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Soldier’s homecoming surprises siblings, classroom
By Mike Heine
At the Delavan-Darien School
District, we understand that each
school day offers special moments for
students.
Two students had an extra special
day on Monday, March 4, when they
got a surprise visit from their big
brother.
United States Army Specialist E4
Steven Tomich came to Turtle Creek
Elementary School with his wife and
parents to surprise his younger brother
and sister, Roger Jr. and Alexis Mazzola.
The younger siblings had just finished listening to first grade teacher
Kirsten Andreoni read a book about an
older brother leaving his younger brother home while he went off to join the
Army.
Shortly after finishing the book,
Steven came into the classroom dressed
in full Army fatigues and combat boots.
His wife Melissa, and parents Maureen
and Roger Sr., were not far behind.
Roger Jr. and Alexis were surprised,
to say the least. It took a few seconds for
it to sink in for the second and first
graders, respectively, to realize what
they were seeing. A few moments later,
both gave their big brother a hug and
Army Specialist Steven Tomich makes a surprise visit to Turtle Creek
Elementary to visit his younger sister and brother, Alexis and Roger Mazzola Jr.
then talked to their first and second
grade classmates about where he had
been and what he had been doing.
Specialist Tomich, an engineer, was
home after serving a nine-month tour of
duty in Kuwait. He flew back stateside
in early February, but had to stay at his
base, Fort Carson in Colorado, until
arriving in Delavan earlier today.
It was hard for the family to keep his
homecoming a secret from Roger Jr. and
Alexis for so long, Maureen, said.
Both of the elementary students said
they look forward to spending time with
their older brother and having fun playing games and talking with him.
They said that, with snow on the
ground and more in the forecast, they’d
try to get him to take them both sledding.
Specialist Tomich is home until
March 25 before he has to return to base.
His tour in Kuwait was his first overseas.
The staff and students thanked ,
Specialist Tomich and family for creating a wonderful surprise for their school
and for serving our country.
Mike Heine is Delavan-Darien
School District Coordinator of SchoolCommunity Relations.
Nearby Rockford, Ill. ranked third most miserable city in U.S.
By Dennis West
Rockford, Ill., has a bad case of listitis. Whenever someone compiles a survey, the shrinking city “At The Top In
Illinois” gets another black eye.
The latest one may be its worst. In a
report of the “Most Miserable Cities in
America,” released Feb. 21, Forbes
Magazine ranked Rockford third, right
after Detroit and Flint, Mich. and ahead
of Chicago, Ill. and Modesto, Calif.
Forbes attributed the Forest City’s
misery to “a three-decade decline in the
manufacturing base that has hurt
Rockford’s economy and kept unemployment high. The metro’s recent
unemployment rate is one of the highest
in the U.S. Another burden is high property tax rates.”
The unemployment rate for the
Rockford metropolitan area was 11.2
percent in December 2012, the secondhighest of the state’s 12 metro areas. The
statewide unemployment rate in Illinois
was 8.6 percent in December 2012,
while the national unemployment rate
was 7.9 percent in January.
The magazine ranked Rockford the
ninth most miserable city in America in
2012 and 14th most miserable in 2010. It
wasn’t listed in 2011.
Once a middle-sized city of towering elm trees, thriving industry and a
multitude of parks, Rockford has
become a miniature Detroit. Once-nice
neighborhoods are riddled with boarded
up houses – some of them partially
burned and awaiting demolition, others
abandoned to drug dealers and the scene
of drive-by shootings.
Which brings us to another – not
unrelated – list. In 2010, Rockford was
listed by the FBI as the tenth most dan-
gerous city in the nation. The report said,
“Rockford has unusually high violent
crime rates for a city of its size. Most
notably, the city has the fourth highest
rate of aggravated assault in the country,
with 10.5 cases for every 1,00,000 citizens. During the same period, 20 murders occurred, almost double the number
in 2000. Winnebago County Sheriff
Dick Meyers attributed the city’s crime
rate, in part to its location. “Rockford
receives traffic from the drug markets in
Madison, Chicago, and Milwaukee,
resulting in heightened rates of violence,” he said. The city had 14.5 violent
crimes per 1,00,000 population. Its
median income was 26 percent below
the national average and its unemployment rate was, then, at 13.3 percent, 4.3
percent above the national average.
Rockford dropped to the 11th most dangerous city in 2011, with 1,373 violent
crimes.
Forbes’ latest list of the most miserable cities is as follows: 1. Detroit, 2.
Flint, 3. Rockford, 4. Chicago, 5.
Modesto, Calif., 6. Vallejo, Calif., 7.
Warren, Mich., 8. Stockton, Calif., 9.
Waukegan (Lake Co.), Ill., 10. New
York City, 11. Toledo, Ohio, 12. St.
Louis, 13. Camden, N.J., 14.
Milwaukee, 15. Atlantic City, N.J., 16.
Atlanta, Ga., 17. Cleveland, Ohio, 18.
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 19 Gary, Ind., 20.
Youngstown, Ohio.
Of its criteria for the rankings, the
magazine wrote: “This year we examined nine factors for the 200 largest
metro areas in the U.S. They include the
serious: violent crime, unemployment,
foreclosures, taxes (income and property) and home prices. We also include
less weighty, but still important quality-
An abandoned factory on Rockford’s South Main St. is emblematic of what is
wrong with a once-great place to live, but now ranks third most miserable in the nation.
Rockford was once a world-famous center of furniture, fastener and machine tool manufacturing. Now grass grows where factories once stood, and even in the middle of a
once-thriving downtown.
(File photo)
of-life issues like commute times and
weather.
“We tweaked the methodology in
this year’s list in response to feedback
from readers, dropping our rankings of
both pro sports team success and political corruption, since both were based on
regional, rather than city-specific data,”
the magazine said. “We also added a
new measure – net migration – which
we see as a clear gauge of whether or not
residents feel a community is worth liv-
ing in. Detroit, which ranked No. 2 last
year, also would have finished No. 1
under the previous methodology.”
This hasn’t been Rockford’s only
problem with lists. When Money magazine’s list of the 250 best places in the
U.S. was compiled, way back in the
1970s, Madison came in at the top and
Rockford was next to last. Today,
Madison has dropped to someplace near
70th on the list, but it is still far ahead of
Rockford.
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March 8, 2013
New bill says ‘Let them sell cake’
By Steve Roisum
Some legislators hope a change to
state law will help grow a cottage food
industry: home-baked goods.
Currently, home bakers need access
to a state-approved commercial kitchen
and a state license if they want to sell
their goods to the general public. The
law has no shortage of critics, who say
selling cakes, cookies, and donuts
should not be so bogged down in rules.
State Rep. Janis Ringhand of
Evansville authored a new bill that she
hopes will simplify the requirements.
She says streamlining the process will
help bakers earn much needed income.
“It’s for those home producers –
’cottage industries,’ many people call
them – where you may have a housewife
or even a gentleman of the house, who
bakes a product that is very good and
people would like to buy it,” says
Ringhand.
The new legislation, nicknamed “the
cookie bill,” only requires bakers to register with the Food Safety Division of
the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection.
Labels would have to list all of the product’s ingredients. The bill would also
cap annual sales at $10,000 a year.
The Wisconsin Farmers Union supports the legislation. Government relations
associate Scott Karel says there are farm
families who depend on bakery sales.
“What we think is really important is
supporting the rural economy,” said
Karel. “It’s extra income for people who
are already at farmers’ markets.”
The cookie bill only applies to baked
goods that do not spoil easily, like cakes,
cookies, and donuts. Ringhand says six
lawmakers support the bill so far.
Wisconsin Public Radio News
By Steve Roisum
One Wisconsin Public Library is
offering gardeners more than just books
on the subject. Growers will be able to
check out seeds to plant in their garden...
as long as they return them later.
Starting this spring, La Crosse Public
Library patrons can check out ‘heirloom’ plant seeds. Some call the seeds
old-fashioned, as they are not genetically modified. Once the plant flowers, the
seeds are brought back to the library and
made available for other growers to
check out.
La Crosse Librarian Kelly Becker
says heirloom seeds are about tradition.
“It basically has to do with sustainability movement, keeping food local,
and for people to grow things for themselves and be self-supporting,” she
explains.
There are estimated to be only a
dozen or so seed libraries in the United
States. Diane Ott Wealy is the cofounder of the Seed Savers Exchange,
where the La Crosse Library purchased
its seeds. She says the idea of a seed
library is a relatively new concept that’s
catching on in some parts of the country.
“I think there might have been a project like this in Arizona,” she said, but I
just came from a conference in
California, and I was happy to learn that
they are engaged in seed library and seed
exchange. I think they’re springing up all
over, which is really encouraging.”
La Crosse Public Library patrons
will be able to choose from a variety of
seeds including several types of tomatoes and beans. Orientation sessions will
start in March.
Library to offer heirloom seeds
The
Good Humour Section
b e g i n s o n p a g e 30 .
No joke.
Charles Kelly, 10, shoots through the air behind Briarcliff Elementary School in
Shoreham, New York, Sunday, February 10. There is definitely no shortage of snow in
East Coast states this year.
(Joseph D. Sullivan/Newsday/MCT)
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When I was about 8 years old, the
great singing cowboy, Gene Autry, came
to town to promote one of his movies.
I’m not even sure I knew it was happening until his picture appeared in the
paper after the event. I was amazed to
see a newspaper photo of my cousin,
Mike, who was three years older than I,
with a real live movie star. In later years,
he said it had been one of the greatest
experiences of his life.
For those of you who are too young
to remember The Singing Cowboy, he
was born Orvon Grover Autry near
Tioga, Texas on September 29, 1907.
The family moved to Oklahoma in the
1920s. He worked on his father’s ranch
while at school.
Autry decided the drudgery of ranch
life wasn’t for him and, after leaving
high school in 1925, worked as a telegrapher for the St. Louis–San Francisco
Railway. While working the lonely midnight shifts, Autry would sing and
accompany himself on the guitar to pass
the hours. One night he got encouragement to sing professionally from a customer, the famous humorist movie star
and wit, Will Rogers, who stopped by to
send a telegram and heard Autry singing.
As soon as he could collect money to
travel, he went to New York. He auditioned for Victor Records, at just about
the time (the end of 1928) it became
RCA Victor. He was very disappointed
to be turned down, but learned from a
personal interview that it wasn’t because
of his voice, but because Victor had just
signed two similar singers.
Autry left with a letter of introduction and the advice to sing on radio to
gain experience and to come back in a
year or two. In 1929 Autry was singing
Gene Autry was much more than a
singing cowboy. His list of career accomplishments is truly staggering.
on a Tulsa station as “Oklahoma’s
Yodeling Cowboy” when he signed a
recording deal with Columbia Records.
He worked in Chicago on the WLS radio
show, National Barn Dance, for four
years, and on his own show, where he
met singer-songwriter Smiley Burnette.
He recorded his first hit in 1932 with
“That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine,” a
duet with fellow railroad man, Jimmy
Long, and which Autry and Long cowrote. Autry later married Long’s sister.
Autry also sang the classic hit “Back
In The Saddle Again,” which became his
theme song. He may be best remembered for his many recordings of
Christmas songs, including “Here
Comes Santa Claus,” “Frosty the
Snowman,” his biggest hit, “Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” and his own
March 8, 2013 — 3
composition of “Santa Claus Is Coming
to Town,”all of which can still be heard
around the holidays.
Not only was he a singer and movie
star, but an excellent businessman. Autry
was the original owner of Challenge
Records. The label’s biggest hit was
“Tequila” by The Champs in 1958,
which started the rock-and-roll instrumental craze of the late 1950s and early
1960s. He sold the label soon after, but
the company retained the “GA” in a
shield above the label’s name.
Autry made 640 recordings, including more than 300 songs that he wrote,
or co-wrote. His records sold more than
100 million copies and he has more than
a dozen gold and platinum records. His
recording of Rudolph hit No. 1 on the
Billboard pop singles chart the week of
Christmas 1949, sold 2.5 million copies
the first year, eventually sold a total of
25 million, and remained the second
best-selling record of all time until the
1980s.
From 1934 to 1959, Autry appeared
in 94 films. A break in his career to join
the military during WWII allowed his
movie and singing rival, Roy Rogers, to
supplant him, temporarily, as the King
of the Cowboys. Autry served as a C-47
Skytrain pilot in the United States Army
Air Corps, with the rank of flight officer
in the Air Transport Command. He flew
dangerous missions over the Himalaya
Mountains, nicknamed the Hump,
between Burma and China.
From 1940 to 1956, Autry had a
huge hit with a weekly show, Gene
Autry’s Melody Ranch, on CBS Radio.
His horse, Champion, also had CBS-TV
and Mutual radio series,
From 1950 to 1955, he also appeared
in 91 episodes of The Gene Autry Show
television series. In 1985, he made his
last appearance on screen in a television
movie, “All American Cowboy.”
In the 1950s Autry had been a minority owner of the minor-league baseball
team, the Hollywood Stars. In 1960,
when Major League Baseball announced
plans to add an expansion team in Los
Angeles, Autry – who had once declined
an opportunity to play in the minor
leagues – expressed an interest in
acquiring the radio broadcast rights to
the team’s games. Baseball executives
were so impressed by his approach that
he was persuaded to become the owner
of the franchise rather than simply its
broadcast partner.
The team, initially called the Los
Angeles Angels upon its 1961 debut,
moved to suburban Anaheim in 1966,
and was renamed the California Angels.
Autry served as vice president of the
American League from 1983 until his
death in 1998.
After his retirement from show business in 1964, Autry invested widely in
real estate, radio, and television, including the purchase from dying Republic
Pictures of the rights for films he had
made for the company. He made another
fortune syndicating the mostly black and
white westerns to TV stations.
He bought Los Angeles television
station KTLA and merged it with his
other broadcasting properties (including
Los Angeles' KMPC radio) into an
umbrella company, Golden West
Broadcasters. From 1964 to 1995, the
station was the broadcast television
home of Autry’s Los Angeles/California
Angels baseball team.
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Perspective
March 8, 2013
What’s ahead in Congress this year?
In retirement, Pope Benedict will
still be hanging around the house
By David Horsey
When Pope Celestine V quit his job
in 1294, his successor locked him in
prison and kept him there until he died.
Pope Benedict XVI will not suffer the
same sad fate. Now that he has resigned,
not only will he not be jailed, exiled or
even sent to a retirement home, he will
get to stay in the Vatican.
This worries some Catholics who
think having two popes in the house will
make things a little crowded. Some even
fear there is a nefarious scheme at work
that will allow Benedict to exert undue
influence on his successor. Given the
history of intrigue in the Roman
Catholic Church, it is not surprising that
there might be worries about this
unprecedented situation.
But, really, if Benedict wanted to
hang on to power, he had a much easier
way to do that: keep his job. He is keeping his name, the right to be called “his
holiness” and his white wardrobe
(though not his snazzy red shoes), but
power will swiftly pass to the new guy.
Benedict will be just another retiree
in Rome with time on his hands. Will he
be walking the marble halls rounding up
a few cardinals for a round of cribbage?
Will he be down in the park tossing a
bocce ball with the white-haired pensioners? Is there a senior center nearby
where he might want to hang out and
take up ceramics? Or might he spend his
days on a golf course the way retired
presidents used to do before Jimmy
Carter and Bill Clinton messed things up
by being so overly ambitious in their
post-White House years?
Benedict (or Benny, as the waitress
would call him if there were a Rome
Denny’s with an early bird special) says
he will spend his time praying. That
seems like the proper thing for an expope to do. Still, we shouldn’t blame
him if, sooner or later, he’s tempted to
switch on the TV, push back the lounge
chair and watch some football until he
nods off like any other normal senior citizen. After all, his work is done.
He has shown that popes do not need
to keep at it until their job kills them off.
They may be Vicars of Christ, but popes
are not supermen. Benedict is wise
enough to know his church can live with
that truth and that it will probably be better for it.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
David Horsey is a political commentator
for the Los Angeles Times. Go to latimes.
com/news/politics/topoftheticket/ to see
more of his work.
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By Lee H. Hamilton
Earlier this year, it seemed there
might be some hope for Capitol Hill
when Congress dealt easily with raising
the debt ceiling. But don’t let that single
episode fool
you. As President
Obama
and House Republicans circle
each other over
the forthcoming budget cuts
known as the
“sequester,” it’s
a reminder that
Congress and
the
White
House have a Lee Hamilton
complicated legislative agenda ahead – and that none of
the items on it will come easily.
We’ll get to the specifics in a
moment, but two things need to be said
up front. The first is that despite
President Obama’s exhortations in his
State of the Union speech, major policy
changes will be difficult to make. The
Democrats may have increased their
margin in the Senate, but the
Republicans still control the House. The
ideological polarization and apparently
incompatible views that marked dealings between the two bodies show no
sign of abating. Significant policy initiatives are not impossible, but it’s safest to
have subdued expectations.
Second, although rank-and-file
members seem more willing than in the
recent past to part with their caucuses on
high-profile votes, power will continue
to rest with the leadership. Over the year
ahead, the dynamic to watch will
involve the caucus leaders in both houses – ordinary members may have some
impact on the margins, but they won’t be
the center of the action.
The big issue, of course, will continue to be the budget and fiscal affairs.
The major questions are: Can we get our
fiscal house in order? Can we revive
economic growth and make the investments we need in human and physical
capital? And can we figure out a reasonable way to pay for the government we
require – one that doesn’t need the
73,000 pages of rules and regulations
that burden our current tax code?
However Congress and the White
House proceed, it’s unlikely there will
be any “grand bargain.” Instead, they are
likely to make piecemeal progress on the
core issues: increasing tax revenues and
cutting spending on entitlements.
Confrontations over these matters will
make it harder to tackle other economic
issues that need addressing, such as how
to address the regulation of the biggest
banks and how to finance the infrastructure that our economic growth desperately needs.
Congress will also turn to health
care. As long as President Obama is in
office, his signature health plan will not
be repealed, but there will almost certainly be fights over its implementation
and funding. The big issue – how to control health-care costs – will remain a
centerpiece of the debate, but it is
unclear how it will get addressed.
