Door County Living Autumn 2006

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Once again, the summer season has quickly come and gone. Looking back to May, I recall a friend who predicted a cold and wet summer on the peninsula. Lucky for him, he’s not a meteorologist.

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fall 2006 Publisher Brad Massey Editor David Eliot Associate Editors Sara Massey Madeline Johnson Copy Editor Allison Vroman Photography Director Dan Eggert Contributing Editors Julia Chomeau Myles Dannhausen, Jr. Mariah Goode Melissa Jankowski Tara Leitner Karen Grota Nordahl Megan O’Meara Sam Perlman Cinnamon Rossman Sheila Sabrey-Saperstein Peter Sloma Carol Stayton Henry C. Timm Allison Vroman Advertising Sales Madeline Johnson Scott Orgel Door County Living magazine is published four times annually by: Door County Living, Inc. P.O. Box 606, Ephraim, WI 54211. Comments We welcome your inquiries, comments, and submissions. E-mail us at: info@dcliv.com or simply call us at 920-854-7550. Advertise For advertising rates and information, please e-mail us at: advertising@dcliv.com or simply call us at 920-854-7550. Subscribe Door County Living is available free of charge at select locations on the Door Peninsula. Why not have it delivered directly to your door? To order an annual subscription, 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. ©2006 Door County Living, Inc. All rights reserved. Unsolicited materials must be accompanied with return postage. Door County Living magazine assumes no liability for damage or loss.

1. Julia Chomeau was born and raised in Door County. A mother of two exhausting children she continues to keep her finger on the pulse of the community. Julia is addicted to volunteering and stays far too busy. She lives in Ephraim with her husband, Steve, and her children, Ian and Gretchen. 2. Myles Dannhausen, Jr. was born and raised in the tourism industry of Door County. The Sister Bay resident owned two local restaurants before leaving the kitchen toil behind in 2003 to experience poverty as a writer and student. A freshman basketball coach at Gibraltar High School, he’ll still run the court any time he’s not toiling for the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living or commuting to class at UW-Green Bay.

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3. 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 Balistreri’s Gallery of Fine Art. His prints are currently available at the offices of Door County Living and the Peninsula Pulse. 4. Mariah Goode is a founding partner of GBH Consulting, a local firm specializing in municipal planning, environmental policy research, and organizational strategic planning. She is president of the Door County Green Fund board, a member of the Door County Economic Development Corporation Attainable Housing Committee, and a contributor to the Peninsula Pulse. In her free time – which has become scarce since having a baby in January 2005 (Thelonious Jacob Goode) – she likes to walk the beach with her dog Lucy, watch Law & Order episodes with her cat Celie, do yoga, read, drink wine, travel, and spend time in the darkroom developing her black and white photographs. Melissa Jankowski relocated to lovely Door County from Madison, Wisconsin just in time for a new millennium, and with dreams of enjoying a relaxed, slow-paced lifestyle. Since then, she’s readjusted the dream and now watches ice-cream eating tourists with envy as she rushes to her next job. Her favorite times are spent devouring entire books in a single sitting, catching up with good friends and searching for the perfect cup of coffee. Currently, Melissa does marketing/PR work for area businesses. 5. Karen Grota Nordahl spent childhood summers sailing the waters of Lake Michigan with her family and visiting harbors along the Door County coastline. Karen is now thrilled to call Baileys Harbor her year round home, where she resides in a renovated farmhouse with her husband Kevin and their dogs Echo and Ripley. Karen works remotely as a Healthcare Economics Manager for St. Jude Medical, a global medical technology company. 6. Sam Perlman, besides writing regularly for Door County Living and the Door County Advocate/Resorter Reporter, is the Economic Development Manager for the Door County Economic Development Corporation, where he is involved with a number of initiatives designed to enhance the vitality and variety of the local economy. Prior to working for DCEDC, he was the Program Director for the Peninsula Art School in Fish Creek. In past lives in Chicago and New York City, Sam has worked as a talent agent, a marketing executive and a dot-communist. He is a trained musicologist with a BA in Music and a minor in Russian and East European Studies from Grinnell College (IA).

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7. Cinnamon Rossman is a Door County native and currently works at Peninsula Art School in Fish Creek. She is a board member of the Door County Green Fund and Isadoora Theater. She is also an artist herself, working in painting, drawing and ceramics. 8. A professional actor/director, and former theatre and opera professor at Northwestern University, Sheila Sabrey-Saperstein moved to Door County with her husband Phil in 1996. As a child, Sheila used to fish with her dad in Door County. She is one of the four founders of the Isadoora Theatre Co., directed for AFT and staged “Out of the Shadows” a presentation about sexual abuse and domestic violence. She recently directed the play “TimeSlips” as part of a project on Alzheimer’s awareness. In between theatre events, Sheila enjoys writing and is currently working on her own play about life in old Fish Creek. Peter Sloma operates The Peninsula Bookman, a used and new bookstore in downtown Fish Creek. Peter is co-editor of the literary and gallery section of the Peninsula Pulse. While most days he can be found at his desk in the store, he is always scheming to find a way to spend more of his time on the water. 9. Henry C. Timm is a local actor, playwright, and writer who has contributed to the Door County community in countless ways over the years. You’ll recognize him by the charming dance in his eye and the jolly laugh.

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10. Since graduating from college in May 2003, Allison Vroman has kept life interesting by backpacking in New Zealand, snowboarding the peaks of Colorado, and spending her summers and falls in Door County. Now in her sixth season, Allison is a writer and editor for the Peninsula Pulse.

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HABITATS BY MARIAH GOODE

Sustainable Homes Green. Sustainable. And the seemingly ubiquitous “reduce, re-use, recycle” mantra. What exactly do these words mean, particularly when describing a home?

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Local licensed architect Virge Temme, designing sustainable buildings since 1992, quickly clears up one source of confusion: “green” and “sustainable” are interchangeable terms. She goes on to explain that “green architecture is a well-reasoned and long-seasoned approach to constructing homes and other buildings in a manner that, at best, enhances our built environment and, at least, causes less damage to our environment than standard practices. Green architecture is a blending of

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three components: design, materials, and systems.” A sustainable building uses green materials and building processes, that, over the life of the materials – collection, processing, installation, and eventual disposal and replacement – endanger or affect the environment as little as possible. Virge notes many people are initially resistant to considering a green home, perhaps imagining the architecture looking like some sort of bad 1970s-

style commune. “Resistance is easily overcome, though,” she says, “once they learn they’ll save money in the long run!” National studies have shown the initial cost of building a green home as two to five percent more than for a non-green home, while reputable certification may add up to another $3,000. However, over the expected 30-year life of a home’s materials and amenities, such as cabinets, furnace, roof, and appliances, a green home will save owners 10 to 30 percent

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The LEED for Homes Program In 2000, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) established the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program for commercial buildings, evaluating materials and technologies on a variety of environmental standards. LEED for Homes is the newest of the LEED programs, and will be released for use in February 2007. The LEED rating system awards points for site work, construction practices, and materials used, as well as energy systems, landscaping, and construction waste reduction and management. The current LEED for Homes Checklist, available at www. USGBC.org/LEED/homes, identifies the rating system’s 87 point-earning items. Artist’s rendering of the Fortin and Samida “green” home.

in operating costs – possibly more, considering current trends in energy costs. Guy Fortin and Judy Samida are currently having a green home constructed near Sturgeon Bay, which will be one of the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified homes in the nation, and the first in Wisconsin (see sidebar on the LEED program). In planning their home, Guy and Judy followed the two main rules forming the basis of green construction: 1) build no larger than needed and 2) insulate as well as possible. When describing how they chose to construct their new home, Judy notes she and Guy both have always been firm environmentalists, but they also like the idea of “the self-sufficiency, the independence of a green home that is as ‘off the grid’ as possible. My grandparents had their own garden, and generally didn’t rely on other people if they didn’t have to, so I grew up with these ideas. Also, we both, Guy especially, believe strongly in trying to maintain things yourselves

and re-using and recycling things. You don’t go out and buy anything new if you don’t need to – it’s often just not necessary.” Guy and Judy’s home will be 1,563 square feet, plus a 564 square-foot garage/workshop. This represents a 39 percent reduction in size from even their original modest plans, achieved primarily by taking spaces that initially had one designated use and redesigning them to multi-task. The overall construction footprint is also nearly 1,400 square feet smaller than the original plan, allowing more trees to be preserved. Judy explains that this “design process has been a lot of give and take! We knew we wanted a small house – that’s crucial, as it uses less product, etc. – but figuring out how to fit everything you really need into a small house is challenging. It’s much easier to go to the architect and just tell them all the rooms you want, with no size constraint. We had to do a lot of moving things around, rearranging, redrawing of plans. But, it’s been worth it, as we’re going to have everything

“[The]design process has been a lot of give and take! We knew we wanted a small house – thatʼs crucial, as it uses less product, etc. – but figuring out how to fit everything you really need into a small house is challenging.” - Judy Samida Fall 2006 Door County Living 11

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HABITATS we’ve wanted. You just have to be really open-minded, flexible, and not in a huge hurry when designing your green home.”

Green Certifications As you pursue your sustainable building, beware of “greenwashing,” defined as “disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image.” For example, one major national organization offering green building certifications was founded by organizations with an economic interest in non-green building practices. Your best bet is to educate yourself, both about green materials and practices generally and your potential architect/builder’s specifically. Start off by exploring the Natural Choice Directory, an on-line green building source for architects and contractors; the Whole Building Design Guide, a guide to sustainable building products; and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, providing a variety of information and resources regarding green building practices.

Virtually all the materials being used to construct Guy and Judy’s home are from natural products that can be recycled at the end of their lifespan. Wood is being locally harvested using sustainable forestry practices. The foundation’s concrete slabs, in most homes typically covered with another layer of flooring, will themselves serve as the home’s floors. They will contain in-floor solar hydronic radiant heat and be finished with natural waxes and stains, the final product as smooth and beautiful as tile. A masonry wood stove will act as a supplementary heating source. The metal roof, already 80 percent recycled material to start, can be recycled when it needs to be replaced, and will act as a rainwater collection system. That system, which ensures the home will have a low impact on the groundwater aquifer, will supply all water for non-potable use in the

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home and yard, and possibly drinking water, too, when codes permit. Lowflow toilets and other water fixtures are being installed, and energy-efficient appliances. For power, the home will rely on solar photovoltaic panels. During the actual construction process, there will be no dumpsters on the property, strict recycling practices for both worker waste and construction materials, and no extra trees cut. Other than the construction site, the only trees to be removed are those growing within 80 feet of the house’s south side. In that cleared area, necessary for the solar panels to function, the septic field and vegetable gardens will be located. Water for the garden and the woodland restoration efforts and native plantings will come from the roof ’s rainwater collection system. Judy notes that, while they have made the best choices they can, “there is no perfect solution, in building a home or otherwise. You just need to be informed about what you’re doing, and

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Average home in the U.S., 1950: 983 square feet. Average home in the U.S., 2005: 2,412 square feet. Average U.S. household size, 1950: 3.25 people. Average U.S. household size, 2005: 2.5 people. •Today’s average home, therefore, has 300 percent more space per person than fifty years ago.

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make the best choices you can. This is true for everything from making sure you recycle, to paying attention when you purchase things. How is the item packaged? Where did it come from? Do I really need it? It’s just incredible the things you need to think about and decide when you try and implement a green philosophy.” If you’re like me, after learning about Guy and Judy’s home, you’re depressed: you consider yourself environmentally conscious and responsible, but the house you built or bought doesn’t do or have any of these features. What can you do? First, Virge admonishes, “Don’t throw out things that are still working just for the sake of replacing them with like ‘green’ items! Part of being ‘green’ is adding as little as possible to landfills.” There are some things you can do right away, though, to begin moving your home toward sustainability. Have your furnace and hot water heater efficiency levels checked. If poor, it probably makes long-run financial sense to replace them now. And, even if your water heater’s efficiency is acceptable, install a timer on it rather than running it 24/7. Finally, when you do need a new hot water heater, consider an on-demand water heating system, which kicks in only when needed.

If you have an old home, you may want to replace the insulation, particularly in easily accessible areas such as the attic. Replacing attic insulation with icynene, a “green” opencell insulation that can be sprayed in, can help you use up to 30 percent less energy heating your home. Interested in moving your power supply toward self-sufficiency? Contact Wisconsin Focus on Energy about the rebates they provide (covering about half the cost) for solar water panel installation. Time for new lightbulbs? Purchase compact fluorescent lightbulbs – you’ll see a 25-30 percent energy savings. Need new carpets? Carpet made with recycled materials is now available. Painting something? Buy a low VOC (volatile organic compound) paint, which decreases the “outgassing” occurring from most paints. Remodeling a kitchen or replacing appliances? Purchase energy-efficient appliances, and look for countertops made with no petroleum products. Finally, try whenever possible to use sustainably processed, local materials. In addition to conserving the fuel that would be used to transport the materials, you’ll be supporting the local economy.

•Houses that are larger consume more of everything: lumber, concrete, shingles, flooring, drywall, trim, and even furnishings, not to mention the added fuel required for heating and cooling a conventionally constructed home. •Experts believe 80 percent of greenhouse gases come directly from the built environment, with houses contributing 80 percent of that amount. •On average, 8,000 pounds of waste is taken to the landfills from each 2,400 square-foot conventionally constructed home. •All told, houses are considered to have a larger impact on our environment than any other single source. The larger the house, the larger the impact.

“Donʼt throw out things that are still working just for the sake of replacing them with like ʻgreenʼ items! Part of being ʻgreenʼ is adding as little as possible to landfills.”

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OUTSIDE IN DOOR BY CAROL STAYTON

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Visitors to Washington Island often remark how different the sky is here. Imagine if you will, a sea of stars or a light show of Northern Lights for your nightʼs entertainment. No “curtain call” to make, no black tie – just you and the night sky. Why is the night sky over Washington Island so different than any other place?

Consider this – perhaps two-thirds of the world’s population is blind to the night sky because of light pollution according to a recent study at the University of Padua, Italy. Light pollution created by street lights, yard lights, and up-pointing sign lights contribute to a light dome effect which literally blinds us from witnessing the spectacular view above. Light domes are large regions of atmospheric luminescence where dark sky should be and which can be seen in a distance over a city at night. Those whose interests lie in the technical will know this as escaping artificial light reflecting off air molecules, tiny airborne particles and water vapor droplets. For the rest of us it means not really having a night

time at all. Urban areas have long had this “condition”; the suburbs have moved along to create their own light domes now, too. Now consider that this tiny emerald isle, situated in one of the Great Lakes, has above it a night sky absent of the flood of man-made light that creates that light dome effect. While there are over 100 miles of roads on this 35 square-mile island, there are no highway lights, billboards, or shopping malls and yard and house lighting is minimal. Transient vehicular traffic is, of course, minimal too; when you’re here, you’re where you want to be and there’s no need to be driving elsewhere. The restaurants, motels, shops and

even the museums and entertainment areas lack the presence of over-lighting. The Washington Island community is conscious of its environment and the need to preserve this treasure and conserve energy resources. It’s a value that keeps life simple and meaningful here. These magnificent skies were used by the Potawatomi Indians and explorers like Robert LaSalle and Jean Nicolet for navigation. And, these sky “maps” are still used by contemporary mariners, along with modern technology to guide them through these waters. Unobstructed by the light dome effect, high buildings and other interferences, one can see

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another phenomena: the rush of people unusual for even a cloudy day to turn to the streets and fields to witness into a clear night, perfect for what extraordinary light shows when they appears at first glance to be a pool of arrive. Imagine an evening where diners molten lava at the horizon to become leave their meals to join others in the the breathtaking glow of a full moon. middle of the road to gasp at the silent but Meteor showers pepper the dark velvety powerful light show For the professional and sky with flashes of above their heads. amateur astronomers, light for hours of These events are so Washington Island has been a entertainment. While spectacular that some have talked about landing spot for some time. visitors and islanders join at various places hosting a Northern to witness these Light festival just for the occasion – a festival dedicated to events, one can almost hear a pin drop as those gathered stand in awe of what the dark of night. they witness on those nights. While Washington Island has a fairly good meteor showers are “events,” it is most frequency of clear nights. It’s not common to see shooting stars nightly

on the island. All of this entertainment and the experience of being a part of the universe without the need for any device other than the human eye. For the professional and amateur astronomers, Washington Island has been a landing spot for some time. Stargazing equipment has become more sophisticated and accessible so they have enhanced their views of the heavens with telescopes and software that takes them even a step higher than the average viewer. Their journey entails more luggage, but the eyepopping, breath-taking result is pretty much in kind with that of the novice comfortably resting across the hood of a car on any given night. Fall 2006 Door County Living 17

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OUTSIDE IN DOOR What time of year would you see these great sky shows? Any time of year presents a new and different heavenly performance, even those when there’s a nip or a definite frost in the air. A crisp winter evening presents the added element of sparkling snow illuminated by moonlit nights. Warm summer night with the cool breezes off the lake and the sound of water gently lapping have lulled many viewers into snoozers. prescription for What a better health!

