Door County Living Late Summer 2003 by Door County Pulse

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Editor’s note

Life In Door County

ummer in Door County presents an interesting dichotomy between old world charm and modern amenities. On one hand, the remote northern peninsula is relished for its simplicity, its slower pace, the escape it offers from urban centers. On the other hand, our oasis could not survive without the flourishing tourism industry marked by bustling shops, buzzing restaurants and booked hotels. The practical conclusion is that these two worlds must co-exist and support one another in order for either to survive. Likewise, this issue of Door County Living encourages us to get back to some of life’s simpler pleasures like picnicking in a park or paddling a kayak along the shore.

We celebrate the old-time farm market industry and its ability to adapt and survive in a faster world. We also explore the challenges of two young business-owners to thrive in a tourism-based, seasonal economy. Finally, the story of Sandra and Wence Martinez epitomizes this commingling of the old and new as we learn how their art would not exist without both. We hope you enjoy the August/September issue of Door County Living. We’d like to thank everyone who sent us their compliments on the June/July issue in person, on the phone and by email. Your support means so much to us. It has been a challenging and gratifying experience and we look forward to your continued comments.

Sara Massey, Associate Editor

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ON OUR COVER

august september 2003

Departments

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Outside In Door Kayaking in the Door - A

Paddlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Perspective photo by dan eggert

In Stride

Art Scene Composing a Dream - The art of

Wence and Sandra Martinez Topside

a runner keeps pace with the peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terrain By Krista Lawell

The Basics - An Introduction to

the Fundamentals of Sailing On Your Plate Ultimate Picnicking Habitats

Expressions of Tradition

Sophisticated Casual - Interior

Designer Marilyn Jensen Brings Her Work Home

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Habitats

Door County Farm Markets By Roger Kuhns

Shady Places Cameos Friends and Colleagues Restaurant Guide Guide to Restaurants in Northern

Door County

Fairways Any Way You Slice it - Treatment

for the most common golfing ailment

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august/september 2003 Publisher Brad Massey Editor David Eliot Associate Editors Sara Massey Madeline Johnson Photography Director Dan Eggert Contributing Photographers Roger Kuhns Brad Massey

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Artist/Illustrator Seth Wessler Contributing Editors Vinni Chomeau Neil Edmonds Rebecca Funk Jane Hillstrom Madeline Johnson Roger Kuhns Krista Lawell Richard C. Myers Sam Perlman Door County Living magazine is published four times annually by: Door County Living, Inc., P.O. Box 606, Ephraim, WI 54211.

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Comments We welcome your inquiries, comments, and submissions. E-mail us at: info@dcliv.com or simply call us at 920-495-0378. Advertise For advertising rates and information, please email us at: advertising@dcliv.com Subscribe Door County Living is available free of charge at select locations on the Door Peninsula – a four dollar value per issue. Why not have it delivered directly to your door? To order a one-year subscription (four issues), please send $16.00 to Subscription - Door County Living, P.O. Box 606, Ephraim, WI 54211. To change your address or inquire about the status of your subscription, please contact us in writing at the address above, or by e-mail at: subscription@dcliv.com No portion of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission by the publisher. ©2003 Door County Living, Inc. All rights reserved. Prepress services and printing by Quebecor World, St. Cloud, MN. Unsolicited materials must be accompanied with return postage. Door County Living magazine assumes no liability for damage or loss.

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contributors <Dan Eggert, currently the photo editor of the Peninsula Pulse newspaper, has been involved in the Door Community since 1995. He is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in Fox Cities Magazine and Balisteriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery of Fine Art and he has worked with various music groups, including the band Little Marsh Overflow. He spends his free time outdoors hiking, biking, and kayaking. <Sam Perlman has lived in Door County since January of 2001. He has worked as the

Originally from Neenah, WI, Krista Lawell has been a visitor

Program Director of the Peninsula Art School

to Door County since she was a child. After graduating with

since July of 2001. He has been a columnist

a political science degree from the University of Wisconsin-

and contributor to the Peninsula Pulse, the

LaCrosse in 1997, she has focused her energy on training for

Door County Advocate, the Village Voice and

marathons. She currently lives in Sister Bay and works as a

many other publications. In his past lives in

legal assistant at Pinkert Law Firm LLP in Sturgeon Bay. As

Chicago and New York City, Sam has worked

a runner who trains year-round in the Northern Door area,

as a talent agent, a marketing executive and a

Krista is sponsored by Bayshore Outdoor Store and can often

dot-communist. He is a trained musicologist,

be found running from Sister Bay to Fish Creek in preparation

with a BA in Music and Russian and Eastern

for her ninth marathon this coming October in Chicago.

European Studies from Grinnell College (IA). <Roger Kuhns is a writer, geologist, and singer/songwriter now living in Door County after spending a few decades rambling around the world. Roger lived in Africa for eight years, where he met his wife Elizabeth. He also manages the music performance company, and performs his original music and monologues in Wisconsin.

>Madeline Johnson, born in Stevens Point, WI and raised in Dubuque, IA, has been coming to Door County since her youth. While earning her Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree from Northwestern University, Madeline began spending full summers in Door County. Since her first summer here in 1998, Madeline has become a full-time resident of Door County; she is a writer and editor for the Peninsula Pulse newspaper, as well as an active sailor and traveler. >Jane Hillstrom creates images for clients through her public relations firm, Hillstrom Communications in Baileys Harbor. In her spare time she writes for regional and national publications on topics ranging from cow muscle profiling to what to do in Door County in the winter. During her sleep and while driving to the airport, she writes humorous stories that she plans to have published when Dave Barry runs out of material. She is currently working on a book, a play and finding time to ride her horse. >When Vinni Chomeau is not at UWGB pursuing her Masters degree in Environmental Science, she is usually hiking, kayaking, XC-skiing, or biking in the county. As a year-round resident on the peninsula, she volunteers with the Nature Conservancy, and is a member of the Board of Directors for Crossroads at Big Creek Environmental Learning Center. For five years Rebecca Funk has operated Maple Grove Gardens, a landscape garden maintenance company based in Fish Creek, WI. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison and holds a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture.

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escarpment at Peninsula State Park, Ephraim.

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OUTSIDE IN DOOR by vinni chomeau photography By dan eggert

kayaking in the door a paddlerʼs perspective

he morning sun has just peaked over the tree line, the water is golden glass, and the air is suspended in silent haze. My kayak is resting on the car rack, paddle between the seats, and the PFD, skirt, bilge pump, and paddle float are tucked in the trunk. I assemble my gear, take a few steps on the beach, and with a couple of paddle strokes I’ve escaped to the water. Feeling my physical energy propel me through the environment inspires primeval thoughts; I am free from oil, gas fumes, and electronics. Snaking smoke from campfires in Peninsula State Park drifts softly through the trees and over Nicolet Bay’s deserted beach. I pass Eagle Bluff taking in the deep and ancient sea caves. As I approach the north side of Horseshoe Island, a six-foot wingspan fills my eyes as a bald eagle glides towards the water. The eagle retreats back into the sky and lands on a white pine limb that reaches out high above the water. I float beneath the limb and look up into the eagle’s eyes with awe. I drift by without disturbing it and paddle around the island. Gulls and terns glide by me scanning the water for a meal, and swallows perform aerial stunts as they dine on insects. The sun has burned through the morning haze and as I paddle back to the beach I cannot imagine a better start to the day. Sitting four inches above the water’s surface in a kayak presents a unique perspective of the landscape both above and below the water. Once the motion of paddling becomes a rhythmic routine, your mind begins to focus in on the details of the environment: puffs of wind across the water’s surface, frenzies of tiny insect swarms, natural etchings on the shoreline, various patterns of bird flights, and sways of aquatic plants. Paddling one spring afternoon near Toft’s Point I spotted a cloud of birds in the distance that flew together in and out from the shoreline. I paddled closer to discover that the cloud consisted of about seventy-five Dunlin sandpipers on their way to breed in the arctic. Their perfectly synchronized take offs, wing flaps, and landings The water in Door County is unusually clear thanks to created a mesmerizing rhythm of flight. the fingernail size zebra mussel. This exotic, invasive Door County has so many beautiful places to paddle, species was introduced to the Great Lakes in 1988 and deciding where to go is best determined by the from foreign shipsʼ ballast water. These mussels weather, wind, and the paddler’s mood. In general the originate from the Caspian Sea of Asia and have been spread by humans to all of the Great Lakes and many rivers and inland lakes. Along with causing nasty cuts on swimmersʼ feet, Zebra mussels disrupt the entire aquatic food chain by consuming microscopic plants and invertebrates, negatively impacting the fish population. Zebra mussels also clog water intake pipes. An estimation made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service predicts that zebra mussels will cost U.S. and Canadian water users within the Great Lakes region five billion dollars over the next ten years. A method for eliminating zebra mussels has not been found, so the focus of conservationists has been on reducing and limiting the spread to inland lakes and waterways. It is essential to make sure that all boats are free of zebra mussels and plant debris before they are launched into a new body of water. August/September 2003 Door County Living 11 dclv1i2.AID

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by vinni chomeau photography By dan eggert Green Bay side has warmer water temperatures and is calm when the wind is out of the east. The Lake Michigan side has colder water temperatures and the shoreline is calm when the wind is out of the west. The inland lakes, Europe, Kangaroo, and Clarks, are the best places for beginners to practice or for experts to enjoy a relaxing paddle. Although the wind and waves can pick up on these lakes, they are usually fairly calm with much warmer water temperatures. For paddlers who are interested in wildlife viewing, the Mink River is an excellent destination, but low water levels make it difficult to find a navigable channel into the river. Newport State Park in Ellison Bay is also a great place for bird watching and wildlife viewing. For experienced paddlers that like to go extreme and surf the big Lake Michigan waves, one of the best spots is Moonlight Bay when the wind blows from the northeast onto the submerged rock ledges. Be confident in your

Sunset on the Mink River.