On the other hand, there is unambiguous movement on immigration
reform. While Democrats have coalesced around a comprehensive approach to the issue – which would
include ways of easing the stay of highly skilled workers, a guest-worker program, and a path to citizenship for the 11
million illegal immigrants in the country
– Republicans have generally preferred
tackling specific issues separately.
The two sides can find common
ground, especially on high-skilled workers. Possible citizenship, on the other
hand, will be much knottier to resolve.
So while the gridlock may be easing,
comprehensive reform of our broken
immigration system is not assured.
You can also look for piece-by-piece
initiatives on gun control. While the
White House and some members of
Congress are looking for wide-ranging
legislation banning assault weapons and
high-capacity magazines, others are
focused on specific proposals that can
gain bipartisan support. Some members
with widely different views, for
instance, are coalescing around an effort
to expand requirements for background
checks on gun sales.
Climate change, which gained
national force last year with Hurricane
Sandy, is less likely to see congressional
action. Despite the certain threat of rising seas and storm surges, Congress
seems unprepared to get serious about it.
Instead, as he promised in the State of
the Union, if Congress cannot act the
President will take whatever steps he
can by executive order, as he just did
with cyber-security.
There are drawbacks to this
approach, but it is a reminder that when
Congress is able to act it remains a player, and when it can’t, it deals itself out of
the policy picture.
Lee Hamilton is Director of the
Center on Congress at Indiana
University. He was a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives for 34 years.
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Board seeks input on parkland purchase
By Dave Bretl
I hate to use a football metaphor this
close to the start of baseball season, but
I field my share of calls from Monday
morning quarterbacks regardless of the
time of year. In the context of county
government, a Monday morning quarterback is someone who calls to complain long after the county has taken a
particular action.
Surprisingly,
most of these
conversations
end amicably,
but a common
theme is that the
quarterbacks in
question
did
nothing to educate themselves
before the decision was made,
let alone, try to
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influence
the
process. The most common explanation
is that they don’t read local newspapers
and have no time to attend meetings. I
sympathize with these callers, to a point;
everyone is very busy these days. On the
other hand, the Internet has made it easier than ever to stay on top of county
issues.
The fact that few members of the
public show up at most local government meetings is never an excuse for
poor decision-making. Boards and councils always need to keep the best interests of their constituents in mind.
Notwithstanding, there are a host of
issues that reasonable people can view
very differently. It is also true that citizens can make a difference on the outcome of issues when they share their
views with elected officials.
The Walworth County Board is facing one such issue now and is asking for
public feedback before it makes a decision. The issue before the board is
whether it should buy 195 acres of land
in the Town of Lyons to use as a park.
Last month the board agreed to pay
$5,000 for a six-month option to purchase the land at its appraised value of
$1.91 million. Any deal would be contingent on the county receiving a grant
from the State of Wisconsin. Before
exercising the option, supervisors want
public input and have scheduled an
informational meeting on March 18 for
that purpose.
The board, which has acted with a
high degree of consensus on many major
issues, in recent years, appears to be
more divided on this issue. The vote to
purchase the option was six to four, with
one supervisor absent. I would expect
that public input on this subject, one way
or the other, will have an important
influence on what the board decides.
The property in question consists of
farmland and woods on the White River
in the Town of Lyons. The river is a
focal point of the land, which features
approximately 9,000 feet of frontage on
both sides of the river. Duane Clark, the
long-time owner of the land, has been a
great steward. He has already developed
about five miles of trails on the property.
The argument against the purchase is
pretty straightforward. Even though the
county has not raised taxes for the last
two years, there are people who are having a hard time paying their tax bills and
don’t favor most new expenditures.
Arguments in support of the acquisition
include the following:
It’s part of a plan. Since the late
1990s, our board has planned to own one
park in each of the county’s four quadrants. Including Veterans Park, which is
the land that surrounds the Government
Center in Elkhorn, our inventory currently consists of three. The county’s
first park, Natureland, lies in the northwest quadrant. Price Park, located in the
Town of Lafayette, serves the northeast.
The proposal before the board would be
consistent with the county’s Park and
Open Space Plan that calls for the development of a 220-acre park in the eastern
portion of the county along the White
River.
There’s a grant for that. It is likely
that the purchase would qualify for a
Stewardship Grant administered through
the Department of Natural Resources. If
awarded, the grant would pay for up to
half of the purchase price. One major
“string” attached to the grant is the condition that five specific activities be
allowed on the land, including hiking,
cross-country skiing, trapping, fishing
and hunting. Accommodating these uses
has apparently not proven to be a problem on other stewardship properties.
Cash on hand. A couple of factors
might further minimize the fiscal impact
of the acquisition. Since 2008, the county has been setting money aside each
year to purchase land. The balance of
that account, when combined with
donated funds, stands at $276,000. It is
also possible that the purchase may be
made over time, like a land contract, further minimizing the need for cash at the
time of closing. Finally, revenues from
continuing a lease of the tillable portion
of the property could further off-set
costs.
By the start of summer, I expect that
we will know whether the county will
own a new park. One thing I know now
is that a key factor in the board’s decision will be the results of the information meeting held this month. Monday
morning quarterbacks take notice now:
the first question I will ask you when
you call me this fall is whether you
shared your opinions with the board.
Your best chance to do that is at the
informational meeting, which begins at
6 p.m. on March 18 at the Government
Center in Elkhorn. The meeting will
include a detailed presentation of the
property as well as an opportunity for
public input. If you can’t make that
meeting, you can still watch it on your
computer. Video of the meeting will be
archived on the county’s website,
www.co.walworth.wi.us.
The opinions expressed in these
columns are those of the author and not
necessarily those of the Walworth
County Board of Supervisors.
March 8, 2013 — 5
Planning and preparing for the worst
By State Sen. Neal Kedzie
Without warning, or at best, with
only a moment’s notice, disaster can
strike. Be it natural or man-made, such
events can cause widespread panic
across a community or across the nation,
leaving citizens wondering what may
happen next, and who will respond. We
have seen this
in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on
our soil, and
subsequent
threats to our
way of life by
those who wish
us
harm.
Natural disasters often yield
the same type
of
reaction
Neal Kedzie
from citizens
who question who will help and when
such help will arrive.
Fortunately, federal, state and local
governments have plans in place and
frequently discuss the preparations
needed to respond quickly to emergencies of all sizes. In 1986, Congress
passed the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act. The
Act created and designed emergency
response requirements to help communities prepare for and respond to accidents
involving hazardous substances. It also
established a national framework to
mobilize local government officials,
businesses, and other citizens to plan for
chemical spills in their communities.
Every community in the United
States must be part of a comprehensive
plan, and each state is required to establish a State Emergency Response Commission. Those Commissions designate
local emergency planning committees
(LEPCs) within the state. The Wisconsin
Division of Emergency Management
serves as the State Emergency Response
Commission, and is responsible for
implementing the federal emergency
planning law. Each of Wisconsin’s 72
counties also need to have a local emergency planning committee in place to
implement the federal law.
The local LEPCs are quasi-governmental bodies that identify and catalogue potential hazards, identify available resources, mitigate hazards when
feasible, and write emergency plans.
Their role is to anticipate and plan the
initial response for foreseeable disasters
in their jurisdiction.
Each county LEPC develops an
emergency response plan and reviews it
annually. The membership must include
elected state and local officials; police,
fire, civil defense and public health professionals; environment, transportation
and hospital officials; facility representatives; and representatives from community groups and the media.
For more than ten years, I have been
a member of the Walworth County Local
Emergency Planning Committee, and
prior to my time in the Legislature, I
served on the Milwaukee County Local
Emergency Planning Committee.
The Walworth County LEPC helped
create a plan to respond to the use of
weapons of mass destruction, including
ensuring there are vital resources in the
county to help combat such a situation.
It also approved the emergency telephone system, which allows the
Sheriff’s Department to quickly notify
residents and businesses in the vicinity
of a chemical spill or any other type of
emergency.
LEPCs across the nation are
involved in a number of projects, including planning for tornadoes, floods, fires,
toxic spills, gasoline explosions, school
security, and even active shooter situations. As we have all witnessed, the
world we live in requires preparedness
both for hazardous accidents and natural
disasters, as well as situations in which
terrorists or others intentionally attempt
to cause harm.
It is difficult to plan for the unexpected; however, it is always wise to
make preparations for potential emergencies. For more information about
what the state is doing to plan, prepare,
and respond to natural disasters or manmade emergencies, visit the State
Department of Military Affairs, Division
of Emergency Management Web site at
http://emergencymanagement.wi.gov/.
For more information about local emergency planning committees, contact
your county’s emergency management
director, who is also the LEPC contact
for each county.
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 online at
www.senatorkedzie.com.
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USDA defines ‘rural’ for first time
By Steve Roisum
For the first time in its history, the
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) is looking to clearly define
what it considers to be “rural.”
Currently, the USDA’s definition
adapts to individual programs. Now, for
the sake of consistency, it has released a
single definition that defines “rural” as
any community with less than 50,000
residents.
Members of the House Agriculture
Committee, including ranking member
Collin Peterson and Chairman Frank
Lucas, expressed concern that setting
such a threshold could pit smaller communities against larger, more urban ones
for scarce USDA funds.
Western Wisconsin Congressman
Ron Kind is a former member of the
Agriculture Committee. He doesn’t
object to the new definition, but says
lawmakers must make sure smaller com-
munities are not overlooked. Kind says
larger communities usually have more
resources to apply for funding.
“They tend to bring additional
resources, whether it’s grant writers or a
higher level of sophistication for going
after these programs, that smaller rural
communities don’t,” says Kind.
Paul Zimmerman, the director of
government relations for the Wisconsin
Farm Bureau Federation, thinks that it is
too soon to tell whether the new definition will hurt small communities.
“We’ve got to be careful not to overreact on a one-size-fits-all definition
until we’ve seen how the many different
programs
are
affected,”
said
Zimmerman.
The USDA’s new definition of
“rural” will be included in the next Farm
Bill, which will likely be voted on later
this year.
By Shawn Johnson
Wisconsin’s Constitution would be
amended to prevent the state’s road fund
from being spent on anything else, under
a measure that passed the State
Assembly Feb. 26.
The road-building lobby first started
pushing the idea of the constitutional
amendment after former Governor Jim
Doyle used the transportation fund
repeatedly to pay other state bills. A
2009 memo from the non-partisan
Legislative Fiscal Bureau showed
Doyle’s budgets used $1.3 billion out of
the road fund to pay for other expenses.
Lodi Assembly Republican Keith
Ripp says that ultimately hinders road
projects that help Wisconsin’s economy. “The longer we allow this money
to be moved from one account to the
other, the harder it will be to maintain
the impressive transportation system
we have in this state,” he maintains.
So-called “raids” of the transportation fund stopped in Governor Walker’s
first budget, but other raids did not.
Walker’s budget shifted money out of a
variety of funds to pay other expenses,
including roughly $160 million out of
the general fund, which pays for schools
and health care. Assembly Democrat
Janet Bewley said enshrining one fund
at the expense of others was a bad idea.
“There are many, many funds that we
could raise to this level of Constitutional
protection,” she said, “and yet we choose
transportation instead of so many others,
including education.”
Despite those objections, the bill
passed on a bipartisan 83-to-13 vote.
The proposal heads next to the state
Senate. If it passes there, voters would
have the final say in November 2014.
By Shamane Mills
Budget woes at the state and federal
level have some people revisiting the
use of offshore tax havens by companies. A consumer advocacy group estimates the state missed out on $814 million of revenue last year because of this
practice.
A number of companies that do business in the U.S. keep their profits elsewhere. The Government Accountability
Office says that, in 2008, 83 of the
largest 100 publicly traded corporations
shifted earnings to countries with little
or no tax liability. The Wisconsin Public
Research Interest Group (WISPIRG)
says this tax loophole is one reason state
budgets are under pressure. The group’s
Joe Rasmussen says that with Congress
gridlocked, state lawmakers have to act
to make sure corporations are paying
their fair share.
“What the state could do is essentially improve its own reporting requirements, disclosure and transparency
requirements, decouple that reporting
from the federal tax code to require separate reporting to the state so that those
revenues would become clear,” says
Rasmussen.
Rasmussen says WISPIRG is working with state lawmakers to get a firm
number on how much Wisconsin is losing in taxes when U.S. companies shift
earnings offshore.
Rassmussen says the amount
Wisconsin is estimated to have lost from
corporations using tax havens could
benefit the state. For instance, the group
says $814 million would double the size
of Governor Walker’s proposed tax cut,
or be enough to hire 12,000 additional
public school teachers.
Constitutional amendment would
dedicate road funds to roads only
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were unable to secure the funds. The
restaurant was opened in 1964 as Millie’s
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It is estimated about 15 percent of eligible taxpayers don’t pay up.
Underreporting of income is the
biggest problem. In 2006, the IRS said
filers failed to report $376 billion in taxable income.
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FACT: The 43 states that run lotteries
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spent $53 billion buying lottery tickets.
Casino and race track betting meant
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some sort now exists in every state but
Hawaii and Utah. Four states had lottery
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FACT: You don’t have to need the
benefit to qualify: In 2009, 2,362
American millionaires collected unemployment. Nearly 1 million Americans
reporting at least a six-figure income
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earned less than $100,000 totaled about
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Barrett calls for regional support
for new Milwaukee Bucks arena
By Chuck Quirmbach
The Bradley Center in Milwaukee is
only about 25 years old, but talk persists
that the Milwaukee Bucks need a new
arena, one with more ways to get revenue from people attending games or
other events. Multi-millionaire Bucks
owner and former U.S. Senator Herb
Kohl has said he would help pay for a
new arena, but wants to see what public
financing options can be put together.
“The Bucks are an asset to the whole
state, but I cannot support a Milwaukee
or Milwaukee County-only financing
plan,” says Milwaukee Mayor Tom
Barrett. “We need a regional plan, just
like the ones for Miller Park and State
Fair Park.”
The battle over Miller Park was con-
tentious, and Racine County voters
recalled State Senator George Petak
over his vote for a stadium -related sales
tax hike. Barrett says he is not endorsing
any particular tax increase, but does
want state lawmakers to start talking.
“I think we have to have a conversation....but it has to be about more than
just a new sports and entertainment
facility,” he says.
Barrett also wants legislators to look
at whether property taxes should continue to be the main funder of other city
services, like police and fire departments
and infrastructure repairs. A Milwaukee
business leader says he will assemble a
group soon to discuss who should pay
for a new arena.
Sheriffs find sharp rise in price
makes buying ammo expensive
By Rich Kremer
Many local sheriffs’ departments are
waiting to buy ammunition this year,
because prices have doubled and supplies are limited. Panic buying among
the general public is being blamed.
Ammunition plays a big role in the
budgets for local law enforcement, and
when prices rise departments have few
choices. They can stomach the increased
cost and pull money from other areas or
they can forego buying ammo and hope
prices drop. That’s what a number of
sheriffs’ departments are doing in
Wisconsin.
Shawano County Detective Keith
Sorlie says bullets for their AR-15 rifles
are usually around 35¢ apiece, but since
the Newtown school shooting and talk
of an assault weapons ban, he says
prices have more than doubled.
“The price for an individual round is
as high as a dollar,” he said, “so, at this
point we are not purchasing those
rounds due to the fact that we have a
supply that will last us for approximately six months.”
Sorlie says his department was able
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low, but they’ll have to buy more bullets
later this year. He says he hopes prices
will go back to normal, but if not, they
will have to make some tough choices.
“We may have to limit the amount of
firearms that we replace,” he admitted.
“We’d have to use a target longer than
we would normally, out on the range,
and things like that.”
Some departments are even reporting up to nine-month wait lists for rifle
ammunition. Taylor County Sheriff’s
Department Captain Tony Sheckles says
they, too, have a slight reserve for 2013,
but hopes wholesalers will get resupplied by late summer.
“If we can’t come across ammunition by the end of the year, it could affect
our training,” Sheckles says.
The Department of Criminal
Investigation is also reacting to increased ammo costs by using conversion
kits for their AR-15s that allow them to
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Health & Fitness
Harvard area residents impressed with Mercy Hospital expansion
By Marjie Reed
From its newly renovated 955 square
foot lobby to the enlarged and modernized patient rooms, Mercy Harvard
Hospital has an updated, bright and welcoming feel.
On Saturday, February 23, the hospital invited the community to their open
house with free medical screenings. The
red carpet was out as valets opened car
doors and ushered the curious through
the front doors.
Seeing people’s pleased expressions
and receiving accolades, Mercy Health
System Vice President Jeni Hallatt said,
“Yes, isn’t the lobby great? It’s so open
and we didn’t even remove any walls.”
The hospital was built in 1956, the
Care Center opened in 1986 and surgical
suite was added in 2004. Bariatric surgery was performed until the trend shifted to more natural methods of weight
loss.
Speaking of the other $1.7 million
that has just been spent, she said “We are
very happy to continue with upgrades to
this hospital. It is important to keep
things up-to-date to provide the best
quality care and patient experience for
the community.”
Moving from the lobby and turning
right down the hallway containing the
newly reformatted and renovated patient
rooms, a visitor gets a feeling of spaciousness. The softly colored, airy, visually pleasing rooms are each approximately 180 square feet, complete with a
flat screen television and free wireless
access.
Each room has accommodations for
family and friends, in-room computer
documentation stations, bedside telemetry to monitor heart rhythm and built in
Visitors to Mercy Harvard Hospital watch while (from left) Laura Leahey, RN;
Connie Bradbury, Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator; and Beth Aggacid, RN,
Acute Care Nursing Supervisor; demonstrate state-of-the-art monitoring equipment in one
of the facility’s new private rooms during the open house on Feb. 23.
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nurse server stations that allow staff to
immediately access critical supplies.
Included in each room is a 60 square
foot bathroom with a shower. Most visitors do a double-take after an initial
casual glance into the larger than expected bathrooms.
Each room has attractive, easily
operated double window blinds; one to
filter sun and one to give privacy or
room darkening when desired.
One of the biggest changes – and one
the hospital is most proud of – is that
every room is now a private room.
