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of Supervisors that had been filled by Dan Austad, who had served for a total 40 years before deciding not to run for re-election. D.a. FiTZGEralD SO LONG TO OUTGOING COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS

Door County – Dan austad is the second longest-serving supervisor to have served on the Door County Board of Supervisors, and a resolution adopted by the board april 23 thanked him for his service. austad served 10 years from 1978-1988, and then again from 1994 through april 2024, when he decided not to run for re-election. During his tenure, he served on numerous committees and also in leadership roles: as chair of the board from 2012- 2016, and vice chair from 1982-1988, and again from 2004-2012.

Two men ran in the april 2 election to fill austad’s District 9 seat that serves Wards

A couple of photos from events this week with an Earth-Day twist, in celebration of our own particular history of conservation and community (Ridge and Swale), and our specific experiences and concerns about caring for the land (“The Big Stink”)

“The Big Stink: Manure Management and Water Quality in Door County,” packed the house at Crossroads at Big Creek on Tuesday, April 23. Virge Temme, chair of the League of Women Voters of Door County natural resources committee, moderated a panel of experts from all sides of the manure-spreading issue – two farmers, two regulators, one person on well-water quality and another on clean water advocacy. The panelists gave an overview of how and why they do what they do to protect our water. A copy of the League’s report on the research leading to the panel will be published this summer. D.a. FiTZGEralD

Earlier in the week, 350 Gibraltar students in grades six through 12 watched Ridge and Swale at the Door Community Auditorium, a two-part documentary released last year by Peninsula Filmworks that tells the story of how the Door County community has worked and continues to work on preserving and maintaining its natural beauty and heritage.The showing was courtesy of the Friends of Gibraltar and the Gibraltar Ecology Club. SUBmiTTED

4-6 within the City of Sturgeon Bay. Voters

elected ryan Shaw over Jon Kruse. Who was the longest-serving supervisor when the Peninsula Pulse asked after the meeting? Norman Herlache, who served 44 years, said County Clerk Jill lau, from 19401986.

Other supervisors who elected not to run in april were also recognized and thanked on Tuesday: David lienau, who served 14 years since 2010, serving District 19 constituents in parts of liberty Grove, Sister Bay, Baileys Harbor and Ephraim (prior to redistricting, he represented District 20, which served the Village of Sister Bay and a Ward in liberty Grove). He also served as chair of the board from 2016-2024, and vice chair from 20122016.

alexis Heim peter, who served for fourand-a-half years to serve District 10 in the city’s Wards 3, 19 and 20, chose not to run for re-election, as did rodney Beardsley, who served for two-and-a-half years for Wards 7 and 10 in the city.

lienau’s seat was filled by write-in candidate patrick Voight; peter’s seat was filled by newcomer phillip rockwell, who ran uncontested; and Beardsley’s seat was filled by write-in candidate Collin Jeanquart.

CITY TO LOOK INTERNALLY FOR FIRE CHIEF

Sturgeon Bay – The city’s police and Fire Commission agreed last week to post the position for Sturgeon Bay’s fire chief internally for Sturgeon Bay Fire Department personnel to apply, said commission chair Wayne Spritka.

The city won’t be using a human resources firm to help select someone for the position, he said, which is now held on an interim basis by assistant chief Kalin montevideo, who the commission appointed on Feb. 5 for a period of up to six months.

Spritka said the commission had been holding off moving forward on a permanent hire pending a revision of the fire chief’s job description, which the Common Council

The Big Stink Ridge and Swale

postage increases, and drastic declines in the postal industry, which employs nearly 8 million people and produces $1.9 trillion of annual economic activity.”

Despite Congress passing bipartisan legislation and appropriating additional funds that took USpS from $9.2 billion in losses in 2020 to a one-time spike in net income to $57 billion in 2022, leadership at USpS has continued to increase postage rates, the senators said. Since 2022, the price of First-Class stamps increased from 60 cents to

68 cents, with an additional 5-cent increase announced for this July. From 2022 to 2023, USpS saw the largest drop in First-Class mail in 10 years, greater even than during the COViD-19 pandemic.

Baldwin and the senators have asked the Board of Governors “to step in before more harm is caused.”

The full letter is available at https://tinyurl.

SOD COMING SOON FOR BAILEYS MARINA PARK

DOOR COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES

Those municipalities that publish their public notices with us are indicated below with “PN.”

COUNTY OF DOOR, POP. 30,066- PN co.door.wi.gov

920.746.2200

County Board meets 4th Tuesday of month

Cty Clerk: Jill Lau

jlau@co.door.wi.us

TOWN OF BAILEYS HARBOR, POP. 1,223 - PN admin@baileysharbor.gov

920.839.9509

Town Board meets 2nd Monday of month

Clerk: Haley Adams admin@townofbaileysharborwi.gov

TOWN OF BRUSSELS, POP. 1,125 - PN townofbrussels.com

920.825.7618

Town Board meets 2nd Wednesday of month

Clerk: JoAnn Neinas clerk.townofbrussels@gmail.com

TOWN OF CLAY BANKS, POP. 385 tn.claybanks.wi.gov

920.493.7383

Town Board meets 2nd Monday of month

Clerk: Jessica Bongle townofclaybanks@gmail.com

TOWN OF EGG HARBOR, POP. 1,458 townofeggharbor.org 920.743.6141

Town Board meets 3rd Monday of month

Clerk: Pam Krauel clerk@townofeggharbor.org

VILLAGE OF EGG HARBOR, POP, 358 - PN villageofeggharbor.org

920.868.3334

Village Board meets 2nd Monday of month

Clerk: Lynn Ohnesorge lohnesorge@villageofeggharbor.org

VILLAGE OF EPHRAIM, POP. 345 - PN ephraim-wisconsin.com

920.854.5501

Village board meets 2nd Tuesday of month

Clerk/Treasurer: Andrea Collak acollak@ephraim-wisconsin.com

TOWN OF FORESTVILLE, POP. 1,063 - PN forestvilletown.com

920.856.6551

1364 Mill Road, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Town board meets 3rd Monday of month

Clerk: Theresa Tlachac clerk@forestvilletown.wi.gov

VILLAGE OF FORESTVILLE, POP. 482 villageofforestville.com

920.536.3181

Village board meets 3rd Monday of month

Clerk: Tiffany Dufek villageclerk@centurylink.net

TOWN OF GARDNER, POP. 1,218 - PN townofgardner.org

920.825.1137

Town board meets 2nd Wednesday of month

Clerk: Amy Sacotte togclerk@townofgardnerwi.gov

TOWN OF GIBRALTAR, POP. 1,228- PN gibraltarwi.gov 920.868.1714

Town board meets 1st Wednesday of month

Clerk: Cyndi Gutschow clerk@gibraltarwi.gov

TOWN OF JACKSONPORT, POP. 878 - PN jacksonportwi.gov

920.823.8136

Town board meets 4th Tuesday of month

Clerk/Treasurer: Colleen Huberty clerk@jacksonportwi.gov

TOWN OF LIBERTY GROVE, POP. 2096 - PN libertygrove.org 920.854.2934

Town board meetings 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of month

Clerk/Treasurer: Pam Donart tlibertygrove@gmail.com

TOWN OF NASEWAUPEE, POP. 1,984 -PN townofnasewaupee.com 920.495.0920

Town board meets 3rd Thursday of month

Meetings: 3388 Cty PD

Clerk: Jill Lau, interim clerk clerk@townofnasewapeewi.gov

TOWN OF SEVASTOPOL, POP. 2,826 - PN townofsevastopol.com

920.746.1230

Town board meets on the 3rd Monday of month

Clerk/Treasurer: Amy M. Flok office@townofsevastopolwi.gov

VILLAGE OF SISTER BAY, POP. 1,148 - PN sisterbaywi.gov 920.854.4118

Village board meets 3rd Tuesday of month

Clerk: Heidi Teich info@sisterbaywi.gov

CITY OF STURGEON BAY, POP. 9,646 - PN sturgeonbaywi.org 920.746.2900

Common Council meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday of month

Clerk: Stephanie Reinhardt info@sturgeonbaywi.org

TOWN OF STURGEON BAY, POP. 821 - PN townofsturgeonbay-wi.gov

920-743-3908

Town board meets 2nd Monday of month

Clerk: Nancy Anschutz clerk@townofsturgeonbay-wi.gov

TOWN OF UNION, POP. 1,005 - PN https://townofuniondoorwi.gov/ 920.493.9559

Town board meets 2nd Wednesday of month

Clerk: Beth Hanson clerk@townofuniondoorwi.gov

TOWN OF WASHINGTON, POP. 777 - PN washingtonisland-wi.gov

Town board meets 3rd Wednesday of month Clerk/Treasurer: Alexandria McDonald townoffice@washingtonisland-wi.gov

Check Fire Hazards

Dry Winter and Spring Equal an Elevated Fire-Risk Season

Statewide wildfires this year almost double the 10-year-average

by DEBRA FITZGERALD debra.fitz@ppulse.com

It’s probably one of the worst calls that Katie Krouse, executive director of The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor, could have received – an area resident reported smoke from the direction of The Ridges pickerel ponds along the shores of Moonlight Bay.

“This is a very isolated spot with very poor access, and it was incredibly alarming that there might be a fire back in that area,” she said. “There was a concern that a recent storm had a lightning strike that started a smoldering fire that then began to spread once the winds picked up on Monday. Another concern was that it was human-started.”

The Baileys Harbor Fire Department was dispatched around 4 pm on Monday, April 15.

“We went down Ridges Road and then by Stone Mill Lane to try and narrow it down, and couldn’t find anything,” said Chief Brian Zak. “That’s when I requested a drone.”

The Town of Gibraltar Fire Department responded with its drone, which detected the smoke and pinned the GPS coordinates over the top of a house near the Ridges Appel’s Bluff property. Not only did that help firefighters locate the source quickly, it eliminated the need to disturb natural areas.

“They didn’t have to use the brush hog to make paths to isolated areas to find the fire,” Krouse said.

When firefighters arrived on the scene at the source of the smoke, they found a homeowner having a “campfire,” as Zak said the homeowner called it. But it didn’t have the required metal or stone campfire ring, and amounted to a brush fire surrounded by logs, Zak said. There also wasn’t a burn permit, which would have, among other things, notified the fire department of the potential source before multiple fire departments were dispatched.

“Northeast Wisconsin is in a high fire danger [last week],” Zak said. “Permits are required on a daily basis for burning.”

No harm resulted from the incident, but that’s not the situation across Wisconsin at the height of the state’s fire season – right after the snow melts and prior to vegetation greening up. Usually, the season moves from south to north. This winter’s lack of snowfall has meant no snow cover across the whole state since February, said Catherine Koele, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildfire Prevention specialist.

“So it’s been a busy season – we’ve about doubled the number of fires this year on the 10-year average,” Koele said.

The DNR’s Wildfire Dashboard showed, as of Tuesday, April 23, there have been 560 wildfires this year that have burned 1,095 acres. The 10-year-average is 266 wildfires. The size of the fires has also grown, according to the dashboard, with 47 of this year’s fires larger than five acres, versus 22 larger than five acres over the 10-year-average.

The DNR regulates burning rules and manages wildfires in 43 counties in the state – considered DNR Protection Areas –and Door and Kewaunee counties, and the Fox Valley region – considered Cooperative Areas – are not among those.

“It dates back to the 40s, and historical memos of understanding with towns, and now it’s in statute and code,” Koele said, about the counties the DNR does and does not manage – though billable services are available to all 72 of Wisconsin’s counties.

“Certainly we have the equipment and training and resources anywhere in the state,” Koele said.

Without DNR management, the rules and where to purchase a burn permit differ by Door County municipality.

“It does provide some challenges, and for some of our messaging,” Koele said.

Burn Permits Issued Locally

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages burn permits and regulations for the counties shown in gray. The DNR does not regulate burning in the Cooperative Areas (counties shown in white), which includes Door County. Contact the city, towns or villages, or their fire departments, to learn what the burn permit requirements are in your municipality.

That’s because the DNR does manage fire danger statewide and updates the fire danger risk for all Wisconsin counties based on state-wide weather tools and stations that measure temperature, wind speed and humidity. Foresters on the ground in Door County can also transmit conditions by taking pine-needle samples, for example, and measuring the moisture to know how fires would be burning with the fuel on the ground.

Though the forecast showed rain by the time this issue of the Peninsula Pulse came out (April 26), the DNR asked the public not to burn for two weekends prior due to elevated fire danger after it responded to 122 fires the week of April 15 alone – the most active wildfire week this season.

The DNR said the wildfire season was expected to continue for several more weeks and the fire danger rating for Door County as of April 23 was “high” – meaning wildfires ignite easily, spread rapidly and can be challenging to control.

Even with an approved campfire ring and a burn permit, Zak said it’s important for people to consider these fire danger ratings, and the risk-reward of an outdoor campfire.

“Is it worth having a campfire considering how dry and windy it is,” Zak said.

Not from where Krouse sits, given the Ridges 1,600-plus acres of unspoiled, natural fuels.

“I certainly don’t ever want to receive that phone call again,” Krouse said. “It is a horribly overwhelming situation, and I’m grateful to the Baileys Harbor fire department and all of the departments that came to Baileys Harbor to support this issue.”

County Refuses Discussion on Pride Month Proclamation

by DEBRA FITZGERALD debra.fitz@ppulse.com

t wasn’t on the agenda, April 23, but County Board Supervisor Vinni Chomeau wanted to put it there for May. So she made a motion during the “New Business’’ portion of the County Board of Supervisors Tuesday meeting to have the LGBTQ+ proclamation added on the May County Board agenda.

Any supervisor can ask to bring up a topic under “New Business” if they have asked the county board chair to put the item on the agenda, and the chair does not.

“I thought it was somewhat of a decisive topic for a new county board,” County Board Chair Dave Englebert told the Pulse when asked why he didn’t put it on the agenda.

Chomeau told the Pulse that since the topic didn’t appear on the April agenda – Englebert said if he had put it on the agenda it would have been in May – she put the topic on the floor and it was seconded by District 12 Supervisor Nissa Norton.

“We had limited discussion since it was not on the agenda [officially],” said Ken Pabich, county board administrator, after the meeting.

That limited conversation coming from those opposed to putting the proclamation on the agenda consisted of concerns that the board should not be focusing on the topic at this time, and that the county had just adopted a new flag policy last year and didn’t want to consider LGBTQ issues again so soon, Pabich summarized.

That flag policy, adopted by the board with a 14-7 vote in September 2023, effectively eliminated the possibility of the Pride Flag being flown on county property during June, as it had been over the past three years. The only flags that could be flown on county property according to the new policy were the American flag, State of Wisconsin flag, County of Door flag, POW-MIA flags and military flags.

Chomeau, who represents District 18 in the Town of Gibraltar and Village of Ephraim, had tried to amend that flag policy twice during that 2023 meeting, failing both times to receive the needed support.

“June as Pride Month is recognized on a federal, state and local level in recognition that the LGBTQ community has historically, and presently, experiences discrimination,” she told the Pulse after the April 23 meeting. “Pride Month is a way to support diversity, inclusivity and acceptance. A proclamation takes nothing away from other groups or proclaimed months.”

Chomeau also said it’s their responsibility as elected officials, regardless of individual or religious beliefs, to protect the public good.

“Less harm to the public good is done and more care is given when we lead with acceptance,” Chomeau said. “Acceptance is a key component of community health goals for mental wellness and reducing social isolation.”

Cathy Grier, Open Door Pride chair and founder, sent a letter to the supervisors that was included in their agenda packet with the sample Proclamations that the City of Sturgeon Bay, the Town of Baileys Harbor and the Village of Sister Bay had passed. She asked the supervisors to proclaim June as Open Door Pride Month as the organization prepared for its 8th Pride Festival in Martin Park on June 29, from 10 am – 5 pm.

“I was recently invited to a Women’s History Month reception at the Governor’s residence [March 21],” she wrote. “I am not only proud of the invitation on behalf of Open Door Pride, but to hear first hand the Governor’s commitment to celebrating diversity in Wisconsin.”

She also addressed the board Tuesday during their Public Comment section.

“We are not here asking for you to fly a pride flag, but asking for a proclamation – because words matter,” she said.

The supervisors decided not to put the proclamation on their May meeting, voting down the possibility of the conversation with a 10-8 vote (supervisors Morgan Rusnak, Elizabeth Gauger and Joel Gunnlaugsson were absent).

Those who voted against it were Dave Englebert, Todd Thayse, Roy Englebert, Nancy Robillard, Jeff Miller, Ken Fisher, Phillip Rockwell, Dale Vogel, Patrick Voight and

Bud Kalms. Those who voted in favor were Chomeau and Norton, and Claire Morkin, Collin Jeanquart, Ryan Shaw, Hugh Zettel, David Enigl and Bob Bultman.

“I believe in the democratic process and am glad citizens have had a chance to see how their elected officials voted on their behalf,” Grier said after the meeting when asked for a comment. “Open Door Pride, like other organizations charged with the health and well-being of our citizens and who visit, will continue to strive to bring more love and acceptance for all in our county.”

A Bridge Too Close

by JOHN MIELKE Peninsula Pulse contributor

When a massive container ship struck and demolished the Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore in the early morning hours of March 26, the accident rekindled memories for many in the Door County community, memories that reached back almost 60 years.

Oct. 21, 1960 was a chilly Friday by reported accounts. Fritz Van Duyse was the bridge tender at the Sturgeon Bay Highway Bridge, as it was known then (now the Steel Bridge). He had opened the bridge to allow the Swedish freighter Carlsholm to pass.

As the ship drew closer and struggled to navigate the tricky turn to clear the old Ahnapee and Western Railway Bridge, Van Duyse had a front-row seat for the impending collision. Reports from the Oct. 25, 1960 edition of the Door County Advocate credit Van Duyse with rushing out of the bridgetender’s cabin and shouting at people sitting in their cars to get off the bridge.

The Carlsholm struck the lift mechanism, making it impossible for the bridge to be fully lowered. The Advocate reported that for many years, Sturgeon Bay residents on the west side joked that they were mainlanders and their neighbors on the east side were islanders. In a matter of moments, it was no longer a joke; the east and west sides of Sturgeon Bay might as well have been miles apart.

Before 1931, people and commerce relied on either toll ferries or the railroad bridge – which also served as a toll bridge for pedestrians, visitors, farm equipment and even farm animals – to cross the channel. Construction on the Highway Bridge (Steel Bridge) began in 1929 and it was officially opened in July 1931.

Aft er nearly 30 years, some may have taken the bridge for granted. Once it was no longer operable, its value was quickly recognized. The Advocate reported that not long aft er the bridge was struck, an expectant mother on the west side with a baby on the way needed to get to Memorial Hospital on the east side. Thankfully, a small excursion boat was available and a waiting ambulance did the rest.

Dennis Starr was a sophomore at Sturgeon Bay High School in 1960. He said what had been automatic – getting from one side to the other – now took some thought.

“People had to figure it out; everybody had to adjust,” he said.

Those adjustments began immediately. Oct. 22, 1960, the day aft er the bridge was struck, was Sturgeon Bay High School’s homecoming. Starr lived on the east side, his date on the west side. The football

game was on the east side, the homecoming dinner at Samuelson’s on the west side. Thanks to the Washington Island Ferry Line (WIFL), the game and dinner took place as scheduled.

Richard Purinton, WIFL CEO, said the CG Richter ferry was underway within an hour of the bridge collision. The Voyageur, a 65-foot open-deck ferry that was new in 1960, arrived the following day. That left the Griffin as the remaining ferry servicing Washington Island.

“Arni Richter’s [the ferry lines’ cofounder with his father, Carl] brother-inlaw, attorney Herman Leasum, was also Sturgeon Bay city attorney,” Purinton said. “His initial call to Arni got things started immediately aft er the bridge went out.”

Purinton, who today is retired from daily commitments at WIFL, was just 14 and lived in Sturgeon Bay at the time of the bridge accident.

“Within a few days, as I recall, the two sides of the [bridge] draw were cranked down to a difference of approximately 4 feet,” he said. “A set of wooden steps was installed, which enabled foot traffic to cross. Prior to this innovation, all pedestrian traffic had to cross by ferry, as did vehicles.”

“We hauled nothing but milk trucks all morning long,” he said. Johnson remembered Arni Richter enlisting the help of Great Lakes Captain Doug Foss to pilot the Voyageur. Richter, Dave Lucke and Nathan Gunnlaugsson also served as captains.

As they worked to keep the city and county connected, Johnson said everyone associated with the ferries was treated very well by Sturgeon Bay residents.

“Every night we’d go to Lenny’s [Restaurant] and have supper,” Johnson said. “They had good food. We stayed at the [Hotel] Roxanna. They would bring us lunch for noon. They were awfully good to us.” The day of the accident, Bob Conlon was on the east-side approach to the bridge. He said he did not feel the impact but did remember people on the bridge running from their cars. Later, Conlon worked helping pedestrians navigate the wooden staircase that had been installed between the bridge draws. Marianne Weis (now Marianne Quam) will never forget when the bridge was struck because the day aft er was her wedding day to Carlton Quam. Her friend, Mary Reynolds (now Aiken), was working in Milwaukee and drove back to Sturgeon Bay to be one of the bridesmaids. When Mary arrived that

The CG Richter could carry eight to nine cars with the Voyageur handling 10 to 12. The Voyageur was used for trailers and larger trucks. “Due to the apple harvest, daily dairy products, and other timely cargo moving on trucks, [that] caused a considerable back-up on either side of the bay much of the time,” Purinton said.

When it became apparent that it might be some time before repairs would be made and traffic-flow restored, Fred Peterson offered the idea of modifying a

Peterson Builders barge as a temporary bridge. The Advocate described the temporary bridge as a 96-foot flat steel barge with 40-foot connecting ramps at either end. The barge bridge went into service about a week aft er the initial collision.

“My father, Harry Purinton, received the assignment from R.A. Stearn, Inc., naval architects, to engineer and design the steel sections that filled the gaps [between the barge and the sides of the ship canal],” Purinton said. “According to my dad, Fred Peterson said he wanted this done ‘ASAP.’ Dad and I made a trip east in the bay in our 12-foot motorboat, so that my dad could observe the installation as the first vehicles transited over the new, temporary, barge bridge.”

Roads were cut in and graveled on either side of the ship canal to bring traffic to the new crossing point. On the west side, about a mile of scrub woodland was bulldozed. The connection on the east side was much shorter. Even though the barge bridge was just one lane, the Advocate reported that traffic moved rather efficiently.

The CG Richter was then released back to Washington Island. The Voyageur continued in service a few more days before it, too, was released.

David Johnson was a deckhand aboard the Voyageur at the time, working a 12hour day shift .

aft ernoon, she was surprised to find that getting to her parents’ home on the east side wasn’t going to be so easy. She left her car on the west side, hopped on a boat, and met her dad, Herb Reynolds, on the other side. Herb was a photographer for the Advocate and was hired to be the wedding photographer.

The morning before the wedding, Marianne and Carlton thought the bridge would be fixed by nighttime. They went across on a ferry to the Quam house figuring it would be easy to return. When they couldn’t get back, that left Marianne on one side and her wedding dress on the other.

The solution: “Mary’s father hired the Lollipop, which was not too big of a boat, and they brought my dress across,” Marianne said. She dressed in the basement of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church on the west side.

“Aft er [the ceremony] we took the Lollipop back across to go to the reception, which was at the Nightingale,” Marianne said. “So, it was quite a day. It was a day you’ll never forget.”

But not everyone remembered everything.

“I forgot my shoes at the church,” her bridesmaid recalled – and somebody had to go back across and get Mary’s shoes.

(Above) Fred Peterson offered the idea of modifying a Peterson Builders barge as a temporary bridge over the canal. The temporary bridge was built on a 96-foot flat steel barge with 40-foot connecting ramps at either end. The barge bridge went into service about a week after the initial collision. Two perspectives of the barge are shown here.

(Left) With the broken bridge draw cranked down to a difference of about 4 feet, a set of wooden steps was installed to enable people to walk over the damaged bridge.

Site work in preparation for the temporary barge crossing over the canal during bridge repair.

The damaged bridge.

Decision Delayed for Hotel on West Waterfront

by KEVIN BONESKE kevin@ppulse.com

Acity committee is waiting for a potential proposal for a housing development on the West Waterfront before making any decisions about a development agreement for a hotel on the cityowned site.

Sturgeon Bay’s Finance/ Purchasing and Building Committee decided April 9 to wait until its May 14 meeting before deciding whether to support a development agreement with Cobblestone Hotels that has proposed to build a four-story, 62-room hotel in Tax Increment District (TID) #4 on the West Waterfront. The company had previously intended the hotel for Egg Harbor Road until the company said land purchase negotiations broke down with the owners of that property.

