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inside: CREWING WITH KIDS • JUST KEEP MOVING

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Boating with family members is a great way to stay connected and take advantage of the great outdoors. Kids will have fun while learning to respect the waterways and take on responsibilities.

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BOATING IS FAMILY TEAMWORK Boating, like any family activity, is only a “family” activity if all the members are actually involved. If family members are nothing but hostages to Mom and Dad’s hobby, they’ll quickly lose interest. By assigning kids responsibilities aboard you involve them.

Your children will enjoy the boating experience, and build the foundation for what may become a lifelong passion. At the very least they will be less bored. The key is to make them – and the process – important, educational and fun. You’ll probably be surprised at how much pride they take in being part of your crew.

Most children above age five can be assigned onboard responsibilities. The key is to make real assignments and give everyone a title (including you and your spouse). You can find lists of navy titles and responsibilities online and in books, which you can then apply to your crew. (The historical nicknames are even more fun.) Take it a step further and write the titles and assignments in a logbook.

Make sure that each trip starts with a crew briefing on safety equipment, locations and emergency procedures – every time. This must include the inspection and donning of PFDs. Be clear with your crew that the Captain will always be available for support and assistance with their assigned tasks.

You can start individual jobs by allowing the youngest to help with the launch checklist. They can also stow daypacks and provisions and other loose items. Kids with a bit more experience can show guests where fire

extinguishers and life jackets are stowed.

As time and experience increase, duties can be expanded to include: • Tending and stowing dock lines and fenders; • Raising and lowering the flag, ensign or burgee; • Standing watch; and • Maintaining logbooks and other records.

With proper instruction, older children can also operate the radio, read charts, and even take the helm. The best way to get kids to this level is to enroll them in a basic boating safety course. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary has several programs available for children, such as Boating Fun (4 to 9 year olds), and Waypoints (10 to 12 year olds).

Children 9 years old and older can take Boating Safely with their parents. Courses are also available through local Power Squadron units, the Red Cross and state boatinglaw enforcement agencies.

Remember not to over-task anyone. Too much may be worse than no responsibility at all, as it may create a dangerous situation. Judge any questionable situation carefully. You don’t need to step in every time your crew has a problem. Unless it’s a potentially dangerous situation that could too easily escalate, let them work it out.

Don’t forget to include boat maintenance in your crew’s chores. Fueling, checking fluids and other upkeep items teaches your kids lessons that they can apply outside of boating. If you trailer your boat, your crew can help with trailer/auto connections, checking lights and other

transition tasks.

Finally, don’t forget to make your boat outings fun and educational. Teach your kids to respect waterways, the environment and safety.

For more information, visit www.discoverboating.com.

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County to enforce short-term rental ordinance New position will be in charge of taking, investigating violations of the county’s ordinance

By Kellen Olshefski STAFF WRITER

Walworth County is looking to crack down on shortterm rentals with the hiring of a new enforcement position.

Michael Cotter, director of Walworth County’s Land Use and Resource Management Department, said the department has a candidate selected to fill the position and is in the process of background checks.

Cotter said the new position would investigate complaints of those operating short-term rental operations in the county, in violation of the county’s zoning ordinance. Like what’s happening now, a phone number would be available where those with complaints would call and the new employee would then follow up on them.

The new position, Cotter said, would allow the county to more easily follow up on complaints about short-term rentals and in turn be able to better enforce violations of

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Cotter said the concern of enforcement of the county’s ordinance, which does not allow properties to be rented for less than 30 days, was originally brought forth by the Walworth County Board of Supervisors.

“I think the County Board was frustrated that there wasn’t more enforcement going on,” he said. “It’s an issue that people are wrestling with statewide and the state legislature discussed the issue, but never passed any legislation regarding it in their last term.

“It’s a statewide issue, but it still remains a local issue to sort out and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

Cotter said with staffing being the most expensive part of the department’s budget, it was able to allocate a small amount of money to fund an enforcement position.

Cotter said the position will be a limited-term, parttime employee, working primarily over the summer months with potential to extend into fall, when any related court cases would likely be slated for. He said the hours will likely be really flexible, working when needed.

However, the new position will not have jurisdiction over the entire county.

According to Cotter, the county’s zoning ordinance only covers unincorporated areas of the county and not cities or villages.