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ready, but not open, as the hospital waits
for final state approval.
According to Hallatt, “[Before the
renovation] we had 17 medical/surgical
beds in 11 rooms, along with three intensive care rooms. We now have 10 medical/surgical beds in 10 rooms and three
intensive care rooms. Of those 10, one is
set up specifically for isolation and
another to accommodate larger patients.
However, the special rooms can also
accommodate any patient need.”
Although the hospital has 10 beds,
the average patient census is eight people.
The isolation room is a “negative
pressure” room, which, among other
things, means the air in the room is controlled so it is not recirculated into the
hospital, but is vented to the outside.
There is a separate room in which the
staff can change into and out of protective masks and gowns while caring for
the isolated patient.
One of the rooms is equipped with a
special Hoyer lift for those with extreme
trouble getting into and out of bed, due
to weight, age, or other conditions.
In talking about the planning of the
new rooms, Connie Bradbury, Nursing
Coordinator said, “Much has gone into
thought of the patient; everything else
falls into line.”
The new nurses’ station is large, well
lit and well-equipped. Ice and Maxwell
House coffee machines are visible and
available for visitors.
Mercy Harvard Hospital is a critical
access hospital at which critical care
patients are stabilized and then flown by
helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Janesville if necessary.
Many procedures, including, joint
replacements and vascular surgeries, are
performed at Mercy Harvard Hospital
and patients can avail themselves of the
Care Center, conveniently located in
another part of the facility for rehabilitation, if desired, and if a bed is available.
The Care Center provides long and short
term care.
Two ladies from Harvard attending
the event offered their thoughts. About
Mercy Harvard Hospital itself, Stell
Knoll of Harvard said, “I was here for an
emergency and they took very good care
of me.”
Concerning the renovation, Helen
Martin said, “I think it’s fantastic. I’ve
been in Harvard since 1948 and am
absolutely thrilled with the new hospital.”
Hallatt said there are plans for more
renovations to the hospital in the future
including a new x-ray unit, renovating
the surgery family waiting room and the
dining area of the Care Center.
During the open house, pictures were
posted of Harvard’s original hospital on
Front Street (now Harvard Retirement
Home), showing its nurses in starched
white uniforms and caps, basically
equipped patient rooms and the original
operating room.
Also during the Open House, visitors
were able to avail themselves of free
health screenings including blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, bone
density, body fat and arterial blood flow
in the legs.
The event was considered to be a
success as turnout was excellent and the
general opinion of attendees seemed to
be that Harvard is fortunate to have such
an up-to-date facility as Mercy Harvard
Hospital.
For more information about hospital
services, visit the hospital at 901 Grant
Street, Harvard, online at www.mercy
healthsystem.org, or call (815) 9435431.
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Mercy Health Line
Social Phobia
Many of us get nervous in certain
social or business situations. It’s not
uncommon to feel anxious about making
a presentation, going to a party where
you don’t know many people or having
dinner with individuals you don’t know
well. However, for people with social
phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder, these situations can be overwhelming.
Social phobics have an extreme fear
of being the center of attention and
being judged by others. They think that
everyone is looking at them and don’t
want to embarrass themselves. As a
result, they go to great lengths to avoid
the social situations they fear. Their
experience of intense anxiety is out of
proportion to the event.
Social phobia is more than shyness.
It can cause significant interference with
a person’s occupational, personal and
social life. It is a chronic disorder that
usually begins in adolescence, although
symptoms like extreme shyness may
occur in earlier years.
There are two types of social phobia.
In one type, the person is afraid of a specific situation, such as public speaking
or performing. This severe “stage fright”
can dampen the career of a performer or
salesman. Others have generalized
social phobia, which is a fear of at least
several, if not most, social situations.
This type usually has more serious
effects because it occurs in a number of
situations that can be difficult to avoid.
In both types, anxiety before, during and
after certain events, and avoidance of
feared situations, can significantly interfere with a person’s everyday life.
Common social phobia-producing
situations include:
• Performing or speaking to an audience;
• Attending social gatherings;
• Going on a date;
• Entering a room full of people;
• Interacting with strangers;
• Making eye contact;
• Talking on the phone, especially in
front of others;
• Dealing with authority figures;
• Expressing disagreement or disapproval;
• Eating in front of others;
• Ordering food in a restaurant;
• Using public restrooms.
Either type of social phobia, in any
of these situations or others, can produce
physical symptoms that may include:
• Heart palpitations;
• Excessive sweating;
• Blushing;
• Dry throat and mouth;
• Shaky voice;
• Trembling;
• Nausea;
• Shortness of breath;
• Dizziness.
Social phobics may also fear that
others will judge them for having these
symptoms, which further fuels the
symptoms.
Unfortunately, the exact cause of
social phobia is not yet known.
However, researchers believe it is a
combination of biological and environmental factors. Some people may be
genetically predisposed to social phobia.
When they experience negative social
interactions or a particularly stressful
event, the disorder may be set off or
exacerbated.
The good news is that about 80 percent of people treated for social phobia
experience significant improvement and
are able to get the disorder under control. Treatment can include cognitivebehavioral therapy, relaxation training
and/or medication.
Although social phobia responds
readily to treatment, many people
remain undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, in
part because they are embarrassed to
admit it. In addition, many health care
professionals don’t know how to recognize social phobia. Because a large number of people with social phobia also
suffer from depression or alcohol or
drug problems, diagnosis and treatment
can become more complicated.
If you think you or someone you
know may have social phobia, talk to
your physician or consult a mental
health professional who has experience
treating this disorder. You can get help to
overcome your fears, feel more comfortable interacting with other people, and
lead a fulfilling life. You may still get
anxious in some situations, but not
enough to keep you from doing the
things you want to do.
Mercy HealthLine is a paid column.
For information on this or dozens of
health-related questions, visit the Mercy
Walworth Hospital and Medical Center
at the intersection of Highways 50 and
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The Alzheimer’s Association is offering a free educational program to address
the changes and challenges faced by caregivers as they care for a family member
with progressing dementia. The program,
“It Wasn’t Supposed to be This Way:
Finding Meaning in Caregiving,” will be
held on Monday, March 18 from 2 to 3
p.m. at the Alice Baker Library, 820 East
Main Street, in Eagle.
Lynda Markut, a professional dementia care trainer for the Alzheimer’s
Association, who also was a family caregiver for more than 28 years, will take participants on a journey that includes challenges, change and compassion. At the
same time, she will also help family caregivers discover that hard work can make
you stronger, but not taking a break and
taking time to care for yourself will certainly get you down.
The program is free of charge and open
to all family caregivers. Registration is not
required.
The Alzheimer’s Association is the
leading voluntary health organization in
Alzheimer’s care, support and research
whose mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s
disease through the advancement of
research; to provide and enhance care and
support for all affected; and to reduce the
risk of dementia through the promotion of
brain health.
For
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March 8, 2013
Advanced breast cancer continues
to increase among younger women
By Delthia Ricks
Newsday
Advanced breast cancer in young
women has been rising for three
decades, a trend occurring among all
ethnicities that defies a marked decline
in late-stage disease in older women,
researchers report.
Although the upswing is slight,
experts called it statistically significant
and worrisome.
Reporting in the Journal of the
American Medical Association, investigators from the Adolescent and Young
Adult Oncology program at Seattle
Children’s Hospital in Washington pinpointed the trend in women between the
ages of 25 and 39.
Numbers illustrating it were drawn
from the vast SEER database, a registry
of cancers of all types that have occurred
in the United States since 1973. The
database is a project of the National
Cancer Institute.
Dr. Rebecca Johnson and colleagues
revealed that 3 in every 100,000 young
women nationwide develops advanced
breast cancer. It can spread to the bones,
liver, lungs or brain.
Johnson found that advanced cases
increased to nearly 3 women per
100,000 in the population in 2009 up
from 1.53 per 100,000 in 1976, an
increase of about 1.37 cases per 100,000
over the 34-year period.
Looking at those numbers another
way, doctors saw about 250 advanced
breast cancer cases in 1976 compared
with more than 800 by 2009. All told,
they studied more than 930,000 cases in
that period.
The study’s authors could not
explain the increase.
Dr. Mark Citron, who led the Long
Island arm of a large nationwide study,
which culminated in the approval of
Kadcycla, a new therapy for advanced
breast cancer last week, said the findings
are in sharp contrast to all other breast
cancer trends.
“This is contrary to what has been
seen generally,” said Citron, director of
cancer services for ProHEALTH Care
Associates in Lake Success.
Citron, a former head of medical
oncology at Long Island Jewish Medical
Center, said further research into the
findings is vital because advanced breast
cancer is the worst possible diagnosis.
“It’s not curable,” Citron said.
“Patients may go into long-term remissions, but once it has advanced it's an
incurable disease.”
Metastatic breast cancer is difficult
to treat regardless of age but is particularly difficult in younger women in
whom the disease is more aggressive,
doctors say.
Dr. Brian O’Hea, director of the
Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center at
Stony Brook University, said knowing
why cases of advanced disease are escalating is key.
He said the upward trend could be a
result of better diagnostics, that more
cases are detected because of better
ways of finding cancer that has spread.
“Our methods of detecting metastatic disease have improved dramatically
and substantially,” O’Hea said. “Fifteen,
20 years ago we didn’t have PET scans,
we did bone scans and I don’t think the
technology of that era was catching
everything.”
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She’s got hope she’ll be the next pope
By Celia Rivenbark
The sudden resignation of Pope
Benedict XVI has sent the Vatican scrambling for a replacement and I’ve been
thinking I’d like the job.
I’m not technically “Catholic,” which
could possibly be a deal breaker, but I am
Methodist so it’s not like I’m completely
heathen or Unitarian.
There are a lot of things I’d like about
being Pope.
Numero Uno?
Riding in
the Pope-mobile, which is
wicked cool.
Also, and I
don’t like to
brag, but many people have
told me that
I’m a “hat person” which is
totally
true
and, yes, it’s a
blessing.
Celia Rivenbark
I’d be lying
if I didn’t admit
that part of the appeal of being Pope would
be having my new job announced via
SMOKE SIGNAL. I mean, who does that?
OK, obviously I’m joking. The Pope,
by definition, is “infallible,” which means
“never wrong.” And although Duh Hubby
has, many times, said: “Oh, you’re
neeeevvver wrong!” I am deeply suspicious that he is being sarcastic. Besides,
we both know I’m not infallible because I
once ate a McRib sandwich.
So, I’m not Catholic, not infallible and
have nothing but a good hat head to recommend me. Clearly this is an ill-conceived job pitch. So, who should be Pope?
Fortunately, there are already more
than a half dozen serious contenders for
the job, which Pope Benedict XVI vacated
at the end of February, having given two
weeks’ notice. I have to admit that I’m a
little surprised that the Pope gives the
exact same amount of notice to quit his job
as the assistant manager at Wendy’s.
I don’t know how they’ll pick the new
Pope because all of them seem very wellqualified and there’s not a Methodist in the
bunch. Perhaps they should pick the Pope
like they select the “American Idol.” They
could televise the whole thing, let
Catholics call in and vote for their
favorites and then have a rousing final
show with a surprise appearance by Elton
John followed by the judge’s comments.
Can’t you just hear Nicki Minaj telling
the winner: “I wanna skin you and wear
you is all’s I’m sayin’.”
And then Mariah Carey will tell her
she’s being disrespectful and remind
everyone that she’s a “professional,” Keith
Urban will calm everyone down by declaring that (the winner) “was born to be
Pope” and Randy Jackson will say, “You
walked out here looking like you knew
you’d be Pope, dawg. And you are.”
Goosebumps, right?
Of course, the biggest news is that
Pope Benedict XVI, citing ill health, is
retiring at all since the job of Pope is
assumed to be for life. It has been 600
years since a Pope just said, “I’m done.”
There aren’t many jobs where you’re
expected to die in office although when I
was bridal page editor many years ago, I
occasionally wished that I would. So I
finally quit. Something tells me it’s not
really the same thing.
Celia Rivenbark is the author of the
New York Times best-seller, “You Don’t
Sweat Much for a Fat Girl.”
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Elkhorn resident Laura Peplin displays her award winning cross-stitch artwork
at the Government Center in downtown Elkhorn. It will be on display until the end of
March.
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Laura Peplin is Walworth County
Arts Council artist of the month
“I have created more than 100 crossstitch pictures as well as crocheted
afghans, macramé plant hangers, latch
hook rugs, embroidery, needlepoint, and
canvas needleworks,” says Elkhorn
stitchery artist Laura Peplin. “in high
school home economics we were taught
embroidery and knitting, but once I
found cross-stitch I was hooked! (no pun
intended)”
Peplin has been honored often over
the past 30 years for her skill and
artistry. In 2012, in addition to winning
seven ribbons for seven entries, she was
awarded Best of Show for her pieces at
the Wisconsin State Fair.
Over the years Peplin has shared her
work for weddings, birthdays, births,
and as the artist says, “just because.”
“As long as my hands can move and
my eyes can see, I will be stitching,”
exclaims Peplin.
Peplin’s work is sponsored by the
Walworth County Arts Council and it is
on display during the month of March at
the Government Center on the square in
Elkhorn.
It is not necessary to be a member of
the Arts Council to have art work presented in the display case. Walworth
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my patient, which allows us to form a solid
bond and trusting relationship. I believe in fully
educating each expectant mom during her
prenatal care. This allows her to calmly enter
her birthing experience with confidence in her
body and trust in her care provider.”
Jill Edwards, CNM, MS
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Mercy Walworth Hospital and Medical
Center welcomes certified nurse midwife,
Jill Edwards, RN, to its obstetrics/
gynecology staff. Jill joins Carol Gilles,
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gynecology. Jill is a member of the
American College of Nurse Midwives.
Her areas of special interest include:
• General gynecological care
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• Family planning services
• Education and preventive care
• Patient advocacy
• Childbirth
• Postpartum care
Jill welcomes new patients. For
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Number of minors in Wisconsin
prisons continues to decline: Report
Tim Morrissey
Although the United States still leads
the industrialized world in the rate at
which it puts young people in prison, the
youth confinement rate is dropping rapidly, according to a report released Feb.
27 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
In 1997, Wisconsin had more than
2,000 juveniles in jail, the report said,
but as of 2010, the number had dropped
to slightly more than 1,100 - a 41-percent reduction.
Jim Moeser, deputy director of the
Wisconsin Council on Children and
Families, said the state is moving in the
right direction.
“A lot of work has been done with
counties to do a better job up front
assessing kids as they come into the system and really being better at meeting
the needs of kids and families, and
being more creative,” he said.
“Sometimes that creative work is harder
than just locking a kid up; but in the
long run pays off.”
The vast majority of kids locked up
in the United States are being held for
nonviolent offenses, the Casey report
said, and even though far fewer juveniles
are locked up now than a decade ago, the
juvenile crime rate has continued to fall.
The Casey Foundation suggested
that states should develop policies to
incarcerate only the youths who pose a
demonstrable risk to public safety, and
invest in developmentally appropriate
juvenile facilities where delinquent
behavior can be effectively treated.
“The old ‘law and order, lock ‘em
up’ approach has never worked with
youths,” said Moeser. “It’s not always
the most effective - and many times a
very ineffective - way to redirect kids.
It’s also hard to individualize work with
kids when they’re in institutions. So, we
can often do things in the community
that we can’t do in institutions, and still
help keep the community safe.”
Moeser, who has worked for decades
in the area of juvenile justice in
Wisconsin, says he agrees wholeheartedly with the Casey Foundation’s report,
which said the U.S. juvenile-justice system has relied far too heavily on incarceration and needs to develop more
humane and effective responses to
behavioral problems.
The report, “Reducing Youth
Incarceration in the United States,” is
online at aecf.org.
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The 4th through 8th grade students at St. Andrew Parish School in Delavan
recently competed in a Spelling Bee. The top speller was Teresa Zampino- 6th grade.
Pictured are the 10 finalists (back, from left): Teresa Zampino (6th), Caroline Flesch
(6th), Kenna Timmerman (8th), Sophie Foster (6th), Olivia Patterson (6th) (middle row)
Trent Hernandez (6th), Griffin Tuttle (6th), Anthony DiSilvio (5th) (front row) Ashlyn
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Deaths from opioids on the rise
By John Fauber
Continuing a trend that began more
than a decade ago, 16,651 people died of
overdoses involving prescription narcotic painkillers in 2010, the most recent
year that data were available, according
to researchers with the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. In
1999, there were 4,030 such deaths
involving opioids.
“This analysis confirms the predominant role opioid analgesics play in pharmaceutical overdose deaths, either alone
or in combination with other drugs,”
CDC researchers wrote in a report in
JAMA, the Journal of the American
Medical Association.
Given the growing number of
patients with chronic pain who are get-
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ting opioids, the increasing number of
overdose deaths is not surprising, said
Stephen Abram, a pain specialist at the
Medical College of Wisconsin.
Abram said there are a variety of reasons for the deaths, including prescribing doses that are too high; patients taking more than is prescribed; recreational
use of illicitly obtained drugs; and a
mixture of opioids and other prescription drugs.
People have been misinformed about
the safety and effectiveness of opioids
for treating chronic pain, said Michael
Von Korff, a Seattle health researcher
and member of Physicians for
Responsible Opioid Prescribing.
“We won’t see a turnaround in the
appalling rates of prescription opioid
overdose and addiction until prescribing
becomes much more selective and cautious,” Von Korff said.
The CDC analysis indicated that 82
percent of the 2010 opioid deaths were
unintentional. Another 8 percent were
undetermined and 9 percent were suicides.
In addition to the overdose deaths,
there were 425,000 emergency department visits for misuse or abuse of opioids, including overdoses, up from
166,338 in 2004, said Chris Jones, a
CDC researcher and lead author of the
paper.
The deaths and emergency room visits follow a fourfold increase in opioid
sales since 1999, Jones noted.
The new report also provided a more
detailed analysis of the role of other prescription drugs that were used along
with opioids.
For instance, among the opioid
deaths, 30 percent of the users also had
taken a sedative known as benzodiazepine and 13 percent had taken an
antidepressant.