Hotel opponents who attended the committee’s April 9 meeting said that Richard Robinson, who developed the three-unit commercial building at the southwest corner of Duluth Avenue (County S) and state Highway 42/57, had expressed interest in developing a housing project on the West Waterfront. Community Development Director Marty Olejniczak verified that Robinson had contacted the city – two committee members said Robinson had reached out to them as well – about possibly developing housing at the site.

Committee members agreed to hold off making a decision until their May 14 meeting to allow the opportunity for Robinson to submit a plan.

The city had previously approved a 53-unit apartment project at that site, which Northpointe Development then decided not to build. In late February the Cobblestone Hotel emerged as a possibility, one that committee member and alderman Dan Williams said TID #4 could use to defray the $4 million in debt that district has incurred. If that debt isn’t paid by 2040 when TID #4 closes, Williams said the debt would be put on the general tax levy.

“If we don’t put something on that property that can generate some income, you are all, and me included, going to pay for that, and we’re going to pay a lot for that,” he said during the April 9 meeting.

Williams was addressing a room of roughly 30 people who had shown up for the 4 pm, April 9 meeting in opposition to the hotel development.

The committee had voted March 26 to have city staff continue negotiations with Cobblestone

Hotels. Those negotiations, available for the April 9 meeting, produced two terms different from those city staff initially negotiated with Cobblestone: the purchase price for the land along East Maple Street would be $90,000 instead of $1, and Cobblestone Hotels would have to guarantee a minimum assessed value of $7.25 million, an increase of $250,000, to be able to receive development incentives of $1.32 million.

Those new terms did not make a difference to hotel opponents who said they do not want a hotel at the site. The more than a dozen who signed up to speak during the April 9 meeting not only reiterated their objections to what they called a “big-box” hotel on the West Waterfront, they also favored either using the site for greenspace or developing it for housing.

For example, musician Cathy Grier, who also spoke before the committee two weeks earlier, said the hotel was “more suited for a highway corridor.”

“To give the developer this treasured property that was fiercely fought over to protect is an outrage,” she said. “Sturgeon Bay is an important destination to keep developing, but with smart growth and planning.”

Tony Scimeca, who owns the Fairfield building at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Michigan Street, said the hotel wouldn’t be what would attract people to Door County.

“I think when you build big-box monstrosities like this – why come here?” he said.

Anna Jakubek, vice president of development for Cobblestone Hotels, also spoke before the committee, saying rising costs had increased building the company’s “Main Street” style of hotel planned on the West Waterfront by $2 million in the last two years.

“Construction prices continue to rise, so obviously, you know, that’s why we’d like to get started sooner than later for that reason,” she said.

Financial figures Jakubek provided the city estimated it would cost $11,166,000 to build the hotel at the site.

City Administrator Josh Van Lieshout said the project would be expected to generate more in revenue than needed to pay back the $1.32 million in financial incentives proposed in the development agreement between the city and Cobblestone before TID #4 would close in 2040.

“There’ll be additional funds available to retire the debt the city’s already incurred to construct the promenade,” he said.

Additional public parking that could be used by the Cobblestone Hotel is planned along the West

Waterfront as part of another development agreement the city has with Peter Gentry of WWP Development for the Sturgeon Bay Terrace project. Olejniczak said the city wouldn’t be obligated to build that parking lot if Gentry doesn’t go forward with that project.

“If that’s the case, then just using the existing parking in the Maritime Museum would be sufficient to Cobblestone Hotels [for additional parking],” he said.

Olejniczak said rising construction and interest costs “are making it very difficult to get anything built these days.”

West Waterfront

Redevelopment Plan Discussed

The merits of building a Cobblestone Hotel in TID #4 were also discussed, April 9, in light of whether it would be in the best interest of the West Waterfront redevelopment plan put together in 2019 by a city ad hoc committee.

The goals and principles for redevelopment in that plan mention items such as fostering downtown housing initiatives and alternatives, as well as strengthening the urban intensity on the West Waterfront and promoting commercial activity, but doesn’t specifically state whether or not lodging could be included.

Laurel Hauser, a former Common Council member who co-chaired the ad hoc committee and is now involved with the Door County Granary renovation project on the West Waterfront, said people she talked to favored keeping the site for the proposed hotel as greenspace.

“If they’re saying that now, wait until a year from now when the Granary is less of an eyesore and it’s looking really good when there’s landscaping around it and that whole area is going to be either more appealing as a greenspace, or more appealing to a developer who can do some of the things that we’re asking [in the redevelopment plan and] have done,” she said.

Jay Renstrom, whose wife, Beth Renstrom, is also involved in the Granary project, referenced the redevelopment plan when he called the hotel project “a hard no” for him because he said it didn’t meet most of the plan’s goals and principles.

Olejniczak, who was part of the city’s support staff for the ad hoc committee, said the redevelopment plan is not intended for projects to have to meet all the goals and principles.

He said the hotel could be developed as what is referred to in the plan as an “infill building” for private use.

Baileys Harbor Starts paying Broadband Contractor

Taxpayers won’t see impact on tax bills until winter 2026 by CRAIG STERRETT

craig@ppulse.com

The Town of Baileys Harbor is awaiting a May approval by the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) for a two-year loan to pay for the fiber being installed townwide.

To finance the project, which is well underway, and to pay the contractors, the board voted 4-0 in late March to seek $5.25 million from the Trust Funds of the State of Wisconsin. BCPL did not get the Baileys Harbor loan onto its agenda for April, but the request received internal approval to be placed on an upcoming agenda, town clerk Haley Adams said

Egg Harbor Taking On $2 Million in Debt

Cost overruns for completing Hwy 42 project not as bad as expected by CRAIG STERRETT craig@ppulse.com

The Egg Harbor Village Board this month voted 4-0 for the sale of $2 million in 15-year promissory notes. The debt would cover unforeseen costs of the village’s improvement projects in the state Highway 42 corridor, as well as the village’s $595,000 half of the purchase in 2025 of a fire truck to serve the village and the Town of Egg Harbor.

Due to mostly fair weather this past winter, the projection for the cost overruns on the highway corridor project went down by $200,000 between February and April, said Megan Sawyer, Village Administrator. Previously, the board had discussed taking on an additional $2.2 million in debt.

Joe Murray, Senior Municipal Adviser for Ehlers, said promissory notes give municipalities greater flexibility for spending than municipal bonds. He said if the village does not need to use all of the funds for the fire truck and Hwy. 42 infrastructure work, it could use it for other purposes. He also said the portion of the funds for the fire truck will be invested to gain interest into 2025.

Village President John Heller told the board he has heard “a lot of chirping” from neighbors and constituents who are concerned about property taxes and village spending. He suggested that the board try for 20-year notes to slightly limit the initial tax impact, but village trustees settled on 15 years. Trustee Cambria Mueller said taxpayers would pay less in the long run if they pay more on taxes during the upcoming tax year while having a shorter term for the debt.

Taxpayers with homes worth $300,000 paid $682 for debt service on their 2024 property taxes, and those same people with $300,000 properties are projected to pay $139 more for debt on the 2025 bill. Murray said the total debt service levy is not expected to go down significantly until 2029 and 2031, when bonds from marina and library projects come off the books.

The Wisconsin Constitution limits municipal and county debt to no more than 5% of equalized value –which comes out to $31.74 million compared to the village’s $634,919,000 villagewide tax base.

Increased real estate prices and a partial revaluation of taxable properties increased the villagewide equalized valuation by 30% by December 2023, enough to move the village back toward that threshold. The village now has more than $22.7 million in debt, which puts it at 68.7% of its state-mandated debt ceiling.

“With the expansion of the tax base, I think we’re in good shape now,” Heller said in an interview outside of a public meeting, referring to the state constitutional limit. He emphasized that the village spent a lot of money during the past few years to improve Church Street and for the Hwy. 42 redevelopment project.

“I think we’re in a situation where we can hold the line for a while,” Heller told the Peninsula Pulse Ehlers said the village has a credit rating of AA-minus, and he doesn’t see anything looming that would cause that rating to deteriorate. He said that’s a solid rating –the fourth-best possible.

Town treasurer Dave Smith said the town will receive a $1.89-million grant from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) – announced in 2022 – that it can use to reduce the $5.25 million. He also said the town will not need to make a payment to the trust fund until next year, on March 15, 2025. Smith said the town was required to expend funds on the project before it could send in a formal request for the PSC funds.

Bertram Communications, owner of Door County Broadband, has billed the town $3.1 million.

The board agreed to pay Bertram’s subcontractors $1.5 million right away and the remaining $1.6 million after receiving the PSC funds.

Treasurer Doesn’t Foresee Tax Impact Until 2026 Smith said two years from now, or sooner, the town will issue notes

to pay off interest (anticipated at $285,000) from the state trust loan and then take out 10-year notes to replace the two-year loan. Smith said he anticipates slightly lower interest rates by then. Smith said the town will owe 6% interest on the loan from the trust after receiving those funds in April, while currently collecting about 5.5% on savings.

Smith said property taxpayers should not feel an impact from the new debt on their 2025 tax bill (mailed in December 2024), as they’ll only be paying the interest on the trust fund loan.

“I think that our debt service for ’25 will be very similar to ’24,” Smith said.

The tax levy on the 10-year notes is expected to increase on the 2026 and 2027 tax bills, he said.

This rendering depicts what a four-story, 62-unit Cobblestone Hotel could look like if built in Sturgeon Bay’s Tax Increment District (TID) #4 on the West Waterfront. SUBmiTTED

education

Students Work On Arch for a Playground

Gibraltar High class gains art, tech, welding skills through public art project by CRAIG STERRETT

craig@ppulse.com

Advanced technology students gained multiple skills this year while completing a civic art project at Gibraltar High School.

For most of the second semester, students in artist and industrial technology teacher Nathan Hatch’s Technology and Design class worked to fabricate, plan and assemble an arch that will be installed at the Kendall Park Playground behind the Baileys Harbor Town Hall.

Kari Baumann, the sister of the late Kendall Weisgerber who drowned in 1991 at age 6, mentioned to Hatch that she would love to see a piece of art with butterflies at the playground this summer. Kari, her brother Ryan Weisgerber, and community members raised funds for a $500,000 upgrade to the playground that originally was built in 1992 in memory of Kendall.

After receiving the request, Hatch looked at what metals he had in his art studio as well as what was lying around at Gibraltar High. The school had received a

donation of several miscut, diamond-shaped pieces of heavy-gauge steel, and he thought those would make good butterfly wings. He had a leftover, stainless steel tube at his house and donated that to the school.

Students including sophomore Beckett Johnson, junior Teddy Roth and seniors Nolan Gieseler, Cooper Gaddes and Garrett Tanck have spent the winter helping to visualize, measure, cut and attach parts of the arch.

Hatch said the students don’t know it, but what they’re doing resembles a fourth-year college art project. They’re also learning industrial processes and design-build skills by learning and employing visualization, creating prototypes, performing mig and tig welding, using a horizontal band saw, and using a plasma-cutter, grinders and other hand tools to complete the project.

“I like that the projects that we are doing have a real-world application and will be displayed at a public place,” said Cooper Gaddes, a senior on track to become a diesel mechanic. “I am furthering my welding skills and getting better at working as a team and being a leader within the class.”

Gaddes already had skills in metalwork, but welding on stainless steel and making mounting tabs using a plasma cutter came as new experiences.

Sturgeon Bay Schools Steering Clear of Capital Referendums

But operational referendum is on the horizon by CRAIG STERRETT

craig@ppulse.com

Sturgeon Bay High School superintendent Dan Tjernagel on April 17 said he supports ongoing fundraising efforts for auditorium upgrades, and a new track and recreation facility, but he said the school district is not in a position to have referendums for those.

Tjernagel said when the voters approved a $16.84 million capital referendum in 2019 to close one school, build an addition at Sawyer Elementary, improve security and make critical repairs and upgrades at the existing school buildings, the board initially considered more than $30 million in improvements. To make the tax increases more palatable for voters, the board eliminated $14 million worth of possible repairs or improvements from that capital referendum to-do list.

“Until that is paid off,” Tjernagel said of the $16.84 million, “I don’t plan to recommend any sort of capital referendum to the board – it’s not as simple as being specific to the auditorium or any other particular project.”

His report to the school board came for the benefit of the people in attendance either in person or virtually, and also for the newly sworn-in board members, including newcomer Cathy Meyer, and incumbents Angela Kruse, Wayne Spritka and Damion Howard.

Tjernagel said he and other school officials have been approached by volunteers and groups raising funds for capital projects –such as auditorium upgrades and athletic facilities – inquiring about any possibilities of a referendum.

During the board meeting April 17, Tjernagel’s entry in the board packet (tinyurl. com/s4979dpj) included detailed observations and statewide data on successes and failures of different types of referendum questions.

He said surveys of Sturgeon Bay district residents and statewide data show that referendums for capital projects, especially athletic and fine arts projects, have less of a chance of voter approval than a referendum to help the schools maintain regular operations.

“Given the operational referendum cycle and importance of the work we need to do, combined with the high failure rates of extra-curricular referendum projects and how that can also negatively impact necessary operational referenda, the reality is quite clear,” Tjernagel said.

According to Baird Financial figures provided by Tjernagel, 36% of capital referendums and 37.2% (16 out of 43) operational referendums for exceeding the tax cap in Wisconsin districts for a set number of years failed on the April 2, 2024 ballot. Tjernagel said although Door County and Sturgeon Bay voters have passed both operational and capital referendums without fail for the past six years, he still would advise his board to focus on a referendum for essential operations at this time.

Sturgeon Bay district voters approved operational referendums – often called revenue limit overrides or educational programming referendums – in 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022. Based upon voters’ preferences in surveys, the district switched to a five-year operational referendum in 2022. Likewise, in the past six years, Sevastopol voters have approved two operational referendums – including one that passed during the same year as a $25.1 million facilities reconstruction and addition project. Southern Door voters supported an operational referendum in 2020 and supported a $14.9 million capital improvement project and a $975,000 operational referendum in 2022. Gibraltar voters approved a $29.8 million building referendum in spring 2023, and Washington Island voters approved their operational referendum.

Districts have been going to voters for operational referendums since Wisconsin Act 16 (tinyurl.com/4vm6wsdw) enacted revenue limits in 1993.

Auditorium fundraising must continue Holly Feldman has helped lead a volunteer group that has raised more than $600,000 toward about $2 million in modernization, repairs and upgrades to Sturgeon Bay High School’s Robert H. Nickel Auditorium. She told the Peninsula Pulse that she advised supporters on April 18 that a school referendum for matching funding isn’t likely to appear on a ballot anytime soon.

Feldman said the lighting, sound, curtains and many other features within the auditorium need replacing. She said the fundraising group will consider using its existing funds to replace the seats, which she said are in dire need of replacement.

Hatch hopes the Advanced Technology class can appear in front of a town or village board to make a presentation, hear ideas and a pitch of another public-art project next year.

After creating a prototype out of PVC pipe and cardboard wings in early winter, the students learned a process to weld rectangular steel mounting tabs onto the stainless steel tube. They cut out arched brackets to fit and bolt in between the tabs, welded the butterfly wings to the brackets and bolted the brackets to the tabs.

As of late April, they had some finishing work to do. Residents and visitors will be able to see the finished project at an unveiling scheduled for June 22. Baumann, who also serves on the school board, said the students are expected to make a presentation to the board in early spring.

Baumann said she loves that the students are involved in a community project that serves to decorate a park while also honoring her sister, who was a Gibraltar student. She also said Hatch is teaching the students multiple skills in a goal-oriented project that gives them a head start for further training and future jobs.

Baumann said the students will have their names on bricks at the park, and someday can show their children the permanent art piece they made.

“This touches my heart in more ways than I can say,” Baumann said.

education NOTES

SEVASTOPOL HIRES CONSULTANT FOR SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH

northwestern Wisconsin. The school board immediately hired WaSB to conduct the superintendent search.

STURGEON BAY BOARD RECOGNIZES

HONOR GRADUATES

The Sturgeon Bay School Board on april 17 recognized 13 honor graduates from the Sturgeon Bay High School class of 2024 who earned a 4.0 grade-point average or above: Tori alger, Gavin Forest, mercedes Hanley, Jack Henry, Julia Kurek, amelia langfeldt, Natalia michalski, Ellie propsom, madeline propsom, Calvin richard, Ben Stephens, Jade Tomberlin and Garrett Ulberg.

YOUTH ARTS AND SERVICE GRANTS AVAILABLE

The Door County Service Club Coalition has partnered with the Door County Community Foundation to offer two separate youth grant programs. youth as resources Grants provide financial support to projects in which youth use their skills, talents and abilities to serve or educate others within the community. any charitable, educational, civic, or youth group of primarily Door County residents may apply. The application deadline is may 1. For more information, call 920.746.1786 or email info@givedoorcounty.org.

NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION HOSTS

STATE CIVICS GAMES

Students from 18 teams across the state will compete at this year’s Wisconsin Civics Games state finals for an opportunity to win bragging rights and a $2,000 scholarship to a Wisconsin college or university of their choice. The event, on may 10

(From left) Mikayla LaLuzerne. Issac Starr. Conor Waterstreet. Taylor Laughlin. Submitted.

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Dan Tjernagel. Submitted.

Leaders Aren’t Leading When They Avoid

by DEBRA FITZGERALD debra.fitz@ppulse.com

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our society has forced to identify as an acronym: LGBTQIA+.

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us to be kind, gracious and open when the world is smiling at us and we don’t feel threatened by any person, place or thing. Who can’t do that; there’s nothing to it. Add a little adversity, and things get interesting. This can be as small as a complaint or a snide remark; this can be as big as a tornado levels your home or you’ve lost your job and can’t pay your rent.

When the ground beneath our feet becomes shaky, when we’re looking out at a crowded room to speak on behalf of the too-oft en afraid and voiceless, and most of the eyes in the room won’t meet ours – that’s where we learn what’s inside us, what we’re made of, what kind of character we’ve built for ourselves.

That’s why I was so impressed Tuesday with Cathy Grier and a response I received from her in answer to a question following her failed attempt to get the Door County Board of Supervisors to consider a proclamation in May for June Pride Month.

Many of you know the Sturgeon Bay resident as a musician; others as the founder and chair of Open Door Pride. She was speaking Tuesday as an advocate of the latter and as a member of a community

letters to the editor

Clean Water is Not Something to be Taken for Granted

Thank you to the Peninsula Pulse for the recent Sustainability Issue, Healthy Waters [April 19-26], a comprehensive look at how best to protect the water quality on the Door peninsula. As an open-water swimmer, I take a personal interest in making sure I swim in clean water. I usually swim from April to November on both sides of the peninsula, so I experience firsthand the difference in water quality depending where I swim.

I was particularly impressed with the “Portrait of a Remediated Beach,” detailing the efforts made at Egg Harbor beach to ensure good water quality. The Village of Egg Harbor has worked to upgrade their beach environment, adding dune grass, biofilters, stone walls, permeable pavers in the parking lot and signage limiting pets and pet waste. The park staff also grooms the beach daily in summer helping to alleviate bird droppings from seeping into the water. All of this adds up to better water quality. Egg Harbor beach is actually one of my favorite swimming spots.

I’m also a big fan of the University of WisconsinOshkosh’s summer water-testing program, an ongoing effort to test water quality for the presence of E.coli at approximately 32 beaches in Door County. The data noted in this article confirm what I’ve suspected: the more crowded beaches oft en have the poorest water quality. I always take notice at the five beaches that have posted signs showing water quality for beach goers. At Baileys Harbor Ridges beach, where I swim oft en, the sign is helpful to me because I will be in the water swimming for an extended time.

Surprisingly, Sister Bay has declined to allow a water-quality sign at its popular beach. It’s unfortunate since it’s oft en a crowded beach. Visitors deserve to be informed how clean the water is. Having to close beaches due to E.coli in the middle of the busy summer season is not a good look.

Bravo to Debra Fitzgerald and her team at the Pulse for the excellent Sustainability Issue. Clean water is not something to be taken for granted.

Margaret

Carroll Sister Bay,

Wisconsin

Speed Reductions and More Patrol

Needed

on Bay Shore Drive

The more limited access to state Highway 42 due to the recently begun construction has seemingly made Bay Shore Drive the detour of choice for a growing number of motorists. This has made a dangerous and disruptive situation much worse. Much worse.

I again ask someone, anyone, for assistance in making residency here tolerable. Lower the speed limit to 35 mph for the entirety of this road, install double yellow lines down the center of the road where they are not already present, erect signs cautioning motorists to be aware of pedestrians and, above all else, get law enforcement out here on a regular basis to protect the residents.

To my neighbors who daily risk their lives while strolling or cycling down Bay Shore Drive, or who enjoy spending time in their yards: if nothing is done, and soon, to remedy the situation, if law enforcement continues to remain absent, if we continue to be ignored, then the days of any semblance of the peace and quiet we live here for are numbered.

Louis “Luther” Perdoni Sevastopol, Wisconsin

“I don’t want to be an acronym,” she said, addressing the supervisors during their April 23 meeting, standing behind the podium at the front of the room. “We will keep using it until we can just be h-u-m-a-n.”

She asked them to put the proclamation up for discussion on their May agenda. The board said ‘no,’ with a 10-8 vote (see my story on this in this week’s issue).

The county adopted, by resolution, “Door County’s Vision of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ” A year into the global pandemic and nine months since the first Black Lives Matter protests erupted in communities across the country including in Door County, racism as a public health crisis drove that resolution’s birth back in April 2021.

But the final document didn’t stop at racism as a public health crisis, it acknowledged the many ways in which equity and inclusion are not achieved in society, including for “many groups of people based on identity factors such as age, disability, gender, gender identity and expression, race, nationality, ethnicity, parental status, religion, socioeconomic status and sexual orientation.”

The resolution also bound the supervisors to “support policies that improve access and remove gaps along social and economic constructs and advance the understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion.”

The resolution encouraged the advocacy of issues that “dismantle barriers and promote diversity, equity and inclusion” – and said supervisors were “responsible for creating and maintaining a culture in which we respect diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workforce and the community they serve.”

This resolution does not require the supervisors to adopt any and all proclamations that come their way. This resolution does require them, in my opinion, to at least discuss proclamations that are clearly of the “diversity, equity and inclusion” variety, and that come their way with the intention of promoting a more welcoming and inclusive community; that come their way with the intention of eliminating some of the “persistent disparities in health outcomes” brought about by “social, economic, educational and environmental inequities – language also in the resolution.

When I reached out to Grier for a comment, it was following the vote that killed the possibility of the discussion, effectively shutting her and her community down. Yet her answer contained the kindness, grace and openness she did not herself receive.

“We’re grateful that we have some movement forward,” she said. “That there are elected officials who want to see such a thing come forward is a great achievement. Civil rights never enter society elegantly.”

A Crossroads

The year: 1945. Germany surrendered, two atomic bombs fell on Japan, and World War II ended. The next month I came alive, born into a country giddy from the end of conflict, filled with hope that was craft ed by dedicated humans. People had sacrificed everything – from victory gardens to rationing to blown off arms and legs to death. People who I would never know gave so much that I might live in a world of hope. They didn’t all agree, as nobody ever does. But they all pulled together: the military, farmers, workers, wives, husbands, kids, veterans, all fighting for one cause: peace

I grew up in that world, learning to add, read, appreciate history and how to love others. I survived Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and many more. I remember conflict – Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and countrywide disagreements on them. But I also remember a country that, in time, came together. Despite all our differences, we did get through. Easy? No! But we did get through and life went on. We sacrificed, struggled and died, but the United States survived, as did the Presidency, states, Congress, courts and city councils. All were built on a foundation of history, sacrifice, giving and understanding that each of us is unique; with a right to live together in a country of freedom, justice, and equality.

A new idea? No. An idea dreamed of by the Greeks, Romans, English; craft ed from the Magna Charta to the Constitution.

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So, where are we today? At a crossroads. Do we dissolve all that we have created over the centuries? Shall we claim victory over those with whom we disagree and create a new form of government that only works for half of us? A society where there are victors and vanquished? I think not. What do you think? I’m not preaching. I just want you to think.

Bob Gray Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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COUNTY OF DOOR

NAME CHANGES

STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DOOR COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF Hayden Michael Thornton

By (Petitioner) Hayden Michael Thornton

By (Co-Petitioner)

(Informal Administration) Case No. 24-PR-26 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:

1. An application for informal administration was filed.

2. The decedent, with date of birth 09/21/1936 and date of death 03/09/2024 was domiciled in Door County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 11718 Juice Mill Lane, Ellison Bay, WI.

