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More than 100 members of The University of Wisconsin Varsity Band play for a packed house at Delavan-Darien High School on Sunday, March 2. The event was
sponsored by the DDHS Band Boosters to raise money for the school’s music program.
(Beacon photo)
Wisconsin Interstates may become toll roads
By Daniel Vock
Stateline.org
WASHINGTON — Wisconsin is
facing problems familiar to most states
when it comes to paying for its roads and
bridges. The gas tax is not bringing in
enough money to meet its needs, the
steady stream of federal transportation
money may be in jeopardy, and voters
do not want to pay more taxes.
The crisis was laid out last year in a
176-page report to Wisconsin lawmakers on the funding problems and the
deteriorating road network. Legislators
received another reminder in September,
when Green Bay officials had to close a
bridge that carries 40,000 vehicles a day
because it was sagging. It took until
January to fix and reopen the bridge.
In their scramble to find new funds,
leaders in Wisconsin and other states are
eyeing the same solution: tolls on highways. Federal law bans most states from
tolling existing interstates, but officials
in Wisconsin and in other states hope
Congress will change that law this year,
when it writes a new surface transportation bill to replace one that expires Oct.
1.
“All we’re asking for is to give the
states the flexibility, if they want to take
on that challenge, to see if they can sell
it,” said Jim Tymon, director of program
finance and management for the American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials.
But truckers, delivery companies
and businesses located along existing
interstates are vehemently opposed.
They have successfully beaten back
other recent attempts in Congress to permit tolls on existing interstate highways.
“Tolling existing interstate lanes is
the least efficient, least effective mechanism to fund transportation in the long
term,” said Hayes Framme, a spokesman
for the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates,
whose members include the American
Toll booths could be coming to Interstate Highways in Wisconsin as a way of
offsetting road maintenance budget shortfalls.
(Illinois Tollway Authority)
Trucking Associations, UPS, FedEx,
McDonald’s, Dunkin’ Donuts and other
groups.
Congress banned tolls on interstate
highways when it created the national
road network under President Dwight
Eisenhower in 1956. Only stretches of
highway that already had tolls – such as
those in Illinois – could keep them. The
federal government also allows tolls on
new highways and on lanes added to
existing interstates, as long as the revenue is used for repair and maintenance
of the tolled road.
Congress loosened the restrictions
slightly in 1998, creating a pilot program
that allowed three states to impose new
tolls. Missouri, North Carolina and
Virginia won those slots by applying to
the federal government, but none of
those states has followed through. In
fact, Virginia legislators ruled out tolls
on I-95 as part of a sweeping transporta-
tion package they passed last year.
Though they have declined to act,
those states are making it impossible for
other states that have explored new tolls
in public or in conversations with federal officials (such as Arizona, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Wisconsin) to
enter the pilot program.
The Federal Highway Administration, which administers the program,
says it retains the right to withdraw conditional approval from the states that
now have the slots, clearing the way for
other states to step in. Currently, no
other states have an application pending
with the agency.
The original idea behind limiting
tolls on interstates was to make sure
drivers were not taxed twice for the
same road – once through federal gas
taxes and again at the toll booth.
But the federal government’s funding crisis for transportation could force
Congress to rethink that policy.
The federal government’s gas tax,
currently 18.4 cents per gallon, has not
changed since 1993. Because of inflation and the improving fuel efficiency of
vehicles, the tax is no longer bringing in
enough money to keep up with transportation needs.
The U.S. Department of Transportation predicts the Highway Trust Fund, its
main source of money for road projects,
will run dry by August. That would
delay reimbursements to states and put
long-term funding plans in jeopardy.
“From the point of view of the
American people, (tolling) is providing
another avenue to fund infrastructure
that is likely deteriorating,” said Patrick
Jones, executive director and CEO of the
International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, a group that represents
toll operators and vendors.
Tolling existing interstates makes
sense, he said, because many of the original highways have surpassed their useful life and need to be completely
rebuilt.
Jones said states, not the federal government, should decide whether tolls are
appropriate.
“We aren’t saying that states must
toll interstate highways,” he said. “Just
give them the flexibility to do it. Let’s
have the battle. Let’s have the argument.”
But Framme, from the tolling opposition group, said there is too much at
stake to let states explore more tolling.
His members favor using the gas tax to
fund transportation, because the overhead costs are far lower than for tolling.
Framme said tolls could increase prices
for manufacturers, shippers, retailers
and customers. They would also hurt
fast-food restaurants, convenience stores
and other businesses along interstate
routes, he said.
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Prejudice is nothing new. Even when
Wisconsin was a melting pot of new
immigrants, it reared its ugly head.
In 1859, when everybody paying
attention could see that war was coming,
Irish residents of Fond du Lac formed a
military company called the Hibernian
Guards. Their lieutenant had served in
the Mexican War of 1846-48 and drilled
them professionally. A contemporary
recalled that their “uniform was quite
showy and they made a most handsome
appearance on the street.”
When war broke out in April 1861,
they marched to the local courthouse
and offered their services. “The boys
were there almost to a man and after
some patriotic speeches, Capt. Maginnis
formally made the offer of services,”
read an article in the local paper.
But the Quartermaster General of the
Wisconsin militia declared that “there
are enough young Americans to put
down this trouble inside of ninety days,
and we do not want any red-faced foreigners.”
Anti-Irish sentiment was widespread
across the nation at the time. Job advertisements often ended with the phrase,
“No Irish need apply.”
“The men then formed in company
order,“ wrote the city’s historian,
“marched to their armory, stacked arms
and voted unanimously to disband. The
governor was notified and the guns and
the rest of the equipment were returned
to Madison. This ended the Hibernian
Guards of Fond du Lac, after an existence of something more than two
years.”
The Quartermaster General later
claimed he had never made the derogatory remark. Nearly all the members of
the Hibernian Guard joined other companies and served honorably in the war.
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Willard Standish (1845-1938) of
Mondovi, Wisconsin, made his living by
climbing and repairing farmers’ windmills long after most people have
retired. And that wasn’t his only trick.
“When I was 13 years old,” he told
reporters in 1932, “I came out to
Wisconsin from Rutland Co., Vermont,
and was left to shift for myself. And I
did some shifting. This was wild country
around here in those days and I had a
taste of it.”
To support himself, Standish did odd
jobs, drove the stage coach between Eau
Claire and Chippewa Falls (fending off
robbers along the way), worked on
farms, located water with a divining rod,
and opened his own blacksmith forge.
Standish got tired of shoeing horses
and bending steel in middle age, so he
started a business erecting farmers’
windmills. This required him to climb
60 or 70 feet in the air carrying his tools,
which he did gleefully for the next four
decades, usually without a safety belt.
He said he never met a team of horses he couldn’t handle, but he never mastered the automobile. He outfitted a car
as his windmill repair shop but always
hired someone else to drive it.
When he was nearing 90, Standish
told a reporter, “I get my adventure out
of the air these days. I get a real thrill out
of looking over the country from the top
of a windmill. When I first saw the land
around here 73 years ago, it looked a
good bit different.”
Sources: “Badger descendant of
Miles Standish finds adventure in erecting windmills.” St. Paul Pioneer Press ,
December 13, 1931. “Descendant of
Miles Standish, living at Mondovi, has
had an adventurous career as pioneer.”
Eau Claire Telegram, August 16 1932.
All of the information for this column was found on the website, and used
with the permission, of the Wisconsin
Historical Society. Log on to http://
www.wisconsinhistory.org for more fascinating facts about Wisconsin history.
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Cowboys jersey to Big Foot High School head football coach Rodney Wedig while Jim
Haeni (left), who was Frederick's coach when he played for the Wolves, applauds.
Frederick also donated $2,500 toward the purchase of BFHS Athletic Coats for the
Varsity Football Team. The ceremony to retire number 72 held at 3:30 p.m. on
Saturday, February 8 between the JV and Varsity Basketball game between BFHS and
Beloit Turner. Frederick wore number 72 at Big Foot High School, at UW-Madison as
a Wisconsin Badger and he now wears number 72 as a Dallas Cowboy. Big Foot
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After a few development prototypes
and low-volume specials, in 1956
Chrysler finally commissioned the
famous Italian automobile design and
coachbuilding firm, Ghia, to build a
show car. The Chrysler Norseman was
to be “the most automated car in the
world.” The design has been usually
credited to Virgil Exner, however, most
of the work was done by one of his subordinates, Billie Brownlie.
It was definitely an innovative
design, its most striking feature being
the cantilevered roof, which was supported only at the rear pillars. There
were no side pillars (and no vent windows – another unusual feature for the
time) and in front the roof sat directly on
a frameless curved windshield.
To make things even more complex,
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Chrysler ordered the car in dark
green, with green and gray interior, but
Exner said it was to be painted silver.
The reporters who saw the car in Italy,
before it was shipped, wrote that it was
finished in two-tone blue, with red
leather and black accents. But you know
how reporters are. They could have been
suffering from massive hangovers.
Needless to say, such a complex
design required a lot of time and money
to be completed. It took the team, led by
Sergio Coggiola, fifteen months and cost
Chrysler more than $150,000 to finish
the Norseman. Long as it lasted, the
project was finished on schedule and on
July 17, 1956 the Norseman, carefully
packed in a wooden crate, was loaded
onto the board of a luxury liner of the
Italian Line, operating between Genoa
The electrically-operated adjustable front bucket seats came equipped with
lap belts. Instead of folding forward to permit rear passenger ingress and egress, the
seat backs swiveled with the outsides moving toward the dashboard.
night of the cruise and the ship was
expected to dock in New York the next
morning. At 11:10 p.m. Forty miles off
the coast of Nantucket, SS Andrea Doria
collided in thick fog with MS
Stockholm, a Swedish passenger ship on
its way from New York to Gothenburg.
Thanks to a swift and professional
rescue operation, only 53 people (out of
around 2,500) perished in the catastrophe. Eleven hours later the Italian ship
sank, taking all of its cargo, including
the Norseman. According to his description, the car's position in the wreck makes
it almost certain that no-one will ever see
it again. Bright died in 2006 from decompression sickness after another of his
dives to the Andrea Doria wreck.
Had the Norseman reached America,
it would have certainly influenced the
design of Chrysler cars in the late
50s/early 60s. As it is, only a few period
photos are left for us to look at and think
of the car that was once described as
the Norseman, 220 feet to the bottom of
the ocean.
Since then, only one person has seen
the car. In 1994 a famous wreck diver
named David Bright, during one of his
numerous expedition to the wreck, found
what he described as a “rusted hulk” of
“the handsome lad who never made it to
his prom.”
Many automobiles probably sit at the
bottom of the ocean, but another that
perished in a famous wreck was a 1912
Renault Coupe DeVille, which went
down with the Titanic.
Although definitely innovative, the Norseman was, in this writer’s opinion, not
Ghia’s finest design. It looks to me like a cross between a 1959 Oldsmobile and a
Rambler Marlin (see rear view, below right).
there was an electrically-operated sunroof – a very advanced feature at the
time and extremely difficult to integrate
into the slender roof structure.
The interior had four leather bucket
seats and a set of futuristic gauge pods,
complete with luminescent paint on the
back of the front seats as an experimental method of lighting.
The car was fully operational, with a
331 cubic inch Hemi V8 (235 hp) and 2speed (!) Powerflite transmission, shifted by push-buttons. The chassis was
most probably taken from the Chrysler
300 “letter” series cars.
and New York. The ship's name was the
Andrea Doria.
Back in Highland Park, Mich., the
Chrysler design team eagerly awaited
the new show car that was planned to be
a star of the 1957 auto show circuit.
Although they had designed it, almost
none of them had seen the final creation
in “the flesh.” Instead of the car, however, the forwarding agent delivered the
news that the Norseman had been lost
forever.
On the evening of Wednesday, July
25, the Andrea Doria was heading west
through New York Bay. It was the last
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Perspective
March 14, 2014
Where Congress falls short,
and where it doesn’t
Putin may have to learn his history again
By David Horsey
Russia seems to have learned little in
the 160 years since the Crimean War.
Launching ships and sending armies to
grab land may work in the short term, but
there are always negative consequences
that bring big regrets later.
Back in 1853, Russia’s man in charge
was Czar Nicholas I, who hoped to take
advantage of the weakening Ottoman
Empire and expand Russian power and
influence around the black Sea and
beyond. Using the pretext of protecting
Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman-controlled Holy Land, Russia went to war and
quickly destroyed the Ottoman fleet. Not a
bad start.
However, by the time the war ended
three years later, things had not worked out
so well. France and Great Britain had won
the conflict and the weakness of Russia’s
serf-dominated armies was exposed.
Nicholas was dead and the Czarist system
began a decline that would lead to the
monarchy’s 1917 demise. War debts were
so high that the new czar, Alexander II,
decided to sell Alaska to the United States
because he couldn’t afford to defend such
a distant territory.
Russia’s current autocrat, Vladimir
Putin, may be thinking his easy capture of
Crimea from the fledgling government of
Ukraine is a bold and clever move. Under
the pretext of protecting Russians, he may
have plans to snatch Ukraine’s Russianspeaking eastern industrial region. And he
can act with the certain knowledge that,
unlike the 1850s, Western powers have no
stomach for war.
But that only proves Western leaders
have learned the lessons of history. In the
intertwined world of the 21st century, the
power that really counts is economic
power. Sure, the United States and the
European Union have no inclination to
send troops to defend Ukraine, but they
have economic weapons that could severe-
The
ly undermine Russia’s tottering economy.
The Russian ruble is already tumbling
and Mark Adomanis, writing in Forbes, says
that is just the beginning of trouble for Putin’s
regime: “The economic costs to Russia will
be severe. ... Depending on the severity of the
situation in Ukraine, the Russian financial
system could come screeching to a halt.” And
all of that is happening even before the U.S.
and Europe follow through on threats to
impose sanctions, freeze Russian assets and
toss Russia out of the G8.
Meanwhile, valid questions about the
legitimacy of the new government in Kiev
will be set aside by American and European
leaders. Instead, they will rush to prop up
the Ukrainian economy as a display of solidarity with the pro-Western factions whose
ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych
started the crisis in the first place.
Former New York Mayor Rudy
Giuliani recently went on Fox News and
weirdly praised Putin for his ability to act
quickly and decisively. Unlike President
Obama, Putin is “what you call a leader,”
Giuliani said.
We can be grateful Giuliani never got
close to being our president. Acting without considering long-term consequences is
not leadership; it is the sort of unthinking
recklessness that started the Crimean War
in the 19th century – not unlike the “resolute” tough-guy idiocy that sent American
troops rushing off to Iraq for a decade of
misery at the start of this century.
Let’s let Putin play that game if he
chooses. If Obama and European leaders
employ their economic weapons smartly,
Putin can be taught a harsh lesson about
real power in the modern world.
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.
©2013, David Horsey
Distributed by Tribune Media Services.
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By Lee Hamilton
At a public gathering the other day,
someone asked me how I’d sum up my
views on Congress. It was a good question, because it
forced me to
step back from
worrying about
the current politics of Capitol
Hill and take a
longer view.
Congress, I
said, does some
things fairly
well. Its members for the
most part want Lee Hamilton
to serve their
constituents and the country. They may
be ambitious – it’s hard to be a successful politician if you’re not – but they’re
not motivated primarily by personal
interest. Most are people of integrity
who have chosen to try to advance the
national interest and are willing to work
within our agitated political environment.
They also strive to reflect their constituents’ views. They’re not always successful at this – I think members of
Congress tend to under-appreciate voters’ pragmatism and over-estimate their
ideological purity. Still, they’re politicians: their success rests on being accessible to their constituents, understanding
what they want, and aligning themselves
with that interest.
For all the attractive individual qualities that members of Congress display,
however, their institutional performance
falls short. Talented though they are, the
institution they serve does not work very
well. They argue endlessly, pander to
contributors and powerful interests, posture both in the media and in countless
public meetings, and in the end produce
very little. They discuss and debate a lot
of problems, but don’t create effective
results.
This may be because many members
of our national legislature have a constricted view of what it means to be a
legislator. They’re satisfied with making
a political statement by giving a speech,
casting a vote, or getting a bill through
the chamber they serve in, rather than
writing legislation that will make it
through both houses of Congress, get
signed by the President, and become a
law. Their aim seems to be partisan and
ideological, rather than a constructive
effort to solve the nation’s problems.
Similarly, they undermine their ability to oversee the executive branch by
conducting hearings for political gain
rather than to scrutinize government
activities or develop effective policy
directives. Many of our representatives
have become so reliant on their staff for
knowledge about public policy and the
details of federal agencies that in offthe-cuff debate they can be untethered
and misinformed. Small wonder that
Congress has had trouble being productive. The days appear to be over when
members of Congress strove to be masters of their subject matter and legislators in fact as well as in name.
Forced to spend so much time raising money and listening to well-heeled
people and groups, they also seem to
have trouble seeing current affairs from
the perspective of ordinary people. They
fall captive to the politics of any given
issue, rather than thinking about the
much harder question of how you govern a country with all its residents in
mind. They don’t see the necessity, in a
divided Congress and a divided country,
of negotiation and compromise.
Congressional tradition has created a
legislative process that should encourage fact-finding, searching for remedies,
and finding common ground. It should
not work solely by majority rule; decisions spring from consultation with
many voices, balancing minority and
majority views, and fair-minded
process. This is not what today’s members of Congress do, however. Instead,
they short-circuit the committee process;
fail to do their homework; dwell on talking points put together by staff and others; give too much power to their leaders; pay too little attention to deliberation; allow insufficient opportunity to
debate and vote on major policy amendments; and in general make a mess of the
budget – the basic operating instructions
for the government.
Process may not be everything, but
good process enhances the chance of
getting things right – and with each
passing year, Congress forgets more and
more about what good process looks
like.
Plenty of forces are responsible for
this state of affairs, from the outsized
role of money in the political process to
today’s hyper-partisanship to TV-driven
sound-bite debates. But in the end, it’s
still a source of great frustration to the
American people, me included, that
well-meaning, talented individuals cannot make the institution work better.
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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Sunshine Week
By Dave Bretl
March 16 marks the official start of
Sunshine Week. While we could all use
a break from the frigid temperatures,
unfortunately, Sunshine Week has nothing to do with weather. With the motto
“open government is good government,”
the week is a nationwide effort to focus
on transparency at all levels of government.
