Earth Day to celebrate 40th anniversary April 22

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April 9 - 22, 2010
A sand sculpture that says ‘Save Our Earth’ was ‘sculpted’ in front of the Cheeca Lodge Resort in the Florida Keys. The sculpture was made from 4,000 pounds of
sand in celebration of Earth Day, which was proposed by Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson and first observed on April 22, 1970.
(KRT photo by Andy Newmann)
Earth Day to celebrate 40th anniversary April 22
By Dennis West
The 1960s had been a very dynamic
period for ecology in the US, in both
theory and practice. It was in the mid1960s that Congress passed the sweeping Wilderness Act, and Supreme Court
Justice William O. Douglas asked,
“Who speaks for the trees?” Pre-1960
grass roots activism against DDT in
Nassau County, New York, had inspired
Rachel Carson to write her shocking
bestseller “Silent Spring” in 1962. The
book became the basis for a CBS
Television documentary called “The
Silent Spring of Rachel Carson,” which
brought the problem to the attention of
millions of Americans who would not
have read the book. The program was
credited, in large part, with the passage
of anti-DDT legislation.
Responding to widespread environmental degradation, Gaylord Nelson, a
United States Senator from Wisconsin,
called for an environmental teach-in, or
Earth Day, to be held on April 22, 1970.
More than 20 million people participated that year, and Earth Day is now
observed each year on April 22 by more
than 500 million people and national
governments in 175 countries.
Senator Nelson, an environmental
activist, took a leading role in organizing the
celebration, hoping to demonstrate popular
political support for an environmental agenda and combat global warming.
He modeled it on the highly effective
Vietnam War protests of the time.
The concept of Earth Day was first
proposed in a memo to JFK written by
Fred Dutton.
According to Santa Barbara, California Community Environmental Council:
The story goes that Earth Day was conceived by Nelson after a trip he took to
Santa Barbara right after the horrific oil
spill off the Californian coast in 1969.
He was so outraged by what he saw that
he went back to Washington and sponsored a bill designating April 22 as a
national day to celebrate the earth.
Sen. Nelson selected Denis Hayes, a
Harvard University graduate student, as
the national coordinator of activities.
Hayes said he wanted Earth Day to
“bypass the traditional political
process.” Garrett DuBell compiled and
edited The Environmental Handbook the
first guide to the Environmental TeachIn. Its symbol was a green Greek letter
theta, “the dead theta.”
The nationwide event included opposition to the Vietnam War on the agenda,
but organizers decided it would detract
from the environmental message.
The event drew widespread support.
Folk singer Pete Seeger was a keynote
speaker and performer at the event held
in Washington DC. Paul Newman and
Ali McGraw attended the event held in
New York City.
Earth Day proved to be popular not
only in the United States, but around the
world. The first Earth Day had participants and celebrants at 2,000 colleges
and universities, roughly 10,000 primary
and secondary schools, and hundreds of
communities across the United States.
More importantly, it brought 20 million
Americans out into the spring sunshine
for peaceful demonstrations in favor of
environmental reform.
Sen. Nelson said Earth Day worked
because of the spontaneous response at
the grass roots level. He directly credited
the first Earth Day with persuading U.S.
politicians that environmental legislation
had a substantial, lasting constituency.
Many important laws were passed by the
Congress in the wake of the 1970 Earth
Day, including the Clean Air Act and the
creation of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency.
It is now observed in 175 countries,
and coordinated by the nonprofit Earth
Day Network, according to whom Earth
Day is now “the largest secular holiday
in the world, celebrated by more than a
half billion people every year.”
Environmental groups have sought to
make Earth Day into a day of action that
changes human behavior and provokes
policy changes.
Gaylord Nelson was born in Clear
Lake, Wis., graduated from the
University of Wisconsin Law School,
served for four years in the Army during
W.W. II and was elected to the state senate in 1948.
In 1958, he was elected the 35th governor of Wisconsin – the first Democrat
to hold that office in 25 years.
In 1960, he narrowly defeated Philip
G. Kuehn by a three-point margin for a
second term, even as Richard Nixon carried the state in the presidential election.
In 1962, he declined to run for a third
two-year term as Governor, but was
instead elected to the U.S. Senate, where
he served three terms, from January 8,
1963 until January 3, 1981, after, running for a fourth term he was caught up
in the anti-Carter/anti-Democratic landslide of 1980 and lost to former
Republican Congressman Bob Kasten.
Sen. Gaylord Nelson died on July 3,
2005 at age 89.
(See page 12 for more information
on the career of Gaylord Nelson.)
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According to Wikipedia, the Tea Party
is a populist protest movement focused on
fiscal conservatism. The movement, originating in anti-tax protests, emerged in
early 2009, partially in response to the
2009 stimulus package as well as the 2008
bailouts and later in revelations about
bonuses paid to AIG executives.
It has been most visible through a
series of Tea Party protests, which have
occurred ever since early 2009. Protesters
have also utilized the social networking
outlets Facebook, Twitter and MySpace as
well as blogs (how I hate that word!) and
conservative media outlets in promoting
Tea Party events.
The name “Tea Party” is a reference to
the Boston Tea Party, whose principal aim
was to protest taxation without representation in the British Parliament rather than
protesting taxes in general. Tea Party
protests have nevertheless sought to evoke
similar images, slogans and themes to that
period in American history.
The most widely covered Tea Party
gathering took place in Searchlight, Nev.,
which is a town of less than 1,000, not
including lizards and scorpions, best
known for being the hometown of legendary movie costume designer Edith
Head and, more recently, Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid. Its only other export is
apparently dust.
Appearing at that meeting to whine on
national television was former Republican
Vice Presidential candidate, and Alvin the
Chipmunk impersonator, Sarah Palin.
Neither Ms. Palin’s delivery nor her content has improved in the past year.
Democrats are praying that the
Republicans will nominate her as their
Presidential candidate in 2012. Maybe she
and Pat Buchanan could team up and
excite the far right together.
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have the Coffee Party.
According to an article in The
Christian Science Monitor, “Born as a
Facebook page, the ‘Join the Coffee Party’
movement has attracted more than
100,000 fans, mostly in the 15 days leading up to the March 13 kickoff.”
“Just like in the American Revolution,
we are looking for real representation right
now,” organizer Annabel Park told CNN in
early March. “We don’t feel represented
by our government right now, and we don’t
really feel represented well by the media,
either.”
As happened in the early days of the
Tea Party movement, critics are calling the
coffee party an “astroturf” phenomenon
(meaning fake grass roots).
Bloggers note that Ms. Park, for one,
has connections to the Democratic Party,
somehow forgetting that many early tea
party events had their roots in local county
Republican committees. As late as March
12, tea party activists meeting in
Washington handed out materials produced and paid for by the Republican
National Committee.
Even if the messages sound the same,
the two movements differ in substantive
ways. Tea partyers tend to berate the federal government as a whole (or most of it).
Coffee partyers seem to be more in favor
of government involvement – as in envisioning a greater role for government in
the future of healthcare – but denounce the
“corporatocracy” that holds sway in
Washington.
While claiming to be independent, coffee party activists tend to back President
Obama and want “obstructionists” in
Congress and the media to get out of his
way. To attendees like Mr. Landers, the tea
party, though demanding a return to
American representative ideals, seems coopted by social conservatives such as Sean
Hannity, Glenn Beck, and even, Gawd
help us, Ralph Reed (though tea-partyers
see themselves as stressing fiscal and sizeof-government issues).
The showing across America may
determine, in part, what political effect the
Coffee Party could have – and whether it
could rival the political potency of the Tea
Party movement. Organizers held a second
national kaffeeklatsch on March 27.
Though activists in the two movements
may not see eye to eye, it’s clear they are
emerging for a similar reason: They feel a
greater personal connection to America’s
plight, sparking a communal search for the
country’s roots.
“The people have to have a louder
voice against special interests in
Washington,” says Landers, “or we’re
going to make the fall of Rome look like a
tea party.”
So much for the Coffee Party.
Although those people seem to make more
sense than the Tea Party people, who
sound like a radical offshoot from the Mad
Hatter’s tea party in Alice in Wonderland,
I’m allergic to caffeine, so can’t get
involved with either. My suggestion is a bit
more American: The Cocktail Party.
Cocktail Party members would probably be a lot less vocal in the early stages,
but louder as time wore on. Many of them
might get involved precisely because they
are tired of the ranting on both sides of the
aisle and just want to have a drink, kick
back and ignore the whole thing. Others
might want to discuss political issues in
the more convivial atmosphere a shot or
two of alcohol promotes.
No doubt the Cocktail Party would
attract a certain number of hotheads who
would be willing to argue at the top of their
voices about something or other, but, in
our area at least, it would more likely be
about the merits of the Chicago Bears and
April 9, 2010 — 3
the Green Bay Packers than universal
healthcare.
So what kind of platform could the
Cocktail Party have? Probably a varnished
mahogany surface with a mirrored back
bar on which the conversational fuel would
be displayed. “Pick your brand of anesthetic and join the discussion.”
The goal of the Cocktail Party would
be civility and relaxation rather than spittle-spewing, sign-waving protests. Of
course, the Cocktail Party would have to
enlist designated drivers to ensure that the
aftermath of meetings didn’t lead to ontreet tragedy.
I think the musical accompaniment of
a Cocktail Party meeting would be something mellow by Dave Brubeck rather than
“Onward Christian Soldiers,” or whatever
the caffeinated parties are singing these
days. Much easier to take in the short, and
long, run.
Would the Cocktail Party welcome
beer drinkers, whom they might generalize
to be former Democrats? And if they did,
would they split into factions such as
Miller Lite and German dark beer
drinkers? Or would the party stand firm
with mixed-drink topers, many of whom
would be former Republicans? How about
wine-drinking independents?
Would they enact a series of rules to
determine recipes for such essentials as
martinis and margaritas? Would they split
into single malt and blended Scotch
drinkers and subsets such as Johnny
Walker Red, Black, Green or Blue adherents? Perish the thought.
Just as the Coffee Party was started as
a less strident alternative to the Tea Party,
the idea behind the Cocktail Party is an
even more relaxed alternative to both – and
the two major parties, neither of which has
objected to cocktail parties in the past.
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April 9, 2010
Perspectiv e
Hopes (and Doubts) Bloom With Spring
Results and Process Both Matter
By Lee Hamilton
Before and after the House of
Representatives’ historic vote on healthcare reform, one of the more interesting
debates in Washington involved not the
package itself, but how it came to a vote.
Do Americans care about a congressional
process that even President Obama labeled
“ugly,” or will they – as the Democratic
leadership hopes – focus on the substance
of what the House passed?
Like so many “either/or” questions that
get kicked around wherever
the nation’s political
class
likes to gather,
the answer is
undoubtedly
“both.” Those
who
believe
that Americans
don’t notice or
don’t care about
how things get
done are deludLee Hamilton
ing themselves;
those who are
pinning their electoral hopes on widespread disgust with horse-trading and armtwisting forget the power of enacting legislation that will change the lives of many
millions of people.
Members of Congress often argue – in
the recent past, it has come up especially
when attention turns to ethics reform – that
voters are far more focused on policy than
they are on process. But long before the
health-care debate, it was clear this just
wasn’t so. Extensive polling and interviews during the 1990s by two University
of Nebraska political scientists registered
great interest in, and concern about, how
Congress conducts its business. In particular, this work found, people wanted the
legislative process to be fair, and they
wanted all concerned to play by the rules;
they were especially leery of any tilt in
The
favor of lobbyists or members of Congress
looking out primarily for themselves.
This basic American value of fairness
came back to burn the Democratic leadership earlier this year after details emerged
of the deal it struck with Sen. Ben Nelson
of Nebraska to secure his vote on the
Senate version of health care – federal
funding for the cost of Medicaid expansion in Nebraska. The so-called
“Cornhusker Kickback” became an
emblem of the sort of special pleading
Americans mistrust, and a barrier even
among Democrats to passage of the measure in the House. It’s little wonder that
removing it was a key part of what the
House wanted in the package of changes it
sent to the Senate for approval.
The argument gets significantly more
convoluted when it turns to the lead-up to
the recent House vote. The issues that
exercised those inside the Beltway –
“deem and pass,” “self-executing rules,”
“reconciliation,” “CBO scores” – are hard
to understand in the first place, and even
harder to sort through when it’s clear that
both parties are happy to use any parliamentary maneuver they can find when
they’re in power, and equally happy to
excoriate the same maneuver when they’re
in the minority.
They do this because, from the leadership’s perspective, results matter most.
This is true for many Americans, as well.
The scenes of celebration on Capitol Hill
after health-care reform passed, and at the
White House signing ceremony a couple
of days later, were a reminder that in the
end this was about far more than simple
process; it was about a profound change to
national policy.
On an issue this far-reaching and complex, with the nation as a whole so divided
and Republicans so united in their determination not to give Democrats any hint of
bipartisan support, cutting some corners
had obvious appeal.
(Continued on page 5)
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By Garrison Keillor
It is spring glorious spring (da do ron
ron ron da do ron ron) and our gallant
president has rallied his fractious forces
against wacko demagoguery, the crocuses are up, and birds are returning from
the South, preferring to raise their children here in Minnesota where we pull
our pants on one leg at a time and not all
at once. Some people in Washington
haven’t managed to get their pants on in
years.
Slowly, slowly, the simple fact
dawns on the
electorate that
the Democrats
have passed a
moderate
Republican
health
care
reform. That’s
what it is. The
frenzy on the
right is pure
fear of stepping out of line
with the Re- Garrison Keillor
publican politburo and getting shipped to Siberia. This
lockstep mentality is rare in American
history. Here is a grand old party frozen,
suspended, mesmerized, in thrall to a
gaggle of showboats and radio entertainers and small mobs of fist-shakers standing staunch for unreality, and no
Republican elected official dares say,
“Let us not be nuts.” There will be books
written about this in years to come, and
they will not be kind to the likes of
Congressman Boehner and Senator
McConnell.
Meanwhile, it is spring, and one has
hopes for the beloved country, though an
old guy like me has his doubts. We are in
the midst of a deluge of literature that
only gets deeper and wider. Back in the
day, you glanced at a couple of newspapers and a handful of magazines and that
was it, your duty was done, you had the
evening free to sit on the porch and jiggle the ice in your glass and talk slow
sensible talk with the friends and neighbors. But now, if you dare open your
computer and go online, you are swept
away into a vortex of surf and whirled
around and around and when you finally
gather the will to click Disconnect, you
find that hours have passed. Weeks, perhaps. And you can’t remember a bit of it.
It’s all minced together, the raving
bloggers and the cat who does backflips
and Flip Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, San
Salvador, Salvador Dali, Dolly Parton,
George Patton, Patty Smith, Smithfield
hams, Knut Hamsun, Sonny Liston,
Franz Liszt, Lester Flatt, the origin of
pancakes, Kay Kyser and his College of
Musical Knowledge, kaiser rolls,
Roland Barthes, Bart Simpson, the
Duchess of Windsor, wind energy, G.
Gordon
Liddy,
Little
Richard,
Richmond Virginia, gin, Ginger Rogers,
Roger Miller, Miller Lite and Thomas
Edison – and all you get from the experience is a lot of iron filings on the magnet of your brain and a vague sensation
of activity of some sort, you’re not sure
what.
It’s remarkable that the American
people manage to withstand this storm
of data and get outdoors and rake up the
leaves and cultivate around the rosebushes. Turn on your radio and there’s a
lot of yelling about Marxist socialism
and We Need To Take Back Our
Country, and yet the American people
plant tulip bulbs and sluice off the driveway and haul the glass bottles to the
recycling center. Some sanity persists.
But the old America is fading, and I
mourn its passing. Children don’t wander free and mess around in vacant lots
the way we used to – they’re in day care
now or enrolled in programs, and one
worries about a certain loss of verve and
nerve among the young who’ve been
under constant supervision for too long.
And the old hometown is no longer a
town but has morphed into suburban
anonymity, and it hurts me. My grandmother taught school there, my grandfather came in 1880 and served on the
town board that brought in telephone
service and paved the roads, but their
community of mutual assistance is gone,
gone, gone. I have old friends in their
eighties who’ve lived in that town for 50
years – good citizens, church people,
passionate volunteers and solid
Republicans – and in a crisis, when their
health took a bad turn, nobody noticed.
Neighbors don’t know each other;
ambulances come and go and nobody
comes by to ask what’s going on. The
community they thought they were part
of simply doesn’t exist anymore. If you
fall by the wayside, you may as well be
in the wilds of Alaska.
What you do, if your life goes to
pieces, is call up a social worker and she
will see that you get some sort of assistance. So don’t bad-mouth government
programs. Unless you have fabulously
wealthy children, you’re going to need
the help.
(Garrison Keillor can be heard each
week on “A Prairie Home Companion”
Saturdays at 5 p.m. on WHAD, 90.7 FM.
He is the author of “77 Love Sonnets,”
published by Common Good Books.)
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April 9, 2010 — 5
Boiled Alive
By Dave Bretl
Walworth County Admministrator
To my great disappointment, I recently
learned that one of my favorite metaphors
is not true; at least not literally. Whenever
I want to illustrate the point that people
often fail to react to changes that occur
gradually, I tell the story about placing a
frog in a beaker of water. The premise of
the story is that if a frog is placed in a
beaker of boiling water, it will immediately jump out. If, on the other hand, the frog
is placed in cold water, which is very gradually heated, it
will not perceive the danger and allow
itself to be
cooked
to
death.
The story is
nonsense,
according
to
Harvard University professor
D o u g l a s
Melton.
The
David Bretl
frog will jump
out before it gets too hot, says Melton,
adding that frogs “don’t just sit still for you.”
Given my own lack of success in
catching frogs as a youngster, I should
have realized something was amiss with
the story. While I still believe strongly in
the concept that the metaphor illustrates, it
looks like I’m going to have to find a new
way to make my point.
I was recently reminded of the boiling
frog while doing some long overdue spring
cleaning in my basement. I ran across an
old Sunday edition of the Milwaukee
Journal that I had saved on the day that my
oldest daughter was born, in 1992.
It was hard for me to imagine that there
was a time when newspapers were that big.
In addition to being nearly twice as thick
as the current Sunday paper, I was struck
by the fact that the dimensions of the
newsprint had shrunk, as well. A quick
measurement revealed that each page has
been reduced by about an inch and a half
in each direction. While this may not seem
dramatic, those inches add up quickly.
Each page of today’s Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel contains about twenty percent less
area than the 1992 version.
Like the frog in the beaker of water, I
really can’t tell you when the downsizing
occurred. I do remember articles appearing
in the paper, from time to time, explaining
that type fonts and layouts were being
changed to make the paper more readable.
In fairness, I supposed, buried somewhere
in those stories was mention of the fact
that the paper would be smaller.
Thinking about it now, there were
other warning signs. I can vaguely remember when it was awkward to read a newspaper on a bus or plane. The pages would
always end up in the face of the next passenger. At some point, that stopped being a
problem. I suspect that I spend less time
reading the paper than I did years ago. My
point is that none of these changes were
drastic enough to make me notice what
was happening.