3. All interested persons waived notice.

4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is 7/10/2024.

5. A claim may be filed at the Door County Justice Center, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Room C258. BY THE COURT: /s/ Jennifer A. Moeller

Probate Registrar 04/05/24

Robert A. Ross, Jr 218 N 14th Ave Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920-743-9117

Bar Number 1017357 Run: April 12, 19, 26 2024 WNAXLP PUBLIC HEARINGS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE DOOR COUNTY, WI RESOURCE PLANNING COMMITTEE

County Justice Center, 1209 S. Duluth Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Date Monday, May 20, 2024 Time 8:15 AM

If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 920-746-2482 prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation. BY THE COURT:

D. Todd Ehlers Circuit Court Judge 4/12/24

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Peninsula Pulse, a newspaper published in Door County, State of Wisconsin. Run: April 19, 26, May 3, 2024 WNAXLP NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DOOR COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Ronald M. Smith Notice to Creditors

DOOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER 421 NEBRASKA ST. STURGEON BAY, WI 54235

A public hearing and a subsequent business meeting will be held by the Door County Resource Planning Committee (RPC) on Thursday, May 16th, 2024 in the Door County Government Center Chambers Room (C102, 1st Floor).

Applicants and others who wish to offer oral testimony must attend in person. Members of the public who wish to simply monitor/observe the hearing and meeting may attend in person, or do so remotely by computer using the link below, or via the Zoom smartphone app, or by calling (312) 626-6799. Link: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/84336324374?pwd=MUk 2TEE2U1E1b0tSM2NxRGhW

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The hearing will begin at 3:00 p.m. to give consideration to the application below for a conditional use permit, as specified in the Door County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. SEVASTOPOL

Pete Hurth at Stantec, on behalf of Bank First, requests a conditional use permit to install a drive-through for a new bank at 3850 & 3854 Old Highway Road, located in a Commercial Center zoning district. Drive-through facilities require conditional use permits; the bank itself may be authorized with a regular zoning permit. The purpose of a hearing is to allow parties to explain how their interests are affected, how the public is affected, and to bring out any facts pertinent to the case related to public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare.

Written testimony will be accepted on 8 1/2” x 11” paper only and must be received by 12:00 p.m. (noon) the day before the hearing. Anonymous correspondence will not be accepted. Letters are available for inspection upon request. Letters are entered into hearing records, but are not read aloud. Please note: Correspondence or testimony submitted for town-level proceedings does NOT get forwarded to the county.

All application materials may be viewed on-line approximately four business days before the hearing at https://www.co.door.wi.gov/ AgendaCenter. Additional materials may be posted up until 4:30 p.m. the day before the hearing. The list of names to whom this notice was sent by regular mail is available upon request.

Resource Planning Committee c/o Land Use Services Dept. Door County Gov’t. Center 421 Nebraska St. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Phone: (920) 746-2323 FAX: (920) 746-2387

Publication Dates: April 26th and May 3rd, 2024 04/22/2024 WNAXLP

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE DOOR COUNTY, WI BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT DOOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER 421 NEBRASKA ST. STURGEON BAY, WI 54235

A public hearing and a business meeting to be held by the Door County Board of Adjustment (BOA) on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 will be in the Door County Government Center Peninsula Room (C121, 1st Floor). Use the 4th Street entrance, across from the library. Applicants and others who wish to offer oral

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NOTICE OF OPEN BOOK FOR ASSESSMENT ROLL EXAMINATION

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to s. 70.45, Wis. Stats., the assessment roll for the Year 2024 assessment will be open for examination on Tuesday,. May 21, 2024 from 2 pm – 4pm (by phone). The assessment roll can be viewed on the website at www.apraz. com If property owners have questions regarding the valuation of their real estate or personal property and are unable to attend Open Book examination date, you are encouraged to contact the Associated Appraisals Consultants, Inc., at 920-749-1995.

NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review (from here on referred to as BOR or Board) for the City of Sturgeon Bay shall meet on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 from 9 am –11 am (by appointment only) at the City Hall, 421 Michigan Street to hear objections from property owners who follow requirements pursuant to s.70.47(7), Wis. Stats. Please be advised of the following requirements:

• Sec.70.47(7)(aa), Wis.Stats., provides that the BOR may deny a hearing to a property owner who does not allow the assessor to complete an exterior view.

• After the first BOR meeting and before the BOR’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the BOR may contact, or provide information to, a member of the BOR about that person’s objection except at a BOR session.

• No person may appear before the BOR, testify to the BOR by phone or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the BOR or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under sub.(3) (a), that person provides to the BOR clerk a notice as to whether the person will ask for removal under sub.(6m) and if so which member will be removed and the person’s reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.

• When appearing before the BOR, the person must specify in writing, his or her estimate of the land value and improvements that he or she is objecting and the person must specify the information that he or she used to arrive at that estimate.

• No person may appear before the BOR, testify to the BOR by phone or object to a valuation; if the assessor or objector made the valuation using the income method; unless the person supplies the assessor with all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under state law (sec.73.03(2a), Wis.Stats.), that the assessor requests. The municipality or county must provide by ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses provided to the assessor under this paragraph and provide exceptions for persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under state law (sec.19.35(1), Wis.Stats.).

Respectfully submitted, City of Sturgeon Bay Stephanie L. Reinhardt City Clerk April 26, 2024

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Charles, petitions for a variance from sections 3.02(3)(a) and 3.04(1) of the Door County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance which state new lots in the Estate (ES) zoning district shall be at least 5 acres in area. The applicant proposes to correct a 2.77-acre overlap shared with the lot to its west. The proposed lot will be 4.34 acres in area. The lot to the west will remain unchanged in size. The property is located at 2031 Sunrise Shores Rd. Written testimony will be accepted on 8 1/2” x 11” paper only and must be received by 12:00 p.m. (noon) the day before the hearing. Anonymous correspondence will not be accepted. Letters are available for inspection upon request. Letters are entered into hearing records, but are not read aloud. Please note: Correspondence or testimony submitted for town-level proceedings does NOT get forwarded to the county.

All application materials may be viewed on-line approximately four business days before the hearing at: https://www.co.door.wi.gov/ AgendaCenter . Additional materials may be posted up until 4:30 p.m. the day before the hearing. The list of names to whom this notice was sent by regular mail is available upon request. Aric Weber, Chairperson Board of Adjustment c/o Door County Land Use Services Dept. Door County Gov’t. Center 421 Nebraska St., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Phone: (920) 746-2323 | FAX: (920) 746-2387 Publication Dates: April 26 & May 3, 2024

4/22/2024 WNAXLP

SHERIFF’S SALE NOTICE

STATE OF WISCONSIN DOOR COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

GREAT LAKES NOTES LLC, Plaintiff, v. THE LAST STOP LLC, DONALD G. POLCEN, ROSE M. POLCEN, VAUGHN R. SIMMONS, JORRIE E. SIMMONS and DOOR COUNTY COOPERATIVE, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, by virtue of a Judgment entered by the Door County Circuit Court on May 25, 2023 declaring secured indebtedness in the amount of $468,050.22, the Sheriff of Door County, Wisconsin will sell the property described below at public auction as follows:

TIME: June 5, 2024 at 10:00 o’clock a.m. PLACE: Lobby of the Door

County Sheriff’s Department 1201 S. Duluth Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

TERMS: 1. 10% down in cash, cashier’s check or certified funds (unless credit bid by Plaintiff or its assignee) at the time of sale; balance due within 10 days of confirmation of sale; failure to pay balance due will result in forfeit of deposit to plaintiff.

2. Sold “as is” and subject to all legal liens, encumbrances, and unpaid taxes/ assessments.

3. Buyer to pay applicable Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Tax.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

Lot 1 of Certified Survey Map No. 3179 recorded in Vol. 19 Certified Survey Maps, Page 245, as Doc. No. 812313 being a survey in Jones & Moore’s Lots of Ellison Bay, Government Lot 2, Section 15, Township 32 North, Range 28 East, Town of Liberty Grove, Door County, Wisconsin.

Property Address: 12018 State Highway 42, Ellison Bay, WI 54210 Tax Parcel No. 018-53-0001

DATED: April 16, 2024

Tammy A. Sternard, Sheriff Door County, Wisconsin

Drafted by: John R. Schreiber, Esq. O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 111 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1400 Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 276-5000 WNAXLP

CITY OF STURGEON BAY

PUBLIC HEARINGS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The City of Sturgeon Bay Plan Commission will conduct a public hearing in the Council Chambers, 421 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter, regarding a petition from Ryan Polzin and Eric Vandervest of E & R-SB, LLC for approval of a conditional use under section 20.09(3) of the Sturgeon Bay Municipal Code, which requires conditional use approval for a multi-family dwelling in the R-3 zoning district. The subject property is parcel #281-62-40000101A located on the southeast corner of Utah Street and S. 18th Avenue. The proposal is to construct a fifteen-unit condominium development on the vacant lot which features apartments attached to larger storage spaces intended for boat or vehicle storage. The application materials are on file with the Community Development Department, located at 421 Michigan Street, and can be viewed weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The public is invited to give testimony in regard to the proposed conditional use request, either in person at the hearing or in writing.

By order of: City of Sturgeon Bay Plan Commission WNAXLP

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The City of Sturgeon Bay Plan Commission will conduct a public hearing in the Council Chambers, 421 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter, regarding a petition from Paul Shefchik of Portside Builders on behalf of Lori Shefchik to change the zoning classification of her property from Multiple-Family Residential (R-4) to Planned Unit Development (PUD). The subject property is a vacant parcel located on the west side of North 15th Drive between

29 and 133 N. 15th Drive, parcel no. 281-62-22000134.

The proposed PUD would allow for the construction of a condominium consisting of five duplexes accessed via a single, common driveway. The application materials are on file with the Community Development Department, located at 421 Michigan Street, and can be viewed weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The public is invited to give testimony in regard to the proposed PUD, either in person at the hearing or in writing.

By order of:

City of Sturgeon Bay Plan Commission WNAXLP

MUNICIPALITIES

LIQUOR LICENSES

BAILEYS HARBOR

APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that Inland Door County LLC, Josh Miller, agent, Baileys Harbor, has applied to the Town of Baileys Harbor for a Class B beer/ Class C wine for a period ending June 30, 2024, at the property situated at 8085 State Highway 57 known as Inland. April 26th, 2024 Haley Adams, Town Clerk

WNAXLP

EPHRAIM

Application for Alcohol License

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that Larry George Krause, dba Old Post Office Restaurant, residing in the Village of Ephraim, Door County, WI has applied to the Ephraim Board of Trustees for retail Class “B” License to sell fermented malt beverages and a retail “Class C” License to sell wine, for the period ending June 30, 2025, at the building situated on 10040 Water Street, Ephraim, WI 54211. Dated: April 26, 2024 Andrea Collak Village Clerk-Treasurer

Application for Alcohol License

To Whom It May Concern: I hereby certify that Ephraim Motel INC., dba Ephraim Motel, residing in the Village of Ephraim, Door County, WI has applied to the Ephraim Board of Trustees for retail Class “B” License to sell fermented malt beverages for the period ending October 31, 2024, at the building situated on 10407 Hwy 42, Ephraim, WI 54211.

Dated: April 26, 2024

Andrea Collak

Village Clerk-Treasurer

Application for Alcohol License

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that Burren Enterprises LLC, dba Pearl Wine Cottage, residing in the Village of Ephraim, Door County, WI has applied to the Ephraim Board of Trustees for retail Class “B” License to sell fermented malt beverages and a retail “Class C” License to sell wine, for the period ending June 30, 2025, at the building situated on 3058 Church Street, Ephraim, WI 54211.

Dated: April 26, 2024

Andrea Collak

Village Clerk-Treasurer

Application for Alcohol License

To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby certify that Trixie’s LLC, dba The Fashionable, residing in the Village of Ephraim, Door County, WI has applied to the Ephraim Board of Trustees for retail Class “B” License to sell fermented malt beverages and a retail “Class C” License to sell wine, for the period ending June 30, 2025, at the building situated on 9996 Pioneer Lane, Ephraim, WI 54211.

Dated: April 26, 2024

Andrea Collak

Village Clerk-Treasurer WNAXLP

GARDNER

Beverage License New Application

To Whom it May Concern:

I hereby certify that Wave Point Holdings LLC residing in the Town of Gardner, Door County Wisconsin, has applied to the Gardner Town Board for a retail Class B Liquor License to sell fermented malt beverages for the period ending June 30, 2024, at the building situated at 3600 County Road CC, Sturgeon Bay known as Wave Pointe Marina & Resort.

Dated: April 18, 2024

Amy Sacotte Gardner Town Clerk WNAXLP

PUBLIC HEARINGS

SISTER BAY

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

SISTER BAY SEWER AND WATER UTILITIES COMMITTEE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sister Bay Sewer and Water Utilities Committee will hold a Virtual Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 7:45 AM for the purpose of considering three amendments to Chapter 62, the Utilities Code, the amendments of which would remove impact fees for a water system and related improvements and for wastewater treatment expansion.

A. Amend Sec. 62.22 by deleting, “Public Facilities Needs Assessment for Wastewater Impact” dated March 2005, and, “Public Facilities Needs Assessment for Water Tower and System Improvement Impact” dated September 2005

B. Amend Sec. 62.24(a) by deleting, 1. Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion from January 2003 through December 31, 2005., and, 2. Water System Improvements from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2021(Amended Ord 239-091515)

C. Amend Sec. 62.24(b) by deleting, 1. Type of Facility: Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion May 2025, and, 2. Type of Facility: Water system improvements December 2026(Amended Ord 239091515)

The purpose of the public hearing is to obtain comments and input from the public on the above matters. Chapter 62 is available online at www. sisterbaywi.gov or is available for inspection at the Sister Bay Administration Office, 2383 Maple Drive, between 8 AM to 4 PM. Interested parties are encouraged to provide testimony either in writing or in person at the hearing. All correspondence must be received by May 9, 2024, before 1 PM. Anonymous correspondence will not be accepted. Letters can be mailed or delivered to Village Administration Office, 2383 Maple Dr., PO Box 769, Sister Bay, WI 54234 or emailed to kara.kroll@sisterbaywi. gov. Letters will be available for public inspection during normal business hours until the close of business the day of the hearing and will be entered into the record; a summary of letters received will be presented at the hearing, but individual letters may not be read aloud. To participate virtually, follow the link in the May 14, 2024, meeting agenda, available online at www.sisterbaywi.gov. By order of the Sewer and Water Utilities Committee

Kara Kroll, Utilities Clerk WNAXLP

RESOLUTIONS

JACKSONPORT

TOWN OF JACKSONPORT ELECTORAL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE LOCATION OF THE NEXT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO BE LOCATED IN

JACKSONPORT ADJACENT TO THE TOWN HALL / FIRE STATION AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF THE ELECTORS

RESOLUTION NO. EL 032024

STATE OF WISCONSIN

Town of Jacksonport

Door County

The Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Jacksonport, Door County, Wisconsin, by a majority vote of the eligible electors voting at the Annual Town Meeting with notice assembled and voting, resolves and orders as follows:

The Electors of the Town of Jacksonport give their support for the location of the next Emergency Management System to be located in Jacksonport adjacent to the Town Hall.

The town clerk shall properly post this resolution as required under s.60.80, Wis. Stats., within 30 days of the belownoted adoption date.

Adopted this 17th day of April, 2024

Number of town electors voting aye: 46

Number of town electors voting nay: 0 Number abstaining or not voting: 0 Theresa Cain-Bieri, Town Meeting Vice Chair Colleen Huberty, Town Meeting Clerk WNAXLP

TOWN OF JACKSONPORT

ELECTORATE RESOLUTION EL 04-2024, THANKING THERESA CAIN-BIERI FOR HER COMMITMENT TO AND SUPPORT OF THE TOWN OF JACKSONPORT.

STATE OF WISCONSIN

Town of Jacksonport

Door County

The Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Jacksonport, Door County, Wisconsin, by a majority vote of the eligible electors voting at the Annual Town Meeting with notice assembled and voting, resolves and orders as follows:

WHEREAS: Theresa CainBieri serves the Town of Jacksonport as Supervisor 2 through her appointment in August of 2022 and as elected for the period 2023 – 2024

WHEREAS: During this elected term of office, Theresa Cain-Bieri also performed her duties as Treasurer for the Town of Gibraltar, Door County

WHEREAS: During this elected term of office Theresa Cain-Bieri demonstrated her commitment to the Town of Jacksonport by actively training newbie Clerk Huberty in her duties as Clerk and Treasurer for the Town of Jacksonport NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Board and the residents of the Town of Jacksonport, Door County, WI do hereby extend their heartfelt gratitude for the dedication given to the Town of Jacksonport by Theresa CainBieri as a Town Supervisor and former Clerk-Treasurer of the Town of Jacksonport.

The Electorate, with a voice vote of 46 in attendance, formally thank Theresa CainBieri for her commitment to and support of the Town of Jacksonport in her work as treasurer, clerk and trainer.

The town clerk shall properly post this resolution as required under s.60.80, Wis. Stats., within 30 days of the belownoted adoption date.

Adopted this 17th day of April, 2024

Ayes: voice vote

Nays: 0

Certified: Colleen Huberty, Clerk WNAXLP TOWN OF JACKSONPORT ELECTORAL RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN BOARD TO PURCHASE THE 7.5 ACRES ADJACENT TO THE TOWN HALL ON COUNTY V PARCEL #0160023292722M1 AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF THE ELECTORS RESOLUTION NO. EL 022024

STATE OF WISCONSIN Town of Jacksonport Door County The Annual Town Meeting of the Town of

Fish Creek. Vintage/Antique Chairs, Victorian Hall Tree, 2 Mid-Century Cedar Chests, Antique 3-section Bookcase, Decorative Wedgewood, Lamps, Toys, 12 Place Setting Haviland Dishes and Much, Much More!

RUMMAGE SALE FRI. 5/3, 12-6, SAT. 5/4, 8:30-2. Arle Memorial Hall, 692 Tacoma Beach Rd. Sturgeon

Dingy West Marine SB 285 9’4”, 4 person, plywood floral.oars, ft.pump, carrying bag $600. 262.853.5932

GARAGE/YARD SALE

GARAGE/YARD SALE

Garage/Estate

stop by Thurs to Sat 11am – 2pm PAINTING

Rob’s Custom Interior/ Exterior Painting 25 years experience. Spring special power washing  house, deck & roofs. Gutter Cleaning. 10% senior discount. Call 920.559.1895 Muntenesc Painting, Interior/Exterior Painting, staining, wallpaper removal, Pressure washing. Reliable and good quality painting services. Facebook page: Muntenesc Painting. Call 920.854.0209

SKILLED TRADES

Door Roofing LLC Quality roofing services! We are your local source for roof

installation. We specialize in various residential and commercial roofing services that will help keep your home/ business safe and looking great! Free estimates and fully insured! Call Gary 920.737.4554 or George 920.495.9211

Fuzzy’s Concrete Concrete Flatwork. Driveways, Basement Floors, Patio’s, Garage floors, Sidewalks, Stamped/ Colored Concrete, Demolition, Excavating, Retaining walls. Contact 920.384.8517

HELP WANTED

Look for additional Help Wanted display advertisements within this section.

CHILD CARE

NDCC – Seasonal Day Camp Northern Door Children’s Center is hiring seasonal (summer only or summer/fall) staff to join our early childhood and school age summer day camp teams. Must be a lover of children and fun.

Lots of time spent outdoors engaged in activities with children, ages infant through 11 years. Must be dependable, flexible and willing to take on team responsibilities. Programs begin June 3 rd , but preference will be given to candidates that can begin in May for program preparation. Monday thru Friday, 40 hours per week. Must be 17 years or older. Seasonal position wage is $17.00/hr. Must commit to 40 hours per week for the season. SEASONAL BONUS!!! Sign on for regular four day (10 hrs. per day) work week position and earn bonus money in addition to your regular wages. Bonus is paid at completion of season. $500 (June 3 – August 16). Additional $250 (August 17- August 30). For quick consideration text to 920.421.5009 or email teachdoorcounty@gmail.com to receive application and set up a time to chat. Join our seasonal team now! Questions? Contact Cindy or Sue at 920.854.4244

Early Childhood Teachers Wanted! Are you passionate about shaping young minds and creating a positive impact on children’s lives? We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Early Childhood Educator to join our vibrant and nurturing team. If you have a love for education, a warm and caring demeanor, and the ability to inspire and engage young learners, we want to hear from you! We offer year round employment, regular week-day work hours, competitive pay, and professional development opportunities. Paid time off, paid holidays, child care discount, and college tuition assistance through the TEACH scholarship program. Starting wage is $17-$20.00 per hour with opportunities for advancement within our growing organization. Early Childhood education and experience is appreciated but not necessary. We are looking for the right person to join our team. For quick consideration email teachdoorcounty@gmail. com or text 920.421.5009 to receive an application and set up a time to chat about how to join our team. Questions? Contact Cindy or Sue at Northern Door Children’s Center 920.854.4244

Early Childhood Teachers Wanted! Northern Door Children’s Center seeks assistants to substitute in all classrooms, ages infant through 5. We work around your

schedule. You tell us when you can work and we match you up to our daily needs. Monday through Friday year round, up to 40 hours per week. Must be a lover of children and education, be dependable, flexible, and willing to take responsibility as part of our teaching teams. Must be 17 years or older. Come join our team! We make learning fun! Starting wage for this VERY flexible work opportunity is $15.00/hour. Contact Cindy or Sue at Northern Door Children’s Center for an application call 920.854.4244, email us at teachdoorcounty@gmail. com or text 920.421.5009

HEALTH CARE

RESPITE CAREGIVERS NEEDED

Looking for Respite Caregivers to provide compassionate and personalized care to our disabled 21 y.o. son in our home. Would Assist our son with activities of daily living; such as bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting and eating. Would administer medications and food via g-tube. Would assist with mobility and transfers, including heavy lifting when necessary. Would ensure his safety & well-being at all times. Would respect & uphold the rights of our son promoting his dignity & independence. Most importantly provide emotional support & companionship to our son. Must be non-smoker; non-vapor user. Previous experience in caregiving or a related field preferred but not necessary. If interested please call for more information. Call Mary at 920.746.0538

HOTEL/LODGING

Historic Inn Innkeeper/ Housekeeper Positions

Thorp House Inn & Cottages in Fish Creek has immediate daytime openings for both innkeeping and housekeeping responsibilities. Full or part time. Innkeeping involves serving breakfast, interacting with guests, performing room makeovers, answering phones, and taking reservations. Housekeeping involves cleaning rooms and cottages for guest stays. Compensation starting at $20/hour. Please email at thorphouseinn@gmail.com or call Matt at 615.440.1085

Church Hill Inn – Now Hiring for Season

We are now taking applications for Housekeeping positions and part-time Front Desk position. Wages starting at $20 per hour, depending on experience. We offer a travel incentive for those traveling outside the northern door area. If you are looking to work in a fun, family environment, please contact Lisa 920.421.0851

Front Desk and Housekeeping Openings

Homestead Suites in Fish Creek is looking for the right person to complement our day shift housekeeping staff. Our Front Desk has an opening on night and weekend shifts-Part Time or Full Time! We offer a premium wage and benefits. Email resume to kevin@homesteadsuites.com or send to Homestead Suites PO Box 730 Fish Creek WI 54212

Asst OnSite Manager-Hotel Fish Creek. Must be Self Starting Multitasker with Attention to Detail while assisting & managing ALL DAILY HOTEL DUTIES, Including Housekeeping, front desk, light maintenance, etc for a very beautiful 35 unit hotel. Very busy May-Oct &

weekends year round. Weekends & Long term employment

Required. *Single OnSite Room available for very responsible, independent, *SINGLE female (shared housing). No pets *No additional guests. Questions: 920.421.0663. Resume: lynne@ applecreekresort.com

Front Desk – BHYC

We are now accepting applications for the Front Desk. Full-time or part-time hours, flexible scheduling, and competitive pay based on experience. Generous seasonal and referral bonuses for qualified candidates. We’re looking for friendly, dependable people who’d like to help us make great memories for our guests. Experience preferred but not necessary. If you have a great attitude we can train you. 920.839.2336

Housekeepers say YES to the mess! Love that feeling of satisfaction before guests arrive? The house is spotless, everything is in order. We do too! Come join our cleaning team at the Cedar Court Inn. Must be reliable & detail oriented. Will train. Highly competitive pay. Season end bonus. Part time hours. Great for those who work PM shifts.920.421.3363

MISCELLANEOUS

Propane Truck Driver

Ferrellgas is searching for a customer-focused Full-Time

Propane Truck Driver to join our team! Ferrellgas Truck Drivers are critical to our success as they are the face of our company in their daily interactions with our current and future customers. As full-time truck driver on our team, you will pick up and deliver propane to residential and industrial customers in a safe and efficient manner. Ferrellgas truck drivers can expect to work local routes and be home every night; however, on-call rotations for after hours and weekend emergency deliveries may be needed. https:// careers-ferrellgas.icims.com/ jobs/27271/truck-driver/job

Product Processing Associate

Blue Dolphin House is seeking an energetic person to work in our warehouse and process products as they arrive and tagged to be placed on the sales floor. It needs someone with organizational skills and can multitask. The hours are 9-4:30 Tuesday thru Saturday.  bluedolphinhouse45@ gmail.com or 920.854.4113

Ferrellgas Service Technician Apprentice

Ferrellgas is looking for a Service Technician Apprentice to join our team! You’ll train with some of the most dedicated Service Technicians in the industry, learn what it takes to install propane tanks safely, and find out how to respond to service calls in a timely and efficient manner. After completion of the program, you’ll have the opportunity to advance into a Service Technician role. While, training you’ll work towards obtaining needed licenses and endorsements, at no cost to you! Apply online at https://careers-ferrellgas.

