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JULY 2016

VOL. 4 NO. 2

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inside: BOATING SAFETY • THE FRENCH COUNTRY INN

CHANGES AT REED’S MARINE • THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER

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When out on the water, safety first is the rule. File a float plan with a friend and have life jackets for everyone on board.

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Boating safety made easy all summer long STAY SAFE ON THE WATER

Follow these tips when boating

No matter what activity you have planned – 1. boating, fishing, paddling and more – always remember to wear a life jacket every time you are on the water. Accidents on the water can happen much too fast to reach and put on a stowed life jacket.

Make sure your life jacket is U.S. Coast Guard 2. approved, appropriate for your water activity, and that it fits properly. A life jacket that is too large or too small can cause different situational problems. All persons should always wear a life jacket.

Know your state’s boating laws before you get 3. out on the water. Rules and laws can differ from state to state and violations can result in ticketing, fines or jail time.

Take a boating safety course. Learn valuable 4. tips that can help save your life in unexpected situations by taking a National Association of Boating Law Administrators approved boating safety course.

Make sure your boat is as prepared as you are.

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There are many items that need to be checked and re-checked on any boat. Schedule a Vessel Safety Check with your local U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary or U.S. Power Squadrons before you hit the water.

See TIPS, Page 7

National Safe Boating Week was the last week in May and many boaters made an extra effort to improve their on-water safety. But will they stay vigilant and continue those efforts all summer long?

“Making boating safety easy to embrace means more boaters will continue to make the effort,” says BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water President Chris Edmonston.

With that goal in mind, the BoatUS Foundation has three simple tips for boaters that will improve their boating safety game all summer long:

WEAR A LIFE JACKET

Consistently wearing a life jacket may be a challenge for some boaters, but it doesn’t have to be. Inflatable life jackets can be as unobtrusive as a small, lightweight beltpack worn around the waist or suspenders style inflatable worn over the shoulders. They don’t trap body heat, and give full mobility needed to cast a line or trim a mainsheet.

“The best life jacket is the one you’ll actually wear,” says Edmonston, “And inflatables make it easy to wear because they’re so comfortable that you forget you have it on.” For more, go to BoatUS.orginflatables.

TAKE A BOATING SAFETY COURSE

Learning the rules of the road can be difficult for some boaters as they don’t always have the time to take a Boating Safety Course. But all you need is a comfortable chair in front of computer or tablet to take the free online Boating Safety Course from the BoatUS Foundation.

Learning can be paused and picked up again as your schedule permits, and the courses meet boating safety education requirements in 34 states – and may even get you a discount on your boat insurance.

For more, go to www.BoatUS.org/courses and click on “State Boating Safety Course.”

FILE A FLOAT PLAN

What kind of float plan do you need? Simpler may be better. For most boaters who boat on familiar home waters, a float plan can be as easy as a text message to a friend or relative telling them where you are going, who is aboard, and what time you expect to return. And don’t forget to close it out with a text message after you’ve returned.

If you’re at a boat ramp, leaving the details of your trip on a piece of paper or on a float plan form and putting it in view on the dashboard of your tow vehicle is another simple way to do it. More detailed float plans such as the one offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary are also great if you have a need for more detail and coordination.

For more information, go to safeboatingcampaign.com.

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gear up for Sunday’s exhibit with a winery tour, gimmick rally, Lakeside BBQ and Car Show Warm Up on Saturday, July 9, at Lake Lawn Resort. Guests and visitors can hop in their car and join the back-road guided drive to Northleaf Winery at 11 a.m. for complimentary wine tastings.

The gimmick rally will bring competitive fun to Lake Lawn at 3 p.m. Before getting in their car, participants will be given a sheet of clues and instructions that will lead them throughout Walworth County to complete two random checkpoints. The gimmick rally will begin and end at Lake Lawn Resort and the car with the best time and mileage will be the winner.

Following an eventful Saturday, guests and visitors can relax and indulge in classic American cuisine during the outdoor Lakeside BBQ and Car Show Warm Up, beginning at 6 p.m. on Lake Lawn’s lakeside grounds. There will be refreshing summer drinks available for purchase, as well as savory barbecue favorites and sides.

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Nearly 1,000 custom cars, drag cars, stock cars, trucks, motorcycles and other special interest vehicles will be showcased along the shores of Delavan Lake. The car exhibit is free to spectators and open to the public.

