to
share with quilters in the greater
Walworth County area, e-mail me [email protected] or mail to P.O. Box 69,
Williams Bay, WI. 53191. Make sure you
send it early, about a month before the
event. I will try to it into the next column.
This quilt, called Sunflower Blues, was made by Joane Howe from Delavan.
(Beacon photo
All of the quilts shown on this page were on display at last year’s Quilt Expo in
Madison.
(Beacon photo)
THE FIRST EVER
IN CONJUNCTION WITH UW WHITEWATER’S FAMILY DAY AND PORK IN THE PARK EVENT
To enter this show please contact Woodland Quilts. “Vendors” will be anyone that wants to
swap their fabric or yarn items. Rent a table for $10 for the day and join our swap!
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE “TREYTON KILAR FIELD OF DREAMS” FUND
147 W. Main Street • Whitewater, WI
262-473-2978 • www.woodlandquilts.com
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Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.;
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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, SEPT. 9
American Red Cross Blood Drive,
11:15 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Four Lakes Athletic
Club, 351 E. Morrissey Dr., Elkhorn. Blood
donor card, driver’s license or two other
forms of identification required at check-in.
Appointments can be made at www.redcrossblood.org, but walk-ins are welcome. Call
Mary at 248-6099 with questions.
Darien Cornfest begins at 6 p.m. with
the princess pageant at the fire station and
continues with fireman’s softball at 7. The
group “1969” will play from 8 p.m. to midnight, with a break for fireworks at 9 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 10
Butchers Model Car Club, 10 a.m. - 2
p.m., Delavan Community Center, 826
Geneva St. (Hwy. 50), Delavan. Bring models for display and projects to work on. Call
Keith Reimers at 728-1483 for more information.
East Troy Bluegrass Festival, 10 a.m. 6:30 p.m., on the square downtown.
Darien Cornfest continues with activities throughout the day. The Stateline
Playboys will play from noon to 4 p.m. and
the world-renowned musical aggregation
Neutral Zone will entertain from 8 p.m. to
midnight.
Taste of Lake Geneva. See article on
page 24 for details.
Lake Geneva Generals semi-pro football team vs. the Kankakee Plowmen, 7 p.m.,
Williams Bay High School field.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 11
Classic Car Show, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.,
Sharon. Bubble gum blowing contest, hulahoop contest, best 50’s costume contest,
street dance, DJ, cakewalk, annual garage
sale, crafters, vendors. Proceeds from garage
sale to Sharon Memorial Library. Call Joann
at 736-9269 or Linda at 736-1250 with questions, or log on to www.sharonchamberof
commerce.com.
Benefit for Tom Anderson, 1-6 p.m.,
C&J Crossroads, N644 Highway 12,
Elkhorn. Food, music, raffles and silent auctions. Dontations also accepted at Peoples
Bank in Elkhorn. 723-4200.
East Troy Bluegrass Festival, 10 a.m. 6:30 p.m., on the square downtown.
Darien Cornfest continues at 10 a.m. in
West Park, with the parade kicking off at
12:15 p.m.
Taste of Lake Geneva. See article on
page 24 for details.
Monday, Sept. 12
Alzheimer’s Early Detection program
offered by Alzheimer’s Association called
“Have You Lost Your Keys Lately?” 3:30 to
5:30 p.m. at the Highlands of Geneva
Crossing, 721 S. Curtis Street in Lake
Geneva. This interactive workshop will identify the difference between typical age-related
changes, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia.
The program is ideal for people who may be
witnessing memory loss or behavioral
changes in themselves or a loved one, and
want to learn the facts about early detection in
order to plan for the future. Participants will
have the opportunity to hear from people who
have the disease and find out how to recognize the signs. There is no charge to attend
this program, and it is open to all members of
the community. Registration is required; to
register call Bonnie at (920) 728-4088 or send
an email to bonnie.beam @alz.org.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Group,
7 p.m., at the Delavan American Legion Hall,
111 South 2nd St. While the original goal of
the organization was to help veterans, they
have included anyone with a traumatic event
in their lives and the last meeting reached out
to other experiences in people’s lives and
they hope to continue to meet with anyone
having problems stemming from traumatic
stress. The public is always welcome.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
Dining to Defeat Diabetes at Simple
Café, 525 Broad St. in Lake Geneva. The
cost of a dinner ticket is $10, excluding
refreshments and gratuity. Dinner seatings at
5 p.m. and 6 p.m. There will be a choice of
three entrees, including griddled chicken,
stuffed pork or pasta. Tickets are available at
either Lilypots Fresh Flowers, 605 Main St.,
Lake Geneva, or at the door the night of the
dinner. Call 248-4200 for more information
or tickets. The Diabetes Outreach Challenge
is among the many charitable ventures supported by the Geneva Lake Women’s
Association. All proceeds from the dinner
will benefit programs that bring awareness of
diabetes to Walworth County, in an effort to
preserve life.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17
Native American Heritage Days and
Pow Wow, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Town of Delavan
Community Park, Hwy. 50 and South Shore
Drive.
Coming Home to Alden celebration will
begin with a pancake breakfast to benefit the
Hebron Food Pantry from 7 to 10 a.m. at
Alden United Methodist Church, 16532
Route 173, Alden, Ill. A special program
called “Journey Back to 1861: All Aboard the
KD Line,” will begin at 10 a.m. in the township hall, 8515 Alden Road. This year is the
150th anniversary of the beginning of the
railroad between Kenosha and Rockford,
which became known as the KD (Kenosha
Division) Line, and which had a depot in
Alden. Paul Behrens, author of “The KD
Line”, will be the featured speaker on a panel
of local people sharing stories of how the
railroad affected the community. The
McHenry County Historical Society’s museum bus will bring its Civil War exhibit to the
township hall for visitors to tour between 10
a.m. and 12:30 p.m. From 12:30 to 3:30 pm,
the Alden United Methodist Women invite
all to their “Birds in the Air” quilt show at the
Alden UMC Church, The show will include
a presentation of quilt history by Margo Van
Dan, plus a quilt raffle, snacks and bazaar.
Sock Hop, 8-11 p.m., Stratford Banquet
Hall, 21007 McGuire Rd., Harvard, Ill.
Music to be provided by Dr. Bryan. $5 in
advance or $10 at the door with couple paying $15 at the door. Tickets are available at
the Harvard Milk Days office, City Hall,
Harvard Chiropractic Clinic. Food and beverages will be available. Raffle tickets to win
a 43-inch Samsung TV will be available at $5
each or 5 for $20. There will also be a 50/50
drawing in the evening, plus a special surprise. For more information, or to request
tickets, call (815) 943-4614 or e-mail
Don’t know anything
about square dancing?
No Problem!
Come & join the fun at
this FREE introduction
to Square Dancing.
For more information,
Call Jose & Karen
262-275-6375
Barb Ceas
608-883-2017
or Pete
262-248-8789
[email protected].
SUNDAY, SEPT. 18
35th Annual Beloit Lions Autorama
Car Show, Parts Swap, Car Corral and Arts &
Crafts Sale, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Town of
Beloit’s Preservation Park, 3444 S. Riverside
Drive on the Rock River. Hosted by the
Beloit Evening Lions Club, Coachmen Street
Rod Club and Blue Ribbon Classic Chevy
Club. Call Todd Nelson, (608) 290-3268 or
log on to www. beloitautorama.com for in
formation.
Native American Heritage Days and
Pow Wow, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Town of Delavan
Community Park, Hwy. 50 and South Shore
Drive.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21
Harvest Dinner, 5-7 p.m., Delavan
United Methodist Church, 213 S. 2nd Street,
Delavan. Family style turkey and biscuits,
squash, beans, cranberry jello salad, slice of
homemade pie and beverage. Carry-outs
available. Adults $8 in advance, $9 at the
door; ages 6 to 12 $5 in advance, $6 at door;
under 6, free. Call 728-3644 or or check us
out on facebook. Now handicapped accessible and air conditioned Fellowship Hall.
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental
Illness, will host UW-Whitewater students
Kristin Verikas and David Hudson to talk
about the UW-W Counselor Education program and their own personal interests that led
them to pursue a graduate MS degree in mental health counseling. They will speak from 78 p.m. at the East Entrance of the Health and
Human Services Building on Highway NN in
Elkhorn. The Support Group meets the first
and third Wednesday of the month from 6-7
p.m. Groups are open for members, non-members and families. For more information about
NAMI or the guest speaker, call 495-2439.