With less space to fill, fewer stories are
being written. What many newspapers
have lost in terms of reporter-generated
content, they have tried to make up for in
reader-generated commentary. Most “online” versions of print newspapers allow
readers to share their own views at the end
of each story. The authors are typically
allowed to remain anonymous. A brief
code of conduct warns contributors of the
only rule of the forum, which is a version
of the phrase “keep it clean.” Some poor
editor must have the job of removing
libelous and obscene remarks. Judging
from the quality of most submissions,
however, it doesn’t seem those editors
spend a great deal of time at the task.
Unlike some people that I talk to, I
don’t have a big problem with the anonymous nature of the comments. Writers
using pseudonyms contributed to the
American political debate well before
newspapers moved onto the Internet. Our
founding fathers tormented the British
and, eventually, each other, in letters
signed with such names as “Publius” and
“An Englishman.”
While I don’t have a problem with
authors remaining anonymous, I do take
issue with the fact that a large percentage
of them have no factual basis for the opinions they offer. A recent story I read on
county government illustrates this point.
At the end of the article, which reported on
some financial misfortune in Milwaukee
County,
readers-turned-commentators
convinced each other that county government does nothing and could easily be disbanded by assigning its duties to municipal
government. The only public service sited
in all of the “blogs” was law enforcement,
which the authors concluded could be
assumed by local police departments.
It certainly is fair game to debate the
merits of consolidating government.
Before that debate can take place, however, facts are needed. Not to say that it can’t
or shouldn’t be disbanded, but county government provides far more services than
sheriff’s patrols. Any plan to eliminate
county government would need to provide
for operation of the jail, support of the
court system, maintenance of state roads
and freeways as well as the recording of
vital records and collection of child support, to name just a few services.
When newspapers had twenty percent
more space and twenty percent more
reporters all of these issues could have
been addressed in a thorough and balanced
article on the subject. In short, we would
have had about twenty percent more facts
upon which to base our opinions.
Increasingly, we are being left with only
the opinions.
No frogs were injured in the writing of
this column.
Lee Hamilton
Americans understand this at a gut
level; this is why they care as much about
how Congress works as they do that it does
work. Democracy, in other words, is as
much about process – how we go about
resolving our differences and crafting policy – as it is about results.
Pursuing good process is not easy. It
takes time, effort, and a huge amount of
energy. Sometimes, congressional leaders
believe they can’t get what they want by
adhering to it. That’s understandable, but
they shouldn’t be under any illusion that
people don’t care — or that there’s no cost
to the values Congress is supposed to
embody. You can get what you want by
sidestepping fairness and good process,
but the victory carries a price: it erodes the
integrity of the institution and the deliberative process that lies at the heart of what
Congress is all about.
Continued from page 4
There, of course, lies the rub. Over the
last few decades on Capitol Hill, expediency has often trumped by-the-book procedure. This is why the budget process is broken; massive “omnibus” bills are the norm
now, not the exception; and regular conference committees are mostly a memory.
Yet congressional procedures did not
develop because Capitol Hill goody-goodies thought they’d be nice; they developed
over many years because Congress recognized that results are not the only thing that
matters – so do deliberation and fairness.
Our representative democracy rests on the
promise that alternative proposals will get
careful scrutiny and all voices will have a
chance to be considered, not just those of
the majority.
The opinions expressed in these
columns are those of the author and not
necessarily those of the Walworth County
Board of Supervisors.
‘Motor Voter’ Bill Shifts Into High Gear
By State Sen. Neal Kedzie
As the Legislature heads into its final
days, many might be breathing a sigh of
relief that a session fraught with overtaxing, spending, and regulation will
soon come to a close. However, legislative Democrats making up the Majority
party have other ideas, as they plan to
rush a number of significant pieces of
legislation
through
the
legislative
process that are
either controversial or costly. One such
bill,
which
falls into both
categories,
makes sweeping changes to
Wi s c o n s i n ’s
election laws.
Sen. Neal Kedzie
The
bill,
Senate Bill 640, hits on a number of
areas under the law as it relates to voting
and registration procedures. The centerpiece of this bill is a provision to automatically register voters when applying
for a driver’s license or state identification card, regardless of their eligibility
or intent to vote.
Commonly referred to as the “motor
voter” bill, if enacted, Wisconsin would
be the first state in the nation to do so.
The great irony is that if this bill is
enacted, a person could register to vote
at the DMV while getting their photo ID
or driver’s license, but then not be
required to show that ID at the polling
place on Election Day.
Currently, voters in Wisconsin are
responsible to register themselves. It is
a simple process that includes providing
name, age, proof of residency and citizenship. Registration can be done at the
polls on the day of the election and no
photo identification is required. However, this bill would place the responsibility for voter registration in the hands
of state government, specifically the
Department of Transportation.
Once a person’s information is in the
system, it could be shared with other
state agencies, such as the Department
of Revenue, the Department of Natural
Resources and Department of Health,
among others. It is unclear why those
agencies would need to know if you are
a registered voter.
The bill also requests the
Government Accountability Board to
devise additional methods to automatically register voters beyond registering
for a license or identification card.
Some of those methods could include
automatically signing up citizens when
they apply for government assistance
programs, such as welfare or unemployment. Additional provisions include
increased penalties for voter intimidation, which could result in fines of up to
$100,000, ten years in jail, or both.
The number of locations in which
voters can cast absentee ballots would
also be expanded under the bill.
Currently, absentee ballots can only be
cast at the county clerk’s office or a single site designated in place of the clerk’s
office. The options would be expanded
to include an unlimited number of locations, creating confusion and the potential for multiple ballots. The window of
time for casting absentee ballots would
also be shortened from 30 days to 21
days before an election. This absentee
ballot provision is causing heartburn for
local election officials statewide who are
already expressing concerns about the
cost and workload it will create.
While election reform measures
should be considered – especially in
light of verified incidents of voter fraud
in Wisconsin – those measures should
not include controversial provisions
such as the “motor voter” proposal that
has the potential to create additional
problems.
During the hectic final days of the
legislative session, attempts are often
made to hastily pass bills when the public may not be paying attention. As a
result, we are facing yet another controversial bill being fast-tracked through
the legislature to score political points
rather than solve a very real policy problem.
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
at www.senatorkedzie.com.
6 — The Beacon
April 9, 2010
Business, Tax & Inv estment
Labor economist says green jobs
are a key to economic recovery
By Chuck Quirmbach
As Wisconsin lawmakers try to hammer out compromises on a bill called the
Clean Energy Jobs Act, a state economist says green jobs will be a big part of
any economic recovery.
The legislation aims to curb emissions linked to global warming. The
measure includes new goals for the use
of renewable energy as well as energy
conservation and efficiency.
At a green energy summit in
Milwaukee, state Workforce Development economist Dennis Winters said the
bill would create a lot of new jobs.
The Milwaukee-based company
Johnson Controls is one of the firms
heavily invested in battery-powered
cars, and improving energy efficiency in
buildings. The company’s Jim Simpson
says Johnson Controls is hiring in those
sectors.
But some statewide business groups
continue to oppose the clean energy legislation, contending electricity prices
would shoot up and trigger a net loss of
jobs. Some lawmakers say they’re trying to accelerate job creation that would
take place if the bill passes this spring.
Wisconsin Public Radio
Automatic minimum wage hike
may be off the table in Wisconsin
By Shawn Johnson
Democrats in the state legislature
remain divided on a plan that would tie
increases in the state’s minimum wage
to the rate of inflation.
Traditionally, when Wisconsin has
raised its minimum wage it’s been at the
direction of a “wage council.” These
councils are appointed by the governor’s
Department of Workforce Development
and include representatives from business and labor.
A plan by Racine Assembly
Democrat Corey Mason would change
that by automatically increasing the
minimum wage to keep up with the consumer price index. Mason says it would
keep wages from stagnating. Mason
says people making minimum wage
have “always been at the mercy of politicians” to decide if it’s time for a mini-
mum wage increase.
Mason's bill has already passed the
Democrat-controlled
Senate,
but
Democratic leadership in the State
Assembly has signaled it may not have
the votes to pass there. Assembly Labor
Committee Chair Christine Sinicki – a
Milwaukee Democrat – says she opposes the plan. She’s been a vocal advocate
of wage increases in the past, but says
indexing the minimum wage could put
jobs and small businesses in jeopardy in
this economy and, therefore, isn’t appropriate.
Instead, Sinicki is backing an alternate plan that would require the state’s
wage council to meet every two years to
consider increasing the state’s minimum
wage. The last time a wage council met
was roughly six years ago.
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Some small business owners are raising questions about having to comply
with the new health care reform law.
Several are echoing Republican critics
who say it’s big government intervention
that will hurt small businesses as well as
an already suffering economy.
Wisconsin Democratic Congressman
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small business owners with 50 or fewer
workers are not required to offer health
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3 that lawsuits for wrongful death caused
by medical malpractice must be filed within three years of the medical error. State
Senator Mark Miller of Monona says his
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person who lingers for more than three
years after an injury resulting from medical malpractice can never sue for
wrongful death. Under the new bill, the
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But doctors say reversing the court ruling will likely lead to higher malpractice
insurance for doctors. Wisconsin Medical
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the wrong thing to do at a time when the
state’s patient compensation fund is in the
red.
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Supreme Court ruling stands it would
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4. Save money. Besides keeping you
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ing terrible and now your problems are a
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teeth can prevent expensive dental work,
to return if your health deterioregular chiropractic checkups
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help avoid costly, preventable
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problems.
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1. Continue your progress.
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Research suggests ligaments and
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patients who maintain a chirotake longer to heal than indicated
practic lifestyle report having
by how you feel. Your body conmore energy and feel better
tinues to heal these soft tissues
overall.
after your symptoms are gone.
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By Shamane Mills
A lot of H1N1 vaccine that people
were clamoring for last fall is sitting
unused in public health departments
around the country. If not distributed by
the time it expires, it will be medical
waste.
In Wisconsin, about one-fifth of the
population was inoculated against
H1N1. The state’s chief doctor, Seth
Foldy, says there’s still plenty of vaccine
to go around, but demand has slowed.
He says human behavior shows people
are more apt to want something when
there’s a shortage, rather than an adequate supply, as there is now with the
H1N1 vaccine, which helps explain the
lack of demand.
Only six people in Wisconsin with
H1N1 have been hospitalized since
January but health officials caution the
pandemic is not over. There was a recent
increase of H1N1 hospitalizations in
Georgia, and surrounding states are
showing higher rates of influenza.
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Most of us dont give much
thought to our feet, until they start
giving us trouble. Almost 75 percent
of Americans will have foot problems in their lifetime. Unlike other
parts of our bodies, feet really take a
pounding, literally. They’re stuffed
into ill-fitting footwear for hours on
end, are subject to viruses like warts
and fungi like athlete’s foot, are easily injured when we walk barefoot,
and often bear the first signs of more
serious health problems like arthritis,
diabetes, anemia, kidney problems,
gout, and nerve and circulatory disorders.
The average person walks several
miles a day, adding up to almost
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weight; running can triple or quadruple that pressure. As the miles add
up, so does the wear and tear. That’s
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Ill-fitting shoes are the major
cause of foot problems. Many of us
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caused or aggravated by ill-fitting
shoes include blisters, bunions, corns
and calluses, hammertoes, ingrown
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You don’t have to be an athlete to
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footwear. Taking the time and investing the money to purchase quality
shoes, boots and sandals is time and
money well spent. Here are some
tips on choosing proper footwear:
• Determine your needs. Will
you wear your shoes to run 20 miles
a week, to the office or factory, to a
formal event, to the beach, to play
racquet sports? Of course you
wouldn’t wear steel-toed work boots
to the beach, but you may think that
your walking shoes are good enough
for running, your office shoes will
work fine for a day at the shopping
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for a full day of cycling, which is not
always the case.
• Where to shop. Reputable
stores specializing in certain types of
footwear are the best places to purchase shoes that will best meet your
needs. For example, uniform stores
carry footwear for employees who
are on their feet all day. Remember
that “one style fits all” doesn’t apply
to shoes. Knowledgeable employees
can help you determine your foot
type (flat, normal or high-arched)
and then suggest the size, style and
type of shoe you need.
• When to shop. Shop for shoes
late in the day when your feet are at
their largest.
• How to shop. Always take along
the socks or hosiery you’ll be wearing with the shoes, and if you wear
orthotics, take those as well. Most of
us have one foot bigger than the
other so choose the size for the bigger foot. Try on both shoes and walk
more than just once around the store.
Wiggle your toes and make sure your
big toe is one thumb width from the
front of the shoe. Feel for areas that
are being pinched or rubbed. If your
feet feel cramped or the shoe feels
tight, don’t count on them to stretch;
well-fitted shoes don’t require a
“breaking in” period. Avoid shoes
with heels in excess of two inches.
Feet flatten as we age so you may
need to increase your shoe size as
you get older. Weight gain and pregnancy change foot size too. Your athletic shoe size may differ from your
dress shoe size. If you’re unsure
about your size, ask a clerk to measure your feet while you stand.
If, despite purchasing new shoes
that fit well, you are still experiencing problems, see a board certified
podiatrist; a physician who specializes in the treatment of foot and
ankle problems.
As mentioned earlier, your feet
mirror your general health so you
could have something more serious
going on. Foot pain is NOT normal
so don’t ignore it. Untreated foot
problems can lead to larger complications, including a change in your
gait, which can lead to knee, hip and
spine problems. And if you’re the
fix-it-yourself type, know that
improper self treatment can turn a
minor problem into a major one.
People with diabetes have special
concerns regarding their feet. About
60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of
diabetic nerve damage that can
impair feelings of pain in the foot.
Foot disease is the most common
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hospitalization.
If you have diabetes, it is
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closely with your doctors and diabetes educators. Between appointments, examine your feet daily for
signs of redness, warmth, blisters,
ulcers, scratches, cuts and nail problems. Check between toes, the entire
bottom of the foot and around the
ankle. Call your doctor immediately
if you experience any injury to your
feet. Even minor injuries are an
emergency for people with diabetes.
Our feet are biological masterpieces that serve us well when we
serve them well. They deserve to be
pampered with regular exercise
(walking is the best form of exercise
for the feet), daily hygiene, properly
fitted shoes and medical attention
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Spring Home & Garden
Five steps to prepare your mower and yard for spring
(ARA) - With weather warming up
after the long winter, it’s time to get back
outside and start working in the yard
again. Before you fire up the mower for
the first cut, however, it’s important to
perform a few maintenance steps.
“If you didn’t properly winterize
your mower last year, it’s important to
spend time at the start of the season with
your equipment,” says Jessica Gardner
of MTD Products Inc, a global manufacturer of outdoor power equipment. “This
will prevent many common malfunctions, keep it running better, and help
prolong the life of the mower.”
MTD suggests five simple steps to
help prepare your mower for its first run
of the season.
1. Clean the mower deck. It’s important to clean the grass and debris buildup
from under the mower deck and on the
cutting blades at frequent intervals in
order to prevent clogging and to improve
cutting performance. Do not use sharp
instruments to clean the deck, always
wear safety glasses, and make sure the
spark plug wire is removed from the
spark plug before performing any maintenance.
2. Change the air filter and oil. In
order for your mower to run at its optimum level, you must change the oil and
air filter once a year.
3. Replace or clean spark plug(s).
Your spark plugs should be replaced
Proper mower maintenance will help you get a better-manicured lawn and will
prolong the life of a major mechanical investment.
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when you notice rust forming around
them; however it’s important to clean
them on a regular basis. If you don’t
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cause major system damage to your
mower. Be sure to use up or empty gas at
the end of the season and start with a
fresh tank every 30 days. Always use a
minimum of 87 octane gas with no more
than 10 percent ethanol and add fuel stabilizer to your gas can at every refill to
protect your mower from problems that
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“Just a simple tune-up at the beginning of the season can reduce fuel consumption by up to 30 percent and emissions by up to 50 percent,” says Gardner.
“These few simple steps will keep your
mower running at peak performance season after season.”
Now that the mower is ready to use,
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Clean your yard of debris. After all
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Weed away. Try to spot weeds early,
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Sharpen tools. Make sure to sharpen
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Wisconsin’s Nelson took on environmental hazards one by one
By Dennis West
I was born during World War II, about
the same time that the chemical DDT was
developed. According to Bill Christofferson,
in his book, “The Man from Clear Lake:
Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord
Nelson” ($30, The University of Wisconsin
Press), the chemical was hailed as a giant
step toward preventing disease.
“The miracle bug killer, sprayed from
airplanes, had killed 85 to 95 percent of
the mosquitoes, flies and other diseasebearing insects on Saipan within hours of
the landing by American troops in 1944,”
Christofferson writes. “Top Army specialists in preventive medicine compared the
development of DDT to the discovery of
penicillin or antiseptics.”
Saipan was the first time it had been
sprayed from airplanes, but GIs had been
dusting their clothing with it to kill lice
for some time.
“When DDT became available to the
general public in 1945,” Christofferson
writes, “it was widely used by farmers and
householders alike to kill flies, mosquitoes, bedbugs, fleas and other insects. A
one-pound pressurized “bomb” cost $4
and powder cost as little as 75 cents a
pound. ‘One application might keep a barn
free of flies for a whole year,’ said a UWMadison entomologist. ‘In the future,
barns and homes covered with paint containing DDT might remain insect-free for
years,’ he said.
“The city of Rockford, Ill.,” where I
was growing up, “was hit by a polio epidemic and sprayed from an Army plane
with DDT to kill flies, which were suspected of killing the disease.” Yikes!
I remember that there were a lot fewer
mosquitoes when I was a child than there
are now. Trucks used to drive through
neighborhoods “fogging” for the diseasebearing pests. City officials may have notified residents to stay indoors while the
trucks were in the area, but I’m not sure
about that.
Beacon Composition Manager Wendy
Shafer says she remembers chasing after
the truck while it was spraying her neighborhood in Delavan.
“It never occurred to us that the chemical that killed insects might be harmful to
children,” she says.
Of course, we all assumed that the wise
people who ran city governments wouldn’t
expose their residents to harmful chemicals.
There was less cynicism, and awareness.
“There were early warnings that DDT
could cause harm,” writes Christofferson.
“In 1945 an Interior Department scientist
said that excessive use of DDT could kill
birds, fish, turtles and frogs. DDT ‘will kill
a lot of things we don’t want killed,’ he
warned. ‘It kills beneficial insects as well
as obnoxious ones. Therefore, it should be
used with understanding, intelligence and
caution. If used in excess, it will be like
scalping to cure dandruff.’
“A Congressional committee was told
that DDT showed up in meat, milk and
butter of cows fed on crops dusted with the
chemical.”
Despite the mounting evidence that
DDT caused health problems, “Swiss
chemist Dr. Paul Mueller won the 1948
Nobel Prize in medicine for his discovery
of the insect-killing properties of DDT,
which was credited with increasing the
world’s food supply and suppressing
insect-borne diseases. Twenty years later,
in the face of mounting evidence that DDT
was killing birds and causing other environmental damage, scientists continued to
defend its use.”