And what of the human impact of such celestial events and experiences? Would we act more civil if humbled by the ability to experience the majesty of our sky? Perhaps life in general could be improved just a little bit if less of us suffered from what one astronomer classified as “Stellar Affective Disorder,â€? more aptly described as the inability to experience the night sky. Well, if you are “afflictedâ€? perhaps you need only to journey to one of the final frontiers where the nights still get dark and the sky is the limit – come join us on Washington Island for a night that will move you forever.

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HISTORY BY SAM PERLMAN

The First Door County Residents: Native American Tribes in Door County Before Swedes or Norwegians; before Moravians or Belgians. Before Captain Bailey or Increase Claflin; even before French explorers such as Nicolet and Radisson, who began visiting the area in the 17th Century. For hundreds of years before European exploration and settlement in the Great Lakes region of what we now call the United States, indigenous tribes fished the waters and hunted the forests of the land that would eventually become known as Door County, Wisconsin. (Above) Mural of Native Americans at Whitefish Dunes State Park, painted by Split Rock Studios. (Below) Volunteers help re-build Native American village at Whitefish Dunes.

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Based on archeological records as early as 11,500 years ago, Paleo-Indian people had discovered the Door Peninsula and decided to live in the area due to the availability of essential resources. “There is good reason why the Indians found the Door County peninsula such a congenial place of habitation,” writes H.R. Holand in his 1925 history of the area, Old Peninsula Days. “Hunting was as good as elsewhere in the state, there was an abundance of maple trees for making sugar, and in addition to this they had the rich fishing in the surrounding waters.” From 10,000 BC on, the land of the peninsula had been continuously occupied by various Native American groups. At least five aboriginal community sites are known to have occupied the immediate vicinity of the present site of the City of Sturgeon Bay, which included the “Cardy” site. That site yielded many artifacts from the Paleo-Indian era, some of which are on display today at the Door County Historical Museum, on Fourth Avenue in downtown Sturgeon Bay. “Most of the information about Wisconsin Paleo-Indians has come from the studies of fluted points,” pieces of stone crafted by human hands into arrowheads, spearpoints and other tools, says author Carol Mason in her book Introduction to Wisconsin Indians. For many decades, local farmers plowing fields have been known to find arrowheads and other preserved artifacts on their land. The type and location of those artifacts have helped to create a fairly accurate portrait of the lives of these earliest inhabitants of the Door Peninsula. The native peoples of those times were primarily hunters and gatherers, nomads who would obviously be attracted to the abundant food in the area.

The next period in native history is known as the the Early-Middle Woodland/North Bay Culture era, 0 400 AD, from 2,000 to 1,600 years ago. This time period saw the transition of Native Americans from nomadic hunter-gatherers to plant cultivators and pottery makers. With those occupations came more community stabilty and also permanent homes and encampments. There are three particular sites in Northern Door – Richter, Mero and Heins Creek – which have yielded significant evidence of permanent Indian villages from this era. The Late Woodland period, from 400-1000 AD, yielded even more pottery, stone points, scrapers and axes, especially near the Heins Creek area, between today’s Baileys Harbor and Jacksonport. The Oneota Cultural era, beginning 400 years ago, coincides with the start of recorded history of the native peoples in Wisconsin, as European explorers began to arrive and document the area and their contact with native people. The major tribes in the Door County area at that time were the Potawatomi and the Menominee, and also included Ojibwa, Ottawa, Petun, Huron, Ho-Chunk and Sauk tribal settlements. By this time, these people were accomplished hunters and agriculturalists, and became well known for their pottery. Much of the phyical evidence from this time period has been unearthed at the Mero site. The Indian scholar and historian Patty Loew writes in her book Indian Nations of Wisconsin about the similarities between the many populations inhabiting the area at the time: “As could be expected from peoples sharing the same woodland environment, these tribes shared some

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his t or y characteristics. They lived in wigwams made from bent saplings sheathed with bark. They shared a simliar diet. They hunted deer, rabbit and waterfowl; fished for sturgeon, pike, lake trout and catfish; gathered nuts, wild rice, berries, edible plants and shellfish; and planted corn, beans, squash, tobacco and sunflowers.� By the early 1600s, the Potawatomi had settled on Washington and Rock Islands. In 1634, tribal members met Jean Nicolet and began trading with the French, transporting goods as far as the city of Montreal in eastern Canada. The arrival of the white settlers, however, signaled the beginning of the end of the prominence of native culture on the peninsula, in the state of Wisconsin and across the American territories. The fur trade, first with French and then English settlers, brought economic

and cultural changes that the native peoples of Wisconsin simply could not sustain. As the United States became a fledgling nation in the 18th Century and began its program of Manifest Destiny in the 19th, the usurping of Indian lands began in earnest.

Sections of the Whitefish Dunes State Park mural.

Overpowered by sheer numbers of white settlers, despite valiant uprisings, the native people eventually became a defeated people and through a program of unfulfilled treaties and forced relocation, found themselves displaced on reservations, oftentimes far from their native lands. The 1830 Indian Removal Act, signed by President Andrew Jackson, forced the Potawatomi from Wisconsin to

Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and eventually to Oklahoma by 1867. Maps from as recent as 1820 indicate villages of Ottowa, Ojibwa and Potawatomi along the entire length of the peninsula, all the way up to and including Detroit and Washington Islands. By 1870, however, only a single Potawatomi village is shown on the entire peninsula. The 2000 U.S. Census put the American Indian

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his t or y population in Door County at 0.7 percent of the 28,339 total, fewer than 200 individuals. Today, the heritage of the Native American people of the Door Peninsula, the original inhabitants of the area, is preserved almost exclusively in books, museums and place names such as Potawatomi State Park.

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Sources: Native American Communities in Wisconsin 1600-1960. Bieder, Robert E. The University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI, 1995. “Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula: ‘A Kingdom So Delicious’” National Geographic. Ellis, William S. National Geographic Society: Washington, DC. March 1969. Old Peninsula Days: Tales and Sketches of the Door County Peninsula. Holand, Hjalmar R. Wisconsin House, Ltd.: Madison, WI, 1972. Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal. Loew, Patty. Wisconsin Historical Society Press: Madison, WI, 2001. Native People of Wisconsin. Loew, Patty. Wisconsin Historical Society Press: Madison, WI, 2003. Introduction to Wisconsin Indians. Mason, Carol I. Sheffield Publishing Company: Salem, WI, 1988. Door County Historical Museum, 18 North Fourth Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235. (920) 743-5809. Open daily May 1st through Oct 31st, 10 am - 4:30 pm. 24 Door County Living Fall 2006

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CAMEOS BY HENRY C. TIMM

Beyond Coincidence Catherine Hoke-Gonzales

Everybody comes from somewhere – either here or somewhere else – but in a place like Door County, it can be both here and somewhere else. Take Cathy HokeGonzales, the current Director of the Peninsula Art School (PAS). If you go to www. gbhconsulting.com, the website of the consulting firm she established here with Mariah Goode, you’ll read about several far flung elsewheres in the first paragraph but then in the second paragraph you will read: “Upon return to Door County…” So, the first question is: How does the word “return” apply? In Cathy’s case, her parents had a summer home in Baileys Harbor, coming up from Whitefish Bay, near Milwaukee. So then Door County, for Cathy, is both her past summer home, her present full time home, and also a metaphor – as we’ll soon see.

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Now we come to the far flung part. From all the way west at Claremont McKenna College, just northeast of Los Angeles, where she earned a BA with honors in International Relations, to all the way east in Washington DC where she worked with the World Wildlife Fund, as a private consultant to the Agency for International Development, and as a consultant for other multi-national community development organizations. More to the point, as her bio tells us, “She gained extensive experience in grant research, writing, and reporting; project development and management; financial projection; and policy and program research for national and international environmental nonprofits.” It was after these and other endeavors having to do with land use, public policy and the like, that

she decided to head back home to Door County (Who wouldn’t after banging heads inside the Beltway?) to think about graduate school. She undertook post-graduate courses dealing with Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. It was at this time that Cathy became more deeply involved with land use issues, zoning, and local governments until, eventually, she… landed…where? As the Director of the Peninsula Art School? Quite right. As Cathy explains it, “I grew up in a family that was very interested in the arts; Saturday morning classes at the Milwaukee Art Museum and things like that and so I came [to the Art School] as a volunteer. At one point they were looking for a

development person and because I had done grant writing and fundraising as part of my role with other non-profits I became the development director four years ago.” Then, on the Ides of May, 2005, Cathy was named Interim Director of the Art School only to rise above her interim status to become director on the following first of July. Very well, very well, a very energetic lady who seizes the day, as it were, but might this all seem…well, rather incongruous, perhaps even coincidental? Not so, for behind each eventuality in Cathy’s bio there seems to be a “structural” passion. Nearly all of the positions she lists are with nonprofit operations, the Peninsula Art School included. In fact, it seems that somewhere along the line, coincidence turned into a calling. Fall 2006 Door County Living 27

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CAMEOS As Cathy describes it, “I was working in Washington DC with World Wildlife Fund and one of the areas that I specialized in was working with smaller NGOs – non-governmental organizations abroad – and helping them develop skills to get the things that they needed. That’s where my interest in non-profit management came from.�

All well and good, but I’m still looking for a more complete gestalt, so I ask her, “OK, so now we have art in one hand and the environment in the other. How do they come together?�

Without much of a pause, Cathy answers, “I think that the connection between art and the environment in Door County is there from the beginning. I think that human beings Says Cathy, “I suppose I’m probably have a need to take our environment an idealist at heart and our natural and I find something “I suppose IĘźm probably an idealist world and in the value of the recreate it‌and work that non-profits at heart and I find something in whether we do it do. Inherently they the value of the work that non- through sculpture serve a greater good or whether we sit profits do.â€? just beyond the plein air and paint - Catherine Hoke-Gonzales I think it inspires capitalist mentality; they serve a greater us. It connects us good and we all have benefits because to something other than ourselves. And they exist. The people who work for I think it’s part of the human condition non-profits, whether in the arts or the to want to do that. Whether it was cave environment, are passionate people. paintings of buffalo or landscapes of They care about what they do; they’re the bluffs of Door County, I think a joy to work with. They don’t work they’re both the same reaction to the for the same wages that they work for world around them.â€? in the for-profit sector because they believe in what they do; they believe “So,â€? I ask, “would you say that they can make a difference. What a art gives us ways of internalizing our great environment to work in! That’s environment?â€? the bottom line.â€? “Oh sure,â€? Cathy replies, At this point in the interview, we “internalizing, interpreting, finding got off on a tangent about non-profit your own place and weight. Whether work. The thing is, especially in Door you do it through abstract or realistic County, the non-profit sector is one art, it is that dialogue you have with of the biggest engines driving our the world around you. [And] I think economy. Virtually every performance [that dialogue] allows you to see, to venue, the adult learning facilities (like stop and look, really look. In that PAS, BjĂśrklunden, and The Clearing), moment you really begin to see. That’s all of the historical centers, nature what art gives you‌time in this crazy centers, and parks (state, county, and and frenetic world, a moment to stop town) are non-profit and they are visitor and think and see the world around destinations as well. This means that for you or see inside of yourself.â€? every $1 spent on ticket sales, tuition, and other user fees, at least $4 are spent “So it goes both ways?â€? I ask. on ancillary and support facilities and services. So, in economic value alone, “Absolutely. Both ways,â€? she agrees. non-profit organizations, no matter Inside and outside, far-flung and near. what percentage of their income comes Art on the one hand, the environment in grants and/or gifts, more than justify on the other and each is a metaphor the investments a community makes in for the other. So, it’s all of a piece for them. As Cathy says, “There’s a reason Cathy Hoke-Gonzales. What better Harvard University is doing whole way to see things in Door County? seminars in non-profit management.â€?

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TOPSIDE BY PETER D. SLOMA

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A crisp, late fall day in a nearly boat-less Eagle Harbor.

The fall wears on toward winter, and the signs of the changing season are everywhere. As the days get even shorter, the geese as well as the summertime crowds have mostly moved south. The marinas and harbors are emptier after each weekend. As the temperatures fall and the waters of Green Bay darken, sailors might just feel a bit mournful for the end of another sailing season. There is something lonely about those few boats left among the empty mooring balls bobbing in the harbors. Before long even those moorings will be lifted and stored to prevent them from being iced in. Still, every year a few boats remain right into the first snowfall. One may wonder if these last few boaters are lazy, crazy, or just simply too foolish to realize that the season really is over. As it turns out, it might not quite be over. There may be one good day left. Breaking the ice with one of the boat’s spars. 30 Door County Living Fall 2006

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As any fall visitor to Door County knows, every once in a while the brisk northerly winds lie down, the clouds break, the sun shines, and the temperatures rise, if only a little. On days like these the bluffs can seem afire from the way the fall light strikes the leaves which have turned to orange and yellow. As the winds slacken, the water flattens out a bit and the whitecaps disappear. Yes, there might just be a couple sailing days left…if you’re dressed for it. A few years ago, driving through Ephraim late in the fall, you might have noticed a lone wooden sailboat with a slightly raked mast sitting on its mooring in Eagle Harbor. On calmer days you might wonder why it lingered so late. When then north wind would come howling straight into the harbor, and the temperature would drop to

“It was really great to feel like you had the whole bay to yourself.” - Leif Erickson freezing, she would tug at her mooring lines, and you had to wonder how they would ever get her out. At the time, Windjak belonged to Leif Erickson and his wife Jen, and for all the years they owned her, they stretched out the season as long as they could. “I would usually call Yacht Works and find out when was the last day that they were hauling boats,” said Erickson. “It usually was around the first week of November.” Good weather or bad, this would be the last sail of every year. For the Ericksons, apart from getting in a few more days on the water, the attraction was being the only boat out there. “It was really great to feel like you had the whole bay to yourself,” he said. On one late-season sail, Windjak did encounter another boat, which was of course, unusual. The following day Leif received a phone call. As it turned out, the boat they encountered had the editor of Sailing Magazine on board. Windjak was the only other boat they

had come across in their entire day of sailing; they had snapped a photo of her under sail, and offered to send it. A certain amount of discomfort and some extra effort must be endured to squeeze in these last few days. Apart from the effort of trying to stay dry and keep warm – often a losing battle – Leif and Jen found themselves sometimes chipping ice off the decks to prevent build-up and keep themselves safe from slipping. “Ice would form about anywhere, except below the waterline,” he said. “And you really don’t want to slip and end up in the water this time of year.”

Leif Erickson and crew on the Windjak.