In Wisconsin,
two major safeguards ensure
that the actions
of local governments are open
to public scrutiny. They are the
open meetings
and public records laws. During each Sunshine Week, I try
David Bretl
to write about
some aspect of
open government. Last year I focused
on a couple of Wisconsin Supreme
Court decisions interpreting the public
records law, so I chose the open meetings law for this year’s column.
With limited exceptions, state law
requires that “meetings” of “governmental bodies” be open to the public. The
first step in achieving compliance with
the law is to determine what constitutes
a governmental body. In the case of
county boards, common councils and
school boards, the answer is obvious.
Elected governing bodies are covered by
the law. What is not widely known, however, is that many other groups can be
subject to the law, as well.
Any board, commission, committee
or similar group established by statute,
ordinance, rule or order can constitute a
governmental body under the law.
Therefore, while the town board fits the
definition, so, too, can the citizens’ advisory group appointed by the village
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The next step in the analysis is to
determine what constitutes a meeting
under the law. We would all agree that
the monthly county board meeting fits
this definition. To prevent “unofficial”
meetings from taking place before
noticed meetings and similar behindthe-scenes decision-making, the law
defines the term “meeting” broadly.
A meeting takes place under the law
whenever members of a governmental
body convene for the purpose of exercising responsibilities, authority, power or
duties vested in the body. Because it can
be difficult to prove exactly what was
being discussed outside of the public’s
view, the law shifts the burden of proof.
Whenever one half or more of the members of a governmental body are present,
a rebuttable presumption is created that
a meeting is taking place.
Once it is determined that a governmental body is meeting, a number of
steps must be taken to comply with the
law. Notice must be given at least 24
hours in advance of the meeting, unless,
for a good cause, it is impossible or
impractical to provide. Then, at least two
hours’ notice must be given.
I have never recommended convening
a meeting with less than 24-hour notice.
While I’m sure that some dire circumstance could occur that would warrant
holding a meeting on such short notice, I
have yet to see one. The vast majority of
business that local government needs to
conduct can wait for one day until adequate notice has been provided.
Meeting notices are typically posted
in one or more public places and provided to the media. In addition to listing
obvious items, such as the time, date and
place of the meeting, the notice must
describe the subjects that will be discussed in such form as is reasonably likely to apprise members of the public and
the news media thereof. With changing
technology, many governmental bodies
are posting meeting notices on their websites. While this may be good practice,
the law does not yet allow web posting as
a substitute for other statutorily prescribed methods of providing notice.
There are exceptions to the open
meetings law. Collective bargaining is
excluded from the statute; however,
final ratification of union contracts must
take place in open session. Additionally,
the statutes provide other circumstances
when the public can lawfully be excluded from a meeting. One example is to
confer “with legal counsel for the governmental body, who is rendering oral or
written advice concerning strategy to be
adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to
become involved.”
The law recognizes that it wouldn’t
make sense to discuss legal strategy
when an adverse party to the action
could be sitting in the room taking notes.
Likewise, a closed session is permitted
when negotiating the purchase of public
properties or when conducting business
that requires secrecy due to competitive
or bargaining reasons. If a board were
prepared to pay up to $20,000 for a parcel of land, but hoped that staff could
negotiate a better deal on the purchase, it
would be absurd to give that instruction
in a public meeting.
The open meetings law is fairly
straightforward, although officials and
the public need to be diligent to ensure
that local government is truly transparent. One problem that I see, too often, is
agendas that describe discussion items,
generically.
The purpose of posting agendas is to
provide notice to anyone who might be
interested in attending the meeting. An
agenda topic of “Licensing Issues” is
very different than “Revoking the
Liquor License for Dave’s Bar and
Grill.” As the owner of Dave’s Bar and
Grill I wouldn’t even think of attending
a meeting that contained the first agenda
item.
I would be camped out at city hall,
March 14, 2014 — 5
Higher education shouldn’t be out of reach
By State Sen. Neal Kedzie
While the benefits of a college education can be significant, the financial costs
associated with it can also be significant.
Higher education costs and student debt
have become national issues, as both are
rising at excruciatingly high rates.
According to the College Board, the
average cost for tuition and fees at a fouryear public institution
has
more than doubled over the
past ten years,
and it is anticipated that it will
continue
to
increase.
A
report by the
Project on Student
Debt
shows
that,
from 2008 to
Neal Kedzie
2012, a student’s
debt at graduation, of both federal and private loans combined, increased an average
of 6 percent each year.
In order to help parents and students
with the rising cost of college, the
Legislature passed, and the Governor
enacted, a two year freeze on college
tuition for all resident undergraduate students at all 26 University of Wisconsin
(UW) System universities and colleges.
The tuition freeze is currently in effect and
is the first of its kind in the history of the
UW System.
Further, Wisconsin has a College
Savings Program, offering two college
savings plans: Edvest and Tomorrow’s
Scholar. Both may provide families with
an easy and more flexible way to save for
college. The two plans, which are qualified
state tuition plans under section 529 of the
US tax code, deliver state and federal tax
advantages designed to encourage savings
for future higher education expenses.
According to the Wisconsin Department of
Administration,
the
Edvest
and
Tomorrow’s Scholar plans serve more than
240,000 families, in Wisconsin and nationwide, and comprise investments of $3.5
billion.
The Edvest and Tomorrow’s Scholar
plans both have the same purpose but differ to accommodate different needs. The
Edvest plan is tailored toward those who
wish to open and manage the account
themselves, while the Tomorrow’s Scholar
plan is only available through financial
advisors and fee-only planners, which may
come with additional fees or commissions.
Both plans allow anyone 18 years or older
to open an account for a beneficiary, either
a child or adult.
Once an account is open, any adult can
make contributions, many of which
receive a Wisconsin tax benefit. In addition, accounts grow both federal and statetax free. Account funds can be used for
tuition, fees, room and board, books, or
required equipment at most institutions
nationwide, including technical schools,
public and private colleges, universities,
graduate schools, and also many locations
outside the United States.
In order to update the program and
encourage even more investment in the
program, the Legislature recently passed
Senate Bill 389, which protects the Edvest
and Tomorrow’s Scholar accounts from
creditors. Senate Bill 389 also removes
restrictions on who may contribute to the
accounts in order to encourage extended
family, friends, and even communities to
participate.
Through 2013, residents could reduce
their Wisconsin taxable income dollar-fordollar up to $3,000 for contributions per
beneficiary each year. The bill now indexes that amount by the Consumer Price
Index, and it is expected to be around
$3,100 for 2014. The bill also allows tax
breaks to be carried forward to future taxable years for contributions that exceed the
maximum amount in a certain year.
Finally, Senate Bill 389 extends the period
to make contributions to April 15, thereby
giving individuals more flexibility in
claiming their state tax benefit. Senate Bill
389 is awaiting the Governor’s signature.
Higher education should be a reachable goal for everyone. The Legislature is
doing its part to help those who wish to
reach that goal and better their mind and
future. For more about Wisconsin’s
College Savings Program, visit http://
529.wi.gov/, and for more information
about the Edvest program, go to www.
edvest.com or call 1-888-338-3789 during
normal business hours. Information on the
Tomorrow’s Scholar plan can be found at
www.tomorrowscholar.com or by calling
1-866-677-6933. As always, feel free to
contact my office at any time for assistance.
Sen Kedzie can be reached in Madison
at P.O. Box 7882, Madison, WI 537077882 or by calling toll free 1 800 5781457. He may be reached in the district at
(262) 742-2025 or online at www.senatorkedzie.com.
Dave Bretl
Sunshine Week has its own webpage and
provides tips to citizens to test various
governments for transparency, including
reviewing official websites and filing
records requests. You can find the web
page at www.sunshineweek.org.
The opinions expressed in these
columns are those of the author and not
necessarily those of the Walworth
County Board of Supervisors.
however, if the second description
appeared. Both meeting notices are technically correct, but if the aim of the common council is to revoke my liquor
license, then the more detailed description is the one that should be used.
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March 14, 2014
Business, Tax & Investment
AARP Tax Aide offers free
help for Wisconsin taxpayers
By Tim Morrissey
AARP’s Tax Aide is the largest volunteer-run tax assistance program in the
nation. Mariann Muzzi, assistant state
director of community outreach for
AARP Wisconsin, says that, last year,
Tax Aide volunteers provided no-cost
tax-filing assistance to about 67,000
Wisconsinites.
“This was designed for people of
modest income who can’t afford professional tax preparation services, and who
Scott Manley, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce’s Vice President of
Government Relations, answers questions about a recent poll showing that the majority of voters don’t favor a minimum wage hike if it means a substantial loss in jobs.
(Photo by Shawn Johnson / WPR)
WMC cites poll showing lower
support for minimum wage hike
By Shawn Johnson
The state’s largest business group
says voters won’t support raising the
minimum wage if they know it could
cost jobs, but Democrats say the research
used to back that claim is questionable.
A recent poll by Marquette
University found that 62 percent of
Wisconsin residents favored raising the
minimum wage, but a polling firm hired
by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce asked the question a different
way. WMC’s Scott Manley says it found
a majority, 53 percent, supported raising
the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour,
which is the level called for by President
Obama and Democratic gubernatorial
candidate Mary Burke.
“But when they asked the follow-up
question and said, ‘A recent study has
said Wisconsin stands to lose 27,000
jobs if we increase the minimum wage
to that level,’ the support for doing so
drops off dramatically,” Manley said.
“Support for the minimum wage drops
off to 39 percent.”
The assertion that 27,000 jobs will
be lost comes from a study out of the
Employment Policies Institute. Scot
Ross, with the liberal group One
Wisconsin Now, says the source of the
numbers is significant. The Employment
Policies Institute is run by the same PR
firm that represents the restaurant and
hotel industries, which oppose minimum
wage hikes.
“The fact is that this is a corporate
PR stunt in order to tell people what they
know from their common sense, which
is raising the minimum wage is going to
help grow the economy in Wisconsin,”
Ross said.
Groups like WMC contend it’s common sense that a wage hike will result in
job losses, since raising the cost of labor
will result in less of it. One Wisconsin
Now’s Ross says any job loss estimates
ignore the benefits of a minimum wage
hike, namely the economic boom that
comes when people increase their buying power.
(Wisconsin Public Radio News)
Firm receives great response to
Random Acts of Kindness program
The team at Exemplar Financial
Network, which consists of Financial
Advisors Stephen Werner, Jacob A.
Ries, Heidi Alten and Client Services
Director Alyssa Erickson, recently chose
26 people in the community and gave
them each $50 with a note that read, “We
are asking you to join Exemplar in kicking off 2014 with Random Acts of
Kindness. Pay it forward with the enclosed gift by helping a local family,
charity or cause dear to your heart. We
would love to hear your story, so return
a small note to add to our office Random
Acts of Kindness bulletin board.”
According to Ries, the response to
the program was impressive. Heartfelt
stories keep pouring in – everything
from assisting local families who are
going through a rough time to donations
to community not-for-profits, and even
one story of an eight-year-old who wanted to give donations to the food pantry
instead of receiving birthday gifts.
“We wanted to do something different and special with our clients to kick
off 2014,” said Ries. “We chose to promote random acts of kindness and the
response has been tremendous. I couldn’t believe the stories we received and
the many uses of the funds we sent out.
This will definitely become an annual
project for us.”
Anyone who would like to learn
more about the Random Acts of
Kindness program may call (800) 8223642, extension 146, visit www.exemplar FN.com/Walworth or find them on
Facebook at Exemplar Financial Network-Walworth.
Exemplar Financial Network is an
independent financial services firm that
is located at 630 Kenosha St. in
Walworth.
would benefit the most from receiving
the most refund that’s available to them,
and avoiding larger tax bills,” she
explains.
Muzzi says the program is targeted
to people of low and modest income,
age 60 and over, but there are no age or
income restrictions.
To find out where AARP Tax Aide
services are available, there is a toll-free
phone number - (888) 227-7669 - or
AARP.org/taxaide.
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March 14, 2014 — 7
Williams Bay Women’s Civic
League to host voters’ forum
Spring elections will soon be here. In
an effort to inform residents, a Voters’
Forum will be held Wednesday, March
19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Williams Bay
Village Hall council room, 250 Williams
Street.
Each of the following candidates
have been invited to participate.
Incumbent David Weber is seeking
re-election to the Walworth County
Board of Supervisors in District 7.
Three candidates are seeking three
positions on the Village Board of
Trustees. Incumbent Gregory Trush is
joined by James Killian and David
Jameson. The Village Trustee is a two
year term.
James Pfeil and Lynne Landgraf are
running unopposed for the Williams Bay
Schools Board of Education. School
Board terms are for three years.
Candidates will have the opportunity
to give a four minute introductory speech,
followed by a 20-minute question and
answer session for each position.
The purpose of the forum is educational, so that village residents have the
opportunity to become aware of the candidates’ backgrounds, positions and
motivations for serving the community.
The general election will be Tuesday,
April 1, at the Village of Williams Bay
Village Hall. Polls open at 7 a.m. and
close at 8 p.m.
The forum is sponsored by the
Williams Bay Women’s Civic League.
Roberta Rohdin Killian will serve as
moderator.
All telephone numbers
published in The Beacon
are in area code 262
unless otherwise indicated.
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March 14, 2014
This winter’s harsh weather puts economy on ice
By Teresa F. Lindeman
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Joe Pawlak, who has been in the
food service business for 25 years, doesn’t hesitate to label this one of the worst
winters for restaurants and other food
operators: “This is as bad as I’ve seen
it.”
A senior vice president of Chicagobased food consulting group Technomic
Inc. recently led a webinar titled “The
Wicked Winter of 2014: Impact on
Consumer Eating Out and Operator
Sales.”
There have been a lot of names given
to the winter of 2013-14 – few of them
complimentary – but economic analysts
are still waiting to gauge the final effect
of the meteorological misery.
Snow, ice and frigid temperatures are
a factor in slowing down many businesses – keeping cars sitting on dealers’ lots,
stalling sales of existing homes, fewer
gamblers going to casinos, shipping
companies struggling to get deliveries
out and retailers waiting by the door for
customers.
But that’s the short term. The longerterm implications for the economy are
less clear. Analysts say some sectors
may be able to shrug it off as temperatures warm up, while others could have
a harder time recovering.
Restaurants, for example, can’t make
up lost dinner checks in the same way
that a car dealer might make up a lost
sale. A meal eaten elsewhere is done and
over. “You’ve lost all those opportunities,” Pawlak said.
Technomic is in the midst of surveying restaurant, hotels and school cafeteria operators to see if it will need to pull
back on the projection it issued in
January for 3.5 percent growth industrywide this year.
And winter is not even over yet.
Matt Rogers, founder and president
of Bethesda, Md.-based Commodity
Weather Group, was recently looking for
two to three more weeks of “impressive
cold.” His consulting firm works with
about 240 companies – ranging from
Fish Fry
Extravaganza
hedge funds to banks, food companies
and utilities – that are affected by shifting energy and food prices.
“It’s been a crazy winter,” Rogers
said.
Last fall, the firm forecast a colder
winter than the previous one, but the season has exceeded expectations. Rogers
said the period from Dec. 1 through the
end of February has been the coldest
since the 1981-82 season. “It’s having
some very important impacts,”he said.
Natural gas prices are up under the
weight of the demand, although the
influx of natural gas from domestic
sources has helped avoid a shortage.
“It could have been a lot of worse,”
Rogers said, noting that a 2003 winter
that wasn’t this cold caused a scare
about the natural gas supply.
Winter wheat – wheat that’s planted
in the fall, goes dormant in the winter
and then is harvested after growing
again in the spring – could be threatened by this latest round of extreme
cold temperatures, said Joel Widenor,
founder and vice president, director of
agricultural services for Commodity
Weather Group.
(Continued on page 9)
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So far crops growing in places such
as Nebraska, Kansas and Indiana have
avoided a lot of damage because of all
the snow that creates a sort of blanket
that protects the dormant wheat,
Widenor said.
“We’re seeing exponentially more
activity from winter-focused clients,”
said Joe DeRugeriis, director of marketing for Planalytics, a business
weather intelligence company near
Philadelphia. Anyone selling things
like snow blowers, shovels, outerwear
and scarves has been OK with the
stormy weather – to a point.
Retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods, a
Planalytics customer that includes
snow gear and coats in its inventory,
earlier this month raised its earnings
projections for the quarter that ended
Feb. 1. In previous, warmer, winters,
Dick’s has been stuck with cold
weather inventory.
Still, the economic fog from the
storms hasn’t yet cleared. “Harsh winter weather is masking the performance of the broader economy,” the
National Retail Federation’s chief
economist Jack Kleinhenz complained
in a mid-February report on January’s
numbers.
“Extreme temperatures and severe
ice and snow are making it increasingly difficult to assess if the retail sales
slowdown is temporary or a telling
sign of a longer lasting weakness in
the consumer-fueled economy. No one
can jump to any solid conclusion until
we shovel out of the snow.”
That effort to see further out has
broader implications, too.
The stock markets took a chill in
early February after the Institute for
Supply Management issued a report
that showed, among other things, a
gauge of new orders in the manufacturing sector had dropped 13.2 percentage points from December, an
“almost unprecedented” drop, according to Bradley J. Holcomb, chair of the
ISM’s manufacturing business survey
committee.
Weather that closed some business-
March 14, 2014 — 9
es and slowed deliveries was probably
a factor in that number, he said, as well
as in the 6.9 percentage point drop in
the ISM’s production index during the
month.
Yet, said Holcomb, “All things
considered, my sense is this is a shortterm blip and it will be made up.”
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what we used to call a good citizen.
(Beacon photo)
St. Patrick Parish
to host St. Joseph
Table March 18
St. Patrick Parish of Elkhorn will
host the annual St. Joseph Table from 47 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18 at St.
Patrick Parish School, 534 Sunset Dr. in
Elkhorn.
There is no charge for the feast and
everyone is welcome. Donations will be
accepted and given to a local charity. All
food is prepared by volunteers as an
offering of love, labor and sacrifice in
honor of St. Joseph, the patron saint of
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Q: What items should be a home dental first-aid kit?