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“The long battle to ban DDT paid huge
dividends,” Christofferson writes. “Twenty
-five years after the ban took effect, there
were 10 times as many bald eagles in the
United States as there had been in 1972.
From a low of fewer than 500 nesting pairs
of eagles in the 1960s, the population
soared [no pun intended;editor] to more
than 5,000 pairs by 1997. By 2000 bald
eagles had been removed from the endangered species list.”
The campaign against DDT is just one
of the battles Gaylord Nelson waged to
save the environment. Of course, his most
lasting legacy is the establishment of Earth
Day, which began in 1970 and is now celebrated throughout the world each April 22.
“Having chosen energy conservation as
the theme for Earth Week 1973, he gave a
major speech at a candlelight dinner in
Burlington, whose residents had demonstrated ways to save energy. He called for a
$2.5-billion-a-year federal program to
research and find ways to conserve energy,
a national energy council and a national
energy conservation program.”
In April 1973 he predicted that
American gasoline prices – then at about
30 cents a gallon – would soon rise to as
much as $1 a gallon and challenged the
auto industry to develop lighter vehicles. In
October of that year, the Arab oil-producing states cut off supplies to the U.S., causing gas prices to skyrocket and resulting in
long lines at gas stations. Once again,
Nelson had looked into the future and correctly predicted the consequences of
Americans attitude toward conservation.
He worked on legislation to establish
more national parks and forests, saved the
Apostle Islands and the Appalachian Trail.
He created a bill to ban detergents that didn’t decompose and finally forced manufacturers to find biodegradable alternatives to
phosphates. Although Sen. Edward
Kennedy later took credit for it, Nelson
introduced legislation that created the
Teacher
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His
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passed in 1970, but funded only through
1975. President Reagan killed it in 1981.
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protect the environment in Wisconsin and
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foresters called for trees to be sprayed to
kill the invading elm bark beetles.
Although I thought I knew what the
figure was, I had to go back into newspaper files to find that Rockford, proudly
known as The Forest City, actually lost
50,000 elm trees between 1954 and 1964.
It turned a leafy paradise into a barren
wasteland. The fires that were lit on the
edge of the city to consume the wood,
which was no good for use in fireplaces,
burned for 13 years.
“In 1959, the Milwaukee suburb of
Shorewood, [which had been using more
DDT than its neighbors], almost experienced the ‘silent spring’ Rachel Carson’s
book described a few years later. A survey
revealed that Shorewood had 98 percent
fewer robins and 90 percent fewer songbirds of all species than unsprayed control
areas,” Christofferson writes.
Most of the bald eagle carcasses examined in North America showed traces of
DDT. Female eagles that ate fish contaminated by DDT laid eggs with weakened
shells that cracked during incubation.
As evidence mounted that DDT was
harming the environment, Nelson became
increasingly alarmed. In July 1966, he
introduced legislation to ban DDT, but
couldn’t find a single member of the House
to sponsor a companion bill. The chemical
company lobby was very powerful.
Nelson’s bill was sent to committee but not
even scheduled for a hearing. Not to be dissuaded, he continued to introduce it every
session. But things were better at home.
“Wisconsin’s legislature enacted a ban
on the distribution, sale and use of DDT in
January, 1970. The ban– similar to the federal ban Nelson couldn’t find a cosponsor
for in 1966 – sailed through the Assembly
unanimously and passed the Senate by
voice vote.
Federal action was slower. It wasn’t
until the Environmental Protection Agency
was established in late 1970 that things
began to move. A federal ban on DDT
finally took effect on Dec. 31, 1972.
It wasn’t just DDT; Nelson hated any
pesticide that harmed the environment. He
introduced legislation in 1970 to ban the
toxic pesticides aldrin and dieldrin, which
were ultimately banned by the EPA as cancer-causing agents. He also led a long fight
against the use of 2,4,5–T, a toxic herbicide (which, combined with 2,4–D, was
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Common questions about recycling
What happens to recyclables after
they are picked up at the curb or
drop-off site?
The recyclables are taken to a processing facility, separated and then baled
for shipping to various manufacturers
who use them to make new products.
Both machinery and people sort items to
maintain the quality of marketed materials. See the process in action at recy
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Doesn’t rinsing out my recyclable
bottles, jars and cans before tossing
them into the recycling bin waste
more energy than is saved by recycling?
Rinsing greatly reduces, and prevents, the “yuck” in recycling. Food
residue attracts vermin, creates odors
and is unpleasant for the sorters. Even
though machines do much of the sorting,
manual sorting is still necessary.
Detailed studies show that the energy
savings from recycling aluminum, glass,
plastic and steel far outweigh any energy
used in rinsing the containers.
Why doesn’t my community recycling program collect all plastics?
Markets for clean #1 and #2 plastics are
consistently high, which is why they are
always collected in community programs.
Currently, there is not a consistent, reliable and cost-effective market for plastics
#3-#7. Because it is more difficult to accumulate and sell significant volumes of
these materials, many recycling programs
don’t accept them. However, some communities have found local markets for #3#7 plastics and may accept them. Contact
your community recycling program for
recycling options in your area. (See article
to the right for more information about
recycling plastics.)
Can I recycle hard plastic from
electronics packaging, food take-out
containers or non-container household products like toys?
Most recycling programs don’t accept
these materials because they vary in composition, are generally plastics #3-7 and
unlike beverage bottles and milk jugs,
there is little or no demand for them.
Even if they are labeled as #1 or #2, these
materials contain additives that prevent
them from being recycled with other plastics. Packaging material in particular can
get stuck in some of the machinery that is
used to sort recyclables. Before recycling
these plastics, check with your local recycling program.
Why should I remove plastic milk
jug and bottle caps and container lids
before recycling?
Caps and lids are often made of different resins (#3-#7 plastics) and become
a contaminant when mixed with contain-
ers. In addition, caps and lids keep liquids
and other contents in the bottle, which
can make it difficult for machinery to
properly sort the containers.
Can I recycle pizza boxes?
In most programs, if cardboard pizza
boxes have grease stains on the bottom,
you can tear off the clean top and sides
and recycle them with your other recyclable cardboard. The greasy bottom
should be disposed of in the trash. If the
top has cheese or other topping stuck to
it, the whole box is contaminated and
should be thrown in the trash.
If plastic shopping bags are recyclable, why doesn’t my curbside program take them?
Plastic bags tangle up the machinery
that community programs use to sort
bottles, cans and paper items collected in
curbside programs. However, many
retail grocery and service stores provide
special bins for recycling plastic bags.
These collected bags are handled using
machinery designed for that purpose.
Clean plastic bags have a high recycling
value and are used to make plastic lumber and other products.
Why and how should I recycle a computer, television or other electronics?
Each year 5-7 million computers, televisions and other electronics become
obsolete in the United States.
Electronics contain lead, mercury cadmium, flame retardants and other harmful materials. If electronics are not properly recycled, these pollutants can leak
out and enter groundwater or air, posing
a threat to human and environmental
health. Electronics also contain many
valuable materials, including gold, copper and steel. There are growing numbers of places to recycle electronics in
Wisconsin. To learn more, visit
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Are compact fluorescent light
bulbs (CFLs) worth the extra effort
and initial cost? Why should I recycle
CFLs?
CFLs require much less electricity to
run, last longer than standard light bulbs
and cut down on the mercury emissions
from burning coal in power plants. It is
important to dispose of CFLs correctly.
When CFLs are landfilled the glass
breaks and release mercury, either into
the atmosphere as landfill gas or as
leachate, the liquid that seeps to the bottom of the landfill. Power plant emission
reductions outweigh the amount of mercury that might be released from landfilled CFLs. There are several recycling
options for CFLs. To learn more, visit
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April 9, 2010 — 13
A guide to recycling plastics
People are sometimes puzzled about
which plastics can be recycled and which
should go into the trash. And for good reason. Plastics are a group of very chemically
diverse materials. Fortunately, a national
coding system requires most consumer
plastics to be labeled with a resin code 1
through 7 in the center. Numbers 1 through
6 each represent a different type of plastic
resin. Number 7 includes all other plastics.
The letters sometimes found under the triangle abbreviate the name of the plastic.
#1 PETE – polyethylene terephthalate. Common forms: bottles for soft
drinks, water, juice, sports drinks,
mouthwash, ketchup and salad dressing;
food jars for peanut butter, jelly, jam
and pickles. These are recycled into
fiber for carpet, fleece jackets, comforter fill and tote bags. There is a good
recycling market for #1.
#2 HDPE – high density polyethylene. Common forms: bottles for milk,
water, juice, cosmetics, shampoo, dish and
laundry detergents and household cleaners. These are recycled into: plastic lumber
for outdoor decking, fencing and picnic
tables, piping; floor tiles; buckets; creates;
flower pots; garden edging; recycling bins;
bottles for non-food items, such as shampoo, conditioner, liquid laundry detergent,
household cleaners, motor oil and
antifreeze. There is a good recycling market for #2 plastics.
#3 PVC – polyvinyl chloride.
Common forms: rigid packaging like blister packs and clamshells, bags for bedding
and medical supplies, shrink wrap, deli
and meat wrap and tamper-resistant packaging. They are routinely recycled into:
pipe, decking, fencing, paneling, gutters,
carpet backing, floor tiles and mats,
resilient flooring and mud flaps, cassette
trays, traffic cones, garden hose. There is a
limited recycling market for #3 plastics as
they are a serious contaminant in current
recycling systems.
#4 LDPE – low density polyethylene.
Common forms are bags for dry cleaning,
newspapers, bread, frozen foods, fresh
produce and household garbage; shrink
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Electronics recycling law in effect
Wisconsin’s electronics recycling law
was signed by Governor Doyle in October
2009. The law establishes a statewide program, called the E-Cycle Wisconsin program, to collect and recycle certain electronic devices. It is based on a product
stewardship approach, which assigns primary responsibility for collection and
recycling to the manufacturer. The law
also bans certain electronics from
Wisconsin landfills and incinerators after
September 1, 2010.
The law establishes requirements for
manufacturers, recyclers and collectors to
ensure that recycling occurs in an environmentally sound manner. There are also
requirements for electronics retailers and
local government responsible units (RUs).
Once fully implemented, the law is
expected to provide Wisconsinites with
more convenient recycling locations across
the state, conserve valuable resources, prevent pollution – and its associated effects
on human health and the environment –
from improper disposal of electronics, and
encourage an expansion of Wisconsin’s
recycling industry.
Which Electronics are Covered
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Wisconsin’s electronics recycling law
covers electronics sold to, or used by,
Wisconsin households and K-12 public
schools. Only specified electronics used
by these groups can be part of E-Cycle
Wisconsin recycling efforts.
Covered electronic devices (CEDs) is
the category used to determine which manufacturers must register under E-Cycle
Wisconsin and how much they must recycle each year. CEDs include:
• computers (i.e., desktop computers);
• desktop printers and printer/fax/copier/scanner combinations; and
• video display devices, including televisions, laptop computers and computer
monitors with displays of at least seven
inches in the longest diagonal direction.
Eligible electronic devices (EEDs) is a
broader category of devices that manufacturers can count toward their recycling
obligation. EEDs include:
• all of the CEDs listed above;
• computer peripherals, including keyboards, mice, hard drives and other
devices;
• fax machines; and
• DVD players, VCRs and other video
players (i.e., DVRs).
EEDs do NOT include cell phones,
digital cameras, iPods, etc.
Landfill and Incineration Bans
In addition, the law bans the landfilling
and incineration of EEDs, and cell phones
or other phones with a video display as of
September 1. These bans apply no matter
where the devices are from or who used
them – including households, schools,
businesses, governments and institutions.
Specifically, the bans include:
• consumer computers;
• consumer printers;
• consumer video display devices;
• computer peripherals;
• fax machines;
• DVD players, VCRs and other video
players (i.e., DVRs); and
• phones with video displays (i.e., cell
phones).
Whom Does the Law Affect?
CONSUMERS. All Wisconsin residents
are affected by a prohibition on disposing
of designated electronics in a landfill or
incinerator after September 1. Beginning
January 1, Wisconsin households, K-12
public schools and Milwaukee Parental
Choice program schools became eligible
to recycle certain electronics under ECycle Wisconsin.
MANUFACTURERS. A manufacturer that
makes certain electronics for sale under its
own brand; has others make certain electronics under its brand; or licenses others
to make/sell its brand.
Manufacturers selling these devices to
Wisconsin households or K-12 public
schools must register and report annually
and comply with program requirements.
Manufacturers are responsible for financing and ensuring the recycling of a certain
amount of electronics within the state each
year.
COLLECTORS. A collector that receives
certain electronics from Wisconsin households or covered schools and delivers, or
arranges for the delivery of, the electronics
to a registered recycler. Collectors participating in E-Cycle Wisconsin must register
and report annually to the DNR and follow
program requirements.
RECYCLERS. A recycler that accepts
certain electronics from collectors,
Wisconsin households or covered schools
for the purpose of recycling on behalf of a
manufacturer. Recyclers participating in
E-Cycle Wisconsin must register annually,
report twice a year to the DNR and follow
program requirements.
RETAILERS. A retailer that sells certain
electronics to households or covered
schools in Wisconsin through direct sales,
sales outlets, catalogs or the Internet.
GOVERNMENTS
AND
LOCAL
RESPONSIBLE UNITS. A local government
responsible unit (RU), as described under
the state recycling law, is required to provide electronics recycling outreach. Any
local government may register as a collector or recycler under E-Cycle Wisconsin.
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The Beacon
April 9, 2010 — 15
Clean Sweep program helps Town of Geneva to celebrate
manage hazardous product waste
Earth Day on May Day
The Walworth County Public Works
Department will hold its annual Clean
Sweep program on Friday and Saturday,
October 8 and 9. This year’s program
will help household residents, farmers,
businesses and institutions properly dispose of banned, damaged, unusable or
unwanted products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable or reactive ingredients.
Products with a WARNING label on
the container generally fit the bill and
include things like pesticides, herbicides, waste oil, antifreeze, brake fluid,
old fuel, oil-based paint, varnish, adhesives, fluorescent bulbs and rechargeable
batteries. The waste portion of products
like these should not be placed in the
trash, dumped on the ground, or poured
down the drain.
The Walworth County Clean Sweep
has helped residents properly manage
hazardous product wastes since 1992,
collecting over 500,000 pounds of material from 7,659 program participants.
Clean Sweep services are provided
free to household residents and farmers.
Farmers must pre-register for the program by September 24, and will be given
a scheduled time to drop off their agricultural waste materials. Household residents may drop off items without an
appointment at the following times and
places: Friday, October 8 - from 3 to 6
p.m. at the City of Delavan Municipal
Garage, 490 Richmond Road, or
Saturday, October 9 - from 8 a.m. to
noon at the Walworth County Public
Works Department, W4097 County
Road NN, three miles east of Elkhorn.
The household event will feature a
pharmaceutical collection to collect outdated or unwanted prescription drugs
and over-the-counter items for proper
disposal. Pills, syrups, creams, inhalers,
and vet/pet meds will all be acceptable.
Sharps, needles, nebulizers, oxygen
tanks and radioactive materials will not
be accepted.
Clean Sweep services are also available to any business, municipality,
school, or other service provider that
generates small amounts of hazardous
waste, and classifies as a Very Small
Quantity Generator (VSQG) according
to DNR standards. Businesses and institutions pay for product disposal, but the
cost is significantly less than contracting
individually for this service. The program is easy and convenient, but those
who are interested need to pre-register
and provide a list of products they want
to dispose of by October 1.
Clean Sweep plays an important role
in preserving the natural resources in
Walworth County and benefits everyone
by reducing the risk of surface and groundwater pollution, and personal injury from
chemical exposure. All residents are
encouraged to round up their hazardous
waste products and set aside some time on
October 8 or 9 to participate.
For further information contact Janet
Cline, Solid Waste Division staff at 7413367, or by e-mailing her at:
[email protected].
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The Town of Geneva’s gala Earth
Day celebration will take place on
Saturday, May 1. Although the official
hours for the event are 10 a.m. - 4
p.m., a bicycle ride will begin at 8
a.m. No specific information was
available at press time, but last year’s
ride was approximately 22 miles.
Drumming for Peace will begin at
10 a.m. with organizer Michael Seuss
providing the drums. Other activities
will include a lakeshore cleqanup with
Clearwater Outdoor Sports providing
kayaks and canoes. Two bands will
provide entertainment for the event,
the headquarters for which will be on
the north shore of Lake Como across
from In The Drink.
Throughout the day, there will be
exhibits from local farmers, including
baby animals. Kids and adults can
enjoy face painting, planting exhibits,
composting information, playing with
modeling clay and much more.
There will also be several local
food vendors.
Admission is free and there will be
a raffle with prizes awarded throughout the day. Winners need not be
present, but must make sure to put
their phone number on their ticket
stub.
Ask a Professional
‘As spring approaches, we are
eager to update and refresh our
house. How do we
begin the process?’
By Cindy Knutson-Lycholat
Remodelers that belong to a trade association
A professional remodeler knows how to
tend to be more reliable, better educated, and
translate a home owner's dreams and budget
more likely to stay on top of construction and
into a beautiful reality. They have
design trends. Asking friends for
the expertise and skills to satisfy a
names of qualified remodelers
customer while keeping the budgwill also help you find a match for
et in check.Here are five tips for
your project.
planning a successful home
3. Ask for references and call
remodel that you can enjoy for
them! You'll want to check the
many years to come.
remodelers’ insurance coverage,
1. Compile a list of home
ask about any warranties on their
remodeling ideas and draft a
work, know who is responsible for
budget for the work. You likely Wisconsin Remodeler
obtaining any building permits,
have many projects in mind, such
of the Year
and understand the process for
as modernizing the bathroom,
making any change orders after
renovating the kitchen, replacing windows or
the contract is signed.
repairing the roof. Prioritize your wish list:
4. Talk over the details of the remodelMaybe you don't have the budget for your
ing project and begin reviewing the contract.
dream remodel, but professional remodelers
Make sure you and your remodeler see eye to
can maximize your dollars by doing the work
eye before you sign on the dotted line.
in phases, suggesting budget-friendly prod5. Take advantage of the energy effiucts and materials, and implementing creciency tax credits. Learn more at
ative design solutions.
www.nahb.org/efficiencytaxcredit.).
2. Look for a professional remodeler to
For information about maintenance and
help plan the project.Call the Lakeland
remodeling, call Knutson Bros II LLC at
Builders Asociation in Elkhorn and ask for a
(262) 642-5211.
list of nearby remodelers to contact.
Ask a Professional is a paid column.
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AND LEAVE A LEGACY FOR YOUR CHILDREN?
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• Landscaping &
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• Sodding & Seeding
• Thatching & Mulching
• Spring/Fall Cleanup
• Liquid Weed Control
• Pavers
• Aeration & Fertilization
• Retaining Walls
• Snow Removal
• Bobcat Service
• Rough Grading
(dumptruck deliveries of all sizes)
CONTACT THE CONSERVANCY TODAY
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262-275-5700 • www.genevalakeconservancy.org
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• Retaining Walls • Bobcat Excavation Work
• Drainage Work • Tree Services • Pressure Washing
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• Snow Command
16 — The Beacon
April 9, 2010
2010
Local Resource Directory
Recycling & Disposal Options
for Special Waste Items
Note: Unless otherwise indicated, phone numbers are in the 262
area code.