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bracing techniques before surfing over these ledges. Cave Point is another tricky yet beautiful paddle that is best attempted by experienced paddlers or by beginners on a guided tour. On calm days the current low water levels permit passes through several caves in a kayak. However, the wind and waves change quickly in this part of the lake and the water temperature can be below fifty degrees even in the middle of summer. Kayaking is a sport in which safety must always be the highest priority. The best way to learn about the basic skills and essential safety equipment is to go on a guided tour. There are several kayak outfitters and guided tours offered in Door County. On most tours you can expect to be introduced to the following basics: â&#x20AC;˘ Proper use and care of equipment (kayak, paddle, personal floatation device, spray skirt, paddle float, and bilge pump).

Paddling Cave Point.

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• Paddling techniques, including a few tips on efficiency and comfort • Safety considerations and equipment • Rescue techniques In northern Door County the Bayshore Outdoor Store in Sister Bay offers guided tours and kayak rentals. In southern Door the Team Leadership Center in Institute offers guided tours and private lessons. Tours with both outfits include kayak rentals. The Ephraim Sailing Center and the Nicolet Beach Rentals in Peninsula State Park offer kayak rentals for the Nicolet Bay and Eagle Harbor areas..

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ART SCENE by Jane hillsrom photography By dan eggert

Composing a Dream Wence and Sandra Martinez

he universe pulls us from all directions. From our past, from our future, and from the moment. For Wence Martinez, a full-blooded Zapotec Indian, the pull began two thousand years ago when villagers from Teotitlan began to weave, and continues today at his gallery near Jacksonport, where he and his artist wife, Sandra, run Martinez Studio. Their story begins long ago. The Zapotec people were one of the first groups to settle in Central America. In the southeastern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, in the ancient village of Teotitlan del Valle, historical documentation cites villagers creating “400 measures of patterned cloth and 800 measures of large weavings” back to the 15th-century. Wence began to weave when he was nine years old, learning from his father and grandfather. When he was thirteen, a painter, Edmundo Aquino, began a search for a small group of weavers to incorporate painters’ designs into tapestry. Aquino found Wence and awarded him a scholarship to do advanced studies in dyeing and weaving techniques at the Taller Nacional de Tapiz in Mexico City. “The other weavers in the group eventually dropped out, threatening the program,” says Wence. “But I didn’t want to leave.” The school allowed him to continue his education with only a partial scholarship. That’s when he bought his shoe shine box. For two years of Sundays, Wence was the young boy on the corner shining shoes across Mexico City. He still owns the box containing the brush and polish of his past. “Whenever we go to Oaxaca, we still get shoe shines to support the youth,” says Sandra. “We talk to the kids and ask them ‘Do you have a dream?’ and encourage them that it can happen. We’re living proof.” The experience in Mexico City strengthened his convictions about the importance of quality and authenticity August/September 2003 Door County Living 17 dclv1i2.AID

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ART SCENE in his work. “I’ll never forget Aquino,” says Wence. “Even when I wasn’t selling anything, he always encouraged me to keep producing my own designs and to be proud of my Indian heritage. That’s how you make your dreams come true. Just keep at it.” Wence feels fortunate to own his own gallery and grateful to the collectors who have supported his work. To this day, most weavers in Oaxaca sell their exquisite work to dealers who market it in foreign countries under a wholesale name. They work anonymously with no real appreciation for their art. Today a master weaver, Wence continues the traditions of his people by using hand spun/hand dyed wool, weaving his original contemporary and traditional designs into museum quality tapestries for the floor or wall. His work reflects the influence of his Zapotec tribe’s traditional designs, combined with North American Indian, Persian, and Turkish elements. The looms he uses are handmade in his village. His work is highly respected. “Codice Nuttal”, a technically virtuoso piece, is on exhibit for the summer at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum where Wence Sandra Martinez in her studio.

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has been invited to demonstrate his art. Honored to be doing cultural educational events, he will also be making a traditional altar dedicated to his grandfather and speaking at the Museum for the Day of the Dead, November 1st. As Wence’s past pulled him to weave, his future came knocking at the door. In 1987, Sandra asked her friend, Kathy Navis, who was traveling to Mexico, to look for someone to translate her designs into tapestry. The weaving that returned to Sandra was so technically phenomenal, that she, herself, felt a pull to meet this person. She knocked on his door thousands of miles away and they fell in love. Wence and Sandra are now partners in life and art. Sandra’s current body of work began in the early ‘80s, when she started working with primitive and symbolic imagery. She now fashions functional art for the home and wearable art for women adorned with her signature glyphs. Her original meditative symbols are woven into Wence’s tapestries and appear on handmade, one-of-akind scarves, shawls, handbags, pillows, bamboo vessels Wence Martinez weaving in his studio.

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ART SCENE and even bright vinyl. Her symbols begin as drawings done during the quiet of Door County winters and on trips to Oaxaca. “In the beginning of time, drawings were language. I use my symbols like they are my vocabulary. Sometimes I give them a name, a starting point for the viewer but I like their elusive quality and don’t want to tie them down too much.” “When I started, my stylistic drawings had a foreground, a background, and a narrative. Now, they’ve become distilled down to symbols inspired by my interest in Asian work. When I look at my earlier work, I see premonitions there that the drawings would be reduced to their most essential elements.” Following the advanced evolution of Asian spirituality, Sandra’s symbols reach out. “I spent a lot of time studying religious concepts. I don’t think those things leave you. Now, I wonder how those religious systems intersect in the universe. It strongly influences my work.” One can see similarities between Sandra’s symbols and ancient Taoist graphic art, which dates back to the early 12th century. It was considered ‘practical magic’ - enabling man to communicate with the spirit world and influence the workings of the invisible forces of nature for his own benefit. Today, the spiritual element of Sandra’s work empowers women in the moment. For those non-believers, one only needs to observe the look on a woman’s face as she drapes one of Sandra’s shawls over her shoulders. It can be transformative. “The fabric pieces are meant to give the wearer a tangible feeling of comfort...to be wrapped up in such luxurious fabrics, but also to be nurtured, fed or protected if you will, by the symbols on them,” says Sandra. “The shawls help you move with strength in a public setting, like a queen. The effects are subtle, but powerful.” Trained in three-dimensional art with a focus on ceramics, Sandra was influenced by David Damkoehler at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. “I spent my life in those studios. David taught me that the media you choose has nothing to do with the quality or validity of the work. He instilled in me a deep respect for all artistic processes and to strive for intuitive truth in my own work.”

Pit firing in Oaxaca, © Wence Martinez.

Original Scarves by Sandra Martinez.

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Today, a large part of Sandra’s art has become assemblage. “In the summer, it’s a free-for-all. I consider the symbols my friends. They speak to me on so many levels. I play with them in the same we play with the letters of the alphabet. We never get tired of the letter, ‘A’, and I never tire of my symbols.” The artists work long hours in the gallery with no complaints. “I get to spend my days composing. I wouldn’t dream it any better than this,” says Sandra. “It’s fun!” they exclaim, simultaneously. Today, the two artists produce new work, manage their gallery, raise a family, and continue construction of an artists’ retreat/Bed & Breakfast in Teotitlan del Valle with a plan to spend winters there. In the future, Wence hopes to meet a

young artist from his village and help him develop his own work as Aquino encouraged him. Sandra already mentors young artists from the area in her studio. Sandra and Wence are evidence that the universe speaks to us in different ways and at different times, influencing our journey. To these two kindred spirits, it speaks of dreams, the determination to succeed, and the celebration in reaching their destination after so many years.

Martinez Studio is located at 5877 Highway 57 in Jacksonport. (920) 823-2154.

Sandra and Wence.

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in stride a runner keeps pace with the peninsula’s terrain by krista lawell

consider myself a fortunate person to be able to witness the dawn of a new day on the peninsula from 75 feet above Eagle Bluff in almost total silence. While getting up at 5:30 in the morning to go for a run isn’t for everyone, the serenity infused by the view from Eagle Tower at that hour makes one feel as though they’re on top of the world, even if only for a few moments before running down the steps to head off to the office, restaurant, resort, or worksite. I’ve never been fond of defining a person based around a single lonely word. One word leaves out so much and can rarely encompass a personality or life. That said, I feel free to make the following statement: I am a runner. While I make a living doing something entirely apart from running, it is the “running” part of my life that is the actual living, and there is no finer place than Door County to do this. The state park system, miles of meandering country roads, and lakeside trails are a treasure to recreational runners, our own Olympic hopeful, and those just out for some fresh air. The connection to the natural surroundings is something runners in Door County could rave on and on about. As a runner I have lived in different urban and suburban environments. I have taken the first steps out of my door to encounter residential boulevards with neighbors walking their dogs, young children learning to ride bikes, and the buzz of traffic from busy streets. Doing this everyday you get used to the distractions. Attempting to keep a focus and pace can be difficult; the workout is getting done, but many times true relaxation and appreciation for the surrounding natural world simply fails to occur. A person might not even be aware that it is possible to attain such peace from exercise. I hadn’t fully grasped that concept until I moved to Door County nearly four years ago from the Chicago area. I became more serious about running when I discovered silence in the forest. No cars, no horns, no eight-lane highway traffic, no smog at 6 a.m. You can hear your own breath and your footsteps on the road, and

these are fabulous sounds. No dodging the tyke on the tricycle, the six women walking shoulder to shoulder across the path, or the roller blader wobbling back and forth. I hadn’t realized such obstacles detracted from my running but they had become the object of my focus and my reasons to stay alert. The move to the peninsula proved to be a drastic lifestyle change in many ways, but especially when I put on my running shoes and headed out the door for my first few runs. I can actually admit to being alarmed by the silence and the realization that no other person was anywhere in sight. It hit me at this point that I had become so accustomed to distractions that I had lost touch with what I was doing, how I was feeling, and simply clearing my head. What I have discovered in the four years since that time is a simple truth. It’s not terribly shocking – in fact, it is the same truth that many find when they visit the Door. It is the important realization that nature suits us. It has the power to calm, regenerate, rejuvenate and enrich our souls. This truth applies to so many activities whether it be hiking, painting, writing, fishing, biking, kayaking, or in my case, running. Naturally, the question “where” arises. Where is the prime place to run, to witness the county’s peaceful meadows, orchards, and forests, to become lost in the natural world? The question has infinite answers depending upon what type of surface and experience you desire. While it is probably the most highly used trail in the county, Sunset Trail in

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On Plateau Road in Sister Bay.