“It gets really confusing around Lake Geneva because there’s the City of Lake Geneva, Village of Fontana, Williams Bay, Town of Linn,” he said. “It gets confusing around there, not for us, but for people that live out there.”

Cotter said cities and villages set their own rules and regulations regarding short-term rentals and the county cannot enforce the ordinance in those municipalities.

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Cotter said for those living in cities and villages with complaints about ordinance violations, their best course of action is to contact their local municipalities to determine who they need to direct their complaints to.

As for penalties, Cotter said there are two possibilities for those renting out their homes for less than 30 days: a citation or a long-form complaint.

Cotter said a citation would be $663 per violation of the zoning code.

A long-form complaint, according to Cotter, would be a full-blown lawsuit resulting in fines such as, for example, $200 a day, times the number of violations, times the number of days.

“So, back to back, when it’s a full-blown lawsuit, that’s when it gets very high,” he said. “A citation is more akin to a speeding ticket. You get caught for one incident, one time, here’s your fine.

“A lawsuit would be a full-blown civil proceeding in court where the stakes are then much higher.”

Cotter said a lawsuit would be reserved more for those who are running their property like a hotel, renting out repeatedly.

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Cotter did say however for those running a short-term rental operation, there are options to keep it inline with the county’s ordinances.

Cotter said they have recently had several people go through the zoning process to either change the zoning district they live in or apply for the proper permits to transient rent or run something like a lodging house.

“If they do that, then great, they comply with the code and off they go,” he said.

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89-year-old Delavan woman walks in Bolder Boulder 10K

By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT

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eanne Smiley, wife of prominent retired Delavan physician Glenn A. Smiley, won her division of the Bolder Boulder 10-kilometer run in Boulder, Colo., on Memorial Day. The event has a division for each year of age. Smiley was the only participant in her division for people 89 years old but wasn’t the oldest participant. The 90and 91-year-old categories also had one competitor each.

“Just keep moving,” Smiley said about the message her efforts to stay active send to others.

Smiley said walking helps keep her moving well as she gets older. She used to run with her daughters, but in recent years she has given running up and now walks in her competitions. Smiley said she has always been physically active, principally because she had 10 children and she did activities with them that kept her active. She said she started to

run in competitions just more than 20 years ago when she first competed with her daughter Pamela Smiley in a 5K run sponsored by Lakeland Hospital and she has competed in quite a few races since.

Smiley said one benefit of getting older when it came to competitions is that everyone else got older as well. Her own devotion to remaining active has always allowed her to compete well against others her age.

Smiley said her entire family has always been active. One of Smiley’s daughters, Maggie Smiley, echoed that.

She said eight of Smiley’s 10 children are active runners and running with some of them is what got Jeanne involved in competitions.

“It’s pretty impressive,” Maggie said about her mother’s ability to compete.

“It identifies the contribution of staying mentally and physically strong.”

Maggie said her mother loves winning and is very competitive. She even hiked the famous Machu Picchu mountains in Peru two years ago.

“She is known as ‘Good Genes Jeanne,’” Maggie said about her mother’s

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Jeanne Smiley is seen after completing the 10-kilometer Bolder Boulder run in Colorado on Memorial Day. Smiley was the only competitor in the 89-year-old age division.

activeness and that she has passed that down to her children.

Maggie said Jeanne still has aspirations for the future at the age of 89.

She said in particular Jeanne is looking forward to competing at the age of 90.

“I need to get in the gym more,” Maggie said Jeanne has told her.

“She is inspirational,” Maggie said.

“She is amazing, vibrant, and wants to participate in life.”

Jeanne, who has lived in the City of Delavan for more than 50 years, said she participates mainly in local events, but started competing in the Bolder Boulder because it was held near where Maggie lives in Evergreen, Colo. She said she SUBMITTED PHOTO The Breeze An Elvis impersonator congratulates Smiley for completing the race. She has began competing there in about 2007 and made six events in a row. She missed a competed in the event seven times.

couple years but returned this Memorial Day and won her division with a total time of 2:21.00 and a 22:42 mile pace.

Smiley said she has placed in the event six times but this was the first time she took first. She said overall there were more than 56,000 people who competed in the event.