Staff

Getpaidtokeepthemneat.

Ifyoulovelawn careandhaveexperienceusinga commercialmower,thisisthejobforyou! Weoffercompetitive wages,guaranteedovertime, employee discount,yourcoworkersareawesome, and did we mention, you spend your days outside?! Toapplyfor oneofouropenpositions,visit: meissnerlandscape.com/employment-application/ -ORSend a resume and cover letterto: reception@meissnerlandscape.com

or Kris

Thorp House Inn & Cottages in Fish Creek, WI is a luxurious inn in the heart of Door County. We have daytime openings for an innkeeper/ housekeeper to help create an exceptional guest experience. We are also seeking housekeeping only candidates. Full or part time. Innkeeping involves serving breakfast, interaction with guests, performing room makeovers, answering phones, and taking reservations. Housekeeping involves cleaning rooms, cottages, common areas and some laundry. We are looking for someone who enjoys providing guests with a memorable experience. Sorry, no housing is available. Starting compensation is $20–$22/hour. Email at thorphouseinn@gmail.com or call Matt at 615-440-1085.

Housekeeping and Maintenance

Email your resume to management@birchwoodlodge.com or call

Great Northern Construction is looking to add to our team of professionals. Work on high-end residential new builds, additions, and remodels.

Great pay, Great benefits: Paid health insurance with flexible spending plan, paid holidays and vacation, 7% company made 401K contribution, and more. Call us today to schedule an interview: 920-868-3611 www.greatnortherndoorcounty.com

Email resume to info@Greens-N-Grains.com

PROFESSIONAL

Media Sales Manager

The Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living are growing companies. Come and join our team! The Media Sales Manager is responsible for prospecting for, and securing ad sales for digital media and publications, including, but not restricted to: Door County Living, Pulse Picks, doorcountypulse. com, Door County Pulse Podcast, and the Peninsula Pulse. Pitches benefits of advertising to clients, negotiates prices, and communicates client needs to the design team.  Sales experience is not required. APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 10. To apply, please send résumé and cover letter to jobs@doorcountypulse.com.

RESTAURANT

Alexander’s

Hiring Year Round & Seasonal Full Time & Part Time Line Cooks and Hosts. Meals and drinks provided. Benefits available. Stop in during the day and ask for Bruce or email your resume: bubbadc01@gmail.com

Hügel Haus Hiring for Summer!

Hügel Haus is hiring for our 2024 season! We are looking for servers, host/hostess, busser, dishwasher, prep cook, and line cook. Part-time, full time, year-round, & seasonal positions available. Join Door County’s ‘Wurst’ Bar today! 920.633.4080 Kitchen Line Cook at Sip

We are looking for a full-time, year-round positive team player who is able to work in a fast-paced kitchen, must

be organized, and adaptable. Creativity welcome, keeping a focus on fresh, fun, and bright food. Kitchen experience necessary. Great pay plus tips and room for growth within the business. Must be available weekends and nights. Employee housing available! Please email your resume to Jennie at coffee@sipdoorcounty.com

Front of the House Manager

Boathouse on the Bay is seeking our next Front of the House Crew Manager. Earn $50,000-$67,000

Seasonally! Prior fast paced, high volume restaurant management experience is a must. Health insurance and housing available for the right candidate. Call Mike at 920.421.0498 to set up an interview.

Church Hill Inn –Breakfast Server

The Church Hill Inn in Sister Bay is now hiring breakfasts servers. Approximately 7:30-10:30. We offer a competitive wage plus tips. Interested applicants, please call or text Lisa 920.421.0851

Restaurant workers wanted We are looking for hardworking individuals to work in our restaurants. Fast casual, fine dining and food truck openings. Front and back of house. Very competitive pay and year end bonuses. Seasonal, year round, part and full time positions available. You can earn great money AND enjoy your work. Please reach out with any questions 920.639.2311

The Clearing – Kitchen Staff The Clearing, in Ellison Bay, has fulltime and parttime positions open on its kitchen staff. The season begins in late April and runs through October. Excellent pay and wonderful work environment. For more information, contact Mike Schneider at 920.854.4088 or mike@theclearing.org

Baking Assistant, Baker wanted Bakery seeking one or more individuals to join our team. Kitchen experience preferred. Requirements: passion for sourdough and baking, desire to learn and grow, ability to thrive in a busy, high-energy environment, willingness to work early mornings and weekends, strong work ethic and attention to detail. Benefits: join a positive and dynamic work environment, opportunity for growth within the bakery, all the bread and bagels your heart desires! Call Mattea 215.589.3047, email resume to cultured.dc@gmail. com to inquire further.

Osteria Tre Tassi

Osteria Tre Tassi, Door County’s newest farm-to-table Italian restaurant, is hiring. We are seeking passionate and motivated individuals in full-time and part-time positions. We are hiring: servers,

bartenders, bussers, hosts, cooks, dishwashers, and kitchen staff. Competitive hourly wage plus benefits. Please apply in person at 11976 Mink River Rd in Ellison Bay or inquire at operations@tretassi.com.

RETAIL

RETAIL HELP – LOOSE

TEA STORE

Tea Thyme in Door County

(Sister Bay) is seeking a reliable, conscientious team member for our store. Part-time, hours to be arranged. 920.854.3737

Bley’s Grocery

Bley’s grocery, a small family owned full service grocer in Jacksonport is seeking a summer grocery clerk. Duties include cash register/customer service, stocking shelves and cleaning. No weekends. Call or stop in and talk to Paula or Wayne. 920.823.8188a Join our Team!

Waseda Farms Market is looking to hire TWO individuals to join our happy, healthy Store team! Both positions are Part Time. One position is seasonal and the other position is Year Round. Both Start immediately. Employee benefits are flexible scheduling, free ground beef, eggs and 20% grocery discounts.Please stop in and pickup an application or email your interests to Sayard@ Wasedafarms.com. 920.839.2222

Blacksmith Clothing Co.

Looking for seasonal retail person who enjoys fashion and working with people. Experience preferred. $18/ hr, plus end-of-season bonus. Email blacksmithclothingco@ gmail.com

Sales Associate needed at Gift Store in Egg Harbor Friendly person needed for a part time (2 days per week) position at Studio One Art Glass in Egg Harbor. Must be available from June through October. Competitive wages, no evenings. Please call 800.321.0631 or email audrey@studiooneartglass.com

Hide Side Stores –Sales Associates

Sales Associate positions available at both Hide Side stores in Fish Creek. FT & PT positions with flexible hours. No nights. Competitive wages. To contact Hide Side Corner Store, email christineashley915@yahoo. com or call 920.559.1123. For the Hide Side Boutique, email hidesidemike@aol.com or call Judy 920.421.1584

Full or Part Time Sales Associate  Blue Dolphin House is seeking an energetic person to work on the sales floor May through October and possibly thru December. Being able to work on a computerized system

is preferable. The hours are 9-4 Tuesday thru Saturday. bluedolphinhouse45@gmail. com or 920.854.4113

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Eagles Win Door County Classic Harris Cup

by KEVIN BONESKE kevin@ppulse.com

ll four of Door County’s mainland high schools got together Monday in Sevastopol to compete in the annual Door County Classic track-and-field meet. Southern Door scored the most points in the boys’ and girls’ results, with the combined total winning the Harris Cup – named aft er the late Chan Harris, longtime publisher and editor of the Door County Advocate

The Eagle boys, who placed first in 11 of the 18 events, topped the team standings with 125 points, followed by Sturgeon Bay (84), Gibraltar (28) and Sevastopol (25).

Southern Door’s girls, who won five events, tallied 95.5 points, followed by Sturgeon Bay (87), Sevastopol (42.5) and Gibraltar (33).

The meet’s top athletes were recognized based on scoring the most points in the maximum of four events they were allowed to compete in.

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Collaborative plan focuses on social drivers

Aft er delays caused by COVID-19 and staff changes at Door County Public Health, the latest Community Health Improvement Plan is now published and available to the community.

However, much of the work outlined in the plan is already well under way. The State of Wisconsin mandates that local health departments conduct a Community Health Assessment (CHA) and community health improvement plan (CHIP) every five years. Due to the pandemic, this requirement was loosened for the last CHA/CHIP cycle. Healthcare systems, such as Door County Medical Center (DCMC) are required to perform a Community Health Needs Assessment every three years. Sometimes the cycles overlap, but regardless, the entities

support one another’s work and share data.

Door County Public Health (DCPH) began a health assessment in 2020, which should have resulted in a 2021 CHA Report and a 2021-25 CHIP. That assessment was put on hold. DCPH digitally published their delated CHA in January of 2023. The latest CHIP is condensed to 2023-25, but the leadership team and process behind it is robust and DCPH hopes this CHIP will have a strong impact in the community.

“When I started in my position in fall of 2022, we had a half-completed assessment,” Shauna Blackledge, Public Health Strategist for Door County Public Health. “There were six or seven of us representing three organizations at the table trying to do an immense amount of work. “We’ve been able to grow a leadership team of over 25 individuals who represent over 15 organizations in Door County. The group is energized and

Sturgeon Bay Working to Defend Packerland Golf Title

Door County high schools see plenty of interest in golf this year by CRAIG STERRETT

craig@ppulse.com

Numbers of players increased for most Door County high school golf teams this season.

Gibraltar has 10 players, more than enough to field a five-player varsity team to record four scores and have a chance to compete for meet victories, said coach Matt Meacham.

In the previous two seasons, numbers held back Gibraltar, despite a second-place finish in the conference meet by Finn Salm and quite a few low scores by Teddy Roth, now a senior.

Roth and Salm, a junior, did some recruiting for teammates this year. At the first meet, they were joined in the starting five by Leo Frisoni, a senior; Aaron Greene, a junior; and Ivo Unkerfer, a sophomore.

Both Roth and Salm played a few rounds of golf out of state over the winter to sharpen up for the season, Meacham said.

Coach Erik Tauschek has high expectations for Sturgeon Bay, the returning conference champs, as varsity leader and first-team all-conference player Tre Wienke returns. Wienke maintained a solid average of around 40 per nine holes last year and had a 40 to finish first in the second conference meet of the year.

The Clippers have plenty of golfers vying to start on varsity and junior varsity – 19 students went out for the team, which won its first four meets of the season. Tauschek looks to Calvin Richard, a senior, and Porter Rabach, a junior, to help keep the varsity scores low this year.

Southern Door’s Finley LaVine, a junior and already a two-time all-conference honoree, had a third-place finish in the conference last year. LaVine finished at 1 over par in his first competition round this year. Tyler Plzak and James Zittlow are returning for the Eagles, whose varsity was rounded out this April by senior girls Ava Badovski and Carina Schumacher.

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Community Health Improvement Plan Now Available

The Tourism, Housing and Isolation Impact on Community Health

listen to the Door County pulse podcast at doorcountypulse.com/podcasts/ for a conversation between Peninsula Pulse Editor Debra Fitzgerald, and Shauna Blackledge, Door County public Health strategist, about the County of Door’s latest Community Health improvement plan.

Shauna Blackledge, public Health Strategist for Door County public Health. D.a. FiTZGEralD

dedicated to improving the root causes of health issues impacting Door County.”

The areas of concern identified recently by the group were related to tourism, housing, and isolation, and from those, they developed the following focus areas:

1. Protection and prioritization of the local workforce and residents

2. Access to equitable housing

3. Social isolation The leadership team identified four goal areas to address these focus areas, with several strategies under each. Members of the leadership team will serve as leads for each strategy with

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TRACK AND FIELD

(From right) Southern Door’s Ben Grota leads Sturgeon Bay’s Zone Wienke, Sevastopol’s Aaron Tomaszewski, Southern Door’s Owen Larios Amezquita and Sturgeon Bay’s Ben Stephens in the boys 1600-meter run. KEViN BONESKE

Sturgeon Bay’s Ella Tarkowski (left) reaches back to receive the baton from Cady Carlson in the girls 4x100-meter relay. KEViN BONESKE

Vikings Split Twin Bill With Eagles

by KEVIN BONESKE kevin@ppulse.com

ibraltar/Washington Island hosted Southern Door for a Packerland Conference baseball doubleheader on Saturday when the two teams split the twin bill.

The Eagles defeated the Vikings 4-1 in the first game at Fish Creek. Will Jandrin recorded the completegame win, giving up six hits and a walk and hitting two batters.

Southern Door tallied eight hits, with three from Nick Beck and two each from Braylon Berg and Gaige Geisel. Tyler Neinas singled and drove in two runs.

Gibraltar/Washington Island tallied its only run in the second inning when Mason Isaacson-Krueger scored on a groundout by Jaxin Lindgren. Owen Dannhausen led the Vikings at the plate with two hits.

Bennett Isaacson-Krueger pitched all seven innings and took the loss. In game two, Gibraltar/Washington Island defeated Southern Door, 10-8.

The Vikings took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, before the Eagles plated four runs in the bottom of the inning.

Each team scored in each of the first four innings with Southern Door holding an 8-5 lead. Gibraltar/ Washington Island did all the scoring in the final three innings, tallying four runs in the top of the fifth and another run in the seventh inning, as the Eagles committed five errors and their pitchers gave up three walks.

The Vikings outhit Southern Door, 12-11. Brady Kita, Bennett Isaacson-Krueger, Aaron Brey and Cameron Munao had two hits apiece. The Eagles got three hits and 3 RBI from Jandrin, while Neinas and Beck tallied

hits apiece.

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Mason Paye pitched the first 4 1/3 innings for Southern Door and took the loss. Kita earned the win, throwing 3 2/3 innings in relief.

Gibraltar/Washington Island’s Mason Isaacson-Krueger (right) runs to third base where Southern Door’s Nick Beck stands next to the bag during the first game of Saturday’s Packerland Conference baseball doubleheader at Billerbeck Field. KEViN BONESKE

Southern Door’s Will Jandrin delivers a pitch while Tyler Neinas looks on from first base during the first game of Saturday’s

doubleheader against Gibraltar/Washington Island. KEViN BONESKE

Eagles Sweep, Shut Out Vikings

by KEVIN BONESKE kevin@ppulse.com

Southern Door did all the scoring Saturday and gave up just two hits all day when it swept a Packerland Conference doubleheader in Fish Creek against Gibraltar/Washington Island.

In game one, the Eagles defeated the Vikings in five innings, 16-0. Ashlyn Delfosse pitched a no-hitter and struck out three over five innings.

Delfosse led Southern Door at the plate with four hits and six runs batted in.

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CLIPPERS SHUT OUT

UNITED IN GIRLS SOCCER

Sturgeon Bay’s girls soccer team won and also scored for the first time this season when the Clippers shut out Sevastopol/Gibraltar, 2-0, in the april 18 packerland Conference match at Clark Field.

malaya martinez scored both of Sturgeon Bay’s goals in the fourth and 50th minutes. The Clippers outshot the United, 14-4.

“We are finally starting to create better chances to score by getting the ball into dangerous spaces in front of our opponents goal,” said Sturgeon Bay head coach Bob Desotelle. “malaya martinez played really well [april 18] at forward, as did our entire midfield, and maddie Hemminger was brilliant on defense.”

CLIPPER GOLFERS WIN MATCHES AT LITTLE RIVER, VERNON HILLS

Sturgeon Bay’s boys golf team has won the first four packerland Conference matches this season after two more victories.

There was a three-way tie for the top athlete among the boys at 18 points, which included:

• Gibraltar senior Braden Sitte, who won the high jump (6 feet), and placed second in the 100-meter dash (11.82 seconds), 200 dash (24.0) and long jump (19-3).

• Southern Door junior Ben Grota, who won the 800 run (2:08.05), 1600 run (4:55.09) and 3200 run (10:34.91).

• Southern Door senior Alaric Urban, who won the long jump (20-7.5) and triple jump (39-6) and placed third in the 100 dash (11.83) and 200 dash (24.58).

The girls’ top athlete, Southern Door sophomore Frankie Nellis, also tallied 18 points when she won the long jump (15-1.25) and triple jump (31-6.75), and placed third in the 100 dash (13.5) and 200 dash (28.01).

Other individual winners among the boys from Southern Door included senior Zack Lynch in the 100 dash (11.38) and 200 dash (23.22); sophomore Damontrae Meeks in the 300 hurdles (45.11); and sophomore Grant Pieschek in the pole vault (12-0).

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On april 18, the Clippers topped the standings at the little river Country Club near marinette.

Sturgeon Bay carded the low score for four players on nine holes at 171, followed by Southern Door (174), Gibraltar (184), Kewaunee (192), Oconto (195), peshtigo (200) and Sevastopol (202). Kewaunee’s Evan maccaux took individual honors with a 38, a stroke ahead of Oconto’s Carter Koch at 39. There was a three-way tie for third at 40 between Sturgeon Bay’s porter rabach and Southern Door’s Tyler plzak and Finley laVine. Sturgeon Bay’s Tre Wienke and Gibraltar’s Finn Salm tied for sixth at 41, and Sevastopol’s Frankie de young placed eighth at 43.

Then on monday, the Clippers finished first at the Vernon Hills Golf Course near peshtigo. Sturgeon Bay carded a 178, followed by Gibraltar (183), Southern Door (191), Sevastopol (204), Oconto (217) and Kewaunee (218).

maccaux recorded the top individual score for the second meet in a row at 38, three strokes ahead of Koch at 41, followed by a four-way tie for third at 42 between Sturgeon Bay’s luke Selle and Wienke, Southern Door’s laVine and Gibraltar’s Teddy roth.

Southern Door’s boys also won the 4x200 (1:40.76) and 4x400 (3:56.68) relays.

Surgeon Bay’s four individual winners among the boys included senior Chase Hasenjager in the 400 dash (54.56), junior Ozzie Langfeldt in the 110 hurdles (17.44), junior Braden Evers in the shot put (47-9.5) and senior Gannon Evers in the discus (127-5).

The Clipper boys also won the 4x100 (48.97) and 4x800 (9:34.79) relays.

Sturgeon Bay’s girls recorded seven first-place individual finishes, with senior Julia Kurek in the 1600 run (5:42.96) and 3200 (12:40.61); junior Ella Tarkowski in the 100 dash (13.15), junior Tiviana Andropolis in the 200 dash (27.36); junior Cady Carlson in the 400 dash (1:03.62); senior Jade Tomberlin in the 800 run (2:38.49); and senior Gabriella Luett in the discus (82-7).

The Clipper girls also won the 4x100 (53.72) and 4x800 (12:07.75) relays.

In addition to the two first places by Nellis, the winning finishes for Southern Door’s girls included: freshman Elise Jackson in the 300 hurdles (49.99), Danica Neville in the pole vault (8-6) and 4x400 relay (4:37.89).

Other Southern Door team members for coach Dustin Fritsch include seniors Bryce Starr, Noah Slamka, Yana Zenefski; sophomores Breanna Motquin and Danielle Schinktgen; and freshmen Emiah DeFere and Carter Heldmann. Sevastopol coach John Miron has 16 student-athletes on the team. Two girls started on the varsity for the opening meet, senior and third-year player Jordyn Welch and Stephanie Felhofer. Daniel Castillo, a sophomore, played in the No. 1 spot in the opener at Cherry Hills. Miron said Frankie de Young, a senior, has been the team’s top player and can golf in meets when he doesn’t have a baseball game. Isaac Taturo and Chase Kanapka also competed for the varsity in the opener. Three other girls joined the Pioneers. Sevastopol didn’t have a girls team in fall 2023.

Madyson Counard and Reese Vogel each added three hits and 2 RBI.

The Eagles won the second game in three innings, 15-0. Counard, Vogel, Bella Price and Samantha Melville each had two hits for the Eagles.

Melville recorded the pitching victory, allowing only two hits and striking out seven.

Courtney Foy doubled and McCartney Schwab singled for Gibraltar/Washington Island.

Schauske records perfect game as Pioneers sweep Sevastopol won both of its conference games April 18 at Sturgeon Bay by identical 15-0 scores. Addison Schauske pitched a perfect game with seven strikeouts in the opener.

Of Sevastopol’s 12 hits, Jolene Luedtke batted 3-for-4, with a double and three runs scored. Adi Sawyer had two hits including a triple and RBI. Lyvia Duessler also went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Libby Ash, Kayla Ranly and Schauske each doubled.

The Pioneers needed only three innings to win game two, in which Schauske allowed only one hit and two walks while striking out seven.

Sevastopol tallied 13 hits, with three of them coming from Naomi Rikkola, who also scored three times and stole three bases. Luedtke tripled and doubled, and Kaylee Krishka doubled and singled with 3 RBI and two stolen bases. Kochanski and Schauske each added two hits, with 2 and 3 RBI, respectively.

• High series: lemieux 634, Trisha Heldmann 596, mueller 571

Radical Majors League April 16, 2024

• Team / high game/series: red room

1,122/3,216

• Women / high game: Natasha lemieux 204, Caitlyn Krishka 178

• Women / high series: lemieux 530, Krishka 516

Apple Valley Classic League

April 15, 2024

• Team / high game/series: apple Valley pro Shop 736/1,956

• Women / high game: michelle Hartel 225, alisa rupp 221, michelle pfannenstiel 211

• Women / high series: Hartel 592, rupp 221, pfannenstiel 542

• men / high game: Scott Voeks 267, Jared meyer 246, Bob Kramer 245

• men / high series: Voeks 717, Kramer 667, Justin Hartel 647

Women’s Masters League April 15, 2024

• Team / high game: Kring automotive 567

• Team / high series: Franda Builders

1,458

• High game: milissa mueller 242, Natasha lemieux 226, Barb pavlik 213

• men / high game: Nick Cater 299, Jeff Sperber 289, Scott Voeks 279, TJ lautenbach 279

• men / high series: Voeks 769, lautenbach 762, Cater 762, Sperber 760

Columbia 300 Washout League April 17, 2024

• Team / high game: KB apparel & Graphics 1,149

• Team / high series: innovative lED Solutions 3,292

• Women / high game: Kathy Franke 256, Natasha lemieux 239, rebecca Hankins 188 • Women / high series: Franke 637, lemieux 615, Hankins 504

• men / high game: matt Heldmann 277, Ty Zawojski 258, Jake Schilz 256 • men /

Highlighted upcoming local meets include April 29 at The Orchards at Egg Harbor, May 2 at Peninsula State Park Golf Course and, a favorite of the players and coaches – an invitational the morning of May 14 at Horseshoe Bay Golf Club. Technically, Gibraltar is scheduled as the host of the conference meet at Wander Springs Golf Course in Wayside at 11 a.m. May 9.

What’s happening around Door this week? Check it: this issue’s calendar of events

Community Health Program

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Gibraltar senior McKailey Reisen won both the 100 hurdles (16.47) and high jump (5-0), the two events she qualified for state last year.

Sevastopol’s girls got their two firstplace finishes from senior Cassie Rankin in the shot put (29-5) and in the 4x200 relay (1:57.12)

(Above) Gibraltar/Washington Island’s Emilie Glocke delivers a pitch while Southern Door’s Ashlyn Delfosse looks on from second base during the second game of Saturday’s softball doubleheader at Fish Creek. / (Right) Southern Door’s Samantha Melville unwinds a pitch during the second game of Saturday’s softball doubleheader against Gibraltar/Washington Island. KEViN BONESKE

Sturgeon Bay’s Xavier Jandrin clears the bar in the boys pole vault. KEViN BONESKE

April 23, 2024

Sevastopol School District Board of Education Announces Superintendent Search Survey and Focus Groups

Sevastopol School District Board of Education Announces Superintendent Search Survey and Focus Groups

The Sevastopol School District is beginning the process of hiring a full-time superintendent to start work on July 1, 2024. The School Board enlisted the services of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards to assist in facilitating the search process. The Board of Education is interested in gathering input from staff and the community related to the hiring of the new superintendent. The new superintendent will be replacing Kyle Luedtke, who will resign on June 30, 2024.