New this year, one of the few remaining Batmobiles that was used in filming the iconic television show in the 1960s featuring Adam West and Burt Ward will be on display. Spectators will get a closeup view of the iconic car thanks to the Volo Auto Museum. Wisconsin Hot Rod Radio personalities Captain Bob and Arlo will broadcast from the car show. Ted Vernon, host of the TV show, South Beach Classics, will also take a visit to the Cars Time Forgot Car Show to check out all the special interest vehicles.

Automobile enthusiasts can

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Keith and Nancy Shallcross, of Delavan, are pictured with a new boat that’s been prepared for a customer’s use at Reed’s Marine’s service department, which the Shallcrosses operate on Mound Road. The Shallcrosses bought their former partners’ share of the business and are now sole owners of the 64-year-old marine dealer.

A change at the top

VICKY WEDIG The Breeze

Long-time partners take sole ownership of Reed’s Marine

By Vicky Wedig STAFF WRITER

Keith Shallcross, along with his wife, Nancy, is now the sole owner of a business that was founded the year he was born.

Harold and Betty Reed started Reed’s Marine in 1952 selling worms and renting fishing boats on the Delavan Lake Inlet on Highway 50.

In 1971, Tom and Pat Shallcross and Harold and Jean Johnson bought the business from the Reeds, said Keith Shallcross. Shallcross’ parents were silent partners while the Johnsons relocated from Illinois to run the business.

“This was their life,” he said.

Shallcross began working for the Johnsons at Reed’s Marine as a teenager when his parents invested in the business in 1971, as did Tom Johnson, the son of Harold and Jean Johnson. At that time, Reed’s Marine consisted of only the lakeside location where sales are conducted now, Shallcross said.

In 1974, the Shallcrosses and the Johnsons bought Don Hopkins’ nine-acre farm at 6140 Mound Road where Reed’s Marine’s service and storage facilities are today.

In 1987, Tom Johnson and Keith Shallcross bought the business as partners

from their parents, all of whom are now deceased. Johnson and his wife, Mary, operate the sales facility and pier service on Highway 50 while Keith and Mary Shallcross operate the service department on Mound Road.

When the business initially expanded to the Mound Road location, the only building on the site was a 100 by 40 foot machine shed, Keith Shallcross said.

Reed’s Marine divided the space into four service bays, installed overhead doors and created office space in the building in 1988, Shallcross said.

In 1991, when the business’ mortgage to Harold and Betty Reed was satisfied, Reed’s Marine built three more sheds to store boats. The business previously stored boats at multiple barns throughout Walworth County.

“Now, we’re not driving all over the county,” Shallcross said.

Since 1993, all boats stored or serviced at Reed’s Marine are in one spot – at the Mound Road location, he said.

Keith and Nancy Shallcross live and raised their three children – two of whom now work for Reed’s Marine – at that location while the Johnsons live at the Inlet location. All three of the Shallcross’ children worked at the marina when they were in high school – washing boats,

cutting grass and doing whatever else needed to be done, the Shallcrosses said.

Their youngest son, Mark, attended the Marine Mechanics Institute in Orlando and returned to the business as a technician in 2010. Their oldest son, Jason, came back to the business after other endeavors in 2004.

Nearly three years ago, the Johnsons and the Shallcrosses began working on a buy-sell agreement whereby the Shallcrosses would purchase the Johnson’s half of the business. Keith Shallcross said the value of the property was cut and dried, but determining the value of the business took some time, and some kinks had to be worked out with the bank. But, as of March 31, the Shallcrosses are 100 percent owners of the business.

Nancy Shallcross said Tom Johnson, who is in his early 60s, was ready to begin backing off from the business. But Tom and Mary Johnson will continue to operate the sales facility on Highway 50 and slowly taper off their workload, she said.

Keith Shallcross said business will proceed as usual at Reed’s Marine, which will continue to provide stressfree weekends on the area’s lakes to its customers.

Jason Shallcross is interested in becoming the general manager of the sales

department as Tom Johnson cuts back his hours, and the Shallcrosses are looking for someone to eventually replace Mary Johnson, who serves customers at the Highway 50 location.

The Shallcross’ nephew is training to replace Jason Shallcross at the service department, Keith Shallcross said.