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Inspired by the Wonders of Nature to Fit Your Lifestyle. It’s only a short drive from Door County to our newly remodeled Design Center in Green Bay, where you can view an impressive array of rustic furniture and accessories. Whether you’re looking for something as distinctive as a hand-crafted dining table, or a one-of-a-kind accessory to complement your decor, your search will be rewarded with a visit to Wisconsin Log Homes! We have an interior designer on staff, should you desire professional assistance. Stop by our showroom soon, because some of these pieces are so intriguing, you’ve got to see them to believe them! We’re just 49 miles south of Sturgeon Bay (see map at right).

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in stride Running toward sunset in Ephraim (right). The start of the 2003 4th of July Hairpin Run (below). Peninsula State Park is no less a favorite; it is a great, easy-access trail that fulfills what many runners and visitors seek. The trail begins in Fish Creek at the park entrance and traverses through forest and wetlands, offering a packed-gravel trail with rolling hills and lake views as you near Tennison Bay and Welcker’s Point. This is a high-traffic trail, so the best time to run it is early morning or after 6 p.m. Other favorite Peninsula Park trails are Sentinel Trail, near Eagle Tower, and the system of trails behind Gibraltar School that wind through the dense part of the park toward areas such as Nicolet Bay. I often mix it up a little, combining trail and road running. I have been known to park at the Ephraim beach and run to the park to catch some of the road hills, then head off on a park trail or two and back to the road to finish things up. The reward in July and August is a post-run swim in Lake Michigan, which tops my list of ways to end the day. While it is arguably the most popular park, Peninsula isn’t the county’s only natural gem for runners. In Newport State Park, there are rough terrain trails to discover, like Newport Trail, Rowley’s Bay Trail, and the Europe Bay/Hotz Loop. Other rough terrain trails can be found on the beach at Whitefish Dunes State Park and, for those near Sturgeon Bay, in Potawatomi Park. In addition to the state parks’ trail systems, the backroads of the county can be just as breathtaking. To the east of Sister Bay, views of farmsteads, rolling hills with hay bales, cherry orchards, and glimpses of Lake Michigan are common. These vistas are especially satisfying from roads like Woodcrest, Waters End, Appleport, and Plateau. In Baileys Harbor, Ridges Road offers a flat, fast running surface near the water’s edge. Some favorites in Ephraim remain Townline, Dane, Norway, and Settlement, where I often spy a red fox in a certain meadow nearly every time I run by. Certainly not to be forgotten are roads in the Fish Creek/Gibraltar area, such as Spring, Peninsula Players, Gibraltar Bluff and the always enjoyable Cottage Row. There is something about the smell of spring along this road in May and early June that is incredibly enticing after a long, cold winter. Aside from these peaceful running routes, there are a number of unique races which are held during the spring to fall seasons around the Door. The runners in the community are extremely supportive of each

other, despite the fact that they are scattered from Sturgeon Bay to Gills Rock and have varied talents in events from the mile to the ultra marathon. Beginning in May with the Blossom Run in Egg Harbor (along pristine White Cliff Road), races are held throughout the high season. Road races offer a little friendly competition in distances ranging from 2 miles to 10 kilometers. While many of these races have already passed us by this year, one should not be too intimidated to show up at the starting line for the remaining races and “Fun Runs” held in Algoma (August 9), Fish Creek (August 30), Potawatomi Park in Sturgeon Bay (October 4), Sister Bay (October 19), and Sevastopol (November 8). You may even be lucky enough to “run into” Sister Bay’s very own Olympic marathon hopeful Wendi Ray somewhere along the way. Ray has qualified to compete in next April’s Women’s U.S. Marathon Trials in St. Louis, Missouri. She lives and trains year round in Door County and makes an appearance at a number of the local races, providing an extra air of excitement. Door County does seem to have all a runner could ask for in a training ground to call home. There are the trails and the roads and the races and the solitary workouts, each different run providing its own unique enrichment. I do not regret trading the distractions and pace of life in the city for the delights of the wildlife and the earth this county offers. It is a decision I am repeatedly thankful for making, as it has proved to be more fulfilling than I ever imagined. As I stand atop Eagle Tower and take in the view of the islands, water, and horizon, I have to smile and remind myself how much I enjoy the silence of a run these days.

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Door County Road Race / Fun Run Schedule

August 9, 2003 Algoma Shanty Days Run Algoma 5K Jerry Matuszek: (920) 487-2041 or (800) 498-4888 9:00 a.m. August 30, 3003 YMCA Labor Day Run Fish Creek 5K (920) 868-3660 9:30 a.m. October 4, 2003 Potawatomi State Park Run Wild Sturgeon Bay 3 mile/10K (920) 743-6866 10:00 a.m. October 19, 2003 Sister Bay Fall Classic Sister Bay 5/10 mile (920) 854-2812 November 8, 2003 Sevastopol Turkey Trot Institute 1/2, 1, 2, & 4 mile (920)743-6282 ext. 120 9:30 a.m. May 8, 2004 Blossom Run Egg Harbor 2 mile/5 mile Mary Claire McHugh: (920) 743-4949 8:30 a.m. May 23, 2004 Maifest Run Jacksonport 2 mile/10K (920) 823-2068 9:00 a.m. June 6, 2004 Peninsula Park Run Fish Creek 5K (920) 868-2444 9:00 a.m. June, 2004 Peninsula Preschool Race Ephraim 3 mile (920) 839-9295 July 4, 2004 4th of July Hairpin Run Fish Creek 5K Joan Blackwood: (920) 868-3641 8:30 a.m. July, 2004 Washington Island Run Washington Island 2 mile/5K/10K Rec Center: (920) 847-2236 10:00 a.m.

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t was 9:00 in the morning and the couple I was scheduled to give a lesson to that day had just arrived. “Ready to sail?” I asked. With a familiar mixture of excitement and nervousness, they both nodded. I handed them life jackets, we boarded the 15-foot sailing dinghy, and within moments we were sailing out of Eagle Harbor’s shallow channel toward Green Bay. As I had done with every lesson before, I began the lengthy process of explaining the parts of the boat and their uses. I would have only two hours with this couple, Ian and Laura, to impart a volume of information in hopes that they would not only become confident, self-sufficient sailors, but that they might also develop a passion for sailing similar to my own. It wasn’t more than five minutes into the lesson, however, when I encountered a challenge: Ian was an anxious learner; he immediately wanted to sit at the helm and “get a feel” for what I was explaining. Laura was the opposite. Every muscle in her body was tense and as she looked at me with widened, pleading eyes I understood that fear was foremost on her mind. She began asking �� rapid-fire questions: Why is the boat leaning to one side? How is (3) (2) the wind �� pushing �� the sail? �� What’s �� t h a t for? �� How �� do you expect me to �� learn how to do this in (1)

just two hours? So there I was giving one sailing lesson to two very different students. Ian: head first, hands on, act now and ask questions later. Laura: cautious, cerebral, determined to get a handle on the whole picture before zooming in on one little piece, such as steering. The challenge wasn’t exactly new to me. Most of my lessons, in fact, had been afflicted with the same scenario and trying to tailor the information to such different students often felt like trying to teach Spanish and French at the same time. But on this particular morning something clicked. The opposite approaches Ian and Laura took to learning the sport, I realized, symbolized what are really the two most basic and essential elements of sailing: on one hand, technical know-how and, on the other, a conceptual understanding of the physical principles at work. Because I had been sailing from an early age, these elements were intuitive for me. Seeing each piece as separate and in constant service of the other, though, garnered me a valuable tool – one that made me a more effective teacher for Ian and Laura’s sake and a better sailor for my own.

The Big Picture A Conceptual Approach So how does sailing work? On a conceptual level, it is useful to look at sailing as the sum of three primary parts: the boat, the wind, and the sail. Boats themselves have no shortage of little parts, each with a special name and purpose, but a beginner really only needs to know the functions, if not the names, of some of the main ones: the mast, the boom, the main sail, the centerboard (or keel), the tiller, and the rudder. The mast, of course, is the tall vertical metal or wooden pole that supports the large, triangular

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topside main sail. The boom is the horizontal pole that runs along the bottom edge of the main sail and can swing 90º to either side of the boat. The centerboard extends below the bottom of the boat and provides leverage to keep the boat upright, and the tiller is the wooden stick at the back of the boat, attached to the rudder (a fin off the back of the boat which extends into the water), that allows steering. When sailing, the two parts a sailor will continually need to readjust are the tiller and the boom or, in other words, the parts that most directly control the boat’s position and the sail’s position. Understanding the wind is the next important piece. Wind direction and strength can be determined by looking at windsocks and flags nearby on shore, by looking at anchored and moored boats which always point into the wind due to their shape, by observing wind patterns on the water, and by feeling the wind in your hair and on your cheeks. Feeling the wind is the best and most reliable way to gauge its direction and strength; often the wind is different on your boat than elsewhere on the water. Once the wind’s direction has been determined,

the trick is knowing how your sail will harness the wind’s power and transfer it into forward motion. The simplest way I’ve found to demonstrate how the sail works is by visualizing a large clock on the surface of the water. Suppose that the wind, wherever you are and at any point in time, will always come from the direction of 12:00. Let’s then say that you want to sail toward 6:00. While your boat would be pointed directly at 6:00, your main sail would need to be perpendicular to the direction of the wind, allowing it to simply push you forward. In sailing terminology, this is a “point of sail” called a “run.” See (1) on diagram. Logically, this makes sense. If I hold a feather in my hand on a windless day and blow on it, it will float straight out several feet in front of me until the power of my air puff diminishes and it falls to the ground. Likewise, a puff of wind coming from 12: 00 (or the air coming from my lungs) will push my sail in the opposite direction (like the feather floating away from me). Now let’s say that you want to sail in the direction of 12:00, where the wind is coming from. In this