The Sevastopol School District is beginning the process of hiring a full -time superintendent to start work on July 1, 2024. The School Board enlisted the services of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards to assist in facilitating the search process. The Board of Education is interested in gathering input from staff and the community related to the hiring of the new superintendent. The new superintendent will be replacing Kyle Luedtke, who will resign on June 30, 2024.

Please consider providing your input by attending one of the community focus group opportunities, listed below, and/or completing the online survey, linked below. The focus group session consists of open-ended questions for you to respond to verbally as a member of the focus group. The survey identifies key priorities and needs for the next superintendent. The community is welcome to provide their feedback for the board’s consideration by:

Please consider providing your input by attending one of the community focus group opportunities, listed below, and/or completing the online survey, linked below. The focus group session consists of open-ended questions for you to respond to verbally as a member of the focus group. The survey identifies key priorities and needs for the next superintendent.

• Attending a community focus group session either on Monday, April 29, 2024, at 6:007:00 PM in the High School IMC at Sevastopol School or Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in the Carl Scholz Pioneer Room at 6:30-7:30 AM at Sevastopol School. If attending, please enter through Door #1 off of Pioneer Way/Ripp Rd

• Completing the online survey by May 1, 2024, which is available on the on the district’s website here or at this link to go directly to the survey A paper copy of the survey can also be obtained by contacting Kayleigh Sinclair at the School District Office’s at ksinclair@sevastopol.k12.wi.us and returned by May 1, 2024.

The community is welcome to provide their feedback for the board’s consideration by:

• Attending a community focus group session either on Monday, April 29, 2024, at 6:00-7:00 PM in the High School IMC at Sevastopol School or Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in the Carl Scholz Pioneer Room at 6:30-7:30 AM at Sevastopol School. If attending, please enter through Door #1 off of Pioneer Way/Ripp Rd.

The information gathered from the online survey and the focus groups will assist the board in the creation of a profile outlining the skills and characteristics sought in candidates for the position and the development of questions to be used in the interviews. Thank you for taking time to help the board with this most important responsibility.

Lisa Bieri Board President lisabieri@sevastopol.k12.wi.us

• Completing the online survey by May 1, 2024, which is available on the district’s website or QR code on the right. A paper copy of the survey can also be obtained by contacting Kayleigh Sinclair at the School District Office’s at ksinclair@sevastopol.k12.wi.us and returned by May 1, 2024.

Completing the survey by May 1, 2024, website here or at this link to go directly to the survey A paper copy of the survey can also be obtained by contacting Kayleigh Sinclair at the School District Office’s at ksinclair@sevastopol.k12.wi.us and returned by May 1, 2024.

The information gathered from the online survey and the focus groups will assist the board in the creation of a profile outlining the skills and characteristics sought in candidates for the position and the development of questions to be used in the interviews. Thank you for taking time to help the board with this most important responsibility.

The information gathered from the online survey and the focus groups will assist the board in the creation of a profile outlining the skills and characteristics sought in candidates for the position and the development of questions to be used in the interviews. Thank you for taking time to help the board with this most important responsibility.

Lisa Bieri

Lisa Bieri Board President lisabieri@sevastopol.k12.wi.us

Board President lisabieri@sevastopol.k12.wi.us

Fresh, Colorful Produce Selection

GARDEN CLUB GRANTS AVAILABLE

The Door Garden Club is seeking applicants for its Small Green Spaces Grants and Scholarships program. Grants will be awarded to help bring edible gardens, flower gardens and public green spaces to public land in Door County neighborhoods. applications are due by June 15. learn more at doorgardenclub.org or email admin@doorgardenclub.org

ELECTRONICS

RECYCLING EVENT

MAY 4

With support from immanuel lutheran Church, B3 recycling Solutions will lead an electronics recycling event 9 am – 12 pm, Saturday, may 4 at the Baileys Harbor rec Field.

COMMUNITY

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EGG HARBOR GREEN TIER SEEKS SURVEY INPUT

The Egg Harbor Green Tier Task Force reached out to residents and business association members to get insight into Green Tier initiatives for this year. The task force is a volunteer-run group of residents that works to further the village’s Green Tier initiatives. To participate in the survey, visit tinyurl.com/fbex3x9b. To read more about the task force, visit villageofeggharbor.org/sustainability

Ombudsperson Program Helps Protect Seniors

by SAM WATSON

sam@ppulse.com

If you live in a skilled nursing facility in Door County or have a loved one who does, you might already be aware of the statewide service that works to protect seniors in long-term care facilities.

That service, the Volunteer Ombudsman Program (VOP), has been running for 30 years as of 2024, and it expanded to Northeast Wisconsin around 2008, according to Northeast Wisconsin volunteer ombudsperson coordinator Andie Grassl. It’s a program of Wisconsin’s Board on Aging and Long Term Care, which was created by the state legislature in 1981.

Volunteers in the program make weekly, unannounced visits to

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HUMANE SOCIETY RUMMAGE SALE SEEKING ITEMS

The Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus is seeking new or gently used items to sell at its annual rummage sale Friday, may 3, 12-6 pm and Saturday, may 4, 8:30 am – 2 pm, at arle memorial Hall. items can be dropped off 4-8 pm Thursday, may 1. items that cannot be accepted are appliances, clothing, computers, televisions or large furniture. arle memorial Hall is located at 692 Tacoma Beach road, Sturgeon Bay.

assigned skilled nursing facilities. While there, they observe the general living conditions and meet one-on-one with residents to address concerns they may have, either by helping them speak up for themselves or going to administration to advocate on their behalf.

Through regular visits, residents oft en grow close to the volunteers serving them – and vice versa, according to Grassl. “They become a trusted advocate for these residents, somebody that the residents really look forward to seeing and confiding in,” Grassl said.

“The relationships are what keeps volunteers coming back for years.”

Door County currently has two volunteers covering its three skilled nursing facilities – Sturgeon Bay Health Services and Pete and Jelaine

Horton Center Skilled Nursing Facility, both in Sturgeon Bay, and Serenity Spring Senior Living at Scandia Village in Sister Bay. The VOP has also started a pilot program to extend its ombudsperson services to assisted-living facilities, and Grassl has hopes that program will come to Door County in the future.

Those interested in volunteering in the local branch of the VOP should reach out to Grassl by calling 608.246.7023 or emailing andrea. grassl@wisconsin.gov. Prospective volunteers receive background checks and training about resident rights, confidentiality and ethics. Visit longtermcare.wi.gov for more information.

(From left) Door County League baseball managers are presented with AEDs to “Field their Fields.” Front Row: Jared Pflieger, Institute manager; Tom Sawyer, representing Sister Bay; Joe Cornell, Washington Island manager; Jim Grovogel, representing Maplewood; Tom Demmin, DCBL vice president; Back Row: Jeff Paschke, Egg Harbor; Matt Ash, Egg Harbor manager; Eric Bley, West Jacksonport manager; Mary Witteborg, DCBL secretary/AED committee chair; Charlie Wood, Baileys Harbor manager; Dave Neinas, Kolberg manager; and Scott Brauer, representing Maplewood. Submitted.

AEDs NOW AT ALL COUNTY LEAGUE FIELDS

The summer Door County league (DCl) baseball season is just around the corner, and thanks to supporters, every field

will now have automated External Defibrillators (aEDs). mary Witteborg, DCl secretary and committee chair, said the campaign Field the Fields – a combination of direct donations, continued on page 6

fill-the-boot donations and

to finance the aEDs and provide additional funds for each team for maintenance and support for the aEDs.

The DCBl season kicks off may 14.

CYCLING WITHOUT AGE DOOR

COUNTY PILOT TRAINING

Cycling Without age Door County, which provides rides in three-wheeled trishaws to seniors and differently-abled people to let them experience the feeling of cycling, will train volunteers to pilot their trishaws on Saturday, may 4, 9 am – noon at the Kane Center in Fish Creek. interested pilots should have valid driver’s licenses and be skilled cyclists. For more information, email cwadoorcounty@gmail. com or call 920.854.6544. The Kane Center is located at 3866 Gibraltar road, Fish Creek.

SMALL ANIMAL SALE AND SWAP WILL BENEFIT 4-H

Door County 4-H is holding its annual Small animal Sale and Swap on Saturday, may 4, starting at 8 am, at the Door County Fairgrounds.

Vendors are welcome and must meet any state regulations. proceeds from the event help support the 4-H small animal projects. For further information call 920.737.1741.

To enter the location at the fairgrounds, take alabama Street to N. 15th place, Sturgeon Bay.

HABITAT NEEDS HOME REPAIR LEADER

Door County Habitat for Humanity is seeking a volunteer to lead its home-repair program. This person(s) would be responsible for making a home visit to assess the needs of the project, create a project quote and coordinate the volunteers to complete projects. To discuss the opportunity, contact lori allen at loriallen@DoorHabitat.org

In an effort to protect our water, land and air, officials from the Village of Sister Bay and the Town of Liberty Grove are encouraging everyone to recycle and participate in a Prescription Drug Drop-Off and an Appliance/Electronics Recycling Event on Saturday, May 11, 2024. All Village of Sister Bay and Town of Liberty Grove residents, property owners, and business owners or operators are also encouraged to participate in a Shredding Event that same day. (Be advised that the appliance/electronics recycling services as well as the drug drop-off event will be open to the public, but due to overwhelming response in the past, persons from other municipalities will NOT be allowed to participate in the Shredding Program.)

There will not be any charge to recycle most small household appliances or items such as bicycles, lawn mowers, snow blowers, stoves and washing machines, but fees ranging from $5.00 to $60.00 per item could be charged to recycle anything with a compressor or a screen such as LCD and CRT monitors, televisions, refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers and air conditioning units. Please note that this list is not all-inclusive.

There will be no charge for VILLAGE OF SISTER BAY OR TOWN OF LIBERTY GROVE RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS and PROPERTY OWNERS to have documents securely shredded. All shredded materials will be recycled.

• Any documents to be shredded as well as any of the previously mentioned items should be brought to the parking lot at the Sister Bay Sports Complex, 2155 Autumn Court, between 9:00 A.M. and noon on May 11, 2024.

• Please note that there will be a limit of five (5) Bankers Boxes filled with materials to be shredded per household or business.

• If you wish to drop off items to be securely shredded please be prepared to present “proof of residence” at the entrance to the Sports Complex.

• Before large items can be placed on the recycling truck any and all recycling fees must be paid.

In response to a request from a number of concerned citizens a representative of the Door County Sheriff’s Department will also be on site to accept and safely dispose of unused or outdated prescriptions and overthe-counter medications. There will not be a charge for this service. Please note that liquids, creams, syringes, lotions, Chemo Therapy drugs, aerosols and inhalers, needles and mercury thermometers will not be accepted. For further

ADRC BRINGS MEDICARE HELPERS TO NORTHERN DOOR

The aging and Disability resource Center (aDrC) has coordinated with a group of State Health insurance program (SHip) counselors. This national program trains individuals to understand medicare with the mission of helping others understand medicare in an unbiased way.

Starting in June, SHip volunteers will help individuals enter their initial applications for medicare. Volunteers will be at the Sister Bay/liberty Grove library on the fourth Wednesday of each month, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. Contact the aDrC at 920.746.2372 for more details and to schedule an appointment. The library is located at 2323 mill road, Sister Bay.

WOMEN’S FUND WILL ADDRESS CHILDCARE SHORTAGE WITH $100K GRANT

The Women’s Fund of Door County announced monday that it received a third, $100,000 grant award from the Ford Foundation. The Women’s Fund of Door County will use the funds to create long-term solutions for the peninsula’s ongoing childcare shortage.

“The challenges associated with cost and availability of childcare will require unique problem-solving and collaboration and we are excited to continue the granting we have been doing over the past two years,” said annika paulsen, chair of the Childcare Committee for the Women’s Fund of Door County.

according to the United Way of Door County, the average cost of home- based childcare in Door County is $800 per child per month, while a childcare center costs $1,000 per child per month. as a result, a single income of $30,000 could use 40% of their income for the care of one child.

Of the approximate 1,000 children under the 5 years old in Door County, there are 288 spots available at a licensed or certified provider, according to the United Way. approximately of those 50 children receive care from family members, which leaves 662 children with childcare of an unknown quality.

WOMEN’S FUND SEEKS PHOTOS, QUOTES FOR MOTHER’S DAY

in honor of mother’s Day, the Women’s Fund of Door County would like to recognize the important role that women play in the Door County community. a selection of photos and quotes about Door County women will be

Michael Leon Glowacki, 83 passed away, peacefully on April 22, 2024 at Cedar Crest in Janesville Wisconsin. Michael Glowacki celebrated life each day. He enjoyed business, art, theater, travel, and spending time with his family.

Mike was born Sept. 1, 1940 in Thorpe, Wisconsin. He attended Madison Business College and received his BA in Education from University of WisconsinWhitewater. He was an Eagle Scout and then served in the Army and Air Force Reserves in early 1960s. On June 20, 1964, he married Constance “Connie” Joyce Wanninger in Janesville, and their love and marriage lasted almost 60 years. They were an inseparable team working and playing together throughout his life.

From 1970-1983, he taught 7th - 9th grade science and math in Janesville, with many years at Edison Jr. High School. Ever the businessman, he had a realtor license and sold insurance. He served Janesville as a County Board Member. He was a long-time member of Cargill United Methodist Church and was very active with the Elks Club in Janesville where he served as exalted ruler 2017-2018.

In 1983, he and Connie began a 40-year career as artists. They traveled the country selling at art shows and fairs for twenty-five years. While Connie painted and taught, Mike framed and matted the work and ran the business. Then in 2008, they established a gallery in Door County where they sold Connie’s art for half the year. The other half of the year, they traveled and spent time in Janesville or with their granddaughter in Muncie, Indiana.

While in Door County, Mike and Connie were active in the arts community. Mike loved music and theater. They supported and volunteered for the Birch Creek Music Festival and Northern Sky Theater. They also were active members of the Shepard of the Bay Lutheran Church community.

He was loved and admired by those he met and was a role model to many in the community, as well as a loving support for his children and granddaughter. Mike loved to say “We’ve seen the pot of gold, now we’re living the rainbow.” We know he is smiling at us from the other side with his parents, Mable “Mae” and Leon Glowacki, and his sister, Karen Donaldson. Survivors include: his wife, Connie (Wanninger) Glowacki; his daughter, Michelle Lynn (Gerry Hall) Glowacki-Dudka, his granddaughter, Charlotte “Zina” Corrine Glowacki; his son, Matthew Michael Glowacki; and many nieces and nephews.

We thank the staff at Cedar Crest and Mercy Hospice for their care and kindness over the past two years.

The funeral service was celebrated at 10:30 am on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at Cargill United Methodist Church, 2000 Wesley Ave, Janesville, with Reverend Steve Scott with officiating. Visitation was held from 9:30 am until time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Janesville Elks Lodge, 2100 N. Washington St., Janesville, WI, 53548. Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory is assisting his family. For online

and guestbook, please visit: schneiderfuneraldirectors.com.

featured on the Women’s Fund of Door County’s Facebook page facebook.com/ womensfunddoorcounty The community is encouraged to submit photos and quotes about the important role a woman has played in their lives or a message of thanks and appreciation.

Submissions can be emailed to womensfund@ givedoorcounty.org or send a message to their Facebook page by may 10.

Leaders and members of Community Church of Fish Creek including senior pastor Daniel Bowman, associate pastor Ryan Bowman, CCFC Construction Team Member Mark Rowland, and Dave Kaufman, Mike Cashman and Tim Honigschmidt from DeLeers break ground for a major construction project. Submitted.

CHURCH EXPANSION PROJECT

BEGINS AT FISH CREEK

Community Church of Fish Creek this month broke ground on a project to renovate the historic building, add more restrooms, improve accessibility and efficiency, and increase seating capacity by 45%, to accommodate the growing congregation. The task of maintaining the integrity of the classic design of the 107-year-old church was given to architect rick Swanson.

Deleers Construction is in charge of the construction project.

Construction is expected to be completed by Nov. 1. more details can be found www.ccfishcreek.org

During the summer months, church services will be temporarily moved to the Old Town Hall at 4176 maple St., Fish Creek.

POTAWATOMI SKI HILL GROUP STILL PLANNING

The next meeting for long-range planning for a volunteer-run ski hill at potawatomi State park will be at 6:30 pm monday, april 29, at Southern Door High School. Organizer Dana Wangerin said he will present a feasibility study at the meeting. Southern Door High School is located at 2073 County road DK in Brussels.

Jan. 23, 1936 - April 21, 2024

Carol Ann Gray, 88, of Sister Bay, passed away peacefully Sunday afternoon, April 21, 2024 at Serenity Spring Senior Living at Scandia Village in Sister Bay from recent health complications.

She was born Jan. 23, 1936 in Milwaukee, the daughter of Roman A. and Elenora E. (Bierbaum) Niedzwiecki. Carol’s family moved to Rhinelander, and she attended one of the local Catholic churches. Carol graduated from Rhinelander High School and went on to attend Marquette University in Milwaukee to become a dental assistant.

She was united in marriage to Edward John Gray on February 17, 1979. Together, they resided and farmed on Little Marsh Road in the Town of Gibraltar.

Carol worked as a dental assistant for Dr. Jon Kordon DDS Dentistry in Sister Bay for many years, and through that time, was blessed to have made many cherished, lifelong friendships.

She had a great love for her Catholic faith and was a longtime member of Stella Maris Parish, initially at St. Mary’s of the Lake in Baileys Harbor (now Stella Maris Parish-Baileys Harbor site) with Edward and then St. Rosalia in Sister Bay after his passing. Carol volunteered with the Ladies Sodality at both parishes and served as an usher at St. Rosalia. She had many hobbies, including knitting, painting, learning to play the organ, gardening, and playing her favorite card game, Canasta. Carol loved the summertime and enjoyed sitting outside and watching her dogs in the backyard with a glass of wine. Summer Sundays quickly became one of her favorite days, when she would join her nephew, Mike, and his family on the boat.

Carol and Edward were blessed with over 25 years of marriage. Edward preceded her in death on Aug. 31, 1991.

In her last years, Carol resided at the Good Samaritan Society-Scandia Village in Sister Bay.

She will be missed by her brother, David (Geraldine) Niedzwiecki of Baileys Harbor, and his three children, Michael (Stacy), Mary, and Robert (Rhonda); greatnieces and great-nephews; and other relatives.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents; loving husband, Edward Gray; siblings-in-law, Irene Elkin, Harold (Ruth) Gray, Dolores (Urban “Bud”) Flok, and Evelyn (Francis) Ehlers; and other relatives.

Her life will be honored with a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at 11 am on Friday, April 26, 2024 at Stella Maris Parish-Baileys Harbor site, 8013 State Highway 57, with Fr. Thomas Farrell as celebrant. Carol will be laid to rest in the church cemetery, St. Mary’s of the Lake Cemetery, beside her husband, Edward. Visitation for family and friends will be held at the church on Friday from 10 am until the time of Mass.

“Our family would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the entire staff at Scand as well as Unity Hospice for the wonderful and compassionate care given to Carol.” Casperson Funeral Home in Sister Bay is assisting the family. Expressions of sympathy, memories, and photos of Carol may be shared with her family through her tribute page at caspersonfuneralhome.com.

CAROL ANN GRAY

MICHAEL LEON GLOWACKI

As a free public service to our readers, the Peninsula Pulse presents Life Notes, devoted to the notable milestones in life, from birth to significant birthdays to engagements, weddings and obituaries. The deadline for submissions is noon on Friday. Send submissions to lifenotes@ ppulse.com. The Pulse reserves the right to edit submissions to conform to space. Call 920.839.2121 for details. Birth notices are from Door County Medical Center in Sturgeon Bay unless otherwise noted.

BirTHS

Brandon and Lacey Borkovetz, of Sturgeon Bay, are the parents of a baby boy born on april 15, 2024 at Door County medical Center. The maternal grandparents are Jill Olson of Sturgeon Bay and Tod Olson of Brussels. The paternal grandparents are Janel and Kenneth Borkovetz of athelstane, Wisconsin.

Whitney and Branden Gross, of Gills rock, are the parents of a baby girl born on april 2, 2024 at Door County medical Center. The maternal grandparents are linda and Bob michel of mundelein, illinois. The paternal grandparents are Ellen and lynn Gross of Baileys Harbor.

DEaTHS

See full obituaries.

Michael Leon Glowacki

Sept. 1, 1940 - April 22, 2024

Carol Ann Gray Jan. 23, 1936 - April 21, 2024

Armella Rita Norton May 8,1929 - March 15, 2024

OBiTUariES

Beverly Ellingson

Dec. 13, 1947 - April 19, 2024

Beverly T.

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pfeiffer. Bev graduated from Crivitz High School in 1966 and milwaukee area Technical College in 1968. Bev married ron Ellingson in 1970 and had two children, Stacie and Stephen. She started her over 30-year career at Sturgeon Bay schools and spent over 25 years serving on the board of the Friends of the Door County library. Services will be held at 10 am Sat., may, 25 at Holy Name of mary Church in maplewood. a visitation will be from 3-7 pm on Friday, may 24 at Forbes Funeral Home and then from 9 am until the time of services at the church. memorials may be given to Friends of Door County library or Door CaNcer.

Genevieve Jeannet Richard Dec. 30, 1927 - April 18, 2024

Genevieve “Gen” Jeannet richard, 96, of Sturgeon Bay, formerly of the Town of Egg Harbor, died early Thursday morning, april 18, 2024 at Bayview Senior living in Sturgeon Bay. She was born in Gladstone, michigan on Dec. 30, 1927 to Jesse James and Delia mary (lapalm) Cartwright. Gen graduated from all Saints Catholic School in Gladstone. in 1945, she married Charles arthur richard at all Saints Church. all seven of their children were born at Horseshoe Bay Farms in Egg Harbor. a mass of Christian Burial was prayed at 11:30 am on Thursday, april 25, 2024 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Sturgeon Bay. She will be laid to rest beside her husband, Chuck, in Egg Harbor Town Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends was held at the church on Thursday, april 25, 2024 from 9:30 am until 11:10 am.

Lawrence Earl Gray, Jr. May 7, 1938 - April 17, 2024

lawrence Earl “mike” Gray, Jr., 85 years old of Sturgeon Bay Wi, died on Wednesday, april 17, 2024, surrounded by family at Door County memorial Hospital. mike was born on may 7, 1938 in Chicago to lawrence Earl Gray, Sr. and Katherine Gray. He grew up in Fox lake, illinois and attended Grant Community High School graduating in 1956. He married Barbara Julia ann Sokup on June 7, 1958. They had two daughters, laura and Catherine and resided in Fox lake. There, mike had an electrical business and received his

She’s a gorgeous girl, weighs 32 pounds, and she longs to find a loving home where she can be best friends with everyone. She likes to be close and spend time with people and is ready to learn and enjoy any activity that comes her way. like all dogs at WHS, she is spayed, vaccinated, microchipped, and comes with a starter bag of food and a certificate for a free vet exam. plus, now until april 30, all dogs at WHS have 50% off adoption fees, including Bayleigh’s! Visit this happy girl during adoption hours at the WHS Door County Campus and take her home the very same day.

pilot license. The family then moved to Fish Creek where they bought and ran Nor Dor motel. a celebration of mike’s life is being planned for this summer and will be announced. Expressions of sympathy, memories, and photos of lawrence may be shared with his family through his tribute page at huehnsfuneralhome.com.

Darryl J. Rohrer

July 3, 1959 - April 12, 2024

Darryl J. rohrer, 64, of Washington island, died on Friday, april 12, 2024 at his home. He was born July 3, 1959 in Fontana, California, son of the late Donald Gene and pearl minnie rohrer. He graduated from lanphier High School in Springfield, illinois. He then attended Eastern illinois University, where he obtained his master’s degree in School psychology. On august 4, Darryl married the love of his life, annie Wittrock at Faith lutheran Church in mundelein, illinois. The two raised four children. Upon Darryl’s retirement in 2021, he and annie moved and made their home on Washington island. He loved his part time jobs at the Washington island Ferry line, Williams Tree Farm, and Elegant Foods. Darryl’s life was celebrated in a memorial service on Saturday, april 20, 2024 at Trinity lutheran Church at 12 pm.