A: Right on top should be the phone
number of you dentist. In case of emergency, you want to get to your dentist as
soon as possible. But assuming your dentist is not immediately available, here are
some items you should have at home to
deal with emergencies.
• Sterile gauze pads in case you have to
staunch bleeding from a cut
• A mile pain reliever like aspirin or
acetaminophen to help get you through the
early stages of a toothache
• An over-the-counter topical anesthetic, ointment or liquid, like Anbesol or
Campho-phenique to use on mouth sores
• Dental wax, which you can get from
your dentist or at a pharmacy, and is helpful for covering a protruding, irritating
wire from orthodontia, or to temporarily
cover the jagged edges of a chip tooth
• Table salt and baking soda, either of
which you can dissolve in warm water to
make a soothing mouthwash to address
pain in the mouth or a toothache
You can also make an effective cold
pack by putting ice cubes into a plastic bag
and putting the bag inside a damp dishtowel. Fifteen minutes on; fifteen minutes off.
Generally for a dental emergency, you
want to see your dentist. But if the dentist
is not available and you think the situation
is serious, also have in the kit the location
of the nearest hospital emergency room.
Talk with your dentist about what you
should have at home to deal with a dental
emergency.
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Health & Fitness
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March 14, 2014
Wal-Mart asks suppliers to
stop using harmful chemicals
By Heather Somerville
San Jose Mercury News
In one of the boldest moves toward
eliminating toxins from products consumers use every day, Wal-Mart Stores
Inc. has notified its suppliers they will
have to reformulate soaps, makeup and
household cleaners as the world’s largest
retailer begins to shed harmful chemicals
from store shelves.
Wal-Mart’s new policy, announced in
September but outlined in detail for the
first time Feb. 27, signals the start of a
pivot in the personal care products industry as the retailer demands higher standards of safety – oversight that the federal government doesn’t have.
Health and environmental advocates
expect possibly tens of thousands of
products will be reformulated to remove
harmful ingredients and meet Wal-Mart’s
new standards. And with Wal-Mart as
their biggest customer, most manufacturers will choose to make their products
safer rather than get kicked out of the bigbox stores, advocates say.
“When big retailers like Wal-Mart
choose to offer safer products, that is a really fast way to effect change,” said Arlene
Blum, executive director of the Green
Science Policy Institute and a chemistry
expert at the University of CaliforniaBerkeley. “This will help shift the marketplace in the right direction and potentially
have a huge effect on our health.”
The initiative is one of the most
sweeping efforts to reduce consumers’
exposure to toxins, and other retailers are
expected to follow Wal-Mart’s lead.
Target already announced a similar policy
last October that encourages manufacturers to remove dangerous chemicals from
products.
“In several years we may be able to
see a decline in the usage of these highpriority chemicals,” said Sarah Vogel,
director of health programs at the
Environmental Defense Fund, a nonprofit that has worked with Wal-Mart on the
new policy.
Wal-Mart has identified certain chemicals considered dangerous – because
they cause cancer, reproductive damage
or other health or environmental harm –
and wants them removed from beauty
products, baby and household supplies
and pet products. Manufacturers must
disclose the ingredients they use by
January 2015, and either reduce or eliminate harmful ingredients in their products
within a couple of years to comply with
the new standards.
“This is going to change the standard
nationwide,” said Margie Kelly, spokeswoman for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a San Francisco-based nonprofit
that advocates safer cosmetics. “We are
fairly certain that Procter & Gamble is
not going to make one set of products for
Wal-Mart and one set for everyone else.”
Wal-Mart is working with suppliers to
find safe substitute ingredients, and says
it will track its suppliers’ progress and
update customers by January 2016.
“This is a big step in the right direction,” said Harold Zeliger, a chemist and
nationally recognized expert on toxins in
cosmetics. The chemicals Wal-Mart has
identified “are indeed among the most
toxic that consumers are regularly
exposed to.”
Wal-Mart used guidelines from the
EPA, European Union, U.S. National
Toxicology Program, California Proposition 65 and other state regulations to create a list of chemicals it wants suppliers
to stop using. But Wal-Mart is starting
with a list of 10 chemicals pegged for
elimination – only it won’t release that
list to the public. Some advocates panned
the retailer for concealing the chemicals
from consumers buying the very products
that contain them.
“This is being driven by consumers’
need to know. Ultimately, there has to be
more transparency for consumers to
understand what chemicals are dangerous,” Kelly said.
The retailer declined to answer questions about why the public could not
know which chemicals it was working to
eliminate, saying only: “We’re excited to
offer a road map that will help suppliers
of consumables products to transparently
disclose product ingredients and transition to greener substitutes for priority
chemicals.”
The American Chemistry Council, the
industry trade group for U.S. chemical
companies, is working with Wal-Mart to
advise the retailer why beauty and household products need certain chemicals to
last longer in a medicine cabinet or retain
a fragrance.
“We already know a great deal about
specific chemicals and how they interact
with the body,” the council said in a written statement. “Efforts to assess a product’s safety should include considerations
of product use, actual consumer exposure
to the chemical, and how and why the
chemical is used in the product.”
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Wisconsin‹Mercy Health System
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Mercy earned this recognition for its
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Mercy Health System first implemented its Safe Sitter program in 1995.
Last year alone, Mercy graduated 177
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Furthermore, Mercy has taught 911
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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.
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A 2010 graduate of Badger High
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A 2011 graduate of East Troy High
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A a 2013 graduate of Parker High
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Florida Funnies
I am in Florida, but frankly, it is just
plain weird to get on a plane at O’Hare
where it is 2 degrees, and in less than three
hours see palm trees waving in a 75 degree
breeze. It’s nice, but weird.
Thought I would share some funny
things that have happened since I’ve been
here.
I saw a restaurant
named
simply, “Rooster
and Fish.”
“I like that,” I
thought to myself. “You know
what’s going to be
on the menu
before you go in.
That’s my kind of
place.” Then the
Marjie Reed
restaurant had a
big sign right along the road. In giant letters it said, “Rooster and Fish Specialty –
Prime Rib.”
“Hmm,” my brain went into action,
“just what kind of ribs would they be? A
place called ‘Rooster and Fish’ must have
secret access to some gigantic, tough old
roosters to have ribs big enough to make a
meal on. Or maybe they serve whale ribs.
I’ve come close to swallowing ‘trout ribs’
a time or two and I wouldn’t pay a penny
for that near-death experience.”
On a different day I was in Walmart
looking for birthday cards. Another lady
and I were aghast at the prices.
“You know where you can get really
good, inexpensive cards?” she said to me.
“At Target. Oh wait, it isn’t Target, it’s
Dollar Tree. They have them two for a dollar. You should go there. (It never crossed
my mind that she wasn’t at Dollar Tree).
“And where is the nearest Dollar
Tree?” I asked.
“Oh, there isn’t one anymore, they tore
it down,” she said. “They’re building a
new one. It should be open in a few
months, though.”
I just smiled at her and thought,
“Because I’d like to wish my grandson a
happy 7th birthday before he enters high
school, I’ll just keep looking here.”
I saw this lady again in the electronics
department, and I got out of there in a
hurry. With the immeasurable help she had
been with greeting cards, I didn’t want her
help me shop for USB cords. I could just
hear it; “Computer stuff? Go to Radio
Shack or Best Buy, oh no wait, Radio
Shack burned down last year, and
Hurricane Katrina flattened Best Buy—
think they’re gonna rebuild, though.”
While in Florida, I’m staying with my
brother and his family and visiting my
mom at her retirement home. If I’ve
learned anything while visiting mom, it is
to only ask the residents questions I really
want answers to.
One evening while waiting for our dinners to be served in the lovely dining
room, I thought our table needed some
conversation. I turned to a 97 year old lady
and asked a perfectly innocent question.
“So, how have you been feeling?”
“Oh, I’ve never been sicker than I was
last week,” she began, happy to tell somebody. “I had diarrhea so bad (I will spare
you the vivid description), then coughed
so hard they called the ambulance.
Then…” (enter the waitress setting my
dinner plate before me) “when the paramedics were all gathered around me, I
threw up on all of them!”
Note to self: Be more specific with
questions. I asked how she’d been feeling
and she told me.
But I really loved talking to a different
lady who had a great sense of humor, so
before another meal I asked her to tell me
about her childhood.
What could go wrong with that subject? Plenty!
“Do you know what hot tamales are?”
she asked.
“No, I don’t think so,” I replied.
“They’re some kind of stuff loaded
with meat inside that you eat” she
informed me, “My siblings and I especially loved the homemade ones a man sold on
the corner near our house. We probably ate
hundreds of them over the years.”
Thinking she was done, I patted myself
on the back for asking such a great question this time...then she continued.
“After the man died they went into his
basement and found skins from all kinds of
animals he’d trapped. I wonder what kind
of meat we ate in those hot tamales?”
We all laughed and I could tell she was
visualizing that hot tamale stand from so
long ago and was thrilled to have someone
to tell.
Dear God:
Help us parents to target our kids’
attention to appreciate, respect and care for
our seniors as national treasures of wisdom...and great stories.
Whether our kids are quiet and placid,
or little hot tamales, help us realize seniors
will enjoy them all. This older generation
has much to tell, but few who will listen.
Remind us that hours spent at a retirement
home as a family, will be a prime event for
the family and the residents. 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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March 14, 2014
Wisconsin Legislature takes up
question of banning e-cigarettes
Kettle Morain Land Trust President Jerry Petersen (left) reviews closing documents with Trust Counsel Steve Schmuki.
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By Tim Morrissey
A public hearing will be held at the
State Capitol today on a bill by Sen. Glenn
Grothman, R-West Bend, that exempts ecigarettes from Wisconsin’s smoke-free air
law.
The product is not presently regulated,
which Dona Wininsky, director of public
policy and communications for the
American Lung Association in Wisconsin,
believes is wrong.
“Right now there’s over 250 different
brands,” she said. “Each has its own combination of ingredients, and over half of
them have candy and fruit flavors. Our
position is that the Food and Drug
Administration needs to issue some kind
of regulations over these products.”
Grothman contends there is no harm
from e-cigarettes and that no one is
exposed to secondhand smoke from them.
But according to Wininsky, it’s unknown
whether they’re safe.
“There’ve been no short-term or longterm health studies on their use,” she said.
“The FDA is the only authority that can
make that decision. The ball’s in President
Obama’s court. He has the authority to
make the FDA issue regulations on e-cigarettes. Our position at the Lung
Association is, he needs to do that.”
According to Consumer Reports magazine, sales of e-cigarettes reached $1.5
billion last year, nearly triple the previous
year. Often, they’re marketed as a way to
quit smoking. But Wininsky said if smokers want to quit, they can call 1-800-QUITNOW, or talk with their doctor. Wininsky
said one of the Lung Association’s biggest
concerns is that e-cigarettes are marketed
to young people.
“More than 100 of those brands come
in candy and fruit flavors,” she said.
“Naturally they’re going to attract kids. Do
you know of an adult that is going to want
to smoke a bubble-gum flavored product?
Very few will. And on top of that, we do
know that middle- and high-school use has
doubled in just a year. The tobacco industry is using the same tactics to get kids to
use e-cigarettes that they used to get them
to start
The Alzheimer’s Association will
hold a wine tasting at Studio Winery,
401 Sheridan Springs Rd., Lake
Geneva, on Thursday, March 20 from
6-8 p.m.
There will be five different wines,
appetizers and entertainment. Dark
chocolate will be served with red wines.
There will also be a gift drawing for a
wine basket; $1 per ticket or six for $5.
The “Traveling Alzheimer’s Quilt” will
also be on display
Tickets to the event are $20 per person and may be obtained at the door or
in advance by calling 248-4933, from an
Alzheimer’s Committee member or at
The Highlands of Geneva Crossing
Retirement Community.
High school seniors and other postgraduates who are interested in continuing their education to pursue a career
in the building industry or an associated field are encouraged to apply for the
Lakeland Builder Association’s $500
scholarship.
Guidelines for applicants:
1) Must currently reside in
Walworth County or have attended high
school in Walworth County.
2) Must be enrolled and accepted
into college, trade school, or apprenticeship related to the building or associated industry.
For more details and an application,
go to www.lakelandbacom. Scholarship applications and transcripts, if
applicable, must be received by April
17 at Lakeland Builders Association,
1560 N. Country Club Parkway,
Elkhorn, WI 53121.
Kettle Moraine Land Trust
acquires fourth preserve Benefit Alzheimer’s Association
The Kettle Moraine Land Trust has
purchased a fourth Preserve. On Thursday,
February 27, it acquired a 13 acre nature
parcel between the Turtle Creek Wildlife
Area and the Springwood Farm
Subdivision in the Town of Darien. The
land is located along Springwood Drive to
the west of County Highway M in
Walworth County.
The land was acquired with funds
obtained through Ducks Unlimited, which
is partnering with the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources to
implement one portion of a large grant created by the North AmericanWetlands
Conservation Act.
The goal of the overall program is conservation of wetland, and associated
upland, for the benefit of migrating waterfowl, shorebirds, and other wild-life. The
location of the 13 acre parcel, which is
adjacent to the Turtle Creek Wildlife Area,
will add significantly to the value of the
regional wildlife habitat. The entire property is designated by the Southeastern
Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
as Primary Environmental Corridor.
KettleMoraine Land Trust’s Mission
is “to preserve the natural heritage of
the southern Kettle Moraine Lakes area
and nearby land through partnerships in
land conservancy and resource management.”
According to Trust President Jerry
Petersen, the acquisition is an excellent fit.
The Trust’s other Preserves are: Island
Woods at Lauderdale Lakes, Jackson
Creek Preserve south of Elkhorn, and
Beulah Bluff overlooking Lake Beulah. In
addition to public scenic enjoyment, youth
education events are regularly held in the
Preserves. More information on the Trust’s
activities is available on its website
kmlandtrust.org.
The Delavan Alzheimer’s/Related
Dementias Caregiver Support Group will
meet on March 19 from 4 – 5:30 p.m. at
the Delavan Community Centre, 826 E.
Geneva St. The Guest speaker will be
Bonnie Beam-Stratz, Community Outreach Coordinator from the Southeastern
Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Association. The
topic will be Behavior: Another Form of
Communication.
The group will explore important tips
on how to successfully interact with someone with dementia. They will also discuss
how all behavior in people with
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
is communication, and how best to use
information you have about the person to
ensure beneficial interaction.
Call Arlene Torrenga at 728-6393
with questions about the meeting.
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County seeks volunteer guardians
The Walworth County Department of
Health and Human Services is in need of
volunteer guardians – court appointed
decision makers for adults who are
found to be incompetent.
Volunteer guardians are appointed
when a person does not have family or
friends who could be of assistance.
Guardians make important health care
and financial decisions to ensure that a
person’s needs are being met. They act
as advocates for these people and play
an extremely important role in someone’s life.
The hours are flexible and there is a
$25 monthly stipend available. Anyone
who would like more information on the
program or would like to complete a
volunteer application, should contact
Colleen Lesniak, Walworth County
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[email protected].
Toll roads
Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican facing re-election this fall, said he is more
interested in building new express lanes
that would be tolled. That approach
would be permissible under current federal law, because it would add road
capacity instead of adding tolls to existing lanes.
Walker is also looking at funding
sources other than tolls, including the
possibility of raising the gas tax or the
sales tax. But he would wait until lawmakers take up the budget next year
before proposing the changes.
“We would make it as part of an
overall package, so that any change that
was done would be about lowering the
overall tax burden in the state but changing the way in which we fund transportation,” Walker said.
Rhode Island officials have looked at
tolling over the years, and Democratic
Gov. Lincoln Chafee suggested it at a
recent National Governors Association
discussion on transportation funding.
But Chafee later said he is not asking
his state’s congressional delegation
about tolling, because he is focusing on
making sure federal money from the
Highway Trust Fund keeps flowing.
He is also aware of the political
implications. “We’ve got one bridge that
we’ve got tolls proposed on in Rhode
Island. It’s hugely controversial,”
Chafee said. “So I’m fully aware of the
political collateral that you have to
expend on any type of tolling issue.”
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Continued from page 1
On Friday, February 7 from 4 – 7 p.m. stylists at Sparks Salon in Walworth
fixed hair and makeup for five girls who were attending the Daddy Daughter Dance.
They paid the same attention to these youngsters’ preparations as they would if they
were attending a prom. Stylist Courtney Bluhm, from Sharon, admires the final touches on the hairstyle of Lily Wolf (6) from Walworth. This was the third year Lily attended the dance. This year she wore a zebra patterned dress and a pink corsage.
(Photo by Correspondent Penny Gruetzmacher)
“What kind of harm are you doing?”
Framme asked. “Are you really getting
the benefit out of the tolls that would
offset any effects to the economy by putting truckers out of business ... simply
by trying to raise other money for transportation?”
A green light from the federal government would leave tolling decisions to
the states, but there is no guarantee they
would rush to add toll booths, as
Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia
have shown.
The idea did produce some bipartisan agreement in the Wisconsin State
Assembly, a chamber that has experienced deep party divides in recent years.
“It’s something the speaker thinks is
important that we keep in the conversation, that hopefully we can address some
day,” said Kit Beyer, a spokeswoman for
Speaker Robin Vos, a Republican. “He’d
be willing to bring it up and move forward with it if it does get approval from
the federal government.”
Peter Barca, the chamber’s Democratic leader, said tolls would be the
“best approach” to pay for transportation.
“In his last two budgets, the governor has been paying for transportation
on the credit card. This seems like the
idea that makes the most sense,” Barca
said.
But the idea has met a cool reception.
Enjoy the little things. Someday you may
look back and realize they were the big things.
Bill and Linda McIntyre enjoy dinner at the Daddy Daughter Dance, which was
held on Friday, February 7 from 6-9 p.m. at The Abbey Resort Harbor Ballroom. This
was the fifth year that the dance has been a joint effort of the Big Foot Recreation
District, Delavan Parks and Recreation Department and Elkhorn Parks and Recreation
Department. This year, 340 attended the event. Music and Master of Ceremonies was
Scott Thomas Entertainment.
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Home and Family
March 14, 2014
DOT launches ad campaign to
teach drivers about roundabouts
By Shamane Mills
It seems some Wisconsin drivers
need a refresher course on roundabouts. The state Department of
Transportation is airing advertisements that tell people to “take it slow”
and choose the proper lane before
entering a roundabout.