THURDSAY, SEPT. 22
Bingo at Delavan American Legion,
111 S. 2nd St. Doors open at 5:30, 15-game
session begins at 6:30. Progressive session
follows. $1/face. Progrressive pot grows
until won. $100 consolation prize.
Putting Your Garden to Bed Workshop,
2 - 3:30 p.m. Aram Public Library, 404 E.
Walworth Ave, Delavan. Horticulturist
Chrissy Regester, UW Extension returns to
talk about your garden in the fall and laying
the groundwork for spring. Sponsored by the
Friends group. Free. Call 728-3111 for info.
Autism Workshop for Parents and Child
Care Providers, 6-8 p.m. room 214 in the
Walworth County Government Center, 100
W. Walworth St., Elkhorn. Does a child in
your life have an autism spectrum disorder?
The Walworth County UW-Extension and
the Wisconsin Early Autism Project (WEAP)
will host an evening of information about
effective strategies for raising a child with an
autism spectrum disorder. The fee of $7
Sept. 9, 2011 — 23
includes a light dinner and refreshments.
Registrations will be accepted until
September 22 or when the class is full. Call
741-4951 with any questions or to register.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 23
International Antique and Classic
Boat Show. The Abbey Resort’s lakeside
location and marina make it the perfect setting for this event, which will showcase more
than 125 antique and classic watercraft from
the Midwest and North America. This show
is a great spectator event; there are numerous
vendors showcasing marine amenities and
accessories. Admission is free. 10 a.m. - 7
p.m. There will also be food and beverage
options.
The Enhancement Committee of
Williams Bay will hold a Beer and Wine
Tasting from 6 -8 p.m. at the Green Grocer,
24 W. Geneva St. in Williams Bay. Taste
boutique wines and micro brewed beers, celebrate the arrival of fall. Space is limited; call
245-9077 to reserve a place.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24
International Antique and Classic
Boat Show continues at The Abbey Resort in
Fontana, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 25
Antique and Classic Boat Auction, 10
a.m., The Abbey Resort in Fontana. Mecum
Auctions will sell 100 classic boats as part of
the International Antique and Classic Boat
Show.
~ ~ ~ Ongoing events ~ ~ ~
Webster House Museum, 9 E.
Rockwell St., Elkhorn, is closed except for
special events until mid-May, but the adjacent Reinke Resource Center, operated by
the Walworth County Historical Society, is
open from 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays and
Thursdays.
Geneva Lake Museum, Fridays and
Saturdays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Sundays 12-3
p.m. The museum is located at 255 Mill St. in
downtown Lake Geneva. Call 248-6060 or
log on to www.genevalakemuseum.org 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.
Classic Car Cruise-In, 5-8 p.m., first
Tuesday of every month at Triune Lutheran
Church, west of Walworth, 2 miles south of
Hwy 14 at N1584 Co. Road K. Everyone is
welcome to come and enjoy the cars.
Motorcycles are welcome, too. Call 8824000 with questions.
Lake Geneva Writers Group meets
every Saturday from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
at the Abbey Springs Club House, 822 S.
Lake Shore Dr., Fontana.
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Sept. 9, 2011
Geneva Lake Art Association
announces fall class schedule
The Geneva Lake Art Association
has announced its Fall Art Class
Schedule.
The following classes are ongoing:
• Multi-Level Drawing with Jack
Nichols, Mondays 9 a.m. - noon
• Oil Painting with Ken Cottingham,
Mondays 6-9 p.m.
• Open Studio (create at your own
pace with the medium of your choice),
Wednesdays 9 a.m. - noon.
• Watercolor with Mickey Fielitz
(beginners and intermediate), Wednesdays 1 - 4 p.m.
• Botanical Watercolor with Lynne
Railsback, Fridays 9 a.m. - noon.
New to the schedule are the following classes:
• Collage with Pam Ring, a 6 week
session starting September 14 and continuing Wednesday evenings from 7-
9:30 p.m. through October 19. Students
will learn how to create custom papers,
layer images and master a number of
paint/stamping/stenciling techniques to
make fabulous paper/found object collages.
• Watercolor with Nancy Newcomb.
Nancy’s class will begin September 8, 9
a.m. - noon. She will be using John
Carlson’s book “The Guide to
Landscape Painting.” Each element of
the landscape will be broken down and
studied in depth.
Interested students should sign up
quickly as some classes have limits on
the number of participants.
All classes are held at the Geneva
Lake Art Association, which is located
in the North Shore Pavilion, 647 W.
Main St, Lake Geneva. Fall class
brochures are available there.
Wine, food tastings Sept. 10, 11
Lake Geneva Wine Festival attendees will be able to arrive by boat this
year as the annual pairings and tasting
gets a new location on the shore of
Geneva Lake. The event will take
place from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday,
September 10, inside the Ferro
Pavilion on the George Williams
College campus of Aurora University,
located at 350 Constance Boulevard
in Williams Bay.
“Guests will be able to take in the
sights of beautiful Geneva Lake while
enjoying pairings of wines from around
the world,” said George Hennerley, president of the Geneva Lake Area Chamber
of Commerce.
The new location will offer picturesque views of the water as well as provide great sight lines of planned cooking
demonstrations by award-winning chefs.
In addition to tastings, the event will
include a silent auction, live auction, and
a wine lover’s marketplace where wine
and related merchandise will be available for purchase.
Tickets to the wine tasting event start
at $75. A non-alcoholic tasting consisting of food samplings and non-alcoholic
beverages will be available for $35.
Proceeds from the Lake Geneva Wine
Festival will go toward supporting the
needs of children, families, and educa-
tion in the Lake Geneva community.
Benefiting
organizations
include
Geneva Lakes Family YMCA, Holiday
Home Camp, and the George Williams
College of Aurora University.
For more information, visit
www.lakegenevawinefestival.com or
contact the event organizers at (262)
245-8635.
During the same weekend, Lake
Geneva area restaurants, eateries, and
bakeries will tempt taste buds when the
Taste of Lake Geneva returns with the
addition of a second day, September 10
and 11. Attendees will be able to enjoy
tasting the food of more than 15 downtown Lake Geneva area restaurants and
eateries.
“We are excited by the success of
this event and we are pleased to showcase the cuisine of the Lake Geneva area
to visitors for the second year in a row,”
said Hennerley.
Tasters will also be able to enjoy the
sounds of roaming jazz musicians. Many
downtown shops will have extended
hours.
The hours for the Taste of Lake
Geneva will be Saturday 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission to the event is free; the cost
of samplings vary by vendor. For more
information, call (262) 248-3882.
Harvest Celebration
The Cayuse Cowboys rehearse to perform old time cowboy music during
Pearce Farm Market’s Fall Harvest Celebration and Customer Appreciation Days on
Sunday Sept 18. The Cayuse Cowboys perform songs of days gone by of Gene Autry,
Roy Rogers and a host of others. Their name stems from Cole Porter's reference to
"straddling a cayuse" in his western classic ‘Don't Fence Me In’. The group will be one
of more than a dozen bands appearing over the weekend celebration at Pearce's Farm
Market, Highway 67 and Co. F between Williams Bay and Fontana. (Photo furnished)
Pearce’s Farm Market will host
Fall Harvest Celebration Sept 17, 18
Pearce’s Farm Market will host their
Fall Harvest Celebration and Customer
Appreciation on Saturday and Sunday
September 17 and 18.
The Cayuse Cowboys will play
“Songs of the Silver Screen Cowboys”
on Sunday, along with a variety of
bands including, bluegrass, folk, country and 1950’s-60’s, Celtic music and
originals.
People from all over the area are
invited to enjoy corn on the cob, grilled
meats and kettlecorn – all made on site.
Savor memories with family hayrides,
jumping bales, a corn maze and even
helicopter rides. Sunday’s attraction will
be free boiled corn.
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Walworth Road, two miles west of
Williams Bay at the corner of F and 67
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What’s Happening
Writing in all genres welcome. Call Anne
Connors, 686-3035 for more information.