Evelyn Ann Ploor

Dec. 17, 1920 - April 9, 2024

Evelyn ann (Wilke) ploor, 103 of Sturgeon Bay, died late Tuesday evening, april 9, 2024. Evelyn was born Dec. 17, 1920 in the Town of Forestville to august and lydia (Diefenbach) Wilke. They moved to the Town of Sevastopol where she started school and graduated in the class of 1938. Evelyn worked as a nanny for the Kellner family after graduation. She married Wilfred Joseph ploor. in January of 1963, she started work at Sevastopol Schools as a cook and retired from there in 1987. in 1995, she moved from the farm to a house in Sturgeon Bay and in 2022 moved to pine Crest assisted living. mass of Christian Burial was held at 11 am on Tuesday, april 16, 2024 at S.S. peter & paul Catholic Church in institute. Burial was in the church cemetery beside her husband, Wilfred.

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MEMORIES OF A WONDERFUL WIFE GERREL R. HALVERSON (Geri)

She was a very special person… sweet, kind, gentle, considerate and fun to be with. It was a blessing to have been married to this beautiful woman for over 53 years… I wish it could have been much longer.

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Last week, I was driving home after a day of teaching at Gibraltar School District. I was driving through Ephraim when I swerved to miss a squirrel. I ended up hitting the curb with my passenger-side tire. Immediately, my tire popped and left me stranded on the side of the road. A kind young man pulled over and assisted me, quickly getting me back on my way. I am very grateful and I’d like to thank him by publicly acknowledging his act of kindness. The man’s name is Mukhtar Aghazada. He is opening a new Mediterranean restaurant in Ephraim – I will certainly be one of his first customers! Thanks again, Mukhtar. Your kindness and compassion are greatly appreciated!

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Reading teacher-Gibraltar School District Sister Bay, Wisconsin

May 8,1929 - March 15, 2024

Armella Rita Norton, age 94, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2024 at Serenity Spring Senior Living at Scandia Village, Sister Bay. She was born in Chicago on May 8,1929 to Casimer and Harriet (Michela) Pinczykowski. Her family name was later changed to Pine. Armella was baptized at and attended St. Mary’s of the Angels Church, Chicago. She graduated from Drummond High School in Chicago. After graduation, she began her professional career in 1947 as a helper to an assistant in the trust records division at the Continental National Bank Chicago.

Armella furthered her banking career by attending evening vocational school. She was a trailblazer and a woman ahead of her time. She was proud of her career and told many stories of the discrimination she faced from her male colleagues as she worked her way up the ranks at the bank. She became the first female principal supervisor of trust records at Continental. She ended her professional career at Continental Bank as a personal banking officer, retiring in 1981. Armella made numerous lifelong friendships during her banking career, staying in contact with some until her final days.

While working at Continental Bank, she met George H. Norton Jr. She married George in 1974. He predeceased her April 30, 2002.

As a girl, Armella aspired to become a nun. After thoughtful conversation with her priest, he suggested that she could do more to help other people without becoming a nun. As she lived her life, this proved to be very true. She touched many lives and those fortunate enough to have known her were truly blessed.

Armella was an avid downhill skier and a member of the “400 Ski Club” for more than two decades. She skied the Swiss Alps, North American Rockies (both US and Canada) and the Sierra Nevada, to name just a few. Armella was adventurous and traveled extensively during her life. As a young woman, she traveled often to Door County and helped organize many biking tours and spelunking adventures in the caves around Horseshoe Bay. She loved to share stories and photographs of her trips and visits to almost every continent.

Geri was a very generous person, sponsoring many causes and donating several hours to our church doing secretarial work, singing in the choir and as a Lay Minister. She enjoyed being social and always had a smile to go with her warm and sincere personality. She was the love of my life and a wonderful wife.

We had a special marriage and our love for each other grew stronger over the years. We enjoyed our time together and with our friends in both Wisconsin and South Florida.

While Geri is deeply missed, I know that she lives on in the hearts and minds of our family, friends and others who came to know her over the years. – Ron Halverson

“In loving memory of Geri Halverson” September 20, 1946 – May 2, 2019

Armella’s profound love of music was a significant part of her life. George and Armella provided critical support when the Peninsula Music Festival fell into dire straits in the late 1970’s. Armella served on the PMF’s Sustaining Committee and personally provided them with substantial support and resources. In 1993 George and Armella, along with the Ephraim Foundation, were instrumental in bringing back the Sunday Night Sing-a-Longs at the Ephraim Village Hall. Even after George’s passing, Armella helped continue the Sing-a-Long tradition into the 2010’s. Literally right up to her final days, with no rhyme or reason, Armella would serenade the senior living staff with the lyrics from one of her sing-a-long favorites. Armella was also a generous philanthropist dedicated to supporting students, arts and history in Door County. She created the Armella Rita Norton Scholarship Fund and supported numerous organizations and charities. She loved Door County and eventually retired full time to her home in Sister Bay, a friend naming it “Armella’s Heaven” which was literally her “Heaven” on earth. There she enjoyed gardening, canning and a occasional cold beer with friends on the front porch. Armella used to tell everyone, “I’ve had a great life, life is what you make it.” At Armella’s request, no formal services will be held.

Special thanks to Terry, Kathy and the staff of Serenity Springs Senior Living at Scandia Village for their care, compassion and kindness to Armella. There’s a “Miracle called friendship” that dwells within the heart. And you don’t know how it happens or when it gets its start… But the happiness it brings you always gives a special lift… And you realize that “Friendship” is God’s most precious gift!

ARMELLA RITA NORTON

Ellingson, 76, died on april 19, 2024, after a valiant battle with cancer. She was born in marinette, Wisconsin on Dec. 13, 1947, to Frank and michalina

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by SAM WATSON sam@ppulse.com

Two Door County locals who once provided music to a bygone Ellison Bay church are still playing acoustic covers around the peninsula today.

Cristy Christensen of Sevastopol and John Iverson of Sister Bay, who perform together as Walking Each Other Home, have brought their blend of guitar and vocals over the years to local nursing homes, non-profit events and restaurants like the Hitching Post, where they have made regular appearances.

In advance of their next set at the Hitching Post on April 27, I chatted with Christensen and Iverson about how they came to play together and why they do what they do. The conversation has been edited for clarity.

Sam Watson (SW): How long have each of you been playing music?

Cristy Christensen (CC): I learned to play guitar when I was about 15. Then I took classical guitar lessons from a teacher in the Chicago area, and I went back to school and took a couple of years of applied music. So I’ve probably been playing for 50 years, maybe a little longer.

John Iverson (JI): I’ve been playing for about 11 years.

SW: What brought you both to Door County?

CC: My family used to camp up here when I was a child. Then my sister moved up, my cousin moved up, my mother was in a nursing home up here. So I moved up.

JI: I’ve been coming here my whole life in the summer. Now I’ve been a full-time resident for 11 years. I love it up here.

SW: John, you started playing music around the time you moved here – why is that?

JI: I was reinventing my life. I was sick of playing golf and hanging out with guys. I saw some people playing music in a room at the Brew [Coffeehouse in Ellison

Bay], and I thought, “I should check that out.” One thing led to another and now I’m sitting here talking to you.

SW: How did you two start playing together?

JI: We were playing music at a song circle up in Ellison Bay, and then we got roped into playing with the Cowboy Church with Lloyd Michalsen [church founder and pastor] 10 or so years ago. We played with them for four or five years, and we just evolved into playing more of our own kind of music and started playing gigs.

SW: Tell me about the Cowboy Church.

JI: It was a non-denominational church set up in Ellison Bay at Bob Tidball’s barn.

CC: A lot of different musicians would all join in on Sundays. Sometimes we would get an audience of about 50 people in the barn, and two horses. Lloyd Michalsen was a phenomenon up here. He unfortunately passed this November, but he loved the Cowboy Church. He played the banjo; Kari Brandt played the mandolin; John and I played guitars. The Raddatz family [which performs as The Raddatz Family Eclectic] would come up and do music with us too, and David [Hatch] and Lynn Gudmundsen.

SW: As a duo, what kind of music do you play together?

JI: You just never know. We have such a wide spectrum of musical tastes; we go from artists from the ‘40s and further back to Ed Sheeran and other musicians that are popular today.

SW: What do you two enjoy about performing?

CC: It’s calming, healing. You’re giving joy to people. When people connect with the music and some of them sing along, when you see people enjoying it and participating in it, that’s really the best part.

JI: We play at nursing homes from time to time, and we’ve had wonderful experiences at Scand [Serenity Spring Senior Living at Scandia Village.] We were playing an arrangement of Summertime [composed by George Gershwin and later recorded by Billie Holiday, as well as Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong.] We got, like, two measures into the song. There was a lady in the back row, kind of slouched over sitting in a wheelchair. All of a sudden, she pokes her head up, raises her hand, wheels up the aisle and says, “I got this.” So Cristy hands her the mic and she nails it.

CC: She was a singer in a past life.

JI: That’s kind of the beauty of making music that connects with people.

Photo from the duo’s Facebook page.

AAlpine’s 2024 Concert Lineup

lpine Resort’s 2024 concert season will feature rock, pop, blues, country, bluegrass and swing performances by local and regional acts.

The resort’s Concerts in the Tent series takes place on Wednesday evenings and select holiday weekends, 6-9 pm in a 4,000-square-foot waterfront tent.

The first band of the season, Biscuit Creek, will take the stage on June 19, unleashing a blend of traditional and progressive bluegrass.

Door County’s own five-piece powerhouse, Modern Day Drift ers, will perform country hits and all-time favorites on June 26.

The weekend of the Fourth of July will feature two bands. Big Mouth and the Power Tool Horns will play an eclectic mix of blues and jazz July 5, while Panchromatic Steel, a band that fuses island styles with rock, jazz and pop hits, will play July 6.

Fronted by three female vocalists, The Cougars will bring their classic-rock sound to the Alpine July 10, before Kate Voss and The Hot Sauce plays nostalgic tunes from Patsy Cline to Ray Charles on July 17.

The following week will feature Johnny Wad, a highlyrequested rock cover band that will play the best of the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s on July 24.

Funky horn band Stephen Cooper and The Nobody Famous will take the stage next on July 31, followed by award-winning show band STEEM on Aug. 7.

On Aug. 14, singer-songwriter and record producer Todd Carey, who has performed alongside artists like

liner*notes

LOCAL MUSICIANS

UNITE FOR CANCER

an online benefit concert streamed from the Tambourine lounge on april 28, 2-6 pm, will raise funds for rachael mcQueen, a Door County local who received an aggressive cancer diagnosis earlier this month. area musicians who will play at the concert include Black Bandits, Elastik Waste Banned, VCr (Zach Vogel, Jamey Clark and Greg rotiek), OmG! i’m Famous, adam Haste Band, life and Thy Dirty Deuce.

The concert will be streamed live on the Tambourine’s live from the lounge Facebook page, accessible at tinyurl.com/mrxb7b8n, and Steel Bridge radio, a continuouslyrunning online station accessible at steelbridgeradio.com.

Those interested in supporting mcQueen can also donate to her GoFundme page, tinyurl. com/5e6wrjn2.

Those who would rather donate in-person can bring cash or checks to The pearl of Door County Gallery and Gift Shop, 143 S. 3rd ave. in Sturgeon Bay, or Trattoria Dal Santo italian restaurant, 117 N. 3rd ave. in Sturgeon Bay.

MUSIC AT DRÖMHUS

Drömhus will host a vinyl night on april 26, 5-7 pm. On april 28, the venue will host a jazz night, 5-7 pm. Drömhus is located at 611 Jefferson St. in Sturgeon Bay.

Fall Out Boy, Jason Mraz, John Mayer and Train, will treat fans to his trademark brand of beach-pop-rock.

Copper Box will blend Americana, blues and Zydeco during a show on Aug. 21, then Carbon Road will perform rock, country and pop hits Aug. 28.

During Labor Day weekend, Big Mouth and the Power Tool Horns will return for an Aug. 30 encore performance. They’ll be followed up by the 10-piece horn band FBI and The Untouchable Horns on Aug. 31.

Bluesy-rock band The String Benders, featuring 2016 Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Hall of Fame

inductee Dave Steffen, will play on Sept. 4.

The following week on Sept. 11, Bay City Swing will bring in some of the area’s finest jazz musicians, recreating the music of Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Count Basie and other memorable big bands.

Local artists will close out the season, with Bacchus Lotus playing a cosmic swirl of rock on Sept. 18 and Cathy Grier and The Troublemakers channeling the great female blues artists of the past on Sept. 25.

Concerts are rain-or-shine and admission is free. Food and beverages will be available for purchase in the tent and at the resort restaurant, Burton’s on the Bay. No coolers, pets or carry-in food or beverages are allowed for tent concerts, but guests may bring their own lawn chairs.

The concert schedule is subject to change.

Visit alpineresort.com/live-music for more information.

Alpine Resort is located at 7715 Alpine Road in Egg Harbor.

RUBY JAMES AT DOOR COUNTY FIRE COMPANY

Sturgeon Bay songstress ruby James kicked off her solo career at the Tambourine lounge this april with two back-to-back shows that sold out before most people knew about them. Now, James and her band are ready to do it again, but louder, at the Door County Fire Company on may 3, 7 pm. They’ll be back with a bigger sound, more new songs (as well as old favorites) and room to dance.

James’ new band includes Jason Goessel, as well as Greg rotek and Chris Scheer, original members of James’ former funk powerhouse WiFEE and the HUZzBaND. local singer-songwriter Eric Hagen will open for James’ may 3 show. Hagen is currently nominated for six Wisconsin area music industry (Wami) awards and promoting his new Ep, Memories Don’t Love You Back, which features James on the title-track duet. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $10 at doorcountytickets. com, or at the door for $15. Door County Fire Company is

CORKY SIEGEL CONCERT RESCHEDULED

TO MAY 3

Blues harmonica-player and pianist

Corky Siegel will take the stage at the Kress pavilion may 3, 7 pm, as part of Village of Egg Harbor’s art of music winter concert series.

Siegel was scheduled to perform earlier this year on Jan. 12, but a snow storm prevented him from doing so. a co-founder of the Siegel-Schwall Band, Siegel started performing in 1965 and hasn’t slowed his roll since. after learning his craft from firstgeneration blues artists like muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Willie Dixon, Siegel went on to record with labels like rCa records, Vanguard records and Deutsche Grammophon, later being inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame. His close associations with the early blues masters make him a pivotal, though inconspicuous, part of modern music history. Tickets are $15/person. They can be purchased at the door, but reservations are recommended at kresspavilion.org/winterconcertseries For more information, call 920.493.5979.

and country-blues-gospel outfit The Wood Brothers on July 14. Then Lyle Lovett and His Large Band will return by popular demand July 20 before Southern soul-rockers JJ Grey and Mofro enjoy the spotlight on July 24.

A triple-bill show on July 28 will feature The Drift ers, The Platters, and Cornell Gunter’s Coasters, presenting a nostalgic evening of hits. Acclaimed songwriters Eilen Jewell and Chris Smither will close out the month of music on July 30.

Ricky Skaggs, a 15-time Grammy-winning mandolin-picker, will appear with his band Kentucky Thunder on Aug. 2, before a set by ascendant folk/R&B/classical duo SistaStrings on Aug. 4. Summer’s end will bring in the legendary Graham Nash for an Aug. 18 show. DCA will keep going strong in the fall, starting with a to-be-announced alternative/indie/reggae concert on Sept. 7. Next comes Alash Tuvan Ensemble, a throat-singing band from Tuva, Russia on Sept. 13, and Americana songwriter Angel Olson on Sept. 20.

Jumaane Taylor’s Supreme Love, a coproduction with Door Kinetic Arts Festival, will be performed on Sept. 22. Taking the stage next is neo-soul iconoclast Meshell Ndegeocello on Sept. 29 and poet laureate Joy Harjo with her band on Oct. 4. In late October, DCA plans to host its secondannual Blues, Roots and Hoots Festival. The fest will feature jazz and tap dance in Some Enchanted Evening on Oct. 24; improv comedy from Tim Meadows, Matt Walsh and Friends on Oct. 25; an encore performance of Door County and Memphis Voices: Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Beyond on Oct. 26; and folk-jazz chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux on Oct. 27.

Later in the year, DCA will present two holiday shows. First up is A Ketchup Christmas, featuring Door County’s own band Ketchup performing Booker T. and the M.G.’s In the Christmas Spirit on Nov. 30. The festive fun will continue with Colin Welford and Friends’ Songs that Sleigh on Dec. 14.

Programming will carry on into 2025 with performances by Afro-jazz circus Cirque Kalabanté on Jan. 26; Spanish-English kids’ duo 123 Andrés on Feb. 28; and the return of Secret Agent 23 Skidoo on April 4.

“On the heels of our record-breaking number of sellouts last season, DCA certainly isn’t resting on our laurels,” Lewis said.

DCA also hosts a variety of community concerts throughout the season, as well as the first-rate classical music of Peninsula Music Festival in August.

Tickets go on sale to the general public May 14. Special ticket pre-sales for DCA VIPs begin May 7. For more information on becoming a VIP by joining the Auditorium Society, visit dcauditorium.org.

Audience members who plan to attend multiple shows may be interested in becoming season subscribers. Subscribers receive VIP ticket processing and save 10 percent on tickets for all events throughout the season.

Volunteers and sponsors are still needed for many of this season’s shows. Sponsors can choose from a variety of sponsorship packages and can sometimes meet performers backstage aft er the show.

For more information about DCA’s season, call 920.868.2728, visit www.dcauditorium.org or stop by the DCA box office. The box office is located at 3926 Hwy 42 in Fish Creek and is open Monday – Friday, 12-5 pm.

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S. 4th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, for an informal discussion to share your experiences. AnimalsAreSoul, too! Non-denominational. All beliefs are recognized, welcomed, & respected. Free. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Satsang Society, a chartered affiliate of ECKANKAR

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Advocates of Clean Air, Water

Izaak Walton League would welcome local chapters by KEVIN NAZE

gofishwisconsin@gmail.com

Peninsula Pulse contributor

If you have a passion for clean water, sustainable agricultural practices and habitat restoration, Jodi Labs would love to hear from you.

A Green Bay lawyer, Labs is the current national president of the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA), an environmental organization that promotes natural resources protection and outdoor recreation.

National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. It protects one of the most diverse and complex wetland ecosystems in America. Much of it likely would have been drained and converted to farmland if not for the League’s efforts. Members in the 1920s and ‘30s helped release largemouth and smallmouth bass fry across the country, conducted the first national survey of water pollution and led a national push to build sewage treatment plants in every community.

“I’d love to see chapters formed in Door and Kewaunee County,” Labs said. “After all, there are plenty of conservation issues each county is dealing with that could benefit from a strong group of advocates working together for a common goal.”

Labs said it takes at least 10 interested individuals to secure a charter from the national organization, and she and state president of the Wisconsin Division of IWLA, Mike Fuge, are willing to assist anyone who wants to see it happen.

“I’d jump in with both feet,” said Fuge, of Stevens Point. “It’s a grassroots, bottom-up organization: local chapters, state division, and then the national office.”

There are currently eight chapters in the state, down from more than two dozen in the mid-1900s. But Fuge believes grassroots organizations will be on the rebound as more people learn what’s really happening to the face of the land and in our waters.

The League was formed in 1922 when 54 hunters and anglers met in Chicago to establish an organization dedicated to taking action to combat water pollution and threats to wildlife and habitat. It was named in honor of Sir Izaak Walton, an avid fisherman who wrote the book, The Compleat Angler

The Wisconsin Division started in 1923, and the Brown County chapter was formed in 1925. Among many accomplishments since, Labs said chapter members played an integral part in getting the government to hold the paper companies responsible for the Fox River clean-up.

“Our goal is to ensure that natural resources are protected, managed, and used in a sustainable manner for generations to come,” Labs said.

Aldo Leopold was deeply involved in the League. He was a frequent contributor to the group’s publication, Outdoor America, and served as director of the League’s Wisconsin Division.

Fuge said the Wisconsin Division assists, compliments and supports the local chapters. The Division also administers a grant program for conservation projects among schools, youth groups and service organizations.

“It’s got to be a project where the feet are going to get wet, or the hands are going to get dirty,” said Fuge.

There’s a lot more accomplishments. Here are some of them:

•In 1932, the League adopted a resolution to create an annual migratory bird stamp as a means of raising funds for waterfowl sanctuaries. In 1934, Congress passed the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, a law based on that resolution. Member Jay “Ding” Darling designed the first of what would become known as the Duck Stamp.

•Helped develop and pass a law preventing damming of the Boundary Waters and flooding in the Superior National Forest, and acquired land and donated it to the Forest Service to preserve what would ultimately become the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

•Fought for clean water through legislation in the 1930s and 1940s, but wasn’t satisfied and kept pushing right through the Clean Water Act in 1972.

•League advocacy helped lead to the passage of the Pittman-Robertson Act in 1937, which directed excise tax revenues from the sale of guns, ammos and archery equipment to state wildlife agencies to fund wildlife restoration, habitat conservation, and hunter education.

•The group testified to the U.S. Department of Agriculture about the dangers of DDT in 1964, then sued the agency over its failure to respond. In 1972, the newlycreated Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT in America.

•The success of the Pittman-Robertson Act led to the passage of the Dingell-Johnson Act in 1950. It uses funds raised by taxes on fishing gear to support protection of fish habitat.

•New programs to include more youth in natural resources issues, encourage hunter safety, and increase access to and protection of public lands were launched; and educated farmers on sustainable agricultural practices, encouraged federally-protected wilderness areas, and inspired the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

•League leaders were active in promoting the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Save Our Streams campaign, and recycling awareness. The group also won provisions for protecting soil health in the 1985 Farm Bill, known as Sodbuster, Swampbuster, and the Conservation Reserve Program. These provide more than 20 million acres of wildlife habitat, protect tens of millions of acres of wetlands on farms, and conserve soil on 100 million acres of highly erodible farmland.

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The first advocacy victory came 100 years ago, when Congress established the Upper Mississippi River

•More recently, the League pushed for responsible ATV use, paid for ads to teach anglers and boaters about aquatic invasive species, and developed curricula to teach kids about clean water and the importance of getting outdoors. Members also monitor and raise awareness about chloride (salt) pollution, and assist with the Clean Water Hub, a user-friendly database that displays water quality data from volunteer monitors.

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Jodi Labs, president of the Izaak Walton League of America. Submitted.

Grant Enables New Trail at Whitefish Dunes

Grants also OK’d for Potawatomi kayak launch, Peninsula picnic tables

by CRAIG STERRETT craig@ppulse.com

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on April 17 announced grants to 24 state park Friends Groups across the state from theKnowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund, including three state park Friends groups in Door County.

Those included:

•Whitefish Dunes State Park – $20,000 toward a trail to Cave Point County Park. Visitors frequently walk the half mile between the two parks, but Whitefish Dunes State Park Manager Sarah Stepanik said it’s more of a hikermade, trampled-down line than a dedicated trail.

At present, many hikers walk too close to the cliff along Lake Michigan, the unmaintained route has a lot of roots, and there are pervasive erosion problems to the shelf along and above the lake edge, Stepanik said.

Stepanik said a new dedicated trail, with a safer, more-consistent surface will still provide views of the lake and give people opportunities to walk out near the edge.

The $20,000 grant and $20,000 match from the Friends group will cover costs of a crushed gravel trail, Stepanik said, anticipating trailwork starting in the fall. John Swanson, President of the board of the Friends, said ecologists need to survey the proposed trail route prior to construction.

Swanson said people have been walking in locations where endangered species, such as dwarf lake iris, grow. He said the grant allows the hiring of a contractor to build the 4- to 5-foot-wide trail and side trails toward the water. Preliminary plans also call for a small boardwalk and possibly a rail near a “blowhole,” where water shoots upward when large waves slam the shore, he said.

Potawatomi State Park – $20,000 to match about $27,000 to be raised by the Friends for an accessible kayak launch. Superintendent Erin Brown Stender said installation could take place as early as autumn. She said the launch would be installed each spring and removed at the end of the season. If the launch can’t be installed until the last couple of weeks of the season, the park leaders will wait until spring, Brown Stender said.

Traci Bournoville, Friends of Potawatomi State Park President, said her group is trying for

a Community Investment Grant from Destination Door County (DDC) for $27,000 to complete fundraising for the kayak launch.