Smiley got physically active to keep up with her children and began competing as a way to be active with her daughters. Asked why she continues to do it even at the age of 89, she said, “It is just who I am.”

Recently Smiley suffered a fall in her home and has been recovering from internal bleeding that resulted, but she said she is getting better and she won’t let the experience keep her from being active in the future.

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Five Delavan-Darien men and women founded church in 1841

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n July 31, 1841, five men and women from Delavan and Darien met in a log home near what is now the corner of Walworth Avenue and Terrace Street with the Rev. Stephen Peet to organize a Congregational church. Soon five more members were admitted, and the fledgling congregation grew to 10 members. One of them, Albert B. Parsons, was present when the church celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1891.

Peet was sent to Green Bay in 1837 by the American Home Missionary Society, a joint Presbyterian and Congregational effort to establish churches in the rapidly growing western states. A man of unusual energy and vision, Peet saw that Wisconsin was on the verge of rapid development, and in 1839 he accepted the pastorate of a church in Milwaukee to be closer to the areas where new settlers from the east were coming.

For two years Peet travelled from Milwaukee into southeastern Wisconsin encouraging church formation. He feared not only that other Christian denominations might get here first, but also that the new settlers might be lost to religion as they became preoccupied with establishing their homes, farms and shops.

Peet aided in revival meetings, and saw that in many communities, “if seen and instructed” people would raise enough money to pay a minister’s salary.

In 1841, Peet persuaded the American Home Missionary Society to make him their full-time agent in Wisconsin. In that capacity, he was able to recruit ministers from the east to serve newly organized churches and also to secure financial aid to keep them going until they became selfsupporting. Peet was always on the alert for opportunities to organize new churches.

By the end of his agency in 1848, of 92 newly formed churches, Peet was directly responsible for 28 of them. The church in

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The new church grew rapidly, and new members were admitted nearly every week. Many came from New York state and were no doubt happy to find a Congregational church not unlike those they had left behind. In 1844 a frame meeting house was built on a lot on Washington Street just west of the present church. Four years later, 46 pews to seat nearly 200 worshippers and a pulpit were installed.

The church continued to grow, and in 1855-56 a brick building 42 feet by 70 feet was built next to the meeting house at a cost of $5,000. The building stands today as the sanctuary and is the oldest surviving church building in the city of Delavan.

Between 1841 and 1854, three different ministers served the Delavan Congregational Church. Then, in October 1854, the Rev. Joseph Collie, born in Scotland in 1824 and a member of the first graduating class of Beloit College, returned from Andover Theological Seminary in the east to become the church’s fourth pastor – a position he would fill faithfully until his resignation more than 40 years later, in 1895. A large plaque at the rear of the church commemorates Collie’s remarkable ministry.

On July 31, the Delavan United Church of Christ-Congregational celebrated “Living our faith—175 years” in this community. A 9 a.m. service included an old-time hymn sing, communion, an ice cream social and the dedication of a commemorative plaque at the east entrance to the church. It reads “Delavan UCC (Congregational), founded in 1841 by Stephen Peet, who was commissioned by the American Home Missionary Society to establish churches in fast-growing Wisconsin. The sanctuary, built in 1855, is the city’s oldest. Dedicated July 2016.”

Galin Berrier is a retired history teacher, local historian and United Church of Christ parishioner.

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The Delavan United Church of Christ-Congregational sanctuary, built in 1855, is Delavan’s oldest. The church celebrated its 175th anniversary Sunday.

Village and city working to link communities with bike route

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he Village of Darien is working with the city and town of Delavan to establish an interpark bike route that would link Phoenix Park in Delavan to Bruce and possibly West Parks in Darien. Representatives from the village, city and the town have been discussing the route.

One possible route would take it from Phoenix Park down Washington Street to County Highway X to Creek Road to Old

Highway 89 and into the village where it would enter Bruce Park. The village is also looking into the possibility of creating a crosswalk with Highway 14 that would allow the route to cross at Madison Street into West Park. Village Administrator Rebecca Houseman LeMire said the crosswalk at that location is needed even if a bike route were not in the plans. The crosswalk would include signage and curb cuts and possibly flashing yellow lights in the future. LeMire said several approvals would have to be obtained from the Department of Transportation.