For Peder and Sarah Nelson, two other local sailors, late season ice-ups would sometimes force ingenuity…like breaking ice around the stern with a spinnaker pole in order to back out of a slip (see photo, opposite page). Nelson, owner of the sail charter service Sail Door County, and a small group of his sailing friends take pride in getting the most out of the season. They refer to themselves as FILOs, that is to say, “First In, Last Out,” named after the inventory system. In the ‘90s it became a sort of tradition for Peder to keep Passage North in the water to sail to the Fall Fest weekend in Sister Bay, late in October. At the time, Peder was dividing his time between Door County and Chicago, and he would return for this weekend to sail to Sister Bay from Egg Harbor. A place at the dock in Sister Bay was never a problem, even during this busy weekend, as most of the other boats were already stored for the year. After the weekend was over, Peder would return to the city, leaving the boat in Sister Bay, sometimes for a few more weeks. Peder would often return to the boat over the Thanksgiving break to sail her back from Sister Bay to Egg Harbor, and eventually to Sturgeon Bay. There she would be hauled for storage. “One year, just after Thanksgiving, Rick Langdon and I were pulling into the marina in Egg Harbor just as they were Fall 2006 Door County Living 31

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lighting the village Christmas tree,” Peder laughed. “We could hear the people singing Christmas Carols.” Once in Sturgeon Bay, Nelson found that a few others let their boats linger late every year. Even after Thanksgiving, when you have a few sailboats together, what can you do but race? Thus, the Gobbler Cup was founded. It began as a sort of impromptu buoy race inside the Sturgeon Bay harbor. In some years, there was a foot race component, making it a sort of biathlon, which

included a dash to a local pub for a rum toddy (the official beverage of the Gobbler Cup). It may be hard to imagine something more odd than a sailboat race in the midst of the Christmas shopping season, but then you might notice that one of the sailors is wearing her swimsuit outside her snowmobile suit. The race became an annual event, but lasted for only a few years in the late ‘90s. The fall weather is too unpredictable and temperatures a little too

uncomfortable for taking out charters, so Nelson sees these last days of the season as a chance to sail with friends. He recalled the pleasures of the late season sailing trips. “There is something really nice about getting decent weather on a Sunday, getting some friends together and getting the boat out to listen to the Packer game. Besides,” he says, “breaking ice is one of the most unique sensations you can have while sailing.” There are blustery fall days when the north wind turns the water a frosted black from the froth blown off the tops of whitecaps. These are the days that make most boaters content to know they have their boat safely stored. It may be crazy for that die-hard few to wait it out to the bitter end, hauling out only just before snow blows across the blue ice. All the same, given the chance, this fall I’ll pull foulies over a couple layers of fleece and try a day on the year’s last open water.

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Fresh Picked: Family-Style Fall Festivities By Melissa Jankowski

The sky seems a bit bluer, and the air surely feels a bit brisker. At this time of year, there’s something to be said for just sitting quietly and watching the leaves turn color, but with all of the activity surrounding the peninsula’s autumn harvest, it would be a shame not to reap some of the fun. The days are getting shorter – make the most of them.

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Of course, some of the best places to celebrate the harvest season are bound to be orchards and farm markets. After toiling for months to tend their plantings, area farmers are seeing the fruits of their labor, and they’re ready to share the bounty with the rest of us. Orchard Country’s Fall Harvest Celebration (on September 30th) is the culmination of a long season

for this hardworking winery/market/ orchard. The whole family will find plenty to enjoy – live music, food and refreshments, trolley and wagon rides, children’s activities, pumpkin bowling, pick-your-own apples, and great door prizes. This is the second year Orchard Country will be hosting the Harvest Celebration, and word is, there will be even more tents to visit than last year

– and they’ll conduct free winery tours and tastings all day long, too. For two consecutive weekends (October 1st and 2nd, and October 7th and 8th), Schartner’s Farm Market will be offering horse-drawn wagon rides through their pumpkin patch. And throughout the fall season, little ones will become engrossed in riding

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Fall Harvest Events At-A-Glance Plan your harvest season – contact the following businesses and organizations for more details about the events listed below. SEPTEMBER 9th SUNSHINE HOUSE CORN FESTIVAL Schopf’s Hilltop Dairy, 5169 County I, Sturgeon Bay, (920) 743-9779, www.dairyview.com

OCTOBER 7th SEAQ UIST ORCHARDS APP LE FESTIVAL Seaquist Orchards, 11482 Highway 42, Sister Bay, (920) 854-4199, www.seaquistorchards.com

SEPTEMBER 16th BAILEYS HARBOR AUTUMN FEST Arts & crafts, live music, antique car show, bake sale, raffle, food and refreshments in the Baileys Harbor town center. Baileys Harbor Visitor Information Center, (920) 839-2366 or www.baileysharbor.com

OCTOBER 7th SPOOKTACULAR HIKE Peninsula State Park, 9462 Shore Road, Fish Creek, (920) 868-3258, www.dnr.wi.gov

SEPTEMBER 16th WASHINGTON HOTEL HARVEST FEST Stop by for a free sample of Island Wheat (a new brew from Capital Brewery crafted from wheat grown on the island). Relax on the sprawling lawn and enjoy the music, along with a brat made from island-raised beef. Washington Hotel, Restaurant & Culinary School, 368 Rangeline Road, Washington Island, (920) 847-2169, www.thewashingtonhotel.com September 22nd, 23rd & 24th Ephraim’s Musical Eq uinox Door County’s finest musicians fill all corners of downtown Ephraim for a weekend chock full of live, local, acoustic music. Ephraim Visitors Information Center, (920) 854-4989, www.ephraim-doorcounty.com September 23rd Sturgeon Bay Harvest Festival Stroll Third Avenue in Sturgeon Bay for a full day of fun. Arts & crafts show, car show, farmers market, food booths, music and entertainment, trolley rides, hayrides and children’s activities. Sturgeon Bay Visitor & Convention Bureau, (920) 743-6246, www.sturgeonbay.net SEPTEMBER 30th ORCHARD COUNTRY’S FALL HARVEST CELEBRATION Orchard Country Winery & Market, 9197 Hwy 42, Fish Creek, (920) 868-3479, www.orchardcountry.com SEPTEMBER 30th & OCTOBER 1st GARDEN ANGELS SCARECROW FESTIVAL Garden Angels, N6695 Highway 42, Algoma, (920) 487-2530

October 7th & 8th EGG HARBOR Pumpkin Patch Festival Fun for the whole family – in Harbor View Park and throughout the village – all weekend long. Check out the scarecrow/pumpkin displays and vote for your favorite. Lots of children’s activities, outdoor entertainment, prizes, food & refreshments, too. Egg Harbor Visitor Center, (920) 868-3717, www.eggharbordoorcounty.com October 7th & 8th WASHINGTON ISLAND CIDER PRESSING & fall festival Washington Island Farm Museum, RR#1 Jackson Harbor Road, Washington Island; Washington Island Chamber of Commerce, (920) 847-2179, www.washingtonislandchamber.com October 7th & 8th ART DAY FOR ANIMALS AT HANDS ON ART STUDIO Hands On Art Studio, 3655 Peninsula Players Road, Fish Creek, (920) 868-9311, www.handsonartstudio.com October 13th, 14th & 15th SISTER BAY FALL FESTIVAL A sea of people fill the main drag each year for children’s activities, food booths, arts and crafts, helicopter rides, live entertainment, fireworks – and the legendary Ping Pong Ball Drop. A parade takes place on Saturday. Sister Bay Information Center, (920) 8542812, www.sisterbay.org OCTOBER 20th THROUGH 30th DOOR COUNTY GHOST TOUR Door County Trolley, (920) 868-1100, www.doorcountytrolley.com

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HARVEST the straw Tricycle Track, and exploring the maze cut into the field at Wood Orchard (which just might make shopping for apples a whole lot easier for the big folks). It’s also no surprise that apples are actually the “guests of honor” at a few local events. Seaquist Orchards’ barn is overflowing with delicious varieties of apples at the end of the harvest, and their Apple Festival (on October 7th) is overflowing with more appealing

diversions each year. Enjoy live music, fresh kettle corn and lots of other tasty treats. Paint your own pumpkin, make your own caramel apple, or kick back and watch a movie about Johnny Appleseed. Let the kids burn off some energy with the two-story indoor straw maze, giant rope maze or pedal carts. While you’re there, definitely test your skill – and possibly win a prize – by launching a few apples at the targets set up in the orchard. By now you’ve eaten some, and maybe even launched a few, too. Ready to try something else? Check out the Cider Pressing Party and Fall Festival at the Washington Island Farm Museum October 7th and 8th. You can expect to find horse-drawn wagon rides and plenty of fun games for children. Plus, if you bring some apples, you’ll be able to try your hand at making your own cider with a fantastic antique press. Or maybe you’re intrigued by the prospect of making your own scarecrow.

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HARVEST The fourth annual Scarecrow Festival at Garden Angels is scheduled for September 30th and October 1st. This family-oriented “day in the country” is always filled with great entertainment, food, refreshments, games and crafts – but the main attraction is definitely the scarecrow contest – which anyone can enter, and everyone judges. Each year, more and more completely original and ingenious entries show up and are displayed along the paths behind the barn. The contest (which awards three cash prizes) is free to enter, and any materials can be used in creating the scarecrows, but interested parties should call Garden Angels to enter ahead of time (so they know how many “bodies” to expect).

mazes of varying lengths and difficulty levels, making it appropriate for all ages and abilities (and because the paths are packed down, moms with strollers can make it through, too). It’s perfectly acceptable to wander aimlessly, but maps and punchcards are provided at the beginning. If you’re goal oriented, you’ll use the punchcard and try to locate all of the checkpoints as efficiently as possible – there are some major prizes at stake. Schopf ’s Corn Maze is open throughout the month of October, and it’s worth keeping in mind for a second visit later in the season. Toward the end of October, a section of this impressive labyrinth is transformed into a Haunted Corn Maze.

If you’re looking for a different sort of challenge, visit Schopf ’s Hilltop Dairy to navigate their intricate Corn Maze. The entire maze, when viewed from the air, creates a detailed picture that changes each year. But on the ground, there are actually three distinct

Speaking of spooky, don’t miss Peninsula State Park’s Annual Spooktacular Hike on the evening of October 7th. Take a self-guided hike along an easy mile-long candlelit trail, and meet a variety of campy characters – bats, giant spiders, friendly witches

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HARVEST – oh my! But fear not, this annual stroll along Skeleton Street and Pumpkin Alley is “ghoulish, but not gory” fun for all ages. And, for more frightening fall fun, reserve your seats for one of Door County Trolley’s newest offerings – the Ghost Tour. Some of the peninsula’s most spirited locales are on the itinerary, and the tour runs nightly in the days leading up to Halloween (October 20th through the 30th). Hear haunting tales of sunken ships, lighthouses with ghostly inhabitants and many other mysterious Door County happenings. But there’s no mystery here: If you want to do something fun that also does some good, there are two annual autumn events in the area that make play of raising money for worthy causes. Stop at Hands On Art Studio to take part in Art Day For Animals throughout October 7th and 8th (and only minutes down the road from Egg Harbor’s Pumpkin Patch celebration). While you’re there, enjoy lots of free activities like pumpkin painting,

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HARVEST scarecrow making, pumpkin bowling, and hayrides in the woods. Kids will absolutely love exploring the two-story hay playhouse, petting and feeding llamas and goats, or taking a pony ride. Everyone will enjoy sampling the corn roast, fresh apple cider, and the live music of Veugeot, a Minnesota recording artist performing her original songs about animal rights. But don’t forget the reason for it all – paint a ceramic tile for All Creatures Home For Animals, a local non-profit shelter, and the entire cost of the tile ($3) will be passed on to All Creatures. And, your tile will become a permanent part of the Hands On Silo Project. (As tiles are painted for All Creatures, they are used to decorate the exterior of the towering silo behind the “Art Barn.”) It’s easy to have fun helping the people in our community, too. Don’t miss the Sunshine House Corn Festival on September 9th. Proceeds from the event

will support Sunshine House, Inc., a nonprofit agency that serves adults of all abilities in a vocational setting. The Corn Festival takes place at Schopf ’s Hilltop Dairy, so a cruise through the corn maze is in order. Once you’ve worked up an appetite, you can enter the sweet corn and cherry pie eating contests, or just have some lunch and enjoy the live music and old-fashioned games. There are lots of ways to make a difference – for $2 per item, you can bring an antique to be appraised at the entertaining Door County Antique Road Show. You can also purchase creative scarecrows donated by local artisans, or even build your own. Without a doubt, there’s plenty to do “in the Door” during the fall season. Much of the activity is scheduled to avoid conflicting with other happenings, so there truly is a constant flow of exciting events. So hit them all, or just harvest your favorites.

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do all in our power to keep our county and community as clean from the liquor evil as possible, thereby showing our determination in a crooked and perverse generation.” It was fitting he gave his speech in Ephraim, a village founded as a Moravian community and dry town

by Rev. Andreas Iverson, a man very much opposed to drinking. In this setting, Seaquist continued his diatribe: “During the ages that have gone by many forms of evil have blighted mankind but no scourge has been more persistent or destructive than alcoholic drink,” Seaquist raged. “War is the only other agency that can

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a Door County Chemist Robert Wahl’s Juddville property, rumored to house a moonshine operation during Prohibition. Photo by Dan Eggert.

(Far left) The exterior of the National Hotel, bought by Ralph and Margaret DesEnfants from her parents in 1918. (Second from left) Interior of the National. (Middle) Tom Nelsen behind the bar at Nelsen’s Hall. (Second from right) The Roxanna Hotel, where Ralph DesEnfants ran his “Snake Pit” speakeasy in the basement, and DesEnfants, always a joker, clowning behind the glass as customers Gene Bernhardt and Ken Wiest pose for the camera (far right). Photos courtesy of Frank Tachovsky.

even approximate it in woe and misery produced.” And in another dramatic plea, he proclaimed, “The vigilance of the faithful who are still in favor of prohibition must then be even more true to the cause.”

But the vehemence of his call to arms would gain no traction. How could it? Like the rest of the nation, most Door County residents had not spent the Prohibition years walking with chest-puffed pride in their national temperance, but instead had spent those long 14 years exploring every route to circumvent the doomed law.

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PROHIBITION Prohibition in the United States: The United States entered its “dry” era with the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution on January 16, 1919, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within or into, and exportation out of, the country. It went into effect exactly one year later. The National Prohibition Act of 1919, more commonly referred to as the Volstead Act after its sponsor, Rep. Andrew Volstead, enforced the amendment and defined the terms “beer, wine, or other intoxicating malt or vinous liquors” to mean any beverage with greater than .5 percent alcohol by volume. The act was repealed by the 21st Amendment, ratified on December 5, 1933, though several states maintained Prohibition within their borders for years, with Mississippi being the last to go “wet” again in 1966.

A sampling of bottles found on the old Wahl property by current owner Bob Armbruster, who suspects they once stored samples of Wahl’s brewing expertise.

1919, the ban on drinking went into effect and was announced to the Door County populace through a Door County Advocate headline proclaiming simply, “Nation Will Be Dry.” Not for long. Almost immediately criminals and average, innocent Americans went to work investigating ways to skirt the law. In Chicago, Al Capone would become as integral to the city’s image as the wind and the lake, unleashing a decade of Tommy guns, murder, and corruption upon the city. It has long been rumored that Capone, when the noose of the law got tight, would escape to the sparse roads and villages of the peninsula, but it was another Chicagoan with a brewing past who planted the deepest roots in the Door. Robert ‘Doc’ Wahl was a chemist who immigrated to the United States from Germany sometime in the 1870s or 1880s. He ended up in Chicago, where he put his considerable skill to use developing standards and procedures for beer brewing that remain in use today. In the late 1890s he partnered with Max Henius, another chemist and founder of the American Academy of Brewing, to open the Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology, where major breweries would send aspiring brewmasters to get schooled in the neglected science of beer making. The school would become recognized as the leading source for all things brewing, and Wahl would author three books on the subject which remain wellreferenced guides for home-brewers and experts alike. The Volstead Act had an incredible impact on breweries, distributors, and tavern owners throughout the country. In Sturgeon Bay, it was estimated the law would cost the city $6,500 in taxes and fees charged on taverns in the first year alone. But perhaps nobody was so affected as Wahl, for when one has devoted himself so completely to something as to open his own institute,

a law prohibiting that devotion is tough to stomach. When Prohibition passed, Wahl closed his institute, packed up his life, and did what so many Chicagoans continue to do – retired to Door County. He bought a large orchard behind what is now Ray’s Cherry Hut, but it’s said he didn’t devote himself solely to cherries and apples. Bob Armbruster recently purchased the land where the remnants of Wahl’s orchard now reside, crumbling in decay from almost three decades of neglect, but a popular subject for painters and photographers still. When he first looked at the property he found one aspect particularly curious. “I thought the windows ringing the top of the silo were a bit strange and asked why they were there,” he said. “I was told they were for lookouts in case the feds came to bust up old Doc Wahl’s bootlegging operation.” Armbruster was told a few stories about the property, where Wahl was rumored to have set up shop moonshining amidst the dirt rows and seclusion of modern-day Juddville. Fascinated by the tales, Armbruster began digging, finding scraps of information about Wahl in old newspaper archives and numerous references to Wahl and his institute online. He muddled around the property and found dozens of bottles, some dated from 1919. Many fit the mold of the type Wahl would have used to bottle his concoctions three quarters of a century ago. For 13 years Wahl lived on the orchard, continuing to hone his craft and increase his knowledge base. When the dry era ended in 1933, Wahl wasted no time getting back to legitimate work, re-opening his Chicago institute, where he worked until his death in Chicago in 1937. Wahl was an expert, but far less knowledgeable folks endeavored in brewing of all sorts. After passage

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pr ohibition of the Volstead Act in Wisconsin, a newspaper article began, “It was on this day and date that King Barleycorn was condemned to death,” but Barleycorn proved a resilient old monarch who would not have his last breath easily taken.

admonishment proved little deterrent to those with the thirst. In his book Discovering Door County’s Past, local historian Marvin Lotz said, “Even though alcoholic beverages had been outlawed by the federal government, they were still plentiful.”