Walworth County AARP #5310 meets
the fourth Tuesday of the month from 9:3011:30 a.m. at Peoples Bank, 837 Wisconsin
St, Elkhorn. The public is always welcome.
Contact Jim at 642-5694.
Southern Lakes Masonic Lodge #12,
1007 S. 2nd St., Delavan. Stated meetings
are second and fouth 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.
Butchers Model Car Club 4H models
project meetings will alternate between
Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings at
the Delavan Community Center, 826 Geneva
St. Led by 4H scale models key advisor
Keith Reimers. Bring models for display and
projects to work on. Sale and swap items are
also welcome. Next meeting will be
Saturday, Sept,. 10 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.Call
Keith at 728-1483 for more information.
Rosicrucian Order AMORC free public meetings, second Saturday of the month,
10:30 to 3 p.m. in the Masonic Lodge, 1007
S. Second St., Delavan. July 9, book discussion of “Spiritual Laws That Govern
Humanity and the Universe” by Lonnie
Edwards, M.D., at 10:30, light lunch and
practical application at 1 p.m. Attend one, or
both sessions. For more infomation, call
Ellen, 248-4234.
Free Community Drum Circle. 2-4
p.m. on the fourth Sunday of the month.
Michael Suess from “Drumming For Peace”
facilitates this family event at the UU church,
319 N. Broad St. in Elkhorn. No experience
neccesary. Extra drums and instuments are
available. This program will help in stress
reduction, connect you to spirit and build
new relationships. Plus it is just great fun.
For more information, go to www.drummingforpeace.com or call Michael at 215-3903.
Lake Geneva Writers’ Group meets
Saturdays 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Abbey
Springs in Fontana. All writers of all ages
and genres are welcome. The group’s summer focus is “The Lure of the Lake.” Also,
anyone who has a work in progress and
would like feedback and support is welcome
to attend. For more information e-mail Anne
Connors at [email protected].
Walworth County Toastmasters Club
meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every
month from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at VIP Services,
811 E. Geneva, Elkhorn. Check www.wal
worthcountytoastmasters.com.
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.
The Intenders Circle is for those who
want to use the Laws of Manifestation in
their daily lives and have a lot of fun while
they’re at it. Weekly on Tuesdays from 5:30
– 6:30 p.m. at Local Industry Bakery, near
Michael Fields Institute and across from the
shopping center on Hwy ES in East Troy.
Contact Laurie Asbeck at 745-4051,
Margaret Brill at 993-5236 or Fran at [email protected].
Lakes Italian American Club meets the
third Wednesday of each month in the clubhouse at Westshire Farms. Social events are
planned throughout the year. Proceeds from
the yearly fund-raising event benefits various
charities including the American Legion and
The Time is Now. New Members are welcome. Call Martha Benante, 740-1240 or
Marlene Kass, 275-5515 for more info.
Delavan Historical Society meeting,
third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m., 635 E
Wisconsin St. Contact Peg Gleich at [email protected] for details.
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
http://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.,
Sept. 9, 2011 — 25
Whitewater artist Shirley Grant shows her embroidery in the Walworth County
Arts Council display case at the Government Center on the square in Elkhorn. Grant
is the WCAC artist of the month for September. “The display is work I have completed
in the past 30 years”, says Grant. “When I started in earnest, I embroidered quilts, towels, pillowcases, napkins, placemats, bibs, pictures, and hotpads. Each project was a
challenge, teaching me many different stitches.” Born and raised in Whitewater, Grant
lived and traveled throughout the US and Europe. A retired social worker, she returned
to Whitewater in 1999. It is not necessary to be a member of the Arts Council to have
art work presented in the display case. Walworth County artists interested in having
their work presented, should contact Arts Council volunteers Al Gruling at 642-5281 or
Dale Hagan at (414) 837-4363.
Burlington. Call Frank Koneska at 534-6236.
Clogging lessons, beginning and intermediate level adult classes, Tuesday
evenings, Walworth County Gymnastics and
Dance Center, 213 E. Commerce Court,
Elkhorn. Adults of all ages are welcome. Call
Shannon McCarthy at 742-3891 or email
[email protected].
Beginning youth clogging lessons (Tiny
Tots ages 3 – 5 at 4 p.m./Youth ages 6 & up
at 4:30 p.m.) at Walworth County Gymnastics
and Dance Center, 213 E Commerce Court,
Elkhorn. For more information: www.walworthcountycloggers.com or 742-3891.
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 informa-
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Support Our Troops rally, 11 a.m.,
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square. The names of servicemen and service
women with ties to Walworth County who are
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~ FARMERS’ MARKETS ~
Delavan Fresh Market, Thursdays 3-7
p.m. in historic downtown Tower Park. Free
parking is available on the street or at the
community lot on Second Street and
McDowell.
Downtown Beloit Farmers Market,
Saturdays through Oct. 31.
Downtown Burlington Farmers Market,
Thursdays, through Oct. 27.
East Troy, Saturdays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., on
the village square through Sept 22.
Lake Geneva, 8 a.m - 1 p.m. every
Thurday through October. Farm fresh produce, bakery, organic cheese, hand made
crafts, plants and flowers, in the historic setting of Horticultural Hall, 330 Broad St.
Little Miss Sweet Peas Farmers’ Market,
Elkhorn, Monday-Saturday June 15-Oct. 31.
Mukwonago, Wednesdays 12-6 p.m.
through Oct. 12, Tractor Supply Parking Lot,
Highway 83 and Bay View Road.
Rock County Farmers’ Market,
Janesville, Sundays, June 1 - Oct. 31.
Walworth County Farmer’s Market, on
the square in downtown Elkhorn, Saturdays 8
a.m. - 12:30 p.m., through Oct. 15.
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Senior Happy 60 Singles or Better, 1
p.m., third Tuesday of every month. Daddy
Maxwell’s, 150 Elkhorn Road, Williams Bay.
A great way to make new acquaintances.
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.
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Pinochle, every Tuesday, 8:30-11:30
a.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, Elkhorn.
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.,
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Sept. 9, 2011
2011 SCARECROW FEST • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Delavan’s Downtown Business Association to present Scarecrow Fest
The 11th Annual Scarecrow Fest will
take place Saturday, September 17 in
downtown Delavan.
“Everyone is invited to this community-wide, family-oriented event that
will showcase dressed and decorated
Scarecrows throughout historic downtown Delavan, and beyond,” says
Downtown Business Association Vice
President Lorie Wuttke.
Scarecrows have begun to pop up on
the light poles downtown. All the scarecrows are tagged and ballots have been
printed. Members of the public will pick
their favorite scarecrows, and a winner
will be crowned. Throughout the month
of September, Downtown Delavan has
“Scarecrows on Parade.”
“This year’s festival will be better
than ever,” says Wuttke. “Activities will
include free horse-drawn carriage rides,
free pumpkin painting, free children’s
face painting, live music, a craft fair and
flea market, sidewalk sales, food, and
our first annual pie and cake auction.
You can even build your own scarecrow
and take it home with you. The nominal
fee includes supplies and help to build
your scarecrow.”
The Great Delavan Duck Race will
also take place during Scarecrow Fest.
The winners will be determined at 2:30
p.m. on Saturday September 17. The raffle tickets are $2, or 3 for $5, and can be
purchased at many downtown businesses, including Bradley’s Department
Store, Lauren’s Antique & Art Centre,
Lubick Gallery, Brick Street Market, or
Remember When. First Place is $200,
Second Place is $100, Third Place is
$50, plus there are lot’s more prizes to
win, thanks to the local downtown businesses who donated them.
“You never know, you may have a
lucky duck raffle ticket,” says Wuttke.
All of the proceeds are used to beautify
downtown Delavan and community
projects, such as the community kiosk.
“We are looking for great bakers for
our pie and cake auction,” Adds Wuttke.
“If you are willing to bake something
delicious for our fund-raiser, please contact Dr. Gill at 725-7325 for more
details.”
Bo Peep - Finder of Sheep, by Rebecca Jutz, was the first prize winner of the
2010 Scarecrow Fest contest sponsored by the Delavan Downtown Business
Association. This year’s event will take place on Sept. 17 and 18 throughout historic
downtown Delavan.