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Mark Wendorf said the city will mark most of the route with signage but will also add on-street pavement markings on Creek Road from Turtle Creek Drive to Lawson School Road.

If approved by all three municipal boards, the route could be completed by in early August. The Darien Village Board discussed the route June 20 for information only. It may on the proposal at its July 18 meeting. The city and town still need to approve the route as well.

BMX bike track The Village Board authorized the

Darien BMX Bike Club on June 20 to work with village staff to add a BMX bike track to West Park at no cost to the village.

Any costs for the project would come from donations and sponsorships, and maintenance would be performed by the BMX Club.

The track would be located in the grassy space just north of the long section of the parking lot. A summary of the project said it will be a good thing for the community as a whole. It will allow riders to progress in their riding from beginner level jumps to more advanced jumps and it can host competitions during events like Cornfest.

Wounded vet marks ‘survival anniversary’ July 4

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Delavan man hit by Independence Day blast in 2006

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aymond Hubbard considers the day he nearly died – or died and was revived as the case might be – to be one of miracles.

A pessimist might say the opposite. Hubbard wasn’t even supposed to be there that day in Iraq when insurgents detonated a bomb that riddled him with holes, blew his leg off below the knee and left him with a traumatic brain injury.

He volunteered.

The mission that sent his company to the Middle East to begin with had been suspended.

The reason he was there was a formality – he’d been granted a “compassionate reassignment” to Whitewater and was required to return to the Middle East to travel with his military-issued weapons.

But Hubbard sees miracles – a double supply of donated blood on hand at two locations, without which he wouldn’t have survived; a newly built shanty to house military guards that might have somewhat shielded the blast; and the happenstance that other military personnel typically in the area at that time weren’t there on the day of the explosion.

That day was July 4, 2006. Monday will mark 10 years since the day of what some would call a tragedy. Hubbard and his military colleagues call it his “survival anniversary.”

Beginnings

Hubbard, 37, of Delavan, grew up in Darien where he lived until his late teens. He attended Delavan-Darien and Williams Bay high schools and the Alternative High School in Elkhorn but didn’t graduate when he was 18 years old. He obtained his general education development, or high school equivalency, diploma when he was 21, and joined the military at 23, serving in the Wisconsin National Guard out of the Whitewater armory.

In Hubbard’s first weekend in the Guard, during a pre-basic training tutorial, he tore his rotator cuff and was put on medical leave for a year.

“Too many push-ups, I guess,” he said.

After basic training, Hubbard had been back in Delavan for a month or two when he got a deployment letter saying his company was going to Saudi Arabia to guard a rest-andrelaxation camp where soldiers go for reprieve from battle.

On the battery’s flight to Kuwait, its orders got suspended, so the unit showed up in theater in November 2005 without a mission, Hubbard said. The group stayed in Kuwait until January 2006 when it was tasked with accompanying special forces in Iraq as an attachment company.

“That was a lot of weight to put on National Guard soldiers, but we did what we were asked to do,” Hubbard said.

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July 4, 2006, was no different. Hubbard’s company was required to supply a man to guard a gate at a facility, the function of which Hubbard said he can’t disclose. The group’s shift started at 4 p.m. after a long day of burning sun, and it got its debriefing from the first-shift crew. He saw a colleague gathering his newspaper to go to the gate, “and I said, ‘I’ll go,’” Hubbard said.

It was the Fourth of July, and Hubbard stationed himself in a shanty the National Guardsmen had devised to protect them from the sweltering heat. It was wired for electricity, insulated and outfitted with air conditioning and had been operational just a few days, Hubbard said. He settled in reading an article – that he’d later find ironic or foreboding – about an amputee coming back in to the Iraqi campaign.

He heard a slight whistle, then a pop, then an implosion – air being sucked in all around him, and then was laying on the ground.

“I remember feeling the inhale of the device, but I don’t remember feeling the exhale,” Hubbard said.

The device was a 122-mm Soviet-built rocket – 6 to 8 feet long and 6 to 8 inches in diameter, and the “exhale” was an explosion that hurled Hubbard headfirst into a concrete wall and riddled him with shrapnel. Two insurgents detonated the bomb from the back of a pick-up truck less than 20 feet from where Hubbard was stationed, he said.