Bournoville hopes to see fewer people tipping over when they launch, and she believes the specially-designed launch cradle will bring more users to the park. The park store vendor, Bay Sport Outfitters, rents kayaks and is considering leading kayak tours.

•Peninsula State Park – $20,000 to match $20,000 raised by the Friends group for the second phase of replacing picnic tables and fire rings in the campgrounds throughout the park, said Bill Pennoyer, Friends board member. Friends member Judy Ortiz said the group last year replaced fire rings and picnic tables in the Nicolet Bay campgrounds. Park superintendent Eric Hyde said the $40,000 should allow replacement of all the fire rings and picnic tables in the park campgrounds.

MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL MAPS UNVEILED

With improvement of recreational trails and addition of mountain-biking trails already approved in the Northern lake michigan Coastal regional master plan, turnout was small last week for peninsula State park’s open house for new mountain-biking trails.

park superintendent Eric Hyde showed maps, and said the peninsula mountain Bike Club has raised $650,000 for construction to start this year on trails specifically designed for mountain bikes.

Hyde said construction cannot begin until the end of July, due to rules seasonally protecting species.

The Peninsula Pulse published a detailed story on the single-track mountain-biking trails in February, tinyurl.com/ msd2a3u5, but the maps shown at the open house provided more-specific trail routing.

LEARN ABOUT OUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

Door County is home to two National Wildlife refuges, and a federally designated Wilderness area. refuge manager Joel Vos will give a presentation about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Door County’s two National Wildlife refuges – the Green Bay and Gravel island National Wildlife refuges during a lecture 6 pm, Thursday, may 2 at the Collins learning Center at Crossroads. admission is free. Crossroads is located at 2041 michigan St., Sturgeon Bay.

FOUR SEASONS TALK, GARDEN EXPERT AND FOSSILS

During a master Gardener/ Wild Ones lecture at Crossroads, “Nature through the Four Seasons,” 6:30 pm Tuesday, april 30, Charlotte lukes will provide nature photos from throughout Door County from spring to winter. Free and open to the public. meet at the Collins learning Center.

The Science Saturday family program, april 27, 10 am, will include background on fossils, tips and tricks for finding them and, if weather permits, a fossil hunt.

On Wednesday, may 1, 6:30 pm, gardening expert and author melinda myers will provide lessons on ways to work ornamental fruits and vegetables into your landscape, beds and containers, Crossroads is located at 2041 michigan St., Sturgeon Bay.

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Charlotte Lukes. Submitted.

(From left): Real estate broker and avid mountain biker Tad Gilster chats with Peninsula State Park superintendent Eric Hyde during

mountain bike trails in the park. CraiG STErrETT

theater & performance

A Laughing Matter

Firehouse Comedy Club brings standup to Sturgeon Bay

by SAM WATSON sam@ppulse.com

Sturgeon Bay comedian Asher Brooks can’t remember a time in his life when he wasn’t onstage.

As a young child, the Georgia native sang in choir and performed skits in Cub Scouts. When he was a bit older, he joined his high school’s drama club and acted in musicals. And in college, he performed in his first comedy show – more or less by accident. Brooks had gone to the show with a date, intending just to watch, but when he found that it was an open mic and anyone could perform, he couldn’t help himself.

“I just got so excited,” Brooks said. “I forgot I was on a date and I spent the first 30 minutes of it just furiously writing jokes in a little notebook.”

Nowadays, his shows require more forethought than a half-hour of scrambling. As the founder of Firehouse Comedy Club, it’s Brooks’ job to enlist comics for monthly performances at the Door County Fire Company in Sturgeon Bay. Though the comedy club’s first few performances last summer were open mic-style shows, headliner shows are its mainstay now. The club has previously featured comedians Kristin Lytie, Ka$h Money Karl, Rooster Huff, Charles Andrews II, Stephanie Ann and John Frietag, and at this month’s show, John Egan and Jeremy Rosenfeld will take the stage.

puns and make callbacks to earlier jokes. So he writes out his material and color-codes it, putting his punchlines in red.

If he doesn’t see enough red scrolling through his script, he rewrites the set, trying to incorporate at least three jokes a minute to keep his audiences entertained.

That technique seems to work.

Between Brooks and the other comedians he has brought in, the emerging comedy club has been drawing in sizable crowds; an audience of around 75 people attended last month’s event. The cheap cover charge – $5 per person – and the timing of events on weeknights rather than weekends seem to help bring people in too, Brooks said.

In addition to pulling things together behind-thescenes, Brooks performs his own material at Firehouse Comedy Club shows. Though that first impromptu standup set went well, writing out full scripts makes it easier for Brooks to remember everything, plan out

When Brooks isn’t running the comedy club, he’s performing solo shows to audiences around the state (including the “saddest and drunkest” crowd he’d ever performed to in a rural area on Valentine’s Day). And when he’s not doing that, he’s working his day job at Door County Trolley, which was what brought him to the peninsula in the first place. Brooks had been acting professionally before COVID-19 hit, but like many people, he decided to switch tracks during the pandemic. He landed a job at Door County Trolley via job-search website indeed. com. Users can upload their resumes to the site, then just press a button to apply to certain jobs – a feature Brooks put to good use.

“Everything that had that one-click-apply button got applied to,” Brooks said. “I was applying to jobs halfway across the world because all it took was one click.”

When he got a call from a Wisconsin number aft er sending out a slew of resumes, he picked up and was

quick to accept a job at Door County Trolley. There, he could put to use his experience guiding tours, a unique skill set he’d gained running a ghost-tour company in college. Aft er Brooks moved from Georgia to Door County, the Firehouse Comedy Club was born of necessity. The nearest comedy club to the peninsula is in Appleton, so if he didn’t start one of his own, Brooks would have to drive 90 minutes both ways to meet and perform with other comedians. He still visits the Appleton club sometimes, with an eye out for talent he could bring back home, but having a comedy club in his own backyard makes regular involvement much more manageable. Even aft er a lifetime of performing, the enjoyment of being onstage hasn’t lessened for Brooks. The stage is his second home, providing a sense of comfort that’s quite the opposite of what many people would feel under the spotlight.

“I’ve performed

Firehouse Comedy

10038 Highway 57 in liberty Grove. The office is open 12 pm – 4 pm monday – Friday.

rehearsals begin at the end of July and performance dates are Sept. 12-15 and Sept. 19-22. For Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, rehearsals begin Sept. 3 and performance dates are Oct. 17-20, Oct. 24-27 and Oct. 31-Nov. 3. Contact rogue at 920.818.0816 or 1roguetheater@gmail.com

this irreverent comedy. The production will run may 1-19. Shows start at 7:30 pm on Wednesdays – Saturdays and 2 pm on Sundays. The may 1 performance is a pay-whatyou-will preview. all proceeds will benefit the league of Women Voters of Door County. a final, ticketed preview of the show will run may 2, with the opening night on may 3. a special Friday matinee with a post-show conversation featuring the league of Women Voters will take place may 10 at 2 pm.

DOOR SHAKESPEARE

TICKETS AVAILABLE

Early-bird tickets for Door Shakespeare’s 2024

The company’s summer season will feature two shows running in alternating repertory: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and Jane austen’s Emma, adapted by Joseph Hanreddy. The season runs July 3-aug. 17 at the Björklunden Garden in Baileys Harbor.

“Both shows this season contemplate fate vs. self determination,” Door Shakespeare producing artistic director amy Ensign said. “and what better place to contemplate if the stars hold our destiny than under our own Door County sky?”

ROGUE AUDITIONS MAY 2, 4

local community theater troupe rogue Theater will host auditions for two upcoming shows, Clue: On Stage and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The auditions will take place may 2 at 6 pm and may 4 at 3 pm at the DC arts Center, 917 N. 14th ave. in Sturgeon Bay. interested actors do not need to prepare material; auditions will consist of conversation and script-reading. Bring a resume and a headshot if you have one.

The cast of both plays will rehearse in Sturgeon Bay on weekday evenings and occasional weekends, with schedules based on cast availability. For Clue: On Stage,

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Celebrating Cinco de Mayo? They’ve Got You Covered

inco de Mayo marks the May 5, 1861 victory of a vastly outnumbered Mexican army against French troops in the town of Puebla de los Ángeles. Unlike the Sept. 16 independence day, Cinco de Mayo is not a national holiday in Mexico – but in the U.S., it has become numero uno for celebrating Mexican food, drink and culture. Try one of these fiestas to get your party started.

Alexander’s

3667 Hwy 42 in Fish Creek

From Noon – 5 pm on May 5, Alexander’s will offer a $20 all-you-can-eat meal featuring tacos, burritos, enchiladas, chips, guacamole, salsa, queso bar and a Mexican dessert. House margaritas are $6. Cash only –pay at the door. For details call 920.868.3532.

Carrington

7643 Hillside Road in Egg Harbor

Carrington is celebrating Cinco de Mayo a day early with a taco and tequila pairing on May 4 at 6 pm. Menu items will include chili colorado tacos, pork carnitas, chicken adobo and grilled mahi-mahi. Tequila options include Gran Centenario Reposado, Reserva de la Familia Extra Añejo and Dobel Diamante Cristalino –

Bits&Bites

CHIVES: 10 YEARS ON THE QUIET SIDE

served as a paloma cocktail. The cost is $57 per person. Call 920.868.5162 for details.

Gloria’s Authentic Mexican Restaurant

23 W. Oak St. in Sturgeon Bay

Mariachi horns will be blasting at Gloria’s fiesta on May 4 from 5-10 pm. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo a day early with the music of Mariachi Nuevo Amanecer and La Nueva Tendencia. Call 920.818.1733 for details.

Harbor Fish Market & Grille

8080 State Hwy 57 in Baileys

Harbor Harbor Fish Market & Grille gets a big head start on the fun with their Dos De Mayo Mexican dinner at 6:30 pm on May 2. The event features a coursed menu that highlights cuisine from several regions in Mexico. A guest speaker will talk about the tequilas paired with each course.

Chives Door County is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. Since opening in may 2014, the Baileys Harbor restaurant has maintained a farmto-table style with hints of French influence. To commemorate the anniversary, Chives will serve food and drink throwback specials. From april 18 through June 24, each week will feature one of the restaurant’s top 10 menu items and a cocktail from over the years. The 10 dishes will include shrimp and grits, lobster bisque, truffle pappardelle and scallops with corn bacon relish. The 10 weeks of cocktails will feature the bar at Chives’ greatest hits, with fresh takes on classics and Chives-only creations. as an incentive, guests who visit and order at least seven of the 10 cocktails will be entered to win dinner for two at the restaurant. Cocktails will be released on Thursdays and will be available through monday – while supplies last. For full contest rules go to tinyurl.com/bdhsxywn.

Chives Door County is located at 8041 State Hwy 57 in Baileys Harbor.

Why Age-Friendly Communities Matter

by CYNTHIA GERMAIN dogooddoorcounty@gmail.com

An age-friendly community is one that embraces people from all walks of life and addresses unique challenges and opportunities different age groups face. These communities focus on creating an environment where older adults can thrive while maintaining their independence, dignity and quality of life. The benefits of age-friendly communities extend beyond seniors; they create spaces where all community members can interact, contribute and learn from each other.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified eight key domains that shape an age-friendly community. Let’s take a look at these domains and learn how they contribute to ensuring the community is well-equipped to cater to the needs of its aging population.

• Outdoor spaces and buildings. Providing accessible and safe outdoor spaces, parks and buildings that accommodate people of all ages and abilities promotes physical activity, social interaction and a sense of belonging.

• Transportation. Designing transportation systems that are convenient, affordable and accessible to older adults enables them to remain connected to essential services and social activities.

• Housing. Providing housing options that are suitable for different stages of life allows older adults to age in place comfortably

while remaining connected to their community.

• Social participation. Creating opportunities for older adults to engage in social, cultural and recreational activities reduces feelings of isolation and enhances their overall well-being.

• Respect and social inclusion. Fostering an environment that values the contributions of older adults combats ageism and promotes intergenerational dialogue.

• Civic participation and employment. Encouraging older adults to remain engaged in community decision-making, volunteer work and meaningful employment opportunities allows them to put into practice their wealth of experience.

• Communication and information. Ensuring that older adults have access to clear and relevant information empowers them to make informed decisions about their health, well-being and community engagement.

• Community support and health services. Establishing a network of support services that cater to the unique health and social needs of older adults promotes healthy aging.

The development of age-friendly communities has far-reaching benefits, not only for older adults but for a community as a whole. Here are just a few of the positive things age-friendly communities do.

• Promote social cohesion. Agefriendly communities encourage connections between generations, promoting understanding, empathy and mutual respect.

Washington Island Ferry Line

April 20 thru June 13

For menu details go to tinyurl.com/bddcyz38. Dinner and tequila pairings are $115 per person (plus tax and gratuity). Dinner-only is $75 per person (plus tax and gratuity). Reservations are required and seating is limited. Call 920.839.999 to reserve your spot.

Old Mexico 901 Egg Harbor Road in Sturgeon Bay. Get ready for margaritaville at Old Mexico’s Cinco de Mayo fiesta on May 5. Drink specials will include 16 ounce house margaritas for $5 and house tequila shots for $1.99. Fans of Old Mexico’s

can order a

for $8.99. For details call 920.818.1500. Stone Harbor Restaurant & Pub 107 N. 1st Ave in Sturgeon Bay The fiesta at Stone Harbor begins at 2 pm on May 5. The lineup includes authentic Mexican specials, margarita and Coronita deals and live music by Bacchus Lotus from 2-6 pm.

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• Enhance quality of life. By addressing the specific needs of older adults, age-friendly communities enable them to live fulfilling lives and reduce the risk of isolation and depression.

• Maximize resources. Older adults contribute their wisdom, skills and experience to society. By providing opportunities for them to engage, age-friendly communities tap into this valuable resource.

• Sustain independence. Well-designed environments and supportive services enable older adults to maintain their independence, autonomy and dignity as they age.

To get a better understanding of how each domain contributes to the creation of an age-friendly community, visit tinyurl.com/ pymvdazc and watch Do Good Door County’s video series on the topic.

By understanding and implementing the elements of an age-friendly community, we can establish environments that empower older adults to live their best lives while enhancing the lives of everyone around them. Let’s get started in Door County!

With a career spanning from nursing home administration to education, Do Good Door County founder and CEO Cynthia Germain has a wealth of experience in enhancing the lives of seniors. She’s dedicated to fostering a vibrant Door County community where older adults thrive, drawing on her passion for elder care and her extensive background in nonprofit leadership to do so.

and caulk-like litharge that holds the prisms of the lighthouse’s Fresnel lens.

Baum and Fosburg carried the Coast Guard-owned lens down from the lantern room and crated it until August, when Fosburg can reinstall it. To repair the interior walls and repaint the interior of the lantern room, contractors will use sandblasting techniques. The Fresnel lens has to come out during that work, and Fosburg will machine missing parts, such as a hinge thumbscrew. He also will replicate three prisms at the top of the lens and one on the bottom, in acrylic – a material that never could have been used when lard and later kerosene were used to fuel the light.

Baum said improved ventilation in the tower, tower basement and keeper’s house basement should prevent future water damage throughout the building.

Now 156 years old, the lighthouse has been owned by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and cared for by Door County Historical Society (DCHS) volunteers since 1960. Automated in 1926, the lighthouse was not tended to closely between 1940 and 1960, said Amy Frank, DCHS executive director.

Frank said the Society contracted with Wisconsin Public Service to once again provide electrical service to the keeper’s house and tower – for interior lighting, not the lighthouse lantern room. A toaster-sized, solarpowered, Coast Guard-installed light mounted on the exterior of the tower contains batteries and can be seen seven miles away from the lighthouse, Baum said.

The Fresnel lens, when in use more than a century ago, shone 17 miles to Cedar River, Michigan, he said.

DCHS plans to accurately restore the lighthouse interior and paint schemes to the time period when the Duclon family tended the facility (1883-1918). The site previously included a summer kitchen to the east and a small barn. DCHS is awaiting state Natural Resources Board approval May 22 to build those structures, and upon their completion, the gift shop can move out of the keeper’s house.

The oil house about 30 yards from the lighthouse was built aft er 1868. Lighthouse volunteer Ed Miller said lard originally fueled the lantern. The fuel was stored in the lighthouse basement. He said frequent lightning strikes to the lightning rod sent electricity down the lighthouse walls to the basement. When the lighthouse service switched to kerosene, storing it at the bottom of the tower became an explosion hazard.

from Old Mexico’s Facebook page.

With work made lighter by a block and tackle, the Fresnel lens for Eagle Bluff Lighthouse is lowered to Chuck Baum down the circular staircase for storage until the lens can be repaired and reinstalled. ED millEr

The frame for the Fresnel lens for the lighthouse in Peninsula State Park was manufactured in Paris by Barbier & Fenestre Constructeurs. CraiG STErrETT

HAPPENINGS CALENDAR

Happenings submissions are due by noon on Friday the week prior. Send them to pr@ppulse.com FRI

4/26

LIVE MUSIC

time, and art to take home!

Contact Lynda at sotb.lynda@ gmail.com to register. Free.

ARBOR DAY TREE GIVE-AWAY

Ridges Sanctuary – Cook-Albert Fuller Center, 8166 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2802. 9am-3:30pm. Stop by during hours of operations and get some free trees to plant on your own! First come first serve.

OPEN CRAFT TABLE

Forestville Library, 123 Hwy 42, Forestville. 920.856.6886.

9:30-10:30am. Make seasonal crafts. Ages 2-10. Refreshments provided.

DVD FITNESS

Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372. 10am. Get the day started with some chair exercises.

OPEN MIC Door County Brewing Co. and Music Hall, 8099 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.1515. 6pm. Perform music, stand up and poetry.

BARN DANCE Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, 7845 Church St., Egg Harbor. 920.868.3334 ext. 3. 7pm. All levels welcome. No children under 8. Free.

Donations appreciated.

LITERATURE

ART/SPEAKS

Miller Art Museum, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.868.1457. 11am-12pm. Write in response to visual art.

OUTDOOR

THE BIG PLANT

Shivering Sands Nature Conservancy, 4053 Whitefish Bay Road, Sturgeon Bay. 9am-3pm. Volunteer to plant trees. More information at

WALKING EACH OTHER HOME

Hitching Post, 4849 Glidden Drive, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.1114. 3-5pm. Acoustic guitar duo.

DAVE STEFFEN BAND

Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N 1st Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0700.

6:30-10pm. Blues rock that packs a punch.

THEATER

“BETWEEN THE LINES”

7pm. Gibraltar’s High School

Player’s presents an enchanting new musical for any of us seeking to find our place in the world. Tickets available at dcauditorium.org/dca-events/

PERFORMANCE

THE KNOBS

Peach Barn Brewing, 2450

S. Bay Shore Dr., Sister Bay. 920.944.2393. 7pm. Improv comedy show. $10/person.

GALLERIES

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP

ARTicipation Studio & Gallery, 10 E. Oak St., Sturgeon Bay. 920.857.8544.

1-4pm. Learn about abstract watercolor art with Steve Krueger. $55/person. Includes materials and light beverages.

“ARE WE LISTENING” EXHIBIT

Door County Economic Development Corporation, 185 E Walnut St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.4456.

1-3pm. View Rebecca Carlton’s exhibit with a roundtable discussion with keynote speaker Anne Katz. Light refreshments.

INDOOR

DAY OF MENDING

Jacksonport Town Hall, 3365

Cty Hwy V, Jacksonport.

9am-1pm. Bring your clothing items that need mending. The Harborettes Homemakers Club can sew on buttons, patch items, repair seams, etc. No zippers. A bake sale will also be held to go toward Club projects.

WORLD MIGRATORY

Algoma High School, 1715 Division St, Algoma.

9am-2pm. Learn about migratory birds through displays & presentations.

HEALTHY KIDS DAY

Door County YMCA –Sturgeon Bay Program Center, 1900 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.4949.

10am-1pm. A day of healthy, fun activities that celebrate kids being kids! Free.

SMARTPHONE BASICS

Algoma Public Library, 406 Fremont St, Algoma.

10:30am. BugTussel representative teaches the basic functions

SCIENCE SATURDAY

Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.5895.

2-3pm. Fossils of Door County. Weekly science project. Grades 3 and up. Free.

UGLY PURSE AUCTION

Rendezvous of Luxemburg, E896 County Rd N, Luxemburg. 920.837.2857.

7pm. Fundraiser to benefit 100% Casco Fire Department.

OUTDOOR

WORK DAY, EARTH DAY

Potawatomi State Park, 3740 Cty PD, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2890.

9am-12pm. Join the Friends of Potawatomi State Park as they clean up trails, spread wood chips at the playgrounds, pick up campsites and more.

SUN 4/28

LIVE MUSIC

CANCER BENEFIT CONCERT

Door County Fire Company, 38 S 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0625.

2-6pm. Concert raising funds for Rachel McQueen after her recent cancer diagnosis. Elastik Waste Band, VCR, OMG!

I’m Famous, Adam Haste, Life and Thy Dirty Deuce.

COOL BAY JAZZ

Drömhus Door County, 611 Jefferson St., Sturgeon Bay. 608.333.4553.

5-7pm. Dennis Keith Johnson, John Lewis, Tim Fox and Bill Knipfer. Cozy and Cool.

THEATER

“BETWEEN THE LINES”

2pm. Gibraltar’s High School Player’s presents an enchanting new musical for any of us seeking to find our place in the world. Tickets available at dcauditorium.org/dca-events/

The Stringbenders April26,2-6pm, StoneHarborResort, 107N.1stAve.in SturgeonBay This quartet from Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley plays bluesy rock originals and covers of The Beatles, The Eagles and more.

INDOOR

EMPTY BOWLS Clay on Steele, 221 Steele St, Algoma. 920.487.3501.

11:30am-1:30pm. Buy a handmade ceramic bowl and fill it with homemade soup.

LITERATURE

PROSE OPEN MIC

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd, Juddville. 920.868.1457.

2-4pm. What’s Your Story? Storytelling.

OUTDOOR

THE BIG PLANT

Mink River Preserve, 11898 Mink River Rd, Ellison Bay. 9am-3pm. Volunteer to plant trees. Meet at 12163 Badger Rd. Ellison Bay. More information at climatechangedoorcounty.com

MON

4/29

INDOOR

MUSIC MONDAYS Sturgeon Bay Library, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.6578. 10am-4pm. Records will be available for play. Patrons are encouraged to play vinyl for the collection or bring in records of their own.

POETRY CONNECTION JAK’s Place, 1623 Rhode Island St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0525. 1-2:30pm. Write poetry with a group.

POTAWATOMI SKI

HILL MEETING Southern Door Schools, 2073 Cty Rd DK, Brussels. 920.825.7333. 6:30pm. Talk about the reopening of the ski hill at Potawatomi Ski Hill.

Photo from the band’s website.

TUE

4/30

LIVE MUSIC

OPEN MIC NIGHT Waterfront Mary’s Bar & Grill, 3662 N Duluth Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.3191. 9pm. 9pm-1am. Hosted by Adam Haste.

INDOOR

ACTIVITIES AT JAK’S PLACE

JAK’s Place, 1623 Rhode Island St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0525. 2:30pm. Art Group and Knitting Group. 5pm. Dinner.

TUESDAY MOVIE IN THE GREAT HALL Egg Harbor Library, 7845 Church St, Egg Harbor. 920.743.6578.

4pm. Watch a film novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain. (R) Free popcorn. Bring your own non-alcoholic refreshment.

TALKS WITH TAMMY

NWTC Learning and Innovation Center, 2438 S. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay. 920.746.4936.

9-10am. Talk with the center’s coordinator to gather ideas for community classes and to gather feedback from the community and business owners on what you would like to see at the center and how to support local businesses.

COMMUNITY DISCUSSION

Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372.

12:30pm. Provide guidance to the programming and services throughout Door County.

JAZZ & BLUES

LISTENING PARTY Sturgeon Bay Library, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.6578.

5:30pm. In honor of International Jazz Day, David Watkins will be spinning records and sharing the history of many of the greats.

ATOMIC BINGO Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N 1st Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0700.

6-8pm. Play Bingo and win prizes. STAND UP COMEDY Door County Fire Company, 38 S 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. (229) 269-5908.

7pm. Comedy show by Asher Brooks, John Egan, and special host Jeremy Rosenfeld. $5/person at DoorCountytickets.com.

SEASONS OF NATURE Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. admin@doorgardenclub.org.

7pm. Learn about the seasons of Door County from Charlotte Lukes.

LITERATURE

STORYTIME WITH MS. BETH Sturgeon Bay Library, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.6578.

10:30am. For babies through preschoolers. Theme is Everywhere Babies.