(Photo furnished)
The Delavan Downtown Business
Association is asking the community to
get involved and make a scarecrow or
two. Entrants can make a traditional
scarecrow, or get creative and make a
contemporary scarecrow. Entries will be
accepted through Monday September
12. Anyone, including individuals, businesses or organizations can enter a
scarecrow. The entry fee is $5 per scarecrow, or $3 for children under 13. The
“Parade of Scarecrows,” which began in
early September, will end in early
October. A minimum of two prizes will
be awarded to the top entries.
“Here are some simple instructions
to help make a scarecrow,” says Wuttke.
“Take two strong sticks, one about six
feet long and one about two feet long,
and nail the short one to the long one to
form a cross. Stuff an old skirt and
blouse or a pair of overalls or jeans with
just about anything and tie them to the
two sticks that form the cross. For the
head, use whatever you want – a stuffed
piece of material, a jug, a pot, a ball... let
your imagination run wild. You will
want to anchor the head to the top of the
stick frame with a small nail or tack.
Draw a face on it with markers or paint,
or leave it plain. Just be creative and do
whatever you want.
“Now that you have the basic scarecrow, you can add any details you would
like, such as a hat, jacket, gloves, boots,
hair, etc. For motion you can add
streamers, a scarf, a flag, or a stick.
Create noise by hanging a tin can with
pebbles in it from the scarecrow’s hand.
Stand back and enjoy your new creation.
The object of the event is to have fun.
The tentative Schedule of Events for
Saturday September 17 is:
Water Tower Park Activities
• 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Craft Fair and Flea
Market. Food.
• noon- 2 p.m., Free horse-drawn
carriage rides.
• noon- 3 p.m. Live music.
• 1 p.m., First annual pie and cake
Auction.
• 1-3 p.m., Free pumpkin painting.
CORNER OF SECOND & WALWORTH
Activities
• 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Build a scarecrow
and take it home. Nominal fee. Supplies
and helpers will be available.
• 1-3 p.m., Free children’s face painting.
CORNER OF THIRD & WALWORTH
• 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Live music
Other Activities:
• 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sidewalk sales by
Delavan merchants
• 2:30, Swan Creek, Duck race
Scarecrow Fest is not the only draw
for downtown Delavan. The Downtown
Business Association has joined with
Delavan-Darien High School art students and local artists to present this
year’s summer public art show,
“Delavan is Going To The Birds,” which
features bird baths, on display and for
sale throughout downtown Delavan.
Proceeds go to DDHS Art Club and
beautifying downtown Delavan. Bird
Baths still available to purchase include
the following themes: Birdhouses,
Garden Ivy, Southwest Summer, Violets,
and Garden Stripes. They range in price
from $30 to $75. There are also have a
few gazing balls and stands for sale from
last year at Lauren’s Antique & Art
Centre.
For more information on all that
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What’s Happening
Line dancing, every Wednesday, 1011:30 a.m., St. John’s Luthern Church,
Elkhorn.
Sheepshead, every Friday 8:30-11:30
a.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, Elkhorn.
~ HEALTH AND FITNESS ~
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.
For more information, call Judy Franklin,
203-0120, or visit www.bluelotustemple.org.
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,
Sept. 9, 2011 — 27
W4051 County Road NN, Elkhorn.
The screenings are open to all. Contact the
Health Department at 741-3140 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
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New this year, Country Breakfast Brunch on Saturdays from 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM and
Sundays from 8:30 AM - 2 PM.
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, second
Tuesday of the month, 10 a.m. at Brolen Park
Assisted Living, 2119 Church Street, East
Troy. Facilitated by Melissa Wason, 6429955.
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. Call Marilyn Bauer at (920)
563-3610.
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.
Parent Support Group for families with
children who have emotional, behavioral or
neurological disorders.
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The boat launch and fuel station make it
easy to take your boat out on Delavan Lake
for the day. Pontoon and speed boats are
rented by the hour or by the day for an
enjoyable time on the water. Marina
memberships include a slip for the season
and a variety of resort benefits and discounts
year-round.
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Sept. 9, 2011
Recreation
Mecum Auctions to host Classic
Boat Auction at Abbey September 25
The annual McGMO golf outing to benefit Aurora Lakeland Medical Center,
held recently at Delbrook Golf Course in Delavan raised $50,000. Pictured at the
check presentation are (from left) McGMO Founders Tim McGregor, Mike Grover , Lori
Grover, John Monroe, and Kim O’Keefe and Aurora Lakeland Medical Center Vice
President and Chief Administrative Officer Vicki Lewis.
(Photo furnished)
McGMO tourney raises $50,000
for Lombardi Cancer Clinic
The 14th annual McGMO Golfing
for Cancer Care event, held recently at
Delbrook Golf Course, raised $50,000 to
benefit cancer patients at the Vince
Lombardi Cancer Clinic at Aurora
Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn.
The McGMO was established in
1998 in memory of Dean McGregor,
Ivan Grover and Calvin Monroe, who
lost their battle with cancer and Kim
O’Keefe, a courageous cancer survivor.
“Many of us are touched by cancer
today,” said Mike Grover, one of the
founders of the event. “The McGMO
Charity Golf proceeds help make a difference and improve the lives of those who
are struggling with cancer and help those
who face the cancer challenge in the
future.”
The proceeds from this year’s outing
will provide the funds for an Olympus
video system, accessories and scopes at
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center. It will
assist in less invasive laparoscopic surgeries for cancer patients and help them
to heal faster and reduce their time in the
hospital.
Grover said support for the event
continues to grow each year and this
year was no exception. This year’s field
of 180 golfers included golfers from 12
states competing in the annual charity
golf event
“Over the years, we’ve had many
people from our community and beyond
support our efforts,’’ said Grover.
“When Tim McGregor, my wife Lori
and I, John Monroe, and Kim O’Keefe,
see this type of response it reinforces
how special this community is in so
many ways.
Since its inception, the McGMO has
raised more than $455,000 to enhance
patient services, acquire equipment, and
invest in new technology at Aurora
Lakeland Medical Center.
“With the generous support of our
McGMO partners, cancer patients and
their families will now have access to
additional technology that helps them to
go through their cancer journey close to
home,’’ said Vicki Lewis, vice president
and chief administrative officer, Aurora
Lakeland Medical Center. “Having
treatment and services in the community
has many benefits to the patient and
their family and we are very grateful to
the McGMO founders for this annual
commitment.”
The following are the results for this
year’s McGMO:
1st Place Men’s: Jim Breytung,
Robert Rickman, Doug Miller and Scott
Mienshock
2nd Place Men’s: Jim Roach, Gary
Flanders, John Zick and Russ Zick
1st Place Coed: Mary Ellen O’Neill,
Mike Palma, Cathy Pierson, and Pat
Bushman
2nd Place Coed: Jay Goethal,
Colleen Goethal, Tim Torkelson and
Joey Torkelson
1st Place Woman’s: Denise
Connelly, Katy Lamantia, Kathy Shrock
and Suzie Augustine
The families expressed thanks to all
participants, volunteers, Delbrook Golf
Course, Greenie’s Clubhouse, hole
sponsors and donors for continuous support of the McGMO.
Mecum Auctions has announced that
the Geneva Lake Antique and Classic
Boat Auction, the company’s first consignment boat event, will be held
Sunday, Sept. 25, at The Abbey Resort
on Geneva Lake in Fontana.
Featuring a large variety of 60 boats,
the auction will have a vessel to fit nearly everyone’s taste and budget - from
thousand-dollar rowboats to rare, several-hundred-thousand-dollar Chris-Crafts.
Mecum’s Geneva Lake Boat Auction
will be held the day after the Annual
International Antique and Classic Boat
show Sept. 23-24, and several boats will
first participate in the show before going
up for bid on Sunday.
Among the unique boats going up for
bid is a 1986 Wellcraft 38-foot Scarab
KV 38 (Lot U151), which Wellcraft sent
to Universal Studios for use in the hit television show “Miami Vice.” It was used
for all aspects of filming the show,
including as the camera platform for “in
cockpit” filming, and has undergone a
complete bow-to-stern restoration.
Engines are twin 565/650 HP GM blocks
that can reach speeds of 80+ mph.