Federal Prohibition Director Thomas Delaney tried to scare off efforts to circumvent the law with a stern announcement of the punishment awaiting those who would break it, which prohibited the manufacture of any product for beverage purposes containing one half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume. For a first offense, the penalty was not more than $1,000 ($10,704 in today’s dollars) or imprisonment not exceeding six months. A second offense brought a fine not less than $200 ($2,140) or more than $2,000 ($21,408) and imprisonment of no less than one month or more than five years.

Walt Jorgensen was a young boy on Washington Island in the waning days of Prohibition, but recalled the era from early memories and stories passed on. “Everybody had stills,” he remembered. “We had one.”

These were no small fines, but his

Tavern owners were resilient as well. Frank Tachovsky remembered his father-in-law, Ralph DesEnfants, as a bit of a flamboyant character. A European immigrant, DesEnfants joined Theodore Roosevelt’s White Fleet, the famed Naval division, at age 17 and in its service he saw and experienced much more of the world than the average Sturgeon Bay man of the time. “He had traveled the world and that made him a different kind of

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pr ohibition guy,” Tachovsky says. “Back in those days, people hardly went to Green Bay.” DesEnfants and his wife Margaret bought the National Hotel from her parents in 1918, then bought the nearby Shimmel Grocery Store in 1928, where DesEnfants continued to bolster his reputation as a canal city character. The couple remodeled the grocery store into the Hotel Roxana, named after their daughter. In the basement he would operate a bar called The Snake Pit, one of many such underground, behind closed doors, or otherwise politely disguised taverns in Sturgeon Bay at the time. They formed a modestly covert league of bars who worked together to limit the success of federal agents’ attempts to root out the bootleggers and producers of spirits. Tachovsky described the early years after passage of the Volstead Act, when the feds

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Pr ohibition would ride into town and stop at the first place they came to. In Sturgeon Bay, that was the Y Inn Tavern.

physicians only actively engaged in the practice of such profession shall be given permits to prescribe liquor.”

“Once they’d hit the Y, of course the phones would buzz all over town and the other places would shut down and hide their booze,” Tachovsky remembers. “Then the feds would raid the other places and not find any booze.”

Nelsen had seen bottles of Angostura Bitters, a 90-proof Venezuelan recipe, on the medicine wagons of the day and knew it was commonly used as a reliever of stomach pains (the Angostura label on the bottle itself hails its contents as a “pleasant and dependable stomachic”) in addition to its more Eventually they got smart, switching common use as a flavor enhancer for to “full raids,” when agents would food and alcoholic beverages. Those hit all the taverns at once, a strategy who’ve drank bitters straight know its Tachovsky’s in-laws found difficult name is more than well-earned, and to combat. During one such raid, the powers that be never bothered to Margaret received the usual warning ban its importation because, in good call and, following standard procedure, sense, they never thought anyone hollered downstairs to her husband, would drink the stuff as a beverage “Ralph, the feds in itself. But they are coming!” underestimated Nelsen went out and got his the thirst and “I know dear,” of pharmacist’s license, which was ingenuity Ralph replied. the islanders, “They’re down easier to come by in those days, particularly Tom here right now.” and began “prescribing” shots of Nelsen. DesEnfants had bitters to his “patients” at the bar. Nelsen went a counterpart of out and got his equal repute on pharmacist’s the northern tip of the county, and license, which was easier to come by though Wahl was called ‘Doc’, it was in those days, and began “prescribing” this Washington Islander who was shots of bitters to his “patients” at the licensed physician. Captain Tom the bar. Nelsen himself was known to Nelsen earned himself a seat at the drink a pint of bitters a day, the mere table of Door County legends with a thought of which would inspire nausea sly bit of conniving that endeared him in those who know its flavor. to islanders 80 years ago, and to the rest of us with a story that regales to It’s said that nobody on Washington this day. Island ever got convicted of selling alcohol, in large part due to geography. Nelsen came to the island from In the days before regular ferry service Denmark in the late 19th Century they would see few strangers, and when and bought the building that became they did come, they usually came on Nelsen’s Hall in 1907. Jorgensen knew a boat courtesy of locals, who would him in later years and described him send a signal to the shore if they as your “typical stubborn old Dane,” suspected a federal prohibition agent a description which must have held was aboard. But they did come close to substantial truth, as Nelsen wasn’t about breaking up Nelsen’s racket once. to let a little thing like a Constitutional Amendment close down his bar. The story goes (with minor variations depending on the teller) that a state Perhaps Nelsen had noticed a agent sat at Nelsen’s bar and saw him small aside at the end of Delaney’s pouring some strange liquid into shot explanation of the Prohibition law glasses, then watched as patrons slid published in the Advocate which read, them down like one would a shot of “Druggists only may receive a permit alcohol. So the agent went behind the to sell liquor at retail and licensed bar to check the bottle and found it was

(Top) The famed Nelsen’s Hall and Bitters Pub on Washington Island, where more bitters is consumed per capita than anywhere else in the United States. (Below) Washington Islander Julie Hahn (in white tank top) earns her Bitters Pub Club membership with friends from Sheboygan Falls. Fall 2006 Door County Living 53

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Pr ohibiti onate On your pl 90-proof Angostura Bitters. Logically, the agent took him to court for selling liquor without a license. Herman Lisom, a lawyer married to a woman from the island, took on the task of defending Nelsen. In his preparations, he took a bottle of Angostura and brought it home with him, tasted the substance, and immediately exclaimed, “By God, they don’t really drink this stuff?” But that bitter taste sparked an idea for his defense of Nelsen – he simply argued the stuff wasn’t fit to drink as a beverage, and subsequently, that Nelsen could only be serving it for medicinal purposes. They say the judge tasted the stuff as well, agreed with Lisom,

doesn’t tell you whether that’s a good thing or not.

and threw out the case. Nelsen went back to his island tavern and continued dispensing the aromatic bitters with the “delightful flavour” to his patients, making Nelsen’s Hall and Bitters Pub the only Wisconsin tavern to operate through Prohibition. By the time the nation became “wet” again in December 1933, the drinking of bitters had become such a habit on the island that many continued to take a shot with their beer, and around 1950, Nelsen’s nephew Gunner started what ranks among the least exclusive clubs in the country, the Bitters Club. The club claims about 10,000 new members annually who earn their stripes simply by taking a shot of bitters in the pub, helping the island dispense more bitters per capita than any other place in the United States. After choking down a shot, one literally becomes a card-carrying member, which earns one consideration as “a full-fledged Islander…entitled to mingle, dance, etc. with all the other Islanders.” It

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The impending demise of the effort to dry out the country only re-invigorated Seaquist in the era’s waning days. “We have to enlighten them of the dangers at hand,” he warned. “‘Save the boy, (we need to sing) Save the boy, Save him from the curse of rum.’ And we add, the girl too. May we be able to save them!” The policy had been a success, he proclaimed, and its failures were due to the fact that “enforcement of the law fell, in altogether too many instances, into the hands of those who wished this policy to fail.” But Seaquist failed to grasp that those who wished the policy to fail were many, that perhaps the fact that men were willing to go to such lengths as Wahl and DesEnfants, or drink the bitter juice dispensed by Nelsen, was indicative of just how doomed Prohibition was.

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The Story of a Studio Potter Brian Fitzgerald Working in Clay ʻtil the End

“What do you want to do for the rest of your life?” This is a rather daunting question for most anyone, usually answered with a wrinkling of the eyebrows and a contemplative “Hmmm,” or with a shrug of the shoulders and simple “I don’t know.” For those people who actually have an answer to the inquiry, it seems that oftentimes they verbalize it in a reserved way, as if saying the words out loud might somehow taint the possibility of them ever coming true. However, this was not the case for Brian Fitzgerald who by the time

to the point in his career where he was living those words was not the most direct nor the shortest, that’s where Fitzgerald finds himself today – an established studio potter in Door County. Fitzgerald’s connection to Door County, as well as the art world, stems back to his upbringing. His father was an art teacher at a K-12 open enrollment school in St. Paul, Minnesota and Fitzgerald remembers being a young child and spending time in his father’s classroom, delving into all the art supplies. He also recalls “traveling to the country on the weekends for different shows. Whether it was friends of my parents or just artists they liked, we visited a lot of galleries and attended a lot of openings.” Just as the family would escape the hustle and bustle of the city to explore the world of working artists, they’d leave their life in the Twin Cities behind to spend entire summers in Door County at the family’s retreat in Jacksonport. When he reached high school, Fitzgerald’s artistic inclination was only encouraged. He attended Alexander Ramsey High School in St. Paul, a school that at one point was ranked the number two high school art program in the country and received a number of grants to maintain its level of excellence. During his freshman year, Brian Fitzgerald’s name was drawn in a lottery for a slot in one of the school’s coveted clay classes.

Brian Fitzgerald stokes the fire for a Raku demonstration.

he was 18 could proclaim without reservation, “I want to be a studio potter.” Although the path leading

By the time he graduated from high school, Fitzgerald had entered a number of his pieces in juried shows and was on track to major in art at Mankato State University; however, when he arrived at college, his interests

went elsewhere. Fitzgerald thought about following in his father’s footsteps and becoming a teacher or perhaps a counselor, but after suffering a knee injury and no longer being able to run on the school’s track team, Fitzgerald’s direction was altered again. He transferred to a school in Idaho where he spent a year, then took summer courses at the University of Minnesota before settling down at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Although majoring in art didn’t seem to be in the forefront of Fitzgerald’s mind, he continued to take pottery classes. Fitzgerald was working toward a degree in sociology and a minor in corporate fitness, but the allure of being a potter continued to resurface. “The first summer I worked in Door County was when I knew [being a studio potter] was what I really wanted to do.” Being around the art scene and seeing other potters, such as Abe and Ginka Cohn and Jeanne and David Aurelius, made Fitzgerald realize that perhaps his goal was attainable. Then, when Al Johnson, an employer of Fitzgerald’s for two years, offered to give the small 1920s log cabin nestled in the trees just south of his restaurant to Fitzgerald for a gallery space, he knew it was the right time. Despite the fact that Fitzgerald only had one semester left before he earned his degree, he walked away from school and toward his aspiration to become a working artist. “I owe everything to the Johnsons in getting started,” believes Fitzgerald. “Without that huge break I wouldn’t be a potter.” In the summer of 1994, after six months of renovations and

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preparations, Fitzgerald opened the doors to Sister Bay Pottery. David Caradori, a potter in Eau Claire and someone Fitzgerald considers a mentor, offered up this advice: “If you can get through the first five years, things will start to happen.” And according to Fitzgerald, Caradori’s words of wisdom rang true. “I went through five years of hard-knock learning on my own,” he recalled. Between maintaining hours at the gallery and working construction, carpentry, or other odd jobs to make ends meet, finding time at the wheel was not the easiest task. It wasn’t until

Fitzgerald had struggled through those first five years that he was able to refocus some of his energy on his craft. He used Door County’s strong pottery community as a resource and once again started taking classes in clay. It was his involvement with a project at the Peninsula Art School in 2001 that Fitzgerald claims to be one of the most influential in his evolution as an artist. A number of Door County potters worked together on this project, which entailed constructing a traditional wood fire kiln under the supervision of Sven Bayer, a worldrenowned builder of wood fire kilns,

on the property of fellow potter Tad Gilster. Fitzgerald continues to look back on the experience as one of the most positive things he’s ever been associated with. Since then, he finds himself drawn to “wood firing because it’s very pure; the simplicity of it appeals.” Fitzgerald continued, “You really feel a part of the work after splitting the wood, stacking it, loading the kiln, and then stoking the fire every 15 minutes – altogether it’s a five-day process.” Fitzgerald believes that “anytime you can show someone how, they become more interested in the

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ART SCENE the first two years of meeting each other…we’ve been married for eight years, and she’s handled the business side of things ever since.” It was her vision and direction that encouraged Fitzgerald to open a second gallery location. An 1890s log cabin in the Shorewood Village Shops of Ephraim required some fixing up before it was suitable for a gallery and studio space; however, once completed, it allowed the Fitzgeralds to expand the display area for Brian’s pottery but also provided ample room to represent a number of other artists. On Labor Day Weekend of last year, the couple opened Ephraim Clayworks, 13 years after Fitzgerald embarked on his career as an artist in Door County.

where he can truly call himself a studio potter – all side-jobs have become memories rather than necessities and the finishing touches are completed on his studio and gallery spaces. Fitzgerald is “looking forward to working in the studio this winter, finally having the time be more creative.”

As far as that question about the rest of his life, “[A potter] can’t explore in a lifetime all the opportunities with clay…As a potter, there’s a good chance you’ll work in clay ‘til the end. I don’t think you ever retire – there’s so much to learn and do.”

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ART SCENE BY CINNAMON ROSSMAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN EGGERT

Re-Presenting The Works of Bruce Basch

Bruce Basch is one of those rare artists who doesn’t measure his success by the number of works he sells, but rather by the success of new ideas, color nuances and kitschy provocations. Basch lives the kind of in-between life as an artist and waiter that affords the leisure of moving at whim – but always returns to Door County for the summers. His family owns land just on the north side of Ephraim and the site is an historic tract with a view you would take for granted if you lived here all year.

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Basch’s weathered little studio sits in this picture perfect scenery like a remnant of life 100 years ago. The wood-frame building was originally built in Minnesota in the 1800s. It was taken apart board by board and pieced

back together by Basch in 1970. The land has been in the family since 1865, and gracefully escapes the encroaching developments to the north and the south. The exterior of the studio is a simple wood-sided building, relatively unadorned but for the few collections of stones and pots at the doorstep and a little refrigerator “shrine” in the back which neatly displays a collection of disparate objects – a reflection on manmade versus natural creations.

finished artworks fill the available spaces. Bookshelves line the walls and are filled partially with books, but little oddities catch the eye: a vintage fan painted blue, Jesus at the center; books wrapped, sealed shut with astrological charts and other objects riveted to their covers; cigar boxes; religious icons (mostly Mary); and a plethora of odds and ends with no business here in the woods – except that they are the bits that make up Basch’s artworks.

Basch and I sat in his studio for several hours one night talking about everything in sight. The studio opens into a small entry with a steep ladder to the loft and collections of near-

Basch began his long student life with printmaking, photography, and other elective studies at Saint Cloud State University in Minnesota, and experimented with various art forms,

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picking up what he found interesting. Prints from this time start to show themes that recur throughout Basch’s works, with borrowed imagery from graphic culture. In the early ‘70s he left printmaking with a “desire to work more spontaneously,” and began to paint and fill the gaps with mixed media collage, and ended his formal study by earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994. His works have evolved into an amalgamation of found objects, graphic lettering and borrowed imagery. Many of the objects he uses could already

be considered everyday art: paint by numbers found in garage sales, floral print tablecloths and platters. Basch is “re-presenting or re-invigorating or re-purposing” junk art and kitsch, attempting to make high art from low, making no pretense that it is original in concept.

ukulele frames the center of a flower with its sound hole. A shiny but torn piece of metal flows over the surface in juxtaposition to an evenly rusted piece fastened neatly by rivets. Basch says, “I can’t really call this a painting. It’s a put-together of sorts…but I don’t even know what sort.”