With 280 roundabouts in Wisconsin,
there’s a good chance many motorists
have used them. Whether they like them
and know how to properly drive through
them is another matter.
A recent study by the Wisconsin
Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory at the University of WisconsinMadison reveals that roundabouts are
being installed throughout the U.S. at an
“aggressive pace” and Wisconsin is no
exception.
Another 40 will be constructed this
year, according to Patrick Fleming, a
DOT engineer. He said most roundabouts are two-lane, but Wisconsin has
11 roundabouts that are three-lane.
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Black Point Estate Interpreter Jill
Westberg will present her program
“Remarkable Women of Black Point
Estate” at the Lake Geneva Public
Library on Thursday, March 27 at 6:30
p.m., in celebration of National
Women’s History Month.
Black Point Estate is a Queen Anne
Victorian Summer “cottage” turned state
historical museum on the south shore of
Geneva Lake. From 1888 through 1989
Black Point Estate was headed by
women: Catherina Seipp, her daughter
Emma Schmidt and her granddaughter
Alma Petersen. In a time when men held
most of the power, this was rather
unusual; remarkable in fact.
Westberg will focus on the Seipp
women and their lives, particularly the
time they spent at Geneva Lake. While
their wealth afforded them opportunities
closed to many, they were committed to
help better their communities. Black
Point Estate staff will also share the
information on their Remarkable
Women tour scheduled for Mother’s
Day weekend.
Westberg says she has loved Geneva
Lake all her life. Her passion for the history of the area began with family stories dating back to the YMCA Camp and
Camp Augustana. She chose to do her
undergraduate work at George Williams
in large part because of the Lake Geneva
campus where she enrolled in as many
courses as possible. While much of her
professional work has been in the area of
faith and health, her love of history was
again ignited in 2010 when she joined
the staff at Black Point and became a
member of the archives committee at
George Williams College. She has given
many presentations on the history of
Geneva Lake camps.
Everyone is welcome to attend this
program at no charge. For more information, call the Lake Geneva Public
Library at 249-5299. visit the Library’s
Facebook page or website at www.lake
geneva.lib.wi.us.
Library to host ‘Remarkable
Women of Black Point Estate’
Delavan-Darien School District Community Relations Coordinator Mike Heine
explains the merits of an upcoming referendum to members of the Delavan-Darien
Rotary Club during their meeting on March 3.
(Beacon photo)
Heine promotes referendum
Mike Heine, School-Community
Relations Coordinator for the DelavanDarien School District spoke to the
Delavan-Darien Rotary Club on March
3 at Lake Lawn Resort.
During his talk, Heine presented
facts about the upcoming DelavanDarien Referendum to exceed state revenue limits. Voting, he noted, is on
April 1, during the spring break for the
school district. According to Heine,
early in-person voting will be available,
along with absentee voting.
An admittedly biased proponent of
the referendum, Heine pointed out that
the Delavan-Darien School District revenue limit per pupil is $9,185, the lowest
in Walworth County’s 15 school districts. This revenue cap dates from 1993
when the present revenue formula was
adopted.
There are 35 revenue cap referendums this cycle, and there have been
1,000 since 2009 in the 426 school dis-
tricts in Wisconsin.
In 2005, the Delavan-Darien School
district proposed a $14.8 million referendum for the construction of a new elementary school. That referendum
failed. In 2006, the District asked for
$1.9 million for facility upgrades at
Darien and Wileman Elementary
Schools and Delavan-Darien High
School. That referendum passed.
According to Heine, if the upcoming
referendum passes, the typical owner of
a $150,000 home would pay $192 more
per year in property taxes. He stressed
that, even with Act 10, the district has
enacted many cost reductions but they
are not enough to raise the per-student
revenue limit from its lowest-in-thecounty status.
Heine said that the additional revenue passing the referendum would provide would enable the district to make
the improvements called for in the district’s Strategic Plan.
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March 14, 2014 — 15
The Teflon president in a swimsuit? Dixon, Ill., plans Reagan statue
By Ted Gregory
Chicago Tribune
DIXON, Ill. — Decades before he
became known as the Teflon president
and the Great Communicator, Ronald
Reagan was a hunk in trunks.
For seven summers on the banks of
the Rock River, north of Reagan’s boyhood hometown of Dixon, Ill., the young
man who became president monitored
the beach at Lowell Park. Locals say
more than a few women faked peril in
the water so that the strapping, handsome fellow who sometimes parted his
hair down the center would whisk them
to safety.
“There are a lot of people who’ll
come to town for a Reagan visit and the
first thing they ask is, ‘Where is Lowell
Park?’ “ Dixon Mayor Jim Burke said.
“Then they’ll ask, ‘Where is the boyhood home?’ “
Which is why Burke is leading a
$200,000, privately funded effort to
place what some might consider a slightly unpresidential sculpture of Reagan on
the northern bank of the Rock River in
Lowell Park. The sculpture of young
Ron shows him in a one-piece tank top
swimsuit that was ubiquitous in that era.
“We talked about it,” Burke said,
referring to a discussion among sculpture advocates about whether a depiction
of Reagan in swimwear was undignified.
“But everybody agreed that the statue is of him as a young man, when he
was parting his hair down the middle. ...
I think if Reagan was alive, he’d
approve of it because of that spot being
such a big part of his life.”
The city of Dixon reports that
Reagan saved 77 lives while guarding
the beach, although the number of purported rescues ballooned into the hundreds as his political career ascended.
The job provided him with $200 per
summer for college expenses, city historical records show.
Burke and others note that Reagan,
on a presidential visit, ordered Air Force
One to circle Lowell Park to see what
had changed since his lifeguarding days.
During the summers, the park was cen-
Roundabouts
Continued from page 14
The UW traffic engineering study
done for the DOT showed fatalities and
injury crashes were 38 percent lower
after roundabouts were installed. But,
Fleming said fender-benders have
increased. So, state officials are running
educational ads on how to drive through
them.
“When you see a roundabout, take it
slow, then you need to pick the correct
lane before you enter the roundabout,”
the ad advises.
tral to his life, Burke said. “He had his
home, church, school and Lowell Park.”
Dixon, a town of about 16,000, is 102
miles west of Chicago along the Ronald
Reagan Memorial Highway (Interstate
88). It is known as the Petunia Capital of
Illinois, and volunteers every year plant
more than 30,000 of the pink flowers
along main streets.
More recently Dixon garnered notoriety through its former comptroller,
Rita Crundwell, who stole nearly $54
million over two decades before being
detected and sentenced last year to 19
1/2 years in prison.
But Dixon is perhaps best known as
the place where Reagan lived from age 9
until he was 22. It already has two
Reagan statues: one at his boyhood
home on Hennepin Avenue and another,
also along the Rock River, depicting
young Reagan on horseback.
Both are popular attractions. That
popularity and visitors’ curiosity about
Lowell Park and its significant role in
Reagan’s youth led to years of discussion about placing a statue in the 240acre park, Burke said.
“I thought it was finally time to grab
the bull by the horns and get this thing
done,” he added.
In July he called a few civic leaders
together and, with the help of a local
bank, tourism office, chamber of commerce, the Lee County Republicans and
a local resident, gathered $7,000 as seed
money for a tentative design.
On Feb. 6, which would have been
Reagan’s 103rd birthday, Burke and the
committee displayed that design and
announced that the team at the Fine Art
Studio of Rotblatt-Amrany in Highwood, Ill., would make the sculpture.
It would stand 7 feet tall from a base
that artist Omri Amrany said might be
made of limestone, and depict a young,
earnest Reagan in bronze, striding to the
rescue. Plans also call for a lifeguard
chair and a narrative exhibit, including
photos, of Reagan’s years as a lifeguard.
Among other sculptures, Amrany’s
firm has made a Michael Jordan statue
outside the United Center in Chicago
and statues of Bobby Hull, Vince
Lombardi and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Amrany was excited about depicting
Reagan with a fresh perspective.
“He is one of the most beloved presidents in the U.S. today,” he said of
Reagan, who died in 2004 at 93. “From
an artist’s point of view, casting him in a
bathing suit is a much better opportunity
to work around the figure and express
muscles.” It was a distinction akin to
“nature boy” versus a “standing suit,” he
said.
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Distributed by MCT Information
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Fleming said people aren’t doing
that.
“When they get to a roundabout,
they lose all common sense. Some of
them think, ‘Gee, if I’m going to turn
left, I should be in the left lane,’” he
said.
Another mistake drivers make is
when entering the intersection they
don’t yield to all oncoming cars on their
left, just the one closest to them.
“You’re going to go into the roundabout and the person that’s in the left
lane wants to go straight and so there’s a
crash there. That is probably the most
common crash type,” he said.
This isn’t the state’s first public education effort on roundabouts. Ever since
the initial roundabout was constructed
15 years ago in Brown County, in 1999,
DOT officials have been giving advice
on how to drive them. The agency took
out newspaper ads, it put roundabout
instructions on the Wisconsin state map
and it sent four million brochures to all
drivers when their vehicle registration
was renewed.
“What happens is people pull out the
sticker and they don’t read the rest,”
Fleming said. “So, it’s thrown out, but
I’m sure there were a large number of
people who did see it. I got a lot of
emails from it.”
The Wisconsin Department of
Transportation also provided a public
service film to cable and television
channels to help instruct drivers about
roundabouts. The City of Delavan has
been running it on its public access
channel for some time.
The public education campaign is
aimed at motorists new to roundabouts
as well as those who might be too comfortable with them. One DOT official
recently told state lawmakers some drivers are zipping through roundabouts at
speeds higher than they should.
Wisconsin Public Radio News
This statue of future-president Ronald Reagan would be erected in Lowell
Parkon on the north bank of the Rock River in Dixon, Ill.
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N7381 COUNTY RD. O
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MLS #1331285 - 10 acre farmette,
3 level pond w/waterfall. Spacious
wrap around deck. 4 bdrms., 2 bath
farm house has an open kitchen.
Inside parking for 5 cars and
machine shop with upper floor
office space. $274,900
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NEW LISTING
N1951 SUNNYSIDE AVE.
LINN
MLS #1317170 - Very well maintained
4 bdrm., 3.5 bath home just blocks from
the lake. Wooded lot. 3 season room,
gigantic mstr. bdrm. w/walk-in closets.
Double sided frplc. Huge lower level
with much storage space. Roomy driveway and garage. So many updates.
Priced to sell. $365,900
W3244 HILLTOP DRIVE
LINN
MLS #1348226 - Well maintained 3
bdrm. ranch sitting on a beautiful lot.
Newer roof, furnace and central air. Gas
frplc., Florida sunroom has gorgeous
views and plenty of space to make into
your own 3/4 season room. Bsmt. is dry
and clean, 2 sump pumps on opposite
ends of property. Iron filter is leased.
$159,900
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LT. 3 & 4 STATE HWY. 14
WALWORTH
MLS #1336364 - Build your own
farmette on 11.5 acres of premium
agricultural land in the town of
Walworth. Great location, easy to
find. 2 separate tax parcels, both
are off State Hwy. 14. Bring your
ideas. This is exactly what you have
been looking for. $169,900
N8178 PLEASANT LAKE RD.
TROY
MLS #1216288 - Unbelievable
business opportunity! Over 8800
sq. ft. 2x6 construction building,
10’ ceilings, 10” deep concrete
foundation floor, web-trussed main
level floor w/1.5” plywood. Property
also comes with 2 bdrms., 1 bath.
$249,900
1031 LAKELAND LANE
GENEVA
MLS #1248916 - Beautiful open
concept condo with attached
garage at the end of Lakeland Lane.
Fantastic views all the way around
the property. Tranquill lake views
from the living room and dining
area. Privacy and priced to sell in a
buyer’s market! $129,900
CONDOS
ACCEPTED OFFER
W768 VIOLET ROAD
BLOOMFIELD
W6172 OSCAR ROAD
SUGAR CREEK
55 STARK ST., UNITS 10/12/14
WILLIAMS BAY
205 WILLIAMS STREET
WILLIAMS BAY
MLS #1333277: Spacious 2 bdrm., 2
bath unit NEW PRICE $166,000. MLS
#1281466: 2 bdrm., 1 bath for
$149,900. MLS #1331194 2 bdrm., 1
bath remodeled condo $149,900 in
Williams Bay just a short walk to the
beach and Geneva Lake. Lrg. bdrms. with
walk-in closets. Gas frplc., balcony and
remote ceiling fans. Motivated sellers!
#1 MLS #1331154 - $139,900
#2 MLS #1331162 - $139,900
#6 MLS #1331177 - $199,900
#8 MLS #1331183 - $149,900
#10 MLS #1331186 - $149,900
#13 MLS #1331170 - $139,900
#11 MLS #1331180 - $139,900
#7 MLS #1331188 - $139,900
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Situated on almost a half acre, 4 bdrms.,
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with private bath, bonus room over
garage, new carpet in living room.
Home was assessed with energy efficient updates. $179,900
MLS #1333032 - Privacy. 3.3
wooded acres situated at the end of
Oscar Rd. Seller has updated home
with new paint throughout and new
carpet. The landscaping is brand
new! Roof is only 4 years old.
Elkhorn School District. Very
secluded property. $184,900
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N6644 JUNIPER ROAD
SUGAR CREEK
MLS #1332887 - Ranch home with lrg.
master bdrm., newer hardwood flooring,
full bsmt. with breakfast/cocktail bar.
Possibility of 3rd bdrm. in lower level.
Newer cement patio, heated garage,
huge driveway, underground dog fence
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building was used as a milk plant
many years ago. Newer roof on half
the building, 10,000 gallon water
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been remodeled by seller. Many possibilities on this property. $149,900
MLS #1295099 - Fantastic investment
opportunity in Lake Geneva. Sellers
have maintained and updated the building as needed. Too many updates to
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$50,000 below tax assessment. All
units are rented. Plenty of parking for
tenants. $295,000
MLS #1317638 - Newer home with
plenty of space at a bargain price. This
home is situated on a very spacious lot
with beautiful surroundings. Hardwood
floors, lrg. bdrms., vaulted ceilings,
kitchen w/center island, mstr. bdrm.
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Aram Public Library, 404 E. Walworth
Ave., Delavan. Library Hours: Monday Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 9:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.;
Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Phone 728-3111.
• Garden Crafts for All Ages, Sunday,
March 16 at 1:30 p.m. Whether you’re a gardener, a crafter, or just like to putter in the
dirt, these crafts are fun and easy for people
of all ages. Recycle your old newspapers by
folding them into seed-starting pots. Create
colorful garden markers to keep track of
what you’ve planted.
• Facebook How-To, Tuesday, March 18
at 6 p.m. It seems as though everyone’s using
Facebook, but it can be overwhelming. If
you’re looking to get started – or simply
hone your skills – come to this beginner’s
class on the ever-changing world of
Facebook. Class size is limited; registration
is required.
Aram Book Club, Thursday, March 20 at
6:30 p.m. “The Lowland” by Jhumpa Lahiri
is a novel set in both India and America. It’s
a tale of two brothers bound by tragedy, a
fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past,
a country torn by revolution, and a love that
lasts long past death.
• Jewelry Class: Wire Crochet, Saturday,
March 22 at 1 p.m. Crocheting with wire and
beads can create some spectacular looking
pieces. No previous crochet experience is
needed and all materials will be provided.
Registration is required.
Book Boogie, Monday, March 24 at 11
a.m. Words and wiggles go together like
peanut butter and jelly in this special monthly story time for babies and toddlers (and
their grown-ups, of course). Read, dance,
repeat!
• Guilty Pleasures Book Club, Monday,
March 24 at 6 p.m. “Inferno” by Dan Brown
(Book 4, Robert Langdon series). In the heart
of Italy, Harvard symbology professor
Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing
world centered on one of history's most
enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces: Dante’s Inferno.
•
Create
Your
Own
Comics
(Tweens/Teens), Thursday, March 27 at 6
p.m. Comics are pretty cool. Even cooler?
Making your own. Registration is required.
• Pizza and a Movie, Monday, March 31
at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Join us to eat pizza and
watch a G-rated movie. Call the library, 7283111, Ext. 117 for details about the movie.
Sign up in person or by phone to reserve your
spot beginning Wednesday, March 26.
• Storytime
with
Ms.
Denise,
Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mornings
are for babies and toddlers, afternoons are for
preschoolers. This month’s themes will be:
March 19, Pizza; March 26, Spring.
• Knit and Crochet Club, for all ages and
experience levels, meets the first two
Mondays and the last two Wednesdays of
every month.
• Learn to Knit or Crochet, Tuesday,
March 25 at 6 p.m. Our Knit/Crochet Club is
offering a three-session beginner’s class
starting on Tuesday, March 4. Sign up now
and we’ll contact you with a list of supplies.
For those not interested in the class, the Knit
and Crochet Club will continue to meet every
Tuesday. Bring your own project to work on,
share your expertise, and learn from others.
• Do you have a Check Out Sundays
card? Pick up your free card at the library
any time. Visit the library on Sunday and
have your card stamped. When you receive
10 stamps you earn a library reward plus a
chance to win our big prize – an authentic
NFL football autographed by Jermichael
Finley.
• Ongoing in-library book sale. We
always accept donations of gently used
books and movies.
• 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 1:30pm with crafts to follow.
Same books and crafts both days.
• Scrabble Club, Wednesdays 10 a.m. noon.
• Knitting Circle, Wednesdays 1-3 p.m.
All skill levels welcome. Take a project to
work on.
• The Saturday Morning Book Club
meets the second Saturday of the month at 10
March 14, 2014 —17
Marla McKenna, author of ‘Mom’s Big Catch,’ presents her new book to young
readers during a story time for families on February 27 at the Darien Public Library. A
free dinner was served and a raffle was held for some great prizes. (Photo furnished)
a.m.
• “What Are Teens Reading?” book
group meets the third Wednesday of the
month at 7 p.m. This group is for parents to
read and review teen books. Stop at the
library to pick from a great selection of
young adult books.
• Ongoing sale of a great selection of
used books. Browse Barrett for Books.
All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 2452709 or e-mail [email protected].
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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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Clinton Public Library, 214 Mill St.,
Clinton. Hours: Monday and Friday 8:30
a.m. - 5 p.m.; Tuesday - Thursday 8:30 a.m.