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situation no forward movement is ever possible. Pointing your boat at 11:00, 12:00, or 1:00, which is called “irons” or the “no-sail zone,” forces your sail to fly straight back like a flag or windsock would. The sail cannot capture any air, but instead flaps around and leaves the boat in an idle position. See (2) on diagram. While the range between 11:00 and 1:00 does not permit forward sailing, sailing in the direction of roughly 2:00 (or at 45º to the wind, depending on the boat) can be a very fast point of sail. Logically, this is a little bit tougher to grasp at first. Being pushed as you sail toward 6:00 is easy to visualize, and not being able to sail at 12:00 since the wind is blowing from that direction is also fairly straightforward. So how is it that sailing at 2:00 (or oppositely at 10:00) is possible? Isn’t that still near enough to the direction of the wind to prohibit forward motion? This is where “Bernoulli’s Effect,” a physics term which basically tells us that where fluid velocity is highest, pressure is lowest, comes into play. A sail can easily be compared to an airplane wing to demonstrate the idea. As an airplane rushes forward,

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its curved wing cuts through the air. Half of the air rushes over the top (curved) side of the wing and the other half rushes past the bottom (flat) side of the wing. Because the top of the wing is curved, the air above it must rush faster and cover more distance than the air underneath it in order to arrive at the back of the wing at the same time. As a result, the pressure of air in this stream is lower than the air around it. Like most things in nature, the lowpressured air in the stream wants to equalize with the air around it. The airplane wing, in effect, is then sucked or lifted straight up. A sail is simply an airplane wing standing on end. As air rushes around the back side of the sail, its pressure is different than on the front side, thus permitting the sail to be sucked forward when the boat is pointed at 2:00. In sailing terminology, this point of sail is called “close-hauled” or “beating” into the wind. When close-hauled, the boom (attached to the main sail) will not be perpendicular to the wind, as it is on a run, but rather pulled into the center of the boat to allow the air to move over the sail on both sides. See (3) on diagram.

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topside Once you understand these two most basic points of sail (upwind at 2:00 and downwind at 6:00), the rest falls into place much more easily. Consider that at any other point on the clock the boat and the sail will be positioned somewhere between these two extremes, thus allowing the wind to move over the sails and forward motion to take place. In Laura’s case, this de-mystification of what she was observing and sensing opened the door to the other aspects of sailing. Now all she needed was some hands on experience to go with the visual framework.

The Small Picture Getting from Here to There Ian’s task, unlike Laura’s, was slowing down to consider how his maneuvering affected the larger goal of putting all the pieces together. Before he could do that, however, he wanted to establish a comfort level with some tangibles – the tiller and the boom. “Getting the feel” of the tiller comes quickly. The tiller and rudder are essentially one piece connected

in the middle at a pivot point at the back edge of the boat. Pushing the tiller in one direction inside the boat forces the rudder to move in the opposite direction behind the boat. As a comparison, the rudder acts similar to a paddle when canoeing. If a person canoeing at a steady speed were to stop paddling and hold the paddle firmly on the back left side, the canoe would veer to the left and vice versa. The same principle holds true with a rudder. Steering feels counter-intuitive at first, since it’s the opposite of steering a car, but it’s an easy mental shift to make after a few minutes of trying. Moving the boom allows a sailor to change the position of the main sail and can be done so using what’s called the “main sheet.” The main sheet (like all “sheets” on a boat) is simply a rope attached to the bottom of the boom that can be let out or taken in to achieve the desired position. Once a beginner is familiar with steering and using the sheet to control the main sail, he or she is poised to begin the fundamental skill of changing a course. One such way to do this is by “tacking,” which means

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moving the boat from one side of the clock (say 2: 00) over to the other (say 10:00) via the no-sail zone (12:00). During a tack, a sailor pushes the tiller far to one side of the boat. The boat then uses its stored momentum to pass through the no-sail zone until the wind catches the sail on the opposite side. After the sail and the boat have passed 12:00, the tiller is returned to a straight position, the sail is slightly adjusted, and forward motion resumes. The other fundamental way to alter your course is by “jibing.” Jibing is similar to tacking, except that the nose of the boat will pass through 6:00, rather than 12:00. Again, the tiller must be moved to steer

the boat to the new position and the wind will catch the sail on the opposite side. Steering the boat, adjusting the sails, tacking, and jibing came easily to Ian; in no time at all he was able to turn his attention to the broader whys and hows of what he was doing. Laura was reluctant to maneuver at first, but once she trusted her comprehension of the concepts, she was visibly more confident. By the second hour, the two of them were even answering each other’s questions, making my role as a teacher considerably less challenging.

Attempting to sail, no doubt, can feel awkward or confusing at first, but most find that a little experimentation and practice shortens the learning curve. Once a solid foundation is in place, a sailor is then ready to take some of the other aspects of sailing, such as using multiple sails, rigging, racing, docking, rules of right-of-way, and fine-tuning. At all stages of learning, remembering to simplify the elements – as Ian and Laura were eventually able to do -- is the most reliable means to success.

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expressions of tradition Door County Farm Markets by roger kuhns

arch maple syrup, spring asparagus, vine-ripened summer tomatoes, sweet corn, fall squash…the farm markets of Door County are harvesting the bountiful crops for every season. There are dozens of “off the farm” and “on the farm” markets in Door County, and they offer both specialized crops and the entire gamut of vegetables and fruits. All sizes of farms and orchards offer fresh produce, but there are some very large operations in Door County. In northern Door the Seaquist Orchards Farm Market is the state’s largest cherry producer. Wood orchards are the largest apple growers in the county, and Chaudoir’s in Sturgeon Bay is the area’s largest strawberry grower. But there are innumerable smaller family operations: Raspberry Rowe’s and Don and Pam Richmond’s market in southern Door, and in the north you’ll find the Home Grown Market out of Carlsville, the long-standing Koepsel’s Market just east of Ephraim, or the Knutson’s newly emerging North Bay Road farm off ZZ out of Sister Bay, to name a few. Farm markets offer expressions of tradition in the farm communities, and also represent enclaves of innovation. It is where the rural and urban often overlap. The organic food niche – which is a $2.8 billion business in the U.S. – has grown about 20 percent in farm markets since the 1990s. Orchards, such as Seaquist’s in Sister Bay, offer opportunities for University of Wisconsin horticulturists to try new varieties of apples or cherries. In other areas farm markets are even producing soy for biodiesel, and hemp and kenaf for fiber. Unusual vegetables are also trialed in farm markets, such as adzuki beans, amaranth, chickpeas, comfrey, Jerusalem artichoke, herbs such as Echinacea, and many others. Among the many farm markets of Door County is Sugar Mountain Farm Market in Brussels, owned and operated by Eugene and Julia Garbowski. They purchased the land in 1977, and after a long stint of traditional farming, opened the actual farm market in 1991. Now they harvest thirty acres of vegetables on their 80-acre farm in Union; they also pick from an extensive apple orchard. “We have strawberry fields, raspberries and blackberries too,” Julia said. “My husband picks a lot of the vegetables, sometimes with hired help. We sell most at the store here, and at the farmers’ market in Sturgeon Bay’s Market Square on Saturdays.” With only one full-time helper in the market, and eight

part-time employees, Julia and Eugene work hard all season. “Eugene is very efficient,” Julia said, “and plants the fields for different seasons. We start the season with ‘pick-yourown’ asparagus.” She noted that the romance of working a farm market wore off after the first week. “Farming is for people with hard edges because it’s a lot of work.” Sugar Mountain celebrates several festivals, starting with an early July Strawberry Festival. “The reason for the festivals is to highlight the changing of the seasons,” Julia said. The Belgian Harvest, a traditional farm celebration, is on Sunday, September 7 at the farm market. “We serve all the traditional Belgian food, like booya and trippe pies (sausage and cabbage). Then, on October 5, Sugar Mountain celebrates a Pumpkin Festival, complete with a haunted barn, horse and wagon rides, music, crafts and lots of food -- especially everything pumpkin, from pie to bread to muffins, even pumpkin pancakes. “This is also apple season,” Julia said, and their many varieties of apples are featured. “One of the last vegetables we sell are Brussels sprouts on the stalk in October.” Maple syrup is a favorite in the farm markets, and is locally produced by a number of families, especially the Jorns and the Staats in the Egg Harbor area. Ed and Debbie Staats started their maple syrup concern more than forty years ago. They tap nearly a thousand sugar maples in natural stands

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on their property. “Nothing has been specifically planted,” Debbie Staats said. “The hard woods are part of the dairy farm lands.” The Staats produce 500 gallons of syrup in an average year. “We’re never quite sure when [the sap] is going to start or stop. We need warm days in the forties and cold night that freeze.” The season can start in mid-March and run to early April in a good year. “We try to process the sap in the first twenty-four hours after collecting it,” Debbie said. Maple syrup producers need forty gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. “The sap is clear when it comes out of the tree, and gets dark when we cook it down,” Debbie said. It is all a function of sugar content. The higher the percentage, the shorter the cooking time, and the lighter the syrup. “Buddy syrup” is very dark with a strong maple flavor, and is typical of the end of the season low-sugar sap. On the northern edge of the city of Sturgeon Bay you’ll find Zahn’s Green Thumb Farm Market. Owner-operator Gail Zahn is considering closing up shop after the 2003 season, concluding 45 years in the business. “I love the orchard business,” Gail said, “But then all of a sudden you find yourself taking care of your parents, then taking care of yourselves, and so you have to enjoy the in-between time.” Gail, and her late husband Roger, met in the third grade and first dated in their sophomore year in high school. Gail said, “My father was from Ellison Bay, a Swede, and Roger was from Baileys Harbor from a German family. They used to say, ‘Don’t compliment a German, it’ll go to his head!’ and I married a German!” She laughs, briefly remembering the many good years of orchard life with her husband. The Zahns’ four children have all helped on the farm but A Vegetable for Every Season May – asparagus, herbs, morel mushrooms, rhubarb, flowers June – strawberries, rhubarb, lettuce, spinach, peas, herbs, flowers July – raspberries, sweet cherries, lettuce, beets, kohlrabi, zucchini, spinach, green & yellow beans, early sweet corn, greenhouse tomatoes, cucumbers August – melons, watermelons, sweet corn, tomatoes, onions, beans, zucchini, lettuce, arugula, raddichio, garlic, zinnias, sunflowers September – melons, apples, pumpkins, cauliflower, cabbage, potatoes, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, onions, cut flowers, Chinese vegetables October – apples, pumpkins, acorn, butternut, buttercup, hubbard, delicata, baby nugget, spaghetti squash, potatoes, rutabagas, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, onions, red peppers, ornamental corn, popcorn, gourds.