One painting that exemplifies this very theory hangs in Leroy’s Water Street Coffee. Like a Rauschenberg in bas-relief, the painting, Cola (Testament), is very alive with the textures of a floral tablecloth and a stamped metal cola sign. A book laid open to its cover page is squarely riveted into a pastoral paint by number and the face of a

And somehow the subtle chaos of colors all works together: a coral red in one flower brings out the crimson in the cola sign; the little yellow leaves of a paint by number tree are balanced by both the ukulele and in the opposite corner by a yellow field neatly painted around the floral pattern by Basch; and little flicks of sky blue show up Fall 2006 Door County Living 65

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throughout, even in the reflective aluminum. Basch’s color seems well thought-out, as if an interior designer should take cue. Basch said of earlier works, “I have had periods when I used a lot of color that was not overly successful. I can be gentle now.” There is a balance to the colors in his larger pieces that is truly gentle on the eye. No color seems bound to the canvas though. Over existing prints, Basch has imprinted more fitting colors, sometimes in layers that speak to the time spent on each individual work.

throughout his works. Without drawing overt attention, many of his pieces are divided into nine sections. Some are more obvious than others, but the subtlety speaks to a refinement of style over the years. Basch’s use of “the grid” as a transposing tool in painting evolved into an often-employed compositional principle. Basch says he’s always had a “penchant for dividing things,” a reference perhaps to his time divided between Naples, Forida and Door County or to some other distinction he makes in the episodes of his life.

Cola (Testament) picks up on a number of other techniques Basch employs

Most of Basch’s works are not on the traditional canvas, but are creations bound over other ready-made forms, what he calls “hard-body” paintings. Using cigar boxes, books, and solid framed boards allows a little more flexibility when it comes to choosing what to rivet on next. His book works are some of the most intriguing of this sort. The concept itself is enough to make a person love them. “They are kind of object-like anyway, since most people don’t read them,” says Basch. And his reformations would be impossible to read in the traditional sense. They require a whole new kind of reading – one in which you simply translate the cover. Basch’s careful covering leaves every nuance of the form intact; the divot formed next to the binding and the overhang of the cover can be no other object but a book. Luckily, books take well to the riveting procedure, and a few books in the studio were dolled up with vintage puzzle pieces and mixed

religious imagery, atop the whitewashed coverings of illegible foreign words and charts. Books seem like a natural progression from the lettering in many other paintings. Basch inserts seemingly random letters into paintings that leave no sure footing as you tread around the meaning. One painting in the studio sports the letters MAR. Asked, Basch said maybe it was part Mars, or part March birthday, but clearly it was open for interpretation. Mar is a word itself, though its presence doesn’t detract from the painting whatsoever. In fact, it makes it more memorable. We are so accustomed to interpreting letters; in this context, however, words bring the paintings into another circle of understanding, without spelling out any single interpretation. In many ways, Basch’s works appeal in a way that other art cannot. His pieces are timeless in their colors and style, and the constructs contain references that leave open-ended interpretation. This isn’t what drives Basch to produce his artworks at all, though. He says he will continue to “just do what I do, without worrying about the commercial viability of it.” Basch’s works are currently on the walls of Leroy’s Water Street Coffee and The Spa at Sacred Grounds. Basch can be contacted through the fall at (920) 854-2610 or bcbasch@gmail. com.

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In winter of 2006, quilting as an art form came joyfully out of the closet in Door County with the Miller Art Museum’s exhibit of “Quilt National 2005: The Best of Contemporary Fine Art Quilts.” Initiated by the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, this traveling exhibition of 20 quilts was organized to provide a showcase for the transformations taking place in the world of quilting and to extend the definition of quilting beyond the traditional one. The Dairy Barn

Linda Batley, Quilter’s Quest.

Sue Jarosh of Jacksonport Craft Cottage displays an Amish quilt.

has become a national center for the promotion and development of the art quilt and today quilts are collected art objects that hang in museums and galleries in addition to fulfilling their original purpose as bed coverings. This international exhibit of the “art quilt” was welcomed by the many quilters residing in Door County. There are in fact four quilting “guilds” that meet regularly (no longer called quilting bees) to discuss and sew and seek to further their art through local exhibitions. Loraine Brink is one such artist who showed me her work while giving a short history of the “Quilting as Art” movement. Traditional quilting is identified by patterns handed down and used over and over with names like “Log Cabin,” “Dresden Plate,” and “Trip Around the World.” The art quilt differs from this in its greater emphasis on a more personal expression in the quilter’s design. While the emphasis on construction and skillfulness remains, the pieces are equally judged on the subjects they

depict and the combination of art elements the quilt-maker chooses as the focus using the elements of graphic design: line, color and texture. The quilt can be any size since the purpose is no longer bedding and they can be constructed with many different materials combined with the fabric. The goal is to work from your own complete design, an entirely different experience than copying and sewing a traditional pattern. According to The Art Quilt by Penny McMorris and Michael Kile, the quilt was first thought of as an art object back in the 19th Century when the Arts and Crafts Movement traveled to the United States from England. A reaction to the ornate décor of Victorian England, this movement emphasized the use of natural materials, good workmanship and simple designs. The buzzwords were usefulness and beauty and grandma’s old quilt was once again in vogue and now defined as art. The traditional boundary between the fine arts such as painting, drawing and sculpture and the applied arts like

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furniture making, pottery, needlework and weaving, was challenged and many fine artists began working in the crafts, making and designing useful objects because they found machine made goods ugly and poorly made. This involvement of the fine artist in the applied arts raised the status of all the crafts, quilts among them, in the eyes of critics and collectors. Now, the purpose of the finished object made less difference— whether it was to be hung on the wall and looked at, placed on the table and eaten off of, or put on a bed and slept under. As long as it was made with artistic intent, original ideas, good materials and techniques, it could be considered art.

department stores that had on-going consignment contracts with quilting cooperatives. It was in 1971 that the “fine art world” publicly acknowledged the quilt as art when the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York exhibited “Abstract Design in American Quilts.” This exhibit traveled the nation for four years and quilts went en masse from the horizontal plane to the vertical. “White on white” quilts became a prestigious thing to collect. Juried quilt exhibitions were held and one of the first was “The New American Quilt” at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York in 1976 and then in 1979 the “Quilt National” was born.

The art quilt is here to stay in Door County but the traditional quilt will always be a treasured, sought after object.

This forward movement was halted by the Great War and was followed by the Colonial revival period where everything that looked like it might have been early American was revered. Quilt-making moved away from originality and toward replication. During World War II with women working away from the home, quiltmaking became a hobby with pre-sewn kits; it was as far removed from art as the paint-by-number drawings also popular at that time. In the ‘60s and ‘70s during the Vietnam War people longed to move to the country away from the anxiety and bewilderment of the cities. The Whole Earth Catalogue heralded the back-to-earth movement and the Arts and Crafts revival of the ‘60s was born. In an environment of fast change, people were preserving and protecting what was left and no other craft medium could engender a longing for the past and a feeling of safety like quilts whether lying on a bed or hanging on a wall. By the late ‘60s the quilt revival was given the ultimate stamp of approval by major New York

The art quilt is here to stay in Door County but the traditional quilt will always be a treasured, sought after object. Stop by the Jacksonport Craft Cottage to see the exquisite Amish quilts of all sizes. Owner Sue Jarosh is very knowledgeable about the history and execution of these incredible pieces. She contracts primarily with three Amish families but her oldest association is with Fanny and Ray Miller who sought Sue out to market their quilts when they moved to southern Wisconsin from upstate New York. Ten daughters, four sons and 29 grandchildren participate in the family business. The work, of course, since they have no electricity, is hand-sewn by the window during the day on a huge trestle. You can see pictures of them working posted in the Craft Cottage’s quilt room. Most quilters use sewing machines today not only in applying the fabric but in doing the appliqué work that binds the layers together so you can see why the completely hand-sewn Amish quilts are so revered; they are keeping that part of the art alive. Jarosh

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ART SCENE maintains that “quilters have always known theirs is an art form, they don’t need the fine art world to tell them.” The Jacksonport Craft Cottage has its own exhibition twice a year at the Sister Bay Village Hall. Another quilt show and sale, “Fabric of the Land,” sponsored by the Door County Land Trust as a fund-raiser, was held on July 8th at Crossroads at Big Creek (Hwy42/57 at Michigan) in Sturgeon Bay. With all this quilting going on in Door County, mention must be made of the two local suppliers: Quilter’s Quest in Sister Bay at The Country Walk Shops and

Traditional Amish pattern.

The Barndoor in Sturgeon Bay. Linda Batley of Quilter’s Quest claims that the rotary cutter introduced in the late ‘70s is what really revolutionized quilting because one could now cut through eight layers of fabric at once. She told me the startling fact that quilting is an industry of $7 billion worldwide. Quilter’s Quest has over 3,000 bolts of fabric and over 200 books of patterns in the store as well as kits with digitized patterns for the beginner. So there it is, Quilting in Door County from A-Z: exquisite art meant for museums and galleries and all in one kits for people like me who may want to dive in and create a little of the comfort that great grandma knew so well. “Bed quilts are still family but the design and execution of the art quilt is my love,” said Loraine at the end of our interview; and that is about the best distinction made between the “art quilt” and its predecessor. It’s a personal one.

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FAIRWAYS BY JULIA CHOMEAU

IDLEWILD GOLF COURSE Tucked away on the very south side of Sturgeon Bay lies Idlewild Golf Course. The setting is beautiful with forests, ponds and wooden bridges. Driving the cart path seems, at times, more like a tour of a state park than a golf course. At one point on my go-round, a beautiful blue heron (which I mistakenly identified as a pterodactyl — it was huge!) glided gracefully across the fairway. There is a large pond that is so lovely I find it hard to call it a “hazard.” With hole names like Cedar Nest and Wild Feathers, it is obvious that nature comes as, well, second nature out here.

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Ten of Idlewild’s 18 championship holes have some sort of water hazard so it is not surprising that it is a fully irrigated course. The pond, which helps with the irrigation, is also fully stocked with walleye, trout, northern and other native fish. Fishing is allowed although anglers are encouraged to “catch and release.” Now that we are done with the nature walk, let’s get down to the business of golf. Idlewild has about 150 members, the majority of which are locals from the Sturgeon Bay and Southern Door areas. There is men’s or women’s league play on any given day or night and also a fantastic junior program. The junior program was started by Head Professional Randy Meyer and

runs every Monday morning for 11 weeks in the summer. Kids ranging from age 7 to 17 have a full hour of instruction after which they hone their new skills playing either 3, 9, or 18 holes. The advanced students can play free all day and all kids in the program receive free range balls as well as golf anytime for five dollars throughout the 11-week classes. At the conclusion of the season there is a picnic with door prizes and trophies. Cost of the program is very reasonable at $125 for the younger set and $150 for the advanced golfers. All children are welcome to join, although Meyer says that most come from the area. And, with all five schools in the Door County vicinity having golf teams, it is a great way for students to get an edge on the competition.

Idlewild was built in 1976 and, at its inception, was called “Lost Creek.” In fact, you can still see that name on a sign today when you drive toward the clubhouse. For the past 14 years a group of owners has kept the course and its facilities up-to-date with only minor adjustments. While the clubhouse remains in the same place as the original, it has been bumped out to make more room in the pro shop and to add the solarium style windows to the restaurant above. Initially called the Waterhole Lounge, the Idlewild Pub and Grill is a cozy little place perched on top of the pro shop and offers terrific 180-degree views of the course and its charming pond. If, for some reason, you wanted to face the other way, you would find several flat screen TVs and a pool table to keep you busy. The Pub and Grill is open year round and serves sandwiches, broasted chicken, homemade pizzas, salads, wraps and more. Fridays, of course, feature the staple of the north woods, the fish fry. When I asked Randy Meyer what it was that separated Idlewild from the rest of Door County’s courses, he didn’t hesitate long before confidently

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saying, “Nature.” On any given day you are likely to see deer wandering across fairways, turtles (some of the oldest up here claims Meyer, given their size) or, if you are really lucky, a glimpse of the family of eagles that keeps steady watch over the fish in the clubhouse pond. Meyer also takes great pride in the fact that Idlewild is a locals’ course. “Most courses up here are dependent on tourism to help get them through the season,” says Randy. “We rely mostly on local business.” Course yardage is 6,876 from the tips and 5,254 for the ladies with challenging holes and, it bears mentioning again, lots of water. The first hole is an uneventful par 4 which gives the golfer a chance to get off to a good start. Although number five is officially ranked the toughest hole, course employee (and son of general manager Rick Gigot) Colton Gigot says his personal nemesis is number 12. Both are long par 4s, both can land you in the water (surprise!), and both have large, healthy maple trees that stand between you and the green.

season. The Jeff DeJardin, for example, is held every spring and proceeds go to a scholarship fund benefiting Door County League Baseball players. With more than 200 entrants it is Idlewild’s biggest tournament. Tournaments of all sizes come to Idlewild, though, including the Hainesville Lutheran Church Tournament, with 30 golfers, and another tournament benefiting the Wisconsin Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lessons available: • Private or semi private • Computerized swing analysis • Playing lesson Tee times available by calling (920) 743-3334.

Many courses in Door County are expertly manicured and professionally landscaped throughout. Superintendent Jo Allsup’s approach, however, is much less formal and offers an equally pleasant experience. (Maybe it just takes a woman’s touch!) Native plants and grasses growing in meadows act as natural barriers and hazards along the course. Queen Anne’s Lace abounds and the whole course, as far as I can tell, is “Phragmite Phree!” Likewise, Idlewild’s overall philosophy falls in sync with their relaxed setting – pleasant people, delicious food and great golf combine for a delightful experience.

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ON YOUR PLATE BY KAREN NORDAHL PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN EGGERT

Coyote Roadhouse: Good Energy

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Approaching the Coyote Roadhouse in the high summer season, you are likely to see cars filling the lot, parked amongst the trees and lined up along the roadside. Walk in the door and the place is hopping. Bar stools are occupied, booths are filled with families, friends are mingling at tables on the porch overlooking Kangaroo Lake, and several children are testing the rope swing in the big tree on the lawn.

Amidst the activity, Warren, one of the owners, is jotting down a customer order and Chad is laughing with a group of locals that he is serving at the bar. The atmosphere is upbeat and lighthearted. Good energy abounds. It’s the kind of feeling you get when you hang out with a close friend: comfortable camaraderie without pretense. The Coyote Roadhouse is a place where people come together and get to know one another. With that, it has become a year round destination for many Door County visitors, and an established local favorite. To get a sense of the establishment’s history, look closely at the wall behind

the bar. There you will see names of past patrons literally carved into the grain. The boards you are looking at, as well as the stone wall at the Coyote Roadhouse entrance, were originally part of a building located on the grounds of what is now Peninsula State Park. As the story goes, in the 1920s and ‘30s this building was a private residence and club, and a place for good times among friends during Prohibition when public consumption was not an option. The building was sold in the 1940s and moved to its current spot on the shores of Kangaroo Lake. Over time, there were several transfers of

ownership and changes in name. Loyal customers will tell you how the place was once only large enough to accommodate seven bar stools and a pinball machine. Of course, if you wanted to watch TV, the owners would welcome you into their connected residence for a seat on the living room couch. Less like a bar and more like hanging out at your friend’s house, you knew everyone there and you always had a great time. Multiple remodels and expansions have transformed the once small beer-bar into a full-service restaurant. Current owners include Warren and Carole Groth and Darlene Bailey, as

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Coyote Roadhouse is open year round and is therefore a favorite among winter sports enthusiasts. Even more fun when the summer crowds subside, stop in after a day of snowmobiling or cross-country skiing for a warm drink and a hearty meal.

well as other private investors. They purchased the restaurant five years ago, following a one year shut-down. In their work to rebuild the business, this team recognized the importance of the locale’s vibe to the overall integrity of their operation. Impressive because they are not trying to impress anyone, the Coyote Roadhouse simply is what it is, and that’s precisely why so many visitors love it. Dining selections at the Coyote Roadhouse reflect its no-nonsense demeanor. The menu is printed on your placemat, and there you will see a broad offering of favorites, from burgers to jambalaya, pork chops to quesadillas, and rack of ribs to heaping salad. None of the descriptions will leave you stumped for pronunciation, but you are guaranteed to find selections with a unique flair in their preparation. 100% Angus Beef Burgers can be ordered “plain and delicious” or covered with bleu cheese and fresh mushrooms. Barbequed baked beans

are offered as an option to French fries. A generous appetizer of French fried onion rings are shredded fine and prepared in a loaf pan. Creative sandwich options include the “Porta,” with portabella mushrooms, spinach and Swiss cheese grilled on rye, or the herb-marinated “Prairie Chicken” with chipotle mayo. With its dinner options, the Coyote Roadhouse truly sets itself apart. Local favorites include the “Chop,” an eightounce broiled pork chop topped with gravy. For a real treat, order a full rack of the Coyote’s legendary BBQ Baby Back Ribs. Slow-cooked throughout the day in a savory trademark barbeque sauce, the tender meat will fall from the bone. You won’t leave hungry. You won’t leave broke. But chances are, you will leave with a sense that you understand just a little bit more about what life in Door County is really like. Memories are created here. Friendships are established. Glasses are raised. Laughter and good energy abound.