Reed’s Marine has 18 employees – four at its sales facility and 14 at its service department including technicians with 18 and 24 years of longevity.

The Highway 50 location sells new, used and consignment boats and “anything and everything you can think of” that has to do with boating including ropes, rafts, boards and life preservers, Keith Shallcross said. It also offers pier service – putting boats in and getting them out of the water – for customers who don’t have riparian rights elsewhere.

The service department carries parts and stores, maintains and services boats. In the late 1990s, it added eight additional service bays to its shop so that each technician has two bays to work in, Shallcross said. The facility stores 300 to 320 boats yearly and is in the midst of its busiest month of the year – buffing, waxing, gel coating and tuning up boats for the season.

“Everybody wants their boat by Memorial Day,” Shallcross said.

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Students restore habitats around lake Lake Lawn Resort hosted 30 DelavanDarien High School students on May 9 for conservation field day, an event that aims to inspire future generations to lead ecoconscious lifestyles and become more aware of green management and sustainability.

Coordinated by the Kettle Moraine Land Trust, the field day connected students with their local natural environment to demonstrate the importance of managing land and protecting natural resources.

Supervised by conservation professionals, land stewards and teachers, the students traveled along the shoreline and into the woods east of Lake Lawn’s marina to cut and remove invasive shrubs degrading native prairie habitat and collect seeds from threatened plants to help establish new populations. Also, Lake Lawn staff used two pontoon boats to transport students from the resort’s marina to various sampling points on Delavan Lake to test water quality.

In addition to speeding native species’ recovery, improving wildlife habitat and determining water quality, the high school students learned about GPS technology and how satellites transmit information. Then, they were challenged to complete a geocache course on the grounds of Lake Lawn Resort.

Operating handheld GPS devices, students found 13 hidden geo-treasures throughout the property.

This year’s conservation field day was coordinated by Kettle Moraine Land Trust and Lake Lawn Resort with additional support from Delavan Lake Improvement Association, University of WisconsinExtension, Delavan Lake Sanitary District, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Delavan-Darien High School students get ready for trip out on Delavan Lake in May to test its water quality at various sampling points. The field day was coordinated by the Kettle Moraine Land Trust to help connect students with their local natural environment to demonstrate the importance of managing land and protecting natural resources.

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Boat capacity. Be sure to know your boat’s capacity. If you have more on your boat than it was designed to handle, the boat may become unstable and capsize.

Check the weather, including the water temperature. Know the latest 7. marine weather forecast prior to going out, and keep a regular check for changing conditions.

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Always file a float plan. File a float plan with someone you trust that 9. includes details about the trip, boat, persons, towing or trailer vehicle, communication equipment, and emergency contacts. Find out more at floatplancentral.org.

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FRENCH COUNTRY INN GETS A FRESH LOOK

Extensive interior updates create a fresh experience for guests of the French Country, but one thing remains unchanged – the tranquil beauty of it’s setting on Lake Como.

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hirty years of sunsets are being celebrated this summer at the French Country Inn on Lake Como.

“It’s absolutely the best I’ve ever seen,” said Tony Navilio, owner of the French Country Inn, “and that includes Key West, where everyone goes crazy for the sunsets.

“It’s just gorgeous, especially in the summer and early fall.”

Navilio can describe in details most reserve for a classic painting the color that erupts when the sun sets on the shore of Lake Como. He’s watched Mother Nature

splash her palette across the sky from the French Country Inn since April of 1986.

“This past fall, they were just so red,” Navilio said of the sunsets. “The reds and the pinks and the magentas …all those colors …they were just extraordinary.”

Bought it on a lark Navilio bought the property that is now the French Country Inn in 1986 on what he describes as a lark. He traveled to Monterrey, Calif., and visited his college roommate from his days at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

During the course of his travels Navilio stayed at the Petite Auberge in San Francisco, and inspiration struck. The Petite Auberge is a French provincial inn in San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood.

“I fell in love with the place, and decided to duplicate it and bring it back to the Midwest,” Navilio said. “I remembered the old Lake Como Hotel, and I came here and it was closed and dilapidated.

“I decided to buy it and redo it.”

“Petit auberge” means “small inn” in French. Navilio pays homage to his inspiration at the French Country Inn. The small cottage available for rental on the property is named “Petite Auberge.”