ALKALINE BATTERY RECYCLING
Cartridge World, Delavan, 7288570
URT (Universal Recycling Technologies), Janesville, 608-314-8111
ANTIFREEZE RECYCLING
Mallard Ridge Recycling &
Disposal Facility, Delavan, 7243257
APPLIANCE RECYCLING
If the municipality you live in contracts with a waste hauler to provide
curbside garbage and recycling service, contact the hauler to see if appliances are included in the list of items
they collect. (There may be a charge
for this service, or limitations).
Action Salvage, Delavan, 9491577
Brad, Delavan, 949-3098
FCF Metal Salvage, Burlington,
763-8097
Hebron Auto Salvage, Hebron,
Illinois, (815) 648-2888
Kienbaum Iron & Metal,
Whitewater, 473-4533
Samuels Recycling, Janesville,
(608) 756-2555
Southern
Lakes
Recycle,
Elkhorn, 723-5022
T&K Metals, Burlington, 9039962
CELL PHONE RECYCLING
Best Buy, Janesville, Kenosha
Lake Geneva, 348-9269
Computer Recycling Services,
New Berlin, 784-5679
URT (Universal Recycling Technologies), Janesville, 608-314-8111
Office Max, Lake Geneva, 2482129
Staples, Delavan, 728-2629
Wal-Mart Stores, Burlington,
Delavan, Lake Geneva, Whitewater
Walworth County Public Works
Department, Elkhorn, 41-3367
COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP
(CFL) RECYCLING
Ace Hardware, Delavan, 7288228
Dunn Lumber True Value Hardware, Lake Geneva, 248-4459
Heyer True Value, Walworth,
275-6133
Home Depot, Lake Geneva,
Mukwonago
Jackson’s Do It Best Hardware,
Elkhorn, 723-3338
Rinemans True Value Hardware,
Burlington, 763-3577
Winchester True Value Hardware, Whitewater, 473-4264
COMPUTER RECYCLING
Best Buy, Lake Geneva, 262-3489269
Burrows Recycling, t821 S. Pine
St. Burlington. (262) 763-3772
Cartridge World, Delavan, 262728-8570
Computer Recycling Services,
New Berlin, 262-784-5679
CRT Processing Corp, Janesville,
608-754-3400
Goodwill, Delavan, 262-7285668
Midwest Computer Recyclers,
South Milwaukee, 414-541-1716
Recycle
Technologies,
Milwaukee, 800-305-3040
Staples, Delavan, 262-728-2629
Stateline Recycling, Janesville,
608-754-7715
E-Waste (Electronic Waste)
American TV & Appliance
Stores, Madison, Oak Creek,
Waukesha
Assset Recyclers, LLC, Union
Grove, 806-4078
Best Buy Stores, Janesville,
Kenosha, Lake Geneva
Burrows Recycling, Burlington.
763-3772
Goodwill
Retail
Services,
Delavan, Janesville, Kenosha
Goodwill, Delavan, 262-7285668 (Only items in good working
condition are acceptable)
Midwest Computer Recyclers
SEW, Oak Creek, Greenfield, (414)
541-1716
S.E. Wis. Computer Recycling,
Union Grove, 498-1356
URT (Universal Recycling Technologies), Janesville, (608) 3148111
Waste Management Recycle
America, LLC, Janesville, (414)
785-6331 x321
LATEX PAINT
Latex paint is a water-based
product that can be dried out and
then placed in the regular trash.
Waste paint hardening products are
sold at:
Ace Hardware, Delavan, 7288228
Dunn Lumber True Value
Hardware, Lake Geneva, 248-4459
Heyer True Value Hardware,
Walworth, 275-6133
Home Depot, Lake Geneva, 2486297
Home Lumber, Whitewater, 4733538
Lowes, Delavan, 740-2728
MERCURY THERMOSTATS (WHOLE)
RECYCLING
METAL SALVAGE
Action Salvage, Delavan, 9491577
Brad, Delavan, 949-3098
763-8097
Illinois, (815) 648-2888
Kienbaum Iron & Metal, Whitewater, 473-4533
(608) 756-2555
Southern
Lakes
Recycle,
Elkhorn, 723-5022
MOTOR OIL
Southern
Lakes
Recycle,
Elkhorn, 723-5022
Walworth County Clean Sweep
Program, call the Walworth County
Public Works Department, Elkhorn,
741-3367
PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING
Daniels Sentry Supermarkets,
Elk-horn, Janesville, Walworth,
White-water
Piggly Wiggly Stores, Delavan,
Lake Geneva
PRINTER CARTRIDGE RECYCLING
Best Buy, Janesville, Kenosha,
Lake Geneva
PROPANE TANKS
Amerigas, Elkhorn, 723-7140
(608) 756-2555
Southern
Lakes
Recycle,
Elkhorn, 723-5022
RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
Best Buy Stores, Janesville,
Kenosha, Lake Geneva
RESALE/CONSIGNMENT SHOPS
Circle of Friends, Elkhorn, 7238177
Goodwill
Retail
Services,
Inspired Again Resale (Inspiration
Ministries), Walworth, 275-6131
Penny Pinchers, Walworth, 2753334
Reflections
of
the
Past,
Whitewater, 473-6050
Salvation Army, Burlington, 7635280
Sandy’s Upscale Consignment,
Walworth. 275-8221
Scene II, Delavan, Elkhorn,
Square Side, East Troy, 215-3736
St. Vincent de Paul, Burlington,
763-8057
Thrift Shoppe, Whitewater, 4733138
SHARPS DISPOSAL
HOUSEHOLD RESIDENTS ONLY
All Aurora Pharmacies in
Walworth County: East Troy,
Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, Walworth
Mercy Walworth Medical Center,
Hwys. 50 & 67, Williams Bay, (608)
756-6665 for information
TEXTILE RECYCLING
Goodwill
Retail
Services,
USAgain, Look for the large red
drop-boxes located in many retail
parking lots in Burlington, Darien,
Delavan, Elkhorn, Genoa City, Lake
Geneva, Lyons, Whitewater, (800)
604-9533
TIRES
Ill., (815) 648-2888
VEHICLE BATTERIES
763-8097
YARD WASTE
Compost Management, Delavan,
728-612
Kruger Landscape & Maintenance, 728-3138
Disposal, Delavan, 724-3257
If your municipality contracts with a waste hauler to provide recycling services for its rresidents, one of more of the following items may
be collected at the curb or at your recycling drop-off location: Antifreeze, Appliances, Motor Oil, Tires. Contact your waste hauler to see if the item
you want to recycle is one that they collect. There may be a charge for some items, quantity limitations or other restrictions.
At the time of publication, the businesses and organizations included in this directory offered services on an ongoing basis. Please contact those
whose services you may need in order to confirm current program requirements, program limitations and any charges that may apply. This listing is not an endorsement for any resource, product, service or business. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. Additions or corrections for future publications can be directed to the Solid Waste Division of the Walworth County Public Works Department at [email protected]
worth.wi.us.
The Beacon
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Come share your time and talents by volunteering
at the Geneva Lake Museum. On site training will
be provided. For more information,
please call 262-248-6060
KITCHEN AND
BATH REMODELS
12 Months Same as Cash
CALL KUSTOM KITCHEN DESIGNS
262.728.6552 or 800.608.8374
W6488
N. Walworth Road
Walworth, WI
262-275-5105
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• DRAPERIES • VALANCES
• SPECIALITY SHADES
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Red & Brown Dyed
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Cedar
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Colorado
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Black Hills
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8-10 ft
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150
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Local Area Home Owners
to get Opportunity of the Year…
Frustrated Contractor
is “Giving Away”
$2,673 Furnaces for $941
with Off-Season Central
Air…
Keith Nissen
King of Comfort
For Details
SHOP
April 9, 2010— 17
150
$
• SALE ENDS APRIL 30th•
WHOLESALE TO THE PUBLIC!!
Yes, it’s absolutely true. You can
actually replace your old (and probably very inefficient) furnace and air
conditioner as a package for at least
$1,732 less than you would have to
pay at any other time.
Let me explain. Every year, the
months of January, February, March
and April can “kill” my business. I end
up losing a ton of money during these
“killer” months and it can take me the
remaining eight months to make up for
them. And I’m looking for the same
thing to happen this year.
My Problem Is Your Opportunity
I’ve decided to give up trying to make
a profit during the “killer” months. If I
can only minimize my losses during
January, February, March and April I
will come out ahead in the other eight
months. Here’s how this (admittedly
daring) offer came about.
Every year, the big manufacturers
of air conditioners have to guess how
many to build to meet the demand. Of
course, they’re never exactly right. So,
they always have some inventory they
must hold over until the next summer
season.
I went to one of my distributors
and they allocated 44 premier air conditioners and furnaces. And, because
of the quantity and time of year, I was
able to buy them at drastically
reduced, dirt cheap, out-of-season
prices. They are brand new 2009 models. And they are NOT the seconds or
“blems” or standard “builder” models.
They are factory-fresh, premier air
conditioners and furnaces and have a
full factory warranty.
Here’s How You Can Get
A Furnace For Peanuts
By putting this furnace and air conditioner package together (then “JawBoning” the distributor) and committing to a do-or-die purchase agreement
of these systems, I was able to buy
both the furnace and the air conditioner for less than anyone should have a
right to pay! So, if you buy one of
these normal new, premier air conditioners, I am “giving” you the furnace
and all I ask for is the $941 it costs to
have your furnace installed.
Here’s How
Just call me at 262-248-2103 anytime. We will come out and measure
your home (and determine the availability of the proper size). Don’t forget, I only have a limited amount of
matched systems. When they are gone,
this remarkable offer ends also. I will
show you the real world price on the
air conditioner that fits your home.
Then, I will show you the substantial
savings. And it will include all labor
and installation materials. Nothing is
left out.
The Concept Is Simple Really
By letting you win big now, I will
win at the end of the year. I’m betting
that if I make you an offer that is “irresistible” (at least it should be if your
furnace or air conditioner is over 10
years old) and I barely mark it up
above the price I paid, I will accomplish two things:
1. I will cover my rent, utilities,
insurance and taxes in the “killer”
months.
2. I can pay my professional staff
and technicians to work instead of
paying them to sit at home.
If I can accomplish these two
objectives, I will minimize my losses
and the rest of the year, I can be a winner.
No Obligation
Even after I completely explain the
installation, there is absolutely no obligation. If you decide you don’t want to
take advantage of the spectacular savings… that’s okay. I will give you a
surprise gift worth $60 because you
are kind enough to read this ad and
give me a chance to solve my problem.
I want you to think well of Master
Services Plumbing, Heating &
Cooling, even if you don’t buy.
You Can Buy With NO Cash
You don’t even have to pay me
right away. I have set up a bank rate
financing plan. I even decided not to
mark up the interest rate like some
companies do. Consider this. If you
decide to make monthly investments
instead of paying cash the entire
amount of your payments might be
more than offset by the savings on
your utility bills. It’s like “having your
cake and eating it too”.
Ironclad Guarantee
I’m so confident that you will save
at least 25% on your cooling and heating bills (I’m projecting more like
35%), that I will pay you Double The
Difference for two years if you don’t!
I’ll show you exactly how this works.
There is no way you can lose. Your
lower utility bills will help you save
big. And I will even double your savings if you save less than 25%. If these
premier systems were not among the
best on the market, I couldn’t afford to
make such a promise.
Why This Offer Can’t Last
You must act before April 30th.
Here are two reasons why.
1. I only have a limited amount of
pieces of equipment. When all of the
air conditioners are sold and all the
furnaces are “given” away, that’s it.
There are no more at this price.
2. If I have any of these systems
left on April 30th (although I doubt I
will), this offer still ends. Here’s why.
The only reason I am making this virtually no-profit (for me) offer is
because of the “killer months.” My
business always picks up about May
first. Since these furnaces cost me so
little, I can sell them at 2009 prices
next November and December and
still come out ahead. Give me a call
now at 248-2103 and I will set an
appointment for your no-obligation
survey.
262-248-2103
www.masterserviceslg.com
“We’re the Good Guys Your
Friends Told You About”™
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18 — The Beacon
April 9, 2010
Shorewest Realtors®
Keefe Real Estate, Inc.
Ryan Simons
Realtor Associate
LAKEFRONT SPECIALIST
Barb Becker
CELL: (608) 852-3156
OFFICE: (262) 728-8757
[email protected]
DIRECT: (262) 728-3418 ext. 1021
CELL: (262) 215-6597
Ryan Simons
Jane Dulisse
OFFICE: (262) 248-1020
DIRECT: (262) 248-5564 ext. 204
Sales Associate
CELL: (262) 206-5532
[email protected]
E-MAIL: [email protected]
Barb Becker
Keefe Real Estate, Inc.
Suite A
Delavan, WI 53115
www.delavanlakeproperty.com
Jane Dulisse
Shorewest - Delavan
Delavan, WI 53115
www.shorewest.com
Shorewest Realtors
Shorewest-Lake Geneva
623 Main Street
Coldwell Banker - Primus
Owen W. Polousky
Mitzi Graaf
Laurie Boviall
Broker Associate
Realtor
www.shorewest.com
Realtor
CELL: (262) 880-7121
OFFICE: (262) 248-1020
CELL: 262-374-0536
OFFICE: (262) 728-3418
DIRECT: (262) 740-7300 ext. 1128
See My Boating & Lake Guide at
www.owenpolousky.com
CELL: (262) 215-4049
Mitzi Graaf
Shorewest Realtors
623 Main Street
www.shorewest.com
Owen W. Polousky
Laurie Boviall
Coldwell Banker-Primus
Lake Geneva
226 Broad Street
Shorewest - Delavan
Delavan, WI 53115
PRIMUS
Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated
Mary Gilbank Peterson
Associate, CSRS
Leslie & Tom Kane
Jan Alvey
Broker Associate
OFFICE: (262) 248-1020
DIRECT: (262) 248-5564 ext. 190
OFFICE: (608) 754-2121
DIRECT: (608) 531-6416
OFFICE: (262) 728-3418
DIRECT: (262) 728-1130
CELL: (608) 751-5868
CELL: (262) 374-0191
CELL: (414) 333-8066
[email protected]
Jan Alvey
Leslie & Tom Kane
Shorewest Realtors
Shorewest-Janesville/Rock Co.
4323 Milton Ave., Suite 200
Janesville, WI 53546
www.shorewest.com
Recycling questions
What can I do with the other materials
that my community program doesn’t collect for recycling?
Recycling is just one option of many for
managing unwanted materials. Other options
include donating gently used toys, clothes and
household items; composting food scraps and
yard materials; selectively shopping and purchasing products that use less packaging or
use recycled packaging. For more ideas and
information on reducing your waste, visit
recyclemorewisconsin.org.
What should be recycled in
Wisconsin? Plastic containers #1 and #2,
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Delavan, WI 53115
including milk jugs and detergent, soda
and water bottles. Magazines, catalogs
and other materials printed on similar
paper. Newspaper and office paper.
Corrugated cardboard. Major appliances,
including air conditioners, clothes washers and dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators,
freezers, stoves, ovens, dehumidifiers,
furnaces, boilers and water heaters. Yard
waste, including grass clippings, leaves,
yard and garden debris. Lead acid vehicle
batteries, used automotive oils and used
tires. Computers, televisions, desktop
printers, computer peripherals, DVD
players, VCRs, digital video recorders,
fax machines, phones with video displays
(as of 9/1/10). Oil absorbents over one
gallon and used oil filters (as of 1/1/11).
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Shorewest Realtors
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Recycling plastics
There is a limited, but growing,
recycling market for #4 plastics.
#5 PP – polypropylene. Common
forms: containers for yogurt, margarine,
butter, dairy products, takeout meals and
deli foods; medicine bottles, bottle caps
and closures. Number 5 plastics are
recycled into: automobile applications,
garden rakes, storage bins, shipping pallets, sheeting and trays. There is a limited, but growing, recycling market for #5
plastics.
#6 PS – polystyrene foam –
Styrofoam. Common forms include:
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food service items such as cups, plates,
bowls, cutlery, hinged takeout containers
(clamshells), meat and poultry trays;
packing peanuts; compact disc cases;
aspirin bottles; protective foam packaging for furniture, electronics and other
delicate items. They are recycled into
thermal insulation, thermometers, light
switch plates, vents, desk trays, rulers,
license plate frames and egg cartons.
There is a limited recycling market for
these plastics.
#7 OTHER. This category includes
products that contain all other plastics,
mixed plastics or multi-layer materials.
There is a limited recycling market for
#7 plastics.
Spring Open House
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LAKE GENEVA
DELAVAN
N2020 Cty. Rd. H South • (262) 248-3831 W7955 Creek Rd. • (262) 740-3990
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April 9, 2010 — 19
LAKE RIGHTS
RICHMOND, WI
WATERFORD
WATERFORD
WATERFORD
DELAVAN
PIN #88225 - Welcome home to this
one bedroom, one bath home with
access to 133 acre, 8 foot depth
Lake Lorraine. Great fun for all seasons. Priced to sell! $65,000
Ask For Vicki DuPlessis
262-758-0915
PIN #74465 - Sprawling and beautiful
waterfront home. Over 220 ft. of swimmable frontage with groomed lawn overlooking swan and deer activity. Foyer
brings you into your open spaces; atrium,
living room, dining room, kitchen with
windows everywhere. Mstr. bdrm. opens
onto 29 foot deck with miles of water
views. Mstr. bath brings you whirlpool
tub with view! Lower level has a 17 ft.
wetbar, full bath, patio doors. $530,000
Ask For Jan Alvey
414-333-8066
PIN #77645 - Wonderful lakefront setting
with fun for all seasons! This home offers
the best of waterfront living. From the 3
car garage to the 2nd party kitchen - it
shines! Lots of updates done in the last
year. The frontage is a very gradual slope
to the water’s edge. This home opens
miles and miles of water fun for the owners and all the family and friends that will
want to see your beautiful home and
spend some real quality time at the ‘Lake
Home”. $540,000
Ask For Jan Alvey
414-333-8066
PIN #29465 - Stunning waterfront home.
Sprawling ranch on beautifully manicured lawn. Double piers and platform
for all the water toys! Gleaming hrdwd.
floors covered entrance, great room dining area, mstr. bdrm. huge walk-in closet.
Open staircase to to the lower level family room overlooking waterfront through
wall of windows. Great bar for entertaining plus full bath. Double doors on both
levels lead to patio and deck. Newly
painted. $439,000
Ask For Jan Alvey
414-333-8066
MLS #1587731 - TO BE BUILT. This inviting home
has country styling with upscale features. The
front and rear covered porches add usable outdoor living space. Great room is vaulted w/builtin cabinets and gas frpl. The spacious kitchen
has an island w/an eating bar. Msrt. bdrm. has
raised ceiling and opens into the well equipped
bath w/dual lavatories, corner tub and separate
walk-in closets. The spacious laundry is located
on an exterior wall for efficient dryer operation.