Coyote Roadhouse is located at 3026 County E in Baileys Harbor, a five-minute drive from the center of Baileys Harbor. You find it on the shores of Kangaroo Lake, at the west end of the causeway that is so popular among fishermen. Open for lunch and dinner. Telephone is (920) 839-9192. Fall 2006 Door County Living 77

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Andre’s Food & Spirits 23 W. Oak St. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-4179 $$ B D L Â Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill 129 N. Madison Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-8300 $$  D LÂ Birmingham’s 4709 N Bay Shore Dr. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5215 $$ Â L D  Bluefront Café 306 S. 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-9218 $ BW   B L  Cherry Hills Lodge & Golf Course 5905 Dunn Rd. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-4222 www.golfdoorcounty.com $$ Â  B L D  Dal Santo Trattoria 147 N. 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-6100 $$ BW D  Donny’s Glidden Lodge Restaurant 4670 Glidden Dr. Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-9460 $$$ Â  D 

Fatso’s 46 Green Bay Rd. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-6300 $  L D  Gilmo’s Bar & Bistro Wavepoint Marina Resort 3600 County CC Sturgeon Bay (920) 824-5440

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Hot Tamales 26 E. Oak St. Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-0600 $ BW   B L D Hot Tamales is Sturgeon Bay’s newest spot for authentic Mexican food. Stop in for a full selection of the finest in Mexican fare! Idlewild Pub & Grill 4146 Golf Valley Dr. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5630 $ Â L D  The Inn At Cedar Crossing 336 Louisiana St Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-4200 www.innatcedarcrossing.com $$$ ÂB L D  Java on Jefferson 232 N. 5th Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-1719 $B Kick Coffee 148 N. 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920)746-1122 $BL

Leathem Smith Lodge 1640 Memorial Dr. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5555 www.leathemsmithlodge.com $$$ ÂD  Mandarin Garden 512 S. Lansing Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-9122 $$ BW L D  Mill Supper Club 4128 Hwy 42/57 N Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5044 $$ ÂD  My Sister’s Café 325 N. 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-1991 $BL Neighborhood Pub & Grill 1407 Egg Harbor Rd. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-7018 ÂL D  The Nightingale Supper Club 1541 Egg Harbor Rd. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5593 ÂD Perry’s Cherry Diner 230 Michigan St. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-9910 $ B L D   Pudgy Seagull Restaurant 113 N 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5000 $ B L D  Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar 136 N 3rd Ave. Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-1100 $$$$ BW  D  Scaturo’s Café 19 Green Bay Rd. Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-8727 $ BW   B L D  Schartner’s on the Shore 4680 Bay Shore Dr. Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-2421 $$ Â D  Sonny’s Pizzeria 43 N. Madison Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-2300 $$ L D BW  Stone Harbor 107 N 1st St. Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-0700 www.stoneharbor-resort.com $$$$ Â  B L D  Things are really cooking at Stone Harbor

• • • DINING IN DOOR COUNTY 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-to-date information at: dining@dcliv.com.

Restaurant and Pub! We have new entrees to tempt your taste buds. Enjoy dining with us in our waterfront restaurant or al fresco on our beautiful outdoor patio. Unique wine list, great steaks, salads and seafood, homemade soups, Sunday seasonal brunch, and more. Sunset Bar & Grill 3810 Rileys Point Rd. Sturgeon Bay (920) 824-5130 $ Â  D 

Egg Harbor Bub’s Pub 2740 Hwy 42 Egg Harbor (920) 868-4442 $ Â L D  Carlsville Roadhouse 5790 Hwy 42 Carlsville (920) 743-4966 $ÂLD Casey’s Inn 7855 Hwy 42 Egg Harbor (920) 868-3038 $$$ Â L D  Cupola Café 7836 Hwy. 42 Egg Harbor (920) 868-2354 $ Door County Coffee & Tea Co. 5773 Hwy 42 Carlsville (920) 743 8930 $L We are a small, familyowned business roasting coffee in small batches to exacting specifications. We believe you’ll taste the difference. In fact, we believe you’ll agree that Door County Coffee® makes the most exquisite cup of coffee imaginable. Double Delites 7818 Hwy. 42 Egg Harbor (920) 868-2221 $ Homemade gelato, gourmet popcorn, indulgences and gifts. Open evenings. Grant’s Olde Stage Station 7778 Hwy 42 Egg Harbor (920) 868-3247 $ÂL D  Harbor Landing 7829 Hwy 42 Egg Harbor (920) 868-2077 $ BW  B L D Egg Harbor’s newest destination featuring breakfast, lunch, dinner,

beer, wines, and specialty coffees. Dine in or carry out. Home décor items sprinkled throughout the 1877 home. Hof Restaurant at the Alpine Resort 7715 Alpine Rd Egg Harbor (920) 868-3000 www.alpineresort.com $$$ Â B D  Katy Rose Provisions 7821 Horseshoe Bay Rd. Egg Harbor (920) 868-9010 $ LD Landmark Resort Restaurant 7643 Hillside Rd. Egg Harbor (920) 868-3205 www.thelandmarkresort.com $$$ Â  D  The Landmark Restaurant offers some of the finest food and service in the area! Offering dinner yearround with spectacular sunsets, Friday night fish specials, and Saturday night prime rib specials.

Jacksonport Door Off Broadway Dinner Theatre 5890 Hwy 57 south of Jacksonport (920) 823-2899 $$$$ ÂD  Mike’s Port Pub & Grill 6269 Hwy 57 Jacksonport (920) 823-2081 $ Â D

Mr. G’s Supper Club 5890 Hwy 57, south of Jacksonport (920) 823-2112 $$ Â D

Square Rigger Galley 6332 Hwy 57 Jacksonport (920) 823-2404 $ ÂB L Sweet Lou’s 6301 Hwy 57 Jacksonport (920) 823-2182 $$$ Â D

Laurie’s Country Calf-A 614 Hwy 42 Egg Harbor (920) 743-5502 $  B L D 

Town Hall Bakery 6225 Hwy 57 Jacksonport (920) 823-2116 $B

The Orchards at Egg Harbor 8125 Elm Rd. Egg Harbor (920) 868-2483 orchardsateggharbor.com $ BW B L

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Shipwrecked Brew Pub & Inn 7791 Hwy 42 Egg Harbor (920) 868-2767 shipwreckedmicrobrew.com $$$ Â  L D Trio Restaurant Hwy 42 & County E Egg Harbor (920) 868-2090 $$$ BW D The Village Café 7918 Hwy 42 Egg Harbor (920) 868-3342 $ BW

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The Blue Ox 8051 Hwy 57 Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2771 $ ÂL D

Coyote Roadhouse 3026 County E Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9192 $$ Â  L D

Custard’s Last Stan 8080 Hwy. 57 Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9999 $

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• • • DINING IN DOOR COUNTY www.gordonlodge.com $$$$ ÂB L D  Bistro menu served on the water at the Top Deck, 11am to 9pm daily. Unique salads, barbeque and sandwich selections reflecting wonderful regional ingredients. Exciting dinner entrees served after 5pm. Indoor and outdoor seating. Harbor Fish Market & Grille 8080 Hwy 57 Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9999 www.harborfishmarket-grille.com $$$$ ÂL D  Highland Club at Maxwelton Braes 7670 Hwy 57 Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2321 www.maxwelton-braes.com $$$ ÂL D  P C Junction Corner of A & E Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2048 $ BW   L D  Pen Pub County Hwys A & E Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2141 $ Â L D  Sandpiper Restaurant 8166 Hwy 57 Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2528 $ BL Weisgerber’s Cornerstone Pub & Restaurant 8123 Hwy 57 Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9001 $$ Â L D  Yum Yum Tree 8054 Hwy 57 Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2993 $LD

Fish Creek Alexander’s Contemporary Cuisine & Fine Spirits 3667 Hwy 42 Fish Creek (920) 868-3532 $$$ Â  D  Specializing in seafood, steaks, contemporary cuisine, catering and special events (fully licensed and insured). Bar opens at 4:00pm, dinner at 5:00pm. Sunday brunch starting at 9:30am. Bayside Tavern Main St. Fish Creek (920) 868-3441 $ ÂL D  Blue Horse Bistro & Espresso 4158 Main St. Fish Creek (920)868-1471 $

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(920) 868-3412 $$$ Â D  The Cookery, Inc 4135 S. Main St. Fish Creek (920) 868-3634 www.cookeryfishcreek.com $$ BW  B L D  Since 1977, The Cookery has been offering breakfast, lunch and dinner to Door County. Open daily through October and winter weekends, The Cookery also offers many great tastes to go – including old-fashioned caramel rolls, cinnamon rolls, scones, muffins, and breads as well as a selection of pies. Inquire about nightly specials. Denim Cafe 9341 Spring Rd. Fish Creek (920) 868-1463 $BL Digger’s Grill & Pizza 4023 Hwy 42 Fish Creek (920) 868-3095 $  L D English Inn 3713 Hwy 42 Fish Creek (920) 868-3076 $$$ Â D  Gibraltar Grill 3993 Main St. Fish Creek (920) 868-4745 $$ BW   L D

Greenwood Supper Club Intersection of County A & County F Fish Creek (920) 839-2451 $$$ Â D  Hands On Marketplace 3655 Peninsula Players Rd. Fish Creek (920) 868-9311 $  B L  Reasonably priced, wholesome, kidfriendly lunches, panini sandwiches, quesadillas, salads, pasta salads, nachos, ice cream treats, snacks, and juices for people of all ages. Hands On Hojo Coffee – organic and fair traded. Adult night specials!! 116 daily; Friday evenings 6:30 – 10:00 pm. Mr. Helsinki 4164 Hwy 42 Fish Creek (920) 868-9898 $$$ BW   L D

Not Licked Yet 4054 Main St. Fish Creek (920) 868-2617 LD Pelletier’s Restaurant Founder’s Square Fish Creek (920) 868-3313 $$ BW Â B L D  Portofino 3931 Hwy 42

Fish Creek (920) 868-2255 $$$ Â  D  Stillwater’s by the Bay 4149 Main St. Fish Creek (920) 868-9962 $  L D  Sonny’s Pizzeria 3931 Hwy 42 Fish Creek (920)854-2700 $LD Summertime Restaurant 1 N Spruce St. Fish Creek (920) 868-3738 www.thesummertime.com $$$ BW  BLD  Villaggio’s 4240 Juddville Rd. Juddville (920) 868-4646 $$ BW   D  Whistling Swan Restaurant 4192 Main St. Fish Creek www.whistlingswan.com (920) 868-3442 $$$$ BW  White Gull Inn 4225 Main St. Fish Creek (920) 868-3517 www.whitegullinn.com $$$$ BW  B L D  Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and traditional fish boils – picture yourselves on our patio, watching freshly caught Lake Michigan whitefish being cooked before your eyes over an open bonfire. Breakfast open to the public, as are lunch and dinner – our chefs use only the freshest of produce and other ingredients, preparing each meal carefully to order.

Ephraim Chef’s Hat 9998 Pioneer Lane Ephraim (920) 854-7081 $$ B L D Good Eggs South Ephraim (920)854-6621 $BL Good Eggs: You are one! Breakfast cabana across from the water in south Ephraim. Leroy’s Waterstreet Coffee 9922 Hwy 42 Ephraim (920)854-4044 $BL Old Post Office Restaurant 10040 Water St. Ephraim (920) 854-2734 www.edge-waterresort.com $BD

Second Story Restaurant 10018 Hwy 42 Ephraim (920) 854-2371 www.ephraimshores.com $$  B L D  Summer Kitchen 10425 Water St. Ephraim (920) 854-2131 $$   B L D Wilson’s Restaurant 9990 Water St. Ephraim (920) 854-2041 $  L D Wilson’s Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor has been located in the heart of Ephraim since 1906. A classic Door County landmark that possesses the enchantment to take even the youngest visitors back in time with its old-fashioned soda fountain and ice cream specialties, homebrewed draft root beer, flame broiled burgers and juke boxes playing the classics.

Sister Bay Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant 702 N. Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-2626 $$ BW  B L D  Base Camp Coffee Bar 10904 Hwy 42 Sister Bay (920) 854-5724 $B Carroll House 645 S. Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-7997 $ B L Door County Ice Cream Factory 11051 Hwy 42 Sister Bay (920) 854-9693 $  L D In 1912, Door County Merchant pioneer, Al Mickelson, built a special place for Sister Bay residents and visitors to purchase food and enjoy ice cream treats. The store became known as a source of local information in addition to excellent food and service. Today, the tradition lives on in the Door County Ice Cream Factory and Sandwich Shoppe. Drink Coffee 415 N. Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-1155 $BL Fred & Fuzzy’s Waterfront Bar & Grill 360 Little Sister Rd. Sister Bay (920) 854-6699 www.LittleSisterResort.com $ Â  L D

Husby’s Food & Spirits 400 Maple Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-2624 $ Â  B L D  The Inn At Kristofer’s 734 Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-9419 www.innatkristofers.com $$$$ BW D  JJ’s/La Puerta Restaurant 10961 Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-4513 $ Â  L D  Mission Grille Intersection of Hwy 42 & 57 Sister Bay (920) 854-9070 www.missiongrille.com $$$$ Â  L D  Exceptional cuisine and fine spirits, Gourmet Magazine Selection, Wine Spectator Award past seven years. Moretti’s 517 N. Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-6610 $ BW   L D  Northern Grill & Pizza 321 Country Walk Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-9590 $ Â  L D  The Northern Grill, located across from the Piggly Wiggly in Sister Bay, offers a selection of steaks, seafood, pizza, pasta, salads and more. With an arcade and a full bar, it’s the place for great food and fun! Patio Motel & Restaurant 200 Orchard Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-1978 $LD Sarah’s Snack Shop Cedar Court Shops Sister Bay (920) 854-5977 Sister Bay Bowl 504 N Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-2841 $$$ Â L D  Sister Bay Café 611 N Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-2429 www.solbjorg.com $$ BW   B L D  The Waterfront 10961 Bay Shore Dr. Sister Bay (920) 854-5491 $$$$  ÂD  Our new restaurant, “The Waterfront,” features upscale elegant dining overlooking the beautiful Sister Bay waterfront. Our menu features Door County’s finest steaks, and innovative fresh fish and seafood. Look for The

Waterfront when you’re in Door County. It promises to be a memorable dining experience!