OUTWITTING OUR LAZY BRAINS Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd, Juddville. 920.868.1457.

6:30pm. Discover tips and techniques for establishing a writing practice. $30/person

WED

5/1

THEATER

“MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON -APT. 2B”

The Kane Theatre at TAP, 239 N 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.1760.

7:30pm. A rollicking murder mystery! PayWhat-You-Will Preview

INDOOR

ACTIVITIES AT THE ADRC

Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372. 10:30am. Chair Yoga 3:10pm. Somatics Class ROTARY CLUB OF DOOR COUNTY NORTH Immanuel Lutheran Church, 7973 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2224. 8am. Jeff Lutsey will present on the Climate Change Coalition. Call or text 309.824.7342 for reservations.

COOKBOOK SWAP & MAGAZINE GIVEAWAY

Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library, 2323 Mill Rd, Sister Bay. 920.854.2721. 10am-3pm. Exchange cookbooks & help clear out some magazines.

MUSIC JAM Egg Harbor Library, 7845 Church St, Egg Harbor. 920.868.2664. 1-3pm. Open to all instruments and skill levels. Listeners welcome.

FIREHOUSE KNITTERS

Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Station, 2258 Mill Rd, Sister Bay. 920.600.5086.

1-4pm. Knitters, crocheters & needleworkers work on their current projects together. Held in the conference room.

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP DCMC Rehab Services, 2345 Canterbury Lane, Sister Bay. 920.746.2372. 1-2pm. Northern Door Chapter. 1st Wednesday of the Month.

WEBINAR WATCH PARTY Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.5895. 1-3pm. Learn about ornamental fruits and vegetables with gardening expert and author Melinda Myers.

LITERATURE

STORYTIME WITH MISS JENNY Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library, 2323 Mill Rd, Sister Bay. 920.854.2721. 10:30am. For babies through preschoolers. Theme is Bees.

BAILEYS BOOK CLUB Baileys Harbor Library, 2392 Cty Rd F, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2210. 7pm. Discuss “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy.

OUTDOOR

GUIDED HIKE

Ridges Sanctuary – Cook-Albert Fuller Center, 8166 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2802. 10am. Explore the Ridges with a naturalist. $10/public, $7/ member, free/16 & under.

THU

5/2

LIVE MUSIC

WRITERS NIGHT Tambourine Lounge, 59 N. 2nd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay. (920) 559-0384. 7pm. Share original songs, stories & poetry.

THEATER

AUDITIONS FOR 2024 SEASON DC Arts Center, 917 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0816.

6pm. In-person auditions for “Clue: On Stage” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in the 2024 season. Those auditioning will be reading from a script. Call Rogue Theater at 920.818.0816 for more information.

“MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON -APT. 2B”

The Kane Theatre at TAP, 239 N 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.1760. 7:30pm. A rollicking murder mystery! $38/standard, $20/college students, free/ high school & younger.

GALLERIES

“HELLO SPRING”

Turtle Ridge Gallery, 11736

Mink River Rd, Ellison Bay. 920.854.4839. 4-7pm. Opening Reception. Enjoy refreshments.

INDOOR

ACTIVITIES AT THE ADRC

Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372. 10am. Cribbage. 1pm. Woodcarving.

OPEN ARTIST STUDIO

Miller Art Museum, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0707. 9:30am-4pm. A place for artists to come to create and find community. $10/ visit or $30/month. More information at www. millerartmuseum.com.

COOKBOOK SWAP & MAGAZINE GIVEAWAY

Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library, 2323 Mill Rd, Sister Bay. 920.854.2721. 10am-3pm. Exchange cookbooks & help clear out some magazines.

VOTER REGISTRATION

Aging & Disability

Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.495.6156. 11:30am-1pm. Residents can update their registration, check voter status or register for the first time. Every first Thursday of the month.

MIND OVER MATTER

Aging & Disability

Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2235.

1-3pm. Healthy Bowels, Healthy Bladder. Call 920.746.7110 for registration and more details.

GENEALOGY CLUB

Sturgeon Bay Library, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.6578. 2-3pm. Learn how to study your genealogy. In-person & virtual. Zoom link on the doorcountylibrary.org calendar.

GREEN BAYS WILDLIFE

REFUGES

Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.5895. 6pm. Lecture from Refuge Manager, Joel Vos, to discuss the National Wildlife Refuges. Free.

LITERATURE

GREAT LAKES BOOK

DISCUSSION

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd, Juddville. 920.868.1457. 10:30am-12pm. Monthly meetings to discuss books about the Great Lakes.

Open Mic April26,6pm, DoorCounty BrewingCo.,8099 Hwy57inBaileys Harbor

Perform music, standup or poetry, or just come to listen. If you can’t make it to this open mic, don’t sweat it – the venue is hosting open-mic nights on the following Fridays, May 3 and 10

OUTDOOR

GUIDED HIKE

Ridges Sanctuary – Cook-Albert Fuller Center, 8166 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2802. 10am. Explore the Ridges with a naturalist. $10/public, $7/ member, free/16 & under.

FRI

5/3

LIVE MUSIC

JIM ‘N’ NANCY

Door 44 Winery, 5464 County Hwy P, Sevastopol. 2-5pm. An acoustic music duo. AFTER SCHOOL MOVIE

Algoma Public Library, 406 Fremont St, Algoma. 920.487.2295. 3pm. Watch “Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs” (PG). Bring your own snacks.

SPIKE & APRIL Lake Fire Winery, 8054 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.9992. 4-6pm. Jazz & folk.

GLAS HAMR

Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N 1st Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0700. 6:30-10pm. Rock n’ roll favorites.

RUBY JAMES Door County Fire Company, 38 S 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0625. 7pm. Poetic and heartfelt boot-stomping rock’n’roll. $15/person.

THEATER

“MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON -APT. 2B”

The Kane Theatre at TAP, 239 N 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.1760. 7:30pm. A rollicking murder mystery! $38/standard, $20/college students, free/ high school & younger.

INDOOR

MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU

Sturgeon Bay Library, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.6578. 10am. Preschoolers can make a pool noodle light saber. 3pm. Star Wars crafts and trivia. LITTLE LAMBS BIBLE STORY Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church, 11836 Hwy 42,

Ellison Bay. 920.854.2988. 9-10:15am. For children ages PreK and under, and their parents, or care providers. Enjoy Bible story, music, games, play time, and art to take home! Contact Lynda at sotb.lynda@ gmail.com to register. Free.

POKER Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372. 9am. Play poker with friends. OPEN CRAFT TABLE Forestville Library, 123 Hwy 42, Forestville. 920.856.6886. 9:30-10:30am. Make seasonal crafts. Ages 2-10. Refreshments provided.

HUMANE SOCIETY

RUMMAGE SALE Arle Memorial Hall, 692 Tacoma Beach Rd, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.1111. 12-6pm. Annual rummage sale to raise funds for the Door County Humane Society.

CRITIQUE GROUP Peninsula School of Art, 3900 Cty F, Fish Creek. 920.868.3455. 3-5pm. Constructive feedback to help you reflect on the purpose and progress of your journey. Email workshops@ peninsulaschoolofart. org for more information and reservations.

Overheard

OPEN MIC Door County Brewing Co. and Music Hall, 8099 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.1515. 6pm. Perform music, stand up and poetry.

LITERATURE WORLD’S RELIGION BOOK STUDY Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library, 2323 Mill Rd, Sister Bay. 920.854.2721. 10:30am-12pm. Discuss “World’s Religions” by Huston Smith with Joan Shiels who has three formal degrees in Religion.

OUTDOOR GUIDED HIKE Ridges Sanctuary – Cook-Albert Fuller Center, 8166 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2802. 10am. Explore the Ridges with a naturalist. $10/public, $7/ member, free/16 & under. AN EVENING AT NATURE’S OPERA Ephraim Nature Preserve at Anderson Pond, 10118 Moravia Street, Ephraim. 920.746.1359. 8:30-10pm. Hear the frog chorus.

It’s

Musings

Shout-outs,

The Knobs after a show at Carrington. Photo from Carrington’s Facebook show.

Photo from Door County Brewing Co.’s Facebook page.

Opal and Blu, owners

Photography by Caplan Studios

Both photos courtesy of the Miller Art Museum.

During an April 15 reception for the Miller Art Museum’s 50th Annual Salon of Door County High School Art, local artists in grades nine through 12 were celebrated and award-winners were announced.

This year’s multimedia exhibition featured artwork by 113 students from the peninsula’s five high schools: Gibraltar, Sevastopol, Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay and Washington Island. Two homeschooled students also participated.

“There is a no-holds-barred approach to the creation of work from young artists that makes viewing their work exciting and refreshing,” Miller executive director Elizabeth Meissner-Gigstead said. “Visitors to this year’s exhibit will see many explorations of self and media, reflected with varied color palettes, and beautifully rendered sketches. Without a doubt, many of the works

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hough Katie Hohmann has lived in Door County for 12 years, her art doesn’t always look the part.

“I did once paint a tugboat,” said the artist, who grew up in eastern Iowa.

Her focus is largely on people.

“People moving, or their expressions, capture my time and my attention,” Hohmann said.

“Golden Falls” a gouache painting by Berkley Schwab.

“Mother and child” painting by Katie Hohmann.

“Portrait #1” a graphite piece by Elizabeth Bautista.

Her subjects’ expressions are sometimes static, but not unemotional; rather, they seem to be recovering from a stronger expression or about to break away from tranquility. Often, their expressions imply a secret, perhaps a remote feeling they aren’t sharing with the viewer.

Hohmann enjoys painting interactions between people, but when her subjects are alone, they often suggest an internal dialogue. In one painting, the subject is glancing to the side, with her right eye halfclosed and her mouth holding the hint of a smirk.

Many of her subjects are people she knows personally, friends and family members whose personalities and relationships with the artist influence how Hohmann depicts them.

Children, some with their mothers, are the subjects of many of her recent works. When she exhibited at Pearl Wine Cottage in Ephraim last fall, she noticed just how many of her works revolved around parenthood, a subject she had focused on without noticing it.

“My sister is a mother and has two children, including a 3-yearold nephew who often shows up in my pieces,” Hohmann said. “A lot of people around me are currently having babies, and they have shown up in my work as well.”

These faces often belong to bodies depicted at unusual angles. One figure is seen from above, head resting on crossed arms and body stretched out below, and another rests her feet on the edge of a pool while her body floats beyond.

In addition to The Pearl, Hohmann’s work has previously appeared at Northern Arts Collective. Now, it’s on view at Cultured, Shiny Moon Café and ARTicipation Studio and Gallery.

Working from models and photographs she takes herself, Hohmann paints large with 2-by-2foot canvases or paper sheets, which she puts on the floor or against the wall as she works with oils, acrylics, charcoals, watercolors or colored pencils.

“With acrylics, I can play and work quickly,” Hohmann said. “I can respond to what I’ve just done using color and texture. Oils dry slower, so I blend pigment more, rather than layering. Oils tend to be a little more realistic, but still have an expressive quality.”

Hohmann started showing her work locally around nine years ago, but her interest in art started well before that. Her grandmother is a painter, influenced by the style of Bob Ross, and Hohmann’s early exposure to art got her hooked. By the time she was a freshman in high school, she had decided to pursue it as a career.

Now, she’s doing just that, both during her day job – she works at the Peninsula Pulse as a graphic designer – and after it. Hohmann

also does portrait and graphicdesign commissions (the latter of which are easier because making modifications with paint is more of a challenge than doing so digitally.)

When working on commissions, Hohmann aims for her subjects to be recognizable. In her other work, there’s more room for interpretation. Hohmann loves when people find meaning in her art she hadn’t intended when creating it.

One example of that happened when Hohmann sold a piece at Shiny Moon Café. The painting depicted her cousin as a child, and it was washed with blue and yellow watercolors. Hohmann made it years before the Russo-Ukrainian War, but it reminded the buyer of Ukraine.

“People develop in their brains a story of what they are looking at,” Hohmann said. “Their story can be drastically different from what I have painted or what my intention was. That’s what I really love: people making up their own stories.”

are thought-provoking, reflecting a sense of place and what’s happening in their world.”

Miller curator Helen del Guidice presented the following students with awards of excellence and $100 cash prizes:

• Berkley Schwab, Gibraltar High School

• Elliot Eash, homeschool

• Cora Maccoux, Sevastopol High School

• Charlotte Bloniarz, Southern Door High School

• Tatum Routhieaux, Sturgeon Bay High School

• Madelyn Kellerman, Washington Island High School

The following students received honorable mentions and $50 cash prizes:

• Elizabeth Bautista, Gibraltar High School

• Brooklynn Eash, homeschool

• Gianna Roman, Sevastopol High School

• Marissa Shefchik, Southern Door High School

• Malia Rothrock, Sturgeon Bay High School

• Emily Nickchen, Washington Island High School Sevastopol High School freshman Genevieve Serrahn received the second-annual Mr. Rericha Legacy

“Lamb Flowers” a watercolor painting by Gianna Roman.

“Sailboat at Sunset” a watercolor painting by Elliot Eash.

“Bluff at Sunset” a watercolor painting by Brooklynn Eash.

“Mother Nature” a watercolor painting by Charlotte Bloniarz.

(From left) Marissa Shefchik, Berkley Schwab, Elliot Eash, Brooklynn Eash, Tatum Routhieaux, Charlotte Bloniarz and Malia Rothrock. Not pictured: Elizabeth Bautista, Cora Maccoux, Madelyn Kellerman, Emily Nickchen and Gianna Roman.

“Flowers” a chalk pastel by Marissa Shefchik.

“Eastern Portrait” an oil pastel by Malia Rothrock.

“Spring and Winter Fashion Collage” a graphite collage by Tatum Routhieaux.

“Evil Acid Rain” a chalk pastel by Madelyn Kellerman. “Cheers” a watercolor painting by Emily Nickchen.

“Fiery Hobbit House” a ceramic piece by Cora Maccoux.

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THE CLEARING RELEASES 2024 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

The Clearing Folk School has announced its 2024 schedule of one- and two-day workshops, offered June 6 through Nov. 8. Registration will open May 1 at 8 am. The Clearing will offer classes in the arts, fine crafts, natural sciences and humanities. Hands-on learning opportunities include painting in multiple mediums, hand-forging/blacksmithing, drawing, basket-weaving, wood-carving, metal clay, hand-sewing and hat-making. Other classes focus on writing, self-care, phone photography and more. All 39 classes are listed on theclearing.org. Pre-registration is required. To register or get more information on this year’s class list, visit the website or call 920.854.4088, Monday through Friday, 8 am – 4 pm.

(1) RING IN SPRING AT TURTLE RIDGE Turtle Ridge Gallery and Boutique will host a “Hello Spring” gathering to showcase new pieces by gallerist Mary Ellen Sisulak on May 2, 4-7 pm. The celebration is the first in a series of “All About Art” events. Refreshments will be served during the event. Sisulak’s work features sunsets, wildlife and Door County scenes, while the boutique is stocked with an eclectic collection of natural-fiber clothing and vibrant purses.

Bowls by Clay on Steele gallerist Ellen Levenhagen. Submitted.

Are We Listening? Events Continue

Listening to Door County Writers: A Public Reading

Thursday, May 2, 6-7:30 pm at the DCEDC Have you ever wondered what it would sound like to listen to an author, in person, read their writing? Door County writers of all ages and multiple genres have visited this immersive installation and will share their writing with you at this public reading. Please join us for an enlightening evening of poetry and prose shared by local authors.  Hosts for the evening are Carrie and Peter Sherrill. Opening Reception for Art Installation, Are We Listening?

The Cultural and Economic Impact of the Arts for Door County Tuesday, April 30, 6:30-8 pm at the DCEDC Meet members of the Peninsula Arts & Humanities Alliance (PAHA) for a roundtable conversation moderated by Julie Gilbert, president and CEO of Destination Door County. This is a rare opportunity for community members to listen to leaders of Door County arts organizations share the specifics of the 2023 report on “The Economic Impact of the Arts for Door County” in 2023. The panel will share, in conversation, the cultural and economic importance of the arts in our lives.

Panel members are: Mona Christensen, executive director, Birch Creek Music Performance Center; Al

Saturday, May 4, 4-7 pm at the DCEDC Join visual artist, Rebecca Carlton, for an opening reception celebration of her installation/social sculpture, Are We Listening?

DeGenova, executive director, Write On, Door County; Adam Erickson, executive director, Peninsula School of Art; Allyson Fleck, executive director, assistant artistic director, Midsummer’s Music; Brian Kelsey, managing director, Peninsula Players Theater; Thomas W. McKenzie, director of Björklunden. Light Refreshments will be served.

Door County Native Digs Deep for St. Andrews Book

Zak brings readers along on his quest for the meaning of golf

by CRAIG STERRETT

craig@ppulse.com

Sean Zak lifted his writing career and golf game to another plane in early April when Triumph Books released his book, Searching in St. Andrews – Finding the Meaning of Golf During the Game’s Most Turbulent Summer. The GOLF magazine and golf.com writer, podcast creator and ridiculously busy guy shoveled more chores onto his plate during a chaotic summer of 2022. Somehow – while handling his daily duties, covering the runup to the Open at St. Andrews and spending hours with Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour players and stars on the rogue LIV tour (stands for the Roman numerals 54, the number of holes played at LIV events) that drove a wedge into the sport he loves – Zak found peace, understanding and a lot of colorful characters.

Over the phone from Augusta National, the Sturgeon Bay High School graduate and former Peninsula Pulse contributor said he didn’t set out to write a book.

“I got lucky,” said Zak of the book (tinyurl.com/ bda9xttr) released by the Chicago sports publishing house. “I got to go to St. Andrews for a summer and that was the summer that coincided with a lot of upheaval in the men’s professional game.”

At first, he planned a week or two in the cradle of golf during the British Open. That idea expanded to the month prior to the Open, and then the entire summer. In his book, he mentioned the No. 1 rule from his GOLF editor – “Don’t work less.”

He was fine with that, and when he wasn’t working for the magazine, he absorbed life, personalities and the whole scene – such as observing people camped out in sleeping bags for rare tee times at St. Andrews. Readers can gain a deeper understanding of the PGA and LIV tours through his book, and will benefit from his experiences caddying at a professional event and simply exploring the original kingdom of golf. Zak sprinkles in plenty of humor, such as detailing his chance pairing with the infuriating Rich Halliday, an aggravating everyman golfer he met soon after arrival in Scotland. And then there are the rambling conversations with his

TOM DAVIS SIGNS NEW BOOK

Local author Tom Davis will sign copies of his new book, Juniper’s Dragon, on May 11, 10 am – 12 pm at Novel Bay Booksellers.

Juniper’s Dragon tells the story of a teenager who discovers a dragon living underground in the desert near his home. The novel blends fantasy and Native American lore with current issues and family drama to create a compelling coming-of-age story.

Davis is well-known locally for his historical novels In the Unsettled Homeland of Dreams and The Prophecy of the Wolf. He and his wife, Ethel Mortensen, are the current Door County poets laureate.

Novel Bay Booksellers is located at 44 N. 3rd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay.

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“I wanted to see a different part of the golf world, and it happened as the golf world kind of turned on its side, and that needed to be documented in a slightly different way,” Zak said. “I am glad I did it because I think it’s a bit of a story about understanding where you’re going, where your surroundings are taking you, and just how far you want to go on a specific journey, and kind of working your way through it over time.”

Regarding his observations from the struggle between LIV and the PGA, he said, “I think it’s something that’s going to be really fun to read right now, and hopefully five years from now when you can look back on it all.”

He had a few experiences that did not fit into the book, such as several hours spent with LIV players who were having a lot of drinks and venting about their departures from the PGA tour. Many of their reasons and colorful stories were followed up or prefaced by, “you can’t write this, but …”

Searching in St. Andrews, however, captures the gist of the players’ reasoning and the climate on the two tours. Zak’s observations, storytelling and narrative paint a clear picture of Scotland. His book doubles as travel writing, way, way, way off the beaten path.

Occasionally, Zak brings the story back home, such as a mention of his times working at Horseshoe Bay and golfing with his dad all over Door County.

Much of the book explores St. Andrews and Scotland when it’s back to “normal,” after the Open. He said many residents who do not golf do cater to golfers and tourists and put on a show for them almost all of the

FREE COMIC BOOKS AT OTHERWORLDS

OtherWorlds Books and More will celebrate Free Comic Book Day on March 4, 9 am – 5 pm.

Every year, comic authors, artists and publishers offer comic shops over 40 different titles to give to readers.

OtherWorlds Books will offer customers up to three free titles during the event. Customers can also enjoy sales in the comic department, a register-to-win bag, free coloring/ activity pages for children and a gift with their purchase.

OtherWorlds Books and More is located at 41 N. 3rd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay.

year. Meanwhile, there are others with jobs unrelated to tourism and golf and whose personal and social lives go beyond preparing for and catering to tourists and running small shops and businesses.

Kind of like Door County.

“There’s a lot of Fish Creek in St. Andrews,” he said.

Zak said his summer in Scotland made him think differently about the professional golfers. It also helped his golf game and his approach to the game – such as learning to hit runup shots with various irons rather than pitching with sand wedges off hardpan, or in windy conditions on the world’s most famous links.

“I think I became a smarter golfer about approaching the game and approaching different shots,” said Zak, who carries a 7-handicap while rarely playing easy courses.

CRAFT YOUR WAY THROUGH MAY AT THE LIBRARY

This month at the Egg Harbor Library, 7845 Church St., patrons can drop into the Maker Space to create a dragonfly, butterfly or turtle by layering glass frit in a mold. The crafted creatures will be fired and ready for pickup in one week. The craft is appropriate for those aged 6 and up.

The Fish Creek Library, 4097 state Highway 42, will offer a tiny loom craft kit; the Ephraim Library, 9996 Water St, will offer a Cinco de Mayo sand art sheet and a sunflower seed starter kit; and the Baileys Harbor Library, 2392 Cty F, will offer a handprint sign and stencil project.

The Egg Harbor, Ephraim, Fish Creek, Forestville, Sister Bay/Liberty Grove and Sturgeon Bay libraries will all offer a screen-free craft bag geared for ages 4-K to second grade. This month’s bag includes a wooden spoon bee craft, a colorable flower bookmark and a Star Wars activity sheet. Parental supervision is suggested as the craft includes small parts.

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Triumph Books in early April released Door County native and GOLF magazine writer and online expert Sean Zak’s book, which resulted from his summer working remotely from St. Andrews in Scotland. Submitted.

Sean Zak. Submitted.

Brunching for the

Brunching for the Barn

Brunch

Join us for Mother's Day Brunch

Join us for Mother's Day

Join us for Mother's Day Brunch

Join us for Mother's Day Brunch

Indulge in a delightful brunch experience that not onlyÍ honors the incredible mothers in our lives but also supports aÍ meaningful cause – the re-purposing of the Little Sister Barn.

Indulge in a delightful brunch experience that not only honors the incredible mothers in our lives but also supports a meaningful cause – the re-purposing of the Little Sister Barn.

Indulge in a delightful brunch experience that not only honors the incredible mothers in our lives but also supports a meaningful cause – the re-purposing of the Little Sister Barn.

Indulge in a delightful brunch experience that not only honors the incredible mothers in our lives but also supports a – the Barn.

Date: 12th

Date: Sunday, May 12th

Date: Sunday, May 12th

Date: Sunday, May 12th

Time: 2pm

9am 2pm

Time: 9am - 2pm

Time: 9am - 2pm

A portion of the brunch proceeds will be donated to the Little Sister Barn Project. Join us after for coffee & dessert, Paul Taylor - lite jazz, and a silent auction. For reservations, call 920.421.5113

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A portion of the brunch proceeds will be donated to the Little Sister Barn Project. Join us after for coffee & dessert, Paul Taylor - lite jazz, and a silent auction. For reservations, call 920.421.5113

In Partnership with Brunching for the Barn

For more info visit ThymeDoorCounty.com

For more info visit ThymeDoorCounty.com

Mother’s Day Brunch

SUNDAY, MAY 12TH, 2024 10AM TO 2PM

Carved Ham & Slow Roasted NY Strip Caesar Salad, Mixed Greens Salad, Pasta Salad Made to order Omelets, French toast, Waffles, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, O’Brien Potatoes, Assorted Pastries, Smoked Salmon, Grilled Door County Cherry Chicken, Caribbean Jerk Salmon with Pineapple Mango Relish, Portabella Raviolis with Wild Mushroom Sauce, Rice Pilaf, Cheese Potatoes, Green Bean Almondine, Assorted Handmade Desserts

$37 per person • $16 for kids 12 & Under tax & gratuity not included

Mother’s receive a

of Sparkling Wine or a Mimosa