Jones noted that drugs such as benzodiazepines often are co-prescribed to
opioid users, especially by clinics
known as pill mills.
“They certainly have synergistic
effects in terms of the high they give
people,” he said.
He said pain and depression often
occur together, which is why many people who die of an opioid overdose also
had been taking an antidepressant.
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March 8, 2013
Home and Family
Consumer Protection reveals
top ten complaints for 2012
Holly Ayen holds the Samsung Galaxy tablet she won at Delavan-Darien
Rotary Club’s spaghetti dinner, which was held at the Village Supper Club on Sunday
February 24. Club President Denise Pieroni donated the prize and Delavan Walmart
gave a $50 allowance towards the purchase.
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DNR says people are still illegally
dumping old electronic equipment
By Chuck Quirmbach
The Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) says that while a program to keep
consumer electronics out of landfills fares
well, concerns remain that people are still
illegally dumping old televisions and other
gadgets.
Governor Jim Doyle signed a law
that banned most consumer electronics
from Wisconsin landfills and incinerators. DNR staff told their board last
week that almost 100 million pounds of
electronics have been recycled through
a state program for recyclers and waste
collectors, called E-Cycle Wisconsin.
But E-cycle coordinator Sarah Murray
says there are still some consumers who
are unfamiliar with the law, or who illegally dump on purpose.
“We do get complaints about dumping
in rural areas. Sometimes it’s on public
land, sometimes it’s in ditches, sometimes
it’s on private property,” said Murray. “We
also see problems in urban areas. Maybe
somebody puts a TV out at the curb and it
gets smashed and creates a hazard, or electronics might end up in vacant lots.”
In addition, Murray says three mainly
rural counties – Marquette, Iron and
Florence – don’t have any e-waste collection sites. The DNR also says that some
small-scale recyclers who are not part of
E-cycle Wisconsin may be mismanaging
the potentially harmful materials found in
electronic junk.
An electronics recycling event for
household residents will take place on
Saturday, April 20. The event, sponsored
by the Walworth County Public Works
Department, will take place at the county’s
garage on Highway NN, east of Elkhorn.
Watch The Beacon for more information
on the time.
Mercy Health Care will host a free dinner seminar to discuss its latest technology
to enhance the face and body in the lower
level conference room at Mercy Walworth
Hospital and Medical Center on March 13
at 6 pm.
Attendees will hear from guest speakers Dr. Marguerite Compton, dermatologist, and Dr. Robert Paresi, plastic sur-
geon, as they discuss the numerous benefits of using Mercy’s newest skin and body
technology. Benefits include: skin firming,
wrinkle reduction, laser liposuction, skin
resurfacing, hair and blemish reduction
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The event is open for anyone to attend.
Registration is required. To RSVP, call
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The complaints have been counted,
and it’s clear that “Robo Rachel” had a
field day with Wisconsin consumers in
2012. For the tenth straight year, telemarketing complaints ranked first on the
“Top Ten Consumer Complaints” list
released by the Wisconsin Department
of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection (DATCP).
“Our best advice is to hang up on
robocalls,” said Sandy Chalmers, Division Administrator for Trade and
Consumer Protection. “If you press a
key or wait to speak to an operator, it lets
the scammers know your number is
active, and you will end up getting even
more calls.”
At 1,983 written complaints, telemarketing complaints were more than
double the count of the second category
on the list: landlord/tenant (940 complaints). Illegal robocalls are such a
nationwide nuisance that the Federal
Trade Commission recently announced a
$50,000 prize to any person or business
that could figure out how to stop or
block these calls to consumers. DATCP
sent telemarketers 301 cease and desist
notices in 2012.
“If you feel like your phone is ringing off the hook with these illegal calls,
you’re not alone,” noted Chalmers.
“Technology makes it cheap and easy
for crooks to make millions of calls a
day from anywhere in the world.”
Chalmers said the best way to limit
the number of legitimate telemarketing
calls you receive on your home or cell
line is to register your phone numbers to
the state’s No Call List online at
http://nocall.wisconsin.gov or by calling
1-866-9NOCALL. Telemarketers who
knowingly and repeatedly violate the
policy are investigated and can face
fines and prosecution.
Identity theft is another crime that is
on the rise both nationwide and in
Wisconsin. In its second year on the top
ten list, identity theft was ranked fourth
with 508 complaints, up one spot from
last year and more than double the number of complaints from 2011.
“Identity thieves are always on the
lookout for easy ways to steal your
banking information and personal
details like your social security number,” said Chalmers. “Never give out
personal information on an unsolicited
phone call, email or text. Use caution
when you share information online, keep
an eye on your bank statements and
check your credit report annually.”
Flanking identity theft on the top ten
list were the telecommunications (third,
693 complaints) and home improvement
(fifth, 391 complaints) categories.
Rounding out the list from sixth to tenth
are the categories of appliances (major),
motor vehicle sales, gas pump accuracy,
motor vehicle repair and contests/
sweepstakes/prize promotions.
The appliances (major) category is
the only entry in this year’s top ten list
that did not appear in the 2011 list. The
rise of this category is due to more than
200 written complaints filed against
Appliance World, a Milwaukee-area
business that shut down multiple retail
locations in January 2012 with no
notice to consumers. Customers who
were waiting for delivery of appliances
they had already paid for were left
empty-handed in the closure. As a
result of the Bureau of Consumer
Protection’s efforts, more than $89,000
in goods and refunds were returned to
consumers following an investigation
and settlement.
In total, DATCP recorded 10,061
new formal written complaints in 2012.
For more consumer information or to
file a consumer complaint, visit the
Bureau of Consumer Protection’s website at http://datcp.wi.gov; send an email
to [email protected]; or call
toll-free 1-800-422-7128.
By Shawn Johnson
Republican state lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit evening and
weekend hours for in-person absentee voting ahead of Election Day.
During the two weeks prior to Election
Day, Madison’s city government building
keeps its doors open late so that people can
cast absentee ballots in person. Madison
City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl says a lot
of the people who use the option say they
are afraid they might get too busy to vote
on Election Day.
“And then there are a lot of people who
are traveling and want to make sure they
cast their ballots before they begin their
travels,” she explains.
Like Madison, the City of Milwaukee’s municipal building also stays open
later leading up to an election. Both also
offer one Saturday of early voting.
A proposal by Saukville Republican
Duey Stroebel would require that in-person absentee ballots be cast no later than 5
p.m. with no weekend voting. It would
also limit in-person absentee voting to no
more than 40 hours every week.
The new proposal concerns WitzelBehl.
“It even limits them, to an extent, that
the during hours we are open for normal
business, we would not be able to offer
absentee voting that entire time,” she says.
An aide to Representative Stroebel
said that the representative would wait to
personally comment on his bill since it was
still undergoing changes. But Stroebel’s
office says the underlying goal is to end a
system Stroebel views as fundamentally
unfair, in which cities that have more
resources can offer their residents more
opportunities to vote while other municipalities cannot.
Another attempt to limit voting
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March 8, 2013 — 15
Skating on the creek
Senator Neal Kedzie (left) meets with Lake Geneva Alderman, Al Kupsik, during
the Wisconsin League of Municipalities Legislative Day at the Capitol on Wednesday,
February 13.
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Agape House to hold its annual
Get-ready-for-prom formal sale
The Agape House school will host its
second-annual gently-used formal wear
dress sale on Friday, March 22 from 4 to
8 p.m. and Saturday, March 23 from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. at 215 S. Main Street in
Walworth. The event will be held in the
school gym and offers a collection of
dresses and accessories including shoes,
purses and jewelry. Shoppers and their
families will also be able to enjoy a caféstyle coffee bar hosted by Agape House
volunteers.
All proceeds from the sale will ben-
efit the Agape House programs. Agape
House is a non-profit ministry that
serves girls and young women who are
hurting or abused. The Agape program
includes a home, school and counseling
center all sustained largely by donations.
Agape House is accepting donations
of gently-used dresses, shoes, purses and
jewelry for the sale. Contact Sandy
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Fruit tree seminar March 9
People who have taken the opportunity, on those warmer days between
snowfalls, to wander through their yard,
may have noticed that buds are starting
to appear on trees and shrubs, fulfilling
the promise of spring to come.
With spring in mind, it’s time to
prune fruit trees for a healthy growing
season ahead.
Richard Polansky, who owns and
operates Hafs Road Orchard in Genoa
City, along with his wife Debbie, has
had 30 years of apple growing experience. Hafs Road Orchard has grown to
2,000 trees while under Richard and
Debbie’s care. Most of the trees are fully
dwarfed and half of them produce
Honey Crisp apples.
Richard will discuss the when and
how of fruit tree pruning and care, particularly apple trees, on Saturday, March
9 at 10 a.m. at the Burlington Garden
Center. The public is welcome to attend
and is encouraged to bring their questions.
Richard will also discuss how to
prune young fruit trees, as well as old
trees that have never been pruned. He
will further discuss pest control. Timing
is key when spraying fruit trees.
Richard will discuss when to apply
which insecticides and fungicides as
well as the Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) system used at the orchard.
Discussion will also include how last
year’s drought might affect this year’s
crop.
Mike Modde, a member of Midwest
Fruit Explorers, will accompany Richard to BGC and demonstrate how to
graft apple trees. Midwest Fruit
Explorers is a Northern-Illinois based
group of backyard fruit growers.
The Burlington Garden Center is
located on Highway 36 South, 5205
Mormon Rd., Burlington.
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Allow me to hit rewind and review
my column from the last issue of The
Beacon as this is the promised continuation.
When our kids were small, the only
place they had to
ice skate was on
a small creek
near our home.
At the widest
point, the creek
spanned
only
about 12 feet.
This wouldn’t
have been bad,
but that small
creek had many
large rocks littered throughout,
Marjie Reed
leaving few areas
unimpeded for skating.
Regardless, the kids loved to skate
and would risk life and limb trudging
about two blocks through snarled honeysuckle vines and other rough terrain just
to get there.
To avoid frozen fingers when tying
and untying their laces, they finally figured out a solution. They put their skates
on before they left home, and when they
had finished skating, wobbled home
with them still on. They said it was so
cold that their fingers froze before they
could get the laces tied and untied down
by the creek. Even after they got home,
it took a while for the laces – and their
fingers – to thaw enough to get their
skates off. Every time they repeated this
process, the skate blades got duller and
more knicked up from walking on pavement.
We needed an inexpensive solution.
After one such day, the weatherman
said the temperature was to dip below
zero that night. My husband, Bob’s, face
lit up like Times Square on New Year’s
Eve. Grabbing his coat, he disappeared
into the frigid night. Uh-oh.
When he returned, Bob unloaded the
van and got busy in the back yard. Uhoh, again.
It was 8 p.m. He was working by
minimal moonlight and a left over yellow 60-watt bug light that had obviously attracted more bugs than it had
repelled. For a long time I was afraid to
see what he was doing.
When I did venture a peek, the sight
before me brought fear and panic to my
soul. I hoped I was having a nightmare.
How could he bring this to our home
again? I was at my wit’s end. But no
matter how hard I tried to wish it away,
there it was – LUMBER. OH NO!
My husband has great skill in many
areas, but, by his own admission, building anything beyond a sandwich is out
of his well-defined comfort zone.
Nevertheless, there he was, sawing and
hammering his little heart out. He
refused to divulge his secret. At 1 a.m.,
he was still hammering as if possessed,
(Uh-oh) so I headed for bed. I couldn’t
take any more.
But his sawing and hammering wasn’t what kept me awake that night; it was
waiting for a neighbor to call asking
politely if we was nuts, and didn’t we
have to work the next day, too.
The neighborhood must have been in
a collective coma, for the call never
came.
Even though he went to bed at 3
a.m., Bob got up just three hours later.
He woke the kids and me and led us
to the back door. There, in the waning
moonlight, gleamed a smooth 16-by-20foot sheet of ice. The sparkling rectangle
sat atop thick plastic, surrounded by a
well-nailed frame of 2x4-inch lumber.
I was stunned; the kids were elated.
They skated until 6:30, gulped down
some breakfast and ran for the school
bus. Each day they would skate before
school, rush home to do homework, eat
dinner and skate until bedtime on their
large, rock-free rink.
That was the first year we were sorry
to see spring arrive.
Dear God,
Parental love is amazing. It empowers us to accomplish things we never
dreamed we could do. Love enabled my
husband to visualize the rink, calculate
the supplies (with only one trip to the
hardware store), and complete it on the
coldest night of the year. What satisfaction he felt as he watched the kids skate
and laugh on his creation!
In addition, God, not all men are proficient with tools. Help us as wives not
to expect them to be. Remind us to thank
them when they do a good job, especially in a situation that is outside their comfort zone.
When Moms undertake a task for the
family, we often amaze ourselves, too,
and a few thanks from our husbands
don’t hurt, either.
Some women feel they have no special ability, but have created amazing
cakes for their kids’ birthdays or planted
terrific gardens.
Thank you, God, that when desire to
please our family is involved in a tough
project, our comfort zone, which we
thought immovable, becomes pliable
and enlarges with each success.
Amen
Marjie Reed lives in Harvard, Ill.,
with her husband, Bob. They have been
married nearly 45 years and have three
children and eight grandchildren.
Contact Marjie at [email protected].
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Weather spotter
classes offered
March 8, 2013
The Walworth County Emergency
Management Office and Sheriff David
Graves have announced the 2013 wweather spotter courses being sponsored in
April.
The Lake Geneva Emergency Management Office will host two classes at the
Lake Geneva City Hall, 626 Geneva
Street, Lake Geneva: April 4 from 1-3
p.m., a basic weather spotter class; April 4
from 6:30- 8:30 p.m., an advanced weather spotter class.
These are a webinar based presentation
conducted by the national Weather Service
out of the Milwaukee/Sullivan office. No
reservations are necessary and the public is
invited.
The City of Delavan Fire Depart-ment
will host two classes at their station, 811
Ann St., on Monday April 8 from 1-3 p.m.
for a basic course and 6:30-8:30 p.m. for
the advanced course.
Other classes being offered can be
located on the National Weather Service
Milwaukee/Sullivan home page located at
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/ under the
listing 2013 Severe Weather Spotter Class
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Walworth County
Job Fair March 14
Gateway Technical College will host
the 22nd Annual Walworth County Job
Fair, a free event for job-seekers that provides many opportunities to meet with
employers and apply for openings within
those businesses.
The fair will be held from noon to 4
p.m. on March 14 at Gateway’s Elkhorn
Campus, 400 County Road H, Elkhorn.
A website has been set up to provide job
fair details at www.gtc.edu/jobfair.
The event is sponsored by Gateway,
the Walworth County Job Center and the
Walworth County Economic Development Alliance.
Gateway students
take state honors
Six Gateway Technical College students captured first-place honors at the
state leadership conference of the Business
Professionals of America (BPA) and have
qualified to compete at the national BPA
event in May.
Gateway students took first place in
the following categories, competing
against students from 11 other Wisconsin
technical colleges:
• Presentation Management Team:
Elizabeth Klinzing (Elkhorn), Holly
Anderson (Waterford), Magan Lawrence
(Elkhorn)
• Interviewing Skills: Elizabeth
Klinzing
• Web Design Team: Kasey Knudson
(Reedsburg), Kelly Kendra (Genoa City),
Nicole Rugen (Delavan). Rugen also
placed second in Graphic Design
Promotion and third in Advanced
Interview Skills, while Lawrence also
placed second in Interviewing Skills.
The event was held Feb. 21- Feb. 24 in
Green Bay. Students were judged by
industry professionals who are able to also
share their expertise with students.
BPA is the national career/technical
student organization for students preparing
for careers in the business field. For more
information, contact Page at 741-8326.
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The Word
Detective
Dear Word Detective: I was surprised to come up empty on the Word
Detective web site search of "fits and
starts." I've heard people of a certain age
use the expression to describe something
unsteady or intermittent. Any back-story
on this expression? Charlie Nunzio
Well, you know our motto: there are
no unanswered questions; there are only
questions that I haven't gotten around to
answering, usually because nobody
asked them. I've been tempted at times
to make up questions, but that’s a bit like
baking your own birthday cake. I used to
have a muse, named Edith Freedle, who
would occasionally appear in my office
accompanied by a puff of smoke, a
bucket of inspiration and the smell of
many cats, but last I heard she was doing
a stretch in the slammer for trans-temporal malpractice.
But this is a good question, so here
we go. Something that is done in “fits
and starts” is intermittent, happening in
an irregular, sporadic fashion, without
sustained progress. If I were, for example, to embark on the project of painting the trim on our front porch, I might
well throw myself into the task for a
hour or two the first day, sanding little
spots, then zone out for a week or two
before remembering to go buy paint.
Similarly, many would-be novelists
proceed in “fits and starts,” forging a
paragraph here, a dozen tweets there
(there's even a Twitter account,
@WrknOnMyNovel, that impishly collects tweets containing the words
“working on my novel”). People who
paint or write in “fits and starts” often
eventually reach the finish line, but it’s
not a smooth road.
The idiom “fits and starts” first
appeared in print in the early 17th century (“If thou hast these things only by fits
and starts,” 1620), but its constituent
parts, “by fits” and “by starts” are both a
bit older, first appearing in 1583 and
1421, respectively. Conveniently, both
phrases meant the same thing that “by
fits and starts” means today.
The “fits” in “by fits” is not the “fit”
you worry about when buying shoes.
This “fit” first appeared in Old English
(as “fitt”) from Germanic roots, and in
Old English it meant “struggle, conflict.” In English it initially meant “a crisis; a situation of hardship or peril,” but
that use is now obsolete. By the mid16th century, “fit” had developed its
modern sense of “a paroxysm, attack or
seizure” caused by a malady or medical
condition, and was also used colloquially to mean “a state of excitement,
extreme distress, etc.” (“Bailey Millard
is throwing fits all around the shop ...
because of the way you worded your
announcement,” Jack London, 1906).