Ellison Bay Mink River Basin 12010 Hwy 42 Ellison Bay (920) 854-2250 $$ ÂL D  Rowleys Bay Restaurant 1041 Hwy ZZ Rowleys Bay (920) 854-2385 www.wagontrail.com $$ Â B L D  T. Ashwell’s 11976 Mink River Rd. Ellison Bay (920) 854-4306 $$$$ Â  D  The Viking Grill 12029 Hwy 42 Ellison Bay (920) 854-2998 door-county-fish-boil.com $ Â B L D 

Gills Rock/ Northport GT Coffee 12625 Highway 42 Gills Rock (920) 854-9907 www.GalleryTen.com $BL Northport Pier Restaurant 215 Hwy 42 Northport Dock (920) 854-4146 www.wisferry.com LD Shoreline Restaurant 12747 Hwy 42 Gills Rock (920) 854-2606 www.theshorelineresort.com $$$ BW  L D

Washington Island Albatross N7W1910 Lobdells Point Rd. Washington Island (920) 847-2203 Cellar Restaurant Main Rd. Washington Island (920) 847-2655 $$   L D  Deer Run Golf Course and Resort Main & Michigan Rds. Washington Island (920) 847-2017 Nelsen’s Hall Bitters Pub W19N1205 Main Rd. Washington Island (920) 847-2496 $ Â L D 

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Lodging guide

Featured Accommodation: Woodenheart Inn

Info

Address:

11086 Highway 42, Sister Bay,

Phone:

(920) 854-9097

Website:

www.woodenheart.com

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The difference between a nice place to stay and an exceptional one is in the details. John and Judy Hurlburt, owners of Woodenheart Inn, understand that difference. The tranquil setting begins as you walk up the path leading to the log cabin home. Just a couple hundred feet off of Route 42 at the northern edge of Sister Bay, the only thing you hear is the crunch of gravel under your shoes and the water fountains placed throughout the extensive and gorgeous floral landscape. The view from the inside of the Woodenheart is just as welcoming. Past the checkin desk, there is a large great room. Guests are served a generous breakfast there

every morning at 8:30. Firsttime guests are surprised at the array of fresh fruit, egg dishes, heart shaped scones and pastries that they have to choose from. John said that some of their return guests laugh and say that their B & B is closer to a “bed and brunch” as most of them will skip over lunch out of necessity. Judy prepares all the morning meals herself from scratch, often times using herbs from John’s homegrown herb garden on the back patio. If guests aren’t tempted down the stairs by the wonderful aromas coming from the kitchen, then they are certainly drawn by the tunes being played by John on the piano. Much nicer than the harsh tone of an alarm clock, guests can instead hear Morning

Has Broken or Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ played by their host, who clearly has a sense of humor. Each of the five rooms of the inn has its own theme. There is the Apple Room, the Cherry Room, Minnie’s Room, the Heart Room and the Garden Room. All rooms have a private bath and a queen-sized bed, except for the Garden Room which has a king-sized bed that can also be converted into two twin beds. The Garden Room also features a private entrance and patio. The Garden Room and Minnie’s Room are located on the first floor of the inn, while the others are on the second floor. Also on the second floor is another cozy area where guests can curl up

on the couch or play games at the game table. This loft area opens to a patio and to yet another fantastic view of the gardens. All of the rooms and common areas are further enhanced by wireless Internet access. Guests can also relax on the full deck in back or in the attached gazebo. Just beyond the deck is a small walking path where guests can stroll along; most of them take the time to search for rocks to add to Woodenheart’s idea of a guest book. Guests leave signed rocks behind with little messages for John and Judy. They have now amassed a collection totaling in the hundreds. The rocks range in shape and size, though the guests can get pretty competitive

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rush hour involves a casual stroll on the pier Whatever your vacation needs, it’s all here, from skiing to sunning to creative cuisine. There’s wildlife and nightlife too. Give us a call or drop by our website. And discover a new destination for your next vacation.

GordonLodge.com | tel. 920-839-2331 | Baileys Harbor, WI

Relax & Refresh about finding heart shaped rocks. Prior to owning the Woodenheart for the past five years, John and Judy owned an inn in Georgia, where they had planned to eventually retire. They were drawn back to the Midwest to be closer to family and to Door County as it was one of their own favorite places to visit. Every once in a while Judy admits to saying, “Y’all come back now,” yet she still prefers to be living here in her native Wisconsin. No matter what the accent, the sentiment is still the same. And people do keep coming back again and again. For example, Dave and Marilyn from Cedar Rapids, Iowa sign the same rock year after year. In

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2003, they wrote, “Thanks for opening your home and hearts.” They added the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 on their subsequent visits and also wrote, “We really feel like family and we will be back.” John and Judy are proud of their record of repeat visitors. John explained, “We really like spending time with our guests. For the most part, they are our social life. It’s not surprising that they become friends.” Sometimes their friends want to catch up; sometimes they want to relax on their own. John and Judy can sense what their guests are looking for and anticipate their needs, the most important attributes of an innkeeper.

Awaken to the sound of waves lapping the shore. Linger over breakfast as the morning light glistens on the water. Kayak the harbor, bike to a lighthouse. Fifteen guest rooms each with in-room whirlpool, fireplace, balcony & a view of the harbor. Romance & relaxation are yours! Visit our website for honeymoon packages and virtual tours. On the shore of Baileys Harbor Door County, Wisconsin

1-800-769-8619

www.theblacksmithinn.com

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Door County’s • • • STAYING IN DOOR COUNTY

Lodging guide

Sturgeon Bay Along The Beach B & B

3122 Lake Forest Park Road (920) 746-0476 Bed & Breakfast $105 - $135 Amenities: Cable, Full Breakfast, Waterfront

AmericInn Lodge & Suites of Sturgeon Bay

622 S Ashland Ave (920) 743-5898 Hotel/Motel $59-$175 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Cable/ Movies, Smoke Free, Indoor Pool, Sauna, Pets With Approval, Meeting Rooms

The Barbican

132 N 2nd Ave (920) 743-4854 Bed & Breakfast $115-$220 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Cable/ Movies

Bay Shore Inn

4205 Bay Shore Dr (920) 743-4551 Resort $79-$309 Amenities: Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Waterfront, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Tennis, Boating, Fishing, Playground, Bike Trails, Meeting Rooms

Beach Harbor Resort

3662 N Duluth Ave (920) 743-3191 Resort/Hotel/Motel $69-$210 Amenities: Smoke Free, Waterfront/Beach, Jet Ski & Bike Rentals, Cottages & Rooms

Black Walnut Guest House

454 N 7th Ave (920) 743-8892 Bed & Breakfast $135 - $145 Amenities: Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Smoke Free

Bridgeport Resort

50 W Larch St (920) 746-9919 Resort $69-$299 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Limited Food Service, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, High-Speed Internet, Smoke Free, Waterfront/ Beach, Wheelchair Accessible,

Fitness Center, Outdoor Pool, Indoor Pool/ Water Park, Sauna, Tennis, Fishing

The Chadwick Inn

25 N 8th Ave (920) 743-2771 Bed & Breakfast $110-$135 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Movies

Chal A Motel

3910 Hwy 42/57 (920) 743-6788 Hotel/Motel $34-$64 Amenities: Non-Smoking Rooms, Museum

Chanticleer Guest House

4072 Cherry Rd (920) 746-0334 Bed & Breakfast $120-$275 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Continental Breakfast

Cherry Hills Lodge & Golf Course

5905 Dunn Rd (920) 743-4222 Resort $89-$155 Amenities: Restaurant, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free, Outdoor Pool, Golf Course, AAA Official Appointment Program Member

The Cliff Dwellers

3540 N Duluth Ave (920) 743-4260 Resort $75-$190 Amenities: Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Waterfront, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Tennis, Boating, Fishing, Bike Trails, Cottages & Rooms

Colonial Gardens B & B

344 N 3rd Ave (920) 746-9192 Bed & Breakfast $100-$175 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Full Breakfast

Comfort Inn

923 Green Bay Rd (920) 743-7846 Hotel/Motel $89-$145 Amenities: Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Internet, Indoor Pool, Microwaves & Refrigerators

Garden Gate B & B 434 N 3rd Ave

(920) 743-9618 Bed & Breakfast $50-$120 Amenities: Full Breakfast, Cable/ DVD/CD, Smoke Free

Glidden Lodge Beach Resort 4676 Glidden Dr (920) 746-3900 Resort $140-$375 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Waterfront/Beach, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Sauna, Tennis, Meeting Rooms

Hearthside Inn B & B

2136 Taube Rd (920) 746-2136 Bed & Breakfast $65-$750 Amenities: Full Breakfast, TV/VCR, Country Dance Barn

Holiday Motel

29 N 2nd Ave (920) 743-5571 Hotel/Motel $39-$70 Amenities: Continental Breakfast, Refrigerators, Cable, Pets with Approval

The Inn At Cedar Crossing

336 Louisiana St (920) 743-4200 Bed & Breakfast $75 - $190 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Restaurant, Continental Breakfast Cable/Movies, Smoke Free

Inn The Pines

3750 Bay Shore Dr (920) 743-9319 Bed & Breakfast $120 - $150 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Continental Breakfast, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free

Leathem Smith Lodge

1640 Memorial Dr (920) 743-5555 Resort $67-$210 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Continental Breakfast, Cable/ Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Waterfront, Outdoor Pool, Tennis, Boating, Fishing, Golf, Playground, Meeting Rooms

Little Harbor Inn

5100 Bay Shore Dr (920) 743-3789 Bed & Breakfast $120 - $175 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Smoke Free, Waterfront

Lodging facilities are listed in alphabetical order by town. Information is subject to change. We encourage readers to contact these establishments for more specific information. Inclusion in this directory should not be considered an unqualified endorsement by Door County Living. Innkeepers are encouraged to e-mail us with up-to-date information at: lodging@doorcountyliving.com. The Pembrooke Inn

410 N 4th St (920) 746-9776 Bed & Breakfast $80-$120 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free

Quiet Cottage B & B

4608 Glidden Dr (920) 743-4526 Bed & Breakfast $180-$225 Amenities: Full Breakfast TV/VCR/ DVD/CD, High Speed Internet

The Reynolds House B & B

111 S 7th Ave (920) 746-9771 Bed & Breakfast $69 - $160 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Smoke Free

Sand Bay Beach Resort & Suites

3798 Sand Bay Point Rd (920) 743-5731 Resort $85-$299 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Kitchen or Snack Bar, Indoor Pool, Sauna, Game Room, Fish Cleaning Facilities, Coin Operated Laundry, Meeting Facilities, Library Lounge

Sawyer House B & B

101 S Lansing Ave (920) 746-1640 Bed & Breakfast $90-$200 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Breakfast, TV/CD

Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, NonSmoking Rooms, Waterfront, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Boating, Bike Trails, Hiking Trails, Snow Shoeing, Meeting Rooms, Business Traveler Services

Stroh Haus B & B

608 Kentucky St (920) 743-2286 Bed & Breakfast $60 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Breakfast, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Wedding Garden, Gathering Room

Westwood Shores Waterfront Resort

4303 Bay Shore Dr (920) 746-4057 Resort $79-$289 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Waterfront, Wheelchair Accessible, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Boating, Fishing, ATV Trails, Snowmobiling, Meeting Rooms, Business Traveler Services

White Lace Inn

16 N 5th Ave (920) 743-1105 Bed & Breakfast $70 - $135 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Breakfast, Cable/Movies, Wheelchair Accessible

Scofield House B & B

White Pines Victorian Lodge

Snug Harbor Resort

Egg Harbor

908 Michigan St (920) 743-7727 Bed & Breakfast $84 - $220 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Cable/ Movies, Smoke Free 1627 Memorial Dr (920) 743-2337 Resort $50-$169 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Waterfront, Boating, Fishing, Water Skiing, Playground, Cottages & Rooms, Pets With Approval

Stone Harbor Resort & Conference Center 107 N 1st Ave (920) 746-0700 Resort $99-$501

114 N 7th Ave (920) 746-8264 Bed & Breakfast $70-$225 Amenities: Fireplace, Full Breakfast, Cable

Alpine Resort

7715 Alpine Rd (920) 868-3000 Resort $70-$186 Amenities: Restaurant, Lounge/ Bar, Kitchen Facilities, NonSmoking Rooms, Waterfront/ Beach, Outdoor Pool, Tennis, Boating, Fishing, Golf Course, Playground, Bike Trails, Hiking Trails, Cottages & Rooms, Meeting Rooms

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STAYING IN DOOR COUNTY • • • The Ashbrooke

7942 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3113 Resort $99-$210 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Sauna

Bay Point Inn

7933 Hwy 42 (800) 707-6660 Resort $225-$259 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Continental Breakfast, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/ Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Waterfront, Meeting Rooms

Cape Cod Motel

7682 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3271 Hotel/Motel $69-$79 Amenities: TV/ Movies, Refrigerator, Playground

The Cornerstone Suites

6960 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3005 Resort $130-$220 Amenities: Whirlpool, Full kitchen, Deck

Door County Lighthouse Inn B&B

4639 Orchard Rd (920) 868-9088 Bed & Breakfast $105-$175 Amenities: Whirlpool, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Private Deck

Egg Harbor Lodge

7965 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3115 Resort $100-$325 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Non-Smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Tennis

The Feathered Star 6202 Hwy 42

(920) 743-4066 Bed & Breakfast $110-$130 Amenities: Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, TV/VCR, Refrigerator, Wheelchair Accessible, Pets Allowed

The Landing

7741 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3282 Resort $61-$233 Amenities: Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Tennis, Playground, Bike Trails, Snowmobiling

Lull-Abi Inn of Egg Harbor

7928 Egg Harbor Rd (866) 251-0749 Hotel/Motel $49-$159 Amenities: Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Bike Trail

Mariner Motel & Cottages

7505 Mariner Rd (920) 868-3131 Resort $60-$140 Amenities: Kitchen Facilities, Smoke Free, Outdoor Pool, Waterfront/Beach, Walking Trails, Bikes, Canoes and Row Boats, Cottages & Rooms

Shallows Resort

7353 Horseshoe Bay Rd (920) 868-3458 Resort $65-$350 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, High-Speed Internet, Non-Smoking Rooms, Waterfront, Outdoor Pool, Tennis, Boating, Fishing, Playground, Bike Trails, Cottages & Rooms, Pets With Approval, AAA Official Appointment Program Member

Shipwrecked Brew Pub & Inn 7791 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2767 Bed & Breakfast $69 - $129 Amenities: Restaurant, NonSmoking Rooms

Jacksonport Innlet Motel

6259 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2499 Hotel/Motel $50-$150 Amenities: Whirlpool, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Cable/Movies, NonSmoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Snowmobiling

Blacksmith Inn

Baileys Harbor Baileys Harbor Ridges Resort & Lakeview Suite

8252 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2127 Resort $52-$210 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Playground, Bike Trails, Hiking Trails, Snow Shoeing, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Cottages & Rooms, Meeting Rooms, Pets with Approval

Baileys Harbor Yacht Club Resort

8151 Ridges Rd (920) 839-2336 Resort $79-$249 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Waterfront, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Boating, Fishing, Tennis, Playground, Bike Trails

Square Rigger Lodge & Galley

Baileys Sunset Motel & Cottages

7573 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3884 Resort $130-$350 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Indoor/Outdoor Aquatic Center, Exercise Room, Recreation Center

6332 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2404 Hotel/Motel $75-$250 Amenities: Whirlpool, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Waterfront/ Beach, Sauna, Cottages & Rooms

Newport Resort

Whitefish Bay Farm

Beachfront Inn at Baileys Harbor

Meadow Ridge

7888 Church St (920) 868-9900 Resort $79-$257 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, HighSpeed Internet, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Meeting Rooms

3831 Clark Lake Rd (920) 743-1560 Bed & Breakfast $89 - $99 Amenities: Full Breakfast, Smoke Free

8404 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2218 Resort $38-$120 Amenities: Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Playground, Hiking Trails, Cottages & Rooms

8040 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2345 Hotel/Motel $60-$150 Amenities: Continental Breakfast, In-Room Coffee, TV, Internet, Non-Smoking Rooms, Waterfront/ Beach, Indoor Pool/Water Park, Sauna, Pets with Approval

8152 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9222 Bed & Breakfast $115-$275 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast

Garden Inn

8076 Guy St (920) 839-2617 Hotel/Motel $65-$75 Amenities: Tea & Coffee, Color TV, Boat Parking

Gordon Lodge Resort

1420 Pine Dr (920) 839-2331 Resort $130-$250 Amenities: Whirlpool, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Cable/Movies, Waterfront/Beach, Fitness Center, Outdoor Pool, Boating, Fishing, Tennis

The Inn at Windmill Farm

3829 Fairview Rd (920) 868-9282 Bed & Breakfast $110-$125 Amenities: Fireplace & Library, Full Breakfast, Smoke Free

Journey’s End Motel

8271 Journey’s End Ln (920) 839-2887 Hotel/Motel $50-$150 Amenities: Fireplace, Kitchen Facilities, Limited Food Service, Non-Smoking Rooms, Cottages & Rooms, Pets With Approval