ultimately decided to pursue other careers. Each year has been a busy one for the Zahns. “We used to wholesale apples. We had nearly 8,000 bushels of cold storage.” Gail rattles off a few of the 18 varieties they’ve grown: “Yellow transparents, lodi, viking, whitney crab, wolf river, macintosh, courtland - that’s my favorite...” Gail is a tremendously hard worker and a believer that she can do anything. “My dad would tell me that there’s nothing you can’t do -- and that’s true,” she said. Over the years the Zahns have grown everything, both in the fields and orchards and in green houses. They also sell dried cherries from Myron Johnson’s Cherry De-Lite Country Ovens in Forestville. Gail is now 66 years old, and has been picking since she was five. She said, “When I was young I would pick for praise, not money. I can pick a lot of cherries; my record is 93 pails in one day. I can pick four flats of strawberries in an hour!” But now it is time to move on, so if you’re passing through Sturgeon Bay be sure to visit Gail Zahn one more time. In 1985 David and Karen Schartner decided to start a farm market south of Egg Harbor. They’d been operating the family farm since 1962, and although they had cherry trees, they decided to go all out on an orchard. Now they own 150 acres and rent another 70 on which they grow fruit and vegetables. David is very proud of his orchard, and of his family’s hard work. “Karen’s cherry pie was voted the best in Wisconsin in 2002 by Wisconsin Trails magazine,” he said and smiled broadly. Sure enough, the plaque on the wall says Karen Schartner’s pie is “Door County’s tastiest.” I asked David if his three kids would carry on the farm market tradition. “They’re young, and they want to see the world. I was out of here for three years when I was young, but here I am. I came back. So the kids may come back too.” Right now they’re helping David and Karen with the enormous task of running the family operation. The Schartners also tap 1,800 sugar maple trees for syrup. “Grandma had 100 acres of hardwoods,” David said. “We make about 450 gallons a year.” David and I walked through his orchard, tasting ripe and nearly ripe tart and black cherries the whole time. He habitually would reach up and August/September 2003 Door County Living 35

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pull a cherry from this or that tree, and tasting it would say, “Another two days on that one,” or “by the weekend for this one.” David said, “We got 55 buckets - that’s 9 pounds a bucket - one year from one of our cherry trees. That’s almost 500 pounds of cherries!” He noted that after a heavy year, the trees tend to produce less fruit for the next season. “We’ll start with the June Red cherries, a tart variety, then the Danube tart in mid-July, then the Montmorency tart in late July, and finally the Balaton tart in early August.” He also has more than a half-dozen sweet black cherries, from the Cavelier that ripens in mid-July to the Gold Sweet that is ready by August. David is president of the Wisconsin Red Cherry Grower’s Association. “We had a festival in July and 4,000 people came.” He then plucked a cherry from a tree and looked at me as he ate it. “Someone spit a cherry pit 47 feet, 11 inches.” With that he spit the pit more than 30 feet. I tried too, but only got about 18 feet in the impromptu contest. The Schartners are now growing the popular Honeycrisp apples. “We’ve got a dwarf root stock, they’re easier to prune and easier to pick. We’ll get maybe 5 bushels from a mature tree.” David said that operating a family farm market is what he was meant to do. “I like being my own boss and working outdoors. I couldn’t be confined to an office. Karen is the same way; she takes care of the pies in the morning and then heads for the fields.” David looks out over his rows of vegetables that grow between his cherry and apple orchards. “With our shallow ground in Door County we need more rain. The crops look good this year, though, nice apples and cherries.” It is a long season for the Schartners.

“We start out with asparagus in the first part of May -- that gets us going until the strawberries come in early July.” Then it’s picking and selling through the summer and into the fall when the last of the apples and squashes ripen. Cherries are what Dale and Kristin Seaquist are all about. “My great grandfather came here from Sweden in the early 1860s and said this looked like good apple growing country. And that’s what he did.” Well, great-grandpa Seaquist had the right idea, and 143 years later there are still some apple trees on the family land, but his offspring favored cherries. The Seaquist family now grows one third of all the cherries for Wisconsin. Dale Seaquist now partners the family business with his son, Jim. Kristin, Dale’s wife, said, “Jim’s wife Robin and I are here pushing them along.” She nudges Dale and you can tell this is a family that values what they’ve earned. “I like that it’s a family operation -- I’m with people I love. If you have the different responsibilities spelled out and agree on it, well, it’s a wonderful way of life,” Dale said. Kristin manages the retail end of the business on the north side of Sister Bay. “I’m here at the market. Dale is in the orchards and Jim runs the processing side of the business that’s in Egg Harbor. The family had been tending the orchards as the main business for generations. Then they decided to start a farm market to offer all sorts of cherry products to the public. “This end of our business was built to help balance the lean months,” Kristin said. “The retail store still balances those lean cherry years but now, after 18 years, has grown into its own entity.” The Seaquist Farm Market is a favored destination for visitors to Door County. “We sell

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fresh cherries, cherry salsa, cherry juice, cherry fudge, dried cherries, cherry pies...” Kristin continued describing all the cherry products as I surveyed the farm market. You can get other fruits and vegetables at the Seaquist market, but a visitor must first walk through a huge room filled with cherry products. Bowls of dried cherries are available for sampling, as are the salsas and jams. “I love the busy season,” Kristin continued, “It is such a rush. Every day is like having a party; it’s like having my friends over.” The Seaquists see return visitors every year and recognize the faces. “I’ve put my life blood into this place, and am very blessed and very thankful,” she said. Kristin also oversees the bakery in the market. “We use up to 30,000 pounds of cherries a year just for our farm market.” With the help of her daughter and staff, the bakery turns out thousands of cherry pies, each with three-pounds of cherries. Dale joined Kristin and I as we chatted. He took a handful of dried cherries and popped them in his mouth. “Let’s go for a ride through the orchards,” he offered. For the next couple of hours we drove the myriad of northern Door roads between Ellison Bay and Sister Bay looking at nearly 1,000 acres of Seaquist orchards; 800 acres of it are dedicated to cherries. Dale is a Door County treasure when it comes to the cherry business. He pointed to an odd weather vane and said, “That’s experimental. It’s painted with a certain paint that strikes terror into the heart of any bird wanting to eat these cherries!” He chuckles at the innovation. But such innovations are not new to this concern. Dale invented a machine that encircles a cherry tree to collect the fruit as it’s mechanically picked from the branches. A mechanical cherry picker can average 8 trees a minute, up to 12 trees if every one really pushes. Dale said, “It gives us a leg up - but you can’t afford too many good ideas!” Again he smiles at the casual joke; his wizened, lively eyes and

easy smile are contagious, and his faith and love of family and cherries exude from his personality. Dale was born on the property, and after his first wife died many years ago, he married Kristin. “I am blessed, I am the luckiest man,” Dale said. We drive by a newly planted orchard. The cherry saplings are adorned with foil ribbons that flap in the gentle Door County breeze, and with small white bags that contain bars of soap. “These keep the deer away, at least as long as the soap still holds its scent,” Dale says. “A cherry tree can be productive up to 25, maybe 30 years. Then you’re better off pulling them up and starting over. We get 50 to 100 pounds of cherries to a tree. We had one that had up to 300 pounds once, but that can break a tree.” There is an art to the care and feeding of a cherry tree. Careful pruning to ensure good root development and proper branching growth will yield a strong and productive tree for many years. Dale points out that he has planted much of his orchard with north-south oriented hedges. “This lets more light in the orchard for the cherries.” These examples of careful attention to the orchard are one reason the Seaquists are so successful. Another reason is that they love the life of orchard farming. Dale was the chairman of the National Cherry Growers, and now his son Jim occupies that post. Dale advocates cooperation between the various cherry growers, markets and promoters. “If we work together with the various cherry organizations then we’ll all have a future. The nature of a farmer is to go it alone, and that is his biggest attribute and greatest downfall. If we work together it works better.” And that is true for all the farmers – a collaborative effort in this peninsular county, focus on the family, and careful environmental management will ensure the survival of the Door farm markets for generations.