The flex space could be used as a home office,
dining or playroom. This is a very flexible home
w/lots of options. 16 total lots available. Builder
has other designs available. SRV Construction.
$366,000
Ask For Mary Gilbank Peterson • 608-751-5868
NEWLY LISTED
WATERFRONT
LAKE RIGHTS
NEW LISTING
RENT TO OWN
DELAVAN
DELAVAN
BURLINGTON
DELAVAN
LAKE GENEVA
PIN #29665 - Attractive Historic Building
in downtown Delavan. In good condition.
Built in 1909 as a bank, this all brick building has original light fixtures, partial marble walls, unique wood work, wood
beams and Terrazzo flooring. Walk-in
vaults, safety deposit boxes with original
vault doors. Very unique and very charming! New roof June ‘08, new windows ‘96
and updated with central air. Has a possibility of 3 rentals. Office 1st floor has long
term renter and 2nd floor is currently
vacant. $300,000
Ask For Mary Gilbank Peterson
608-751-5868
PIN #86995 - Well built new construction!
2-1/2 bdrm. with mstr. bdrm. suite including walkin closet and full bath.
Woodburning frplc. in bright living room.
Large eat-in kitchen with sliding door that
leads to deck in private backyard. 1st
floor laundry and 1/2 bath, full size egress
window in lower level that also plumbed
for bath ready to be finished. Oversized
1+ car garage. Purchase this home and
receive “Job Loss Protection” program
pays up to 6 months of mortgage, call for
details. $149,900
Ask For Mary Gilbank Peterson
608-751-5868
PIN #68325 - Here it is...all the work is done and
you can move right in. The darling home has
waterfrontage on the White River, you can fish
from your backyard catching Northerns, Small
Mouth Bass and Crappie to name a few. There
have been numerous updates, including: New
bath remodel, new plumbing, water heater, pressure tank, new windows in the kitchen and bath,
new roof on home in 2006. Home has hrdwd.
floors in bdrms., living room and hall. The
garage/workshop was completely redone in 2004
with new roof, windows, door opener, etc. Cable,
phone and internet are all wired in the
garage/workshop/man cave. Hurry! At this price
it’s going to go fast! $164,900
Ask For Jane Dulisse • 262-206-5532
PIN #46165 - Bring the family and move
right in to this fully updated home that is
steps away from the water’s of Delavan
Lake. Some updates include: new kitchen
and bath, 2 water heaters, huge deck, 2story playhouse that has plenty of room
for extra guests, seasonal water views
and Home Warranty. Home is located in
Delavan Lake Highlands Assoc. that gives
you access to private beach and boat
launch. A private slip is available with a
one-time fee that is fully refundable.
Come and enjoy all that Delavan Lake has
to offer, it is truly a place to relax and
have fun. $165,000
Ask For Jane Dulisse • 262-206-5532
PIN #76135 - Come tour this fabulous
home in Geneva Woods which is situated
on a lrg. lot at the end of a cul-de-sac.
This home has so much to offer: a spacious living room with frplc., mstr. suite,
good sized bdrms., formal dining room,
eat-in kitchen, cathedral ceiling, main
floor laundry or lower level laundry
hookups also. Entertain guests in your
backyard on the oh-so inviting patio.
Walk to the lake (2 blocks nearby), downtown shopping, parks, restaurants and
schools. Enjoy all that Lake Geneva has to
offer. Home Warranty included. $259,900
Ask For Jane Dulisse
262-206-5532
PIER/BOAT SLIP
LAKE GENEVA
LINN
WATERFORD
WILLIAMS BAY
WILLIAMS BAY
PIN #06255 - Rare Lake Geneva prime
commercial real estate with an abundance of parking. Building, with
approx. 3725 sq. ft. and unheard of
private downtown parking capacity.
Currently home of Quiznos and
Verizon, visible from Hwy. 50 and H
(Wells Street) and surrounded by
other national food chains making this
the perfect business location. Shown
by appointment with option to purchase Quiznos separately. $599,000
Ask For Tom & Leslie Kane
262-374-0191
PIN #42405 - One of a kind home in the
Lake Geneva area on 1.5 acres of level,
exquisetly landscaped property with
mature trees and flower gardens.
Located at the Tip Of The Birches with
90+ footage or privacy on Geneva Lake.
Magnificent design creation by architect
Harold Zook, an artist, leaves development and expansion to your imagination
for future generations. This is truly a
great property to live in, vacation or
could be completely new construction.
With 1.5 acres of land, your options are
unlimited!
262-374-0191
PIN #97585 - Entertain in this charming
3 bedroom, 1.5 bath Waterford home
nestled in the woods. Enjoy large
rooms, many updates and close to
schools and shopping. Enjoy nature at
its finest from both the front and back
decks with an enclosed back yard. Make
this house your home today! $230,000
262-374-0191
PIN #49335 - Lakefront living without the
taxes! This sprawling ranch with an
exposed bsmt. offers breathtaking views
of Geneva Lake and a shared pier with a
boat slip. (Pier only shared with 1 other
owner. Room for boat and wave runners).
The beautiful hardwood floors, large brick
patios, inground pool, spacious rooms,
natural frplcs., and game room really make
this house a must see! $1,695,000
Ask For Kathy Baumbach
262-745-5439
PIN #21085 - Cute and adorable describes
this 2 bdrm., 1 bath, 1 car detached
garage, full bsmt. home located just a few
blocks from Geneva Lake. Plenty of
charm shows throughout the home with
curved archways, 2 built-in China cabinets and a wonderful sunroom with knotty pine ceiling and accent wall. Most of
the work has been done: new roof, siding
and windows in 2005. A great home for a
great price. $150,000
262-745-5439
OPEN HOUSE • APRIL 10
1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
WILLIAMS BAY
GENEVA
WILLIAMS BAY
WILLIAMS BAY
742 ANDRIA DR., LAKE GENEVA
PIN #11125 - Very nice 3 bdrm. and 2
car garage home in Williams Bay on a
large 1/2 acre wooded lot. This is a
great vacation home or full-time residence. Come enjoy the screened-in
patio overlooking the very wooded
and private backyard. Nice large eat-in
kitchen open to the living room with
an inviting frplc. Very quiet and
secluded. $247,000
262-745-5439
PIN #46145 - Fantastic price in Geneva
National. This 1 bdrm. features hardwood
flooring, 6-panel solid wood doors, custom blinds, stainless steel appliances,
updated lighting. This particular building
has been re-sided in “Hardy Board” siding and this unit alone has an oversized
brick patio with privacy landscaping. New
water heater, laundry room cabinets and
washer. Geneva National has a “Winter
Watch” program so no worries while you
are away! Golf, swim, play tennis at
Geneva National! $117,000
Ask For Dorothy Higgins Gerber
262-949-7707
PIN #98415 - Easy living in this 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath open concept ranch in
Williams Bay. Very well maintained
and the natural landscaping makes
caretaking a breeze. Partially wooded
lot, large deck, 2.5 car garage. Within
walking distance to Bay beach and
downtown area. Boat launch 1/2 mile
away. The perfect getaway! $259,000
262-949-7707
PIN #51665 - INCREDIBLE VALUE IN
WILLIAMS BAY! 5 bdrms., 2.5 baths. Den
w/built-in hickory cabinetry, and fireplace.
Formal living and dining rooms. New
appliances,
countertops,
furnace.
Laundry on main. Master suite with
whirlpool. Less than 1 mile from Geneva
Lake and Bay beach/boat launch.
Willabay Woods subdiv. on large lot. 2 car
deep garage for boat and toys! Fabulous
location and fantastic buy in Williams
Bay. $289,000
262-949-7707
PIN #89495 - Numerous upgrades in this original
model home in the Meadowland Subdiv. One of
few homes in the subdiv. with a view of the pond
and nature at its best! This 3 bdrm., 2 bath features granite, stainless steel appliances, cherry
floors, solid pine trim and doors, custom pillars
and mantel. Tastefully decorated and shows like
a model today. Sit on the covered porch with
your morning coffee and take in the scenery or
entertain in style on your stamped concrete
patio. Country living while only 1/2 miles from
downtown and scenic bike trails. $300,000
DIRECTIONS: Hwy. 50 east to Edwards Blvd.
south to Townline Road, right to Meadowland
Preserve Subdiv.
Ask For Dorothy Higgins Gerber • 262-949-7707
Shorewest REALTORS
HOTLINE:
#800-589-7300 + 5 Digit PIN
Vicki DuPlessis
262-758-0915
Jan Alvey
414-333-8066
Tom & Leslie Kane
262-374-0191
608-751-5868
Kathy Baumbach
262-745-5439
Jane Dulisse
262-206-5532
Dorothy Higgins Gerber
262-949-7707
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20 — The Beacon
Aram Public Library, 404 E.
Walworth Ave., Delavan. Monday through
Thursday 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m, Friday 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Tiny Tots Time, Tuesdays at 10 a.m.,
brings babies and caregivers together for an
hour of stimulating experiences intended to
nurture the bond between caregiver and child
and to increase the caregiver’s awareness of
her child’s development.
• Preschool Story Time – Fridays at 10
a.m. Help your child prepare for school while
having fun, too. Meaningful literacy activities, such as reading, singing and playing
with children, can affect a child’s brain
development and subsequently help provide
her or him with the pre-reading skills they
need to start school.
• English Conversation Group –
Wednesdays, 1 p.m. For students learning
English as a second language, this is a chance
to practice everyday conversation skills.
• Culver’s Coloring Contest. In celebration of National Library Week, Wisconsin
libraries and Culver’s restaurants are kicking
off a “Communities Thrive @ Your Library”
drawing campaign for children 11 and under.
Beginning April 1, children can pick up an
entry sheet from the children’s department of
the library and draw a scene from their
favorite book. Every child who completes a
drawing will receive a coupon for a free
scoop of frozen custard from Culver’s and be
entered to win other prizes. The contest runs
from April 1-30 at Aram Public Library and
drawings will be displayed at the library during that time.
• Fancy Nancy Tea Party, Saturday, April
10 at 11:30 a.m. Ooo-la-la! Young ladies and
gentlemen can show off their fancy attire in a
fashion show and eat some fancy food with
pinkies up! Activities include Fancy Nancy
stories, cookie decorating, and creating a
tiara or crown. Families are invited to attend
with their children.
• National Library Week Food for Fines,
April 11-17. National library week is a time
to recognize all that your library has to offer.
To help you celebrate, Aram Public Library
will be accepting nonperishable food items
as payment for overdue fines. All donations
must be unopened, in good condition and not
past their expiration date.
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/
• Saturday Morning Book Club meets the
second Saturday of the month at 10 a.m.
April 10 we will discuss “In the Lake of the
Woods” by Tim O’Brien. and on May 8 “The
Girls Who Went Away” by Ann Fessler.
Copies are available at the library.
• The “What Are Teens Reading?”
book group will meet Wednesday, April 14 at
7 p.m.. This group is for parents to read and
review teen books. A selection of books is
available at the library.
• Story time 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Crafts
follow. Families are invited to discover the
popular dress-up bin and puppet theater.
• Knitting Circle, Mondays 10 a.m. noon. All skill levels welcome. Please bring
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.
Burlington Public Library, 166 E.
Jefferson St., Burlington.
• “Building Blocks” with Linda Breuer
from Love, Inc. will be held on Wednesdays
through April 21 from 11-11:30 a.m. This
program is geared toward parents and their
babies, toddlers, and preschoolers and features nursery rhymes, songs, children’s
books, games and social playtime. There is
no cost for the program, but registration is
recommended. To register, contact Linda
Breuer, Children’s Resources at Love, Inc. at
763-6226.
• Adult Book Discussion, Monday, April
26, 7 p.m., “Little Giant of Aberdeen
County,” by Tiffany Baker. Library Meeting
Room
• Story Time with Ms. Joy runs every
Tuesday in April for preschoolers from 10:30
– 11 a.m. No registration is required. The
goal of story time is to encourage children to
develop an interest in books and reading.
Relax, listen to a story, sing some songs, and
come play.
• Wii Gaming for youths continues every
Thursday from 3:30 - 5 p.m. No registration
is necessary; please note play is in a roundrobin style.
• In honor of National Poetry Month, the
Young Adult Book Club will host a Teen
Poetry Share from 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 21. Teens are invited to come listen to
others share their original poetry, or to share
their own. For those too shy to share, blind
readings will be offered. Refreshments will
be served. Please contact Joy at 342-1140 or
[email protected] for details.
• Butterfly Gardens, Thursday, April 22,
7 p.m. Want to attract butterflies to your
yard? Come learn, from Tracy Hankwitz
and Sharon Schwartz of the Burlington
Garden Center, how to design a garden
where butterflies will thrive. Bring questions
and share your experiences with attracting
caterpillars and butterflies This program is
free and open to the public.
All programs at the Burlington Public
Library are free and open to the public. For
more information, contact Joy Schnupp,
Youth Services Director, at 763-7623 or
[email protected]. Check for
updates to scheduled events/programs at
www.burlingtonlibrary.org.
Darien Public Library, 47 Park St.,
Darien. Hours: Mon-Thurs 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.,
Sat. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Wireless Internet now available. Bring
your laptop and ask at the desk how to access
the wireless connection.
• Ongoing book sale.
• Adult Book Club, 6 p.m., April 22, will
discuss “Ladder of Years” by Anne Tyler.
New members are welcome.
• The April and May schedule for our
popular free adult computer classes is now
available. Stop in or call 882-5155 for information.
• Kids, come and enter Culvers coloring
activity. Win a coupon for a free frozen custard cone when you enter your drawing of
your favorite character in your favorite book.
It’s easy and everybody wins. The contest is
being offered in conjunction with National
Library Week, April 11-17.
• A series of pre-school story times will
be hold on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. from
May 6 through June 3.
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.
• The Friends of the Library will hold
their next meeting at the library on Monday,
May 17 at 7 p.m. The group is conducting a
membership campaign and encourages any
interested persons to attend.
Lake Geneva Public Library, 918 W.
Main St., Lake Geneva.
• Preschool story time every Friday from
10:30 – 11 a.m. Children ages two to five are
especially encouraged to attend this half hour
reading program, but families and children of
all ages are also invited. Each week library
staff members will read stories that are often
based on a seasonal theme. It may also
include singing, dancing, and other participatory activities.
• Families and people of all ages are
invited to attend the ongoing “Family Movie
Nights.” The Library will show the Disney
movie “Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure”
on Thursday, April 22, from 6-8 p.m.
The tale of Disney’s favorite fairy, Tinker
Bell, takes off in a hot air balloon with and
her new friend Blaze, a lightning bug who
lights her way, on an enchanting secret journey to find a new moonstone, the source of
the Pixies mystical dust.
During “Family Movie Nights,” children
are encouraged to visit the Library in comfy
clothes, bring pillows and blankets, and relax
in front of the Library’s movie screen.
Popcorn will be served. There is no charge
for movie night.
“Family Movie Night” features family
friendly films especially appropriate for children age four to eleven, accompanied by an
adult, but people of all ages are welcome to
attend.
• “Express Yourself” program for teens
on Saturday, April 10 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. In
celebration of National Library Week and
National Poetry Month, the theme for this
season’s “Express Yourself” is “Celebrate
Poetry.” Teens are invited to read aloud or
perform their favorite poems which may be
written by their favorite authors, friends, or
themselves. Teens are also welcome to bring
a friend or just come to listen and enjoy the
refreshments. Registration is requested at the
circulation desk for this free program.
• The reading series “Poems by the
Lake” will continue in the Lake Geneva
Public Library’s Smith Meeting Room on
Wednesday, April 14 at 6:30 p.m. Those who
attend the program are invited to bring poems
written by their favorite poets and are welcome to read aloud or simply listen. The
Library’s spring poetry reading is given in
honor of National Poetry Month and
National Library Week. Participants are
encouraged to share poems written by Poets
Laureate. The Library’s collection of books
by United States Poets Laureate will be displayed and available to check out on the
night of the reading.
• Friends of the Lake Geneva Public
Library will welcome “Rags to Riches”
author Carolyn Gable at their annual meeting
on Monday, April 26. See the article on the
next page for details.
• Generations on Line 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
April 9, 2010
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.
• The library will host the State of
Wisconsin Department of Revenue for free
assistance with tax preparation from 9 a.m.
till 2:30 p.m. on April 15. The Department of
Revenue will provide assistance with basic
questions on state and federal income tax
forms as well as the paper-filed homestead
credit. Staff from the Wisconsin Department
of Revenue will be located in the Mary Bray
room on the second floor of the library.
Selected state and federal tax forms will be
available at the library. This program is free
and open to the public. For more information
about the State of Wisconsin Department of
Revenue, visit www.rev enue.wi.gov/
• DIY is an opportunity for kids ages 8
and up to join us for an hour of imagination
and art on the second and third Mondays of
the month from 4-5 p.m.
• 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 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 find literature regarding
Walworth County, visit walworthcgs.com. To
obtain membership info, e-mail societynews@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
• Hours are 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 - Thursday 10 a.m. -8 p.m., Closed
Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12-4 p.m.
• Sick of stuffy story times? Bounce on
in for Books & Boogie! Children 2-5 will be
able to play rhythm instruments, dance to
music, and hear lively tales, 10:30 -11 a.m.
on Thursday, April 22, 29 and May 13.
• Soapmaking 101. Join us for some
good, clean fun as we share our tips and techniques for making beautiful and fragrant
soap using herbs and essential oils. Each participant will make one bar of soap to take
home. Thursday, April 22, 6:30 to 8 p.m. For
ages 18 and up. Registration is required. Call
877-4281.
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.
The library now offers wireless Internet
service.
• School-age Children’s Story Hour,
Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. The hour will
include stories, snacks, crafts and more.
• Knitting and crocheting classes,
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. Call for details.
• Preschool Story Hour, Fridays, 9:30 –
10:30 a.m., for preschool-age children and
their caregivers. The hour will include stories, snacks, crafts and more.
• Book Club for adults, fourth Saturday
of each month, 9:30. – 10:30 a.m.
Librarians and Friends Groups: Send
information about upcoming library events
by mail to: The Beacon, P.O. Box 69,
Williams Bay, WI 53191; by fax to 245-1855;
or by e-mail to [email protected].
The Beacon
April 9, 2010 — 21
Teachers win CLASS awards
Phoenix Middle School special education teacher Sandy McLaughlin and
Delavan-Darien elementary school
physical education teacher Doreen
Grams are recipients of this year’s
CLASS Award from the Lakeland
Education Association.
This is the second year for the
CLASS awards, which recognize teachers who have shown leadership and
exceptional qualities in the classroom
and in union participation. The award is
part of the Southern Lakes United
Educators organization. Teachers are
nominated and chosen by other teachers
in their bargaining unit.
McLaughlin, who has been a teacher
at Phoenix Middle School since 1988,
and Grams, a teacher in the DelavanDarien School District since 1985, will
be honored during a banquet at Hawk’s
View Golf Course on April 28.