“We believe there is a real growth
opportunity in the collector boat hobby
that includes specialty fiberglass boats
in addition to wooden boats, and we are
excited to be in the forefront of offering
these types of watercraft to the industry,” said Scott Ales, boat consignment
specialist at Mecum Auctions. “From
selling rare wooden classics to multiple
award winners, we are proud of
Mecum’s reputation for selling highquality collectible boats.”
During the recent Monterey Auction
in August, Mecum sold the Phantasy II, a
1938 19-foot Chris-Craft Race Boat that
won Best of Show at Lake Tahoe the
week before the auction. Last year, the
auction company sold a 1929 Hacker
Craft Runabout known as Typhoon at the
2010 Monterey Auction, and that boat
recently won the best Restored Antique
Runabout award at the Annual Clayton
Antique Boat Show.
For information about bidder registration or to consign a boat for this auction,visit www.Mecum.com.
LARGE VARIETY OF LIVE BAIT
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Big Foot High School Booster Club,
Geneva Lake West Chamber of Commerce
and the
Walworth Fire Department
would like to give a great big
Thank You
to all the following sponsors/supporters for helping to make
“The Open” fundraiser on August 16th a huge success!
Abbey Springs Golf Course (Host Location)
American Marine of Delavan
Austin Pier Service
Bailey House Bed & Breakfast
Big Foot High School Booster Club
Brown’s Service Wisconsin Golf
Champion Pizza
Chicago Bears
Country Club Estates Golf Course
Daniels Sentry Foods
Doug Smith/Jostens
Egg Harbor Café
Exemplar Financial Network
Fontana Family Chiropractic
Fontana Village Inn
Frontier Communications
GAWF-WI
Geneva Lake West Chamber of Commerce
Gino’s East
Hartwig Plumbing & Heating
Hoffman Estates Fire Department
HOME DESIGN MFG.
Ideal Impressions Photography
Integra, Inc.
Interstate Insurance
Kikkoman Foods, Inc.
Kunes Country Automotive Group
Lake Lawn Lodge
lia sophia jewelry
MGD Industrial Lumber
Millie’s Restaurant & Shopping
Village
Milwaukee Admirals
Onvoy Division of Badger Plug Co.
Orv’s Pizza
Osborn Distributing
Pino’s Last Call Pizza Pub & Grill
Poly-Flex, Inc.
Senior Solutions Simplified
Siemer’s Cruise-In
South Pines Golf Center
Stan’s Office Technologies
Talmer Bank & Trust
The Abbey Resort
The BTO
The Coach’s Locker
Turners Art & Frame Gallerie
USG
Walworth BP
Walworth Fire Department
Walworth State Bank
Youngquist Orthodontics
INDIVIDUALS
John Pauly & CJW
Tami & Bob Brown
Deb & Gregg Kunes
Jim & Matt Bair
Tony O’Dierno
The Beacon
Sept. 9, 2011 — 29
Automotive
Hyundai’s 2012 Accent is a subcompact for the masses
By David Undercoffler
Los Angeles Times
Apologies and all due respect are in
order to a certain German automaker,
but it seems the term “the people’s car”
has been appropriated by the 2012
Hyundai Accent.
The new bearer of the people’s torch
takes all the metrics that the auto-buying
denizens of the world actually need and
rolls them into one not-so-giant ball of
pragmatism.
The car is affordable and efficient
with both space and gas, and it manages
to sprinkle in a bit of fun, though it could
use a little more.
Aside from that, and some minor
ergonomic issues, this sub-compact ride
for the masses is a good one.
Available in both sedan and hatchback versions, the Accent is the latest
model to come from a company experiencing a white-hot 2011 in terms of
sales, and Hyundai says its cynosure is
its cars’ fuel economy.
The Accent continues that trend with
its potent and clever 1.6-liter, four-cylinder engine. Vastly outmuscling competitors including the Ford Fiesta, Honda Fit
and Toyota Yaris, the Accent puts out
138 horsepower and 123 pound-feet of
torque.
And it does so while getting the best
gas mileage of its class – no small feat
for this fuel-averse crowd.
The Accent is able to do this by
being lighter and more aerodynamic
than most. But it also wrings more miles
per gallon out of its engine by using
something called direct injection.
Though it may sound like a Jose
Canseco workout regimen, it’s actually a
nifty technological update that makes
fuel injection more precise and efficient.
It does this by introducing the gasoline
directly to the cylinder at the exact
moment and in the exact amount that the
engine needs to burn it, then mixing it
with air. Normal gas engines combine
the fuel and air beforehand, and that mix
then goes into the cylinder.
The difference in effectiveness is
like throwing a bucket of water on a
match to put it out, versus using a wellaimed squirt gun.
The effect is noticeable at the pump.
Whether Accent buyers choose the standard six-speed manual transmission or
the six-speed automatic, the Accent’s
fuel economy stands at 30 mpg in the
city and 40 mpg on the highway, according to estimates from the Environmental
What’s happening
Third Wednesday of the month from 6:308:30 p.m. at Pathways Medical and Holistic
Health Center, 5411 State Rd. 50, Delavan.
For more information call (847) 899-9752 or
email mendfamilies @yahoo.com.
Road to Recovery: Men’s grief support
group, second Monday of each month, 7 - 8:30
p.m., Aurora VNA of Wisconsin, 500
Interchange North, Lake Geneva. 249-5860.
Harbor of Hope grief support group,
first and third Thursday of each month, 3 -
Protection Agency.
Over almost 300 miles of testing a
$17,685 Accent SE, I averaged 26 mpg.
That chunk of change nets you a loaded
Accent hatchback (or five-door in carspeak) for at least $1,000 less than a
similar Ford Fiesta or Honda Fit. This
includes the automatic transmission
that’s a $1,000 option, a flaccid sixspeaker stereo system with MP3 playback, XM satellite radio and steeringwheel mounted controls, Bluetooth,
alloy wheels and a leather-wrapped
steering wheel and shift knob.
One rung below is the Accent GS,
also a five-door, that starts at $15,355
with the manual transmission. At the
basement level is the Accent GLS, a
sedan that starts at $14,995.
All Accents come with a 10-year,
100,000-mile powertrain warranty and a
host of safety features including fourwheel disc brakes with ABS (unique for
this segment), electronic stability control, six air bags and a tire-pressure monitoring system.
Although Hyundai deserves credit
for the Accent’s value proposition, it’s in
how they put it all together that the
automaker really earns the people’s
respect.
The inside of the Accent is wonderful because of its simplicity. The dashboard layout is straightforward; Hyundai
deliberately avoided the design flourishes seen in their Elantra sedan after critics
(though not this one) chided it for being
overkill.
Some might call it boring, but after
one drives a Ford Fiesta or Honda Fit,
which have interiors that push style over
substance, the Accent is a welcome
reprieve.
The construction and materials are
also impressive; inexpensive cars are the
raison d’etre for hard plastics, yet
they’re largely banished from this
Hyundai. Think Chipotle assemblage on
a Taco Bell budget.
Also noteworthy is how quiet the
cabin is; road noise is appreciably low
for a car of this size and weight, and the
doors close with a solid thud.
Legroom and headroom will fit the
people’s tallest passengers, and cargo
capacity on both the sedan and hatchback Accents is on the higher end of the
segment.
One small drawback to the five-door
Accent’s interior is that although the rear
seats do fold (all Accents come with
60/40 split rear seats), they don’t fold
completely flat, as in the Honda Fit.
Yet my biggest qualm with the
ergonomics is on the five-door Accents.
The styling of the hatchback is such that
the angled rear window opening is too
small for worthwhile visibility. I felt like
I was squinting every time I looked in
the rear-view mirror.
Blame what Hyundai calls “fluidic
sculpture,” a design term meant to evoke
constant motion that is now found on
several of its recent cars and compact
sport-utility vehicles. The Accent’s glass
hatch is so narrow because it’s styled to
follow the rising belt line on the side of
the car. Also, the angles of this Accent’s
rear suggest some of that fluid sculpture
may have frozen a bit.
Up front, the Accent looks like
exactly what it is; the younger, smaller
sibling of the Elantra with the same kind
of bug-eyed smile.
The Accent’s biggest design accolade goes to the sedan, which manages
to be a well-proportioned sub-compact.
This isn’t easy to pull off; the Ford
Fiesta sedan looks like a miniature hat
you’d make your Shih Tzu wear.