- 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Phone (608) 676-5569.
• Lapsit on Mondays at 10 a.m. and
Preschool storyhour on Fridays at 10 a.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.
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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 642-6262.
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Fontana Public Library, 166 Second
Ave., Fontana. Open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 8
p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday.
• Happy-to-Be-Here Book Club, third
Thursday of each month, 1 p.m.
• Evening Book Club, third Thursday of
each month, 6:30 p.m.
• Fontana Library Writers Group, Saturdays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. All genres
encouraged.
All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated.
Call 275-5107 for more information.
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Genoa City Public Library,
126 Free-man St., Genoa City.
• “Getting the Landscape
Ready for Spring.” Chrissy Wen
from UW-Extension will talk about
tips and new plants for 2014 at 7
p.m. on Monday, March 24 at the
Genoa City American Legion Hall
(next to the library) 114 Freeman
St., Genoa City. There will also be
an opportunity to learn more about
the Walworth County Seed Library
program. Sign up and heirloom
veggies will be available. Please
feel free to take your own labeled seed packets for sharing.
• Story time and craft time, Fridays, 10
a.m. For kids ages 3-5 and siblings.
• Ongoing book sale. Donations of new
or slightly used books, including children’s
books, may be dropped off at the library.
All programs are free and open to the
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.
• Showing of Emmy-Award-winning
film “Green Fire” for “Aldo Leopold
Weekend.” Saturday, March 15 at 10:30 a.m.
Although probably best known as the author
of the conservation classic “A Sand County
Almanac,” Leopold is also renowned for his
work as an educator, philosopher, forester,
ecologist, and wilderness advocate. The first
full-length documentary film ever made
about Leopold, “Green Fire” highlights his
extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped
and influenced the modern environmental
movement. Leopold remains relevant today,
inspiring projects all over the country that
connect people and land. The film and
screening license were donated by Catherine
McQueen and Fritz Kreiss of Eco-Vision
Sustainable Learning Center, Eco Fair 360,
and The Green Leaf Inn. Everyone is welcome to attend this program at no charge.
• Family Movie Night, Monday, March
17 and Thursday, March 20, 6-8 p.m., will
present “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
2.” Due to popular demand, Family Movie
Nights will now be held twice per month.
In the wake of the disastrous food storm
at the end of the first “Cloudy with a Chance
of Meatballs,” Flint Lockwood and friends
are forced to leave their town of Swallow
Falls. But when it is discovered that sentient
food beasts have overrun the island, they are
asked to return to save the world again in
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.
Children are encouraged to wear comfy
clothes, bring pillows and blankets, and relax
in front of the library’s movie screen.
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IN THE LAKE GENEVA AREA
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4-5 bdrm. primary or secondary home
has new roof, carpet, flooring, paint,
furnace, water heater and more.
Enclosed porch/sunroom and lrg.
mostly fenced yard. $159,900
MLS 1349230 - Very affordable 3
bdrm., 1 bath home in the Village of
Sharon. The backyard has a deck and
backs up to the Village park with play
area. This home has a full bsmt. that is
already partially finished. Lower level
refrigerator is included. Ask about the
pool table, it needs a new home!
$109,900
NEW LISTING
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BURLINGTON
MLS 1343145 - Great investment opportunity.
Fully rented duplex has 2 bdrms., 1 bath unit on
main level and a 2 bdrm., 1 bath upper unit. Both
units have enclosed porch sunrooms. Located in
downtown area, your tenants are close to shopping, dining and easy access to Hwys. 2 story
outbuilding used for tenant storage. Tenants pay
all utilities, have spearate meters and would like
to continue renting. $159,900
BURLINGTON
MLS 1343135 - Great investment opportunity. Fully rented duplex has 3 bdrm., 1 bath unit
on main level and 1 bdrm., 1 bath upper unit that
has been recently remodeled. Exterior of building
has new roof, windows, doors, siding, fascia,
soffit and gutters. Located in the downtown
area, your tenants are close to shopping, dining
and easy access to highways. Tenants would like
to continue renting. $179,900
GREENFIELD
MLS 1349164 - Opportunity to own your own place,
at a cost far less than renting. Enjoy private balcony
and heated outdoor pool. Monthly condo fee of $175
includes: heat, replacement reserve, trash collection,
common area maintenance, pool service, sewer,
water and hot water. Each condo has 1 assigned
underground parking space w/more surface parking
available. Close to public transportation and freeway
access. Estate sale. $39,900
GENOA CITY
MLS 1301880 - The Hideaway is a full service bar/tavern at the WI/IL border. Business
is in full operation and is turnkey as owner is
retiring. Appliances, equipment, furniture and
inventory are included. Just had municipal
water and sewer connected and is paid in
full. 3 bdrm., 1 bath living quarters are
attached with almost 1000 sq. ft. of living
space. Parking for 30+ vehicles. $379,900
BURLINGTON
MLS 1349134 - Build your dream home
on one of the highest points in the
Bohners Lake community. This .47 acre
lot has an open and level building site
with great country views. The southern
side of property is heavily wooded which
leads to farm fields. Great recreational
area with access to Bohners Lake for
swimming, boating and fishing. $37,900
OWNER FINANCING
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MLS 1327815 - Lake living without lakefront
taxes!! This custom built 3+ bdrm./3+bath home
is located 1 block from Powers Lake boat launch.
Open concept kitchen has 11 ft. ceilings, granite
counters, stainless steel appliances, maple floors
and cabinets, Jenn-Aire cook top and convection
oven. Super sized mstr. retreat has huge walk-in
closets and private bath. Lower level is finished.
Deep 3.5 car garage. $479,900
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MLS 1338745 - SNOWMOBILE TRAIL STOP.
Turn-key bar/restaurant. Includes all bar and
kitchen commercial equipment, furniture, furnishings and collector beer mirrors. TV, pool tables
and sound system are included. Fenced beer garden and separate 3000+ sq. ft. concrete block
building can be converted into banquet hall. All
updates have been done. 2 separate parcels total
1.5 acres. Plenty of parking. $359,900
GENOA CITY
PIN #90165 - Almost 1 acre of level
land ready for your new home plans.
Excellent location, Genoa City, close
to Hwy. 12 for easy commute.
Downtown just steps away. Property
located on Petticoat Dr. behind
Pancho’s Restaurant. $45,900
Hotline: 262-814-1400 + 5 digit PIN
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PALMYRA
262-206-5532
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1.22 acre lot is located next to the Kettle
Moraine State Trails & Horse Riders
Campground. Blocks away from the historic downtown area of Palmyra. Country
living with all the amenities. $79,900
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18 — The Beacon
March 14, 2014
Pet Questions and Answers
By Marc Morrone
Q: Our 3-year-old collie, Jazzy, has
really stinky breath and we don't know
why. What can we do to get this under control? It's sad because my family avoids
cuddling with her because of it.
A: If your pet has really sour breath,
the first thing you need to do is take her to
the vet and see if there is any tooth decay
or chronic gingivitis.
However, if your pet’s teeth are
healthy, the best thing to do is just regular
brushing with a toothpaste made for dogs
or cats. A clean mouth is going to smell
clean.
Many people give dry food to their
pets thinking that chewing on it will keep
their pets' teeth clean, but if you really
believe this works, then try this: Pick up a
bit of that kibble in your fingers, wet it and
then rub it between your thumb and forefinger. Now smell your fingers.
Brushing your pet’s teeth is time consuming. These days there are some mouthwashes and gels that you put in your pet's
mouth that claim to keep teeth clean.
I’ve tried a few, and the one I like the
best is called Tooth to Tail Antioxidant
Gel. You let your pet lick some off your
finger every day, and the oils and antioxidants in it seem to do a pretty good job of
keeping a pet’s mouth clean and sweet.
Remember, though, these products will
work only on a healthy set of teeth, so it is
important to get the vet’s clearance first.
Q: I read in a recent column that “there
are no more toads in my neighborhood
because of herbicides.” The same seems to
be true in my neighborhood. Over the past
20 years, I have seen maybe two or three
toads, in total, on my property; whereas,
30 or more years ago, I would see dozens
of toads each year. Yet, for some reason, I
seem to see the same number of snakes
(mostly garter snakes) nowadays as I used
to see in the past. Why has the toad population dwindled so much while the snake
population has remained stable?
A: Toads are amphibians and have
skins that are permeable and do not do a
very good job of protecting them from
chemical products or toxins. So, if a toad
crawls onto your lawn early in the morning
and encounters herbicide or insecticide
granules that have not yet dissolved into
the soil, those chemicals against the toad’s
skin will hurt it.
Reptiles such as snakes and lizards
have thick scales that protect them much
better than the soft skin of a toad, and that
is why they are not affected as much by
this situation.
However, I am puzzled about your
spotting lots of garter snakes, which mainly eat toads and are quite rare these days. I
think that what you are seeing are DeKay’s
snakes.
To the untrained eye, they look very
much like garter snakes. Their diet is
mainly earthworms and other soft-bodied
invertebrates, so they are not as affected by
the plummeting toad population.
Q: My neighbor has about six outdoor
cats, and she feeds about six more feral
cats.
For some reason, they like to hang out
at my house (sunbathing on my front
stoop, by my garage, in my flower beds on
all four sides of my house, etc.). Although
they are cute, and I am an animal lover, I
can't endure the piles of vomit I face when
I leave my home, and the piles of feces in
all my plant beds. In spring and summer,
when one approaches my home, it smells
like a litter box.
How do I get rid of them? If they were
all feral cats, I'd get humane traps and deal
with them that way, but some of them are
hers.
A: I wish I had a magic formula for
making cat owners more considerate of
their neighbors. All I can tell you is how to
repel the cats, and it is not easy because
outdoor cats have a high tolerance for
many things that indoor cats do not.
Here’s the only repellent that I have
found to work fairly well: Sprinkle quite a
bit of coffee grounds all over the area
where you do not want the cats to hang
out.
The nice thing about using coffee is
that even if the grounds get wet, they still
give off an odor the cats don’t like.
On the other hand, the way I see it, the
domestic cat has no place at all in our natural world. There was a time that it did, but
that time is now over. My cats are all house
cats and I would never allow them outdoors unless they were on a harness and
lead or in a screened-in porch or an
enclosed gazebo. This is for the protection
of the cats and the native wildlife that is
vanishing every day.
It has been scientifically recorded that
the domestic cat – both feral ones and
pampered pets that are allowed outdoors
–have devastated native wildlife that is
doing its best to eke out an existence in the
few areas left to them.
Plus, busy people do not need to be
cleaning up their homes and gardens that
are soiled by free-roaming cats.
It really is important to be respectful of
neighbors' properties.
This pooch thinks he’s in dog heaven, surrounded by a trunkful of king-size dog
treats. He does look satisfied, doesn’t he?
(Photo furnished).
Q: We got a Yorkie puppy two months
ago. She is very smart and has taken to
using the wee-wee pads to pee and poop
on. The problem is that she tends to wander off the wee-wee pad and “goes” on the
floor right next to it. I realize that we really can’t scold her for this as she is doing
the right thing in a way, but is there any
way that we can help her to get her aim a
bit better?
A: Try a larger wee-wee pad. There are
wee-wee pad frames that clamp the pad in
place and have three high sides on the
frame that surround the pad and help to
keep the puppy in place. Sometimes putting two or three drops of ammonia in the
center of the pad helps to attract the puppy
to it. The puppy thinks that there is some
very strong urine in the center of the pad
and wants to add her mark over it.
Q: I have a front porch on my house
that is open with a roof on it. We have been
in this home for more than 35 years and it
is only in the past three years that we have
a group of pigeons that stay on the porch
rail all day. They leave a mess of feathers
and droppings on the porch. What can I
use to repel them from my porch? I would
prefer something that is safe for my dogs
and humans. Do you have any suggestions?
A: Most species of birds do not have a
very good sense of smell, so there is nothing that you can sprinkle or spray on the
area to repel them. All you can do is to
make the area that they are roosting on
uncomfortable for them. I have found the
best way to do this is to use a Slinky toy.
Just stretch it out along the top of the railing and tie it securely so that it isn’t hanging in loops, as then the birds may get
caught up in it. With the Slinky tied to the
top of the railing, the birds will no longer
be able to perch on it. They will then
choose somebody else’s porch railing to
perch on. The Slinky may look a bit odd on
the railing, but after a month or so you can
take it down as most likely by then the
pigeons will have given up on your porch.
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By Kathi West
The only thing that’s Irish about me
is my first name, Kathleen. But I still
love celebrating St. Patrick's day.We
have corned beef, and cabbage( I’m the
one who eats the cabbage. I’ve made an
Irish table runner and have a couple of
mostly green quilts. It’s fun to make
things for the days that come up, even if
they are not necessarily in your family
traditions. We also have a (Christmas)
tree in our office that we decorate for
different occasions. Right now it has
shamrocks and green ornaments on it.
Winter is so long and colorless that
we need to take advantage of any excuse
to put color into our lives. The snow is
finally beginning to melt and soon we
will see real green again. I can’t wait.
I’m dressing in green and making green
place-mats. Maybe mother nature will
take note. Think spring.
In this morning's mail I got the
Quilters Newsletter Magazine and a
Spring Gardening catalog. The quilts are
beautiful and colorful with lots of flowers in the quilt magazine. One particular
article got my attention. It is about how
quilting has changed over the past 45
years. I started quilting in the early
1980s and I can attest to the changes.
When I learned to quilt (yes I had a
sewing machine), there were rules you
needed to pay attention to or your quilt
wouldn’t be acceptable. You could use a
sewing machine to piece the quilt
together, but It had to be hand quilted
and hand appliquéd. We used templates
for everything. If you wanted the fabric
cut on the straight you needed to tear it.
There wasn’t much choice of threads for
quilting. Most quilters used white.
Rotary cutter? Never heard of it.
Now technology has made quilt
making easier and faster. Just to name a
few conviences: rotary cutters, cutting
mats, rulers of all kinds with angles.
There is computer software to help us
design our quilts. We used graph paper
in the olden days. On the internet there
are free websites where you can download patterns of all kinds. Quilt stores
put together quilt kits, making the selection of fabric easy. You can even get a
calculator to figure your fabric yardage.
One of the greatest time-saving device is
the long-arm machine. I remember trying to buy a factory quilting machine.
There were some but they were not readily available to home quilters. The article I’m talking about is on page 30 and
features much more information.
Then there is the gardening catalog I
also received in the mail. I want everything in it. The flowers are beautiful and
the vegetables make me hungry. Right
now asparagus, strawberries and
rhubarb could be in my next quilt along
with hostas, lilies, irises, lavender and
ferns. Think spring.
QUILT EVENTS
March 15-16, Medford Ares Quilt
Show, sponsored by the twisted Threads
Quilters, will be held at Medford High
School, 1015 W. Broadway Ave. There
is no admission charge, but donations
will be excepted. Besides quilt displays
there will be vendors, demonstrations,
food raffle items, and more. Information
and entry forms are available at med
This quilt, Sakurabana, Asian Sun and Cherry Blossoms, was made by Sharon
Childs from Marshall, Wis.
(Beacon photo)
“Let’s Pick Flowers” was shown at the Madison Expo in 2013. Maybe my garden will look like this someday.
(Beacon photo)
[email protected] or call Pat at
(715) 748-5842.
March 30-April 1, Prairie
Heritage Quilt Show, will be held at St.
Albert’s Church Center, 2420 St. Albert
the Great Dr., in Sun Prairie. There will
be more than 200 quilts on display, vendors, demos on Sunday only, and food
available Monday and Tuesday 11 a.m. 1:30 pm This is a judged show with
money prizes. See www.sunprairiequilt
show.com for forms, email janell.wein
[email protected] or call Janell at
(608) 318-1624.
April 24-27, the American
Quilter’s Society Quilt Show will be
held at the Exposition Hall in Paducah,
Ky. I googled AQS Quilt Shows and all
the AQS shows around the country were
listed. The Paducah show is open now to
choose workshops you may want to
take. When I went a couple of years ago,
there was so much to see that I didn’t
find time to go to a workshop.
April 26-27, Crazy Quilters will
have their annual show at Parkview
Middle School, 930 N. Rochester St.,
Mukwonago. There will be more than
200 quilts on display, a quilt raffle, a
Bernina sewing machine raffle, and
about 20 merchant vendors. If you want
to enter a quilt it must be postmarked
April 16.
April 26-27, Stitcher’s Garden will
be presented by Lakeside Quilters at
Lourdes High School, 110 N. Sawyer St,
Door 7, in Oshkosh. There will be judged
and non-judged quilts, vendors, door
prizes, and food available. If you are
interested in submitting a quilt, see
www.focol.org/lake sideQG/ for how to
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June19-21 International Quilt
Festival at the Donald E. Stephens
Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill.
Classes are back by popular demand.
There will be 32 classes offered and two
mid-day lectures, demonstrations on the
exhibit floor, special exhibits, and vendors from all over the world. For more
information see www.quilts.com.
Quilt Guild Schedules
Chocolate City Quilters meet the
second Monday of each month at 6:30
pm. in the Burlington High School
library, 400 McCanna Parkway.
The Crazy Quilt Guild Quilters
meet the second Wednesday of each
month at 7 pm at the First Congregational Church, 231 Roberts Drive in
Mukwonago
The Harvard Village Quilters meet
the third Wednesday of the month at 1
P.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church 504
East Diggins Street Harvard, IL. Guests
are Welcome.
Quilts of Valor and Quilts of
Honor Quilt Group meets the second
Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Ellen
Weber’s house on Theatre Road. 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
pm in the Lions Field House on Hwy 67
in Williams Bay. Guests are always welcome. The meeting on March 19 will be at
The Stitchery on Hwy 0, Delavan.
The Stone Mill Quilters meet the
third Wednesday of each month at 6:30
pm at the Congregational Church in
White-water, 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 kbea
[email protected] or mail it to P.O. Box
69, Williams Bay, WI 53191. Make sure
you send it about a month before the
event, and I will try to get it into the next
column.
20 — The Beacon
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.
SATURDAY, MARCH 15
St. Patrick’s Parish Party will be held
at the parish school, at 534 Sunset Dr.,
Elkhorn. Mass will be held at 4 p.m. at St.