Thirty years after purchasing the inn – and in time for its 120th birthday – Navilio is preparing for the first full season since an extensive refresh and renovation project closed the inn for a season.

A new look The French County Inn closed in the spring of 2014 and reopened in August of 2015. In the interim the inn received new beds, refurbished furniture, carpeting, linens and paint. Rooms, buildings and the swimming pool all received attention.

Each room also jumped into the modern

age with more electrical outlets, Wi-Fi, cable television, refrigerators and coffee makers. A restaurant and bar are also in the works, and might open soon.

Even after its facelift, the French Country Inn’s reputation as an icon of history is without repute. Wisconsin served as a playground for gangsters during the height of Chicago’s reign as the nation’s capital for organized crime in the Prohibition era – a time when gangsters demanded and made headlines for their devil-may-care exploits.

That portion of the French Country Inn’s history ignores its origin story, the roots of which are in the legendary 1893 Columbian Exposition. The event is also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, and is a landmark event that helped define America for an epoch.

The guesthouse and elements of the main house including the solid oak, hand-carved staircase and inlaid parquet floors, were built in Denmark in the 1880s. The pieces traveled to Chicago by boat as the Danish Pavilion for the exposition.

Upon conclusion of the fair the buildings were purchased and transported by rail to their current location, according to information on the inn’s web site.

Navilio said he routinely fields queries about the inn’s history, especially regarding its gangster past. He has lived with the inn’s history for as long as he’s owned the facility.

“The day I bought it the guy was telling me how it was the hangout for the gangsters,” Navilio said. “I never believed him, quite honestly. I thought it was sort of an apocryphal story – kind of like ‘George Washington slept here’ is on the east coast.”

When gangsters ruled The tales of the inn’s gangster past are authentic. The Hermansen family purchased the inn – then known as the Lake Como Hotel – in the 1930, and the inn became a favored haunt of George “Bugs” Moran and Baby Face Nelson.

Hobart Hermansen befriended Nelson and Tommy Carroll and John Paul Chase, both members of John Dillinger’s gang.

Hobart’s cohort Jimmy Murray, the bootlegger who delivered liquor to the famed Dillinger hangout “Little Bohemia” in Northern Wisconsin, also supplied the Lake Como Hotel with beer during prohibition from his New Glarus Brewery.

All of these characters vacationed and left their mark on the hotel in the 1920s and 1930s. Some even stayed behind.

According to the inn’s web site, Hobart earned acclaim as the “Slot Machine King of Walworth County,” and operated a speakeasy and gambling parlor in the basement of the Lake Como Hotel called “The Sewer.”

Hobart’s closest relationship was with the Morans. Bugs and Lucille Moran visited the Hermansen property numerous times.

Hobart married Lucille after she and Bugs divorced following the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1932.

The Hermansens managed the hotel until 1971, and sold it to Fay and Gene Leichtey.

The Leichteys renamed the property The Red Chimney Inn. The Leichteys sold to the Sal Argento Family, who changed the name back to the Lake Como Hotel Inn. Navilio’s goals are simple as the inn evolves and enters the next phase of its history.

“This is our first full season after renovating, so I look forward to bringing back our old customers and reviving our old reputation,” Navilio said.

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... in and out of the pool

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Delavan Olympic hopeful encourages students to chase dreams

mily McClellan with, ask for help,” McClellan STAFF WRITER has had plenty of told students at WSD on May 24. dreams come true.

McClellan fell in love with First, a state title as swimming at an early age and set and a high-school swimmer at achieved the goal of winning a state Delavan-Darien High School. championship with the encouragement of Then, multiple All-American awards as her high school swim coach who believed a swimmer at the University of Wisconsin– in her abilities, she said.

Milwaukee, including a runner-up finish in The 2014 UW-Milwaukee graduate the 100 breaststroke as a senior in 2014. now has her sights set an another goal – Olympic Trials competitor? She can qualifying for the 2016 summer Olympics. check that off too, finishing sixth in the McClellan tried for the Olympics four 100-meter breaststroke in 2012, though years ago, finishing sixth in her best event. only two swimmers from the country Simply qualifying is an achievement qualify in each event. in and of itself. More than 150 swimmers Now, with another Olympics qualified in the 100 breaststroke at approaching, McClellan recently spoke the 2012 Olympic Trials. The top 16 with students at the Wisconsin School for swimmers in preliminaries go to the the Deaf about setting and achieving goals. semifinals, with the top eight making the “If you find something you fall in love cut for the finals.