UW System admissions down
By Kirk Carapezza
College applications for the fall are
up dramatically nationwide, especially
at public universities. But a drop in
applications in the University of
Wisconsin system has some admissions
staff scratching their heads.
This year more than 82,000 students
have applied to UW System schools.
That’s down two percent from last year,
which saw nearly 84,000 applicants system-wide.
UW-Eau Claire admissions director
Chris Anderson says the economy has
been an unpredictable factor in the number of applications they’ve received.
Anderson says they’ve heard from a
number of families who want their child
to start at a two-year campus and then
transfer. That allows the student to live
at home and not have the room and
board cost.
Anderson says applications are down
four percent for the UW-Eau Claire. She
says one more factor could be Wisconsin’s dwindling number of high school
graduates. It’s expected there’ll be 1,300
fewer this year than in 2009.
UW-Green Bay has the biggest
drop in applications, down 11 percent
from this time last year. Admissions
director Pam Harvey-Jacobs says that’s
because prospective students who
might have splurged and applied to five
or six schools are now narrowing their
choices to save on fees. She says
reduced applications won’t mean a
drop in enrollment or revenue. HarveyJacobs says what influences tuition
income is how many students are actually enrolled.
While applications to four year
schools have dropped, UW’s two-year
campuses and technical colleges are seeing a nine percent spike since last year.
‘Rags to Riches’ author to speak
at Lake Geneva Public Library
The Friends of the Lake Geneva
Public Library will welcome the general
public to attend their Annual Meeting on
Monday, April 26 at 6 p.m. at the
Library. Following the meeting, the general public will also be welcome to join
author and CEO, Carolyn Gable of
Expect a Miracle Foundation for a program at 6:30
p.m.
Gable,
whose mansion
is
located on
Lake Gen e v a ’ s
shoreline,
will tell her
inspiring
rags to riches story during her prog r a m
Carolyn Gable
“Everything
I Know as a
CEO, I Learned as a Waitress.” Gable
will share her principles for success,
which can be applied in business and
personal life.
Unfolding her life experiences and
inspirational thoughts, she will convey
her true passion, which is to spark confidence in individuals to unlock their
potential and to achieve their personal
and professional goals. Copies of her
book will be available for a sale and
signing after her program.
Carolyn Gable’s rags to riches story
seems impossible to believe. After graduating high school, she wandered as a
beautician for a year until she settled as
a waitress. As a waitress for more than a
decade, she honed her communication
and interpersonal skills, yet she knew
something greater was meant for her.
Like many people, she needed a little
push. Her push came when the restaurant closed for renovation, leaving her
temporarily unemployed. The journey
that resulted from this storm led her to
the top of her own $30 million corporation. Gable grew her business while raising seven children as a single mother.
Taking a risk, backed only by her
positive attitude and commitment to her
customers, Gable started her own company out of her townhouse in 1989. Her
creativity and enthusiasm resulted in
New Age Transportation, Distribution &
Warehousing Inc. Gable is a recipient of
numerous awards for both her business
acumen and charitable work, including
the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the
Year award (2002). She has appeared in
dozens of media outlets showcasing her
personal story and her innovative business strategies.
Gable’s early experiences as a single
mother, challenged to make ends meet,
is a heartache that many single parents
understand. Her foundation, Expect a
Miracle, provides people with relief
from some of the daily challenges of single parenthood, allowing mothers to
shift more of their energy toward the
miracles in their own lives.
Everyone is welcome to attend this
program at no charge. Seating is limited.
For more information, please call the
Lake Geneva Public Library at 249-5299
or visit the Library Web site at
www.lakegeneva.lib.wi.us
Members of the Delavan-Darien High School marching band parade in the
Magic Kingdom March at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, March 20. The
Jazz Ensemble also performed at the Waterside Stage earlier in the day. The bands
and chaperones left Delavan on Thursday, March 18 and spent most of their spring
break at Disney World and Epcot. They returned home on Wednesday, March 24. The
Delavan-Darien High School bands are under the direction of Brian Carter.
(Photo furnished)
Elks sponsoring poster contest
Walworth-Lakeland Elks Lodge
#2201 is accepting posters for its annual
Drug Awareness Poster Contest. This
year’s theme is “I Have Better Things To
Do Than Drugs!”
Eligible participants must be students in kindergarten through ninth
grade (public, private or home-schooled)
and must reside in Walworth County.
Poster entries can be no smaller than
8-1/2-by-11 inches and no larger than
11-by-24 inches. Any artistic medium,
such as watercolors, felt tip markers,
colored pencil, pencil or crayon, will be
accepted. No collages of pictures or photos, computer graphics, three-dimensional materials or any cut-and-paste
method will be accepted.
Posters will be judged on originality,
creativity, neatness and clarity of idea.
The first-place winners in each age
category will advance to the Wisconsin
Elks Association contest. Cash prizes
will be awarded at the state level.
All posters must be submitted to the
Walworth-Lakeland Elks Lodge #2201,
627 S. Second St., Delavan, on or before
April 17. Each poster must contain the
child’s name, parents’ names, complete
home address, school name and
teacher’s name.
For more information call Ron
Whalen, 903-0026 or Sharon Yanz, 2450738.
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April 9, 2010
Bob the screech owl becomes a celeb
By Emily Michot
McClatchy Newspapers
We thought it was an opossum stuck
underneath the deck. Or the neighbor’s
pool pump.
“Mom, that’s no opossum,” our 7-yearold son announced, rather smartly. “That’s
an owl.”
Sure enough, a baby owl, looking like
a gray fuzz ball, was perched in the mango
tree on our back deck in Miami Shores,
Fla., screeching for his dinner.
The boys immediately named him Bob
– a name they use for just about everything.
A little research revealed that Bob is an
Eastern screech owl. We weren’t sure how
old Bob was, but we knew he was sure
hungry.
Over the next few evenings, homework, dishes, and laundry were abandoned
and we began “Bob Watch.” We sat quietly out on the deck and watched him come
out after sunset and begin screeching for
his parents. They swiftly and silently
swept in and fed him a diet of lizards and
worms.
And because we are photographers, we
began documenting his every move.
It was when I started downloading
some of our favorite photographs onto
Facebook that Bob became a celebrity.
I’d run into friends while out on
errands, and all they’d want to know was,
“How is Bob?”
Neighbors began showing up unannounced: “We came to see Bob.”
Bob viewings were becoming a popular event on our back deck, and because we
knew we couldn’t host his entire 400-plus
countrywide fan base, we decided we
would attempt to live-stream him. Fans
across the country tuned in, ooohhhhing
and aahhhhhhing as his parents swooped
in to feed him. The kids and a few of their
friends huddled over a laptop and narrated.
Then came the night we were torn
between watching a movie or watching
Bob. I went out back for a peek – but Bob
wasn’t in his home!
Pandemonium ensued.
We quickly set up the live stream,
alerting his fans that Bob had taken flight,
and began documenting his first night on
the town. Bob appeared to be struggling
behind a fence.
One of Bob’s biggest fans in the neighborhood, posted, “Hang in there, I’ll be
right there to help!”
Fans, claiming to be bird experts, gave
helpful tips from the live-stream chat
room:
“Wrap him with a towel.”
“Make sure his eyes are covered.”
“Put him back in his tree.”
“Poor Bob!”
It turned out Bob wasn’t struggling at
all, but was merely testing his wings. One
of his parents swooped in to check on his
progress and stayed close throughout his
journey, along with his entire Internet fan
group and his rescue/support ground team.
Bob fluttered from fence to papaya
tree to bougainvillea to a plastic green
Adirondack chair and finally to the front
yard. He had left the safety of his backyard
sanctuary and was about to experience life
in the big city.
But he didn’t venture far. He spent his
first night screeching away in our front
Robellini palm. He spent the next day still
there basking in the sun and snoozing. The
next day, he moved to the safety of a 30foot-tall coconut tree.
He’s learned to hunt, be independent
and fend for himself against the other
urban wildlife – the blue jays and cardinals
whose turf he’d moved onto.
We can still hear him screech from his
high perch in the coconut tree, but we’re
all preparing for the inevitable.
Bob will leave us, and we’ll all have a
bit of empty-nest syndrome.
© 2010, The Miami Herald.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune
Information Services.
Mary Mizwicki, who lives on the Delavan Inlet, wrote ”I first saw one pelican on the
Inlet March 27. Then last Tuesday (March 30) my husband, Stan, and I counted 11,
and they have been increasing in number every day. I started taking pictures on the
30th and have been taking a few every day since. They are still hanging around the
Inlet. I’m not sure how long they’ll stay, but they are fascinating to watch. They swim
along the shoreline in a group feeding on something. If you get anywhere near them
they swim away. I have a very good zoom lens on my camera so I’ve been able to get
some good pictures, but the flash of the camera at dusk really spooked them.”
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weeks of being fed at the hole, he took flight.
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By Kathi West
Operation Snuggles is in need of quilts
for the children of our military men and
women serving abroad. They need quilts
appropriate for babies, children and
teenagers. These will go to children in
Wisconsin (about 125 are needed) to keep
warm and snuggly while their parent is
away. They also need about 70 quilts for
wounded soldiers from Wisconsin. The
quilts should be twin size and measure
about 70 by 86 inches. You can deliver
these to Woodland Quilts in Whitewater or
to The Beacon and I can get them to
Woodland quilts. There are three units
from Wisconsin that are leaving for
Afghanistan soon and there is always a
need for snuggly quilts.
April 9, 2010 — 23
Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. If you
want to learn more, see the April 12 issue
at www.readthebeacon.com or see
www.quilts.com.
April 21-24, American Quilter’s
Society Quilt Show will be in Paducah,
Kentucky. For more information see
www.AmericanQuilter.com.
May 1-2, Fantasia, sponsored by It’s a
Stitch Quilt Guild, will be held at Kettle
Moraine Lutheran High School, 3399
Division Rd. and County G in Jackson. For
more information contact Kathy at 3380054 or see www.itsastitch quiltguild.com.
May 20-23, Wisconsin Quilters Inc.
presents their Spring Retreat at Covenant
Harbor in Lake Geneva. Information on
pricing and registration is on their Web site
This lovely quilt Will be featured in the silent auction to raise money for the
Mike York family during a spaghetti dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at The Village
Supper club on Sunday, April 11.
(Photo furnished)
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
Daffodils are delightful sign of spring. This quilt was shown at the 2008
International Quilt Show in Rosemont, Ill..
(Beacon photo)
The Scrappers Quilt Guild donated
patches at their last meeting and Sharon
Yanz put together a quilt for a silent auction during a spaghetti dinner to be held at
the Village Supper Club on April 11 for
the benefit of the York family. He was the
manager of Mulligan’s Sports Bar and
Grill that burned to the ground last month.
He and his family including 2 kids (a 6
week old and a 3 year old) lived above the
restaurant. They lost their jobs and all their
possessions. See the quilt on this page.
Here are some of the shows and a
retreat near our area.
April10, Crazy Quilters Guild annual
quilt show at Park View Middle School on
the corner of Highway 83 and Highway
NN in Mukwonago. This is a judged show.
More than 200 quilts will be on display.
The merchants’ mall will have fabric, patterns and notions from many local quilt
shops. The Crazy Quilters made a lovely
queen-sized quilt to be raffled off.
April 15-18 The International Quilt
Festival will be held at Donald E. Stephens
www.wisconsinquilters.com. Look for the
new commuting options and day classes.
Join a quilt guild to gain friends and
inspiration.
Chocolate City Quilters meet the 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 Quilt Guild
meets at Trinity Lutheran Church, 504
East Diggins Street in Harvard, Ill. Call
Marie Urban (815) 568-0494 for more
information.
The Scrappers Quilt Guild meets on
the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30
p.m. in the Lions Field House on Highway
67, north, Williams Bay.
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
Dandelions aren’t always delightful in our yards, but they are a sure sign that
spring is here. This quilt was also shown at the 2008 International Quilt Festival in
Rosemont.
(Beacon photo)
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April 9, 2010
See ‘Hat Tricks’ one weekend only
“Hat Tricks” is an exciting compilation of scenes and monologues and songs
from the purely comedic to those that
combine humor with thoughtful and
sometimes poignant exploration. A richly varied collection featuring a singular
commonality, every scene, monologue
and song includes the presence of a hat.
“Hat Tricks” is a funny, sad, wise
and often whimsical look at women’s
lives and the smartest therapy around
for women of all ages.
“Hat Tricks” will be presented at the
Bella Vista Hotel, 335 Wrigley Drive, on
the lake in downtown Lake Geneva one
weekend only, April 23, 24, 25. Friday and
Saturday performances will take place at 8
p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15
and may be obtained by calling 1-800-8383006, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/104278. Call 248-0331 for
more information about the event.
Students step back to 19th century
Southern Kettle Moraine Horse Trail Association and Lake County (Ill.) Mounted
Posse members joining forces to raise money to electrify 23 campsites at Horseriders
Campground, Palmyra are (seated from left): SKMHTA officers and board members:
Rae Miller, secretary; Annette Husske, trails coordinator; Sandi Lohmeier, member at
large; Deborah Davis, vice president; Brigitte Wendt, treasurer; and Annette Mayfield,
president. (standing) Don Dane, trails coordinator at SKM Forest Headquarters, Eagle;
Bob Michaels, SKMHTA trails coordinator; and Mounted Posse members: Pete
Jackson, fundraising chairman; Debbie Gracey; Betsy Faitz, president; and Steve
Lesselyoung, vice-president. The horny devil on the table is unidentified.
Trail group to promote events,
efforts at Midwest Horse Fair
The Southern Kettle Moraine Horse
Trail Association will spotlight its promotional and fundraising efforts at the
Midwest Horse Fair, April 16-18 in
Madison, the first in a varied schedule of
activities and events for the year.
SKMHTA’s booth outside the Exposition Center will feature information
about the organization, the horse trail system and this year’s major project – raising
funds to electrify 23 campsites at
Horseriders Campground, just outside the
Village of Palmyra.
Volunteers staffing the booth will
include members of Lake County (Ill.)
Mounted Posse, a riding group that has
joined SKMHTA in the electrification project. The Posse is also spearheading a May
2 steak fry at Horseriders Campground.
Proceeds from the $25-per-ticket event are
earmarked for the electrification project, as
are T-shirts the Posse designed. Tickets and
T-shirts, and other items will be available
for purchase at the Horse Fair.
SKMHTA’s 2010 calendar also
includes trail cleanups on April 24 and
May 15 and dedication of the Mueller
Farm Rest Stop on June 26.
A 2009 WSHC grant of $2,500, along
with the trail group’s volunteer labor,
helped provide materials and equipment
for a water source and rest area at the former Mueller Homestead on Wilton Road,
Town of Eagle. The site is just off
Highway 67 near the forest-long Moraine
Ridge Trail, which extends through
Walworth and Jefferson counties.
Three more fundraisers are a Fun
Show at Winterhorse Park Icelandic Horse
Farm, Eagle, on July 21, a speed/fun/drill
show at West 20 Ranch and Saddle Co.,
East Troy, in August and camping and a
pig roast Sept. 11-12 at Horseriders
Campground.
A trail ride and potluck are planned for
Oct. 9, and the Second Annual Holiday
Gala is set for Nov. 13.
SKMHTA seeks to combine the fun of
equestrian activities in a social setting with
support for horse trails and campgrounds in
the Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest.
More information may be obtained by logging on to www.skmhta.com, skmhta@
yahoogroups.com and www.facebook.com.
The 1889 Blooming Prairie School and
the Webster House Museum in Elkhorn
will welcome area students in May for the
21st year. They experience living history
in classes at the school and in the home of
the famed composer.
On Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Fridays at two-hour class sessions taught
by retired teachers and volunteers, children
will learn from McGuffey’s Readers and
Spellers, work arithmetic problems of past
eras and sit in desks over 100 years old.
Typical of schools of its time, the
school. formerly in rural Darien for sixty
years, has one room, no running water,
slate boards and an iron stove. Students
bow or curtsy to the teacher before reciting and play games from years ago at
recess.
After lunch in the county fairgrounds
near the school, the students tour the 19th
century home of Joseph Webster, famed
Civil War era composer. They learn what
life was like in early Wisconsin. Walworth
Historical Society volunteers will treat them
to home-made sugar cookies and lemonade.
The cost per student is $2.50 and reservations may be made by calling Barbara
Shreves, 728-3812, or by e-mailing
[email protected]. More than 8,500
students have participated in the program
during it s 20 years.
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April 9, 2010 — 25
Delavan Service League to host
book dramatist Suzanne Hales
Nationally recognized book dramatist Suzanne Hales of Chicago will be
featured at a luncheon sponsored by the
Delavan Service League on Thursday,
May 6, at Millie’s Restaurant.
Ms. Hales will dramatize a selected
book and provide a list of recommended
reading for the audience. Seats are still
available at $30 each, including the
lunch and dramatization. Contact Ann
Deschner at 728-1266 for tickets. The
event is ideal for book clubs, and all pro-
ceeds are used to assist local charities.
Hales has dramatized contemporary novels and biographies for audiences throughout the Midwest. She
brings alive books by portraying,
often in costume, the main characters
or the author.
The Delavan Service League has
been in existence for more than 50 years,
with the express purpose of volunteering
for community projects and raising
funds for local not-for-profit agencies.
Adult AFS Chapter to sponsor
Middle-East travelogue April 18
Delavan-Darien’s adult AFS chapter
will present a travelogue about the Holy
Land and Egypt at 6 p.m. on Sunday,
April 18, in Delavan United Methodist
Church’s Fellowship Hall. The program
is free and the public is invited.
Ed and Cheryl Kaufenberg, members of the local foreign exchange
student group, traveled to these countries last spring and experienced first
hand the major sites of Israel and
Egypt in their two-week adventure,
which was led by Dr. Paul Maier, a
veteran teacher of ancient history at
Western Michigan University in
Kalamazoo and a pastor serving as
second vice president of the Lutheran
Church Missouri Synod.
Shared with those attending will be
the areas of Cesarea, Tiberius (including
the Sea of Galilee), and Jerusalem-area
sites. Scenes of Egypt include the city of
Cairo and nearby Giza with its pyramids
and great sphinx as well as the major
temples of Luxor and Karnak, the temples of Edfu, Kom Ombo and Philae,
which the Kaufenbergs experienced as
part of a Nile River cruise.
Call AFS chapter president Dave
Block at 725-6034 with questions.
St. Pat’s Ladies to host salad luncheon
The St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Ladies Guild will host a salad luncheon
featuring many types of salads, on
Wednesday, April 21 from 11 a.m. - 1
p.m. at Columbus Hall (behind the
church), 107 West Walworth in Elkhorn.
Tickets, available at the rectory or at
the door on the day of the event, are $7,
or $8 for carry-outs, which, in addition
to an express line, will be available.
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Geneva Lake Art Association Artist of the Month Mary Abbott tries to
decide which of her works will be on display at the Lake Geneva Public Library
until the end of April.
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Abbot is GLAA Artist of the Month
The Geneva Lake Art Association has
chosen artwork done by longtime member
Mary Abbott to be displayed at the Lake
Geneva Public Library during the month
of April.