Military officers who were typically in the area chipping golf balls into tin cups at that time of the day, inexplicably weren’t there that day – another miracle, said Hubbard, who was the only casualty of the explosion.

“I’m laying there,” he said. “I don’t know what has happened.”

Hubbard said he only knew that he felt dry and itchy. He later learned that feeling was from insulation from the shanty blasted into every wound.

His last recollection – before waking in a

Washington D.C. hospital eight or nine days later – was being taken from the scene.

“I don’t remember anything after they put me on a gurney and lifted me in the truck,” he said.

Hubbard awoke July 11 or 12 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C., a hospital that doesn’t exist anymore but is now the site of the Department of Homeland Security. His mom, stepdad and then-wife were there.

Hubbard couldn’t talk or move his right side (blood clots had caused a stroke), he didn’t remember what had happened, what mission he was on or his kids’ names, he said. He was told he had died and been brought back multiple times.

He looked down at his bed and noticed the lack of shape under the covers below his left knee. He gave his wife an inquisitive look, and she told him his leg was gone. Hubbard said he merely shrugged, taking the amputation in stride.

Hubbard learned he’d been in hospitals in Balad, Iraq, and Germany and flown back to the United States on a C-130 – essentially a mobile hospital, four or five days after the explosion. And, he learned why he was alive.

Resupply day

On the top of a hill that overlooked the area where the explosion occurred was a command center where a medical truck was stationed, Hubbard said. On that day, the truck was scheduled to resupply its donated blood – dispose of old blood and replace it with new blood, he said. That, he said, was another miracle. The old blood had not yet been disposed of, but the new blood was on hand in the truck and at the Diplomatic Hospital of Baghdad International Airport where Hubbard was taken – two double supplies, all of which Hubbard needed.

“I used all the blood on the medical truck and at the hospital,” he said.

Hubbard’s left leg suffered what is known as “traumatic amputation” – it was blown off below the knee.

On his right leg, 90 percent of his calf muscle was obliterated, but the leg was in tact, and doctors were able to save it. A tuning-fork-shaped laceration to Hubbard’s upper left thigh required 120 stitches to close, five holes the size of baseballs were blasted in the left side of his torso, and his left arm had an open wound. His elbow and his head hit a concrete wall that the gate he was guarding was on.

Hubbard said he was fortunate that shrapnel that tore open his torso in front – leaving a scar the length of his midriff – went in sideways, sparing his internal organs. Both femoral arteries and his carotid artery were severed. One doctor at the facility was tasked with keeping his hand in Hubbard’s neck to stop the blood flow from the carotid artery, Hubbard said. He had no pulse, and the doctor made Hubbard keep talking to gauge whether

he was alive, he said.

Hubbard recalls the most painful part of his ordeal was the treatment of the open wounds in his torso. Because flesh was missing, the wounds couldn’t be closed but had to be allowed to heal and treated with wetdry dressings. Even though he was heavily medicated, he said, he would scream in pain when the dressings were changed. Traumatic brain injury resulted from his head hitting the wall and blood rushing so quickly from his brain, he said.

10 years later

Today, Hubbard is three years clean from opiates – painkillers he became addicted to after his injuries. To combat depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, he does yoga and keeps the company of his service dog – the second in the nation to be issued through Canines for Combat Veterans. He helps at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Milwaukee and is applying for grants to travel to different cities and offer companionship to other wounded veterans.

“Find guys who are hurting (and) do one-onone stuff that gets brushed aside a lot,” he said.

Raymond Hubbard walks his dog Daze. Daze was given to Raymond through the National Education for Assistance Dog Services’ Canines for Combat Veterans program.

Hubbard was the second veteran in the nation to receive a dog from the non-profit organization based in Worcester, Mass.

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In June 2006, Hubbard received information that his oldest son, who was 9 years old at the time, was homeless and living in a car with his mother. Hubbard consulted a superior, and his scheduled leave was bumped up by a week to allow him to return to Lake Geneva where his son was and take care of his living situation.

Hubbard said he got his son secured and tended to his needs but wrestled with what he should do at that point. He’d been promoted to a specialist while in training in Mississippi, but his son needed a father at home.

“I see that if I leave again, he’s going to be in endangerment,” Hubbard said. “My thought

was, ‘My son needs me.’”