The top two become Olympians.

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Emily McClellan shown here in her senior year photo as a swimmer at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

McClellan talked to students about her connections to the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Both her maternal grandparents, Leonard and Ruth Peacock, are deaf and attended school and worked at Wisconsin School for the Deaf.

McClellan’s mother, June, is the oldest of Leonard and Ruth Peacock’s four children. The Peacocks’ kids had seven children, three of whom are hearing, two of whom are deaf and two of whom are hard of hearing.

McClellan said she was born deaf in her left ear and grew up learning to sign. She said June McClellan taught her and her sister to swim in a pool in their backyard when she was about six months old. June McClellan was a coach of the Delavan Dolphins, a community swim team, and believed strongly in teaching her kids to swim, Emily McClellan said.

In high school, McClellan was a threesport athlete, swimming in the fall, playing

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Emily McClellan shows photos of her high school and collegiate swimming career and talks to students about setting and achieving goals at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf.

basketball in the winter and softball in the spring.

She said her high school coach was confident in her swimming ability and told her to set her goal at winning state. She initially thought the goal was unattainable, but McClellan then qualified to state as a sophomore.

Though she didn’t place at state that year – she finished 16th in the 200-yard individual medley and 13th in the 100 breaststroke – McClellan kept working toward her goal.

Her junior year, she again made it to state, and, and this time, earned a spot on the podium. She placed fourth in the 200 individual medley and fifth in the 100 breaststroke.

McClellan kept striving to improve, and, in her final appearance at state as a senior, finished first in the 100 breaststroke.

“My senior year, I had done it,” McClellan said. “It was the first time I’d set a goal and achieved it. That feeling was incredible.”

ON TO COLLEGE

After winning state, McClellan competed at nationals and colleges began to recruit her, she said. McClellan chose UW-Milwaukee where she balanced a college course load with 20 hours of swim training.

Her freshman year, she qualified for the National Collegiate Athletic Association national meet but finished last. By her senior year, she placed second at NCAAs, and her time was the third fastest in the history.

In 2012, McClellan went to the Olympic trials. While she didn’t make the team, qualified for the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia, where she and her teammates won a bronze medal in the 400-meter medley relay.

She graduated from UW-Milwaukee in 2014 with a major in American Sign Language studies.

McClellan continues to train and will try out for the 2016 summer Olympics.

She encouraged WSD students to set goals and chase their dreams.

A little bit more about McClellan

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Emily McClellan swims at the NCAA Division 1 swimming championships as a senior at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

• 2014 NCAA Runner-Up in 100 breaststroke • 2013 Bronze Medal winner for Team USA at World University Games • 2012 U.S. Open Champion in 100 breaststroke • 2012 Sixth-place finish at U.S. Olympic Trials in 100 breaststroke • Four-time NCAA All-American • Four-time Horizon League Athlete of the Year • Four-time Horizon League Swimmer of the Meet • Four-time Horizon League 100 breaststroke champion • Four-time Horizon League 200 breaststroke champion • Four-time Horizon League 200 individual medley champion • 2010 Horizon League Newcomer of the Year • 19-time Horizon League champion • Two-time CollegeSwimming.com Mid-

Major All-American • Eight-time Horizon League Swimmer of the Week • Horizon League record holder, 100 and 200 breaststroke, 200 individual medley • UWM record holder, 100 and 200 breaststroke, 200 individual medley Best times • Long-course 100-meter breaststroke: 1 minute, 7:41 seconds • Long-course 200-meter breaststroke: 2:27.49 • Short-course 100-yard breaststroke: 57.76 • Short-course 200-yard breaststroke: 2:06.78 Editor’s Note: Long-course times are in a 50-meter pool, short-course times are in a 25yard pool.

Information from the UWM athletics website and swimswam.com biography.