“Fit” was also used to mean a brief,
transitory period of activity (or inactivity, feeling, etc.), which led to “by fits”
meaning, as the Oxford English
Dictionary (OED) puts it, “by irregular
impulses or periods of action, at varying
intervals, fitfully, spasmodically” (“The
Swallow ... sleepeth but by halves and
fits (as we say) which is no sound kinde
of rest,” 1635). As you’ve probably
guessed by now, this is the same “fit” we
find in “fitfully.”
The “start” in “by starts” is the same
noun meaning “beginning” we use in
sentences such as “Bob got off to a good
start by complimenting his boss on his
toupee,” and comes from the verb “to
start,” which comes from roots carrying
the sense of “leap up” or “move swiftly.” Our “beginning” use of “start” is
actually a relatively recent development of the noun. In concert with the
verb, the earliest sense of “start” was “a
leap, a sudden effort,” which, by
Chaucer’s time (late 1300s), had
evolved into “a sudden involuntary
movement,” a sense which also gave us
the related verb “to startle.” This led to
“start” in the sense of “a sudden, sporadic and transient display of energy or
effort” very similar to the “sporadic
impulse” sense of “fit” (“I took up my
Pen againe, and at starts and tymes finished it,” 1621).
“Fit” and “start” were so close in
meaning that pairing them to mean “in
an on-again, off-again manner; sporadic” not only made sense, but emphasized that the key to waiting for something (or someone) moving “by fits and
starts” is not to hold your breath.
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March 8, 2013
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Andrew Boemi to present his debut
novel at Lake Geneva Public Library
Local author Andrew Boemi will present his debut novel, “Michelangelo’s Last
Painting: Its Chilling Revelation,” at the
Lake Geneva Public Library on Wednesday,
March 20 at 6:30 p.m. Boemi set one of the
chapters of his book in Lake Geneva, where
he lives part of the
year. He will read
excerpts of his novel,
share the secrets of
his writing process,
and
reveal
the
serendipitous discovery that inspired him
to write his book. A
question and answer
session and book
signing will follow
the program.
“Michelangelo’s
Last Painting” spans
more than 400 years
and exposes a chilling
revelation discovered
in the faces of
Michelangelo’s original chalk drawing.
The secret is concealed in a book of
the Jesuit religious
order and in the painting “Christ on the Cross,” which has been
lost. Now that the painting is rumored to
have been found, art experts and lovers
Richard Arenell and Sao Damrey are on a
mission to track down the painting. Their
lives are changed as they discover
Michelangelo’s warning for the future.
In a Publisher’s Weekly review of
Boemi’s novel, the reviewer wrote, “As the
quest for the missing masterpiece heats up,
growing fears that ‘something ominous’
looms seem justified. The action is fast and
furious.”
Today the chalk drawing for the painting,
“Christ on the Cross,” resides in the British
Museum. Michelangelo gave the painting as
a gift to Vittoria Colonna, but what visitors
view is not what was given to her by her
friend. According to Boemi, the original
drawing given to her for his last painting had
horrifyingly ominous and
grotesque
demonic,
human and animal faces
hidden in the swirls of
chalk surrounding Christ’s
body. The terrifying revelation in Boemi’s book is
an ancient curse, which
explains attempts to exterminate the Jewish people
since the time of
Abraham.
Boemi has collected
fine art and studied art
history, world history,
and its interrelationship
with the Bible for much
of his adult life. He was
introduced to masterpiece paintings by art history
courses
at
Georgetown University
from which he graduated.
Boemi lives in Chicago
and Lake Geneva.
For his first book, Boemi combined his
background in fine art with his background
in corporate finance and his business experience. He co-founded one of the first institutionally backed international farmland
funds and initiated one of the most successful leveraged buyouts in US corporate history. He serves on publicly held bank and
insurance company boards of directors.
Everyone is welcome to attend this program at no charge. For more information,
call the Lake Geneva Public Library at 2495299 or visit the Library website at www.
lakegeneva.lib.wi.us.
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are only 8 parcels that will be developed. They range in size from 2.02 to
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By Kathi West
The Chocolate City Quilters is a
group of quilters from Burlington,
and the surrounding areas who love
quilting. The group meets with a
formal agenda once a month, and
nearly every month, hosts an expert
in the field who teaches and often
entertain the members.
Dues are $25 per year, which
covers the meeting fees. Open
sewing sessions are also held in the
same location, usually each month.
In addition to the meetings and
sewing, the Chocolate City Quilters
work at sewing “Comfort Quilts,”
which are donated to area charities,
such as Love, Inc, as well as people
who find need throughout the year.
The members of Chocolate City
Quilters also hold a few fund-raisers
throughout the year, and two of the
big ones are heating up right now.
March 8, 2013
Quilters Quilt Show will be at
Parkview Middle School, at 930 N.
Rochester, in Mukwonago. There will
be more than 300 quilts on display, a
vendors’ mall, and a bed turning of
scrap quilts. This is a judged show
with cash prizes. There are two raffles,
one for a Bernina sewing machine and
the other for a queen size bed quilt.
Kathy Kippers will appraise quilts by
appointment, call (262) 662-3451. If
you would like to enter a quilt in the
show
go
to
www.mukwonagocrazyquilters.com, call Cindy
Osinski at (414) 916-3761 or email
cosinski@wi. rr.com for more information and entry forms.
April 7-9, Prairie Heritage
Quilter Show in Sun Prairie will be
held at St. Albert’s Catholic Church.
This is a judged show.
April 24-27, AQS Quilt Show
will be held at the Paducah
The Chocolate City Quilters made this quilt to be raffled in March.
(Photo furnished)
meet the third Wednesday of the
month at 1 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran
Church 504 East Diggins Street
Harvard, Ill. Guests are Welcome.
Quilts of Valor Quilt Group
meets the second Tuesday of each
month at 6 p.m. at Ellen Weber’s
Shed, 2789 Theater Road, Delavan.
This group makes quilts for men and
woman who have served in the military. Bring your sewing machine,
fabric to make a QOV quilt or a quilt
that you have started and any sewing
tools you will need.
The Scrappers Quilt Guild meets
on the third Tuesday, of every
month, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lions
Field House on Hwy 67 (north) in
Williams Bay. Bring your latest project to show and tell. Guests are
always welcome.
The Stone Mill Quilters meet the
third Wednesday of each month at
6:30 p.m. at the Congregational
Church in Whitewater, 130 S.
Church Street, but enter through the
door on Franklin off Main Street.
If you have some quilting news to
share with quilters in the greater
Walworth County area, e-mail me at
The Beacon, [email protected],
or send a note to P.O. Box 69,
Williams Bay, WI 53191. Make sure
you send it about a month before the
event. I will try to get it into the next
issue.
Jim Fitch displays the Quilt of Valor he received in February. Fitch has had
trouble walking since he stepped on a land mine during the Korean War.
(Photo furnished)
Each year, the members join forces
to make a quilt or two to raffle off to
the general public.
Fundraisers also include projects
such as making shopping, duffel and
tote bags to sell to the public at the
Annual Home Show, which is held at
Burlington High School in March.
People will be delighted with the
various designs and fabrics offered.
The bags are hand crafted and will
be offered for as much as $15 and
$30. The proceeds will be presented
to Love, Inc. again, a local charity
organization, as will a portion of the
proceeds from raffle tickets sold on
this year’s quilt.
QUILTING EVENTS
April 6-7, “Here’s to Hollywood,
Movies, Books, Fairy Tales” Crazy
McCraken County Expo and
Convention Center in Paducah, Ky.
There will be lectures, workshops,
and special events. This is a juried
and judged show, which means only
the best quilts from around the word
are in this show.
are Welcome.
QUILT GUILD MEETINGS
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 Quilt Guild Quilters
meet the second Wednesday of each
month at 7 p.m. in the First
Congregational Church, 231 Roberts
Drive in Mukwonago
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March 8, 2013 — 21
Pet Questions and Answers
By Marc Morrone
Q: My 5-year-old cat started to urinate on a throw rug in our hallway. We
would wash it, but as soon as we put it
back, he would use it again. Then he
started to go on any cloth that was on the
floor.
Our vet checked him out for a urinary tract infection, but he told us the cat
was OK and really could not give us an
answer.
The cat has a litter box on the same
floor of the house that he lives in and he
does poop in it all the time. But the situation with the urination has gotten so
bad that if a jacket draped over a chair
falls on the floor, then he pees on it right
away.
A: Cats do not use a litter box for
elimination out of any sense of virtue.
They use it because they are creatures of
habit, and the first thing they usually
learn when they come to live with a family is to find the box and eliminate in it.
The texture of the litter satisfies their
instinctive urge to bury their waste to
hide it from predators. So, in a perfect
world, a cat will go through life always
thinking that the only option available
for elimination is the litter box.
Should the situation arise that the litter box is really dirty or perhaps the cat
could not reach the box in time, then the
cat has learned – through chance – that
there are choices apart from the box.
Since these choices are usually in
more convenient areas and are always
cleaner than a litter box, the cat feels as
entitled to use these areas. Remember
that the cat is not doing this because of
spite or any other human form of malice.
It is just taking advantage of an opportunity that has suddenly been presented.
Since the vet cleared the cat, all you can
do is prevent it from any opportunity to
use a bit of cloth on the floor for elimination. You must do this for at least six
months.
Plus, you need to put more litter
boxes around your house. After the sixmonth intervention, you can start to reintroduce the throw rugs back into your
home.
Q: My daughter just got a guinea pig,
and it is a really nice pet. We want to do
right by the animal. On the Internet, we
read that these animals need their teeth
trimmed periodically. How do we know
when the teeth need to be trimmed?
A: Actually, it’s not a common situation for a guinea pig to need its teeth
trimmed. These animals have front teeth
that grow all their lives. However, the
upper set and lower set meet in such a
way that they grind together all the time
and thus are kept at the perfect length.
In rare occasions, a guinea pig will
have a malocclusion of the jaw that prevents the teeth from meeting properly,
and in that case, the guinea pig will need
to have the teeth trimmed by a vet or
they will grow right up through the animals gums and mouth lining.
If you see the front teeth are growing
at an angle or the guinea pig is drooling
or having problems eating, this is an
indication that there is a malocclusion.
Most guinea pigs do need their nails
trimmed by a vet every six months or so.
When you take your pet in for this procedure, any vet who knows small animals will automatically check the mouth
to be sure all is OK. This is the best way
to be sure your pet’s teeth are in perfect
shape.
Q: A few months ago, we got a white
ferret with black eyes. She is a great pet,
but she is white only right after we give
her a bath. She seems to get dirty very
quickly.
We’ve read on the Internet that you
shouldn’t bathe ferrets too often as it
dries out their skin.
How can we keep her from picking
up so much dirt off the floor and how
often can we wash her? Our white cat is
always white and clean – so why does
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A: Cats and dogs are called digitigrade animals. They walk on their tippy
toes so are always well off the ground.
Ferrets are plantigrade animals. They
use their whole foot to support their
weight, and with their legs being so
short anyway, this means their body is
not carried high off the ground. Thus,
they drag themselves along the floor
quite a bit. Plus, ferrets can and do
squeeze under couches and crawl into
corners where dogs and cats can’t fit so
they get covered in dust bunnies, even in
the cleanest of homes.
As long as your ferret is getting the
proper diet and you are using shampoo
made just for ferrets, you can wash your
ferret as often as she gets dirty. Don’t
worry about drying out her skin or anything like that. You also have to be sure
her litter box and bedding are as clean as
she is.
Q: We got a canary in December, and
he was singing all day for the last two
months. However, now he has stopped
singing.
The breeder told us he must be molting and that canaries don’t sing while
they are molting. We haven’t noticed
any feathers around that the bird may
have lost. How can we tell if the bird is
molting, and how long will it be before
he starts to sing again?
A: All birds will change their feathers gradually over a two- or three-month
period once – and in some species twice
– a year.
All the bird’s body reserves will be
directed into growing the new feathers,
so a bird won’t sing or breed during this
time.
However, most canaries molt in the
summer and not in late winter.
You should take the bird to a veterinarian who specializes in birds. Your
bird may be suffering from a bacterial
infection or some other illness that is
making him feel unwell and thus not
singing anymore.
Q: We have a pit bull that has lived
happily in our home with our two guinea
pigs and our rabbit for the past four
years. The dog likes the other animals
and will lick the rabbit all over in a gentle manner.
However, when the dog is outside,
he will chase every squirrel he sees. He
never has caught one, but with the intensity that he chases them, I can imagine if
he did he would not treat it as gently as
he does our rabbit. Why is he so gentle
with our house pets and yet thinks of the
squirrels as things that must be caught
and killed?
A: A scientist would say the squirrels’ jerky movements and rapid escape
behavior causes an instinctive prey
response in your dog, and that is why he
views the squirrels as something to be
killed.
A pet keeper would just say that dogs
always know members of their family or
pack and look to protect them or at least
live with them peacefully, no matter if
they are human or lapin.
I think this is what makes dogs so
special – very few other animals can
make the distinction.
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Aram Public Library, 404 E. Walworth
Ave., Delavan. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday,
and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. The library will
be closed on March 29 and 31.
• Youth Art Show during the month of
March. The artwork will be displayed in the
Children’s Department for the entire month.
• Storytime with Miss Kris, Wednesdays
and Fridays at 10 a.m.
• Tiny Tots Time, for children from birth
through age 3, meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
Preschool Storytime, for children age 3 to 6,
meets Fridays at 10 a.m. Themes for this
month are: March 13 and 15, St. Patrick’s
Day; March 20 and 22, Eating Healthy;
March 27, Easter Celebration.
• LEGO Club - Monday, March 18 at 4
p.m. Give the library’s LEGO blocks a workout building anything from a dinosaur to a
spaceship. Work in teams or individually,
give each creation a name, then see it displayed in the Children’s Library.
• Exploration Art Studio, Tuesday,
March 12 at 4 p.m. This month we’re working with tissue paper. Create some colorful
spring flowers, a stained-glass style mosaic,
or anything else you can imagine. All materials provided.
• Jewelry Crafts, Thursday, March 14 at
6 p.m. Teens can dig into the library’s treasure chest of jewels, gems, beads and more to
create crafts or jewelry designed to dazzle
your sweetheart . . . or yourself. All materials
(and snacks) will be provided.
• Knitting Club, Monday, March 11;
Wednesday, March 20 and 27 at 6 p.m. For
all ages and experience levels,.
• Animé for Adults, Saturday, March 16
at 1 p.m. Fairy Tale (Rated for age 14+). In
the Kingdom of Fiore, four young wizards
team up to seek their fortunes. Growing
stronger with every mission, they travel the
countryside helping people and battling
rivals, but with personalities as different as
their magic skills, this team may end up
doing more damage than good.
• Aram Book Club: “In the Garden of
Beasts” by Erik Larsen. Thursday, March 21
at 6:30 p.m. The time is 1933, the place,
Berlin, when William Dodd becomes
America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s
Germany. As that first year unfolds, the
Dodds experience days full of excitement,
intrigue, romance – and ultimately, horror,
when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless ambition. Good read! Editor.
• Guilty Pleasures Book Club: “One for
the Money” by Janet Evanovich. Monday,
March 25 at 6 p.m. Out of work and out of
money, Stephanie Plum becomes an apprehension agent. With the help of her new pal,
fearless bounty hunter Ranger, she goes after
Joe Morelli, a former vice cop on the run from
a charge of murder one. Funny! Refreshments
will be served and a trivia contest will determine who chooses our next book.
• The library now owns a battery-powered portable scanner that you may check out
to use in the library. Scan your pictures or
documents into the device, then use the cord
provided to plug into your laptop or one of
the library’s public computers and transfer or
print your scans. The scanner checks out for
a period of two hours from the Adult
Services desk. You must have a valid
SHARE library card in order to use it.
• Kindle E-reader. Take our Kindle on
vacation with you this year. The Kindle can
now be checked out for 21 days, just like a
book. It’s a great lightweight alternative to
large print books; adjust the print to the size
that works best for you. Plus, to update our
Kindle with titles that you want to read,
we’re taking requests. Leave your purchase
suggestions at the Adult Services desk, and
ask about checking out the Kindle.
• Disc Cleaning Service. Extend the life
of your favorite DVDs, CDs, and other discs.
Bring your audio, video, or game discs to the
library for cleaning on Saturdays between 1
and 2:30 p.m. Library staff will clean them
for you for $3 per disc. Stop at the Adult
Services desk for more information about
this service.
• Would you like to get library news by email? Contact the library at 728-3111 or
email [email protected] to sign up.
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Barrett Memorial Library, 65 W.
Geneva St., Williams Bay. Open Mon. and
Wed. 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Tues., Thurs., Fri. 9
a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Check the
library’s new Web site at www.williamsbay.
lib.wi.us/
• Story Times Tuesdays at 10 a.m and
Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. Same books and
crafts both days.
• Scrabble Club 10 a.m. - noon
Wednesdays.
• Knitting Circle, Wednesdays 1-3 p.m.
All skill levels welcome. Take a project to
work on.
• The Saturday Morning Book Club
meets the second Saturday of the month at 10
a.m. The April 13 book discussion will be on
“A Short History of Nearly Everything” by
Bill Bryson.
• Story times, Tuesdays 10 a.m. and
Thursdays 1:30 p.m. Same books and crafts
both days
• “What Are Teens Reading?” book group
meets the third Wednesday of the month at 7
p.m. This group is for parents to read and
review teen books. Stop at the library to pick
from a great selection of YA books.
• Ongoing sale of a great selection of
used books. Browse Barret for Books.
All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 2452709 or e-mail [email protected].
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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.
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Darien Public Library, 47 Park St.,
Darien. Hours: Mon-Thurs 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.,
Sat. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 882-5155.
• Wireless Internet now available. Bring
your laptop and ask at the desk how to access
the wireless connection.
• Ongoing book sale.
• The schedule for our popular free adult
computer classes is now available. Stop in or
call 882-5155 for information.
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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.
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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.
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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
March 8, 2013
books, may be dropped off at the library.
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 2796188 for more information.
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Lake Geneva Public Library, 918 W.
Main St., Lake Geneva. Phone 249-5299
or visit the Library’s website at
www.lakegene va.lib.wi.us.