Hubbard asked for what is known as a compassionate reassignment, and his twoweek leave was extended by another week while his request was considered. His captain, Paul Gapinski, called and notified him that the request had been approved – Hubbard would work out of the Whitewater armory, but first had to return to Kuwait to travel back to the United States with his sensitive items. The process would take a month at most, Gapinski assured him, Hubbard said.

Hubbard remembers a phone call from Gapinski when he was at the airport in Milwaukee waiting to fly back to Kuwait. He said the captain thanked him for following protocol and returning to get his military-issued belongings.

“He said a lot of guys would have gone AWOL,” Hubbard said. “I said, ‘I wouldn’t think of it.’ I remember that phone call distinctly.”

The conversation was memorable, Hubbard said, because it was the first time the captain talked to him man to man, not superior to subordinate.

Once back in the Middle East, knowing he would be there only a month and others would be there much longer, Hubbard lightened the load as much as he could for his colleagues.

He was cheerful – always singing, even in the morning, earning a reputation as a human juke box, he said.

“I volunteered to take any guys’ shifts I could to give them a break,” he said, “I was still happy because I knew I was going home.”

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Kiddieland at the Walworth County Fair has attractions and rides just for the little ones. The fair, which doesn’t serve alcohol, runs Aug. 31 through Labor Day, Sept. 5. The fairgrounds are at 411 E. Court St. in Elkhorn.

4-7 The World of Little House – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Old World Wisconsin, S103 W37890 Highway 67, Eagle. Daily activities that let visitors live like Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Ingalls family and friends. Dress as a character from one of the Little House on the Prairie books and receive a discount on admission. (262) 594-6300 or www. oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org 4 David Stokes – from 7 to 9 p.m., at Cravath Lakefront Park, Whitewater. A free event featuring Stokes, a naturalist, humorist and educator, who uses a variety of props to teach kids 5 Piper Road Spring Band, 7 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

5, 12, 19, 26 East Troy Farmers Market, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the East Troy Village Square. Vendors selling homegrown and local produce, specialty items, meats, baked goods, crafts, live music and activities. (262) 642-3770 5, 6 Corn and Brat Days – formerly the Elkhorn Rotary Club’s Festival of Summer, the event begins at 10 a.m. and features crafters and a corn and brat roast all at Veterans Park on the Downtown Square.

5-6 Brat Sale/Maxwell Street Days, Whitewater – purchase a brat or hot dog on Friday, Aug. 5 in front of the Downtown Whitewater/Chamber of Commerce office and then take part in hands-on art activities, sales in local stores and other events throughout the day Saturday, Aug. 6

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performance – Future team at 5:30 p.m., main team at 6 p.m. on Don Jean Bay. www. aquaskiers.com

18 Piper Road Spring Band – will perform a free concert from 7 to 9 p.m. at Cravath Lakefront Park, Whitewater

8, 9 Art in the Park – the Geneva Lake Art Association is hosting the 35th annual art exhibition featuring artists from all over the Midwest, and further, at Flat Iron Park on Center Street in Lake Geneva. Admission is free and the show will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. (262) 2497988 or www.genevalakeart.org

18 Calvary Community Worship team, 7 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

12 Lutherdale Quilt Preview and Fish Fry – 4:30-8 p.m. at Lutherdale Camp, N7891 Highway 12. (262) 742-2352

6 Steve Meisner, 7 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

12 Zootopia, 8:45 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

6, 10, 17, 20, 24, 27, 31 Aquanuts water ski show, 6 p.m., at Lance Park, 55 Lance Drive, Twin Lakes. Admission and parking are free. www.aquanutwatershows. com

12, 13 Delavan’s Community Wide Rummage Sale and Maxwell Street Days, East Walworth Avenue. Info: info@ delavanwi.org

6 Full Moon Four Miler Run/Walk, downtown Waterford. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. Race begins at 8:30 p.m. www. waterford-wi.org 6, 20, 27 Minneiska Water Ski Show Team performs at 7 p.m. on Whitewater Lake at Scenic Ridge Campground, N7991 R&W Townline Rd., Whitewater 6 Vintage Base Ball: Eagle Diamonds – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. with game at 1:30 p.m. Celebrate America’s favorite pastime and enjoy an old-fashioned game at Old World Wisconsin, S103 W37890 Highway 67, Eagle. (262) 594-6300 6, 7 Madison Classic Car Show and Swap – spectators and vendors welcome.