Door County Farm Markets Berry Best Foods Farm Market 12266 Highway 42, Ellison Bay Seaquist Orchards Farm Market Highway 42, north of Sister Bay Knudson’s North Bay Road Farm Market 10584 North Bay Rd, Sister Bay Koepsel’s Farm Market 9669 Highway 57, north of Baileys Harbor Jorns Farm Market Highway 57, Baileys Harbor Lautenbach’s Orchard Country Market & Winery 9197 Highway 42, Fish Creek Ray’s Cherry Hut 8813 Highway 42, south of Fish Creek Wood Orchard Market 8112 Highway 42, north of Egg Harbor Hyline Orchard Market 8240 Highway 42, north of Egg Harbor Jorns’ Sugar Bush Maple Syrup 4518 Highway T, Egg Harbor Schartner’s Farm Market 6476 Highway 42, south of Egg Harbor Home Grown Market Fish Road off Highway 42, south of Egg Harbor Staats Country View Farm Maple Syrup 5706 Country View Rd off County I, Carlsville Zahn’s Green Thumb Farm Market 5590 Gordon Road at Highway 42, Sturgeon Bay Chaudoir’s Strawberry Farm 360 S. 18th Avenue, Sturgeon Bay Richmond Orchard 8251 Highway 57, Sturgeon Bay Sugar Mountain Farm Market Brussels Cherry De-Lite Country Ovens 229 Main St., Forestville

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on your plate by sam perlman

Ultimate Picnicking Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse -- and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness -And Wilderness is Paradise enow. -from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Whitefish Dunes State Park.

ith miles of beaches and coastline, sixteen county parks, and five state parks, Door County may be the ultimate destination for picnicking. With plenty of prime spots available, and lots of great foodto-go, preparing the ultimate Door County picnic, simple or gourmet, is as easy as cherry pie. First, there is the issue of food: what to bring and where to get it. What to bring is, of course, very much dependent on your own personal tastes (Omar Khayyam’s picnic fare might be a little Spartan for some). There are plenty of fine food shops in Door County that will outfit your picnic basket in style. For the most authentic taste of Door County, your first stop has to be Teske’s Berry Best Foods and Fish. For three generations, the Teske family has been tending to the land and waters of the northern peninsula. Their shop north of Ellison Bay offers the finest tastes of the county, including their famous fresh and smoked fish and homemade breads and baked goods. Their goat cheese spread with sun-dried

tomatoes and pesto is absolute heaven. For truly gourmet picnic fare, your best bet in northern Door County is the Top Shelf Café and Gourmet in the Country Walk Shops of Sister Bay. In what until very recently was Manz’s Fine Foods, new owner Anne Alberts presents the hand-selected choices of a true epicure. Their

deli has rich pates, cheeses from around the world and a fine selection of wine, beer and spirits. For the more ambitious picnickers who want to do it themselves, the best source for groceries remains the Main Street Market in Egg Harbor. This full service grocery store has everything you need to outfit yourself with the finest in picnic fare, from fruits and vegetables to a fresh assortment of meats, fish, and baked goods. For those who are looking for a simple and easy picnic, nothing can beat the deli service at the Fish Creek Market. A custom made sandwich, complete with chips, fruit and a cookie, is just a few moments away. For those with even less patience, they have fresh sandwiches pre-made and ready for the taking. There are many other options for a quick and easy picnic meal. Julie’s Café, right at the entrance to Peninsula State Park in downtown Fish Creek, is always ready to pack a box lunch for you. Jacksonport Bakery and the Blue Horse Bistro in Fish Creek both have a wide variety of quick and easy fine foods available for your immediate picnic needs. Plus, they are both conveniently located near some prime picnic spots. Now that you’ve picked out your foods of choice, the next question is where to take them? For starters, Door County has five of Wisconsin’s most unique state parks. Peninsula State Park, easily the most popular (and, hence, the most crowded) of the five, is only one of the many natural destinations for picnicking in the wilderness of Door County. In Peninsula State Park the picnic areas around Nicolet Bay often get jammed on summer weekends, but the surrounding scenery is worth fighting the crowds. Newport State Park, northeast of Ellison Bay, is Wisconsin’s only “Wilderness Park.” Newport has 30 miles of hiking trails, 12 miles of off-road bicycle trails and 16 backpack campsites along the shore. Somewhere along the 11 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, including 3 miles of sand beaches, is your perfect beach blanket picnic spot. Potawatomi State Park, south of Sturgeon Bay, offers gently rolling terrain bordered by steep slopes and limestone cliffs along the Green Bay shoreline. Potawatomi features

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a 75-foot observation tower with spectacular views of water and woods, along with boating, fishing, hiking and on- and off- road bicycling. For the real adventurous picnickers, there’s always a trip to Rock Island State Park, at the very tip of the Door County peninsula. Adventurous and patient, that is, as a trip to Rock Island requires two ferry rides. The wait, as they say, though, is worth it. Rock Island offers visitors a beautiful walking tour through its 10 miles of hiking trails. Several picnic areas, a half-mile of sandy shoreline, the area’s first lighthouse (still in use) and several other historic buildings, are all part of the Rock Island experience. A unique and less frequently visited spot, Ahnapee State Trail stretches between Sturgeon Bay, Algoma and Casco along a former railroad grade. The limestone path winds its way through farmland and cedar swamp. The 30-mile trail, with its crushed stone surface, is perfect for mountain biking and hiking. It runs through open spaces, woods and small communities and follows the Ahnapee River for about a third of its course. There are an abundance of picnicking opportunities anywhere along the trail. Among the 16 county parks, several have picnic facilities available and make for great picnic destinations, perhaps a little quieter than the State parks. Baileys Harbor Ridge, near the Ridges Sanctuary, has 400 feet of sand beach and great swimming in Lake Michigan (make sure you wait an hour after you eat!). Ellison Bluff Park offers perhaps the most breathtaking view in the county. A wooden observation deck leads to the edge of the sheer, 100-foot limestone bluffs. The shaded picnic area, coupled with the cool breezes from the water, makes this a beautiful picnic site. Located within Whitefish Dunes State Park, Cave Point County Park features unusual rock formations and limestone caves. The 19-acre park also features a tranquil half-mile hiking trail and is a haven for a wide variety of birds. The picnic scene is beautiful, with age-old rock formations, pine trees, and the sound of the Lake Michigan waves. The Fish Creek Beach, although small, is a wonderful picnic spot. You can people-watch as the shoppers stroll Highway 42 in search of the perfect souvenir, then turn around and face the glorious blue water of the bay, with dozens of sailboats bobbing at their moorings. For something a little off the beaten track, try Frank E. Murphy Park, just south of Egg Harbor on County Highway B. There’s a 1,600 foot sand

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beach, boat launching facilities, volleyball court and a playground area for the kids. For an evening that combines the joys of picnicking with the cultural stimulation of the Bard, consider Baileys Harbor’s own Door Shakespeare. This summer, the professional theater group is expanding its season, taking on two of Shakespeare’s best-known plays. The troupe will alternate between Romeo & Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing in their charming Bjorklunden garden setting. Picnickers are encouraged to bring their picnic right into the garden or you can picnic on the shore overlooking Lake Michigan. Another cultural picnic destination is the gazebo at the Peninsula Art School in Fish Creek. Whether attending a class at the School or not, anyone is welcome to bring lunch into the beautifully maintained grounds of the school during the day. Make sure you save some time for wandering the landmark Guenzel Gallery, viewing the local, regional and national artists exhibiting their work. We’ll end just as we began, with an essential part of a successful picnic, at least according to Khayyam: wine. 2,500 miles northeast of California’s Napa Valley, at the intersection of County Highways A and E, you’ll find Door County’s own Stone’s Throw Winery. Their tasting room is the perfect place to sample wines made from California and Door County grapes in the traditional one barrel at a time way. Their retail store also features a small selection of imported cheese. You can stay on the grounds for an impromptu picnic and play bocce ball on their courts, or buy your favorite bottle to go to complete your picnic basket. Door County has plenty of ways and plenty of places to picnic in style. The beauty of the peninsula will provide all the wilderness you require. All you’ll need to supply is a loaf of bread and a book of verses. Newport Beach.

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habitats by jane hillstrom photography By dan eggert

sophisticated casual interior designer Marilyn Jensen brings her work home

our career dictates your living space. Builders have massive homes constructed with high quality materials, electricians have convenient outlets everywhere in the house, and plumbers have large bathrooms with luxurious whirlpools. But, when you’re an interior designer, your entire home is an empty canvas waiting to be painted.

Welcome to the home of Marilyn and John Jensen. Their home is camera-ready for House Beautiful. Marilyn’s fifteen years of experience in interior design and John’s skills as a builder and craftsman combine to create a home best described

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as sophisticated casual. The three-bedroom home is tucked away in a grove of pine trees east of Sister Bay. Experts in interior design agree that accessories can make or break a home. When you see the fresh flowers hanging to greet you as you enter the Jensen’s driveway, you realize you’ve come across a home where attention to detail is important. As owners of Sister Bay Trading Company, a furniture, accessories, and interior design business, their home is a masterpiece created by color, texture and talent. “It started one day when we were sitting in our store’s showroom and I said to John ‘I would love a house with the same feel, the same vaulted ceiling’,” says Marilyn. “I loved the double-sided fireplace in the store. Now, the same fireplace in our home is used as a divider between the living room and dining room.” Every person that longs for their home to resemble the warmth displayed in magazine photos can follow Marilyn’s formula. It’s simple when she explains it: each room flows off of one another with fabrics. It’s finding the right coordinating fabric that takes an expert’s touch. “I found a fabric I fell in love with and everything just took off from there. It’s a tapestry fabric with sunflowers in reds and greens and shades of mustard yellow. I took different shades of that yellow – almost to the golds – and two or three shades of the family of red. It ties into the golden wall color, the carpet, the brownish red leather sofa, the plaid in the chairs and the 11 pillows on the

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secrets of an interior designer Start with something you love. It can be a pattern in a vase, a fabric, or a painting. Work with those colors to get everything to flow from room to room. Mix and match patterns. Purposely use odd numbers when accessorizing. Five pillows are better than four. Everything looks better in threes. Don’t be afraid to step out of the box – try to add a touch of whimsy to each room and remember to have fun with it! When in doubt, hire an experienced interior designer.

sectional.” There’s a combination of seven different fabrics combined in the pillows. The plaid and gold leaf is picked up in the ottoman, which ties everything together. Marilyn’s personality reflects the sunflowers throughout the home. There are sunflowers painted between the backsplash and bottom of the cherry cabinets. Sunflower pottery is displayed above the cabinetry’s black crown molding. And, there are large sunflower prints hanging in the living room tying the rooms together. All decorated so