• Teen Reads, Saturday, March 16 from
11 a.m.-1 p.m. The book selected for this
month’s Teen Reads is “Cinder” by Marissa
Meyer. Teens are invited to enjoy the refreshments and talk about young adult books. Preregistration is required for free copies of the
book, which are available to the first seven
registrants at the circulation desk. The series
is sponsored by the Friends of the Lake
Geneva Public Library.
In “Cinder,” humans and androids crowd
the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly
plague ravages the population. From space, a
ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make
their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate
hinges on a girl named Cinder, a gifted
mechanic, who is a cyborg.
• Local author Andrew Boemi will present his debut novel, “Michelangelo’s Last
Painting: Its Chilling Revelation,” on
Wednesday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. Boemi set
one of the chapters of his book in Lake
Geneva, where he lives part of the year. See
full story on page 18.
• Family Movie Night will feature
“Thumbelina” on Thursday, March 21 from
6-8 p.m. Thumbelina, was designed by the
renowned animator Don Bluth, of An
American Tail, and award-winning composer
Barry Manilow. The movie is based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s “Thumbelina.” When
Thumbelina, a tiny enchanted fairy, meets
Prince Cornelius, she is sure she's found her
heart's desire. But before their romance can
blossom, she is kidnapped by a family of
show business toads, detained by a scheming
beetle and married to a befuddled mole.
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. Family Movie Night
features films especially appropriate for children age four to eleven, accompanied by an
adult. However, people of all ages are welcome to attend at no charge.
• Preschool story time Tuesdays and
Fridays from 10:30 – 11 a.m. Children ages
2-5 years are especially encouraged to attend
this half hour reading program. However,
families and children of all ages are also
invited. Each week, library staff read aloud
stories that are often based on a seasonal
theme. The event may include singing, dancing, and other participatory activities.
• 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
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.
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Matheson Memorial Library, 101 N.
Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. Open Monday Thursday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. - 6
p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 723-2678.
• The library hosts two book clubs per
month. The Page Turners meet on the first
Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. and the
Afternoon Book Club meets on the third
Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m. You can
check out a copy of the book club selection 34 weeks prior to the book club meeting. All
meetings are held at the library and are facilitated by staff librarians.
• Story times are about 30 minutes and are
filled with books, songs and more. Each week
will bring something new. No registration
required. Toddlers on Tuesday at 10 a.m. and
11 a.m.; Books n Babies on Thursday at 10
a.m.; Preschool age on Wednesday at 10 a.m.;
and Tiny Tots 2nd and 4th Monday at 6:30
p.m. We Explore, ages 3+, Friday 10 a.m.
• The Lego Building Club for all ages
meets every other Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the
community center. Each meeting will feature
a different building theme. Creations will be
displayed in the library and online. Lego
donations greatly appreciated. Messy Art Club
meets on the alternate Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
• Elkhorn Area Writers’ Group, Tuesdays
from 6-8 p.m. in the Mary Bray Room, upper
level of the library, for anyone who wishes to
share their writing. Each member is allowed
equal time to share work with others: poems,
manuscripts, short stories, etc. Please bring
at least five copies of each selected work for
review. We all benefit from the power of collaboration. Questions? Email: elkhornrice
@gmail.com.
• The Walworth County Genealogical
Society Library is open Tuesdays from 10
a.m – 3 p.m. and by appointment, which can
be made by calling the WCGS librarian at
215-0118. A board member will always be
there to render assistance if needed. To
obtain membership information or find literature regarding Walworth County, visit walworthcgs.com.
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 7232678 or visit www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us for more.
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Twin Lakes Community Library, 110
S. Lake Ave., Twin Lakes. 877-4281. Hours:
Monday - Wednesday 10 a.m. -8 p.m., Thurs.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday – Sunday 12-4 p.m.
• Senior Coffee Hour, 10-11:30 a.m. on
the second Wednesday of each month will
feature healthy refreshments, programs for
seniors, good conversation, and of course,
coffee.
• LEGO Building Club for all ages. No
registration required. For those who love to
build with Legos, want to stretch their creativity and meet other kids who love to build.
We’ll provide the Legos. You provide the
creativity. When you’re finished building,
we’ll put your creations on display. Well also
have DUPLO blocks available for kids ages
5 and younger. Saturday, March 16, 1-3 p.m.;
Tuesday, April 16, 5:30 – 7 p.m.; Saturday,
May 11, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
• Alphabet Themed Story Time: Letter
P. Ages 2-5. Thursday, March 21, 10:30 11:30 a.m. Registration required. Letter Q,
Thursday, April 4, same time.
• Books & Boogie, ages 2-5 10:30-11
a.m., Thursdays, March 14, 28, April 11, 25,
May 9. No registration required. Bounce on
in for Books & Boogie. We’ll read stories,
sing songs, and move and groove.
• Baby Time, Fridays, March 15, and
April 19. Ages birth - 2, 10:30 - 11 a.m. No
registration required. Join us for songs, activities, and even a story or two perfect for
babies. Baby Time is a great place for babies
and caregivers to meet.
• Bedtime Storytimes, Tuesday, April 30,
ages 1 - 5, 6:30 – 7 p.m. No registration
required. Can’t make it to morning story
time programs? Check out our special
evening story times for quiet, calming stories, perfect for winding down the day. Kids
can a pair of comfy pajamas and bring their
favorite stuffed animal.
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Plan ahead. Look through the calendar to
make advance reservations for events that
require them. Phone numbers are in area
code (262) unless otherwise indicated.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 8
2013 Delavan Train Show, 12-5 p.m.,
American Legion Hall, 111 S. Second St.,
Delavan. Free admission, door prizes, register to win a complete “O” scale layout.
Fish fry, 4:30-7 p.m., St. Benedict’s
Parish Hall, 137 Dewey Avenue, Fontana.
Baked and fried Icelandic cod, potato pancakes, french fries, hushpuppies, green
beans, applesauce, coleslaw, coffee, tea, milk
and homemade desserts at a cost of $10 for
adults, $5 for children, or $30 for a family.
SATURDAY, MARCH 9
2013 Delavan Train Show, 9 a.m. - 4
p.m., American Legion Hall, 111 S. Second
St., Delavan. Free admission, door prizes,
register to win a complete “O” scale layout.
St. Patrick’s School ShamRockin’ Day
5k or 1 mile run/walk, 9 a.m. at the school.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for a celebration in the
school gym featuring live entertainment by
the well-known Irish Leahy’s Luck from
Milwaukee beginning at 7. Raffles, silent
auction, drinks, snacks, dancing. Tickets at
the door. St. Patrick’s Parish School, 534Sunset Dr., Elkhorn. For more information,
call the school at 723-4258 or log on to
http://stpatrickschoolelkhorn.org/
SUNDAY, MARCH 10
2013 Delavan Train Show, 9 a.m. - 2
p.m., American Legion Hall, 111 S. Second
St., Delavan. Free admission, door prizes,
register to win a complete “O” scale layout.
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
Geneva Lake Museum Tuesdays at Two
workshop; “Click,” an exploration of photos
and history of photographic collections. Free
to museum members, $5 for non-members.
Geneva Lake Museum, 255 Mill St. (intersection of Mill and Main), Lake Geneva. Call
248-6060 or email staff@genevalakemuse
um.org to make a reservation.
Brain Trauma Support Group, 6 p.m.
at Community Connections, Catholic
Charities, 2200 W Court St., Janesville.
Persons who have suffered a brain injury and
their family members and friends are welcome to attend. For more information,
including cancellations due to inclement
weather, call Brenda Brown at 608-7524993.
THURSDAY, MARCH 14
AAUW, The Geneva Lake Branch of the
American Association of University Women
will host a program highlighting “The
Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of
Marriage, Asperger Syndrome and One
Man’s Quest to be a Better Husband” at 7 pm
at Faith Lutheran Church, 420 Read St. in
Walworth.
David and Kristen Finch, will share insights
into how their lives have changed with his
diagnosis of Asberger Syndrome.
David, a humorist and author who has
written for the New York Times, Huffington
Post, Slate and has also written a relationship
blog for Psychology Today, says the greatest
accomplishment has been learning how to
thrive as a family man.
The public is invited to attend. For reservations call Carolyn Langner 248-3757. For
information about AAUW, contact Debbie
Ahlers at 607-6011.
FRIDAY, MARCH 15
The Collegiate Choir from Illinois
Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill.,
will present a concert at United Church of
Christ, 123 East Washington St., Delavan, at
7:30 p.m. This year’s tour program includes
literature from the Renaissance, Baroque,
and contemporary eras.
SATURDAY, MARCH 16
Tack sale sponsored by the Walworth
Co. Boots and Saddle Club. Used and new
tack, homemade soaps and candles, jewelry,
purses, clothing, wooden items, pictures,
toys and more. 9 a.m - 3 p.m., Johnstown
Community Center, 9937 E. Co. Road A,
Johnstown, which is west of Richmond, Wis.
Call Bonnie at 749-4605 or Elaine at 7422354 for more information or to register as a
vendor.
SUNDAY, MARCH 17
Delavan Lions Club’s 50th annual, allyou-can-eat corned beef and cabbage and
baked chicken dinner, 11:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. at
the Village Supper Club, 1725 South Shore
Drive, Delavan Lake. The dinner includes
coffee or milk and all of the trimmings —
bread, potatoes, carrots, horseradish, bread
and butter. Tickets at the event are $11. Cost
for kids 6-12 years old is $5, and children 5
and under eat free. For more information or
advance tickets, call 728-1978.
Piano and vocals by renowned
Milwaukee musician Al White, 4-8 p.m., Ye
Olde Hotel, Highway 36, halfway between
Lake Geneva and Burlington in Lyons. 7632701.
MONDAY, MARCH 18
The Alzheimer’s Association is offering
a free educational program to address the
changes and challenges faced by caregivers
as they care for a family member with progressing dementia. The program, “It Wasn’t
Supposed to be This Way: Finding Meaning
in Caregiving,” will be held from 2 to 3 p.m.
at the Alice Baker Library, 820 East Main
Street, in Eagle. The program is free and
requires no registration.
American Red Cross Blood Drive,
10:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. at East Troy Bible
Church, 2660 N. State Highway 20 in East
Troy.
TUESDAY, MARCH 19
Spring Floral Design Show, hosted by
the Richmond Garden Club, 7 p.m. at the
Richmond-Burton High School, 8311 Route
31, Richmond, Ill. The cost is $10. Contact
Sandy Mahoney, (815) 678-7929 for more
information.
workshop; Women Who Dared: a team of
presenters will explain why “well-behaved
women seldom make history.” Free to museum members, $5 for non-members. Geneva
Lake Museum, 255 Mill St. (intersection of
Mill and Main), Lake Geneva. Call 248-6060
or email [email protected] to
make a reservation.
St. Joseph’s Table, 4-7 p.m., St. Patrick
School, 534 Sunset Dr., Elkhorn. There is no
charge for this annual event, which is sponsored by St. Patrick Parish of Elkhorn.
Donations will be accepted and given to a
local charity. All food will be prepared by
volunteers as an offering of love, labor and
sacrifice in honor of St. Joseph, the patron
saint of Sicilians.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
American Red Cross Blood Drive, 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. at Alternative High School,
400 County Road H in Elkhorn.
Limber Timbers Square Dance Club,
7:30-10 p.m. in the cafeteria of Elkhorn
Middle School, 627 E. Court St. (Hwy. 11),
Elkhorn. $5 adults, $2 children. For information call Karen or Jose at 275-6373 or Barb at
(608) 883-2017. Caller, Dave Schulz, cuer,
Kathy Nichel.
FRIDAY, MARCH 22
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
workshop; Dolls, Dolls, Dolls; bring one and
talk about who they are and where they fit
into our lives today and in the past. Free to
museum members, $5 for non-members.
Geneva Lake Museum, 255 Mill St. (intersection of Mill and Main), Lake Geneva. Call
248-6060 or email staff@genevalakemuse
um.org to make a reservation.
American Legion Auxiliary, 6:45 p.m.,
the second Monday of each month at the
Legion Hall on Second Street in Delavan.
The group raises money for scholarships and
to send gifts at Christmas time to the servicemen and women that are hospitalized
due to injuries while in combat.
Smelt and fish fry, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,
fourth Friday of the month at the Delavan
American Legion, 111 S. Second St. in
Delavan. $8.50 for smelt, tilapia, salads and
dessert. Full bar available.
Attention horse lovers – Walworth
County Boots and Saddle Club is looking for
new members. Meetings take place at 7 p.m.,
second Saturday of each month for potluck
and to plan events. Sugar Creek Town Hall,
N6641 Co. Road H, Elkhorn. Call Fred
Campisano, 716-6355 for more information.
Geneva Lake Museum, Saturdays 10
a.m. - 4 p.m. in January and February, 255
Mill St, Lake Geneva. Call 248-6060.
Women of all ages who enjoy singing
are invited to visit Spirit of the Lakes Sweet
Adelines International chorus. Discover just
how fun it is to sing with Sweet Adelines
International. Tuesday Nights 7 p.m. at
Horticultural Hall in Lake Geneva.
OFA-LG, meets at 6:30 p.m. the fourth
Monday of each month at Caribou Coffee in
Lake Geneva. Come join us for discussion
and updates on the happenings in
Washington, D.C.
Walworth County AARP #5310 meets
the fourth Tuesday of the month from 9:3011:30 a.m. at Peoples Bank, 837 Wisconsin
St, Elkhorn. The public is always welcome.
Contact Jim at 642-5694.
Southern Lakes Masonic Lodge #12,
1007 S. 2nd St., Delavan. Stated meetings
are second and fourth Mondays at 7 p.m.
Geneva Masonic Lodge #44, 335 Lake
Shore Dr., Lake Geneva. Regularly stated
meetings, second and fourth Tuesdays, 7:30
p.m. 725-3062.
Ice Age Trail Alliance, monthly meeting, third Tuesday of each month 7 p.m. at
U.S. Bank, Elkhorn (Downstairs in the community meeting room, enter at the back
door).
Home-brew Club, 7 - 9 p.m., Lake
Geneva Brewing Emporium, 640 W. Main
Street, Lake Geneva, meets the third
Wednesday of every month. Call 729-4005
for more information.
Butchers Model Car Club 4H models
project meetings take place on the third
Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
at the Delavan Community Center, 826
Geneva St., led by 4H scale models key advisor Keith Reimers. Bring models for display
and projects to work on. Sale and swap items
are also welcome. The club also hosts the 4H
scale models project and young people in the
project are encouraged to attend. Call Keith
at 728-1483 for more information.
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.
Bingo, first Monday of the month at the
Town of Delavan Community Park,
Highway 50 and South Shore Drive. Doors
open at 6 p.m. and a 15-game session begins
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at 7 p.m. Plenty of parking and food/beverages available.
Bingo, St. Andrew Parish in Delavan.
The games will be played on the first Friday
of every month, with doors opening at 6 p.m.
and play starting at 7 p.m. For more info see
www.standrews-delavan.org.
Bingo, St. Francis de Sales Church, 148
W. Main Street, Lake Geneva. First and
Third Wednesdays of the month. Doors open
at 5:30, bingo starts 7. Refreshments available. Games include 50/50, Pull Tabs,
Progressive. For info call Mary or Bill
Gronkeat (847) 840-8878.
Civil Air Patrol, Walco Composite
Squadron, meets every Thursday from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. at the Elkhorn National Guard
Armory, 401 East Fair St., Elkhorn. Visit
www.gocivilairpatrol.com/ or call Maj. Robert Thomas at (262) 642-7541.
Authors Echo Writers group meeting,
7 p.m., first and third Tuesday of every
month, Grace Church, 257 Kendall St.,
Burlington. Call Frank Koneska at 534-6236.
Clogging lessons, beginning and intermediate level adult classes, Tuesday
evenings, Walworth County Gymnastics and
Dance Center, 213 E. Commerce Court,
Elkhorn. Adults of all ages are welcome. Call
Shannon McCarthy at 742-3891 or email
[email protected].
Beginning youth clogging lessons (Tiny
Tots ages 3 – 5 at 4 p.m./Youth ages 6 & up
at 4:30 p.m.) at Walworth County Gymnastics
and Dance Center, 213 E Commerce Court,
Elkhorn. For more information: www.walworthcountycloggers.com or 742-3891.
Yerkes Observatory, 373 W. Geneva
St., Williams Bay. The observatory offers
free, 45-minute tours, Saturdays, 10 a.m., 11
a.m. and noon as well as night sky observations for a fee of $25. Visitors may also view
the Quester Museum, which covers some of
the observatory’s history. For more information, call 245-5555 or e-mail [email protected].
Support Our Troops rally, 11 a.m.,
Mondays, second floor of the Government
Center (formerly the 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 information.
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Cards and games, Mondays, 1 – 4 p.m.
Darien Senior Center, 47 Park St., Darien.
Call 882-3774.
Thursday Senior Card Club, 11:30
a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Matheson Memorial
Library Community Room, Elkhorn. Bridge,
500 or bring your own group. Call Judy at
723-1934 or Liz at 723-5036 for more information.
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March 8, 2013
Library Notes
their caregivers. The hour will include stories, snacks, crafts and more.
• Book Club for adults, third Saturday of
each month, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
All programs are free and open to
the public unless otherwise indicated. Call
275-6322 for more information.
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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 2451855; or by e-mail to dbeacon@
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Maple Ave., Walworth. Open Mon. and Wed.
10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Tues., Thurs., Fri. and Sat.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Now offering wireless Internet service.
• Knitting and crocheting classes,
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. Call for details.
• Preschool Story Hour, Fridays, 9:45 –
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Chapel to present ‘Living Passion’
The Chapel on the Hill will present
The Living Passion, an uplifting musical
rendition of Christ’s last week of life, crucifixion and resurrection.
This combination of music and story
will be performed at the Chapel’s Christian
Arts Centre, Highway 50, 4 miles west of
Lake Geneva, on the weekends of March
16,17 and March 22, 23, and 24.
The Living Passion, written by Alan
Atwood of Milwaukee, is complemented
by special Easter music, including such
unforgettable songs as “Hosanna, Loud
Hosanna,” “In Remembrance of Me” and
“Arise My Love.” The play is directed by
Donna Badtke and features more than 50
adults and children from Lake Geneva and
surrounding communities.