Ms. Abbott was awarded four blue ribbons at the 2009 Walworth County Fair for
her oil paintings, “Mushroom Gathering,”
“Rustic Boutique,” “Docking,” and
“Cherry Dish.”
In addition to her blue ribbons, Ms.
Abbott was given two Grand Champion
awards for paintings in oil, and her painting “Chicken Feed” was included in the
Racine Vicinity Show at the Charles A.
Wustum Art Museum.
While recognized for her existing
work, Ms. Abbott is also a continuing art
student, currently attending classes in the
art of oil painting at the GLAA Gallery
with Instructor, Ken Cottingham.
Her work can be seen at the Geneva
Lakes Art Association Gallery in Lake
Geneva, the Aislinge Gallery of Fine Art
in Lake Geneva, the Brick Road Gallery in
Delavan, and Essential Yoga in Elkhorn.
Ms. Abbott is also a member of Oil
Painters of America.
“My oil paintings are depictions of
life; fleeting moments of time that spark
the imagination, tell a story, and evoke
emotion,” says Ms. Abbot. “I strive to create art that touches the viewer on a personal level. I accept most requests and commissions are welcome.
“Requests are different from commissioned pieces in that they are usually
scenes of places that are special to the person making the request and they are painted to their specifications. The color(s) or
décor of a room that the painting is meant
for can be incorporated into the painting to
make it a truly personal painting.
“A favorite seascape, landscape or
skyscape can be transformed into a painting to hang in your home. People can also
stop at my studio to see the progress of
their painting. In fact, anyone can stop and
visit my studio, which is in Aislinge
Gallery, located in the North Shore
Pavilion next to Starbucks in downtown
Lake Geneva.”
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APRIL 23, 24 & 25
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APRIL 11 - “THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE BEATLES”
Brian Wales and Martin Downer
We will examine the spiritual/religious beliefs of the “Fab Four” and how “Beatlemania” has
influenced our lives. All of the music, including the congregation’s songs, will be Beatle tunes. If
anyone has any Beatle memorabilia to show off or stories to tell, they should share it that day.
APRIL 18 - “THE TREASURE”
Rev. Armida Alexander
Treasures are things that have value, that we value and they are of several kind. Which is best?
APRIL 25 - “THINCLADS” A STORY ABOUT 1950s ELKHORN
Richard Van Scotter, The Author
The story is an enchanting memoir of growing up in Elkhorn and the beginning of the high
school track and field team that became State Champs. It also speaks about a nurturing community of 1950s with its charm and innocence.
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Youth Bowlers plan fund-raiser
The Lake Geneva youth bowlers will
hold two fund raisers to help defray the
cost of participating in the Youth National
Bowling Tournament in Indianapolis.
The first event, an 8-Pin Tap, will be
held at noon on Sunday, April 11 at Lake
Geneva Lanes. Persons registering in
advance will pay $15 while walk-in
bowlers will pay an entry fee of $20.
There will be door prizes, silent auctions, a 50/50 raffle and more.
The second event will be a Doubles
Tournament on Sunday, April 18 at noon
at Lake Geneva Lanes. Pre-registration
is $30; walk-ins will pay $40. There will
be a 50/50 raffle, brackets and more.
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Tena Green, 279-0418.
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Yerkes is home to the largest refracting telescope in the world (above). April
viewing program participants will use a smaller, 24-inch, reflecting telescope in one of
the other domes at the historic observatory in Williams Bay.
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Yerkes Observatory to host
special programs in April
Throughout April, weather permitting, Yerkes Observatory is offering special astronomy programs for families
and individuals. Participants will learn
how to read a star finder (available for
purchase) and look at objects in the sky
with both the naked eye and through a
large, modern 24-inch diameter telescope.
The tour will begin outside, armed
with star finders, and then, with unaided
eyes: find the planets Venus and Saturn;
identify constellations; and, on moonless nights, admire the splendor of the
Milky Way.
On six occasions participants will
see brief, but intensely brilliant,
“Iridium Flares” caused by sunlight
reflecting from satellites that have huge
solar panels.
From outside participants will enter
the observatory and must be able to
climb 39 steps of a spiral staircase to get
to the 24-inch telescope. Here, they will
observe the beautiful ringed planet
Saturn and its moons, and, on some
nights admire the impact craters and
rugged mountains of our own Moon.
These special programs are intended
for those age eight and up. The cost is
$10 per child (fifteen and under), and
$25 per adult. Programs will take place
from 7:30 – 10 p.m. on April 12, 13, 19,
20, 26, 27, 29, and 30.
The programs are limited to 10 people per night. so it is necessary to make
a reservation. Send an e-mail to
[email protected] or call 2455555, extension 832 and leave a message.
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~ ~ ~ Ongoing events ~ ~ ~
The Geneva Lake Museum, 255 Mill
St., Lake Geneva is open Friday and Saturday
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sundays noon - 3 p.m.
For admissions, a calendar of events, membership information and volunteer opportunities,
visit www.genevalakemuseum.org.
Walworth County AARP #5310 meets
the fourth Tuesday of the month from 9:3011:30 a.m. at Peoples Bank, 837 Wisconsin
St, Elkhorn. Contact Jim at 642-5694 for further information.
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
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 information.
Burlington Historical Society Museum,
Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m., at 232 N. Perkins Blvd.,
Burlington. The society will present exhibits
that depict the history of Burlington up to
present day using memorabilia, artifacts, and
historical and genealogical information. Call
Delavan Historical Society meeting,
third Thursday of every month, 7 p.m., old
Lake Lawn Airfield, 2375 E Geneva St.
Contact Peg Gleich as [email protected].
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.,
Burlington. Call Frank Koneska at 534-6236.
Adult clogging lessons, 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].
Genealogy meetings, 7 p.m., third
Wednesday of each month, Burlington
Senior Center, 210 N. Main St. at the rear of
the building. For more information regarding
Burlington Genealogical Society, contact
Sharon Worm at [email protected], Dave
Nelson at [email protected], Judy
Rockwell at [email protected], or visit
the BGS Web site at www.rootsweb.
com/~wiburlgs.
Yerkes Observatory, 373 W. Geneva
St., Williams Bay. The observatory offers
free, 45-minute tours, Saturdays, 10 a.m., 11
a.m. and noon as well as night sky observations for a fee of $25. Visitors may also view
the Quester Museum, which covers some of
the observatory’s history. For more information, call 245-5555 or e-mail [email protected].
Support Our Troops rally, 11 a.m.,
Mondays, old Walworth County Courthouse,
downtown Elkhorn on the square. The names
of servicemen and service women with ties to
Walworth County who are currently serving
in Iraq and Afghanistan will be read. Call Bob
Webster at 275-6587 for more info.
Mischievous Singles meeting for single
people over 60, second Saturday of every
month, 6 p.m., Foxville Restaurant, 141 N.
Pine St., Burlington. Upcoming meeting
dates, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 9 and Feb. 13.
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.
Lake Seniors meeting, first and third
Mondays of every month, 11 a.m. Municipal
Building, 626 Geneva St., Lake Geneva.
There are also meetings every Thursday at 11
a.m. at the Pell Lake Village Hall, and at the
Lake Como Clubhouse on the second and
fourth Wednesday at 11 a.m. Everyone brings
his or her own lunch and coffee and lemonade
is provided. After lunch we play pinochle,
500, canasta or bunco. Contact Wally
Johnson at 723-4791.
Senior Group of Walworth County:
Knitting and Crocheting, every
Monday 9:30 - 11 a.m.. Sedgemeadow
Apartments, Elkhorn.
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.,
Lake Geneva City Hall, second floor conference room.
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.
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.
~ HEALTH AND FITNESS ~
Mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation Thursdays from 7-8 p.m. at Elkhorn
Matheson Memorial Library, Community
Center Room, 101 N. Wisconsin St. and
Saturdays from 5-6 p.m. in the sports lobby
at Mercy Walworth Medical Center, at the
intersection of highways 50 and 67, north of
Williams Bay. 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 registra-
tion required. Call Judy Franklin, 203-0120,
or visit www.bluelotustemple.org for more
information about Blue Lotus.
Narcotics Anonymous meetings in the
southern lakes area. Call (877) 434-4346
(toll free) for times and locations.
White River Cycle Club, 7 p.m., VIP
Services, 811 E. Geneva St., Elkhorn, second
Tuesday of each month. Contact Mike Lange
for more information at 723-5666.
Lake Geneva Alzheimer’s support
group, 6:30 p.m., third Wednesday of the
month. Arbor Village of Geneva Crossing,
201 Townline Road, Lake Geneva. Call
Andy Kerwin at 248-4558.
Alzheimer's/Dementia support group,
4:30 p.m., third Wednesday of the month in
the chapel at the Vintage on the Ponds, N4901
Dam Road, Delavan. If you have any questions about the group, call Bob Holland at
472-0958 or Arlene Torrenga at 728-6393.
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. Third Wednesday of
the month from 6:30-8:30 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 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
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and Holistic Health Center, 5411 Hwy. 50,
Delavan. For more information call (847) 8999752 or email mendfamilies@ yahoo.com.
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),
will meet the first and third Tuesday of each
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 Steve and Cathie Dequaker at
Free blood pressure screening, last
Friday of every month, 2 - 4 p.m., Williams
Bay Care Center, 146 Clover St., Williams
Bay.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 10
Walworth County Fur and Feather
Swap, 7-10 a.m. at the Walworth County
Fairgrounds, Highway 11, East, Elkhorn.
Buy, sell, trade, see and learn about backyard
pets, interesting animals, and poultry of all
kinds. Admission is one dollar, no charge for
children under twelve. The swap features a
variety of small animals and pets including
chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, peacocks,
pheasants, rabbits, goats, caged birds and
gerbils. Equipment and related items will
also be sold. Buyers are encouraged to come
early. A lunch stand will be available on the
grounds. For more information, contact Dale
Wheelock at 882-3633, wheelock@sharon
telephone.com.
Blood Donor Drive, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.,
Burlington Masonic Lodge #28, 325 N. Kane
St., Burlington. Dall Dustin Jenks, 725-3062,
or Jim Jante, 763-7425, or e-mail
[email protected] for appointment or
additional information.
Jennie Näss book signing, 1-3 p.m.,
Borders Book Store, 2221 Richmond Rd. Rt.
31, McHenry, Ill. Näss will be available to
sign copies of her book, “Pass the Ketchup,
Hold the Jargonese Please: Adopting Plain
Talk in Your Family,” which, according to
Näss, shows “a bold way to take back simple
conversation with family and friends. Get
on the plain English wagon and lose the need
for jargon in everyday language.”
Taco Dinner, including a taco bar, chips,
salsa and dessert, 4-7 p.m., Delavan United
Methodist Church, 213 S. Second St. Funds
help support Youth Group J.U.M.P. (Junior
United Methodist People) activities. $6 at the
door; children 2 and under eat free.
Puzzle Answers
JUMBLE ANSWERS
FLORA VIXEN
UNLOAD THRUSH
When Junior didn’t do the dishes, it
left Mom like this - IN A LATHER
Kids’ Jumble
Jumbles: CUT PEEP PINK SICK
When the two pennies met,
they made - CENTS
Please send information
about your organization’s
upcoming events
as far in advance as possible to:
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Calendar
fax to (262) 245-1855 or
e-mail to [email protected].
See mail address on page 4.
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April 9, 2010
Recreation
Great Wolf Lodge watersliders break Guinness world record
By Mark West
Eleven Great Wolf Lodge resorts
participated in the World’s Largest
Waterslide-athon on March 26 and 27 to
break the Guinness World Record for
longest distance water sliding in 24
hours. Each ride down a designated slide
– certified by the manufacturer to longer
than 400 feet – counted toward breaking
the record. The slide was open to registered guests during all 24 hours of the
event.
Slide use was documented by video
and photos of participants taken at the
top and bottom of the slide for the duration of the event.
The previous record of 843 miles had
been set in Germany in 2007.
“By our best estimates, at 10:44 p.m.
Central Time on Friday March 26,
Zachery and Nicole Kowalczyk of
Wheaton, Ill, rode the distance that
Families frolic in one of the pools at Great Wolf Lodge Resort and Spa’s
indoor water park. Great Wolf is one of more than 20 waterparks in the Wisconsin
Dells.
(Beacon photo)
Two Waterslide-athon participants prepare to embark on a run through the
slide at the Wisconsin Dells Great Wolf Lodge. The slide’s manufacturer certified that
it is more than 400 feet long.
(Beacon photo)
What’s Happening
Milton Village Squares dance, 7:30 to
10 p.m. at Milton Middle School, 20 W.
Madison St., Milton. Tickets $5 per person.
Call (608) 756-8614 for info.
SUNDAY, APRIL 11
Spaghetti Dinner benefit for Mike York,
Kelly Canales and their two young children
who lived above Mulligans and lost everything in the recent fire. 11:30 a.m. -5:30 p.m.,
Village Supper Club, South Shore Drive
Delavan. $7 at the door. Raffles, silent auctions. Proceeds will go to help the family.
4-H Spaghetti Dinner, Spaghetti Dinner
on Sunday, April 11, from 4 – 7 p.m., at the
Activity Center on the Walworth County
Fairgrounds in Elkhorn. Menu includes
spaghetti, coleslaw, breads, dessert and beverage. The cost is $7 for adults at the door,
with children under age 6 admitted for $3.
MONDAY, APRIL 12
“The Tastes of the Cultures” All You
Can Eat Buffet – Reek School Cultural Arts
Fundraiser, 4:30 – 8 p.m., The Waterfront,
408 Hwy 50, Delavan. Adults $12, Children
10 and younger $8.
Blood Drive, 2:30-6:30 p.m., Elk’s
Lodge, 627 S 2nd St, Delavan. All donors
will receive a $5 Delavan Lanes bowling
coupon. Call Sharon Yanz, 245-0738, or register at a Friday fish fry.
East Troy Community Blood Drive,
11:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., East Troy Bible
Church, Community Room, 2660 North St.,
East Troy.
TUESDAY, APRIL 13
Williams Bay Women's Civic League,
7 p.m., Lion's Field House, Williams Bay,
featuring a program “Herb Gardening 101,”
presented by Patty Kuper of Pesches
Greenhouse. For more information about the
Williams Bay Women's Civic League contact
Cindy Brower, 245-9400.
Reservations due for Walworth County
Retired Teachers meeting. See April 20.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14
Baseball enthusiast, J. D. Thorne, former University of Wisconsin player and
author of “The Ten Commandments of
Baseball,” will speak at the Irving L. Young
Memorial Library in Whitewater at 7 p.m.
Thorne will discuss how the principles of
baseball can be applied to everyday living.
Enjoy classic stories about Babe Ruth, Lou
Gehrig, Ernie Banks and others, including
Jackie Mitchell, the 17-year-old girl who
struck out Ruth and Gehrig on the same day.
This program is free and open to the public.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17
Annual Day of Strength and Fun at
Rocky’s Delavan Fitness Center, 114 N. 3rd
St, Delavan. Fourth annual Norman “Rocky”
Rauch Memorial SonLightPower State
Bench Press and DL Championship. Last
year Rocky's /DFC once again had a great
teenage turnout. Among them was Rick
Nelson who set 2 state records at age 11. In
all 35 new state records were set. Non competitors are welcome to attend and see if last
year’s 730-lb. BP and 675-lb, DL records
will be broken. Whether you compete or just
watch, it’s a fun event. Weigh ins begin at 11
a.m. Competition starts at 1 p.m. Call 740-
365 Pottawatomi Dr.
Fontana, WI
262.275.3705
Maria Kebbekus,
Director of Golf
www.countryclubestatesgolf.com
broke the existing world record of 843
miles,” said Great Wolf spokesperson
Dulin Wiley. “At that time, 10,984 sliders had traveled a combined distance of
844 miles over the 11 resorts.
The Kowalczyks were staying at the
Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells,
which is, ironically “The Waterpark
Capital of the World.”
- The Great Wolf Lodge waterslideathon officially ended at 5:59 p.m.
E.T.Saturday, by which time 47,660 sliders/riders had participated for a grand
total of 3,651 miles traveled by waterslide
at the 11 resorts over a 24 hour period.
“The totals still need to be certified
by Guinness World Record, but unofficially we know that we blew the old
record of 843 miles out of the water,”
exulted Wiley.
The Wisconsin Dells resort had a
total of 2,781 sliders and 109.03 miles.
During the event, guests were given
an opportunity to donate money to Big
Brothers and Sisters of America with the
knowledge that Great Wolf Lodge would
match the total up to $50,000.
Great Wolf Lodge is one of several
resorts in the Wisconsin Dells that
have indoor water parks. Unlike
Walworth County, where Grand
Geneva Resort’s Moose Mountain
Falls Waterpark at Timber Ridge
Lodge is the only one in the area,
Wisconsin Dells city officials have
welcomed indoor water parks as a way
to extend the tourist season from summer-only to year-round. The Dells is
now home to more than 20 indoor, outdoor and indoor/outdoor water parks.
0672 for more details.
Delavan-Darien Rotary Club bowling
fundraiser, 4-8 pm., 509 7th St., Delavan.
$10 includes two games and shoe rental.
There will be food, raffles and prizes.
Proceeds benefit area school scholarships.
Tickets available from Rotary Club members.
Thai One On – ties not required!
6:30pm at Christ Episcopal Church, 503 E.
Walworth Ave., Delavan. There will be
authentic Thai dishes to sample as well as
whatever attendees bring (it doesn’t have to
be Thai food). Travelogue of Ron and
Susanne Nelson’s trip to Thailand. A
slideshow and sharing time will follow the
dinner. All ages are welcome. 728-5292. The
church with the red door.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18
Delavan-Darien’s adult AFS chapter will
presenting a travelogue on the Holy Land
and Egypt at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, in
Delavan United Methodist Church’s
Fellowship Hall. The program is free and the
public is invited. Ed and Cheryl
Kaufenberg, members of the local foreign
exchange student group, traveled to these
countries last spring and experienced first
hand the major sites of Israel and Egypt in
their two-week adventure. Call AFS chapter president Dave Block at 725-6034 with
questions.
Walworth-Lakeland
Elks
Club
Chicken and BBQ Rib Dinner, 11:30 a.m.
- 7 p.m., Village Supper Club, 1725 South
Shore Dr., Delavan. Menu includes BBQ
ribs, baked chicken, fries, corn, coffee, tea or
milk. Tickets are $10 in advance, available at
The Village or Elks Club Friday Night Fish
Fry, or $11 at the door. For more information
call the lodge at 728-9820 or Chris
Marsicano at 745-4043.
TUESDAY, APRIL 20
Spring Meeting, Walworth County Area
Retired Educator's Association (WCAREA),
Ridgestone Terrace in Elkhorn. All retired
teachers, educational support staff, friends
and spouses are invited to attend. The luncheon will begin at 12:30 and will feature a
menu of roast turkey, stuffing, green bean
casserole, cranberry sauce, a roll and pumpkin pie. Steve and Pat Werner of Walworth
who will tell about their experiences doing
missionary work in Kenya. April’s donation
of non-perishable food items will go the
Whitewater food pantry. Luncheon reservations, at a cost of $9.50 per person, are due
by April 13. For reservations or information,
call 684-5500.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
Spring Salad Luncheon featuring delicious turkey salad and a wide array of other salads, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Delavan United
Methodist Church, 213 S. 2nd Street, Delavan.