Patrick Parish School. Dinner will follow
immediately with rueben’s, cabbage, and
baked potato. Preordered tickets are recommended, $10 per person and $12 at the door.
Kids meals are also available. Come dance
the night away to music by Leahy’s Luck
Band. Beer and Soda will be available for
purchase. Admission to the dance will be $5
per person after 6 p.m. It will be a familyfriendly event for all to enjoy. Open to the
public.
TUESDAY, MARCY 18
St. Joseph Table, hosted by St. Patrick
Parish of Elkhorn, 4-7 p.m. at St. Patrick
Parish School, 534 Sunset Dr. in Elkhorn.
There is no charge for the feast and everyone
is welcome. Donations will be accepted and
given to a local charity. All food is prepared
by volunteers as an offering of love, labor
and sacrifice in honor of St. Joseph, the
patron saint of Sicilians.
Advanced backyard chicken class,
6:30-8 p.m. at the Darien Town Hall N2826
Foundry Rd, Darien. This round table discussion will be aimed at people who have
chickens, had chickens in the past or have
taken the beginning class, although there is
no problem with beginners sitting in. This is
in cooperation with the Delavan/Darien
Recreation Departments, but is open everyone. Register at https://apm.activecommuni
ties.com/delavanparkrec/Activity_Search/
advanced-backyard-chickens/655.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19
Elkhorn Limber Timbers Square
Dance Club, 7:30-10 p.m., Elkhorn Middle
School cafeteria, 627 E. Court St. (Hwy. 11),
Elkhorn. Caller Bob Asp, cuer Dana
Griesmer.
MONDAY, MARCH 24
“Getting the Landscape Ready for
Spring.” Chrissy Wen from UW-Extension
will talk about tips and new plants for 2014
at 7 p.m. in the Genoa City American Legion
Hall (next to the library) 114 Freeman St.,
Genoa City. There will also be an opportunity to learn more about the Walworth County
Seed Library program. Sign up and heirloom
veggies will be available. Please feel free to
take your own labeled seed packets for sharing.
TUESDAY, MARCH 25
Audubon Society meeting, 7 p.m. at the
Lions Field House on Highway 67, north, in
Williams Bay. Beth Goeppinger, Naturalist at
Bong State Recreation Area, will share her
insights about migration and the order in
which birds arrive in spring. The program is
free and open to the public. There will be
refreshments before and after the program.
THURSDAY, MARCH 27
Delavan American Legion Bingo. Door
opens at 5:30 p.m., 15-game session begins
at 6:30. Progressive session follows. $1/face
progressive pot grows until won. $100 consolation prize. Legion Haol, 111 S. 2nd St.,
Delavan.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2
Elkhorn Limber Timbers Square
Dance Club, 7:30-10 p.m., Elkhorn Middle
School cafeteria, 627 E. Court St. (Hwy. 11),
Elkhorn. Caller Mike Krautkrammer, cuer
Kathy Nichel.
SUNDAY, APRIL 6
Geneva Lakes Burger Throwdown
noon-3 p.m. at the Geneva Ridge Resort,
four miles west of Lake Geneva on Highway
50. Unlimited tasting while they (burgers)
last, along with extra items to enjoy with
complimentary soda and water. The cost in
advance is $15 for adults 12 and older and
$10 for Children. Last year’s event sold out
with more than 800 people in attendance. If
any are still available, tickets will be $20 and
$15 at the door. Purchase tickets online with
Visa or MasterCard at: http://www. acfwiscon sin.org/glbt.htm or with cash or
credit/debit cards during normal office hours
at Badger High School. Proceeds from the
Burger Throwdown benefit The Badger High
School Culinary Arts ProStart Program.
~ ~ ~ Ongoing events ~ ~ ~
Volunteer work day, every Saturday
from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at Kishwauketoe
Nature Preserve, Highway 67, north,
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Williams Bay. Meet at the main entrance.
The work location will be posted at the
kiosk. Contact Harold at (262) 903-3601 or
email [email protected] to get on the list.
AARP Local 5310, 9:30 a.m. the fourth
Tuesday of every month (except August and
December) at Peoples Bank, 837 N.
Wisconsin St. Elkhorn. The speaker for the
meeting on Sept. 24 will be Dr. Edward
Gimbel from UW-Whitewater speaking on
the U.S. Constitution. For information, call
Shirley Grant at 473-2214 or email
[email protected].
American Legion Auxiliary meeting,
6:45 p.m. on the second Monday of each
month at the Legion Hall on Second Street in
Delavan. The group raises money for scholarships and to send gifts at Christmas time
to the servicemen and women that are hospitalized due to injuries while in combat.
Attention horse lovers – Walworth
County Boots and Saddle Club is looking for
new members. Meetings take place at 7 p.m.,
second Saturday of each month for potluck
and to plan events. Sugar Creek Town Hall,
N6641 Co. Road H, Elkhorn. Call Fred
Campisano, 716-6355 for more information.
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.
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, St. Andrew Parish in Delavan.
The games will be played on the first Friday
of every month, with doors opening at 6 p.m.
and play starting at 7 p.m. For more info see
www.standrews-delavan.org.
Bingo, St. Francis de Sales Church, 148
W. Main Street, Lake Geneva. First and
Third Wednesdays of the month. Doors open
at 5:30, bingo starts 7. Refreshments available. Games include 50/50, Pull Tabs,
Progressive. For info call Mary or Bill
Gronke at (847) 840-8878.
Civil Air Patrol, Walco Composite
Squadron, meets every Thursday from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. at the Elkhorn National Guard
Armory, 401 East Fair St., Elkhorn. Visit
www.gocivilairpatrol.com/ or call Maj. Robert Thomas at (262) 642-7541.
Authors Echo Writers group meeting,
7 p.m., first and third Tuesday of every
month, Grace Church, 257 Kendall St.,
Burlington. Call Frank Koneska at 534-6236.
Yerkes Observatory, 373 W. Geneva
St., Williams Bay. The observatory offers
free, 45-minute tours, Saturdays, 10 a.m., 11
a.m. and noon as well as night sky observations for a fee of $25. Visitors may also view
the Quester Museum, which covers some of
the observatory’s history. For more information, call 245-5555 or e-mail [email protected].
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.
Cards and games, Mondays, 1 – 4 p.m.
Darien Senior Center, 47 Park St., Darien.
Call 882-3774.
Thursday Senior Card Club, 11:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m., Matheson Memorial Library
Community Room, Elkhorn. Bridge, 500 or
bring your own group. Call Judy at 723-1934
or Liz at 723-5036 for more information.
Bridge, (open to new members), every
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Hall, second floor conference room.
Bridge - every Tuesday, 12:30-3:30
p.m., Lake Geneva City Hall, second floor
conference room.
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Cancer Support Group meets in the
church at Chapel on the Hill, 4 miles west of
Lake Geneva on Highway 50, the third
Friday of the month at 3 p.m. For more information, or to receive answers to questions,
call Lou Kowbel at (847) 922-5461.
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.bluelo
tustemple.org.
Diabetes Support Group meets at 6
p.m. on the second Monday of the month,
April through October at Aurora Lakeland
Medical Center, Highway NN, Elkhorn. This
group is for adults with insulin or non-insulin
dependent diabetes and their family/support
person. The purpose is to provide support
and education to the person with diabetes to
help manage this chronic disease. The group
is facilitated by a registered nurse. Call the
diabetic educator at 741-2821 for further
information.
Breast Cancer Support Group meets
the first Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m.
at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center,
Highway NN, Elkhorn. The group addresses the fears and adjustments faced by
women with breast cancer. It encourages
participants to develop a positive attitude
about the future and discuss common concerns after being treated for breast cancer.
Contact Leann Kuhlemeyer at 741-2677 for
more information.
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Stroke Support Group provides emotional support through opportunities to interact with others who have experienced stroke.
Informational programs will also be provided
on topics related to stroke/brain attack. The
group welcomes individuals newly diagnosed
and those with a history of stroke. Family,
friends and caregivers are also encouraged to
join. The group meets the third Monday of
every month from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Call Pat
Positano at 741-2402 for further information.
Free blood pressure screening, courtesy
of The Walworth County Public Health
Department on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of
every month from 9 – 10 a.m. at the Walworth
County Public Health office, located at the
east entrance of the Department of Health and
Human Services building, W4051 County
Road NN, Elkhorn. The screenings are open
to all. Contact the Health Department at 7413140 for more information.
Free blood pressure screening, last
Friday of every month, 2 - 4 p.m., Williams
Bay Care Center, 146 Clover St., Williams
Bay.
Narcotics Anonymous meetings in the
southern lakes area. Call (877) 434-4346
(toll free) for times and locations.
White River Cycle Club, 7 p.m., VIP
Services, 811 E. Geneva St., Elkhorn, second
Tuesday of each month. Contact Mike Lange
for more information at 723-5666.
Lake Geneva Alzheimer’s support
group, 6:30 p.m., third Wednesday of the
month. Arbor Village of Geneva Crossing,
201 Townline Road, Lake Geneva. Call
Andy Kerwin at 248-4558.
Alzheimer's/Dementia support group,
third Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m.,
Delavan Community Bank Community
Center located at 826 E. Geneva Street in
Delavan. Call Bob Holland at 472-0958 or
Arlene Torrenga at 728-6393 with questions.
Alzheimer’s Support Group, first
Thursday of the month, 1:30 p.m.,
Hearthstone/Fairhaven, 426 W. North Street,
Whitewater. Facilitators: Janet Hardt,
Darlene Zeise 473-8052. Respite care is
available with no advance notice.
Parkinson’s Disease support group, 1
p.m., second Monday of every month, Lower
level conference room, Fairhaven Retirement
Community, 435 W. Starin Road,
Whitewater. Contact Julie Hollenbeck, 4314772,
or
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Huntington’s Disease Support Group
for anyone affected by Huntington’s Disease,
meets the third Saturday of the month on the
lower level, conference rooms A and B, of
Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave,
Milwaukee. Call (414) 257-9499 or go to
www.hdsawi.org for more information.
Harbor of Hope grief support group,
first Thursday of each month, 3 - 4:30 p.m.,
Aurora VNA of Wisconsin, 500 Interchange
North, Lake Geneva. 249-5860.
NAMI, The National Alliance on Mental
Illness, Support Group, first and third
Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. at the Health and
Human Services building on Co. NN,
Elkhorn. Call 495-2439 for more info.
A support group called “Entouch,”
(Encouraging others Touched by suicide),
meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of
the month at Riverwood Church, 6919
McHenry St., Burlington. The group is for
those who have lost a loved one to suicide.
Attendees do not need to attend the church
or, indeed, have any religious affiliation.
Everyone is welcome. Call 758-0886 for
more information.
Families Anonymous (FA), a 12-Step,
self-help support program for parents, grandparents, relatives, and friends who are concerned about, and affected by, the substance
abuse or behavioral problems of a loved one,
meets every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. at the
First Congregational United Church of
Christ, 76 S. Wisconsin St., Elkhorn. Enter
through the double glass doors on W. Geneva
St. Parking is available on the street or the
parking lot west of the church. Additional
information may be obtained by calling
(262)215-6893, Maureen at 723-8227 or
through the 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 Wilkins at 249-0304.
T.O.P.S. (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly)
Tuesdays 9:15 - 9:35 a.m., Community
Center, U.S. Bank, 101 E. Walworth St.,
Elkhorn (call 723-3791 with questions) and
Tuesdays 5:30 - 6 p.m., United Methodist
Church, corner of 2nd and Washington
Streets, Delavan.
~ ART, LITERATURE THEATER, MUSIC ~
Scott Thomas karaoke, Fridays and
Sturdays from 9 p.m. - 1 a.m., Lake Lawn
Resort, Highway 50, Delavan
Pianist Kathy Fry, Wednesdays from 58 p.m., Lobby Lounge, Grand Geneva
Resort, Highway 50 and 12, Lake Geneva,
and Fridays from 6-11 p.m., Lake Lawn
Resort, Delavan.
Guitarist Paul Silbergleit, Thursdays
from 5-8 p.m., Lobby Lounge, Grand
Geneva Resort.
Live entertainment, Saturday and
Sunday 2-5 p.m., Village Supper Club, 1725
South Shore Drive, Delavan. 728-6360.
Live Music Fridays 9 p.m. to midnight,
Champs Sports Bar & Grill, 747 W Main St.,
Lake Geneva. No cover charge. Call 248-6008,
or log on to www.foodspot.com/champs.
Karaoke, 9 p.m. - close., 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.
Pianist Tom Stanfield, Thursdays 6-9
p.m. in the music parlor of The Baker House,
327 Wrigley Dr., Lake Geneva; every Friday
and Saturday from 6-9 p.m. and Sundays
from 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.in the Fontana Grill
and 9:30-11 p.m. in The Helm, Abbey
Resort, 269 Fontana Blvd.
Monday Morning Dixieland Band,
Thursdays from 6-9 p.m., FIBS Restaurant,
105 W. Main St., Rockton, Ill.
Brian Fictum, That Sax Guy,
Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. at B.J. Wentkers,
230 Milwaukee Ave., Burlington.
Dan Trudell’s Contemporary Jazz
Trio, Fridays and Saturdays from 5-8 p.m.,
Lobby Lounge, Grand Geneva Resort.
Trudell also plays piano every Monday from
5-8 p.m.
Live Entertainment, Fridays and
Saturdays, 7:30 - 11 p.m., Bella Vista Suites,
335 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva. 248-2100,
www.bellavistasuites.com/
Mary Poppins, through April 20. Call
the box office at 800-477-9505 or log on to
www.fireside theatre.com for schedules,
prices and more.
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Aurora U.’s Music By The Lake
announces 2014 summer lineup
George Williams College’s outdoor
summer entertainment venue Music by the
Lake has announced that its 2014 concert
season will present six artist debuts and a
range of musical genres, including contemporary, children’s music, classic rock
and swing. The season, which includes
weekend events from June 28 through
Aug. 17, will feature performances spanning the decades from the 1940s boogiewoogie era to today.
“I am especially excited about the
2014 season, as we have adjusted the
artist’s lineup in response to the tastes and
recent suggestions of our audience members,” said Music by the Lake Executive
Director Christine Flasch. “We always
focus on quality entertainment and this
year we will add some new features that
will make the experience even more enjoyable. Making wonderful memories at the
Ferro Pavilion and adding to the overall
magic of a summer evening at the lake is
what we strive to do.”
• Music by the Lake will open the 2014
season on Saturday, June 28 with Grammy
Award-winner Blood, Sweat & Tears, with
singer Bo Bice.
For more than four decades the band
has toured the world singing hits such as
“You Made Me So Very Happy,” “And
When I Die” and “Spinning Wheel.” As
the first group to successfully blend rock
and jazz into a genre-crossing sound and
style, Blood, Sweat & Tears has seen had
many chart-topping and award successes.
The group continues to create and play
music with seasoned and new musicians,
reaching beyond a nostalgic audience and
introducing a new lead singer, Bo Bice, the
runner-up to Carrie Underwood on the
fourth season of American Idol.
• On Saturday, July 19 the summer festival will celebrate the 50th anniversary of
The Beatles American Invasion featuring
premier Beatles tribute band BritBeat.
Named as one of Newsweek’s best
Beatles tribute bands in America, BritBeat
will recreate the famous Ed Sullivan Show
performance that launched ‘Beatlemania’
in 1964. The band’s theatrical multi-media
show features ascending eras of Beatles
music history, including albums Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and
Abbey Road. Each era is represented with
retro costumes, vintage instruments, stage
mannerisms and vocal harmonies reminiscent of the original ‘Fab Four.’
• Award-winning children’s recording
artist and preschool television favorite
Laurie Berkner returns to the festival on
Sunday, July 27. Back by popular demand
after last year’s sell-out Berkner will present an afternoon solo concert, part of her
national “The You & Me Tour.” Berkner is
widely recognized as a groundbreaker in
the progressive “kindie” rock movement.
She was the first children’s recording artist
to appear in music videos on television
channel Nick Jr. and was featured regularly on the network’s series Jack’s Big Music
Show. Most recently Berkner created an
animated television show for Sprout called
Sing It, Laurie!
• Music by the Lake will revel in the
songs of the 1970s on Saturday, Aug. 2
with a musical celebration of icons Billy
Joel and Elton John in Jim Witter’s “Piano
Men.” GMA Dove Award and Canadian
Juno Award nominee, recording artist
Witter and his band take fans on a melodic journey saluting two of the century’s
most popular contemporary singer/songwriters.
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
and Grammy Lifetime Achievement
Award-winner The Beach Boys will make
their Music by the Lake debut on Saturday,
Aug. 9.
Celebrating more than 50 years of popular songs, the group has sold albums by
the tens of millions and is known as the
quintessential summer band. With members Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, the
group has penned endless hits such as
“Surfin’,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “I Get
Around,” “Help Me, Rhonda,” “California
Girls,” “Good Vibrations” and much more.
• Dedicated to performing music of the
Andrews Sisters and other patriotic hits,
singing troupe Ladies for Liberty promotes the harmonies that defined the
swing and boogie-woogie eras of the
1940s. This Sunday, Aug. 17 performance
will mark Ladies for Liberty’s Music by
the Lake debut and close the 2014 summer
season.
The group presents the songs that
entertained soldiers and folks back home
during World War II such as “Boogie
Woogie Bugle Boy,” “Shoo Shoo Baby”
and “Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree.”
The singing troupe also performs iconic
patriotic songs such as “God Bless the
USA,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and
“America - I Gave My Best to You.” They
are joined by 16-piece big band group the
All-Star Superband, which also makes its
festival debut.
This year the festival will introduce
new, convenient food options for patrons to
enjoy snacks or refreshments before or during the show. Easily-accessible food carts
will be located outside of the Ferro Pavilion
and will feature items, such as freshly made
wood-fired pizza, nachos, popcorn, sweet
treats including cannoli as well as bottled
water and sodas. Other a la carte items such
as sandwiches, salads, burgers and ice
cream, will be available at the College Inn,
located west of the pavilion.
Tickets for all summer performances
will go on sale to festival donors at 10 a.m.
on April 15. Public ticket sales will begin
at 10 a.m. on May 1. Patrons can purchase
their tickets at musicbythelake.com or by
contacting the Music by the Lake ticket
office at 245-8501.