Friday and Saturday performances
will be held at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees will be at 3 p.m. Adult tickets are
$10, but children can enter free. Tickets
may be purchased at the door, by calling
245-9122 or online at brownpa pertickets.com, and may be paid for using Visa or
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The Collegiate Choir from Illinois
Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill.,
will present a concert at United Church of
Christ, 123 East Washington Street,
Delavan, on Friday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m.
The concert is one of ten appearances
the choir will make during its 2013 spring
concert tour.
The 44-voice choir is composed of student musicians representing the School of
Music and other areas of the University,
and is dedicated to the performance of the
finest sacred and secular choral music of
the past five centuries.
The program
will include three sacred compositions
from the English Renaissance and
Baroque eras by William Byrd, Henry
Loosemore, and Henry Purcell.
Contrasting these works will follow
three twentieth-century compositions.
Unruh der Zeit, a relatively unknown work
by Rudolph Mauers-berger, will precede
Stránnoye Rozh-destvó vídevsche by
Georgy Sviridov, and Song of Cherubim
by Krzysztof Penderecki, Five Flower
Songs, Op. 47, by Benjamin Britten, compositions by contemporary American and
British composers.
Hymn to the Creator of Light by John
Rutter will be followed by the 2012-2013
commissioned work, Lösch mir die Augen
aus, by Andrew Rindfleisch. The program
will conclude with the dramatic Fire! By
John Orfe.
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Lions to host traditional dinner
The Delavan Lions Club will host its
55th annual all-you-can-eat corned beef
and cabbage and baked chicken dinner
on Sunday, March 17 at the Village
Supper Club, 1725 South Shore Dr.,
Delavan Lake.
The dinner will include coffee or milk
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Advance tickets are $10 and are
available from any Delavan Lions Club
member or at the Village Supper Club.
They will also be available at the event
at a cost of $11. The cost for youngsters
from age 6-12 is $5, and children 5 and
under will be able to eat free. For more
information or advance tickets, call 7281978.
The wine is safe at Brick Street Market in Delavan. The building, which is more
than 170 years old, was once home to Citizens Bank. Brick Street owner, (Laura
Jacobs-Welch) inherited the vault with the lease and has put it to good use. The
Market’s specialty is cheeses, but serves lunches and sells New Glarus Brewing products, as well as other beverages, including wines. Brick Street Market is located at 104
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Ready for spring, violets, daffodils, tulips and green grass? This quilt, named
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Cash to perform Phoenix fundraiser
Eddie Cash will perform a concert
on Sunday, March 17, to benefit the free
summer concerts at the Phoenix Park
Bandshell in Delavan. “America’s
Musical Storyteller” will perform from
2-4 p.m. at the River Church (former
Delavan Theatre) 405 E. Walworth Ave.,
in Delavan.
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The Box Office will open at 1:30 p.m.
on the day of the concert. For more
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this concert or to get the free summer
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What’s Happening
Bridge, (open to new members), every
Tuesday 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., Lake Geneva City
Hall, second floor conference room.
Bridge - every Tuesday, 12:30-3:30
p.m., Lake Geneva City Hall, second floor
conference room.
~ HEALTH AND FITNESS ~
Intentional Meditation Circle brings
together the Intender’s Group and Meditation
Circle, both of which have proven benefits
for your life. Group meets weekly on Fridays
5:30-6:30 p.m. at Essential Yoga, 422 N
Wisconsin St, Elkhorn. All levels welcome;
come as your schedule allows. Free-will
offering accepted. For more information contact Laurie Dionne Asbeck, 745-4051. Check
Essential Yoga’s website, www.essential
yoga.net, weekly for schedule changes.
Alanon self help program, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, VIP building, 816 E. Geneva St.,
across from Elkhorn High School in Elkhorn.
Mindfulness and Loving kindness
Meditation each Thursday, 7-8 p.m., at
Elkhorn Matheson Memorial Library
Community Center Room, 101 N. Wisconsin
St. Beginners and experienced practitioners
are always welcome. No registration is necessary, just drop in. Meditation is practice for
being more awake and attentive in our daily
lives. Sponsored by Wisconsin Blue Lotus, a
meditation group led by Buddhist nun
Vimala (Judy Franklin). For more information, call 203-0120, or visit www.bluelotustemple.org.
Spiritual Discussion Group to be held
on four Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. (March 19, 26,
April 2 and 9) at the UU Church of the
Lakes, 319 N Broad St., Elkhorn. What does
“spirituality” mean to you? Explore the many
forms it takes in our world. All voices,
thoughts and religions are welcome to join
these non-denominational discussions assisted by a highly experienced facilitator. Just
bring an open mind and a desire to share your
thoughts, experiences or personal journeys in
an informal group discussion format. Please
try to make all four sessions. There is no
charge but call Joan at 684-5050 or email
[email protected] to reserve a spot.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Group,
third Thursday of the month, 7 p.m., at
Delavan American Legion Post 95, 111
South Second Street, Delavan. The group is
led by Dr. John Jansky. This group is made
up of people who have PTSD for many different reasons, they are not all veterans.
Everyone is welcome.
Divorce Support Group, free and open
to the public. Divorce Support is an educational and supportive 12-week program,
meeting on Sundays from 6-7:30 p.m. The
program will cover topics such as grief,
stress, guilt, dating and spirituality. Classes
are held weekly in the safe, private and confidential environment of Luther Memorial
Church in Delavan, to work through some of
the most difficult and emotional issues of
divorce. Childcare is provided (at minimal
fee), please inform when registering. Must
register by Jan. 13. For more information visit
www.luther-memori al.org. To register email:
office@luther memorial.org, or call 7286482.
Diabetes Support Group meets at 6
p.m. on the second Monday of the month,
April through October at Aurora Lakeland
Medical Center, Highway NN, Elkhorn. This
group is for adults with insulin or non-insulin
dependent diabetes and their family/support
person. The purpose is to provide support
and education to the person with diabetes to
help manage this chronic disease. The group
is facilitated by a registered nurse. Call the
diabetic educator at 741-2821 for furthere
information.
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Breast Cancer Support Group meets
the first Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m. at
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Highway
NN, Elkhorn. The group addresses the fears
and adjustments faced by women with breast
cancer. It encourages participants to develop
a positive attitude about the future and discuss common concerns after being treated for
breast cancer. Contact Leann Kuhlemeyer at
741-2677 for more information.
Stroke Support Group provides emotional support through opportunities to interact with others who have experienced stroke.
Informational programs will also be provided
on topics related to stroke/brain attack. The
group welcomes individuals newly diagnosed
and those with a history of stroke. Family,
friends and caregivers are also encouraged to
join. The group meets the third Monday of
every month from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Call Pat
Positano at 741-2402 for further informantion.
Free blood pressure screening, courtesy of The Walworth County Public Health
Department on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of
every month from 9 – 10 a.m. at the
Walworth County Public Health office, located at the east entrance of the Department of
Health and Human Services building,
W4051 County Road NN, Elkhorn. The
screenings are open to all. Contact the Health
Department at 741-3140 for more information.
Free blood pressure screening, last
Friday of every month, 2 - 4 p.m., Williams
Bay Care Center, 146 Clover St., Williams
Bay.
Narcotics Anonymous meetings in the
southern lakes area. Call (877) 434-4346
(toll free) for times and locations.
White River Cycle Club, 7 p.m., VIP
Services, 811 E. Geneva St., Elkhorn, second
Tuesday of each month. Contact Mike Lange
for more information at 723-5666.
Lake Geneva Alzheimer’s support
group, 6:30 p.m., third Wednesday of the
month. Arbor Village of Geneva Crossing,
201 Townline Road, Lake Geneva. Call
Andy Kerwin at 248-4558.
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The American Association of
Retired Persons (AARP) will present
their four- hour Driver Safety Review,
a presentation combining audio-visual
and discussion periods designed for
all drivers, at the Big Foot Recreation
Center, 401 Devils Lane, Walworth,
on Saturday, March 9 starting at 9
a.m. and at the Clinton Senior Center,
508 Front Street, Clinton, on
Thursday, March 14 starting at 8:30
a.m. Attendees should arrive 15 minutes early for sign-in.
The cost is $12 for AARP members
and $14 for non-members. To register
for the session at Big Foot, call 2752117. To register for the session in
Clinton, call (608) 676-4600.
The Lake Geneva Chapter, Lyric
Opera of Chicago invites members,
guests, and friends to attend its “The
Magic Begins” social gathering and
annual meeting celebrating the beginning of the 2013-2014 opera season.
The meeting will take place on Sunday,
April 28, beginning at 4 p.m. in the
Porto Room in the historic A-frame area
of The Abbey Resort, 269 Fontana
Blvd., Fontana.
Background music to enliven festivities will be provided by The Abbey’s
own pianist, Tom Stanfield. An assortment of canapés and a buffet will be
served with cash bar available.
The meeting is open to all who
want to learn more about the chapter
and the several musical events it sponsors locally during the year. The goals
of the Chapter are to educate the
membership, promote the advancement of opera within the community,
and generate financial, volunteer, and
audience support for the Lyric Opera
of Chicago.
The Chapter sponsors educational
outreach in Fontana, Lake Geneva,
Walworth, and Sharon schools. In addition, voice students studying their artform at the University of Wisconsin,
Whitewater, have been sponsored as
guests and participants by ladies associated with the Chapter.
The cost of the April 28 event is $45
for members and non-members. Those
who want to attend should RSVP by
April 16, as space is limited. For more
information or reservations, contact
Marv Herman at 740-1705.
Lyric Opera event set for April 28
Learn more about
businesses in your
neighborhood.
Visit informational booths,
meet business owners and
receive special offers.
What’s Happening
Alzheimer's/Dementia support group,
third Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m.,
Delavan Community Bank Community
Center located at 826 E. Geneva Street in
Delavan. Call Bob Holland at 472-0958 or
Arlene Torrenga at 728-6393 with questions.
Alzheimer’s Support Group, first
Thursday of the month, 1:30 p.m.,
Hearthstone/Fairhaven, 426 W. North Street,
Whitewater. Facilitators: Janet Hardt,
Darlene Zeise 473-8052. Respite care is
available with no advance notice.
Parkinson’s Disease support group, 1
p.m., second Monday of every month, Lower
level conference room, Fairhaven Retirement
Community, 435 W. Starin Road,
Whitewater. Contact Julie Hollenbeck, 4314772, or by email at jhollenbeck2
@wi.rr.com.
Huntington’s Disease Support Group
for anyone affected by Huntington’s Disease,
meets the third Saturday of the month on the
lower level, conference rooms A and B, of
Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave,
Milwaukee. Call (414) 257-9499 or go to
www.hdsawi.org for more information.
Harbor of Hope grief support group,
first Thursday of each month, 3 - 4:30 p.m.,
Aurora VNA of Wisconsin, 500 Interchange
North, Lake Geneva. 249-5860.
NAMI, The National Alliance on Mental
Illness, Support Group, first and third
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Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. at the Health and
Human Services building on Co. NN,
Elkhorn. Call 495-2439 for more info.
A support group called “Entouch,”
(Encouraging others Touched by suicide),
meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of
the month at Riverwood Church, 6919
McHenry St., Burlington. The group is for
those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Attendees do not need to attend the church
or, indeed, have any religious affiliation.
Everyone is welcome. Call 758-0886 for
more information.
Families Anonymous (FA), a 12-Step,
self-help support program for parents, grandparents, relatives, and friends who are concerned about, and affected by, the substance
abuse or behavioral problems of a loved one,
meets every Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at
the First Congregational United Church of
Christ, 76 S. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. Enter
through the double glass doors on W. Geneva
St. Parking is available on the street or the
parking lot west of the church. Additional
information may be obtained by calling
(262)215-6893, Maureen at 723-8227 or
through the Families Anonymous website:
www.FamiliesAnonymous.org.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS),
Tuesdays 8-9 a.m. Community Center, 820 E
Geneva St., Delavan. Encourages nutrition
and exercise with a positive attitude. Guests
are welcome, no weekly meeting fee.
Contact Marilyn Wilkin at 249-0304.
T.O.P.S. (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly)
Tuesdays 9:15 - 9:35 a.m., Community
Center, U.S. Bank, 101 E. Walworth St.,
Elkhorn (call 723-3791 with questions) and
Tuesdays 5:30 - 6 p.m., United Methodist
Church, corner of 2nd and Washington
Streets, Delavan.
~ ART, LITERATURE THEATER, MUSIC ~
Keyboardist Al White, Sunday, Jan. 20,
4-8 p.m., Ye Olde Hotel in Lyons.
Live entertainment, Saturday and
Sunday 2-5 p.m., Village Supper Club, 1725
South Shore Drive, Delavan. 728-6360.
Live Music Fridays 9 p.m. to midnight,
Champs Sports Bar & Grill, 747 W Main St.,
Lake Geneva. No cover charge. Call 248-6008,
or log on to www.foodspot.com/champs.
Karaoke, 9 p.m. - 12 a.m., Snug Harbor
Lakefront Campground Pub and Restaurant,
Highway A and P (not the food store)
Richmond, Wis. Call (608) 883-6999 or log
on to www.snugharborwi.com for details.
Live Entertainment, 9 p.m. - midnight
Fridays and Saturdays, Hemingway’s,
N3270 County Hwy H, Lake Geneva. Call
348-1200, www.hemingwaysportofcall.com.
Live Entertainment, Fridays and
Saturdays, 7:30 - 11 p.m., Bella Vista Suites,
335 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva. 248-2100,
www.bellavistasuites.com
Fireside Dinner Theater in Fort
Atkinson presents “Footloose,” through
April 14. When Chicago teenager Ren
McCormack moves to the small town of
Bomont he is shocked to find a gloomy place
where dancing has been outlawed by the city
fathers. He sets out to change the law and the
minds of the town council and bring laughter
and fun back to the town. His journey is the
basis for a vibrant and entertaining musical.
First a popular film and then a fabulous
Broadway show, “Footloose” is filled with
high energy singing, heart-pounding
rhythms, and some of Broadway’s most
spectacular dancing. It is a show that features
such hit songs as “Let’s Hear it For the Boy,”
“I Need a Hero” and the well known title
song. Call 800-477-9505 or log on to
www.firesidetheatre.com for complete information .
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March 8, 2013
Darien Elementary student a
top finisher in poster contest
The Wisconsin Alliance for Fire
Safety (WAFS) has awarded Darien
Elementary School fifth grader Jason
Hines an Honorable Mention in the
WAFS annual “fire and burn prevention
poster contest.”
Hines received his framed artwork
and a $25 Kohl’s gift certificate for his
statewide entry.
Hines is a member of Lori Thorson’s
class of fifth graders at Darien. He was
the only student from the district to win
in the poster contest.
The grant is part of the annual WAFS
Newspapers-in-Education Fire Safety
Program that reached more than 2,000
Wisconsin schools with a 16-page fire
safety special section through the partnership with the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel newspaper. The contest was
open to fourth- through seventh-grade
students throughout Wisconsin.
Hines’s poster was selected according to the following criteria: 50 percent
message, 25 percent creativity and 25
percent artistry.
The award categories consisted of
one grand prize, two tied for first
place, two tied for second place and
four honorable mentions. More than
500 entries from across the state
entered the contest.
David Wise and Jason Eckridge perform their roles as the St. Peter (the rock)
and Jesus (the rabbi) in the musical production of the same name, which will be presented at lake Lawn Resort on March 28 and 29.
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Darien fifth grader Jason Hines shows his award-winning fire safety poster
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a teacher”.
“The Rock & The Rabbi” is a mix of
original acoustic music and storytelling
that brings to life the close and personal
friendship between Peter (the Rock) and
Jesus (the Rabbi).
Transformative Arts, a non-profit organization bringing Christian arts and entertainment to southern Wisconsin communities,
will perform “The Rock & The Rabbi” at
Lake Lawn Resort on Thursday, March 28
and Friday, March 29.
Dramatic and funny, as well as passionate and energetic, “The Rock & The
Rabbi” features a catchy score of varied
musical numbers that sticks with audiences of all ages.
“As one of the largest and most unique
theatrical performances held at Lake Lawn
since the resort reopened in 2011, we are
very excited to be bringing it here,” said
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Celebrating 15 years of performances
in theaters across the country from Tampa
to Dallas to New York City, “The Rock &
the Rabbi” features music and lyrics by
Danny Hamilton, story by Gary
Richardson, and has played many times at
the famous Fireside Theater in Fort
Atkinson. Returning to play the lead roles
are Gary Richardson as the storyteller,
Nashville recording artiste David Wise as
the Rock, and Nashville artist Jason
Eskridge as the Rabbi.
This very special event will feature a
buffet dinner from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in the
Lake Lawn Room followed by the show at
7 p.m. in the Geneva Ballroom. General
admission includes the buffet dinner and
show with ticket prices starting at $40 for
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younger. Discounts are available for
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Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n
Tesla Model S a truly competitive premium sedan
By David Undercoffler
Los Angeles Times
The Tesla Model S may be a silent car,
but other automakers will no doubt hear it
coming.
In its first crack at a premium sedan, the
Silicon Valley electric-car maker has
matched or beaten the likes of the Audi A7 or
Mercedes-Benz CLS – products of a century
of German engineering. Similarly packaged
as a sleek four-door coupe, the Model S
delivers the performance and polish implied
by its $89,770 price.
All that’s missing is the roar of internal
combustion.
Ask the folks at Tesla Motors Inc. how
they pulled this off and they’ll say Tesla isn’t
a car company, it’s a tech company, headquartered in a hive of innovation that helped
lure the sharp minds who conceptualized the
car from an outsider’s perspective.
Founded in 2003, Tesla produced its first
car in 2008, the two-seat Roadster. It sold
about 2,400 of them before halting production last year.
The Model S represents Phase 2 of the
Palo Alto, Calif., company’s outsized ambitions. Unlike the Roadster, which was built
on the chassis of a Lotus sports car, Tesla
built the Model S from scratch. It’s a showpiece of the startup’s design prowess, targeting a demanding and well-heeled niche of
customers.