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Au t o m o t i ve
Italian scooter manufacturer Vespa once built a mini auto
By Dennis West
For most people, the name Vespa
brings to mind an Italian motor scooter.
But, in the late 1950s, there was also a
four-wheeled vehicle that carried the
nameplate. We saw one at Edgewater
Park in Williams Bay and were amazed
to learn that it was a Vespa.
The Vespa 400 was a rear-engine,
rear-wheel-drive with a two-cylinder,
two-stroke (you had to mix the gas and
oil, just like a lawnmower engine), aircooled engine with a compression ration
of 6.4 to 1. The car had a three-speed
manual transmission and a four-speed
was available everywhere but the U.S.
The 400 was 112.5 inches long, 50 inches wide and 49.2 inches high. It weighed
just under 850 pounds and had a wheelbase of 66.75 inches.
With just 18 hp, it provided a top
speed of 50 to 55 mph, depending on the
road grade, wind conditions, etc.
Achieving the top speed took 25 seconds. The reward for the driver’s
patience was approximately 55 mpg.
Being a rear-wheel drive vehicle, the
manufacturer decided to place the battery in the front, where it was accessed
by pulling on a handle that allowed the
battery to slide out on a tray, providing
perhaps the best access to a battery in
any car.
The cloth top slid back to provide a
convertible with a safe cage, since the
frame stayed in place. The car had “suicide doors” for easy ingress and egress.
There was a minuscule back seat that
was best used as a package shelf.
Because it was a direct competitor to
the Fiat 500, Vespa thought it prudent to
manufacture it at a plant just south of
Paris, France instead of under the nose
of the Italian auto giant.
The premiere of the Vespa 400 took
place at the Paris Salon in 1957 and
Most of the 400’s interior was
occupied by the seating for two, though
there was a back seat best used to
accommodate packages.
12,000 were built the first year.
Although the company exported vehicles to Germany, it did not stand a
chance against its German competitors
in the category. Other car manufacturers
were offering more successful and
stronger minis, and for this reason Vespa
never actually made a dent in the
German market.
Production was discontinued in
1961, although its scooters and threewheelers, which operate as municipal
waste-haulers in Europe, continue to be
built.
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Warning: This is the silly section, most of which is not to be taken seriously
Deduct this! Dave’s guide to doing your taxes
By Dave Barry
Taxpayers: It’s almost April 15, and
you know what that means. It means the
Florida Marlins have been mathematically
eliminated from the pennant race.
But it’s also time to file your federal
tax return. Yes, this is a pesky chore, but
remember that paying taxes is not a “oneway street.” When you send your money to
the government, the government, in return,
provides you with vital services, such as
not putting you in prison. The government
also uses your money to pay for programs
that benefit all Americans, such as the
Catfish Genome Project.
I am not making this project up.
According to a group called Citizens
Against Government Waste, the United
States Congress (motto: “Hey, It’s Not OUR
Money’’) is giving $871,854 to researchers
at Auburn University in Alabama so they
can develop a better catfish. Now if you ask
me, the way to improve on the current model
of catfish is to make it look less like a hostile life form from the Planet Klorb, and
more like Nemo.
But the goal of the Catfish Genome
Project, as I understand it, is to create a bigger, stronger catfish, a Shaquille O’Neal
catfish that can stand up (so to speak) to
global competition from foreign catfish.
Perhaps you wonder why this project is
being financed by taxpayers, as opposed to
the catfish industry. The answer is that the
Catfish Genome Project is crucial to
achieving a vital national goal that we all
share: re-electing the Alabama congresspersons who stuck it in the federal
budget.
And this is only one teeny example of
the ways in which your tax dollars help
congresspersons stay in office. The entire
state of West Virginia is covered with a
dense layer of federally funded buildings
named after Sen. Robert Byrd, who will
still be in office centuries after his death,
which for all we know has already
occurred. There is no end to the list of
projects that congresspersons would like
you to finance so that they can take the
credit. According to Citizens Against
Government Waste, this year Congress is
spending more than $17 billion on earmark, or “pork,” projects, including:
• $372,375 to study the management of
pig manure;
• $188,000 for something called the
“Lobster Institute”;
• $183,705 for asparagus technology,
and
• $150 to have a guy come clean out
your garage.
I’m kidding about that last one, of
course. The federal government has no
time for your problems! It’s busy managing pig manure.
My point is that, as you do your taxes,
you should remember where your tax dollars are going, and recognize that you, as a
citizen, have a moral obligation to prepare
your tax return with the same degree of
conscientiousness that Congress exhibits
in spending your money. So let’s get started on your taxes! Here’s a step-by-step
guide:
Step one is to gather together your tax
forms, your financial records, and, if you
plan to itemize your deductions, at least
two liters of vodka.
Step two is to go through all of your
receipts, separate the ones that are for taxdeductible expenses, and mail them to me,
because I need some. The way my
accounting system works is, when I get
home at night, I take off my pants.
(Usually inside the house.) If I find what
might be tax-related documents in my
pockets, I put them into a two-ply grocery
bag labeled TAXES. At tax time, I go
through this bag, hoping to find receipts
that say things like, “BUSINESS SUPPLIES TO BE USED FOR BUSINESS —
$417.23.”
Instead, I find some ticket stubs for
Shrek the Third and several hundred
wadded-up snippets of paper on which the
only legible printing says “Thank You.”
Now, because I am mentioning Shrek the
Third in this column, I can legally deduct
the $10 cost of my ticket, plus a large popcorn, which I estimate cost $53, for a total
of $63, or, rounding off, $250. But that still
leaves me a little short of what I need,
deductionwise.
This is where the vodka comes in. If
you go to the official Internal Revenue
Service site on the Internet (www.irs.gov)
and start poking around among the thousands and thousands of forms, instructions, bulletins, etc., you would be amazed
at the range of deduction options. For
example, according to IRS Rev. Proc.
2006-50, certain individuals recognized by
the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
may deduct up to $10,000 for whaling
expenses. Could this deduction apply to
you? Think about it! I, personally, have
done many things that I later could not
remember; being a recognized Eskimo
whaler would not be the weirdest of these.
So go ahead! Find an empty box on your
1040 form and write “Harpoons —
$9,990.” (Don’t claim the full $10,000,
because that might arouse IRS suspicion.)
Also, if you are an ostrich rancher, you
can claim the depreciation on your ostriches. The IRS doesn’t give an exact amount,
so let’s say for the sake of argument that
your ostriches have depreciated to the tune
of $4,800, or, rounding off, $17,000. If the
IRS questions this figure, explain that you
had to start raising ostriches because you
were unable to make ends meet with just
the whaling. That way your story is basically airtight.
See how easy it is? In no time, your tax
return will be covered with deductions, not
to mention drool. Be sure to mail your
return in a timely manner, because this
year, filing taxpayers will receive an
Economic Stimulus Payment. This is a
very exciting new program that I will
explain using the Q and A format:
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Laughing Matters
A couple drove down a
country road for several
miles, not saying a word. An
earlier discussion had led to
an argument and neither of
them wanted to concede their
position. As they passed a
barnyard full of mules, jackasses, and pigs, the husband
asked sarcastically, “Relatives of yours?”
“Yep,” the wife replied.
“In-laws.”
☺
☺
A baby turtle would stand
at the bottom of a large tree
and then, with a deep sigh,
start to climb. About an hour
later, he reached a very high
branch and walked to the
end. He turned, spread all
four flippers and launched
himself off the branch. Upon
landing at the bottom in a
pile of soft, dead leaves, he
shook himself off, walked
back to the bottom of the tree
and with a sigh started to
climb.
About an hour later, he
again reached the high
branch,
walked
along,
turned, spread his flippers
and flung himself off the
branch. Again, he landed at
the bottom, shook himself
off, went to the base of the
tree, sighed and started
climbing.
Watching these proceedings from the end of the
branch were two birds.
Mummy bird turned to
Daddy bird and said, “Don't
you think it’s time we told
him he was adopted?”
☺
☺
A champion jockey was
about to enter an important
race on a new horse. The
horse’s trainer met him
before the race and said, “All
you have to remember with
this horse is that every time
you approach a jump, you
have to shout, ‘ALLLLEEE
OOOP!’ really loudly in his
ear. Providing you do that,
you’ll be fine.''
The jockey thought the
trainer was mad but promised
to shout the command. The
race began and they
approached the first hurdle.
The jockey ignored the trainer’s ridiculous advice and the
horse crashed straight through
the center of the hedge.
They carried on and
approached the second hurdle. The jockey, somewhat
embarrassed,
whispered
‘Aleeee ooop’ in the horse's
ear. The same thing happened – the horse crashed
straight through the center of
the jump.
At the third hurdle, the
jockey thought, “What the
hell, I might as well try it,''
and yelled, “ALLLEEE
OOOP!'” loudly into the
horse’s ear.
Sure enough, the horse
sailed over the jump with no
problem. This continued for
the rest of the race, but due to
the earlier problems the
horse only finished third.
The trainer was fuming
and asked the jockey what
went wrong. The jockey
replied, '”Nothing is wrong
with me, it’s this bloody
horse. What is he, deaf or
something?”
“Deaf?!” yelled The trainer. “DEAF?? He’s not deaf,
you damned fool, he’s
BLIND!”
☺
☺
A man from the city who
was visiting a small farm
when he saw a farmer feeding pigs in a most extraordinary manner. The farmer
would lift a pig up to an
apple tree, and the pig would
eat the apples directly off the
branch. The farmer would
move the pig from one apple
to another until the pig was
satisfied, then he would start
again with another pig.
The city man watched this
activity for some time with
great astonishment. Finally,
he couldn’t resist saying to
the farmer, “This is the most
inefficient method of feeding
pigs that I can imagine. Just
think of the time that would
be saved if you simply shook
the apples off the tree and let
the pigs eat them from the
ground.”
The farmer looked puzzled and replied, “That might
be, but what’s time to a pig?”
☺
☺
A string walked into a bar
with a few friends and
ordered a beer. The bartender
said “I’m sorry, but we don’t
serve strings here.”
The string walked away a
little upset and sat down with
his friends. A few minutes
later he went back to the bar
and ordered a beer. The bartender, looking a little exasperated, said, “I’m sorry, we
don’t serve strings here.”
“The string went back to
his table. Then he got an
idea. He tied himself in a
loop, messed up the top of
his hair, then walked back to
the bar and ordered a beer.
The bartender squinted at
him and sayid, “Hey, aren’t
you a string?”
And the string said,
“Nope, I’m a frayed knot.”
Willy ’n Ethel
by Joe Martin
April 9, 2010 — 31
32 — The Beacon
Pickles Turns 20
Brian Crane’s popular
comic strip, Pickles,
turned 20 on April 2,
finally leaving its teenage
years behind. Earl and
Opal Pickles humbly
thanked their faithful
readers and newspaper
editors in the anniversary
strip.
Crane attributes the
longevity of Pickles to
“dumb luck and clean living, I guess. It’s all been
kind of a wonderful mystery to me. I never had a
master plan, or anything
like that. My only real
goal was to do the best
comic strip I was capable
of doing each day and
hope a few people out
there would like it.
Luckily for me, they did.”
As for Earl and Opal’s
future, don’t expect any
crystal-ball revelations.
“I’m not a good longrange planner,” Crane
admits. “I don’t know
what Earl and Opal will
be doing a year from now
or even a month from
now. I just start each
workday
wondering,
‘What could happen
next?’ That way I get to be
surprised like everyone
else.”
Soon after Pickles’
debut in 1990, Crane
“retired” as an art director
for an advertising agency
in Reno, Nev., to devote
his full attention to his
strip. In 1995 and 2001,
Pickles was nominated for
best comic strip of the
year by the National
Cartoonists Society, winning in 2001. Crane was
also nominated for the
coveted Cartoonist of the
Year Reuben Award in
2006. Pickles has topped
comics polls and reader
surveys again and again.
Today it appears in 647
newspapers around the
world.
There are four collections of Pickles strips:
“Let’s Get Pickled”
(Andrews
McMeel
Publishing, 2006), “Still
Pickled After All These
Years” (AMP, 2004),
“Pickles” and “Pickles,
Too: The Older I Get, The
Better I Was” (1998 and
1999 by Longstreet
Press). Crane is working
on a fifth collection,
which will be released in
November.
Crane was born in Twin
Falls, Idaho, but grew up
in the San Francisco Bay
area. He graduated with a
degree in art from
Brigham Young University in 1973. He lives near
Reno with his wife,
Diana. He’s the proud
father of seven and grandfather of eight.
Dave Barry
set, thus stimulating the
economy.
Q. But isn’t that stimulating the economy of
China?
A. Shut up.
In conclusion, I hope
this tax guide has been helpful. If you follow my
advice, and the IRS asks
you where you got your
information, remember to
give them my full name,
George Will. Good luck!
And now, if you’ll
excuse me, I need to harpoon an ostrich.
© 2010 The Miami
Herald
Distributed by Tribune
Media Services, Inc.
Q. What is an Economic
Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the
federal government will
send to taxpayers.
Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From taxpayers.
Q. So the government is
giving me back my own
money?
A. Only a smidgen.
Q. What is the purpose
of this payment?
A. The plan is that you
will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV
Pickles by Brian Crane
April 9, 2010
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Herman by Jim Unger
Mr. Boffo by Joe Martin
April 9, 2010 — 33
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April 9, 2010
FuN and GameS
Crossword Clues
ACROSS
1 Grin and __ it
5 Linkletter and Garfunkel
9 On the wagon
14 Seagirt land
15 Suitor
16 Anorak
17 “Rebecca” author
20 1957 hit, “Wake Up Little __”
21 Whitewater investigator Kenneth
22 JFK predecessor
23 Uncooked
25 A la __
27 Baseball’s Charlie Hustle
32 Pauper
35 Cheer for Manolete
36 Evade by circumlocution
38 Funeral piece
39 “__ and Circumstance”
41 Gymnast Kerri
43 Equine junior
44 Top berth
46 Serengeti equine
48 Single unit
49 Removed skin from
51 Li’l Abner’s girl
53 Knot again
55 Boxing letters
56 Bikini part
58 Dramatic parts
61 Mystery award
65 “Bang the Drum Slowly” co-star
68 Russian villa
69 Gawk at
70 Young men
71 Winter hazard
72 Kremlin refusal
73 Exchange
♠
♥
Bridge
Read Them or Weep
Goren on Bridge by Tannah Hirsch
Both vulnerable. North deals.
NORTH
NQ3
M65
LAQ4
K A K Q 10 8 6
WEST
EAST
N72
N A J 10 9 6
MKJ94
MA72
L 10 9 7 6 2
L85
KJ4
K732
SOUTH
NK854
M Q 10 8 3
LKJ3
K95
North
1K
3NT
The bidding:
East
South
1N
1NT
Pass
Pass
DOWN
1 Auction actions
2 Isaac’s eldest
3 Swiss peaks
4 Second-time employee
5 Pres. Lincoln
6 Cincinnati nine
7 Tight
8 Poison plant
9 Goaded
10 Thole insert
11 Wedding VIP
12 Barely managed
13 Hard to find
18 Approaches
19 Bahrain resident
24 Moo goo gai pan pans
26 The work week is over!
27 Infield fly
28 Skip the ceremony
29 Carry Nation’s cause
30 __ bath (chair-shaped tub)
31 Slipped up
33 Guam port, once
34 U.S. Grant’s foe
37 Band member
40 Soccer great
42 “True __”
45 Sanctuary
47 Questioned
50 Leader of the Belmonts
52 Alpine songs
54 Rocker John
56 TM underwear
57 Qum coin
59 Like custard
60 Vendor’s goal
62 Chew on
63 Radames’ sweetheart
64 Coarse file
66 Revolutionary Guevara
67 Veteran’s abbr.
West
Pass
Pass
Opening lead: 7 of N
Minors are the stepchildren of bridge,
and are only considered on distributional
hands. With relatively balanced holdings,
the favored contract is three no trump,
where you need to make only nine tricks
rather than the 11 needed in the minor suit
to make game.
After South's one-no-trump overcall of
East's one spade, North had a choice of
three clubs or three no trump. Because of
♦
♣
the situation discussed above, three no
trump was the standout selection.
While a heart opening might have led
to instant defeat of the contract, not leading partner's suit would be an almost sure
way to disrupt partnership trust permanently. Declarer played low from dummy
and East, delighted to be able to set up four
tricks in the suit while still holding the ace
of hearts as an entry, inserted the nine.
Unfortunately, declarer won with the king
and ran nine tricks in the minor suits to
make the contract with an overtrick.
East should have tempered his joy with
a touch of reality. As soon as dummy hit
the table, he should have realized that the
contract was cold unless the defense could
take a fast five tricks - declarer would take
one spade, six clubs and, if he did not hold
the king of diamonds, two diamond tricks
via a finesse.
To defeat the contract, the defense
needed to take four heart tricks fast. That
could be accomplished, as the cards lie, by
East rising with the ace of spades and shifting to a low heart. West wins as cheaply as
possible, returns a heart to East's ace and a
heart back through South's queen nets two
more heart tricks for a one-trick set.
(Tannah Hirsch welcomes readers'
responses sent in care of this newspaper or
to Tribune Media Services Inc., 2225
Kenmore Ave., Suite 114, Buffalo, NY.
14207. E-mail responses may be sent to
[email protected].)
Sudoku
Complete the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 box (in
bold borders) contains every digit, from 1 to 9.
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April 9, 2010 — 35
FuN and Ga meS For KidS
Kids Across, Parents Down
KIDS ACROSS
1. Tall building in Washington D.C. that
honors our first president
5. What did the scary Halloween figure
call its mother?
7. What you might call your mother
9. Polite word for a lady, spelled the
same way forward and backward
10. The only word a cow knows
11. To send a Mother’s Day card
through the Post Office
12. Person elected to lead the city
13. Apple Inc. products, iPod and ___
(for short)
15. A change, as a butterfly goes
through
16. Upcoming holiday that gives us a
three-day weekend (2 wds)
19. Jungle animals that swing in trees
20. Mother-made breakfasts, lunches
and dinners
Bound and Gagged
PARENTS DOWN
2. Preventive procedure for women
3. “M” in the Greek alphabet
4. Netspeak: It’s the “M” in OMG!
6. Hawaii’s dolphinfish (or diner’s
seafood selection)
7. The most
8. Succinctly stated truth, such as: “The
phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant”
10. Permission-seeking child’s play:
Mother
___ I?
11. Modern popcorn popper
14. Keaton comedy of ‘83: “__. Mom”
16. England’s late mother figure: the
Queen ___
17. Day of the week after Sun.
18. Wife of a 14D
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Inc..
by Dana Summer
Puzzle answers
are on page 27.
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