Event is from 6 a.m.-4 p.m., 6 a.m.-3 p.m. on Aug. 3, at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, Highway 11. (608) 244-8416 or www. madisonclassics.com 6, 13, 20, 27 Walworth County farmers market – Veterans Park on the downtown square, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (262) 7237733 8, 15, 22, 29 Lauderdale Aqua Skiers

13 First Brigade Band, 7 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

Info: www.1stbrigadeband.org 13 Lutherdale Fest and Quilt Auction – from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., hand-made quilts and other items will be auctioned off to support summer camp, lunch at 11 a.m. at Lutherdale, N7891 Highway 12. Event will also include children’s programming and a men’s lounge. (262) 742-2352 14 Los Arenales de Texas, 3 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

14 Antique Flea Market – 7 a.m. at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, Highway 11, Cost is $5. (414) 525-0820 www. nlpromotionsllc.com 17 Limber Timbers Square Dance Club – dancing from 7:30-10 p.m. at the Darien Senior Center, 37 Park St., Darien.

Cost is $5 per adult, $2 per child. (262) 2756373 or www.limbertimbers.org 17 to 21 Kenosha County Fair on the fairgrounds, 30820 111th St., Wilmot. This year’s theme is “A Star Spangled Summer.” kenoshacofair.com

19 Matthew Wundrow Band, 7 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

19, 20 Big Hat Pro Rodeo at the Walworth County Fairground, 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn. (262) 723-3228 20 Mike Stone Trio, 6 p.m.; Grove Hotel, 7 p.m. Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

25 Sacred Agent, 7 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

26 Star Wars, 8 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

26 Lutherdale Fish Fry – 4:30-7:30 p.m. at Lutherdale Camp, N7891 Highway 12.

Ticket cost for adults is $12, $7 for children 12 and younger. (262) 742-2352 27 The Boogie Men, 7 p.m. Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

28 State Line, 3 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan. Info: www.statelinecountry.com 31 167th Walworth County Fair – Special discounts offered throughout. (262) 723-3228. www.walworthcountyfair.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 The 167th Walworth County Fair – Special discounts offered throughout. (262) 723-3228. www.walworthcountyfair.com 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 East Troy Farmers Market, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the East Troy Village Square. Vendors selling homegrown and local produce, specialty items, meats, baked goods, crafts, live music and activities. (262) 642-3770

3 Minneiska Water Ski Show Team performs final show of season at 6 p.m. on Whitewater Lake at Scenic Ridge Campground, N7991 R & W Townline Rd., Whitewater 3 Aquanuts water ski show, 6 p.m., at Lance Park, 55 Lance Drive, Twin Lakes.

Admission and parking are free. www. aquanutwatershows.com 7, 21 Limber Timbers Square Dance Club – dancing from 7:30-10 p.m. at the Elkhorn Area Middle School, 627 E. Court St. Cost is $5 per adult, $2 per child. (262) 2756373 or www.limbertimbers.org 3, 10, 17, 24 Walworth County farmers market – Veterans Park on the downtown square, 8 a.m.-noon. (262) 7237733 5 Lauderdale Aqua Skiers performance – Future team at 5:30 p.m., main team at 6 p.m. on Don Jean Bay. www. aquaskiers.com 10 Main Street Festival, Whitewater – from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Main Street in downtown, an annual event celebrating the arts that includes: sidewalk sales, art exhibits and activities for all ages, craft booths, music, food and more 10-11 East Troy Bluegrass Festival, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. each day on the village square. A full line-up of bluegrass bands and contests, food and East Troy Marketplace vendors. easttroy.org 12 Vintage Base Ball: Eagle Diamonds – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. with game at 1:30 p.m. Celebrate America’s favorite pastime and enjoy an old-fashioned game at Old World Wisconsin, S103 W37890 Highway 67, Eagle. (262) 594-6300 www. oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org 17 Audiophilia, 5 p.m., Mike Stone and the Rockers, 6 p.m., Phoenix Park Bandshell, 407 N. Seventh St., Delavan.

Although we make every attempt to provide accurate information regarding area events, dates and times may change or events may be cancelled. We events before you finalize your travel plans.

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