The third and crucial phase – if the
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while longer – will be to create an affordable
mass-market car. That’s no small feat, given
that the electric-car market, littered with past
failures, accounts for just one-tenth of 1 percent of U.S. auto sales. (For all the accolades
showered on Nissan’s Leaf, the company has
sold just 20,000 of the cars since 2010.)
The company recently reported another
good-not-great quarter, renewing concerns
about its ability to quickly churn out enough
electric vehicles to sustain the company for
the long term.
Tesla said it has more than 15,000 fully
refundable deposits on hand. But the company’s performance has raised concerns that it
will need a new influx of cash this year. The
cash that produced the Model S was gathered
during the Roadster era. Tesla secured $465
million in U.S. Department of Energy loans
and went public on the Nasdaq Stock
Market. It also started collecting Model S
deposits and sold minority stakes in the company to Toyota and Daimler, the parent of
The 2013 Tesla Model S was built from scratch, unlike the company’s Roadster,
which is built on the chassis of a Lotus sports car.
(Courtesy of Tesla/MCT)
Mercedes-Benz.
Now it’s up to the Model S to bring in
more cash.
Nearly a week spent in the car’s hightech cockpit suggests that Tesla has a legitimate shot at making automotive history with
truly competitive electric cars.
If Tesla is a technology company, the
evidence starts with the car’s innovative
infotainment system. The 17-inch touch
screen controls nearly everything – including
navigation, stereo, climate control and driving settings. As clear and touch-sensitive as
an Apple iPad, the huge screen can easily
accommodate multiple functions at once.
You can view the Google Maps-based
navigation on one half of the screen while
fiddling with radio controls on the other. Or
swap the two. Or close one of them and bring
up a new function – say, the phone or the
Internet browser. Or just expand one function
to cover the whole screen.
Contrast that to a car company making
technology: Ford has produced its Sync system about as long as Tesla has made cars, and
yet Sync remains eons behind in sophistication and ease of use.
But the most impressive technology
resides in the guts of the Model S. The car
overflows with torque, that delicious byproduct of electric propulsion. Despite a portly
curb weight – a comparable Audi A7 weighs
about 400 pounds less – the S clears zero to
60 mph in a mere 5.6 seconds.
Our test car, rated at 362 horsepower and
325 pound-feet of torque, uses an 85-kilowatt-hour battery to power the rear wheels
through an electric motor. The battery comes
in the premium version of the Model S – the
only one currently produced, with a base
price of $81,820, including delivery, before
any state or federal tax incentives. Additional
options on our test car included the tech
package, an upgraded sound system and air
suspension.
Tesla has promised two less expensive
versions of the car with smaller batteries,
meaning decreased power and range.
Power in the premium Model S comes
from roughly 1,000 pounds of lithium-ion
cells – all integrated into the car’s floor pan,
an innovative setup giving the Model S a low
center of gravity and a stiff chassis. The
underside of the battery pack forms the
underside of the car.
In eager driving, the S doesn’t feel exactly light, but it carries its weight well, with no
excessive body roll in turns. Drivers can use
the touch screen to select one of three different steering modes, although the most
aggressive ‘sport’ setting proved a little too
firm in most driving situations.
The brakes on the Model S are plenty
strong, and fortunately are not the regenerative variety you’ll find on most gas-electric
hybrids, which have a mushy, grabby feel.
Mash the go-pedal, and the Tesla plants
you in your seat and rushes forward with
eerily little feedback, save for the faint whir
of the motor behind you. The addicting expe-
ing experience, and your insurance rises
because of his 120 mph freeway jaunt.
The San Francisco-based Electronic
Frontier Foundation is concerned
because the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration wants to make
event data recorders mandatory for all
cars.
Nate Cardozo, staff attorney for
Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that
the black boxes track such information as
accelerator pedal position, brake pedal
position, engine revolutions per minute,
vehicle speed and acceleration, whether
seat belts are connected, whether air bags
deployed and a lot more.
The foundation’s concerns include
the fact that there is currently no cap on
the amount of data collected and there
are no limits on the kind of data that will
be gathered, Cardozo said.
“The car manufacturers can use that
data, including location, at will, which
has significant privacy implications,”
Cardozo said, which led to the scenario
of a speed jaunt finding its way into the
hands of an auto insurance company.
“The car owner should be the one
controlling access to the data,” Cardozo
said.
But others praise the black boxes as
probable lifesavers that could have prevented many tragedies and shortened
many safety investigations in the past, if
the technology had been available sooner.
“If we had these event data
recorders, we would have picked up on
child deaths from air bags much soon-
rience is not unlike being flung out of a giant
sling-shot.
The trouble is that repeated demonstrations of the car’s prodigious power utterly
destroy its range. Tesla says this model will
go 300 miles on a single charge. The EPA
puts that number at 265 miles. Over four
days of testing the car, we managed only
about 160 miles in heavy-footed driving.
All Model S’s will charge through a
120V or 240V outlet. Tesla says the former
needs roughly 46 hours to recharge fully,
while the latter needs eight to 10 hours.
Buyers can reduce these times by adding a
second on-board charger for $1,500 and buying a high-power wall connector for $1,200.
Tesla is also installing 100 of what it
calls supercharging stations in the U.S. and
Canada by year’s end. They’re free for Tesla
owners, who can add half a charge in about
half an hour.
Established automakers should be paying attention, but they shouldn’t be surprised.
In a blog post dated August 2006, Musk laid
out his three-step vision for Tesla. Step 1:
Build a sports car. Then use that money to
build an affordable car. Then, finally, use that
money to build an even more affordable car.
Steps 1 and 2 are done, with mixed
results. The Model S is hardly affordable, nor
does it guarantee safe passage to Step 3. But
strip away the financial drama, and all that’s
left is the best electric car ever made.
2013 TESLA MODEL S:
• Vehicle type: four-door hatchback
sedan
• Powertrain: AC synchronous electric
motor, liquid-cooled 85 kWh lithium-ion battery pack
• Transmission: Single-speed fixed gear
• Horsepower: 362
• Torque (pound-feet): 325
• 0-60 mph: 5.6 seconds
• Range: 265 miles, according to the
EPA
• Los Angeles Times’ take: Real car,
unreal acceleration
• Highs: Silent stalker on the freeway;
competes with German luxury cars.
• Lows: a heavy foot kills range; Tesla’s
uncertain future
• Base price: $81,820, before tax incentives or rebates
• Price as tested: $89,770
©2013 Los Angeles Times
Services.
‘Black boxes’ in cars pit safety concerns against privacy
By Ronald D. White
What if the black box in your new
car becomes a tool to invade your privacy? What if, on the other hand, it winds
up saving your life after an accident?
Those are some of the questions
being raised this week over event data
recorders, or black boxes, in cars.
Privacy advocates worried on Feb. 14
that the data could be misused. Safety
advocates argued on Feb. 15 that a
watered-down version of the recorders
would slow safety innovations.
In the former camp is the Electronic
Frontier Foundation and this scenario:
The friend who borrowed your BMW
decides to create his own ultimate driv-
er,” said Clarence Ditlow, executive
director of the Center for Auto Safety.
Ditlow added that it took the
NHTSA more than three decades to set a
standard for better interior padding in
cars to prevent injury, noting that black
boxes would have zeroed in on the problem quickly.
Ditlow added that problems involved
in auto safety recalls, which often track
a hazard over several model years,
would be discovered much faster.
“They will have a huge safety payoff,” Ditlow said. “If you can combine
crash recorder data with auto crash notification systems like OnStar, if you can
get medical care delivered faster, you
will save lives.”
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Willy ’n Ethel
by Joe Martin
March 8, 2013
The Beacon
Laughing Matter
A city man was driving
through a village when he
saw a man amusing a
crowd with the antics of his
trick dog. The city man
pulled up and said, “How
do you manage to train
your dog that way? I can’t
teach mine a single trick.”
The villager glanced up
with a simple rustic look
and replied, “Well, it’s this
way. You have to know
more’n the dog or you can’t
learn him nothin’.”
☺
☺
☺
A stage hand said to a
performer, “You received a
tremendous ovation; they're
still applauding. What did
you say?”
“I told them I wouldn’t
go on with my act until they
quieted down.”
☺
☺
☺
A kind-hearted old
English vicar observed an
old woman laboriously
pushing a perambulator up
a steep hill. He volunteered
his assistance and when
they reached the top of the
hill, said, in answer to her
thanks, “Oh, it’s nothing at
all. I’m delighted to do it.
But as a little reward, may I
kiss the baby?”
“Baby?” she said. “Lor’
bless you, sir, it ain’t no
baby; it’s the old man’s
beer.”
☺
☺
☺
“What’s the matter up at
Tom’s house,” a man asked
his neighbor.”
“They’re taking him
away in the ambulance for
beatin’ his missus.”
☺
☺
☺
An attorney was examining a witness in court.
“Have you ever been
arrested?”
asked
the
lawyer.
“No sir!” answered the
witness, emphatically.
“Have you ever been in
this court before?”
“No sir!”
“Are you sure of that?”
“Yest sir!”
“Your face looks very
familiar,” said the attorney.
“Where have I seen you
before?”
“Well, sir,” said the witness, “I’m a bartender in
the saloon across the
street.”
☺
☺
☺
“I want to know,” said
the grim-faced woman,
“how much money my
husband drew out of the
bank last week.”
“I can’t give you that
information,
madam,”
answered
the
bank
employee.
“You’re the paying
teller, aren’t you,” asked
the woman.
“Yes, ma’am, but I’m
not the telling payer.”
☺
☺
☺
“What happened to
you?” asked the ambulance
attendant. “Did you have an
accident?”
“No,” said the patient.
“I just bet a co-worker he
couldn’t carry me up the
ladder on his shoulders and
I won.”
☺
☺
☺
“It’s difficult to see how
I can be a forger,” said a
man to the judge. “I can’t
even sign my own name.”
“You aren’t charged
with signing your own
name,” said his honor.
☺
☺
☺
A member of the faculty in a London medical college was appointed an honorary physician to the king.
He proudly wrote a notice
on the blackboard in his
classroom
that
read,
“Professor
Jennings
informs his students that he
has been appointed honorary physician to His
Majesty, King Edward.”
When the professor
returned to his classroom
the following morning, he
found written below his
notice, “God Save The
King!”
☺
☺
☺
The great Russian composer, pianist and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff
told this story about himself.
“When I was a very little fellow, I played at a
reception for a Russian
count, and for a lad of
seven I flatter myself that I
played Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata pretty successfully. The Kreutzer, you
know, has several long and
impressive rests. During
one of the rests, the count’s
wife, a motherly old lady,
leaned forward, patted me
on the shoulder and said,
‘Why not just play us
something you know,
dear.’”
☺
☺
☺
“Does the florist have
any children,” asked a customer.
“He has two,” replied
the clerk. “A girl who is a
budding genius and a boy
who is a blooming idiot.”
☺
☺
☺
Customer: “I want to
try on that suit in the window.”
Salesman: “I’m sorry
sir, but you’ll have to use
the dressing room.”
☺
☺
☺
A sign on a Scottish
golf course reads, “Members will kindly refrain
from picking up lost balls
until they have stopped
rolling.”
☺
☺
☺
An American took an
English friend to a play. An
actor in the production,
about to die, exclaimed:
“Please, dear wife, don’t
bury me in Yonkers!”
The Englishman turned
to his friend and said, “I
say, old chap, what are
Yonkers?”
☺
☺
☺
A Scotsman went into a
shop and bought an attaché
case.
“Shall I wrap it for
you?” asked the clerk.
“No thank you,” replied
the Scot. “Just put the paper
and string inside.”
☺
☺
☺
“If the Dean doesn’t
take back what he said to
me this morning,” said the
coed, “I’m going to leave
college.”
“What did he say to
you?” asked her roommate.
“He told me I was
expelled.”
☺
☺
☺
Pickles by Brian Crane
March 8, 2013 — 31
32 — The Beacon
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by Joe Martin
March 8, 2013
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Bound and Gagged
by Dana Summer
March 8, 2013 — 33
34 — The Beacon
March 8, 2013
FuN and GameS
Crossword Clues
Theme: Name That Sport*
ACROSS
1. Money under mattress, e.g.
6. Convex and used for cooking
9. Practice in the ring
13. Male contessa
14. “A likely story!”
15. Pipsqueak
16. Run _____ of the law
17. George Gershwin’s brother
18. Speak like Pericles
19. *”Chariots of Fire” sport
21. *Mr. Miyagi’s sport
23. Sticky stuff
24. Not a hit
25. Writing point of pen
28. Comfy spot
30. Agitated
35. In a frenzy
37. To buy something “for a ____”
39. Stallion’s cry
40. What Simple Simon wanted to taste
41. Glorify
43. Expunge
44. Open-mouthed
46. Time for eggnog
47. Son of Aphrodite
48. *Manny Pacquiao’s sport
50. At a great distance
52. Lusitania’s last call
53. Flipside of pros
55. Part of smog
57. Gourmet’s organ?
60. *Grand Tour sport
64. Meeting place
65. Fish eggs
67. Divided country, e.g.
68. Compacted mass
69. Delivery vehicle
70. Give the boot
71. Freebie
72. Young newt
73. Office stations
DOWN
1. It’s often there for life
2. Vegan’s protein choice
3. Soon, to a bard
4. What bee did
5. Roman Sol
6. American Revolution supporter
7. Propel, in a way
8. Uniform shade
9. Evening in Italy
10. Everglades deposit
11. Chips, perhaps
12. Pastrami holder
15. Decline
20. Pirate’s necklace
22. ___ Wednesday
24. Marie Antoinette’s garments
25. Muslim ruler honorific
26. Insect, post-metamorphosis
27. Laundry booster
29. Jimi Hendrix’ “___ Lady”
31. Formally surrender
32. Wedding cake layers
33. Icy hut
34. *Bobby Fischer’s game
36. Civil War headgear
38. *Subject of “A Good Walk Spoiled”
42. Like kale and spinach greens
45. Live in a tent
49. Caught
51. Did this to one’s world
54. Bundle of axons
56. Taken to field in baseball
57. *a.k.a. “the sport of kings”
58. Mojito, _ ___ drink
59. Coal unit
60. Copper coin
61. Eye part
62. Adam’s apple spot
63. Gangster’s pistols
64. Communications regulator
66. Stumblebum
Sudoku
Puzzle answers
on page 23.
!
Bridge
%
All In Good Time
Goren on Bridge by Tannah Hirsch
North-South vulnerable. South deals.
NORTH
! A, 10, 8, 4
" 10, 8, 7, 6, 4, 2
# Void
$ K, 8, 5
WEST
! 2
" Q, J, 5, 3
# K, 9, 5, 4
$ J, 9, 7, 2
EAST
! 7, 6, 5
" A, K
# A, Q, 8, 6, 2
$ Q, 4, 3
SOUTH
! K, Q, J, 9, 3
" 9
# J, 10, 7, 3
$ A, 10, 6
The bidding:
SOUTH WEST
1!
Pass.
Pass
Pass
NORTH
4!
EAST
Pass
Opening lead: 2 of !
Don’t throw in the towel when the
opponents find a way to frustrate your
most likely line for the contract. Cast
around for an alternative. You will be surprised how often one is available.
There was nothing to the auction.
#
$
North judged well with a preemptive raise
to four spades, and all that remained was
for South to rack up 10 tricks. A singleton
trump would not have been our choice for
the opening lead but it was the best salvo
for the defense.
Without a trump lead, the play would
have been easy. Declarer simply concedes
a heart and scores 10 tricks with a high
crossruff - five trumps in hand, three on
the table and the ace and king of clubs.
That would no longer work since South
needs heart ruffs as a means of access to
hand, When South concedes a heart, the
defenders play another trump and now
there are only nine tricks.
The alternative line is to set up
dummy's hearts, giving up a second trick
in the suit if necessary. Declarer wins the
first trick in hand and concedes a heart to
East, who returns a trump, taken in dummy
with the eight. A heart is ruffed high, the
nine of spades is overtaken with the ten
and another heart is trumped with declarer's remaining trump.
The king of clubs serves as an entry to
dummy for the lead of another heart, West
winning. Sooner or later declarer can reach
dummy with a diamond ruff to cash two
long hearts, and declarer loses only two
heart tricks and a club.
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Laughing Matter
Puzzle Answers on
Page 23.
“Have you anything to offer the court
before I pass sentence?” the judge asked
the defendant.
“No, you honor,” he replied. “My
attorney took my last dollar.”
☺
☺
☺
When unexpected company showed up
for Sunday dinner, the hostess tried to
make a small roast chicken stretch as far as
possible. Her young daughter, who had
been served a single wing, piped up and
said, “Mother, can’t I have another bit?
This is nothing but hinges.”
☺
☺
☺
A good listener is someone to whom
you can tell a funny story without reminding him of one of his own.
☺
☺
☺
A teacher asked a pupil if he knew the
meaning of the word cannibal?
“I don’t know,” admitted Leonard.
“Well,” said the teacher, “if you ate
your mother and father, what would you
be?”
“An orphan,” answered Len.
☺
☺
☺
“How is you little brother, Johnny?”
asked the teacher.
“He’s sick in bed,” replied the youngster. “He hurt hisself.”
“That’s too bad. How did he do it?”
“We were playing who could lean farthest out the window, and he won.”
☺
☺
☺
“Mama,” said the six year old daughter, “please button my dress.”
“You’ll have to do it yourself, dear.
Mother’s too busy,” came the reply.
“Oh, dear!” exclaimed the little girl. “I
don’t know what I’d do without myself.”
☺
☺
☺
“Did you make the debating team?” a
father asked his son.
“N-n-no,” answered the lad. “They s-ssaid I w-w-wasn’t t-t-tall enough.”
☺
☺
☺
“Have you ever been up before me?”
asked the judge.
“I don’t know,” answered the defendant, “what time do you get up?”
☺
☺
☺
“I tell you it was that long,” said the
angler, stretching his arms out wide. “I
never saw such a fish.”
“I believe you,” said his neighbor.
☺
☺
☺
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March 8, 2013
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