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March 14, 2014
Lake Geneva Symphony to host
annual gala at Riviera March 22
Participating in a check presentation from the Lake Geneva Jaycees to the
Lake Geneva Police Department are (from left) Ryan Peck, Hoss Rehberg (President,
Lake Geneva Jaycees), Daren Katzenberg, Ryan Stelzer (Past President, Lake
Geneva Jaycees), Rob Twyning (Secretary), Chief Michael Rasmussen, Officer
William Walser, and Assistant Chief Michael Reuss.
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Jaycees donate two new bikes to
Lake Geneva Police Department
The Lake Geneva Jaycees, in the interest of improving safety in the Lake Geneva
business district and residential neighborhoods are giving back to the community
with a donation of $3,500 to the City of
Lake Geneva Police Department to purchase two new patrol bicycles.
The purpose of the Lake Geneva
Jaycees is to become a force for good in
the community, determine community
needs and provide solutions by planning
and facilitating community service projects. In the act of serving, members
receive hands-on experience, which translates to the enhancement of personal
growth and the development of valuable
leadership skills.
With the creation of the Jaycee
Venetian Festival on Geneva Lake in 1962,
the group has been able to raise funds to
provide for a variety of community related
projects and programs.
The City of Lake Geneva Police
Department embraces a philosophy of
police work that is both progressive and
technology-based. They continue to meet
their commitment to area youth through
Safety Town, CounterAct, the Police
School Liaison Program, and other programs that foster strong morals, safety
awareness and civic responsibility.
The Lake Geneva Jaycees club was
founded in 1962. For a complete list of the
many donations the local Lake Geneva
Jaycees make throughout the year, visit
http://www.lakegenevajay cees.org.
The Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra returns to the Riviera Ballroom
for its annual Gala on March 22 with the
theme “City Lights.” The evening will
feature a concert by the LGSO, followed
by hors d’oeuvres and dancing to the
LGSO Swing Band.
“We’re thrilled to be back at the
Riviera for the 2014 Gala,” said LGSO
Music Director David Anderson. “The
Gala is a chance for LGSO’s community
to have a good time while supporting the
orchestra and getting to know each
other.”
The concert will feature pops and
light classical favorites composed in and
about cities, including “A Salute to the
Big Apple,” the Overture to Morning,
Noon, and Night in Vienna, Haydn’s
London Symphony, and selections from
Chicago and An American in Paris.
“The audience will recognize many
of the tunes and may even still be humming them at the end of the night.”
Anderson said.
The evening will also feature the
LGSO Swing Band with vocalist John
Ludy Puleo. The swing band consists
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Frazier. “The swing band only performs
once or twice a year, so it’s a special
event when they get together. And this
year some of the LGSO strings will be
joining the band for a number or two.”
Gala guests will have the opportunity to bid at a silent auction. The Gala has
become a major source of financial support for the LGSO, which performs three
classical concerts each season, along
with an annual School Day tour of concerts for elementary school children.
Other events the LGSO sponsors include
master classes for local music students
by prominent musicians, and a new
chamber music concert series.
The Riviera Ballroom will open at
6:30 p.m., with the concert beginning at
7. Tickets to the Gala are $50 per person
and include light hors d’oeuvres, wine,
and beer. Tickets can be ordered with a
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Sacred Earth, a special exhibition
King and Queen George Reidy and Lois Thomas reign at the Vintage on the
Ponds Valentine Ball. Attendees danced and dined to music by Bonnie and Bill
Stevens.
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Audubons to hear about migration
While some aspects of migration
remain a mystery, many facts have been
revealed. Learn the science behind why
and how birds migrate and where they
go. Discover the reasons behind the timing of migration and how you can take
advantage of that to see the largest variety of birds this spring.
Beth Goeppinger, naturalist at
Richard Bong State Recreation Area,
will present this program on Tuesday,
March 25 at 7 p.m. at the Lions Field
House in Williams Bay.
Goeppinger grew up in Minnesota
and began her fascination with nature at
an early age. She attended UW-Stevens
Point and graduated with a degree in
forestry recreation and environmental
education. After working in the field for
a few years, she received a Masters
degree in Science from Northern Illinois
University in Outdoor Teacher Education.
She worked for several years in
Illinois as assistant director of an environmental education facility and, for the
past 20 years has been the naturalist at
Richard Bong State Recreation Area.
Her specialties are birds, bugs and
botany, but she is still fascinated by it
all, spending as much time outdoors as
possible!
Everyone is welcome to attend the
program, which will begin at 7 p.m. The
program is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served before and
after the program. The Lions Field
House is located on Highway 67, north,
across from Kishwauketoe Nature
Conservancy in Williams Bay.
A search of the world’s great spiritual traditions, including those of Native
Americans, would find the deeply held
concept that the very land we stand upon
is sacred. And so the Good Earth Church
of the Divine, a down-to-earth ecumenical faith community, is launching a four
seasons art exhibition to highlight the
beauty of our planet. The first exhibition
honors Spring.
Beginning on Saturday, March 22,
with a reception from 7 to 8:30 p.m., oil
paintings by Mary Nevicosi of
Whitewater will grace the gallery at
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute,
which is also home to the Good Earth
Church of the Divine. The address is
W2493 County ES, in the Big Brown
Barn on the edge of East Troy. The
Gallery is fully accessible on the main
floor, and the exhibition is a collaboration marking the 30th Anniversary of
Michael Fields, with its internationally
recognized soil and crop research.
Nevicosi paints in a style reminiscent of the Impressionists, but with more
clarity of form and less highly textured
surfaces. She begins with an original
loose line drawing immediately onto the
canvas, and maintains that sense of
looseness as she moves across the surface with luminous colors that do evoke
a rich mood, in this case, of Spring. Her
compositions are readily accessible to
the viewer: a field is really a field, a
blossom is really a blossom. A rich sense
of regard for nature and the moment pervades her work and seems to fill it with
light from the inside.
A former staff member of Aurora
University George Williams College
campus, (Williams Bay) Nevicosi
organized a brand new gallery there in
the modernized facilities. She planned
events to share the artwork of others.
Now she is the main attraction, regularly invited to show her own work in other
galleries.
Nevicosi’s full life contains the chal-
Spring Peonies by Mary Nevicosi
lenges that face many people: several
career tracks, marriage, child-rearing,
health problems, and now, grand-parenting. But as she says, “Art has been a
constant in my life, a compulsion I
guess. Even though I haven’t always
painted, I have always been involved in
creative pursuits. If a day goes by without creating at least one thing, I consider it a loss.”
The earth is blessed that Nevicosi
turned to painting at this time in her life,
at the rate of about a painting a day. She
was sidelined from an engaging career
by a health problem, and decided to pick
up paint brushes to further her surgical
recovery. While she terms her approach
“simple,” the beauty she expresses is a
much more layered gift – and a true
delight.
Exhibition Details
Nevicosi’s exhibition will run until
June 21, and can be viewed weekdays
from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. or Sundays from
9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. The exhibition is not
open on Saturdays. Admission is free.
Refreshments will be served at the
Opening Reception on March 22.
Works can be purchased directly from
the artist. For more information, call
(262) 684-5193.
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A Beacon private party display ad this size
is just $15 for two weeks, including color.
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Obituary
Martha Joan Leyda
September 21, 1933 – March 5, 2014
Leyda, Martha Joan (Nee Spencer)
Born to life in Russellville, Indiana on
September 21, 1933. Entered the fullness of Eternal Life on March 5, 2014. A
lifelong resident of the Southern Lakes
Area. Martha leaves behind her loving
husband and best friend of 57 years,
William Leyda. She will be missed as
well by her children Earl (Ginger
Arnold) Leyda, Elizabeth (David)
Legler, and Edwin (Lisa) Leyda.
Beloved grandmother of Melissa Leyda.
Dear sister of George (Judy) Spencer
and Mary (Tom) Moore. Also survived
by many other family members and
friends.
A Cum Laude graduate of Hanover
College in Indiana, Martha was a member of Pi Gamma Mu International
Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta for
academic excellence, and a Student
Council member. She went on to receive
her Master’s Degree in Education (I
made an assumption here) from Miami
University of Ohio.
Martha was a life-long follower of
and believer in Jesus Christ. She had
most recently been a member of First
United Methodist Church who welcomed her as family.
Martha was an educator by profession and teacher in life. She retired from
Walworth County Health and Human
Services, where she spent many heartfelt
hours assisting people in need. She also
found time to be involved with Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, UNICEF, picture
Lady for grade schools, 4-H, Great
Decisions, and many other community
activities. Martha was an enthusiastic
reader, a student of history and had
intense compassion for everyone with
whom she came into contact.
Martha’s interests were innumerable
as she was a devoted wife and mother,
and became an exceptional cook, baker
and confectioner. She loved to garden
and was an accomplished pianist and
organist. Martha was also an enthusiastic knitter and sewer who gave to
friends, family hospitals and many charitable organizations.
Martha’s family will receive friends
at a memorial visitation on Friday,
March 14 from 1:00 p.m. until time of
memorial service and celebration of her
life at 2:30 p.m. at the Feerick Funeral
Home, 2025 E. Capitol Drive,
Shorewood. Private interment in
Indiana.
The family wishes to thank Avalon
Square, Optage, and Stowell Associates
for their outstanding support and care.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in
Martha’s name may be made to First
United Methodist Church, Building
Fund, 121 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha WI
53186, www.fumcwaukesha.org.
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Detroit Free Press
I didn’t exactly smirk, but I could certainly have been more sympathetic as I
sailed past the cars, semis and SUVs
buried in snow alongside Interstate 94 as I
drove from Detroit to Chicago following a
winter storm.
Blame the 2014 GMC Sierra Denali.
The spacious luxury pickup made the drive
as relaxing as spending the day in my living room. The Denali makes it easy to forget how tough things can be for drivers not
cosseted by a four-wheel drive, four-door,
full-size pickup loaded with electronics
and creature comforts.
The GMC Sierra Denali is the most
luxurious, lavishly equipped version of the
Sierra pickup. GMC uses the Denali subbrand to denote the top models of all its
vehicles.
All Sierra Denalis have a spacious
four-door, crew cab. A 355-horsepower,
5.3-liter, V-8 engine is standard. An
optional 420-horsepower 6.2-liter costs
$1,905. All Denalis have a six-speed automatic transmission.
I tested a well-equipped Denali 4-by-4
with the short bed, big V-8, leather upholstery, voice recognition, touch screen controls, collision and lane departure alerts,
sunroof, Bose audio, Bluetooth and navigation. It cost $55,590. All prices exclude
a $1,095 destination charge. GM says its
destination charges reflect what it costs to
ship a vehicle from the plant and prep it for
sale at the dealership.
The Sierra Denali competes with highend pickups such as the Ford F-150
Platinum and King Ranch; Ram 1500
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There’s no luxury version of Nissan’s fullsize Titan pickup. Chevrolet just began
14 mpg in the city, 20 on the highway and
17 combined top all competing 4-by-4s
except the Ram 1500 Longhorn, which
matches its combined rating.
The Sierra Denali’s 4-by-4 system carried me sure-footedly through the snow
and ice from Detroit to Chicago. I was
unconcerned despite the vehicles crawling
along the highway and those stuck in the
snow along I-94.
That doesn’t make me a bad person. It
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The 2014 GMC Sierra Denali is the most luxurious, lavishly equipped version of
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Denali’s more architectural, uptown look.
The price and features of my test truck
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The Denali’s comfort, fuel economy,
power and features all put it at or near the
head of the class.
The Sierra Denali’s passenger compartment appears to be larger than a Sochi
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The controls, voice recognition, heated
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The Word Detective
By Evan Morris
Dear Word Detective: I was hoping you
could explain the origins of the word “livery” which, as far as I can tell, has nothing
to do with organ meat best served grilled
with onions. What it DOES seem to have
something to do with is a place to keep and
care for horses in old western towns and,
even more strangely (to me), the design of
the paint and branding on airplanes. Are
these words the same “livery”? Am I right
that they have nothing to do with liver?
Fernando.
That’s a great question, but you lost me
with “organ meat best served grilled with
onions.” All I could think of was Samuel
Johnson’s declaration: “It has been a common saying of physicians in England, that a
cucumber should be well sliced, and
dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then
thrown out, as good for nothing.” Speaking
as a cucumber lover, I think Johnson must
have been thinking of liver.
You’re absolutely correct that “livery”
has nothing to do with “liver,” a fact for
which we should all be grateful. The origin
of the word “liver” for the organ once considered the seat of emotions in humans (go
figure) is a mystery, but it may derive from
ancient Indo-European roots meaning “fatty
or greasy.” Yum. Of course, “liver” can also
mean “a person who lives,” as well as being
the informal name of the sea bird (“liver
bird”) that appears on the official seal of the
City of Liverpool (which is, I think we can
agree, a fairly appalling name for a city).
The word “livery” entered English
around 1300 from French and has been
spewing out new meanings at a rabbits-inAustralia rate ever since. The Old French
source, “livere,” meant generally “to give,
deliver,” and can be traced back to the Latin
“liberare,” to free (also the source of “liber-
ate” and “deliver”). All of our senses of
“livery” in English carry some sense, albeit
often diluted, of “giving.”
One of the biggies is “livery” in the
sense of “identifying marks or color
schemes,” such as your example of designs
and color schemes on aircraft. This sense
developed from “livery” meaning the uniforms given to servants of nobility, etc., an
outgrowth of “livery” meaning the food
given to servants. This “livery” also meant
the food, shelter, etc., given to horses,
which is where “livery stables” (where
food, grooming, etc., is included in the fee)
got their name. A “livery cab” was originally a horse-drawn cab that was available to
the public for hire. But today, at least in
New York City, “livery cab” is used to mean
a taxicab that can be booked in advance and
generally (as distinguished from “medallion” cabs) does not pick up fares on the
street.
“Livery” in the sense of “uniform” has
gradually been extended to mean simply
“characteristic clothing, especially of a profession.” Thus a “liveried butler” would be
dressed as Jeeves and a soldier’s “livery”
might prominently feature of camouflage.
The distinctive “livery” worn by servants
and retainers of royalty and nobility in
medieval London became emblematic of
the guilds and trade associations that later
developed known as “Livery Companies,”
some of which survive today, albeit more as
civic associations than anything else.
Dear Word Detective: I’d appreciate
your detailing the origin of “chartreuse,”
the color. I understand it’s from the color of
a French liqueur. Warren I. Pollock
Ok, chartreuse. Which one is that
again? Y’know what’s funny is that while
I’m not colorblind and can easily tell red
from green and so forth, I seem to be colorname blind. Major colors, no problem. But
mention “chartreuse,” “mauve” or some
other weirdo hue and I draw a complete
blank. I mean, what the heck color is “fuchsia”? Sounds like something you’d catch
from toads. Teal? Ecru? What? Don’t bother telling me, because I’ll forget it in five
minutes. My brain is apparently wired for
primary colors only.
It is true that the color “chartreuse” is
named for the color of “chartreuse,” a liqueur
made by the monks of La Grande-Chartreuse,
which is the chief monastery of the Roman
Catholic Carthusian order in the Chartreuse
range of the French Alps. The liqueur
Chartreuse, made from herbs and brandy, is a
pale apple-green (as distinct to the rich emerald green of absinthe, which is, of course,
made of wormwood and pure evil).
The monks, or their subcontractors,
have been cranking out this Chartreuse stuff
since the early 17th century, although the
order was actually founded in 1084. (That’s
600 years they’re gonna have to explain on
their time sheets.) The color “chartreuse” is
halfway between green and yellow, and
color aficionados recognize two variant
hues, “chartreuse yellow,” skewed toward
yellow, and “chartreuse green,” skewed
toward guess what.
Fire trucks and other emergency vehicles are often painted “chartreuse yellow”
these days because it’s considered a more
visible and distinctive color than the traditional red. That’s probably why a disaffected homeowner in a bland development near
us repainted his entire house (formerly a
noxious putty color) blinding chartreuse
yellow in protest a few years ago. It was
awesome, but the homeowners’ association
was not amused and prolonged lawsuits
ensued.
Elsewhere on the Spectrum of Mystery,
it turns out that
“mauve” is, to
quote the Oxford English Dictionary
(OED), “Any of a range of light shades of
purple between lilac and violet.” It’s a good
thing they threw that “purple” in there,
because I know that lilac and violets are two
kinds of flowering plants, but I can’t quite
picture them. Anyway, “mauve” (which
appeared in the mid-19th century and is
pronounced either “mawve” or “mowve” in
the US) comes from the French “mauve”
meaning “mallow plant,” mallow being a
family of flowering plants related to cotton
and okra.
“Ecru” is my kind of color. It’s the color
of unbleached linen, i.e., a pale beige or offwhite. The word “ecru” is, in fact, French
for “unbleached” or “raw” (derived from
the Latin “crudus,” raw). “Ecru” first
appeared in print in English in 1869.
“Teal” comes from the Old English
“tele,” which has close relatives in German
and Dutch. A “teal” is a kind of small duck,
in fact, according to the OED, “the smallest
of the ducks” (to which I am tempted to
reply “What ducks? I don’t see no ducks.”).
Teals are common in Europe, Asia and
America.
The color “teal” (first appearing in
1923) is “a shade of dark greenish blue
resembling the patches of this color on the
head and wings of the teal.” (OED). I am
told that to this day interior designers often
carry an actual live teal in a small box in
order to compare it to paint and fabric samples, but I think someone may be goofing
on me.
Lastly, “fuchsia” (also debuting in
1923) is a shade of red named after the
flowers of the “fuchsia” (pronounced
“FOO-shiyah”) shrub, which was named
after the 16th century German botanist
Leonhart Fuchs (pronounced FYOOKS).
Sean Patel, the new owner of the former Delavan House Hotel hopes to have a
franchise hotel up and running by May,
according an article in the Delavan
Enterprise.
Patel, who lives in Prospect Heights,
Ill., also owns the Super 8 Motel in
Delavan. Patel said the project is more than
half percent complete. He said he wants to
get the 57 hotel rooms open and once he is
accepting guests, he will finish the new
Arcadia Bar and Grill, which will be located in the area of the former restaurant.