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habitats tastefully that nothing stands out. Except the canoe. For Christmas, Marilyn gave John a canoe made out of cherry and walnut that hangs from the center beam, above the fireplace. It’s an actual full-size working canoe but it’s used as artwork. Artist prints hanging on the walls are by Bridget Kozma, a Door County artist, and exhibit each of the seasons of Door County. And again, the colors in the Kozma prints are in the sofa, which tie into the sunflower fabric chairs, which tie into the cherry cabinets. The flow continues. The master bedroom has a corner, gas fireplace accented by a cherry bed and dresser. The custom bedspread and seven pillows boast golds and reds in three different patterns - floral, plaid and botanical – in five different fabrics. The pillows on the bed are in all shapes and sizes, including a pouf pillow resembling an onion. A chair-and-a-half and ottoman create a cozy reading space next to the fireplace. The true test of Marilyn’s design savvy came when John found a bargain and purchased it without consulting her – a teal whirlpool tub, toilet, and sink with brass fixtures. “It went against an important design rule: keep the fixtures neutral so you don’t date your house. John’s comment was: ‘You’re a designer. Make it work.’ I did. I had one of our contractors, Cheryl Frank, paint a leather faux finish on the wall and add a touch of teal in the painting. I had to try to tone the tub down so I used an old leather hide as a valance and some great artwork. I pretty much neutralized it by focusing on brown tones with red. Surprisingly, it does flow and it works.” The home is a comfortable size – 2,400 square feet – with two theme guest bedrooms. The rooms are nautical, one with maps plastered into the walls and the other with a Frank painting of a Door County beach, both with a comforting finish made to look like sand. The finishing touches are so complete – from the old suitcases partially displayed under the bed in the map room to the RD Bentley prints of sailboats in the beach room – that upon stepping into them you feel you are a part of the scenery. Marilyn was born with a genetic marker for good taste as evidenced by her story of needing new summer tennis shoes as a little girl. “I was going on vacation with family friends and my mother gave her friend money to buy me a new pair of gym shoes for playtime. I walked out of the store with black patent leather shoes. I’ve always had an eye for not settling for the ordinary. My mother was furious.” Today Marilyn gardens, cooks and cares for her two labs and cats in style. Will the painting ever be complete? “I’d love to start all over again. It was my dream project. It was a blank canvas. Because I’m a designer, I don’t know if it will ever be finished. I’ll see another idea and want to change it, like the new tiles out now that I didn’t have access to then.” Fortunately for her, John is building another house.

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habitats by Rebecca Funk

Shady Places

hose of us who have chosen Door County as our home for at least part of the year have done so because of the natural beauty and natural landscapes. We love the wild places, and we especially love the wooded areas. Many of the homes in the county are located on wooded lots or have many trees planted as part of the landscaping plan. These wooded areas are much of what makes this peninsula so beautiful, but in many cases they require the gardener to learn a bit about planting in the shade. If you have a shady spot that has caused frustration, leave the chainsaw in the garage a bit longer. Here are a few ideas to keep your trees and have attractive gardens. The first step in working with shade in a garden is to be realistic. Trying to plant annuals that require full sun in an area that is partially shaded is like driving a square peg in a round hole; it just wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work. Likewise, perennials that require lots of light or soils that periodically dry out will struggle in shady locations and never look quite right, if they survive at all. Many of the plants that will thrive in the shade are also some of the most forgiving perennials to raise, such as the many varieties of hosta or ferns. Many perennial plants that produce abundant colorful blooms will not tolerate shady locations. Therefore, shady locations should be approached with a different aesthetic in mind. Think in terms of leaf colors and how their variations can create deep and lush color textures. If you absolutely must have some bright colors in the bed, incorporate shade-loving annuals such as tuberous begonias or impatients planted in tight groupings or in containers if the soils are poor. Bulbs and ephemerals may also add some color in the spring, and may find enough light under deciduous trees before they leaf out in the summer months. Another consideration when working with shade must be soil drainage and tree roots. Tree roots will cause some difficulty when beginning a bed because they compete for moisture and nutrients, but these difficulties will diminish as plantings mature. Shallow roots may also make planting physically difficult. Adding soil to raise the bed or incorporating containers are possible remedies in extreme cases. Though the shade garden will not produce an explosion of color, you may find, as I do, they can be the most pleasing gardens. Shade gardens are cool, refreshing places and the green hues are calming even on the hottest days of summer. In a well-planned shade garden, the shadowy and sheltered spaces produce a unique sense of quiet and retreat at any point in the growing season.

A pot of Non-Stop Tuberous Begonias or New Guinea Impatiens will go a long way to brighten up a shady garden (above).

The Maiden Hair Fern and Japanese Fern pictured here incorporate texture into this shady grouping (above).

A small sampling of the extensive range of colors and variations of hostas, in this case used in a shady foundation planting (above).

Hellebore â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A beautiful but often overlooked shade plant that will flower at first thaw and continue blooming through the growing season (above). August/September 2003 Door County Living 43

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cameos by Kathleen Weaver

friends and co I

Megan O’Meara: Owner of: O’Meara’s Irish House Type of store: Irish import store Website address: www.omearasirish.com Pet’s name: Seamus Favorite activities: Entertaining, reading, and traveling Favorite drink: Guinness Frequently found at: Mr. Helsinki’s, Blue Horse Bistro, the English Inn, and C & C Club Number of Dansko clogs in closet: 16 pair Number of Irish sweaters in closet: 23

f you’ve ever walked into Fred & Co. and O’Meara’s Irish House in Fish Creek, you may have noticed some similarities in their owners. True, Terry Goettelman and Megan O’Meara could not be mistaken for sisters, yet they seem to be cut from the same cloth. Both women purchased their businesses while in their late twenties, have Bachelor of Art degrees from Midwestern universities, vacationed in Door County as children with their families, and most importantly, learned their businesses well outside of a classroom. Terry and Megan both admit that it would not have hurt to take a few business courses along the way; however, neither one imagined that they would be running their own stores for a living. Humanities and a dance minor were Terry’s focus while Megan studied English and French. Terry began her Door County work experience while in college. She explored several venues and even opened up a coffee shop on the porch of Fast Buck Freddie’s in 1990, appropriately called Fast Buck’s Coffee. In 1994, Terry began managing Fast Buck Freddie’s for Bill Trost, one of Fish Creek’s established retailers. Inspired by the success of Fast Buck’s, Bill then opened Fred and Co. which sells, as the sign will tell you, “marvelous things for ladies.” Terry continued to work at Fred and Co. until purchasing it from Bill several years ago. Megan’s Door County career began in April of 1999 when she purchased The Irish House, now called O’Meara’s Irish House. While O’Meara loves living in Door County, it was the store itself that brought her up from Chicago. Having traveled to Ireland many times visiting family and friends, Megan found the opportunity of owning an Irish import store absolutely perfect. Owning a small business is obviously very time-consuming; however, Megan will tell you that it

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nd colleagues doesn’t always feel like work. Visiting with her customers about their Irish ancestry and trips to Ireland is a great way to spend her days. She especially enjoys getting to know her Irish vendors and bringing their special products from Ireland to her customers. Based on their similarities in age and situation, it was inevitable that the two women would become friends. Megan remembers how they first got to know one another. “Terry was one of the first people I met up here, but I didn’t get a chance to really know her until the off-season. I was in her store purchasing a pair of Dansko clogs and we began talking. Terry mentioned that she had a trade show coming up in Chicago, but that she was not looking forward to the drive. I laughed and told her how much I missed the aggressive nature of city driving. A deal was then struck – I would drive and she would cover the hotel expenses. And that’s how our friendship began.” That friendship has proven to be a vital support system for both of them. They constantly exchange ideas and advice about their websites, their products, and what the customers seem to be looking for. They also rely heavily on Terry’s husband, Cain, whether it is for website design or moving store fixtures. Terry and Cain were recently married and Megan was their Maid of Honor. Terry says that despite all the extra hours put in, there is nothing like being your own boss. What are some of the perks? No fluorescent lighting, being able to wear what you want and selling products that you really believe in. Megan agrees wholeheartedly.

Terry Goettelman: Owner of: Fred & Co. Type of store: Women’s Clothing and Shoes Website address: www.shopfred.com Pet’s names: Le Petit Couchon, Everest, and Ruby Favorite activities: Walking her dog Ruby, dance classes, and kayaking Favorite drink: Good red wine, but is also a fan of margaritas Frequently found at: Leroy’s, Mr. Helsinki’s, Blue Horse Bistro, and Peninsula State Park Number of Dansko clogs in closet: 28 pair Number of Irish sweaters in closet: 7

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Restaurant

guide

Sturgeon Bay

Restaurants are listed in alphabetical order by town. Information is subject to change. Contact individual restaurants for hours of operation. Inclusion in this directory should not be considered an unqualified endorsement by Door County Living. Restaurants are encouraged to e-mail us with up-todate information at: dining@dcliv.com.

Birmingham’s 4709 N Bay Shore Dr, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5215

Mill Supper Club 4128 Hwy 42/57 N, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5044

Restaurant 7643 Hillside Rd, Egg Harbor (920) 868-3205 http://www.thelandmarkres ort.com

Bluefront Café 306 S. 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-9218

Pudgy Seagull Restaurant 113 N 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5000

Laurie’s Country Calf-A 614 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor (920) 743-5502

Cherry Hills Lodge & Golf Course 5905 Dunn Rd, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-4222 http:// www.golfdoorcounty.com Creative Souls Café 721 Jefferson St, Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-9935 Donny’s Glidden Lodge Restaurant 4670 Glidden Dr, Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-9460 First Avenue Pier Restaurant & Pub 107 N 1st St, Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-0700 http://www.stoneharborresort.com Gilmo’s Bar & Bistro 3600 County CC, Sturgeon Bay (920) 824-5440

Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar 136 N 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-1100 Scaturo’s Café 19 Green Bay Rd, Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-8727 Schartner’s on the Shore 4680 Bay Shore Dr, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-2421 Sunset Bar & Grill 3810 Rileys Point Rd, Sturgeon Bay (920) 824-5130 Thanks a Latte Café 229 Louisiana St, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-0035

Egg Harbor

The Inn At Cedar Crossing 336 Louisiana St, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-4200 http://www.innatcedarcross ing.com

Casey’s Inn 7855 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor (920) 868-3038

Kick Coffee 148 N. 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay (920)746-1122

Door County Ice Cream Factory 7792 Hwy 42 in Egg Harbor (920) 868-1311

Leathem Smith Lodge 1640 Memorial Dr, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5555 http://www.leathemsmithlo dge.com