Maxwelton Braes Golf Resort

7670 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2321 Resort $80-$115 Amenities: Whirlpool, Restaurant, Bar/Lounge, Outdoor Pool, Golf Course, Banquet Hall, Cottages & Rooms

Nelson Lakeview Motel 8120 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2864

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STAYING IN DOOR COUNTY Hotel/Motel $2800-$3800 (weekly) Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen, Waterfront/Beach, NonSmoking Rooms, Steamroom, Library, Washer/Dryer

The New Yardley Inn

Hotel/Motel $69-$325 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Outdoor Pool, Cottages & Rooms

Evergreen Hill Condominium

3360 County E (920) 839-9487 Bed & Breakfast $105-$150 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Breakfast

3932 Evergreen Road (800) 686-6621 Resort $89-$204 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Kitchen, Cable/Movies/VCR, Smoke Free, Indoor Pool

Orphan Annie’s

Fish Creek Motel & Cottages

7254 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9156 Hotel/Motel $95-$125 Amenities: Kitchen Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free

The Rushes Resort

Western Shore of Kangaroo Lake (920) 839-2730 Resort $139-$295 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Waterfront, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Boating, Fishing, Tennis, Cross Country Skiing, Playground

9479 Spruce St (920) 868-3448 Hotel/Motel $58-$175 Amenities: Complimentary Coffee, Cable, Water View, Cottages & Rooms

Harbor Guest House

9480 Spruce St (920) 868-2284 Resort $115-$275 Amenities: Fireplaces, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Waterfront, Boating, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling

Hilltop Inn

7950 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2016 Hotel/Motel $90-$120 Amenities: Microwave, Refrigerator, Water View

Hwy 42 & County F (920) 868-3556 Resort $79-$199 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Restaurant, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling

Fish Creek

Homestead Suites

Square Rigger Harbor

Hwy 42 & F (920) 868-3525 Resort $52 - $250 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, High-Speed Internet, Indoor Pool, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Cottages & Rooms

4006 Hwy 42 (800) 686-6621 Resort $75-$189 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Continental Breakfast, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/ Movies, Smoke Free, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Playground, Meeting Rooms

Beowulf Lodge

Julie’s Park Café & Motel

AppleCreek Resort

3775 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2046 Resort $55-$155 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Indoor Pool, Tennis, Playground, Bike Trails, Hiking Trails, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling

By-The-Bay Motel

Hwy 42 (920) 868-3456 Hotel/Motel $59-$155 Amenities: Smoke Free, Water View

Cedar Court Inn 9429 Cedar St (920) 868-3361

4020 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2999 Hotel/Motel $49-$71 Amenities: Restaurant, Cable, Smoke Free, Pets Allowed, Trailer Parking

Little Sweden Vacation Resort

Hwy 42 (920) 743-7225 Resort $175-$350 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Fitness Center, Outdoor Pool, Indoor Pool, Sauna, Tennis, Playground, Bike Trails, Hiking Trails, Snow Shoeing, Cross Country Skiing

Main Street Motel 4209 Main St (920) 868-2201

Hotel/Motel $49-$96 Amenities: Cable, Themed Rooms

Peninsula Park-View Resort

W3397 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2633 Resort $49-$199 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, HighSpeed Internet, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Outdoor Pool, Cottages & Rooms

Settlement Courtyard Inn

9126 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3524 Resort $72-$224 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Continental Breakfast, Kitchen Facilities, Lounge/Bar, Cable/Movies, High-Speed Internet, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free, Outdoor Pool, Bike Trails, Hiking Trails, Snow Shoeing, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling

Thorp House Inn & Cottages 4135 Bluff Ln (920) 868-2444 Bed & Breakfast $75-$215 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Breakfast, TV/VCR, Cottages, Rooms & Beach House

The Whistling Swan Hotel

4192 Main St (920) 868-3442 Bed & Breakfast $135 - $185 Amenities: Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Continental Breakfast, Cable/ Movies, High-Speed Internet, Smoke Free

White Gull Inn

4225 Main St (920) 868-3517 Bed & Breakfast $136-$265 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Breakfast, Restaurant, Cable/ Movies, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible

Ephraim Bay Breeze Resort

9844 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9066 Resort $53-$169 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Waterfront/Beach, Outdoor Pool, Cottages & Rooms

Eagle Harbor Inn

9914 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2121 Bed & Breakfast $69-$237 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Kitchen Facilities, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Sauna, Meeting Rooms

Edgewater Resort

10040 Water Street (920) 854-2734 Resort $65-$295 Amenities: Whirlpool, Restaurant, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Waterfront/ Beach, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Cottages & Rooms, Meeting Rooms

Ephraim Guest House

3042 Cedar St (920) 854-2319 Resort $75-$185 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free

The Ephraim Inn

Smoke Free, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Meeting Rooms

The Hillside Inn of Ephraim

9980 Hwy 42 (866) 673-8456 Bed & Breakfast $190-$275 Amenities: Fireplace, Continental Breakfast, TV/DVD, CD, Internet

The Juniper Inn B & B

N9432 Maple Grove Dr (920) 839-2629 Bed & Breakfast $85 - $195 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Breakfast, TV/VCR

Lodgings at Pioneer Lane

9994 Pioneer Lane (920) 854-4515 Bed & Breakfast $110-$195 Amenities: Full Breakfast, Smoke Free

9996A Pioneer Lane (800) 588-3565 Hotel/Motel $65-$175 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible

Ephraim Motel

Pine Grove Motel

10407 Hwy 42 (920) 854-5959 Hotel/Motel $45-$95 Amenities: Continental Breakfast, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Outdoor Pool, Playground

Ephraim Shores

10080 Hwy 42 (800) 292-9494 Hotel/Motel $91-$108 Amenities: Whirlpool, Cable/ Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Waterfront/ Beach, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool

10018 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2371 Resort $75-$210 Amenities: Whirlpool, Restaurant, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Waterfront/Beach, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Playground

Somerset Inn

Evergreen Beach Resort

Spruce Lane Lodge

9944 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2831 Resort $75-$140 Amenities: Cable/Movies, NonSmoking Rooms, Waterfront/ Beach, Outdoor Pool, Playground

French Country Inn of Ephraim 3052 Spruce Lane (920) 854-4001 Bed & Breakfast $65-$100 Amenities: Fireplace, Breakfast, Smoke Free, Common Area

Harbor View Resort

9971 S Dane St (920) 854-2425 Resort $130-$185 Amenities: Fireplace, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Cottages & Rooms

High Point Inn

10386 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9773 Resort $80-$328 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies,

10401 Hwy 42 (920) 854-1819 Resort $59-$169 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool 3038 Spruce Lane (920) 854-7380 Hotel/Motel Amenities: Studio Suites with Kitchen

Trollhaugen Lodge

10176 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2713 Hotel/Motel $49-$149 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Continental Breakfast, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/ Movies, Smoke Free, Cottages & Rooms, AAA Official Appointment Program Member

Village Green Lodge

Cedar Street (920) 854-2515 Bed & Breakfast $85-$170 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Continental Breakfast, Cable /Movies, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Outdoor Pool

Waterbury Inn 10321 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2821

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STAYING IN DOOR COUNTY Resort $85-$187 Amenities: Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Playground, Snowmobiling

Sister Bay Birchwood Lodge

337 Hwy 57 (920) 854-7195 Resort $79-$219 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Fitness Center, Outdoor Pool, Indoor Pool, Sauna, Tennis, Snowmobiling, Meeting Rooms

Bluffside Motel

403 Bluffside Ln (920) 854-2530 Hotel/Motel $39-$150 Amenities: Coffee & Doughnuts, Cable/TV, Refrigerator

Century Farm Motel

10068 Hwy 57 (920) 854-4069 Hotel/Motel Amenities: Pets Allowed

Church Hill Inn

425 Gateway Dr (920) 854-4885 Resort $65-$174 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Full Breakfast, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Fitness Center, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Meeting Rooms

Coachlite Inn of Sister Bay

830 S Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-5503 Hotel/Motel $45-$125 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Continental Breakfast, Cable/Movies, NonSmoking Rooms

Country House Resort

715 N Highland Rd (920) 854-4551 Resort $70-$330 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Limited Food Service, Continental Breakfast, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, High-Speed Internet, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Waterfront, Outdoor Pool, Tennis, Meeting Rooms

Edge of Town Motel

11902 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2012 Hotel/Motel $40-$80 Amenities: Cable/Movies, NonSmoking Rooms, Pets with Approval

Helm’s Four Seasons Resort 414 Mill Rd (920) 854-2356

Resort $70-$260 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Limited Food Service, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Waterfront, Indoor Pool, Fishing, Meeting Rooms

Open Hearth Lodge

Hotel Du Nord

200 Orchard Dr (920) 854-1978 Hotel/Motel $42-$74 Amenities: Restaurant, Cable/ Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Playground

11000 Hwy 42 (920) 854-4221 Resort $130-$200 Amenities: Whirlpool, Restaurant, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Waterfront, Indoor Pool

The Inn At Little Sister Hill

2715 Little Sister Hill Rd (920) 854-2328 Resort $69-$169 Amenities: Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Outdoor Pool, Playground, Bike Trails

Inn On Maple

414 Maple Dr (920) 854-5107 Bed & Breakfast $85 - $115 Amenities: Continental Breakfast, Limited Food Service, Cable/ Movies, Smoke Free

Liberty Park Lodge

11034 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2025 Resort $65-$149 Amenities: Fireplace, Continental Breakfast, Cable TV, Use of Boat Slips, Beach, Game Room, Cottages & Rooms

Little Sister Resort

360 Little Sister Rd (920) 854-4013 Resort $75-$165 Amenities: Fireplace, Limited Food Service, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Waterfront, Tennis, Boating, Fishing, Playground, Bike Trails, Cottages & Rooms, Meeting Rooms

Moore Property Services

949 Cardinal Ct (920) 854-1900 Resort $120-$455 Amenities: Kitchen Facilities, Cable/TV, Non-Smoking Units, Waterview, Indoor Pool, Tennis, Washer/Dryer, Dock

Nordic Lodge

2721 Nordic Dr (920) 854-5432 Resort $60-$160 Amenities: Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Indoor Pool, Bike Trails, Cottages & Rooms

1109 S Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-4890 Resort/Hotel/Motel $59-$125 Amenities: Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Cable/Movies, NonSmoking Rooms, Indoor Pool

Patio Motel

Pheasant Park Resort

130 Park Ln. (920) 854-7287 Resort $88-$274 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Kitchen, Smoke Free, Outdoor Pool, Indoor Pool, Exercise Facilities, Game Room, Children’s Play Area, Conference Room

Scandinavian Lodge

264 Hwy 57 (920) 854-7123 Resort $90-$260 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Sauna, Tennis, Playground, Bike Trails, Meeting Rooms

Sweetbriar B & B

102 Orchard Dr (920) 854-7504 Bed & Breakfast $130-$200 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible

Village View Motel

414 Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-2813 Hotel/Motel $41-$90 Amenities: Continental Breakfast, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms

Voyager Inn

232 Hwy 57 (920) 854-4242 Hotel/Motel $55-$95 Amenities: Whirlpool, Cable/ Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Sauna

Woodenheart Inn

11086 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9097 Bed & Breakfast $85-$129 Amenities: Fireplace, Full Breakfast, TV

Ellison Bay Anderson’s Retreat

12621 Woodland Drive (920) 854-2746 Resort Amenities: Swimming Pool, Fishing, Outdoor activities

Cedar Grove Resort

P.O. Box 73 (920) 854-2006 Resort $275-$2350 Amenities: Full Kitchen, Beach, Tennis, Boat Slip Rental, Exercise Room, Playground

Hillside Inn of Ellison Bay

Hwy 42 (920) 854-2928 Hotel/Motel $38-$70 Amenities: Continental Breakfast, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible

Hotel Disgarden B & B

12013 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9888 Bed & Breakfast $65 - $125 Amenities: Continental Breakfast, TV/VCR, Smoke Free, Waterfront

Maple Grove Motel of Gills Rock

809 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2587 Hotel/Motel $65-$85 Amenities: Non-Smoking Rooms, Pets with Approval

The Parkside Inn

11946 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9050 Hotel/Motel $59 - $79 Amenities: Continental Breakfast, TV/VCR

Wagon Trail Resort & Conference Center

1041 Hwy ZZ (920) 854-2385 Resort $59-$359 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Restaurant, Kitchen Facilities, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Waterfront, Fitness Center, Indoor Pool, Sauna, Tennis, Boating, Fishing, Playground, Bike Trails, Hiking Trails, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Cottages & Rooms, Meeting Rooms

Sauna, Bike Rental, Boat Ramp, Pets Allowed, Cottages & Rooms

On The Rocks Cliffside Lodge 849 Wisconsin Bay Road (888) 840-4162 Hotel/Motel $305 - $775 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Full Kitchen, TV/VCR, Waterview

Shoreline Waterfront Motel

12747 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2606 Hotel/Motel $59-$119 Amenities: Continental Breakfast, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Smoke Free, Waterfront

Washington Island Bitter End Motel

1201 Main Rd. (920) 847-2496 Hotel/Motel Amenities: Refrigerator, Microwave, Restaurant

Deer Run Golf Course and Resort

Main & Michigan Roads (920) 847-2017 Resort $69-$99 Amenities: Continental Breakfast, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Cable/ Movies, Smoke Free, Golf Course

Dor Cros Inn

Lobdell’s Pt Rd & Main Rd (920) 847-2126 Resort $70-$143 Amenities: Kitchenettes, Grills, Cabins & Rooms

The Townliner

1929 Townline Rd (920) 847-2422 Hotel/Motel $60-$110 Amenities: Kitchen, Refrigerator, TV

Washington Hotel, Restaurant & Culinary School W14 N354 Range Line Rd (920) 847-2169 Bed & Breakfast $119-$159 Amenities: Fireplace, Continental Breakfast, Restaurant, Kitchen Facilities, Cooking School

Gills Rock Harbor House Inn

12666 Hwy 42 (920) 854-5196 Bed & Breakfast $69-$199 Amenities: Fireplace, Whirlpool, Continental Breakfast, Refrigerator, Microwave, Gas Grill, Satellite TV,

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Gills Rock. This exceptional log home represents the finest in traditional construction & innovative design. 20 acres of pristine forest, 750’ of shorefront, Island views. $3,595,000

SUNSETS AND WATERVIEWS

Sevastopol. Gracious 5 bedroom, 3 bath home with spectacular water views & exceptional design. Each room is more inviting than the last. Walls of windows, two decks. $975,000

LUNDBERG WOODS

Fish Creek. Exceptional waterview home in Lundberg Woods. Enjoy privacy, seclusion, and all the conveniences of a lovely nearly-new three bedroom, 3.5 bath home. $695,000

4086 HWY 42/PO Box 100 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-2373 (800) 968-2373 www.doorrealty.com

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Sturgeon Bay. Distinctive five bedroom home on 132’ of shoreline. 90’ permanent dock. Luxuriously appointed with spectacular curved staircase and marble floors. $850,000

LOG HOME ON 43+ ACRES

Sturgeon Bay. Authentic cedar log and mortar chinked home, nestled into 43.44 acres. Three bedrooms, kitchen with fireplace, 3-car garage plus a stable with 9’ ash beams. $549,000

ACCESS TO SANDY BEACH

Sevastopol. Very comfortable 3 bedroom home featuring vaulted ceilings, beautiful feature windows, hardwood flooring, and a 3-season sunroom. Deeded beach access. $485,000

MOMUMENT BLUFF PASS

Egg Harbor. Outstanding custom-built home on private road, with beautiful Green Bay water views. Four bedrooms, 2.5 baths, walk-out lower level. Immaculate condition. $895,000

MAJESTIC COUNTRY MANOR

Sevastopol. Waterview Home! Striking 4 bedroom estate. Impeccable design, unique architectural features, and extraordinary Green Bay water views. Waterfall courtyard. $1,299,000

EXCLUSIVE CROW’S NEST ESTATES

Sister Bay. Fine architectural details define this three bedroom unit set within a woodland bluff and overlooking the water. Many upgrades. Tram provides access to water. $975,000

30 N. 18th Ave., Building 9 Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-8881 (800) 279-3080 www.doorrealty.com

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