On the road, the Accent drives and
handles with straightforward purpose.
The automatic transmission is clearly
geared toward efficiency, and will
upshift with according zest. Meanwhile,
the manual transmission’s shifter has a
very light feel to it and would be an asset
for those learning to shift or anyone
rowing their gears through the sea of
Los Angeles traffic.
Maximum horsepower comes at a
high 6,300 rpm, so expect the engine to
get noisy when you need to really push
the car.
A Honda Fit will be more fun to
drive in terms of initial pep and enthusiasm for corners, but Hyundai says it
tuned the Accent for a wider range of
drivers, and the car is certainly a competent, comfortable performer all around.
In fact, all around is an appropriate
term for the 2012 Accent as a whole; it’s
all-around good. It’s what the people
need, in the form that they need it in.
If only what the people want were so
easy.
2012 HYUNDAI ACCENT SE
• Base price: $16,555 (includes destination charge)
• Price, as tested: $17,685 (includes
destination charge)
• Powertrain: 1.6-liter DOHC, fourcylinder engine with direct injection and
dual continuous VVT; six-speed automatic transmission with manual shifting
• Horsepower: 138 at 6,300 rpm
• Torque: 123 pound-feet at 4,850
rpm
• Curb weight: 2,496 pounds
• Wheelbase: 101.2 inches
• Overall length: 162.0 inches
• EPA fuel economy: 30 mpg city/40
mpg highway
• Final thoughts: An Accent on
necessity
© 2011, Los Angeles Times.
4:30 p.m., Aurora VNA of Wisconsin, 500
Interchange North, Lake Geneva. 249-5860.
MEND Families Parent Support Group
for families with children who have emotional,
behavioral or neurological disorders, third
Wednesday of the month, Pathways Medical
and Holistic Health Center, 5411 Hwy. 50,
Delavan. For more information call (847) 8999752 or email mendfamilies@ yahoo.com.
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 information.
De-Stress, De-Tangle, Re-Energize
class, Mondays, 6 p.m., Lake Geneva United
Methodist Parish Hall, 912 Geneva St., Lake
Geneva. Combination of breathing techniques, Qi-gong and Edgu. Call Linda at 7232076 to register.
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 TwelveStep, 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 Thursday 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 723-8227 or through the
Families
Anonymous
Web
site:
www.FamiliesAnonymous.org.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS),
Tuesdays 8:30-10 a.m. Community Center,
826 E Geneva St., Delavan. Encourages
nutrition and exercise with a positive attitude.
Guests are welcome, no weekly meeting fee.
Contact Marilyn Wilkin at 249-0304.
~ ART, LITERATURE THEATER, MUSIC ~
The Fireside Theatre in Fort Atkinson
presents “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”
through Oct. 23. Each show comes with an
unparalleled dining experience, access to several specialty boutiques within The Fireside, and
free parking. For information on show times,
menus and tickets, or to reserve seats, call 800477-9505 or visit www.firesidetheatre.com.
Baker House Show Tune Tuesdays, and
fireside dining, 5-9 p.m., The Baker House,
327 Wrigley Dr., Lake Geneva. Pianist Tom
Stanfield plays for diners at Lake Geneva’s
“most decadent mansion. Call 248-4700 for
reservations. More information at www.bakerhouse1885.com.
Live Music, Hobie and the Leftovers,
Fridays at 9 p.m.. Champs Sports Bar &
Grill, 747 W Main St., Lake Geneva. No
cover charge. Call 248-6008, or log on to
www.foodspot.com/champs.
The 2012 Hyundai Accent hatchback provides a lot of space, excellent gas
mileage and all-around value.
(Hyundai/MCT)
I SELL ‘EM!
Jim Peck
Clinton, Wisconsin
800-895-3270
30 — The Beacon
Sept. 9, 2011
Mr. Language Person: Watch Your Language
By Dave Barry
(This column was originally published Oct. 14, 2007.)
At this juncture in the time parameter, we once again proudly present “Ask
Mister Language Person,” the No. 1
rated language column in the United
States, according to a recent J.D. Power
and Associates survey of consumers
with imaginary steel plates in their
heads. The philosophy of this column is
simple: If you do not use correct grammar, people will lose respect for you,
and they will burn down your house. So
let’s stop beating around a dead horse
and cut right to the mustard with our first
question:
Q: I often hear people use the word
“irregardless,” as in: “Irregardless of
what you may or may not think, moths
are capable of remorse.” So finally I
decided to look “irregardless” up in the
dictionary, but I can’t figure out what
letter it begins with.
A: Grammatical experts disagree on
this.
Q: What are the correct lyrics to the
song “It’s Howdy Doody Time!”?
A: According to the Library of
Congress, they are as follows: “It’s
Howdy Doody Time! It’s Howdy Doody
Time! It’s Howdy Doody Time! It’s
Howdy Doody Time!”
Q: Who wrote those lyrics?
A: Cole Porter.
Q: I am in the field of business, and
people keep saying they want to “touch
base” with me. They’ll say, “I just wanted to touch base with you on the
Fooberman contract,” or, “We need to
Dave Barry
touch base on the rental sheep for the
sales conference.” But my understanding of the rules is that if you touch base
WITH somebody, at the same time, at
least one of you is out. So my question
is, who the heck is “Fooberman”?
A: We decided to consult with William
Safire, one of the top experts in the language field, but his number is not listed.
Q: I’m never sure when I should use
the word “principle” and when I should
use “principal.” Is there an easy way to
remember the difference?
A: Here’s a simple memory device
for distinguishing between these two
similar-sounding words (or “sonograms”): Simply remember that “princi-
pal” ends in the letters “p-a-l,” which is
an antonym for “Police Athletic
League,” whereas “principle” ends in
“p-l-e,” which are the first three letters
in “Please, Mister Postman,” by the
Marvelettes. If this memory device does
not work for you, we have a more effective technique involving a soldering
iron.
Q: When the Marvelettes sing,
“Deliver de letter, de sooner de better,”
are they using correct grammar?
A: No. The correct grammar would
be, “Deliver de letter, irregardless.”
Q: Did alert reader Johnny G.
Stewart send you an amusing automotive review from the Lewiston, Idaho,
Morning Tribune?
A: Yes. It states: “A short-throw sixspeed Borg-Warner transmission means
classic Pontiac excitement and the fun of
a well-timed shift.”
Q: What’s so amusing about that?
A: There was a letter missing from
“shift.”
Q: Can you cite some other examples of language usage sent in by alert
readers?
A: Certainly.
John Triplett sent in a Heartland
America catalog advertising baseballs
that were “hand-signed by Mickey
Mantle before his death.”
W. Michael Frazier sent in an editorial from the Huntington, W.Va., HeraldDispatch containing this statement: “We
believe if you have too much to drink at
a holiday party, insist on driving yourself home.”
Susan Olp sent in an Associated
Press story concerning a lawsuit verdict
in which a lawyer is quoted as saying:
“It sends a message to gas companies in
Wyoming that gas companies better
operate safely because people are not
going to tolerate being blown up.”
Thomas Caufield sent in a San Jose
Mercury-News story about a Stanford
University instructor, containing this
statement: “Since his suspension, Dolph
has continued working as a manager in
the university’s lab for cadavers. In that
position, he deals mainly with faculty
members, Jacobs said.”
Several readers sent in an Associated
Press story concerning a Vermont high
school student who disrobed during her
graduation speech; the story quotes school
administrators as saying the incident “was
not reflective of our student body.”
Renee Harber sent in a police log
from the Corvallis (Ore.) Gazette Times
containing this entry: “12:38 p.m. July
20. Report that a man near the Crystal
Lake boat ramp was threatening to kill
the next person he saw wearing a kilt.”
TIPS “FOR” WRITERS: In writing
a screenplay for a movie, be sure to
include plenty of action.
WRONG: “To be, or not to be.”
RIGHT: “LOOK OUT! GIANT
RADIOACTIVE SQUIRRELS!”
Got a question for Mister Language
Person? Send it in, and you could
receive a baseball hand-signed by
William Shakespeare shortly after his
death.
© 2007 The Miami Herald
Distributed by Tribune Media
Services, Inc.