Grant’s Olde Stage Station 7778 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor (920) 868-3247

Mandarin Garden 512 S. Lansing Ave, Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-9122

Demarinis Two 7821 County G, Egg Harbor (920) 868-2299

Hof Restaurant at the Alpine Resort 7715 Alpine Rd, Egg Harbor (920) 868-3000 http://www.alpineresort.com Landmark Resort

O’Leary’s 7740 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor (920) 868-9797 The Orchards at Egg Harbor 8125 Elm Rd, Egg Harbor (920) 868-2483 http://www.orchardsateggha rbor.com Carlsville Roadhouse 5790 Hwy 42, Carlsville (920) 743-4966 Shipwrecked Brew Pub & Inn 7791 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor (920) 868-2767 http://www.shipwreckedmicro brew.com Trio Restaurant Hwy 42 & County E, Egg Harbor (920) 868-2090 The Village Café 7918 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor (920) 868-3342

Jacksonport

Door Off Broadway Dinner Theatre 5890 Hwy 57, south of Jacksonport (920) 823-2899 Mike’s Port Pub & Grill 6269 Hwy 57, Jacksonport (920) 823-2081 Mr. G’s Supper Club 5890 Hwy 57, south of Jacksonport (920) 823-2112 Square Rigger Galley 6332 Hwy 57, Jacksonport (920) 823-2404

Baileys Harbor

The Blue Ox

8051 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2771 The Common House Restaurant 8041 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2708

Yum Yum Tree 8054 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2993

Fish Creek

Bayside Tavern Main Street, Fish Creek (920) 868-3441

Coyote Roadhouse 3026 County E, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9192

Blue Horse Bistro & Espresso 4140 Bluff St., Fish Creek (920)868-1471

Florian II Supper Club 8048 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2361

C & C Supper Club 4170 Main St, Fish Creek (920) 868-3412

El Bajio Restaurant 8085 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9642 Gordon Lodge Restaurant & Bar 1420 Pine Dr, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2331 http://www.gordonlodge.com

Harbor Fish Market & Grille 8080 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9999 http://www.harborfishmarketgrille.com Maxwelton Braes Golf Resort McArdle’s Restaurant Droves Sports Bar & Grill 7670 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2321 http://www.maxweltonbraes.com P C Junction 7898 County A, Peninsula Center (920) 839-2048 Weisgerber’s Cornerstone Pub & Restaurant 8123 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9001

Calamity Sam’s 4159 Bluff Ln, Fish Creek (920) 868-2045 The Cookery, Inc 4135 S. Main Street, Fish Creek (920) 868-3634 http:// www.cookeryfishcreek.com Digger’s Grill & Pizza 4023 Hwy 42, Fish Creek (920) 868-3095 English Inn 3713 Hwy 42, Fish Creek (920) 868-3076 http:// www.englishinnkortes.com

Greenwood Supper Club Intersection of County A & County F, Fish Creek (920) 839-2451 Julie’s Park Café & Motel 4020 Hwy 42, Fish Creek (920) 868-2999 http://www.juliesmotel.com Mr. Helsinki 4164 Hwy 42, Fish Creek (920) 868-9898 Parkway Supper Club 3667 Hwy 42, Fish Creek (920) 868-9566 Pelletier’s

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Restaurant Founder’s Square, Fish Creek (920) 868-3313 Portofino 3931 Hwy 42, Fish Creek (920) 868-2255 Stillwaters by the Bay 4149 Main St, Fish Creek (920) 868-9962 Submarina Bayside Alley Shops, Fish Creek (920) 868-1491 Summertime Restaurant 1 N Spruce St, Fish Creek (920) 868-3738 http:// www.thesummertime.com Villaggio’s 4240 Juddville Rd, Juddville (920) 868-4646 D Beer/Wine White Gull Inn 4225 Main St, Fish Creek (920) 868-3517 http://www.whitegullinn.com

Ephraim Good Eggs South Ephraim (920)854-6621

Leroy’s Waterstreet Coffee 9922 Hwy 42, Ephraim (920)854-4044 Old Post Office Restaurant 10040 Water Street, Ephraim (920) 854-2734 http://www.edgewaterresort.com Second Story Restaurant 10018 Hwy 42, Ephraim (920) 854-2371 http://www.ephraimshores.com Sonny’s Pizzeria 9922 Hwy 42, Ephraim (920)854-2700 Summer Kitchen 10425 Water St, Ephraim (920) 854-2131 Wilson’s Restaurant

Sister Bay

Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant 702 N. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-2626 Alexander’s 11000 Hwy 42, Sister Bay (920) 854-7972

200 Orchard Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-1978 Sister Bay Bowl 504 N Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-2841 Sister Bay Café 611 N Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-2429 http://www.solbjorg.com

Beanie’s Mexican American Restaurant 534 N. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-6875

Zoey’s 531 N. Bayshore Dr., Sister Bay (920) 854-4514

Carroll House 645 S. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-2426

Mink River Basin 12010 Hwy 42, Ellison Bay (920) 854-2250

D’Amico’s 517 N. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-6610

Ellison Bay

T. Ashwells 11976 Mink River Rd, Ellison Bay (920) 854-4306

Door County Ice Cream Factory 11051 Hwy 42 in Sister Bay (920) 854-9693

The Viking Grill 12029 Hwy 42, Ellison Bay (920) 854-2998 http://www.door-county-fishboil.com

Drink Coffee 415 N. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-1155

Wagon Trail Resort 1041 Hwy ZZ, Rowleys Bay (920) 854-2385 http://www.wagontrail.com

Fred & Fuzzy’s Waterfront Bar & Grill 360 Little Sister Rd, Sister Bay (920) 854-6699 http://www.LittleSisterResort.com Husby’s Food & Spirits 400 Maple Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-2624 The Inn At Kristofer’s 734 Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-9419 http://www.innatkristofers.com JJ’s La Puerta Restaurant 10961 Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-4513 Mission Grille Intersection of Hwy 42 & 57, Sister Bay (920) 854-9070 http://www.missiongrille.com Northern Grill & Pizza 321 Country Walk Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-9590 Patio Motel & Restaurant

Gills Rock/ Northport

Northport Pier Restaurant 215 Hwy 42, Northport Dock (920) 854-4146 http://www.wisferry.com Shoreline Restaurant 12747 Hwy 42, Gills Rock (920) 854-2606 http://www.theshorelinereso rt.com

Washington Island

Cellar Restaurant Main Road, Washington Island (920) 847-2655 Deer Run Golf Course and Resort Main & Michigan Rds, Washington Island (920) 847-2017 Moonpennies Café & Something N2W Green Bay Rd, Washington Island (920) 847-3503

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fairways by neil edmonds with Dr. richard c. myers

Any Way you Slice It Treatment for the most common golfing ailment

he PGA states that 90% of golfers have a slice. Congratulations if you are one of the lucky minority. For the rest of us, there is hope. With a little understanding and practice, a slice can be corrected. A true slice ball starts off to the left of the intended line of shot and then curves out to the right. This high flyer usually drops dead with very little roll. DCL spoke with Jason Daubner, Director of Golf at Maxwelton Braes Golf Resort, for some expert advice on the subject. When lining up their shots, many amateur golfers overcompensate by aiming left, knowing that they play with a consistent slice. Daubner explains that aiming left in anticipation of a slice “produces a very weak shot with poor distance.” The paltry yardage is a result of the slice ball’s tendency to curve back like a boomerang rather than to go forward and away from the golfer. The faults that produce the slice can be numerous. Normally, the source is a problem with a golfer’s grip, swing path, or pivot. The first place to look for a flaw is your grip, which is your only contact with the club. Daubner relays that with “golfers who consistently hit the ball to the right, we usually observe a weak grip. In a weak grip, the left hand is in a neutral position on top of the shaft, and the thumb of the right hand is over the top of the shaft.” This is the most common fault in grip - having the right hand too far over the top of the shaft, and will likely produce a slice with every shot. The hands should be close together so that they can perform as a single unit. Daubner is used to instructing his students, “When the club is laid down, the ‘V’s formed by the thumb and index finger should point to the right shoulder [for right-handed golfers]. This allows for better rotation, and for the club face to square at impact.” Improper pivot is another factor that ranks high on the list of causes for common golfing headaches, including the slice. To pivot properly, keep the club low to the ground as you start to bring it back. That’s the beginning of a correct pivot and the rest will follow if your grip and stance are sound. Review your stance and make sure you are properly balanced and completely comfortable in addressing the ball. One problem to watch for in your pivot pattern is the breaking of your wrists too quickly at the start of your backswing. If this happens, you will lose control of the club right at the beginning of your swing and will take the club back outside the proper arc of your swing pattern. If you do this, the club undoubtedly will come back down into the ball on the same faulty arc and result in an outside-in stroke. This outside-in swing path can cause almost every faulty development, from slicing to shanking. You can cure this fault by taking the club back with a one-piece motion, starting the swing with the hands, arms, and body at the same time. Swing the club; don’t lift it. Following this procedure can help to eliminate the problem of cocking your wrists too soon on your backswing. Many golf professionals feel the most common solution to the slicers’ woes lies in the position of the clubface at impact. “Most people don’t understand why the ball goes right or left -- they have to understand that a slice is the result of an open clubface

Clubface in open position.

Clubface in square position.

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at impact,” Daubner explains. For many slicers, the problem of an open clubface is caused by a very tense grip with the left hand, which can prevent the clubface from squaring up to the ball at impact. The solution to this situation is to have flexibility in your wrists, which is created when the arms and hands work freely. Maintaining more flexibility in the wrists will enable the clubhead to travel faster in the forward swing path and will allow the club to actually swing. Knowing what causes a swing flaw like a slice is the first step to correction. The second is proper instruction. Door County is home to many talented golf professionals who can identify why you’re slicing and provide exercises to help minimize, or possibly even cure the problem. Dr. Richard C. Myers is the creator of ThinkAndReachPar.com – a website dedicated to providing quality golf training products and software.

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Hole 7’s sign at Peninsula State Park Golf Course warns: “Slicers Beware.”

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