The front of the building, which formerly housed a bar and a meeting room,
will be occupied by “the world’s leading
coffee shop” on one side and a franchise
for “the world’s largest submarine sandwich chain” in the other. There will also be
banquet rooms on the lower level, but with
a new look.
Patel said that, although he is working
with a hotel franchisee, they have not
signed a final agreement. He hopes to
announce the identity of the hotel chain by
the end of March.
The Delavan House has been closed
since 2004. Midwest Hotels bought the
building and embarked on extensive
remodeling, but lost it to foreclosure in
2009. A California investment group
acquired from the FDIC at a sheriff’s auction in 2011 and the present owner, Best
Hospitality, closed on it Nov. 22.
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Former fire chief set fires
to ‘get out of the house’
According to an article on
DailyMail.com, the former fire chief of
Babbit, Minn., who pleaded guilty to
setting a series of fires in the Superior
National Forest, has been diagnosed as a
pyromaniac.
Ryan Scharber, 30, pleaded guilty to
one count of setting fires on U.S. forest
land and to attempted arson on property
used in interstate or foreign commerce.
The father of three resigned as chief
of the St. Louis County community’s
volunteer
fire
department
last
December, after investigators traced the
crimes to him and he eventually confessed.
The prosecutor noted that Scharber
hadn’t offered that excuse during the
five-hour interview with investigators.
Federal prosecutors say he set fires
in the Superior National Forest on Oct.
7-9 and Oct. 11, 2011, and on April 29
and Sept. 10, 2012, all in Babbitt.
Scharber also was charged with attempted arson at Mattila's Birch Lake Resort
in Babbitt on Dec. 3, 2011.
When the hedge got too tall for Norville to trim it on his biggest stepladder,
he called on his buddy, Lucas, who owned a construction company. Neither of them
thought it was strange, but Norville’s wife tried to have him committed.
When General Curtis Halftrack retired from the First Armored Division, his
men presented him with a pair of custom-made slippers so that he could continue to
feel invincible when he is at home where his wife is in command.
(Photo provided)
Altogether, he admitted to setting
nine fires, plus the attempted arson at the
resort, over 13 months in 2010 and 2011.
In seeking a shorter sentence, his attorney, Joseph Tamburino, wrote on Feb.
14 that when Scharber pleaded guilty, he
cooperated with authorities and showed
“extreme remorse.” Tamburino also
noted that Scharber had only set “small
fires in small unpopulated areas” and
has no criminal history.
“He never intended that the fires
should destroy large amounts of property
or endanger the lives or wellbeing of anyone in the community,” the attorney said.
Prosecutors say the fires put pedestrians and motorists at risk, and that firefighters, police officers and emergency
responders faced danger when they
responded to the calls.
Scharber will be sentenced on April
10.
The Beacon
Laughing Matter
A guy went into the
doctor’s office and said,
“I’ve broken my leg in
three places.”
“For goodness sake,”
said the doctor, “stop
going to those places.”
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A man walked into a
barber shop and said, “I
want my hair cut like Tom
Cruise.”
“Sit down,” said the
big, rough barber. He then
proceeded to cut his hair
and then shave him bald.
The man looked in the
mirror and said, “Hey!
Tom Cruise doesn’t have
his hair cut like this.”
The barber shrugged,
narrowed his eyes and
replied, “He does if he
comes in here.”
☺
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A man received a letter
from his brother in
Ireland, which included a
warning about drinking
and driving.
“I went out to a
Christmas party and,
unfortunately, but not surprisingly, had a bit too
much to drink. I decided
to take the bus home. I
arrived there safe and
sound, which is rather
remarkable, as I have
never driven a bus before
and I have no idea where I
got it.”
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I have a neighbor with
an addiction to drinking
brake fluid, but he says he
can stop anytime.
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Some days I wake up
grumpy. Other days I just
let him sleep.
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☺
Sullivan was a nice
simple guy. He went to his
girlfriend’s father and
said, “I’d like to marry
your daughter.
“Have you spoken to
her mother?” asked her
dad.
“I have,” said the lad,
“but I’d prefer to marry
your daughter.”
☺
☺
☺
“Why is it that all of
your burglaries have been
on the third floor of buildings?” a judge asked a
thief.
“Well, your honor,” he
replied, “that’s my story
and I’m sticking to it.”
☺
☺
☺
An applicant was
being interviewed for
admission to a prominent
medical school.
“Tell me,” inquired the
interviewer, “where do
you expect to be 10 years
from now?”
“Well, let’s see,”
replied the student. “It’s
Wednesday afternoon. I
guess I’ll be on the golf
course.”
☺
☺
☺
At the Russian War
College, the general was a
guest lecturer and told the
class of officers that the
session would focus on
potential problems and
the resulting strategies.
One of the officers in the
class began by asking,
“Will we have to fight a
World War Three?”
“Yes, comrades, it
looks like you will,”
answered the general.
“And who will be our
enemy, comrade general?” asked another officer.
“The likelihood is that
it will be China,” he
answered.
Most of the officers in
the class looked alarmed.
Finally one said, “But
Comrade General, we
have 150 million people
and they have about 1.5
billion. How can we possibly win?”
“Think about it,”
replied the general. “In
modern warfare, it is not
the quantity, but the quality that is the key. For
example, in the Middle
East, 5 million Jews fight
against 50 million Arabs,
and the Jews have been
the winners every time.”
“But sir,” said a panicky officer, “do we have
enough Jews?”
☺
☺
☺
A Scotsman came
home from work early
and saw the plumber’s
truck in front of his house.
“Oh my God,” he said,
“I hope it’s her lover.”
☺
☺
☺
I bought two gallons
of Wite-Out yesterday.
Big mistake.
☺
☺
☺
Glass coffins. Will
they catch on? Remains to
be seen.
☺
☺
☺
I’m hoping to get a job
working for the MerriamWebster Dictionary company. I have a friend who
says he’ll put in a word
for me.
☺
☺
☺
“Mom,” said the lad,
returning from school.
“Jimmy threw milk,
cheese and yogurt all over
me.”
“That’s terrible,” said
his mother. “How dairy?”
☺
☺
☺
Did you hear about the
unemployed jester? He’s
nobody’s fool.
☺
☺
☺
What do you call an
ape in a minefield? A
baboom.
☺
☺
☺
I once had to let my
driver go so I could afford
to pay the insurance on
my limousine. And after
all that, I had nothing to
chauffeur it.
☺
☺
☺
The World Origami
Championship was on TV,
but only pay per view.
☺
☺
☺
I was once guilty of
being married to two people at once, so I turned
myself in. That was
bigamy.
☺
☺
☺
What’s orange and
sounds like a parrot? A
carrot.
(Continued on page 31)
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Pickles by Brian Crane
March 14, 2014 — 27
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Mr. Boffo by Joe Martin
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Garfield
by Jim Davis
March 14, 2014
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March 14, 2014
FuN and GameS
Crossword Clues
*Theme: Children’s Books
ACROSS
1. Bikini, e.g.
6. U.S. central bank
9. Old World duck
13. _____ New Guinea
14. Luau souvenir
15. *Middle-earth region
16. Not slouching
17. Be in a cast
18. *Black Beauty
19. *Greg Heffley’s brother
21. Take without owner’s consent
23. Compass dir.
24. Agitate
25. OB-GYN test
28. “The Sun ___ Rises”
30. Marked by smallpox
35. Misfortunes
37. Flock members
39. Alluring maiden
40. Surveyor’s map
41. *King of the Elephants
43. Long forearm bone
44. Carried a torch
46. Buddhist teacher
47. *Piglet and Winnie-the-Pooh, e.g.
48. Quill-dipping vessel
50. *”Froggy Goes to ____”
52. E or G, e.g.
53. Adam’s apple spot
55. *Shel Silverstein’s constrictor
57. *”The Jungle Book” protagonist
60. *Roald Dahl title character
64. Painting support
65. Poor man’s caviar
67. Dora the Explorer’s farewell
68. Accent mark
69. PC monitor technology, accr.
70. *Children’s literature, e.g.
71. Fusses
72. Lawyers’ league
73. Swelling
♠
♥
Bridge
Check and Mate
♦
Goren on Bridge by Tannah Hirsch
North-South vulnerable. North deals.
NORTH
♠
A, J, 10, 8, 6, 3
❤ 5
♦ A, J, 9, 2
♣ A, 10
WEST
♠ K, 9, 4
❤ J, 9, 8, 7,l 4, 2
♦ 5
♣ J, 8, 5
DOWN
1. Impersonator
2. Hawaiian tuber
3. Kind of column
4. Filthy dough
5. Sonia Sotomayor or Gloria Estefan,
e.g.
6. Antiaircraft fire
7. European org.
8. “Likewise”
9. *Old Woman’s home
10. Type of missile, accr.
11. Gaelic
12. *Like Willie Winkie
15. *Abused beagle
20. Jimmy Fallon’s guest, e.g.
22. Not square
24. Sears’ partner
25. *Pig-tailed, read-headed nineyear-old
26. To bet everything
27. Isometric core exercise
29. ____ vs. Class
31. 1973 event in Chile e.g.
32. Russia’s prosperous peasant
33. “Sesame Street” Muppet
34. *”_____ of a Wimpy Kid”
36. Flight segment
38. Actress ____ Gilbert
42. “Dancing with the Stars” number
45. Thumb drive, e.g.
49. Rolodex abbr.
51. Thick soup
54. Approximately, as in date
56. Helped
57. *Amelia Bedelia, e.g.
58. Norse capital
59. Marries
60. Self-referential
61. Pick-up ____
62. Student’s quarters
63. Away from port
64. Greek H
66. Scepter’s partner
EAST
♠ Q, 7
❤ Q, 10, 6
♦ K, Q, 10, 8, 7, 6, 3
♣ 2
SOUTH
♠ 5, 2
❤ A, K, 3
♦ 4
♣ K, Q, 9, 7, 6, 4, 3
The bidding:
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST
1♠
3♦
4♣
Pass
4♦
Pass
4❤
Pass
4♠
Pass
4NT
Pass
5♦
Pass
6♣
Pass
Pass
Pass
Opening lead: 5 of ♦
Can a deal win the award for both best
play and best defense? Consider this one
from the match between France and Bulgaria
at the recent Prokom Software European
Team Championship, held in Warsaw.
At one table, Alain Levy (France) played
in four spades and made 11 tricks. At the
other table, the Bulgarians were more enter-
Sudoku
♣
prising and landed in six clubs on the auction
shown. Four no trump was Key-card
Blackwood, and five diamonds shows three
of the five key cards (the king of trumps
counts as an ace). All that remained was for
declarer, Vladimir Marashev (Bulgaria), to
make 12 tricks.
West led his singleton diamond, and
declarer realized that entry problems militated against ruffing a heart in dummy since
West's diamond lead was surely a singleton
and a trump promotion was likely. For
instance, suppose South wins the opening
lead with dummy's ace, cashes the ace of
clubs and ace of hearts and ruffs a heart on
the table. There is no quick way back to hand
without allowing East to gain the lead and
play the king of diamonds, promoting the
jack of trumps. A similar situation arises if,
instead, declarer exits with a low spade. The
defenders win and return a spade, and declarer is faced with the same predicament. Try it.
Instead declarer drew three rounds of
trumps, ending in hand, and led a spade,
intending to finesse. Although that loses to
East, declarer can win any return and repeat
the spade finesse to take care of his heart loser.
The best laid plans of mice and men went
agley when Marc Bompis (France) jumped in
with the king of spades! Declarer had no
choice but to allow the king to hold. Bompis
countered by returning a low spade, putting
declarer to an immediate guess. After a few
moments' thought declarer rose with the ace
of spades, dropping the queen and landing
his slam.”
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Laughing Matter
Continued from page 27
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☺
☺
“Is that you I hear spittin’ in the vase
on the mantle?” shouted Mrs. Feeney
from the kitchen.
“No,” says he, “but I’m gettin’ closer
all the time.”
☺
☺
☺
The most effective way to remember
your wife’s birthday is to forget it just
once.
☺
☺
☺
A guy walked into a bar, ordered a
beer and said to the bartender, “Hey, I’ve
got this great Irish joke…”
The barkeep glared at him and said in
a warning tone of voice, “Before you tell
that joke, you might want to know that
I’m Irish, my two bouncers are Irish and
so are most of my customers.”
“Okay,” said the guy, “I’ll tell it very
slowly.”
☺
☺
☺
The bishop showed himself to be a
master of tact when he walked into a
bathroom occupied by a lady and calmly
bowed himself out with, “I beg your pardon, sir.”
☺
☺
☺
“What comes into your mind when
you hear the name Tschaikovsky?”
“Gesundheit.”
Fred Allen
☺
☺
☺
When a librarian questioned a little
boy’s book choice, “Advice to Young
Mothers,” he explained, “I’m going to
collect moths.”
☺
☺
☺
A farmer who wrote for a book on
How To Grow Tomatoes wrote the publisher: “The man who writ the ad shoulda writ the book.”
☺
☺
☺
A classified ad in a college newspaper read, “Just broke up with girlfriend.
Need someone to finish Argyle socks.”
☺
☺
☺
All puzzle
answers are on
page 20.
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Library Notes
(Continued from page 17)
Popcorn will be served. Family Movie Night
will feature family friendly films especially
appropriate for children age four to eleven,
accompanied by an adult. However, people
of all ages are welcome to attend.
• Teen Reads series, Saturday, March 29
from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The book selected for
this month’s Teen Reads is “Unwind” by
Neal Shusterman. Teens are invited to enjoy
the refreshments and talk about young adult
books. Pre-registration is required for free
copies of the book available to the first eight
registrants at the circulation desk.
• Black Point Estate Interpreter Jill
Westberg will present her program
“Remarkable Women of Black Point Estate”
on Thursday, March 27 at 6:30 p.m., in celebration of National Women’s History
Month. Everyone is welcome to attend this
program at no charge.
• 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
also at www.readthebeacon.com
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.
• Getting to Know Medicare, March 18,
6 p.m. This is a class designed to acquaint
current and future Medicare Beneficiaries
with the four parts of Medicare as well as
equip them to navigate through the various
insurance options. Topics covered will
include: recent changes to Medicare;
enrolling in Medicare; differences in
Medicare Supplement and Medicare
Advantage plans; Prescription Drug plans;
and the “Donut Hole.” Class presented by
The Retirement Classroom.
• The library hosts two book clubs per
month. The Page Turners meet on the first
Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. and the
Afternoon Book Club meets on the third
Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m. You can
check out a copy of the book club selection
3-4 weeks prior to the book club meeting. All
meetings are held at the library and are facilitated by staff librarians.
• Story times are about 30 minutes and
are filled with books, songs and more. Each
week will bring something new. No registration required. Toddlers on Tuesday at 10 a.m.
and 11 a.m.; Books n Babies on Thursday at
10 a.m.; Preschool age on Wednesday at 10
a.m.; and Tiny Tots 2nd and 4th Monday at
6:30 p.m. We Explore, ages 3+, Friday 10
a.m.
• Slipped Stitches, every Wednesday, 6-8 p.m.
in the Youth Services story room. A group for any-
one who does some sort of stitching: knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, tatting etc.
• The Lego Building Club for all ages
meets every other Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in
the community center. Each meeting will
feature a different building theme. Creations
will be displayed in the library and online.
Lego donations greatly appreciated. Messy
Art Club meets on the alternate Thursday at
3:30 p.m.
• The Walworth County Genealogical
Society Library is open Tuesdays from 10
a.m – 3 p.m. and by appointment, which can
be made by calling the WCGS librarian at
215-0118. A board member will always be
there to render assistance if needed. To
obtain membership information or find literature regarding Walworth County, visit walworthcgs.com.
All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 7232678 or visit www.elkhorn.lib.wi.us for more.
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Twin Lakes Community Library, 110
S. Lake Ave., Twin Lakes. 877-4281. Hours:
Monday - Wednesday 10 a.m. -8 p.m., Thurs.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday – Sunday 12-4 p.m.
• 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.
Storytime, Thursday, March 20, 11:15
a.m. – noon. Ages 2-5 with an adult.
Registration required. Develop listening and
language skills while enjoying books, storytelling, puppetry and crafts.
Wee Read, Friday, March 21, 10:30 – 11
a.m. Ages 0-2 years with an adult.
Registration not required. Learn pre-reading
skills the fun way’ A lap-sit program
designed just for babies 0-2 years with plen-
March 14, 2014
ty of activities including stories, songs, bubbles, scarves and parachute play.
Wednesday Readers Book Discussion,
March 19, 10:30-11:30 a.m. No registration
required. The book will be “Inferno” by Dan
Brown. Please call to reserve a copy of the book.
Business
Structures
Explained,
Wednesday, March 19. 6-7:30 p.m.
Registration required. S-Corp, C-Corp, LLC,
Sole Proprietorship? Learn the advantages
and disadvantages of each so you can figure
out which one works best for you and your
business. Presented by the Wisconsin
Women’s Business Initiative Corporation.
Sticky Note Pad Holder. Tuesday,
March 25, 6-7 p.m. Registration required.
Create a Sticky Note Pad Holder. Get organized and be crafty at the same time. All supplies will be provided.
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Walworth Memorial Library, 101
Maple Ave., Walworth. Open Mon. and Wed.
10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Tues., Thurs., Fri. and Sat.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Now offering wireless Internet service.
• Knitting and crocheting classes,
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. Call for details.
• Preschool Story Hour, Fridays, 9:45 –
10:30 a.m., for preschool-age children and
their caregivers. The hour will include stories, snacks, crafts and more.
• Book Club for adults, third Saturday of
each month, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
All programs are free and open to the
public unless otherwise indicated. Call 2756322 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 245-1855;
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All-You-Can-Eat
3 Pc. Fried
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HOMEMADE CLAM CHOWDER...Cup $3.00.....Bowl $4.00
FRIED COD or PERCH $8.00
with homemade potato pancakes or fries, cole slaw,
tartar sauce and buttered rye bread
SHRIMP BASKET with fries and cocktail sauce.......$8.00
FRIED COD or PERCH SANDWICH $7.00
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FISH AND CHIPS $7.00 - OFFERED EVERY DAY
2 pieces fried cod with fries and tartar sauce
Kitchen open everyday at 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.
(later in the summer)
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FRIDAY
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4-10 P.M.
2 Piece
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