The Beacon
Laughing Matter
A couple were sound
asleep in bed at 3 a.m. when
they were awakened by a
pounding on their back door.
“You answer it,” said the
wife.
So the husband reluctantly trudged downstairs and
opened the door to find a
drunk leaning against the
wall.
“I need a push,” said the
drunk, slurring his words.
“Sorry,” said the husband.
“It’s three O’clock in the
morning, it’s pouring rain
and you don’t look as though
you should be driving anyway. So there’s no way I can
give you a push.”
And with that he slammed
the door.
When he returned to the
bedroom, his wife asked him
who had been at the door.
“It was just some drunk,”
he explained. “He wanted a
push, but I sent him on his
way.”
The wife reminded him
that they had once been a
similar predicament and had
been forced to knock on a
stranger’s door in the middle
of the night.
“Remember how grateful
we were when that guy came
to our rescue?” she said.
Now feeling guilty, the
husband got dressed, put on a
raincoat and ventured out
into the miserable night. But
the drunk was nowhere to be
seen.
“Hey,” shouted the husband, trying not to wake the
neighbors. “Do you still need
help? Do you still need a
push?”
From a distance he heard
a slurred response, “Yeah, I
still need a push.”
“Where are you?” asked
the man, peering through the
rain.
“Over here on the swing.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
A small boy was dawdling
on his way to school.
“Hurry up,” said his
mother. “You’re going to be
late.”
“What’s the rush?” he
asked. “They’re open till
3:30.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
A cowboy received a visit
from his city-slicker cousin
and decided to impress him
by showing him the workings of the local Indian tribe.
So they headed into the wilds
where they discovered an
Indian lying on his stomach
with his ear to the ground.
“See that Indian?” the
cowboy asked his cousin.
“He’s listening to the ground.
He can hear things for miles
in any direction.”
Just then the Indian
looked up.
“Covered wagon,” he
said, “about two miles away.
Have two horses, one brown,
one white. Man, woman,
child, household effects in
wagon…”
“That’s
incredible!”
Willy ’n Ethel
Sept. 9, 2011 — 31
by Joe Martin
exclaimed the cousin. “Just
from listening to the ground,
this Indian knows how far
away they are, how many
horses, what color they are,
who is in the wagon and
what is in the wagon.”
The Indian continued,
“…Ran me over about 20
minutes ago.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
“Darling, I need a new
dress,” a wife said to her husband.
“What’s wrong with the
one you’ve got?” he asked.
“It’s too long, and the veil
keeps getting in my eyes.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
A man walked into a doctor’s office with a leaf of lettuce sticking out of his ear.
“Hmmm, that’s strange,”
said the doctor.
“Oh,” said the man,
“that’s just the tip of the iceberg.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
A stockbroker’s secretary
answered the phone, “I’m
sorry, Mr. Johnson is on
another line.”
“This is Mr. Steward,”
said the caller. “I just wanted
to know if he’s bullish or
bearish right now.”
“He’s talking to his wife,”
said the secretary. Offhand,
I’d say he is sheepish.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
The boss on a building
site ordered one of his men to
dig a hole six feet deep. After
the job was finished, the boss
returned and explained that
there had been a mistake and
the hole wouldn’t be needed
after all. So he ordered the
man to fill it in.
The worker did as he was
told, but couldn’t get all the
soil packed back into the
hole without leaving a
mound on top. He went back
to the boss and explained the
problem.
“Honestly,!” snorted the
boss. “What sort of idiots do
we employ these days?
Obviously you didn’t dig the
hole deep enough.”
☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
A judge was instructing
the jury that a witness was
not necessarily to be regarded as untruthful because he
changed his statement from
one that he had previously
made to the police.
“For example,” he said,
“when I entered my chambers today, I was sure I had
my gold watch in my pocket.
But then I remembered that I
left in on my nightstand in
my bedroom.”
When the judge returned
home, his wife asked him,
“Why so much urgency for
your watch? Isn’t sending
three men to get it a bit
extreme?”
“What?” said the judge, “I
didn’t send anyone for my
watch, let alone three people;
what did you do?”
“I gave it to the first one,”
said the wife. “He knew
exactly where it was.”
What’s happening
Open Blues Jam, Sundays, 3 to 7 p.m.,
Broken Spoke Roadhouse, W9698 Highway
14, Darien. Featuring the Organgrinders.
Call 724-5400.
Open jam, Sundays, 8 p.m., at Cattails,
2517 N. Shore Dr., Delavan. Zero Velocity
will open with rock music. No cover charge.
Call 728-1745 for more information.
Free karaoke every Thursday, 7-11 p.m.
in the On The Waterfront Lounge and Piano
Bar at Bella Vista Suites, 335 Wrigley Dr.,
Lake Geneva.
Karaoke, 9 p.m. - 12 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.snugharborwi.com for details.
Live Entertainment Fridays and
Saturdays from 7:30 - 11 p.m., Bella Vista
Suites, 335 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva.
Call 248-2100 or check www.bellavistasuites.com. Enjoy the music or the sunset
with a cocktail on the veranda overlooking
Geneva Lake.
~ HEALTH AND FITNESS ~
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 Thursdays from 7-8 p.m. at
Elkhorn Matheson Memorial Library,
Community Center Room, 101 N.
Wisconsin St. Meditation is practice for
being more awake and attentive as we go
about our daily lives, learning to live fully
in the present moment. Beginners and
experienced practitioners always welcome.
Sittings are sponsored by Wisconsin Blue
Lotus (formerly named Geneva Lakes
Vipassana Buddhist Meditation Group).
No registration required. Call Judy
Franklin, 203-0120, or visit www.blue
lotustemple.org for more information
about Blue Lotus.
32 — The Beacon
Herman by Jim Unger
Pickles by Brian Crane
Sept. 9, 2011
The Beacon
N e w s o f t h e We i r d
By Chuck Shepherd
A Southampton (England)
University researcher told an
academic conference in
Stockholm in July that his
work, demonstrating that
women who stop smoking
even after becoming pregnant will have healthier
babies, is important because
he found that pregnant
women rationalize continued
smoking, in part to have
smaller babies that will be
less uncomfortable to deliver.
Small Town Democracy:
The City Council of Gould,
Ark. (pop. 1,100), voted in
July to make it illegal for its
citizens to form “groups”
without written permission
from the council. (The
mayor and the city council
are feuding over the budget, and the council, attempting to stifle lobbying by a
group supporting the
mayor, has taken down all
“groups” — except that the
ordinance appears to blatantly violate the First
Amendment.)
Inmate
Johnathan
Pinney, 26, petitioned U.S.
District Court in Chicago in
July, demanding that state
and federal officials stop
arresting him (because he
did nothing illegal, he
wrote, despite his current
four-year sentence for
aggravated battery on a
police officer).
Pinney helpfully suggested a way for the federal
government to compensate
him for all the grief it has
caused him: The government should give him $50
billion “restitution” and
award him uninhabited
land so that he can start his
own country, with sovereign and diplomatic immunity. WBBM Radio noted
that Pinney appeared to
solicit romance on his
MySpace page by writing
that he “hopes to get into a
committed
relationship
with a woman, but wouldn’t mind if it meant ‘leaving this world and marrying
an alien with similar attonomy (sic) and genetics.’”
Jonathan
Schwartz
called 911 in New York
City in July to report that he
had stabbed his mother to
death. A few minutes later
but before police arrived,
Schwartz called back 911
to report a correction: “No,
she committed suicide.”
(The mother’s body was
found with multiple stab
wounds,
and
police,
notwithstanding Schwartz’s
“correction,” charged him
with murder.)
Redneck Chronicles
(1) Ronald Adams, 49,
Bound and Gagged
Sept. 9, 2011 — 33
by Dana Summer
was arrested in June for
assaulting an 8-year-old
boy in his home in
Ouachita Parish, La., after
an argument over which
TV program to watch.
Adams allegedly threw a
TV remote, hitting the child
in the head, because the kid
insisted on “cartoons”
while Adams preferred
“wrestling.”
(2) Authorities in St.
Lucie County, Fla., investigated an incident in May in
which a woman allegedly
fired an AR-15 rifle at a target inside her bedroom
closet and in which the
gunshots went through the
wall and damaged a washing machine, springing a
water leak throughout the
residence.