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8, 15, 22, 29 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 9 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 oldfashioned game at Old World Wisconsin, S103 W37890 Highway 67, Eagle. (262) 594-6300 www.oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org 14 Depot Express – 7 to 9 p.m., at Cravath Lakefront Park, Whitewater. Those who enjoy dancing and singing along to great classic rock tunes and a mix of contemporary pop, country and blues be sure to attend this free event 15, 16, 17 – Elkhorn Rib Fest, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday at the Walworth County Fairgrounds. Event will feature competition presented by Miller and Frank’s Piggly Wiggly, live entertainment, food vendors, a beer garden and camping. Admission is free (262) 723-3228 15, 16 Relay For Life – 7 p.m. at Walworth County Fairgrounds, Walworth County Fairgrounds, Highway 11. (262) 723-3228 www.relayforlife.org 15, 16, 17 l Waterford Balloonfest, Evergreen Elementary School, 817 W. Main St. Free admission, balloon and helicopter rides, activities, crafts and more. Friday, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

16-31 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 19-21 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days, the largest agricultural show in Wisconsin and one of the largest in the nation, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, at Snudden Farms, Zenda Road, Lake Geneva. The three-day, outdoor event showcases the latest improvements in production agriculture with more than 600 vendors. (262) 741-4961 20 Junior Beef Steak Cookout – from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, 411 E. Court St., Elkhorn. (262) 723-3228 20 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) 275-6373 or www. limbertimbers.org 21 Big Rig Gig – from 7 to 9 p.m., at Cravath Lakefront Park, Whitewater. Kids will enjoy exploring dump trucks, tractors, skid loaders, fire trucks and semis plus have an opportunity to create their own hard hat and more fun things at this free event 25, 26 Annual Art by the Bay Fine Arts and Craft Fest – at Edgewater Park in Williams Bay. (262) 275-5567

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29, 30 Burlington Maxwell Street Days, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sidewalk and yard sales throughout Burlington, vendors and music in Wehmhoff Square and Ice Cream Social at the Pioneer Cabin. www.burlingtonchamber.org

AUGUST 1-7 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 3, 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) 275-6373 or www.limbertimbers. org 3, 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 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, 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.

27 to 31 Racine County Fair, on the county fairgrounds, 19805 Durand Ave. www. racinecountyfair.com

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

29 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

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 oldfashioned 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) 723-7733 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Lauderdale Aqua Skiers performance – Future team at 5:30 p.m., main team at 6 p.m. on Don Jean Bay. www.aquaskiers. com 12 Lutherdale Quilt Preview and Fish Fry – 4:30-8 p.m. at Lutherdale Camp, N7891 Highway 12. (262) 742-2352 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 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) 249-7988 or www. genevalakeart.org 14 Antique Flea Market – 7 a.m. at the Walworth County Fairgrounds, Highway 11, Cost is $5. (414) 525-0820 www.nlpromotionsllc.com 17 Twin Lakes Area Chamber and Business Association annual golf outing at Twin Lakes Country Club, 1230 Legion Drive.

Golf and cart with other activities, including a ball launcher on the course, ball drop by the Twin Lakes Fire Department, lunch, buffet

dinner, raffles, silent auction and prizes. www. twinlakeschamber.com 17 to 21 Kenosha County Fair on the fairgrounds, 30820 111th St., Wilmot. This year’s theme is “A Star Spangled Summer.” kenoshacofair.com 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.

Lake Lawn to host summer-long fishing contest Lake Lawn Resort has created a summer-long Delavan Lake fishing contest that will run through Sept. 5.

The contest is free to enter and encourages out-of-town guests and local residents to enjoy the outdoors on the 1,906-acre Delavan Lake.

After catching a walleye, bass, northern pike or muskie on Delavan Lake, photograph the fish next to a tape measure or ruler to ensure the length of it. Then, post the photo to Facebook with the hashtag #LLRFishingContest in the photo caption, so Lake Lawn staff can track the online photo submissions.

Lake Lawn staff will monitor submitted photos all summer long and add them to the picture board in the Lookout Bar and Eatery. The largest documented walleye, bass, northern pike and muskie caught by Sept. 5 will win. The winners will receive a Lake Lawn Resort fishing trophy, a voucher for a free fish fry for two at the Lookout Bar and Eatery and a $50 Lake Lawn gift certificate.

All fishermen and fisherwomen are encouraged to practice “catch and release” while participating in the fishing contest. Only photos uploaded to Facebook with the hashtag #LLRFishingContest will be accepted.

For more information call Troy Haarstick at (262) 728-7950.

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