(Officials
said
the
woman’s husband fired
shots, too, and that it wasn’t
the first time the couple had
engaged in bedroom target
practice.)
In November (2000),
Mr. Auburn Mason, 62, was
sentenced to four years in
prison in England for a
1999 British Airways
hijacking. He had grabbed
a flight attendant, held scissors to her neck, and threatened to blow up the plane
with the bomb he was holding, screaming “Take me to
Gatwick
(airport
in
London)!” At that point, the
flight was 15 minutes away
from its scheduled destination, which was Gatwick
airport. (Minutes later, passengers disarmed Mason.)
In McGehee, a town of
4,200 in southeastern Arkansas, a black girl (Kym
Wimberly) who had finished
first in her senior class was
named only “co-”valedictorian after officials at
McGehee High changed the
rules to avoid what one
called a potential “big
mess.” As a result, in an
ironic twist on “affirmative
action,” the highest-scoring
white student was elevated
to share top honors. Said
Kym’s mother, “We (all)
know if the tables were
turned, there wouldn’t be a
co-valedictorian.” In July,
the girl filed a lawsuit
against the school and the
protocol-changing principal.
Redneck Chronicles
(1) Roy Griffith, 60,
John Sanborn, 53, and
Douglas Ward, 55, were
arrested
in
Deerfield
Township, Mich., in July
and charged with stealing a
14-foot-long stuffed alligator from a barn, dragging it
away with their truck, and
using it to surf in the mud
(“mudbogging”).
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Sept. 9, 2011
FuN and GameS
Crossword Clues
ACROSS
1 People person
6 Throw for a loop
10 Crew cut’s opposite
14 Good on one’s feet
15 In __ of: as a substitute for
16 Ring out
17 Woods has often been atop it
20 Mass. hours
21 Food with a Veterinary Formula
22 Ungentle giants
23 Cilantro, e.g.
24 Word on some euros
26 Hold one’s nose, perhaps
31 Power strip inserts
32 It may be promised
33 Dedicated work
35 Justice appointed after Clarence
36 Religiously devoted
38 Go up the creek without a paddle?
39 Doggy bag item
40 She had a big hit with “Thank You” in
2001
41 Prepares, as a hook
42 They’re fun to jump in
46 Ben-Gurion airline
47 Toll-road toll unit
48 Talk Like a Pirate Day cry
51 Thrift store stipulation
52 Counterterrorism org.
55 Pet owner’s bane, and a hint to what’s
hidden in 17-, 26- and 42-Across
59 Case the joint, say
60 Plant used for first aid
61 Blair’s predecessor
62 Tool used to create 42-Across
63 “__ of Steel”: ‘80s workout video
64 Sudden increase
Puzzle answers
are on page 23.
m
n
Bridge
Cut Off the Safe Exit
Goren on Bridge by Tannah Hirsch
Both vulnerable. South deals.
NORTH
mK
h K, 10, 5, 2
o A, K, Q, 7, 2
p A, J, 4
WEST
EAST
o J, 8
p K, 8, 7
o 10, 6, 5, 4
p 10, 9, 3, 2
m Q, J, 10, 6, 2 m 9, 8, 7, 4
h A, J, 4
h3
SOUTH
m A,5, 3
h Q, 9, 8, 7, 6
o 9, 3
p Q, 6, 5
South
Pass
5h
Pass
DOWN
1 Hamster’s home
2 Prima donnas have big ones
3 Happy tune
4 Will Ferrell holiday comedy
5 Personal theology elements
6 Burn a dessert on purpose?
7 Helps out
8 End of a common list
9 It’s W of the Urals
10 Orbital high point
11 More than just butterflies
12 “Still mooing,” at a steakhouse
13 Bygone automaker
18 Banjoist Scruggs
19 Watching the clock, perhaps
23 Above the strike zone
24 Biblical birthright seller
25 Getaway spots
26 Suck down
27 __-frutti
28 Hard to get close to
29 “Yikes!”
30 Puts in a good word?
31 Debate side
34 Miami couple?
36 City on the Arno
37 1-Across, usually
38 Word processing command
40 Indian metropolis
41 Aromatic firs
43 Emissary
44 Misses
45 Escape hatch, e.g.
48 Way, way off
49 Jessica of “Fantastic Four”
50 Stink to high heaven
51 Long, long time
52 Pacific archipelago
53 Volume
54 Memo header
56 Catch red-handed
57 Fever cause
58 Suds source
©Tribune Media Services,, Inc.
The bidding:
West
North
1m
Dbl.
Pass
6h
Pass
East
4m
Pass
Opening lead: Q m
The Cavendish Invitational Pairs,
played in Las Vegas, was won by
Kwiecien - Pszczola of Poland, the pair
who fetched the top price in the pre-tournament auction. Fifth-place finisher Guido
Ferraro of Italy displayed immaculate
Sudoku
op
technique on this deal from the event.
Note East’s decision to leap to four
spades on a distributional bust - making it
as difficult as possible for the vulnerable
opponents to find their optimum contract.
After South doubled to show cards,
North's four no trump was for takeout, and
the heart slam was quickly reached.
West led the queen of spades and,
since only 12 points were unaccounted for,
declarer elected to place West with all of
them. Since East's preempt showed shortness somewhere, more than likely in
hearts, South decided to play West for A J
x in the suit rather than ace doubleton. The
problem was how to get to the South hand
to take a finesse for the jack of hearts.
One possibility was to overtake the
king of spades with the ace and take an
immediate finesse, but that risked losing to
an odds-against singleton jack with East.
Instead, Ferraro elected to attempt a
Dentist's Coup to assure an entry to the
closed hand.
After winning the first trick with the
king of spades, declarer cashed dummy's
ace and king of diamonds before leading a
heart to the queen. In with the ace of
hearts, West was forced to present declarer
with an entry to hand no matter which suit
was led - South would ruff a diamond if
West led that suit. When the finesse of the
ten of hearts succeeded, 12 tricks were
wrapped up in short order.
Complete the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 box (in bold
borders) contains every digit, from 1 to 9.
News of the Wierd
When the gator’s owner tracked down
the three nearby, they denied the theft and
insisted that theirs is an altogether-different 14-foot-long stuffed alligator. (Ward’s
blood-alcohol reading was 0.40.) (2) When
deputies in Monroe County, Tenn., arrested a woman for theft in August, they
learned that one of the items stolen was a
150-year-old Vatican-certified holy relic
based on the Veil of Veronica (supposedly
used to wipe Jesus’ face before the crucifixion). The painting had been stolen from
the closet of a trailer home on a back road
in the Tennessee mountains, where a local
named “Frosty,” age 73, had kept it for 20
years with no idea of its significance.
Of the 1,500 judges who referee disputes as to whether someone qualifies for
Social Security disability benefits, David
Daugherty of West Virginia is the current
soft-touch champion, finding for the
claimant about 99 percent of the time
(compared to judges’ overall rate of 60
percent). As The Wall Street Journal
reported in May, Daugherty decided many
of the cases without hearings or with the
briefest of questioning, including batches
of cases brought by the same lawyer. He
criticized his less lenient colleagues, who
“act like it’s their own damn money we’re
giving away.” (A week after the Journal
report, Judge Daugherty was placed on
leave, pending an investigation.)
Bats’ Rights: In January, Alison Murray
purchased her first-ever home, in
Aberdeen, Scotland, but was informed in
August that she has to relocate, temporarily, because the house has become infested
with bats, which cannot be disturbed,
under Scottish and European law, once
they settle in. Conservation officials
advised her that she could probably move
back in November, when the bats leave to
hibernate.
The Beacon
Sept. 9, 2011 — 35
Puzzle
answer
is on
page 23
Homespin
36 — The Beacon
1940 Chris-Craft 27' Racing Runabout
Sept. 9, 2011
1940 Chris-Craft 27' Racing Runabout
1937 Ventnor Class E Racing Runabout
1986 Wellcraft 38' Scarab KV 38
From the Hit TV Series Miami Vice
1956 Chris-Craft 26' Continental
1930 Chris-Craft 26' Triple Cockpit
1975 Lauterbach Class N Hydroplane
1953 Delta 14' Deluxe Runabout
1941 Chris-Craft 19' Barrel Back

Door County - The Beacon

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